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 [...]
Girls hoopsters off to 2-1 start
A big third quarter and a late defensive stop led the Whitehall girls basketball team past Saratoga Catholic 40-37 on Monday night. The Railroaders outscored Saratoga Catholic by four points in the third quarter and the Railroaders held the Saints scoreless for the last two and a half minutes to earn a hard fought non-league [...]
Tamarac ekes past Horde on late score
The Granville Golden Horde came oh-so-close to upsetting Tamarac in football Saturday, dropping a 12-8 game at home that came down to the last play. In a largely defensive struggle, both teams drove the ball well in the fourth quarter. First Tamarac punctuated a long drive with a one-yard quarterback dive by junior Dan Motzer. [...]
Top teams prove tough for Railroaders
By Derek Liebig The Whitehall boy’s basketball team faced off against three of the league’s top teams over last week and although the effort was there, the results were not. Whitehall dropped contests to Argyle, Fort Ann and Lake George. Despite the start, head coach Keith Redmond said the team has played [...]
Horde girls fall to Bengals
Tenacious defense by the visitors eventually wore down the Golden Horde girls basketball team, as Granville fell to the Tamarac Bengals, 58-46, in its Wasaren League home opener. Emily Fuller led all scorers with 21 points and the Golden Horde stayed close to the Bengals despite a close-quarters defense that forced multiple Granville turnovers. Fuller [...]
Folks Dress Up Like Eskimoes…
F-f-f-f-f-f-f—ff freezing out there this morning. I don’t know about you guys, all of the readers of Mattblog/Talk To Me but the weather caught me by surprise a bit. There ought to be something on television that warms you about upcoming weather events, some kind of ‘fore’ warning…food for thought Speaking of weather, I don’t [...]
Railroaders Can’t Stop Second Half Run
For 24 minutes, the Whitehall Railroaders had upset on their minds. The varsity football team battled to a 7-0 halftime deficit against the Cambridge Indians on Sept. 11, using a pressuring defense and two turnovers to stay within one touchdown heading into the second half. The Railroaders looked to have the Indians held to a [...]
Horde Toppled by Greenwich
It was going to come down to execution Saturday and both head coaches knew it. Both men, Granville’s Mario Torres and Greenwich’s Brandon Linnett, said so way back in August when the two teams met at Granville’s annual Coaching Connections football camp while preparing for the season. Each coach said the team to execute, commit [...]





