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Rejiba, Gaddor are first-ever All-Americans for NCCC women’s soccer

SARANAC LAKE — North Country Community College has never had a women’s soccer player selected as an All-American. This year it has two. Ella Rejiba, a first-year midfielder from Halifax, England, has been named a first team All-American after a standout season that saw her lead ...

PSC skates to another sweep

PAUL SMITHS — The Paul Smith’s College men’s hockey team earned another three-game sweep this past weekend, bringing their current winning streak to seven games. On Friday, the Bobcats defeated the Mercyhurst Lakers 4-1 before beating the Canisius Golden Griffins 8-0 on Saturday and ...

SLP boys take down rivals in tourney

SARANAC LAKE — It didn’t take long for the Saranac Lake Placid boys hockey team to settle right in during Saturday’s consolation match in the annual Casey McHugh Memorial Tournament. But as soon as they did, just about everything seemed to work. The SLP boys topped non-league rival ...

Forgan and Kirkby earn luge World Cup medal again

OBERHOF, Germany— For the second time in three races, the United States women’s doubles team of Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby stood on the podium at a World Cup luge event, taking the bronze medal on Saturday. The duo then helped the U.S. place fifth in the team relay competition ...

Lake Placid moves to targeted dialogue as 2026 Olympic sliding backup

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid is the intended Plan B host site for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games sliding sports if the century-old Italian sliding track in Cortina d’Ampezzo is not completed by March 2025, according to state Olympic Regional Development Authority Communications Director ...

Sweeney places fourth in World Cup

IGLS, Austria — Team USA Luge’s Emily Sweeney of Lake Placid narrowly missed a podium spot, placing fourth overall in the women’s singles event during the second FIL World Cup race of the season Saturday. Meanwhile Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby placed fifth in women’s doubles, ...