Canton downed OFA 9-7 on Wednesday night in a game where the second half was played in wind-blown snow squall at the Ron Johnson Turf Field Blue Devil. After the contest OFA Coach Andrew Roddy pointed out his belief that there will be close games like that throughout the Northern Conference. Read More ⇒Canton stymies OFA Boys after fast start
PHILADELPHIA — Ravan Marsell racked up five goals and three assists as Indian River beat Immaculate Heart 14-7 in Frontier League girl lacrosse game Tuesday that was also the season-opener for both teams. Read More ⇒High school roundup: Indian River doubles up on IHC in girls lacrosse; General Brown edges South Jefferson in boys
Everytime OFA set up its offense in Monday’s NAC boys lacrosse opener against Plattsburgh at Ron Johnson Field the call came out “Mambo. Mambo. Mambo”. Read More ⇒OFA Laxmen cruise past PHS in opener
WATERTOWN — Savannah Hodges supplied three goals and an assist as the South Jefferson girls lacrosse team beat Watertown, 11-7, in the Frontier League season-opener for both schools on Monday night. Read More ⇒Local roundup: South Jefferson tops Watertown in girls lacrosse opener
The New York State Federation Tournament returns this weekend after a three-year absence. Read More ⇒High school sports: State Federation basketball tournament resumes this weekend
FORT COVINGTON — It’s just further proof that some of the best hockey in the state can be found in Fort Covington. Read More ⇒High school boys hockey: Salmon River trio named to all-state team, Cook coach of year
CANTON — Excellent competition developed throughout the evening as the Section 10 Basketball season concluded at the SUNY Canton Fieldhouse with the Jules of Life Exceptional Seniors Game and Skills Challenge. Read More ⇒Section 10 hoops closes Senior Game thrillers, perfect 10 dunk
TROY — Every special team needs a player who often flies under the radar with the ability to step up to center stage when needed. Read More ⇒Mission accomplished: Hammond girls complete state title run
TROY — Every special team needs a player who often flies under the radar with the ability to step up to center stage when needed. Read More ⇒Mission Accomplished: Hammond Girls complete state title run
TROY — The Hammond Central girls basketball team produced a decisive win, 61-37 over Oxford Academy of Section 4 for the state championship. Read More ⇒Hammond girls are state champs!
TROY — Hammond Central sophomore guard Ava Howie came out on the floor for the second half of Saturday’s New York State Class D semi-final game at Hudson Valley Community College determined to assert herself more in the offense against Panama. Read More ⇒State championship: Hammond girls break away to Class D state title game
GLENS FALLS — Credit the Canton boys basketball team with a valiant effort in its return to the state final four. Read More ⇒High school basketball: Canton’s season ends in OT loss to Haldane in state semifinals
HAMMOND — It was a festive atmosphere at Hammond Central School Friday morning as the Hammond Central School Girls Basketball held at 6 a.m. practice, ate breakfast in the high school cafeteria and were honored by a community send-off for their trip to Hudson Valley Community College for the… Read More ⇒Hammond Girls enjoy fine send-off to Class D Final Four
Moments after her Hammond defeated Poland 63-42 for a state quarterfinal victory and the right to advance to the Class D final four of the state girls basketball tournament, Red Devils coach Alyssa Crosby was asked for her first reaction. Read More ⇒High school girls basketball: Hammond looks to complete state title crusade
POTSDAM — Ryan Jones thought the ball glanced off the overhead scoreboard. But it didn’t. Read More ⇒Canton boys drop Chatham for Class C Final 4 berth, after Canton girls, Massena fall in regional finals
POTSDAM — It is very difficult to win a championship basketball game without some easy scoring. Read More ⇒Boys basketball playoffs: Hamilton stops great Heuvelton Boys run
POTSDAM — Junior Landree Kenyon said that her Hammond Girls Basketball team was “very hungry” entering Friday’s New York State Class D Regional Championship game against Poland at SUNY Potsdam. Read More ⇒Girls basketball playoffs: Hungry Devils race past Poland to Final Four
Junior Landree Kenyon said that the Hammond girls basketball team was “very hungry” entering Friday’s state Class D quarterfinal against Poland at SUNY Potsdam. Read More ⇒High school basketball: Hungry Hammond races past Poland to state final four; Heuvelton boys fall
