Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper
by Bea Peterson and Alex Brooks
A solar array of over one megawatt, proposed to be installed on nine acres of the Wysocki Farm to generate electricity for the Hoosick Falls Central School, and approved by the Hoosick Zoning and Planning Boards, will not be built. [Read more…] about Solar Power Deal At HFCS Falls Through; A New One Is In The Works
By Steve Bradley
The Panther boys tipped off sectional play against the play-in winner Cairo-Durham Mustangs Tuesday evening. Cairo-Durham defeated Corinth last week to win the right to play the number one seeded HFCS Panthers.
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
By Alex Brooks
At the Hoosick Falls School Board meeting on February 12, Board President Greg Laurin read a short statement about the resolution of the case of District Bus Driver Leo Surdam, who was suspended after an incident on his bus December 8 in which he confronted two students over the way they were behaving towards a third, younger student on the bus. [Read more…] about Leo Surdam Matter Resolved
By Alex Brooks
The Hoosick Falls School District released the first draft of its 2015-2016 budget. Total spending under this budget is $23,197,818. This is $710,733 more than this year’s budget, an increase of 3.2%.
[Read more…] about Hoosick Falls School Board – No Clarity From Governor On State Aid
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.
