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Photos: 1st Victory Splash

The second meet in the inaugural season of the Duanesburg/Berne-Knox-Westerlo girls’ swim team ended with victory. The team is made up of 12 girls from Duanesburg Central and Berne-Knox-Westerlo.

Photos: Bulldogs Collared

Last week, Berne-Knox-Westerlo girls battled hard on the pitch and at the net, but came up short. The soccer team played Mekeel Christian Academy at home on Monday, trailing, 3 to 0, midway through the second half. The Bulldogs fought back, scoring two goals, but fell, 3 to 2.

Photos: Birds Claw Tigers

The Voorheesville Blackbirds, defending Section 2 champions, are having a slow start to the 2018 season since several key players graduated in June and two current players have suffered injuries.

Photos: Bulldogs Strike

Berne-Knox-Westerlo boys are busy this season on the green and on the pitch. The soccer team beat Middleburgh, 2 to 1, in overtime at home on Friday afternoon, and the golf team golf team lost, 184 to 213, against Oppenheim-Ephratah-St.

Photos: Birds & Bears Mix It Up

From the opening whistle, the game was physical and hard-fought between Voorheesville and the Albany Academy for Girls at Clayton A. Bouton High School last Thursday afternoon.

Photos: Dutch Fleet

The Guilderland Flying Dutchmen cross-country teams, both male and female, lived up to their name, using speed and endurance in the 48th annual Guilderland Invitational at Tawasentha Park on Saturday morning. Flying, indeed.

Women’s tennis team will play at nationals

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

A local women’s 40-and-over team of players ranked at the 3.5 level will travel to Texas in October to play for the national title. Many of the same women are also on an 18-and-over team that will play in the nationals in Florida the week before.

Photos: Football Firsts

Getting off to a quick start in an eight-game season for Guilderland, Voorheesville, and Helderberg Valley is critical for a good position in sectionals. The season started on Friday night for the Dutch and on Saturday for Helderberg Valley and the Blackbirds.

Photos: Dutch Spike Blue Streaks

Only two matches into its season, the Guilderland girls’ volleyball team traveled to Saratoga High School to take on the Blue Streaks, another Suburban Council team.

Photos: Dutch Smack a Win

The Guilderland varsity girls’ tennis team got off on the right foot Wednesday morning at the Central Park tennis courts in Schenectady as the Dutch beat Niskayuna, 6 to 3.

Photos: Miedema, Skultety Coronated

The Hilltown Triple Crown wound down in Altamont on Saturday, Aug. 25 as 137 people ran the 5K course and 11 walked.