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Possibility Of Five Rensselaer County State Parks Closing

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by Bea Peterson
There are 179 Parks and 36 Historic Sites in New York State. NYS budget rumors have five State sites closing in Rensselaer County. They are Grafton Lakes State Park, Cherry Plain State Park, Schodack Island State Park, the Bennington Battlefield and Fort Crailo. There is swimming and canoeing at both Grafton and Cherry Plain. Grafton is open year around and has over 20 miles of trails suitable for walking, mountain biking, horseback riding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing and cross country skiing. Cherry Plain, which is open in the summer offers hiking and camping. [Read more…] about Possibility Of Five Rensselaer County State Parks Closing

Burns And Fogarty Place At Section II Championships

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by Ryan Mosher
The Hoosick Falls wrestling team took five wrestlers to the Section II Championships this past weekend, coming home with two place finishers. Jordan Robichaud, David Couch, Jacob Pearson, Brad Burns and Matt Fogarty traveled to the Glens Falls Civic Center to represent the Panthers.
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HFCS Boys Hoop Team Wins WASAREN League Title

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by Gary Danforth
It was only fitting last Friday night, February 12, that senior Andy DiDonato drove the right baseline for the last bucket in Hoosick Falls Central School School’s 67-36 pasting of the Granville Golden Horde in the Panthers’ WASAREN League title clinching victory. Hoosick Falls hammered the Horde on this special Senior Night at the River Road gymnasium, and most every other league opponent, as they pushed their league mark to 13-1 to clinch their second consecutive league crown. [Read more…] about HFCS Boys Hoop Team Wins WASAREN League Title

Panther Girls Hoop Team Gets Long Awaited Win

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by Gary Danforth
Well, on Senior Night, last Thursday, February 11, the Hoosick Falls Central School Panther girls basketball team sent their seniors out with a win. Led by a 25 point effort by senior guard Jen Priore, HFCS beat a good Stillwater Central School team by a 62-55 margin. Other Panther seniors contributing on this night were Erin Shea, Emily Wilwol, Becka Laporte and Melody Mentiply. The win was only the Panther girls’ second of the year and first in WASAREN League play. HFCS is 1-12 in league action and 2-15, overall.
The Panthers fell behind 13-10 after one quarter but rallied to lead by a 29-24 margin at the halftime break. Hoosick Falls fell behind, 41-38, entering the final eight minutes. HFCS rallied and outscored the Warriors by a 24-14 margin in period four to win and walk off their home court with their first league win of the 2009-10 season. The only other win to date for the Panther girls was a victory over Berlin Central School in the opening round of the Hoosier Holiday Tournament in December.
Priore with 25 points, Wilwol, 6, Shea, 5, juniors Shelby Jones, 9, and Samantha Skott, 7, along with freshman Frankie Pearson with 10 points scored for HFCS.
Rebounding from Afar: At press time, whether the Panther girls were going to compete in the Sectionals was still up in the air. The Sectionals is a new season and is a reward for the team, at least another game for the seniors and a learning experience for the underclassmen. Here’s hoping HFCS enters the Sectionals. You never know what might happen until the game is played. In 1993, a 3-17 Stillwater boys hoop team won three straight and lost in the Class C final to Greenwich. That’s why the games are played.

Mountaineers Celebrate Senior Night

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by Ryan Mosher
Before their final home game of the season last Friday night, the Berlin boys basketball team celebrated its senior night. The Mountaineers only have three seniors on the squad this year. Cody Blain, Drew Webster and Shawn Willis were all honored prior to the tip-off of the game against Waterford.
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HFCS Bowlers Win Adirondack League; Finish Second At Sectionals

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On Monday, February 8, the Hoosick Falls bowling team placed second at the Section II C-D Bowling Tournament held at Boulevard Lanes in Schenectady. Mechanicville finished first with a six game total of 5,968 followed by Hoosick Falls – 5,905, Berne-Knox Westerlo – 5,582, Middleburgh – 5,538, Stillwater – 5,347 and Mayfield – 5,320.
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Panthers Send Five To Section II Finals

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by Ryan Mosher
In the Class C wrestling Sectionals at Granville on Saturday, Hoosick Falls finished ninth out of thirteen teams in the tournament. While that may not appear to be a great achievement, it should be noted that the Panthers are sending five individual wrestlers on to compete in the Section II Championships this Friday and Saturday, February 12 ad 13, at the Glens Falls Civic Center.
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