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Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper

Hoosick School Dist.

Adapt Planning For After-Prom Celebration

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ADAPT (Alcohol Drug Abuse Prevention Team), a committee responsible for planning and hosting a safe, substance-free after-prom celebration for the high school juniors and their guests, is underway with its planning sessions. The committee is looking for HFCS Class of 2012 parents/guardians to join in the planning sessions and fund raising efforts for this event.
The committee began meeting in late January and will have regular meetings every other Tuesday in the HFCS Elementary School library from 6:30 to 8 pm. The next meeting will be held on March 1.
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Lady Panthers Win Sectional First Round

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by Bea Peterson
In a very close game Hoosick Falls won the first round of the Class B Sectionals. Ninth seed HF defeated eighth seed Greenville Tuesday night, February 22, by a score of 43-41. In the first quarter the score was 11-10 HF. The Panthers led 21-17 at the half. The game was tied up 28 all at the end of the third and very close all through the fourth quarter. A three-pointer by Nicole Marmillo with under two minutes remaining cinched the deal for HF. High scorer for HF was Frankie Pearson with 16 points. The team is now 9-10 for the season.
On Friday they will play number one seed Maple Hill.

Panther Wrestlers Burns And Weierbach Win Sectionals; Head to States

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by Ryan Mosher
Hoosick Falls wrestlers Brad Burns and Luis Weierbach entered the Section II State Qualifier tournament at the Glens Falls Civic Center with hopes of extending their season by two more weeks to reach the State championship meet. The sophomore and freshman were seeded first and second heading into the meet.
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HFCS Bowlers Win Sectionals

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On Tuesday, February 15, the Hoosick Falls bowling team won the Section II C-D Tournament for the third time in five years. With a six game total for five bowlers of 5,930 pins they beat Mechanicville with a pin total of 5,531 and Fort Plain with a pin total of 5,524 on a difficult oil pattern. Hoosick Falls had the third highest total of all A, B and C-D schools, only being outscored by eventual winner Class A Colonie with 6,486 and Class A Guilderland with 6,007.
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Panthers Spoil Indians Senior Night

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by Ryan Mosher
The Hoosick Falls boys basketball team took to the road for one of their final contests of the year. Playing at Hoosic Valley on their senior night drew a large crowd for the Indians. The brief ceremony before the game didn’t seem to bring the inspiration to the home team, in fact it only seemed to delay the inevitable by five or ten minutes. From the beginning, the Panthers showed who was in charge.
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Lady Panthers Senior Night

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by Bea Peterson
Last Friday night, February 11, was Senior Night for the HFCS girls basketball team. Their opponent was WASAREN league first place team Hoosic Valley.
The Hoosick Falls gals couldn’t put it together in the first quarter and Hoosic Valley led them 15-5. Then in the second quarter HF came alive, including two interceptions and four points in the final minute. At the half it was 17-18 with HF behind by only one point.
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NYS Aid To HFCS Drops By $1.3 Million

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by Alex Brooks
Hoosick Falls Schools Superintendent Ken Facin said this week that Governor Cuomo’s proposed reduction in school aid will have serious consequences for the Hoosick Falls District. Under the Governor’s proposal, total aid to the Hoosick Falls District would be cut by 13%, which is $1.3 million. In addition, there are unavoidable increases in costs to the District, as there are every year. [Read more…] about NYS Aid To HFCS Drops By $1.3 Million

Panther Bowlers Win League Championship

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The Hoosick Falls bowling team defeated Fort Edward in the Adirondack League Championship match by the total pin score of 3,955 to 3,882. There were outstanding scores bowled by both teams. Hoosick Falls won the first game by 111 pins and the second game by 103 pins with a great single game total of 1,422. Fort Edward won the third game by 141 giving Hoosick Falls the overall win by 73 pins. Both Hoosick Falls and Fort Edward had their best team totals for the year.
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