Whitehall’s tennis players won’t have to compete for court time. With only nine players on the roster, everyone, including the team’s freshmen will be asked to contribute. “I told the freshman, they’ll be playing a lot on the varsity level,” said head coach Charlie Bascue. “It’s not going to be easy; it’s a tough league, [...]
Winters sets school record in triple jump
Whitehall’s Morgan Winters set a school record in the indoor triple jump at a league meet held last Friday at Union College. Winters’ mark of 30 feet 1.5 inches breaks the previous record of 29 feet 7 inches set in 2002 by Melissa Senecal. The mark is made all the more impressive by the fact [...]
Young squad working on building halftime routines
Whitehall’s cheerleading squad has experienced an influx of youth. What was an experienced team last winter has become a very young team this year squad with only two members who cheered a season ago. “Everything is new this year,” said Rachel Waters, who returns to the helm of the program with fellow head coach Lindsey [...]
Sophomore wins pole vault
Whitehall’s track team received a pair of strong individual performances in limited action last week. Tyler Sweenor won the pole vault event at the Bemus Invitational held last Thursday at Greenwich High School. Sweenor cleared the bar at 10 feet, six inches, a foot higher than the runner-up. He was the only Whitehall athlete to [...]
Youth leads the way as grapplers roll
Whitehallwrestling coach Robert Diekel knew he had a young potentially solid team that had a chance to be competitive at the end of the season, but even he had to be a little surprised by their performance on Saturday afternoon. Whitehallpicked up four pins and four wins by forfeit as they kicked off the 2011-12 [...]
Team focused on end of season performance
The Whitehall varsity wrestling program begins the 2011-12 wrestling season this Saturday against Granville, and while the team is prepared for the match, it’s the end of the season the team is focused on. “Our goal is what we do in February,” said longtime head coach Robert Diekel. “We would like to win the league [...]
Railroaders get another shot at unbeaten Indians
By Bill Toscano Facing an unbeaten team in the opening game of the playoffs is never an easy task, especially when that team pinned a 48-0 loss on your team two weeks ago. That’s what’s coming up for theWhitehallfootball team, which playsCambridgein the Class D sectional semifinals at 1 p.m. Saturday atSchuylervilleHigh School. But [...]






