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Guilderville swim team slices past Albany

The Guilderville swim team ended its regular season on Monday with a victory over Albany to finish with an overall record of 6-4. 

Voorheesville has strong start to soccer sectionals

by Jordan J. Michael

Soccer sectionals have started, and Voorheesville had an excellent win over Cohoes as the team will face Ichabod Crane, again.

New handbook will help fight invasive aquatic species

New York Sea Grant Extension and the Cornell University Cooperative Extension Invasive Species Program have published a New York State Watercraft Inspection Steward Program Handbook.

Voorheesville football embarking on first undefeated season in 48 years

by Jordan J. Michael

Voorheesville is having one of its best football seasons ever.

Burger misses cut at Orchard Creek, says accuracy was the problem

by Jordan J. Michael

The Section 2 golf tournament was held in Altamont on Tuesday, and Guilderland's Will Burger didn't take many practice swings.

Ballston Spa’s last-second conversion closes lid on Guilderland’s playoff hopes

by Jordan J. Michael

A fourth-quarter comeback by Ballston Spa last Friday made Guilderland's bad football season even worse.

Altamont’s Perez-Tucker named Player of the Week

ALTAMONT — Trevon Perez-Tucker, of Altamont, was named Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Week for the Ithaca College soccer team last week.

Winter sports sign-ups underway at Guilderland

GUILDERLAND — Guilderland High School students who are interested in playing a winter sport must sign up now. Winter sports include: boys’ and girls’ basketball, boys swimming, bowling, ice hockey, cross-country skiing, gymnastics, wrestling, cheerleading, and indoor track.

Berne-Knox-Westerlo volleyball wins host tournament, then beats Middleburgh

BERNE — The Berne-Knox-Westerlo girls’ volleyball team has been playing well lately, winning its host tournament on Oct. 4, and then beating Middleburgh in straight sets (25-9, 25-17, and 25-14) on Oct. 8.

Guilderland feels match against Bethlehem slip away in fifth set

by Jordan J. Michael

Momentum, communication, and energy all feed off each other in volleyball. Guilderland realizes that.

BKW’s strong defense locking opposing strikers down

by Jordan J. Michael

No other soccer team in Section 2 has allowed fewer goals — three — than the Berne-Knox-Westero Bulldogs. The team is comfortably in first place.

Photos: A field of dreams for Knox

The Little League field in Knox was dedicated to the late Lewis Tubbs, who groomed the field with care for decades.

Photos: Braves lay two eggs for Birds

Homecoming was a cause for celebration for current players as well as spectators who had graduated long ago as Voorheesville soccer teams swept to victories.

Photos: Cyclists flock to Wren's perch

With bright fall leaves as a backdrop to the Rensselaerville hamlet, local residents came out Sunday in colorful ways themselves, cheering on the cyclists who passed through on the town’s first Gran Fondo and cycling festival.

Photos: Dutch dominate Falcons, feathers fly

The Dutch mounted an explosive turn-around to their formerly winless season as they routed Albany, 57 to 7, on Saturday.

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