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Wildcats Compete at the New York State Indoor Track Championships 

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Hoosick Falls CSD Indoor Track

Submitted by HFCSD Communications
The Wildcats put forth a great effort at the New York State Indoor Track Championships on March 8th. The girls 4x400, consisting of Emma Waugh, Mihaly Blake, Ava Salvsevold, and Erin Conety, had a huge upset in their race. Going in as the underdogs, the girls won their heat and broke their own school record by 10 seconds with a time of 4:27.28. They finished 16th in the small school division! Following the girls, Michael Plusch put forth a strong effort in the Pole Vault, but unfortunately, no-heighted. The boys came back in the 4x200, consisting of Sam Fauler, Michael Plusch, Rich Stifter, and Jack Roseberger, with a new school record time of 1:36.26. They finished 20th in the small school division.

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Birds of Prey Assembly

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Hoosick Falls Central School Communications Department
Recently, Hoosick Falls Central School 3rd and 4th grade students attended a “Birds of Prey” assembly presented by the Wildlife Institute of Eastern New York. Presenters Trish Marki and Delaney Dyer shared their knowledge with the students and students got to see five raptors right in the high school auditorium. Students had up-close experiences with an eastern screech owl, an aplomado falcon, a barred owl, a turkey vulture, and a Eurasian eagle-owl, which they saw take flight!

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1st Place in the Wasaren League!

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Hoosick Falls Bowling
Submitted by James Lynch

On Tuesday, January 28th, the Hoosick Falls bowling team defeated Berlin-New Lebanon 5-0 in a home match at the Barbecue Recreation. The Panthers finished with a total of 3682 pins to Berlin-New Lebanon’s 2853. Hoosick Falls junior Hailey Bedford 267-749 led all bowlers while Noah Bonesteel 206-528 led Berlin-New Lebanon. Other scores from Berlin-New Lebanon included Myra Snyder 214-511, Avyn Capasso 194-506, Kaylee Ferrarin 184-480, Gabe Florada 174-458, Devin Reichert 173-445, Mikael Florada 120-340, Curtis Hurd 109-314, and Eli Gorman 104-279. Other scores from Hoosick Falls included Sam Boyer 267-670, Memphis Hathaway 225-633, Terry Kuebler 234-629, Elliott Brenenstuhl 195-567, Chris Weeden 161-479, Sophie Hayes 195-464, Reed Hoag 147-430, Moses White-Rancourt 159-412, Skyla Myers 141-363, Anastacia McCart 137-359, Carter Stratton 144-349, Michael Wang 129-343, Levi Gifford 106-301, and Ben Stratton 100-290. The win lifts the Panthers’ record to 46-9.

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Wasaren League Indoor Track Championships

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HFCS/Tamarac Indoor Track Team
from Coach Linda Webber and the Hoosick Falls Communications Department

On February 2nd, the Boys and Girls Indoor Track team competed in the Wasaren League Indoor Track Championships. The Girls finished first by a one-point margin against Mechanicville, with a team score of 128-127, making them the 2025 Wasaren League Champions! The Boys finished 2nd to Stillwater with a score of 141-120, finishing as the Wasaren League Runners Up. 

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Hoosick Falls Girls Basketball

by Jeffrey Bernstein
Meg Barber, now the head coach at NYU, is one of the best basketball players to come out of Hoosick Falls High School. The 1998 graduate’s 1,643 career points were the most scored by a female Panther when she left the program. Barber held that record until 2020, when Logan Thayne, now playing for SUNY Cobleskill, surpassed that mark with 1,723 points (547 of those during her senior year).

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HF National Honor Society “Christmas Wish” Program

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Submitted by HFCSD Communications

Dear Hoosick Falls Community and Beyond,

Christmas is one of the happiest times of the year. However, for some families, it can be very stressful. The Hoosick Falls Central School (HFCS) Philip Leonard Chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) is dedicated to helping those in need within our community. Members of the NHS recently shopped for local families of K-12 students in our district. These students needed winter clothing such as pajamas, underwear, hats, mittens, boots, snow pants, winter coats, shoes, and toiletries. On December 14th, the NHS fulfilled the community’s “Christmas Wish” by hosting an event for families to “shop” from our inventory of supplies, all for free. Each family was allowed to pick out four clothing items per student in their household along with toiletries. In this community service event, the National Honor Society’s goal is to help as many families as possible by providing children a “Christmas Wish” of important needs vs. wants. This year our organization provided “Christmas Wishes” to over 100 students from more than 40 families.

To provide this necessary community service event, NHS members raise money to purchase clothing and toiletries.

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Winterfest

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Submitted by Hoosick Falls Central School Communications
The HFCS PTA is hosting a free event that will be fun for the whole family — Winterfest! This year's Winterfest will take place on Saturday, December 14th, from 2 to 6 pm at the HFCS Elementary School gym and cafeteria. Winter-themed activities will be offered such as kids' bingo, cookie decorating, a hot cocoa bar, and a Cake Walk where kids and families can win tasty cakes or baked goods. Nearly a dozen local vendors are signed up to attend and sell their specialty items such as paintings, handcrafted cutting boards, jewelry, ornaments, candles, and more. The PTA has collected fun items from local businesses for a basket raffle and will run a 50/50 raffle. Local photographer Vanessa Lewis will take free pictures with Santa and children will be offered goodie bags to take home, complete with reindeer food! Anyone in the community is welcome to attend this free family event. The HFCS PTA would like to thank all the generous sponsors who have contributed to this event.

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Freezin’ for a Reason Polar Plunge in Lake George

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Submitted by HFCSD Communications
Hoosick Falls Central School’s (HFCS) Inclusion Fusion team was joined by students, staff, and members of the community to fundraise and attend the 18th Annual “Freezin’ for a Reason” Polar Plunge in Lake George on Saturday, November 23rd. Around 1,600 plungers from around the Capital District raised $294,676.30 to benefit the Special Olympics, breaking past fundraising records. HFCS’s team braved the cold with over six times more participants this year than last year. The HFCS Inclusion Fusion team raised $8,431, making the top ten team list, out of the dozens of other schools and companies that participated. All of the funds raised will help support the Special Olympics’ mission to provide opportunities for sports and inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities. Thank you to all who donated, attended, and supported this effort!

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Middle School Food Drive for HACA Food Pantry

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Submitted by Hoosick Falls Central School Communications

The HFCS Middle School recently held a food drive and collected 680 items for the HACA food pantry for holiday food distributions in the community. Pictured with their teacher, Mrs. Antolick, are 5th and 6th grade members of the Middle School Student Council: Kendall Bettis, Allison Bushey, Jonny Mulligan, Nora Foy, Avery Sinsabaugh, Jazmin Sutton, Armando Lind, Ben Rousseau, and Colton Sousie.

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