Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
By Steve Bradley
The Lady Panthers handily defeated the Corinth Tomahawks Tuesday evening to advance to quarterfinal play. The Ladies got out to a 17 – 6 lead, and by the half were out of reach for the Tomahawks, 36 – 17.
[Read more…] about Ladies Slash Tomahawks 55 – 30 To Advance
The following bowlers made the Adirondack Bowling League All-Star Team for the Southern Division for the 2014-2015 year:
FIRST TEAM
Name School Average
Josh McCart Hoosick Falls 216
Ken Marbot Hoosick Falls 206
Anthony Hurlburt Hoosick Falls 202
Britaney Myers Stillwater 201
Jon Bossoni Hoosick Falls 191
Eric Bloomer Hoosick Falls 186
SECOND TEAM
Kyla Day Hoosick Falls 183
Tyler Ray Hoosic Valley 180
Tim Robitaille Hoosic Valley 180
Dillion Ray Stillwater 178
Charles Cumo Hoosic Valley 176
Jennifer Sargood Hoosick Falls 174
Ashleigh Loomis Granville 170
HIGH AVERAGE: Josh McCart – 216
HIGH GAME: Jon Bossoni – 277
HIGH TRIPLE: Ken Marbot – 770
The Rensselaer Plateau Alliance, in partnership with the Hudson River Greenway, has embarked on an exciting new project to develop a vision for a region-wide, multi-user trail network that will serve the Plateau communities and will also someday connect to other trail networks beyond the Plateau. An enhanced network of trails connecting the Plateau and its communities presents opportunities for recreation and economic growth.
Please join us for a public workshop on Thursday, March 5 at 7 pm at the Poestenkill Fire House to provide information and gather input from the public. Speakers from a variety of regional trail organizations have been invited to share their experience in developing trail networks. For more information about the project, please visit the following link: http://www.rensselaerplateau.org/trailvision. The Poestenkill Fire House is located at 182 Main Street, Poestenkill, NY. Refreshments will be served. For questions please contact Sarah Parks at sarahtparks@gmail.com.
Wednesday, March 4 – Almost Full Moon Outing at 6 pm. Savor winter under the glow of the moon. Meets at Shaver Pond Center. Space is limited so please pre-register and let us know if you need snowshoes for the outing: Call 279-1155. Sponsored by Friends of GLSP.
Saturday, March 14 – Backyard Maple Sugaring at 1pm. Do you long to set up a family-scale syruping operation in your backyard? Join us for a short film, demo and samples of sap and fresh syrup. $2/person and $5/family.
Saturday, March 21 – Backyard Maple Sugaring at 1pm. Savor a delicious sign of Spring and learn how to make syrup in your backyard. $2/person and $5/family.
Grafton Lakes State Park is open daily from 8am-dusk. For an ongoing schedule of Friends group outings that changes weekly, look us up on www.meetup.com/Friends-of-Grafton-Lakes-State-Park. For more info on the park or our programs, please call the park naturalist at 279-1155 or look us up on Facebook!
Seeks Public Input At Workshop On March 5
The Rensselaer Plateau Alliance, in partnership with the Hudson River Greenway, has embarked on an exciting new project to develop a vision for a region-wide, multi-user trail network that will not only serve the immediate Plateau communities but will hopefully someday connect to other trail networks beyond the Plateau. [Read more…] about Rensselaer Plateau Alliance Seeks To Develop Trail Network
By Steve Bradley
The HFCS Panthers finished the winter season undefeated in league play in all sports. The Boys basketball, Girls Basketball, Wrestling and Bowling teams did not lose a league game all season.
In WASAREN league play, the Lady Panther basketball team is 14 – 0 (16 – 1 overall), the boys basketball team is 14 – 0 (18 – 0 overall), wrestling is 4 – 0 (7 – 9 overall). HFCS bowling competes in the Adirondack League where they finished 14 – 0 (47 – 1 overall).
