From all reports, trout fishing is the best its been in years, mainly because of the low water in the Mettowee River and other trout streams. Some nice ones have been coming out of the Mettowee. Turkey season opener shows that some women out shot the men all to heck. A couple of 22 pound [...]
Odyssey team finishes seventh at state competition
Whitehall’s Odyssey of the Mind team returned from Binghamton with memories and fresh ideas after it finished seventh at the state-wide competition held last Saturday on the SUNY campus. The team compiled just over 247 points, finishing ahead of 10 teams in Division II that chose Pet Project as their long-term problem. Canajoharie Middle School [...]
Wiskoski wins FR 45 meters
Haley Wiskoski won the freshman girls 45 meter hurdles during a track meet held at Union College last Saturday. Wiskoski finished the race in 10.2 seconds, nearly a second faster than her season best. She also competed in the girl’s triple jump, recording a distance of 24 feet 7 inches. Morgan Winters also competed in [...]
Football finishing strong: Horde manhandles Coxsackie-Athens
By Jaime Thomas Golden Horde football played strong for the second week in a row, resulting in a 47-14 win over Coxsackie-Athens on Oct. 20. Junior Evan Hoagland had 205 yards with 20 carries and three touchdowns. Ronnie Taylor scored two touchdowns and gained 105 yards during the game, the first 100-yard game of his [...]
Bascue third at national team trials
Whitehall’s Codie Bascue had a strong showing at the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation’s two-man bobsled national team selection races held at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid last Saturday. Bascue teamed with Nic Taylor of Hayward, Calif., to finish in third place with a two-run total of 1:55.04. The duo had a fast opening [...]
Big plays sink Railroaders for second week
For the second time in three games Whitehall’s football team was done in by big plays and missed opportunities, as it fell to Greenwich 36-13 on Sept. 14. Greenwich quarterback Jake Jennings threw for 187 yards and three touchdowns and the Witches rushed for 325 yards in the game as Whitehall fell to 1-2 on [...]
Another record falls to Ferguson
PJ Ferguson continues to set school records. A week after breaking theWhitehallschool record in the boys 1600 meter race,Fergusonset the bar even higher, improving upon his own record last Saturday at an Indoor Track League meet, held atHudsonValleyCommunity College. Fergusonbroke the previous record of5:29, set by Mickey Bezio in 2009, by 13 seconds when he [...]
Ferguson 25th at states
Whitehall’s PJ Ferguson capped a very impressive season with a top 25 finish at the New York State Cross Country Championships held last Saturday at Vernon-Verona-Sherill High School. Ferguson emerged as the top local finisher in the Boy’s Class D race completing the course in a time of 19:02.04, good enough for a 25th finish. [...]
Community Service Day planned
Spruce up for spring Granville Community Service Day 2011 Just a glance off the side of the road anywhere in the area shows Granville Community Service Day 2011 can’t come soon enough. A harsh winter’s worth of accumulated debris has repopulated the roadsides of Granville with a fresh coating of fast food wrappers, [...]
Taking the Oath
Newly elected Granville Town Board member Mary Emery congratulates new Granville Town Supervisor Matt Hicks last Saturday morning at the Town Hall. The pair are flanked by Village and Town Judge Roger Forando, who administered the oath of office in front of friends and family. Hicks and Emery were elected in November to serve one-year [...]





