The Railroaders are unbeaten no longer. Whitehall suffered its first loss of the season Saturday afternoon, falling to Fort Edward in a spirited 28-26 thriller that featured six lead changes. The Forts handed Whitehall a taste of their own medicine, grinding out more than 300 yards of rushing offense and playing the physical, hard-hitting style [...]
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Wild win for unbeaten Railroaders
First-year Whitehall football coach Josh Culligan is going to have to find something new to worry about. During the preseason, Culligan preached to his players about the importance of responding to and overcoming adversity. Through two games, adversity was never an issue as the team outscored Salem and Lake George by combined scores of 50-0. [...]
A fine finale
Kelsie Benjamin has had one heck of a year. The senior won nearly every track meet she entered, including the Wasaren League Championships, the Section II championships and state qualifiers. On Friday, she competed in the shot put event at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Championships at Caledonia High School. Although [...]
Sudents named to Dean’s Lists
Several area students have have been named to the Dean’s List at their respective schools. Nicholas Stark and Mark Carswell, both of Whitehall, were named to the Dean’s List at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for the fall 2010 semester. Robert Gendron, also of Whitehall, was named to the Dean’s List at Norwich [...]
John Diekel heads for states again
After losing the Section II title to Hudson Falls’ Noah Valastro for the second straight year, sophomore John Diekel was disappointed and honest. “He flat-out outwrestled me and beat me,” Diekel said after the 10-2 decision in the 119-pound championship match. “I am not going to stand here and make excuses.” Despite last year’s loss, [...]
Aubin ralles for Sectional title
For the second week in a row Al Aubin responded to late-match pressure in exactly the right way. Aubin, a sophomore, was one of two Whitehall wrestlers to win Section II, Division II titles at the Glens Falls Civic Center Feb. 12, and he did it almost exactly the way he captured the Class D [...]
Horde boys hoops drop three
Granville was swept in the season series with the Black Horses and came up short in a rescheduled match-up with Cambridge in Wasaren League action. An outsized Granville squad fell to Schuylerville Monday night, Jan. 31, as the Horde fell, 44-25, in Wasaren League play. Shots refused to fall for the Horde as the one-loss [...]
Wrestlers claim four Class D crowns
Grant Gebo bounded across the mat like a little kid who had won his first wrestling match. Unlike the other three Whitehall wrestlers who claimed individual titles at Saturday Section II Class D championships in the Railroaders’ gym, Gebo exulted at the end, celebrating after he pinned Salem’s Josh McKittrick midway through their 285-pound bout. [...]
Railroader preview: wrestling
The Whitehall varsity wrestling program enters the 2010-11 season knowing it will have the biggest meet of the year on its home mats. The school will host the Section II/Class D tournament in February, and will look to have several members of the team who will compete for the Class D title as well as [...]
State meet bound
It’s off to Syracuse for a pair of Whitehall track and field athletes. Junior Brittany St. Clair won the Section II/Division II triple jump with a mark of 37 feet, 2 ½ inches, while also qualifying for the NYSPHSAA state meet in the long jump with a second place finish (17 feet, 5 ½ inches).
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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 [...]