Photo contributed Columbia-Greene Community College shortstop Sean Berry.

Photo contributed Columbia-Greene Community College's Sean Berry has signed a letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic career at Division II Salem University.

CASTLETON — All it took was one year of varsity baseball at Maple Hill for Gavin Van Kempen to draw the interest from college recruiters.

Photos contributed Maple Hill sophomore Gavin Van Kempen has verbally committed to play baseball at West Virginia University.

Congratulations are in order for local Environmental Conservation Officer (ECO) Anthony Glorioso. He has accepted a promotion to Supervising Environmental Conservation Officer of Emergency Management and Response in the Northern District.

Photo contributedCongratulations to newly “Pinned” Lt. Glorioso.

TROY — Bill Gladstone, Principal Owner and Chairman of the Tri-City ValleyCats in Troy, passed away on April 30, from COVID-19 complications. He was 88 years old.

PAUL SMITHS — Taconic Hills golf standout Madison Bentley will be continuing his academic and athletic career at Paul Smiths College in the Fall.

Photo contributed Taconic Hills golfer Madison Bentley (center) is pictured with Titans varsity golf co-coaches Joe Raco (right) and Mike Bowman. Bentley will attend Paul Smiths College in the Fall.

Biologists report turkey hunters took about 17,000 birds in New York during the 2019 spring season. They noted spring harvest success is often tied to breeding productivity two years prior, as hunters focus on adult gobblers that are at least two-years-old.

CAIRO — Soon after receiving word that he’d been inducted into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame, Robert Piano, Sr., of Cairo began reflecting on his 35-year career. Most often, the memories haven’t lead to stats, awards, or championships — but rather, the players he’s coached in th…

Photo contributedEd Farley (right) of Syracuse with a nice tom he took while hunting in Albany with Frances DiDonato.

Photo contributed Former Cairo-Durham and Columbia-Greene basketball coach Bob Piano will be inducted into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame.

Photo contributed Before coaching at Cairo-Durham and Columbia-Greene Community College, Bob Piano enjoyed great success as head coach at St. Raymond’s High School in the Bronx.

Photo contributed Bob Piano was recently inducted into the St. Raymond’s Hall of Fame. The former Cairo-Durham and Columbia-Greene Community College coach will also be inducted into the New York state Basketball Hall of Fame.

Photo contributed Before coaching at Cairo-Durham and Columbia-Greene Community College, Bob Piano enjoyed great success in the 1970s coaching at St. Raymond’s High School in the Bronx.

Photo contributed Bob Piano won 152 games as varsity coach at St. Raymond’s High School in the Bronx from 1971-81 before eventually heading upstate to coach at Cairo-Durham High School and Columbia-Greene Community College.

Six local girls basketball players were recognized as the New York State Sportswriters Association released its All-State teams on Wednesday.

Tim Martin/Columbia-Greene Media Catskill's Janay Brantley

Tim Martin/Columbia-Greene Media Hudson's Deja Beauford

Tim Martin/Columbia-Greene Media Ichabod Crane's Madie Graham

Tim Martin/Columbia-Greene Media Germantown's Riley Gibbons

When DEC announced the opening of the 2020 spring turkey season would take place on its usual date of May 1st, with the youth hunt opening the weekend before, they cautioned hunters to take steps to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Photo contributed Conner Aloisi, 12, of Greenville with his first wild turkey.

Photo contributed Isaac Lasher, 12, of Athens, got his first turkey hunting with his dad Jason on opening day of the 2020 Youth Turkey Season.

Photo contributed 12-year-old Fielding Pilato of Coxsackie got his first turkey hunting with his dad Shane on the youth turkey opener.

ALBANY — Two local lawmakers are asking the state for a waiver that would allow race car drivers to practice and tune up their vehicles at Lebanon Valley Speedway.

Contributed photoTwo local lawmakers are seeking a waiver to the NY on PAUSE directive from the state that would allow race car drivers to begin practicing and tuning up their vehicles at Lebanon Valley Speedway.

Contributed photo The owner of the Lebanon Valley Speedway is hoping to get engines revving at the race track, at least in a limited way.

It’s zero dark thirty and your 12-15-year-old is rousting you from the fog of an early morning deep sleep.

Patroon Conference Most Valuable Player Lavon Fernandez was named 10th team All-State in Class B boys basketball by the New York State Sportswriters Association.

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Tim Martin/Columbia-Greene Media Catskill’s Lavon Fernandez (23)

Tim Martin/Columbia-Greene Media Hudson’s Dayquan Griffin (32)

Tim Martin/Columbia-Greene Media Catskill’s DeVon Haye

SCHENECTADY — Amelia Canetto, a senior at Taconic Hills High School, has been named as one of the 10 scholastic award recipients for 2020 by the Capital District Sports Women of the Year.

Defending Section II Class D runner-up Chatham will open the 2020 high school football season on the road at Hoosic Valley on Sept. 11.

Photo contributed Taconic Hills senior Amelia Canetto has been named as one of the 10 scholastic award recipients for 2020 by the Capital District Sports Women of the Year.

Tim Martin/Columbia-Greene Media Chatham's Jayshawn Williams (3) carries the ball during this past November's Section II Class D championship game against Warrensburg at Schuylerville High School.

HILTON — Sage’s men’s volleyball team member Shane Wenz, a 2016 Ichabod Crane graduate, added a selection to the 2020 United Volleyball Conference Honorable Mention Team to his resume.

Photo contributed Ichabod Crane graduate Shane Wenz of Sage College

Trout season opened this past Wednesday, April 1st, as did striped bass fishing on the Hudson River. The trout opener found area streams in great shape.

Photo contributed Tyler Metzler, 10, of Cairo, with “twin” 18-inch browns he and his dad caught while fishing on opening day in the Catskill Creek.

Photo contributed Jeremy Metzler of Cairo said it was “great fun” watching his 10 year old son Tyler reel in one of the lunker 18-inch holdover browns, the did the same thing moments later.

HUDSON — Columbia-Greene Community College’s Cameron Thomas, was recently named to the Mountain Valley Conference All-Conference men’s basketball team for the 2019-20 season.

Tim Martin/Columbia-Greene MediaColumbia-Greene Community College’s Cameron Thomas was recently named a Mountain Valley Conference Third-Team All-Star.

VALATIE — The softball team from Ichabod Crane has been to the NYS Final Four in four of the past five seasons. They’ve won two state championships out of the last five.