The bowling team recently finished second in Section II (Sectionals). The wrestlers had two champions in sectionals over the past weekend. Sectional basketball for both boys and girls begins next week and both teams may be number one seeds.
Credit for this great accomplishment goes, in adition to the athletes themselves, to the community for all the things it provides from early ages for its youth, and to the School District for the great support it gives its sports programs. Perhaps the great Panthers fans that come out to support the teams have made a contribution as well.
The coaches, from T-ball to majors, Raiders and Irish football, Youth Center basketball on Saturday morning all provide the basis for this fantastic success. The WASAREN League is considered one of the most competitive leagues in New York State.
by Steve Bradley
HF 52 Greenwich 50
Andrew Hoag scored 25 points, 13 in the third quarter, to lead the Hoosick Falls Panthers past the Greenwich Witches last Wednesday evening. With the WASAREN League championship on the line, both teams had everything to win. The Panthers came into the contest undefeated. The Witches had one loss, a 42 – 38 loss to Hoosick Falls in the first meeting of the season. A win by Greenwich would leave both teams with one loss and the teams tied for the league championship. Both teams play league games Friday, and both are favored to win.
[Read more…] about Panthers Boys Basketball Completes Regular Season
By Steve Bradley
The Panther Ladies basketball team finished its regular season over the past week with wins over Greenwich and Granville.
HF 65 Greenwich 52
The Panthers got 21 points and 20 rebounds from Megan Flynn to lead the Panthers over the potent Witches. Greenwich, with Alexis Case, is a difficult win, but the Panthers defeated them handily for the second time this season. Rachel Pine added 15 points. Anna Wysocki did her part by pulling down ten rebounds. Greenwich’s Alexis Case scored 19 points.
HF 68 Granville 38
The Panthers never let the Granville Horde even think for a moment they had a chance of winning this game. Blasting out to a 33 – 16 halftime lead, the Panthers never let up and blasted away the Horde by 30 points. Megan Flynn had 18 points and 17 rebounds. Rachel Pine added 13 points, and her sister, Kelly, dropped in 11 points and hauled down 12 rebounds.
The Ladies are ranked number three in the state by the New York State Sportwriters Assoc. With the regular season concluded, the Panthers now move into sectional play. Seedings will be held midweek and games will begin early next week.
By Steve Bradley
The HFCS wrestling team did well at the Section II Sectionals, Division 2 championships held at the Glens Falls Civic Center last weekend. Matches were held all day Saturday and Sunday. The finals were held Sunday evening.
In the 113 pound class, number one seed Nolan Foster won by decision over number two seed Zack Lawrence of Duanesburg, 4 – 3, to be the sectional champ.
Colby Davendonis was the 152 pound champion. Davendonis, a number two seed, won his match over number one seed Taylor Epting of Cobleskill, 5 – 2. Epting defeated Davendonis earlier this season.
In the 182 pound class, number two seed Garrett Wright lost by decision to number one seed Geno Brancati of Hudson Falls, 7 – 3.
Shane Barss, wrestling at 195 pounds, finished in fifth place. Barss defeated Brandon Macey of Lansingburgh. Alex Hull, wrestling as a heavyweight, also finished fifth.
Other wrestlers competing from HFCS were Matt LaPorte, Sam Richard, and Nick Schrom.
Hoosick Falls finished Division 2 in third place overall, with 102 points, out of ten teams. Hadley-Luzerne finished with 167½ points to take the title. Cobleskill was second with 112½ points.
Submitted by Coach Bob Lang
On Tuesday, February 10, the Hoosick Falls bowling team lost to Fort Edward in a high scoring roll off to see who was the overall Adirondack League Champion. Fort Edward had an outstanding match total of 3,951 pins for six bowlers bowling three games and Hoosick Falls had a great match total of 3,773. [Read more…] about Hoosick Falls Bowlers Lose League Rolloffs To Fort Edward, But Defeat Fort Edward To Win Adirondack League Bowling Tournament Two Days Later
