The Horde varsity softball team is on a roll. The girls didn’t give Hoosick Falls an inch Monday night with a 16-0 win, their fourth in a row. Though the game started off slow with a scoreless first inning, things picked up in the second, and by the third the girls made nine runs to […]
Girls even league record with vs. Bolton
The Whitehall girls basketball team evened their Adirondack League record with a narrow win over Bolton Friday night on the Railroaders home court. Whitehall overcame a one-point third quarter to pull out a 32-26 win. Rebecca Lavin scored a game high 14 points and Victoria Christian pulled down 12 rebounds. Olivia Seamans had a double-double […]
Elks Hoop Shoot Winners

Whitehall Elks Lodge 1491 hosted its annual Hoop Shoot free throw shooting contest on Dec. 8 at Whitehall High School. Matthew Redmond and Olivia Ruby won the 10-11 year old age group of boys and girls, respectively, while Bryce Eddy won the boys 12-13 year old age group. The trio will have an opportunity to […]
Mettawee donations on way to Sandy victims
Brooke Burnham moved to West Pawlet in 2005 with her husband Scott, and children Olivia and Owen. Despite living their entire lives until then in the townships of Point Pleasant, Brick and Manalapan, N.J., Burnham said, “I always felt my heart belonged in Vermont.” When Superstorm Sandy caused havoc on the East Coast, Burnham said […]
Lavin leads way in track
Rebecca Lavin had a banner day for the girl’s track team, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the team from falling to Salem and host Corinth on Tuesday afternoon. Lavin won three events for the Railroaders, Kassi VanGuilder cleared more than four and a half feet to win the girl’s high jump, and Caitlyn Sanford […]
Softball squad wins three

If Brittney Putorti keeps pitching the way she has, Whitehall will be tough to beat. The Railroaders won their last three games behind the strong pitching of Putorti, who limiting opposing batters to six runs on six hits in three games. On Tuesday, Whitehall defeated previously unbeaten Argyle […]
Track teams get first wins
Whitehall’s boys and girls track teams picked up their first wins of the season, going 2-1 in a meet against Greenwich, Cambridge, and Waldorf on Tuesday afternoon. Dave Rich led the boys with four top-three finishes, including two wins, and Tyler Perry and Tyler Sweenor each added wins for Whitehall. Rich won the 110-meter hurdles […]
Softball wins 6-2 in final at-bats
Whitehall broke open a tie game with a four-run seventh inning as they defeated Fort Edward 6-2 on Monday afternoon. Tied at 2-2 going into the final inning, the Railroaders took advantage of some fielding miscues by the Forts, scoring four runs, three of them unearned. Emily Harker and Olivia Short each doubled, recording the […]
Big rally knocks off softball squad

The Fort Ann Cardinals softball team used a four-run rally and a pair of runs in each of the game’s final two innings to defeat Whitehall in an early season Adirondack League showdown. Trailing 7-5 after three innings, Fort Ann scored four runs in the fourth inning and […]
Whitehall falls to Granville
Whitehall plays at Granville Friday and at Hudson Falls Monday and those games should probably be included if possible. A Granville goal with less than 20 minutes left gave the Horde the 2-1 win and split the non-league season series with Whitehall at a game each. Hunter Bassett knocked home a penalty kick at 18:21 […]