WATERTOWN — Ravan Marsell and the Indian River girls basketball team were relentless in their state first-round game Wednesday night. Read More ⇒High school girls basketball: Indian River puts away Malone in state Class A first-round game
FORT COVINGTON — On paper, the Salmon River Central boys hockey team has consistently been ranked number one in the New York State Sports Writers Association Division II polls. Read More ⇒High school hockey: Salmon River faces Skaneateles in state Division II tournament semifinals
POTSDAM — Saranac Central enjoyed a fast start taking leads of 7-0 and 12-2 over Gouverneur Central in Tuesday’s Class B Girls Basketball regional semi-final at SUNY Potsdam. Read More ⇒Basketball playoffs: Saranac rides last run past Gouverneur, Potsdam advances
POTSDAM — The postseason turnaround continued for the Potsdam Central boys basketball team. Read More ⇒High school boys basketball: Potsdam reverses Beekmantown in state Class B opener
POTSDAM — Saranac Central enjoyed a fast start, taking a pair of early leads over Gouverneur in Tuesday’s Class B state opening-round girls basketball game at SUNY Potsdam. Read More ⇒High school girls basketball: Saranac rides last run to state victory over Gouverneur; Potsdam boys advance
WATERTOWN — Indian River and Malone will play its state Class A first-round girls basketball game Wednesday a lot closer to home. Read More ⇒High school girls basketball: Site of Indian River-Malone state opener switched to Jefferson CC
For most high school team sports, the Final 4 of the state championships is an ultimate achievement. Read More ⇒State Cheerleading Finals: Lisbon, OFA Cheerleaders place 5th, 6th at states
The North Country Basketball Skills Camp will be held at Lisbon Central School starting Monday July 10 and ending Thursday July 13. Camp is for boys and girls entering grades 4-9. Camp will go from 9 am- 11:30 a.m. daily. Read More ⇒Sports camps: Only 10 spots remain for NC Basketball Skills Camp in Lisbon
POTDAM — Imposing 6-8 center Eyilayoni Odetoyinbo forced Heuvelton to re-route its offensive sets many times while point guard Ryan Jones kept Canton on a steady course to a second straight Section 10 Overall Boys Basketball Championship on Friday night at SUNY Potsdam. Read More ⇒Section X: Canton downs Heuvelton for repeat Overall Section 10 title
POTSDAM — Gouverneur Central Coach Sean Devin says that one of his team’s best attributes was the reason that the Wildcats could transform a 20-14 halftime defict into a 31-14 lead early in the fourth quarter and then answer a Hammond comeback to gain a 35-33 win in the Section 10 Girls Bask… Read More ⇒Section X: Lady Wildcats edge Hammond for Section Overall title
POTSDAM — Elizabeth Riutta scored off an inbounds play with one second remaining in regulation as Gouverneur captured the Section 10 overall girls basketball championship, 35-33, and handed Hammond its first loss of the season Friday at SUNY Potsdam’s Maxcy Hall. Read More ⇒High school roundup: Gouverneur, Canton take home Section 10 overall basketball crowns
Two state-ranked NAC Division and Section 10 champions who have followed parallel paths of extreme excellence will cross pathes on Friday at 6 p.m. for the Overall Section 10 Girls Basketball Championship at SUNY Potsdam. Read More ⇒Overall Section 10 finals: Red Devils, Wildcats reach finals; M-W’s Plumley wins Reetz Award
Heuvelton senior guard Nate Mashaw was delighted that Potsdam guard Ian VanWagner accomplished the previously unheard of feat of reaching the Section 1000-Point Club as an eighth grader on Tuesday night in the semi-finals of the Section 10 champions playoff. Read More ⇒Section 10 Basketball: Bulldogs return to finals; Mashaw receives Joe Jukoski Award
POTSDAM — Chris Ashlaw sank three 3-pointers in the first quarter to spark Heuvelton’s early lead and the Bulldogs defeated the Potsdam Sandstoners 55-45 in a Section 10 overall boys basketball semifinal Tuesday at SUNY Potsdam’s Maxcy Hall. Read More ⇒High school boys basketball: Heuvelton, Canton reach Section 10 overall championship game
POTSDAM — The OFA versus Salmon River hockey matchup in the 2022-23 season was a matter of one team’s best trumping the other team’s high level. Read More ⇒High school boys hockey: Salmon River sweeps to Section 10 Division II title
The north country was well-represented at the 2023 New York State Public High School Athletic Association wrestling tournament at MVP Arena in Albany this past weekend. Read More ⇒High school wrestling: North country wrestlers at the state meet in pictures
