The Granville Golden Horde came oh-so-close to upsetting Tamarac in football Saturday, dropping a 12-8 game at home that came down to the last play. In a largely defensive struggle, both teams drove the ball well in the fourth quarter. First Tamarac punctuated a long drive with a one-yard quarterback dive by junior Dan Motzer. [...]
Tennis loses pair of matches
The effort has been there, but so far the results have not for Whitehall’s tennis team. The Railroaders failed to win a match in two contests against Granville and Corinth. The Tomahawks defeated Whitehall 7-0 on Monday afternoon. Corinth’s second, third, and fourth singles surrendered a total of [...]
Exciting week of sports continues, begins with 32nd annual Legion Tournament
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 for the holiday, the boys basketball team and wrestling team will rush toward 2012 locked in competition and tuning up for Wasaren League action. Starting Tuesday, Dec. 27, the [...]
Horde girls drop two
The Granville Golden Horde girls dropped a pair of Wasaren League contests, falling to Hoosic Valley and Stillwater. A crushing defense held Emily Fuller in check as the Indians dominated Granville 62-18 Dec. 16. Fuller was held to 6 points as the Horde managed just 2 points in the first quarter and failed to reach [...]
Horde split two
The Granville Golden Horde received a rude welcome back to the Wasaren League Friday night after knocking off state title contender Fair Haven earlier in the week. Granville fell to Hoosic Valley 53-40 Dec. 16 as the Indians’ high pressure defense shut down the Horde’s low post game, choking off the team’s offensive strongpoint. Ian [...]
Wrestling preview
As head coach Steve Palmer heads into his 12th season leading the Granville Golden Horde wrestlers onto the mat the team faces a challenge that is as daunting as it is typical of high school sports. The team’s graduation losses were big, very big. With the departure of Eric Hastings who placed in the New [...]
Olympic wrestler in Granville
Italian Olympian Michele Luizzi speaks after a two-hour session with Granville Golden Horde wrestlers.
Horde fall to Blackbirds
Granville had more yards in penalties than their featured running back gained and lost two touchdowns because of them, as the Golden Horde fell to Class C South’s Voorheesville Blackbirds Saturday, 33-6. Kody Bardin ran for 87 yards and a second quarter touchdown, but had two long touchdowns and the associated yards negated by penalties. [...]
High-flying Hoosick Falls races past Granville
The Granville Golden Horde ended its regular season making the trip few teams in the entire state want to make, visiting Hoosick Falls and falling to the Panthers 53-6 to bring and end to the Class C North season for 2011. The Panthers have been ranked in the state for the entire season, and positioned [...]
Horde hosting Blackbirds
The Granville Golden Horde will face a familiar post-season opponent during the first week of cross over contests as Class C South’s Voorheesville comes to town. Granville will host the 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22 game at Sam Eppolito Field against the 3-4 Blackbirds. Granville head coach Mario Torres said he planned to meet with [...]







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 [...]