The Granville Golden Horde girls basketball team scrapped and clawed but could not quite bring down Greenwich Friday night, losing its final Wasaren League game of the season, 44-38, as teammate Emily Fuller reached a scoring milestone. Fuller dropped in 18 points, including five three-pointers, as the Horde nearly pulled the upset on Greenwich on [...]
Horde girls hoops drop two
The Golden Horde girls basketball team dropped a pair of road contests last week, falling to Cambridge and Schuylerville. A lopsided first quarter score sunk the Golden Horde’s hopes of a win against the Black Horses Friday night as Granville was outpaced, 19-3, in the first frame of a 57-32 loss. Emily Fuller was one [...]
Whitehall girls notch first win
Whitehall’s girls basketball team finally snagged its first victory of the season Wednesday, Jan,, 5, topped Hadley-Luzerne, 35-21, in a game played at SUNY-Adirondack. Katie Paddock, who has been pacing the Railroaders all season, scored 14 points. Loren Martell and Paige Mason had seven apiece, and Brianna McDonald scored five, including a 3-pointer. The key [...]
Basketball abounds
Due to the storm the Granville girls basketball team kicks off their run in the Whitehall Holiday Tournament today at 3 p.m. The team will play again tomorrow at 3 or 4:30 depending on the results of the first game. For the Whitehall boys thier tournament begins today with games at 6 p.m. and 7:30 [...]
Post Christmas sports featured
The week after Christmas is full of high school sports action and most of it will be within shouting distance of Granville. After a short break the girls and boys basketball teams and wrestling team will rush toward 2011 locked in competition. Starting Monday, Dec. 27, the girls basketball team will take the short [...]
Horde girls fall to Bengals
Tenacious defense by the visitors eventually wore down the Golden Horde girls basketball team, as Granville fell to the Tamarac Bengals, 58-46, in its Wasaren League home opener. Emily Fuller led all scorers with 21 points and the Golden Horde stayed close to the Bengals despite a close-quarters defense that forced multiple Granville turnovers. Fuller [...]
Folks Dress Up Like Eskimoes…
F-f-f-f-f-f-f—ff freezing out there this morning. I don’t know about you guys, all of the readers of Mattblog/Talk To Me but the weather caught me by surprise a bit. There ought to be something on television that warms you about upcoming weather events, some kind of ‘fore’ warning…food for thought Speaking of weather, I don’t [...]
Railroader preview: girls basketball
A new season brings a new head coach and four new members in the starting lineup, but the Whitehall varsity girls basketball team is ready to prove itself again a year removed from a Section II/Class D finals appearance. “We have seen many changes from last year,” said new head coach Jim Birgey, who replaces [...]








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 [...]