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ECAC hockey returns this weekend

LAKE PLACID — Quinnipiac, Clarkson, Dartmouth and Cornell are headed here after securing quarterfinal victories to advance to the ECAC Hockey Men’s Championship round set for Friday and Saturday in the Olympic Center’s 1980 Herb Brooks Arena. The defending Whitelaw Cup champion ...

USA luge athletes claim Junior National titles

PARK CITY, Utah — The Junior National Championships brought the competitive season to an end for the young athletes of USA Luge. Ellie Kleinheinz won the Junior — ages 19-21 — women’s division, Aidan Mueller won the men’s and the double team of Nathan Bivins and Wolfgang Lux won the ...

SLYBSA seeks volunteers, looks to the future

SARANAC LAKE — If you have a passion for youth sports, or just want to get involved in an organization that is working to support the kids of our community, the Saranac Lake Youth Baseball and Softball Association would love to hear from you. SLYBSA will host its annual organizational ...

Bobcats Nordic win national titles

BEND, Oregon — For Paul Smith’s College’s Nordic skier Philip Matthews, Wednesday, March 12 will be a day that he’ll remember forever. Matthews, of Half Moon, claimed an individual national championship, and helped the Bobcats secure the 1.5-kilometer team sprint national title at ...

Germany sweeps final day of world champs

LAKE PLACID (AP) — Francesco Friedrich won every championship he could in bobsledding this season. The German great is now a world champion for the 16th time, capping off his seventh four-man world title on Saturday at Mount Van Hoevenberg on the final day of the international bobsled ...

Friedrich leads 4-man world bobsled title race

LAKE PLACID (AP) — Germany’s Francesco Friedrich is well on his way to another world bobsled title. And that was about the only predictable development in the four-man world championship race that started Friday at Mount Van Hoevenberg. The second heat of the four-heat race was ...