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The golf season got an early start, before school opens, as Guilderland and Voorheesville varsity golf teams hit the links to get ready for sectionals at the end of the season on August 23.

Last Saturday, Voorheesville High School was the scene for the second leg, the Voorheesville 5K, of the Hilltown Triple Crown.

GUILDERLAND — Athletes from Guilderland’s Pil Sung Taekwondo earned 16 medals at the 2017 Junior Olympic Games sponsored by the Amateur Athletic Union.

The AAU Junior Olympic Games is the largest amateur multi-sport event in the United States; 2017 marked the 51st AAU Junior Olympic Games.

A freshmen, Michael Henderson is one of four new members of the C-GCC men’s basketball team.

The Sarcoma Strong 5K Run/Walk to benefit sarcoma research will take place Saturday, Aug. 19, at 9 a.m. at the University of Albany.

On Friday at Orchard Creek Golf Course, 144 golfers helped raise money for the Guilderland 2 sport Athletes for a scholarship.

On Saturday morning, the Fox Creek 5K was the first leg of the Hilltown Triple Crown road races at the Berne Town Park.

Athletes from three countries and many states converged on the Capital Region this week to compete in the 2017 JCC Maccabi Games, an Olympic-style competition for Jewish teenagers ages 13 to 16.

GUILDERLAND — Former Buffalo Bills running back Drew Smith is among more than 80 Guilderland all-star athletes and coaches who will return for the 20th anniversary Guilderland Lettermen Classic Golf event on Friday, Aug. 4, at Orchard Creek Golf Club in Altamont.

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland Food Pantry has been assisting the food insecure locally since 1979. Serving over 120 families, 25 seniors, and 85 children every month, the food pantry helps fill the gap when a job disappears or benefits run out.

The memory of Wyatt Spencer lives on in a golf tournament and scholarship. Sept. 23 will be the Seventh Annual Wyatt Spencer Memorial — BKW Class of 2014 Golf Tournament.

In 2009, James Wyatt Spencer, a 13-year-old Berne-Knox-Westerlo student, was killed in a utility-vehicle accident. He would have graduated in 2014.

KNOX — The Knox Youth Council and the town of Knox invite area youth to participate in the 2017 Youth Soccer Program this fall. This is a fun program that helps build basic soccer skills and/or introduces soccer to new players.

Youth age 3 through sixth grade will participate in soccer clinics and small-sided games.