PLATTSBURGH — The Beekmantown girls hockey team netted a goal late in the third period to defeat Saranac Lake Placid 2-1 in the Section VII girls hockey championship on Monday evening at the Plattsburgh State Fieldhouse. The Eagles’ Rhianna Gilligan sent a wrist shot into the net ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake boys basketball team defeated the Franklin Academy (Malone) Huskies 58-56 on Monday in a non-league game. The win pushes the Red Storm’s overall record to 15-3, while staying 9-2 in league play. The Saranac Lake boys were led by Mik Denkenberger with ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Ashley Farquharson crossed the finish line, looked at the giant scoreboard at the end of the track and then immediately began to cry. A happy cry, at that. A very happy cry. USA Luge has its seventh Olympic medal — one that came from a slider who never ...

LAKE PLACID — The local High Peaks Skating Academy brought home the silver medal on Sunday during the Empire State Winter Games’ Synchronized Skating Aspire division. The team is based out of Tupper Lake and includes skaters from Tupper and Saranac Lake and features skaters Elizabeth ...

LAKE PLACID — Thirty-three USA Luge athletes braved Saturday’s bitterly cold temperatures and competed in the Empire State Winter Games Youth A and Youth B luge races, held at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid. “Oh, it was pretty cold, but I think that kind of, like, pumped me ...

LAKE PLACID — The Section VII Nordic ski teams finished up their regular season Thursday at the Scotts Cobble Nordic Center. After battling cold temperatures for much of the season, the teams competed under sunny skies in the Mixed-Relay format of one boy and one girl per team for the first ...