Haley Wiskoski won the freshman girls 45 meter hurdles during a track meet held at Union College last Saturday. Wiskoski finished the race in 10.2 seconds, nearly a second faster than her season best. She also competed in the girl’s triple jump, recording a distance of 24 feet 7 inches. Morgan Winters also competed in [...]
Schoony’s wins county business prize
By Jaime Thomas Family and community are everything in Bob Schoonmaker’s business. The co-owner of Schoony’s Country Market, who runs the shop with his wife, Dorie, feels he can thank his family, his workers and his patrons for a recent award. “We’re all about family; we try to run this like a family business with [...]
Soccer wins first game in three years
For the first time in three years, the Granville boys soccer team won a game Monday night, said coach Daniel Brayton. Playing under the lights, Gabe Pratt scored the game’s only goal against Arlington in the forth minute of the first half. Ricky Prevost assisted the play with a long run and a through pass [...]
Rich wins league pole vault championship
Dave Rich had quite the week for Whitehall’s track team. The senior was crowned a Wasaren League champion in the pole vault last Wednesday after he cleared 11 feet, six inches at the league meet held in Schuylerville. He also finished third in the boys 110 meter hurdles at the same event. He followed up [...]
Sophomore wins pole vault
Whitehall’s track team received a pair of strong individual performances in limited action last week. Tyler Sweenor won the pole vault event at the Bemus Invitational held last Thursday at Greenwich High School. Sweenor cleared the bar at 10 feet, six inches, a foot higher than the runner-up. He was the only Whitehall athlete to [...]
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 [...]
Bascue wins twice in junior bobsleds
Codie Bascue took another step toward his dream of Olympic gold. Bascue, a senior at Whitehall High School, teamed with Jake Peterson of Princeton, Minn. to win a pair of gold medals at Winter Youth Olympic Games qualifying races held in Park City, Utah Nov. 9-10. Bascue and Peterson, both 17, competed in [...]
Wells constable wins at Benson Derby
By Derek Liebig A day off from work resulted in a big pay day for one local angler. Local resident and Wells Constable Gary Stomski took a day off from fighting crime and patrolling the streets of Wells to get in a little fishing Sunday afternoon and when the day was over he went home [...]
Granville Wins $56K for sidewalks
A popular walking route in Granville is getting more “sidewalk.” The “Make the Connection Program” by the Glens Falls Transportation Council informed the town and village their joint application succeeded in bringing $56,300 in federal grant monies toward the Quaker Street sidewalk project. The project is slated to bring more than 2,200 feet of sidewalk [...]





