Whitehall and Fort Ann’s wrestling teams will be one and the same. The Whitehall Board of Education formally approved a request from Fort Ann officials to consolidate the wrestling programs beginning next season. The merger will occur on a one-year trial basis and administrators from both schools will meet and evaluate the arrangement after next [...]
Horde takes home triple win
By Jaime Thomas The Granville wrestlers pocketed a triple win two weeks ago against several Vermont schools. In a nearly event-less win on Jan. 30, the Horde racked 48 points against Springfield, whose lack of competitors gave up a large number of forfeits to Granville. Only one actual duel took place, during which Anthony Arbuckle [...]
Diekel wins Saratoga Tournament
Whitehall’s John Diekel won a close decision in the finals of the Saratoga Invitational Wrestling Tournament Saturday and three other Whitehall wrestlers finished in the top four of their respective weight classes. Diekel defeated Queensbury’s Brian Stevens 5-4 to take home top honors in the 138 pound weight class. Diekel held a 5-1 lead in [...]
Whitehall grapplers defeat Fort Ann
Whitehall rode a wave of forfeits to a 66-24 victory over Fort Ann in the school’s annual afternoon Assembly match. Each team recorded three pins but Whitehall scored eight victories on forfeits as Fort Ann just didn’t have the bodies to compete. Zach Diekel (195), Austin Rich (99) and Al Aubin (120) all recorded pins [...]
Delays equal busy week for Horde wrestlers
Like all of the sports programs at all of the schools across the North Country, the Granville wrestlers have lost some days of competition due to the frequent recent snowfalls and school closures. Coming into the week the Horde already faced matches Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before heading into weekend competition at the Shenendahowa Tournament [...]
Horde dominate War Eagles
The Granville Golden Horde took a 51-24 win over the combined team from Hadley-Luzerne-Lake George at the annual exhibition match between the two teams on Dec. 23. Granville got wins at 285, 125 up to 152 to comfortably win the dual meet put on at a special time of the day to allow the students [...]
Wrestlers cruise past Cambridge
The Golden Horde wrestling team encountered little resistance in moving to 2-0 in the Wasaren League Dec. 16 as Granville defeated Cambridge, 63-18. Granville pinned in three contested matches and collected seven forfeits for the win. Damian Duffy (103), Paul Hanna (135) and Hayden Miller (145) pinned for the Horde. 103 – Duffy (G) pinned [...]







VPR commentator entertains at Slate Valley Museum
By Jaime Thomas About 75 people gathered at the Slate Valley Museum Thursday evening to listen to Vermont Public Radio [...]