POTSDAM — The Potsdam boys hockey team hadn’t played for a Section 10 championship since 2014 and hadn’t won the top prize since 2011. Read More ⇒High school hockey: Potsdam completes turnaround with first Section 10 championship since 2011
Chateaugay took the floor with perhaps the youngest team to ever play for the Section 10 Class D Girls Basketball Championship on Saturday. Read More ⇒Hammond answers Chateaugay bid for Class D title
POTSDAM — Canton and Heuvelton both used outstanding defense and a fast-starting offense to gain repeat Section 10 Boys Basketball titles on Friday night at SUNY Potsdam. Read More ⇒Section 10 basketball finals: Canton, Heuvelton Boys repeat Section 10 titles
High school boys basketball: Canton, Heuvelton repeat Section 10 titles; Potsdam prevails in Class B
POTSDAM — Canton and Heuvelton both used outstanding defense and a fast-starting offense to gain repeat Section 10 boys basketball titles Friday night at SUNY Potsdam. Read More ⇒High school boys basketball: Canton, Heuvelton repeat Section 10 titles; Potsdam prevails in Class B
Four area wrestlers have advanced to the second day of the NYSPHSAA tournament Friday at MVP Arena in Albany. Read More ⇒High school wrestling: Four north country wrestlers to compete in state semifinals Saturday
Four players scored goals and six players provided assists as second seeded OFA methodically gained a 5-2 Section 10 Division II semi-final hockey win over Thousand Islanders on Thursday night at the Edgar Newell Memorial Golden Dome rink. Read More ⇒Section 10 hockey playoffs: OFA Skaters return to D2 Finals for third game vs Salmon River
OFA senior Archie Green was honored by coaches teammates, family, friends and OFA Superintendent of Schools Kevin Kendall before receiving an escort from Ogdensburg Police and Fire Department vehicles out of the city towards the Times Union Center in Albany for the state championships on Fri… Read More ⇒Section 10 wrestling: OFA’s Green receives sendoff to State Wrestling
POTSDAM — One day after their coach, Alyssa Crosby, delivered her second child 11 days late, the Hammond Lady Revils came through right on time for a convincing victory over Hermon-DeKalb in the Class D Semi-Finals of the Section 10 Girls Basketball Tournament. Read More ⇒Section 10 playoffs: Lady Devils, Coach Crosby deliver; Chateaugay moves to D finals
Over the years in the NAC Division II hockey ranks Ogdensburg Free Academy has developed a rivalry with St. Lawrence River Communities with the Islanders who draw players from Thousand Islands Central in Clay and Alexandria Bay. Read More ⇒Section 10 playoffs: OFA to host Islanders in Section 10 D2 semi-finals
Tuesday night’s Class D semi-finals of the Section 10 Boys Basketball Tournament at SUNY Potsdam’s Maxcy Hall was all about defense. Read More ⇒Section 10 Class D: Defense keys Heuvelton vs Harrisville for Class D title
POTSDAM — As any coach in Section 10 knows, it’s very difficult to defeat an opponent three times in one season. Read More ⇒Malone girls, Massena boys win Class A championships
Undefeated Hammond Central has played its way to the number one spot in the NYS Sportswriters Class D Girls Basketball rankings. Read More ⇒Section 10 Class D girls basketball: Hammond, Heuvelton, Chateaugay, H-D fill Girls Class D Final 4
POTSDAM — The Lisbon vs Colton-Pierrepont game was projected to be the game of the day at Saturday’s D-Arama of four Section 10 Class D Boys Basketball quarter-final games at Potsdam Central School. Read More ⇒Section 10 basketball: Lisbon, Heuvelton Boys to meet in Class D semi-finals
Cheerleaders embody spirit and spirit abounded at the 30th annual Ogdensburg Free Academy Cheerleading Competition on Friday. Read More ⇒High school sports: Lisbon, OFA continue to earn Competitive Cheer titles
SECTION 3 BOYS BASKETBALL Read More ⇒High school sports: Friday’s scores
The route to the Section 10 Class C Girls Basketball championship game couldn’ have been more different or the pace more divergent for second seeded Madrid-Waddington and first seeded Canton on Friday night. Read More ⇒High school sports: M-W, Canton Girls to play for Class C title
NORFOLK — Except in two losses to Salmon River which recorded an undefeated NAC Division II Hockey, OFA has played with the lead for most of the conference season. Read More ⇒High school sports: OFA rallies past N-N in NAC Hockey Finale