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GLSP Hosting Fall Outdoor Fun Day And Barbecue

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Grafton Lakes State Park is hosting its second Fall Fun Day on Sunday, October 22. This year it will feature a barbecue from Brunswick Barbecue & Brew. There will also be live music from The Stray Dogs, a treasure hunt, a bike ride and foliage hike and much more! Enjoy this beautiful time of year in the outdoors by adventuring in Grafton Lakes State Park for the day.
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Rensselaer Land Trust Oktoberfest Benefit

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The 4th Annual Oktoberfest Benefit for the Rensselaer Land Trust will be held from 4 to 11 pm on Saturday, October 15, at Brown’s Brewing Company’s Revolution Hall, 425 River Street, Troy. Celebrate clean water for clean beer with music by Fritz’s Polka Band, Flood Road Bluegrass and The Lustre Kings. There is a $5 cover charge.

Panther Field Hockey Wins Two In OT

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by Steve Bradley
In a week of overtime games, the Lady Panther field hockey team took two extra time victories back to HFCS.
On Sunday, on the beautiful Schuylerville artificial turf field, Hoosick Falls pulled out a 3-2 double overtime victory against a tough Granville squad. Eighth-grader Erika Quackenbush scored two regulation game goals, and Carsen Williams fired in the winning overtime goal.
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Football Game Moved & Last Week Panthers Trounce Bengals In Time Warner Game Of The Week

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The varsity football game between Hoosick Falls and Hoosic Valley has been moved to Saturday, October 1, at 7 pm at Stillwater. 

by Ryan Mosher
Last Friday night’s Hoosick Falls-Tamarac match up on the gridiron pitted the top two teams in the North Division of Class C. Both the Bengals and the Panthers entered the game undefeated, earning the game the Time Warner “Game of the Week.” The distinction would give the entire Capital Region the chance to see small school football at its best. Ultimately, only one team showed that they were ready to step up to that challenge.
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Stephentown’s Sensei Fish Promoted To Eighth Degree Black Belt

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On behalf of Stephentown Self Defense Systems and Green Island Academy Of Martial Arts we would all like to congratulate Sensei Fish on his promotion to an 8th Degree Black Belt. Master John Izzo of John Izzo’s Okinawan Karate has officially promoted him as of September 14. Achieving the rank of 8th Degree Black Belt Sensei Fish is now considered a Master.
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Panther Boys Soccer Splits Games

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by Ryan Mosher and Gail Delurey
The Hoosick Falls Boys Varsity soccer team has struggled through the first half of the 2011 season compiling a 1-3-1 record entering this week’s games at Granville and home against Tamarac.
On Friday, September 23, the Panthers traveled to Granville looking to pick up their first WASAREN League victory. On a rainy day Hoosick Falls secured  a 3-1 victory. Hoosick Falls came out fast, scoring two goals early in the first half, one by Tyler Carr, the other by Drew Phillips.  [Read more…] about Panther Boys Soccer Splits Games

Mountaineer Runners Top Tamarac

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by Ryan Mosher
The Berlin boys and girls cross country teams hosted Tamarac and Emma Willard this week in Wasaren League Competition. The girls team fell 33-26 to Emma Willard and defeated an incomplete Tamarac team. Kailey Corrado led the Lady Mountaineers with a second place finish in 24:50. Brittany Dickhaus took sixth, Hailey Styer tenth, Anne Marie Gerdan 18th, Danielle Jones 19th and Erika Pelletier 20th place.
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