John Diekel officially picked up his 200th win last Saturday at the Coach Ken Baker Classic at Cambridge High School and then put an exclamation point on the milestone by winning the tournament. Diekel pinned Hadley-Luzerne/Lake George’s Jason Hoffman in the third period of the championship match to win the tournament at 138 pounds. He [...]
Tennis drops two matches
Whitehall’s tennis team failed pick up a match in a pair of losses to Hadley Luzerne and Schuylerville. Last Friday, Whitehall traveled to Lake Luzerne, and were swept by the Eagles. Rachael Aubin played the most competitive match of the day at second singles, narrowly falling to Scott Bosford 11-9. Alex Wood, competing at number [...]
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 [...]
Wrestlers capture Coach Ken Baker
The Golden Horde gained momentum for the Class C Tournament on Feb. 5 with a dominating performance at the Coach Ken Baker Classic, formerly the Wasaren League Tournament, last Saturday. With four of five wrestlers reaching the finals and ending the night as champions, the Horde cruised to the team title by 24.5 points over [...]
Railroaders host Class D wrestling
With his wrestlers coming off excellent performances in last weekend’s Big 10 Tournament, Whitehall wrestling coach Bob Diekel is excited for Saturday’s Section II Class D tournament, which the Railroaders are hosting. “They did incredibly well, I think,” said Diekel, who took only three wrestlers to the Big 10 but saw 189-pounder Zack Diekel come [...]
Palmer surpasses milestone
Karl Palmer said he can remember setting his sights on Mark Sabo as far back as seventh grade. In his final match of the day at the Colonie Duals on Dec. 11, Palmer surpassed Granville’s all-time wins leader just 11 matches into his senior year. Palmer was 9-1 at the notoriously difficult two-day tournament and [...]






