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HS Basketball Wasaren League

March 30, 2022 By Eastwick Press

Boys All Stars

From Wasaren Sports Net

MVP
Zach Rice - Tamarac

First Team
Jesse Kuzmich - Greenwich
Joey Poulin - Tamarac
CJ McNeil - Stillwater
Jaxson Mueller - Stillwater
Colin Richardson - Mechanicville

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Filed Under: Area Sports, Member Exclusive, School News, Sports Outdoors

NL-B Swimmers Finish Strong

February 23, 2022 By Eastwick Press

Submitted by Coach Tim Christiansen

Top 8 finishes were achieved and school records broken for the New Lebanon-Berlin Varsity Swim Team who competed in NYS Sectionals this past weekend at Shenendehowa High School. Junior Alex Sotek, Sophomore Alison Slater and eighth grader Lance Schroder competed in individual events while Carol Kirsimagi, Riley Schwartz and Jordan Sotek rounded out the relay teams. Alex Sotek led the way with an outstanding meet finishing with two school records and two top 8 finishes, which hasn’t been done by a New Lebanon-Berlin swimmer in over 14 years. Alex finished 7th in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 58.78 and 5th place in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 1:01.50. Alison set a new school record while

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Filed Under: Area Sports, Berlin School Dist., Member Exclusive, New Lebanon Central School, School News, Sports Outdoors

High School Wrestling

February 16, 2022 By Eastwick Press

Section 2 Qualifier Highlights

During the recent Section 2 Wrestling State Qualifier Tournament three local schools performed exceptionally well. Tamarac had several wrestlers place at the event, including Trevor Bishop who finished in first place, winning the Section 2 Championship. Also placing were Torin Bishop in second place, Ty Roadcap in fourth place, Austin Fitzpatrick in sixth place and Brice Retell also with a sixth place finish. Both Trevor and Torin Bishop will be competing at the NYS tournament on February 25 – 26 at the MVP Arena. Tamarac also won the Sportsmanship award and Jim Sheefler won JV Coach of the Year.

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High School Bowling – Wasaren League Tournament

February 2, 2022 By Eastwick Press

Hoosick Falls Wins Bowling Tournament

Submitted by James Lynch

On Tuesday the teams of the Wasaren League gathered at Saratoga Strike Zone for this year’s Wasaren League Tournament. Berlin-New Lebanon, Hoosick Falls, Hoosic Valley, Mechanicville, Saratoga Catholic, Stillwater and Waterford-Halfmoon all sent teams of seven bowlers. 

During the morning block of three games, Hoosick Falls 3276, Mechanicville 2906 and Stillwater 2860 had separated from the rest of the field. In the afternoon, Hoosick Falls was able to add to their lead,

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Filed Under: Hoosick Falls, Hoosick School Dist., Member Exclusive, Sports Outdoors

Wasaren League Basketball

January 19, 2022 By Eastwick Press

Provided by WasarenSportsNet

Boys
Thursday, January 13
Hoosick Falls 93 Berlin/New Lebanon 29
Leading Scorers:  Panthers – Miles Smith 18, Jake Sparks 15, Connor Jones 10, Mat Kempf 12, Michael Fratello 12;      Mountaineers – Jesse Francour 14
Key Stat: The Panthers opened with a 26-2 first period
Take Away: The Falls put five players in doubles with 10 players in the scoring column, as the Panthers rolled to the road win.  

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Filed Under: Hoosick School Dist., New Lebanon Central School, Sports Outdoors

Ron Jones Enters Capital Region Hall of Fame

November 23, 2021 By Eastwick Press

by Steve Bradley

Ron Jones, who coached football at Hoosick Falls Central School for 23 years, was inducted as a member of the Class of 2021 Capital Region Hall of Fame Saturday evening.

Jones coached his teams to six straight sectional titles in the 2009-2014 span, state semi-finals and state championship games. At one time, Jones had more wins on

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Filed Under: Area Sports, Hoosick Falls, Hoosick School Dist., Member Exclusive, Sports Outdoors

Field Hockey; Panthers Win Semi, Lose Final

November 19, 2021 By Eastwick Press

Hoosick Falls (20-2)  1
Whitney Point (17-4) 6
Sunday, November 14. Played at Centereach, NY (Long Island).

After defeating North Salem Saturday in the semi-final game, the Panthers learned their Sunday opponent for the Finals would be

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Filed Under: Hoosick Falls, Hoosick School Dist., Member Exclusive, School News, Sports Outdoors

Cross Country Sectionals

November 11, 2021 By Eastwick Press

Submitted by BCS Communications 

Congratulations to the BNL Cross Country Team on their impressive performance at Sectionals last Friday, November 5. The BNL Girls Cross Country team won the Sectionals race at SPAC with 41 points. Allura Meizinger led the way with an overall second place finish. Elsie Corbett, Sadie Giumarra and Brady Hills had a strong wall finish placing 9, 10 and 11. Ava Noel secured the BNL girls victory by finishing in

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Filed Under: Berlin, Member Exclusive, New Lebanon, Sports Outdoors

Hoosick Falls-Tamarac Gets Easy Win

October 28, 2021 By Eastwick Press

Hoosick Falls-Tamarac: 42
Corinth (0-6): 0

It was not expected to be a competitive game. It wasn’t.

Two minutes into the game the Wildcats led 14-0. With three minutes left in the first quarter, HF-T led 28-0 and the game was over at that point. Every point in the game was scored before the half. Junior varsity players were inserted midway through

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Outdoors With Trix

May 3, 2019 By steve bradley

Triple Beauty

Purple Trillium (Trillium erectum) is blooming in area woods.

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Filed Under: Front Page, Local News, Member Exclusive, Sports Outdoors

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        State of the County Address

        Submitted by the Office of County Executive Steve McLaughlin On Thursday, March 16th, after a two day postponement due to severe weather, Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin gave his 2023 State of the County Address (SOTC). With residents and members of the County Legislature in attendance, McLaughlin discussed how Rensselaer County government is being transformed […]

        HACA Braces for Benefits Decrease

        Submitted by Dianne Hosterman The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) emergency allotments (EAs), which are temporary benefit increases that Congress enacted to address rising food insecurity, and provide economic stimulus during the COVID-19 pandemic, have ended. This will result in a benefit cut for every SNAP household in the jurisdictions that still are paying EAs. Every […]

        New EPA PFAS Ruling Affects Residents

        Submitted by the Petersburgh C8 (PFAS) Group On March 14th, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued new rules for the regulation of the toxic chemicals PFOA/PFAS that are affecting the health of people in our communities. Although still in the proposal stage, it is expected that they will become law. The Petersburgh C8 (PFAS) […]

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        FFA Members Attend Leadership Conference

        Submitted by HFCSD Communications Recently, six members from the Hoosick Falls FFA Chapter attended the annual NYS FFA Member Leadership Series (MLS) Conference in Syracuse. This conference is held to empower agriculture education students with knowledge and skills that they need to be confident and capable leaders. FFA members Jessica Haynes, Amber Bulson, Cole Ziehm, […]

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        County Announces Bus Safety Program 

        Courtesy of Rensselaer County Rensselaer County has announced a new school bus safety program in partnership with BusPatrol that will enable school buses to utilize automated enforcement solutions to enhance student safety. As part of the county program, school districts that participate will be able to equip their entire school bus fleet with BusPatrol stop-arm […]

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