By Derek Liebig Whitehall was paced by several strong individual performances during last weekend’s Anthony Luciano Invitational in Hudson Falls. Head coach Justin Culligan said earlier in the week he would look for some of his stronger athletes to turn in a strong performance in a meet that had too much fire power to be [...]
Girls track sweeps at home
Wasaren League track Granville girls dominate Granville girls track took two of three relays to break a tie with Stillwater for the league dual meet lead April 26. Granville beat Stillwater and Lake George to take the meet and the lead in the Wasaren. Meghan O’Brien won four individual events with victories in [...]
Boys track opens 3-1; Benjamin, Lavin win
Whitehall’s boys Track team completed a successful opening week splitting a dual meet against Stillwater and Schuylerville in Stillwater last Thursday. The Railroaders fell to Stillwater but defeated Schuylerville. Jake Evans, Jared DeRusha and Zach Diekel paved the way for Whitehall, each winning two events. Evans won a very close 100 meter race, crossing the [...]
O’Brien leads girls track
Meghan O’Brien took home three wins as the Granville girls track team swept Whitehall and Hoosic Valley in Schaghticoke April 12. While the boys had winners, they could not overcome Whitehall. O’Brien won the 100 meters with a time of 13.8 seconds, triple jump with a distance of 33 feet, 5.5 inches, the long jump [...]
Indoor Track
Track wrap up As the indoor track season rounds the bend into the home stretch, Granville athletes continue to rack up place finishes in various events. At the Wasaren Indoor Championship, which was held Feb. 7 at Union College in Schenectady, the boys and girls teams finished fourth and fifth, respectively. For the boys, track [...]
Track athletes take titles
Seniors Kelsie Benjamin and Jake Evans and junior Marion Gendron came home winners from the Feb. 12 Section II, Division IV indoor track championships. Benjamin won the sectional shot put for the third time with a throw of 36 feet, 6 inches and also took the weight throw with a distance of 30 feet, 11 [...]
Railroader preview: indoor track and field
The Whitehall varsity indoor track and field team will return several champions and state contenders in 2010-11. “We have some very talented athletes,” said head coach Mike Collier, “just not enough bodies to compete in team score.” The squad will be headlined by Kelsie Benjamin, the two-time Section II champion in the shot put as [...]
track-in'
Granville had another successful track season under coaches Jack Best and Jay Condon. These are just a few of the obvious successes in the program. Great work folks. The State Qualifier Meet in Johnstown takes place Thursday, June 3 and Friday, June 4 with Granville qualifiers including: Evan Miller – High Jump Aaron [...]
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).






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 [...]