Whitehall’s softball team is playing some of its best softball of the season at exactly the right time. The Railroaders have won their last four games to inch their record above .500 in the Adirondack League. On Monday, Whitehall defeated Hadley-Luzerne 15-1. Paxton Peterson led the charge offensively for Whitehall, going 3 for 5 with [...]
Whitehall pulls out close win versus Hartford
After starting the season 0-4 in games decided by less than two runs, it was only a matter of time before Whitehall pulled out a close game. Last Wednesday, the Railroaders did just that, as Brittney Putorti tossed a three-hit shutout in a 2-0 win over Adirondack League foe Hartford. Putorti allowed only three base [...]
Railroaders baseball split four game road trip
An opportunistic Warrensburg team took advantage of several Whitehall errors to pull out a dramatic 3-2 win on Monday evening. Joe Brunelle drove in the winning run on a double with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Burgers won their sixth game of the season. The Railroaders got a good [...]
Baseball wins three
Whitehall’s baseball team is starting to develop a flare for the dramatic. The Railroaders rallied to win a pair of one-run games last week. Whitehall took advantage of a sixth inning rally and a bases loaded strike out to win its first win of the season last Wednesday against the Salem Generals. Trailing by a [...]
Peterson named student of the month
Paxton Peterson, a senior at Whitehall High School, was named Elks Student of the month for January. Peterson will receive a $50 award from the Elks Club and will be eligible for the annual Elks Student of the Year award that is presented each spring. The Elks Student of the Month is presented to a [...]
All stars attend banquet
Three athletes from Whitehall were among more than 600 people who attended a special banquet honoring the best female soccer players in Section II. Brittney Putorti, Rebecca Lavin and Paxton Peterson, all seniors at Whitehall High School, attended the banquet, which was held Sunday, Dec. 9, at the Marriott Hotel on Wolf Road in Colonie. [...]
WHS Honor Society Inductions
The Whitehall Chapter of the National Honor Society recently held its induction ceremony. The students selected were : Ryan St.Clair, Brandon Steves, Kendra Rocque, Christopher Leipfert, Paxton DeLorme, Joshua Hoagland, Kassandra VanGuilder, Cariana Jones, Olivia Sweeney, Taryn Tracy, Mackenzie Fiorini, Megan Lane, Paxton Peterson, Rebecca Lavin, Ariel Ayers, Casey Garner, Alycia Hollister, John Diekel [...]
Second half sinks Railroaders, 40-30
A second-half rally by Lake George sent Whitehall to its third loss of the season and essentially puts the Railroaders in a must-win scenario for each of the next two weeks. Lake George scored 40 unanswered points, including 34 in the second half, as they erased a 24-0 deficit on their way to a 40-30 [...]
Baseball wins three straight
Whitehall’s baseball team is rounding into form. The team has won its last three games, and none were bigger than Monday’s 19-8 win over Adirondack League East division rival Hartford. The Railroaders recorded 22 hits in the game and avenged a loss to Hartford earlier in the [...]







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 [...]