By Jaime Thomas Practices have started and the new fields are almost finished — this weekend will officially kick off little league season in Granville. Little League Weekend this May 4 and 5 will be filled with all the usual activities, from a fundraising coin drop to a vibrant parade. The kids will show off [...]
Dress and Tuxedo drive
Prom dresses and tuxedo rentals can cost hundreds of dollars — that’s a lot of money for a high school student. Granville seniors Samantha White and Zamada Litchfield recently decided to do something to help out their classmates who are strapped for cash. The two are organizing a drive for recycled dresses, tuxedos and dress [...]
Lady Horde pitcher owns game
By Jaime Thomas The girls softball started off their season on a strong foot taking home a 12-1 league win at Stillwater on Monday. Katie Leavey, senior center fielder, built up the momentum of a six-point lead in the first inning with a triple hit. And Hannah Bassett kept that pace by pitching a complete [...]
Four athletes place in multiple events
Morgan Winters was one of four Whitehall athletes to place in multiple events at an indoor track meet held Sunday at Williams College. Winters finished third in the girls’ long jump and second in the triple jump. She also won the girls’ freshman 55-meter dash, trimming more than a quarter second off her season best. [...]
Track athletes show improvement in second meet
In first track meet of the season, Cullen Flynn was unable to record a successful try in the men’s pole vault. On Saturday, he finished fifth and earned his team two points. Flynn was one of several Whitehall athletes who showed improvement in the second indoor track meet of the season. Flynn cleared 6.5 feet [...]
X-C team wraps up season at Spa
The Granville boys cross-country team managed to snag a spot in the top 25 at Friday’s Section II cross-country championships at Saratoga Spa State Park. Sophomore Brandon Thomas finished 24th out of 185 runners for the Class C boys with a time of 17 minutes and 28 seconds. The team ranked twelfth out of the [...]
Gendron fifth in triple jump
Marion Gendron placed fifth in the girls’ triple jump during Sunday’s Indoor Track meet atHudsonValleyCommunity College. Gendron’s jump of 27 feet, 3.5 inches was good placed her just inside in the top five and earned the Railroaders two points. Gendron was the only athlete to score any points forWhitehall. Maggie Benjamin and Megan Redmond also [...]
Clark 6th at States
Granville cross country’s Alicia Clark finished the season as one of the best runners in the state Nov. 12, turning in a sixth place finish at the New York State Championships. On a wet and cold course Clark logged a 20:34 for sixth place finishing behind second place Victoria Houser from Greenwich. In the Class [...]
Clark working hard at Greenwich Invy
Granville’s Alicia Clark took second overall for the girls at the Greenwich Cross Country Invitational held Friday at Saratoga Spa State Park in Saratoga Springs Friday, besting runners from manyarea schools. Clark finished off of her pace from a week prior coming in at 17:51 behind only Gianna Frontera of Class A Newburgh Free Academy, [...]






