The Ichabod Crane girls basketball team opens the season on Saturday with a road game at Colonial Council rival Watervliet.

Better late than never.

New York State DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos has announced that Environmental Conservation Officer (ECO) Darryl Lucas was recently honored with the Wildlife Officer of the Year Award from the Shikar-Safari Club International.

DEC is currently accepting comments on their proposed regulation to require non-offset circle hooks when fishing with bait for striped bass.

POUGHKEEPSIE — Through the years, Cairo’s Robert Piano has learned the finer points of the game of basketball from some of the best in the business.

CATSKILL — Senior Day for Hudson bowling celebrated Matt Gower, Mollie Keeler, Zach Bernockie and Matt Bowes in Thursday’s Patroon Conference match against Taconic Hills at Hoe Bowl Lanes.

Many Hudson Valley high schools will finally begin practice for ‘high risk’ winter sports on Monday, but Columbia and Greene County schools won’t be among them.

After 32 years with DEC, Region 4 Wildlife Biologist, Larry Bifaro is retiring on February 4. Larry graduated from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) with a bachelor of science in Environmental Forest Biology in 1988. He began his career with DEC as a fisheries technici…

LATHAM – The New York State Public High School Athletic Association Inc., (NYSPHSAA) announces high risk sports have been authorized by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) to begin practice and competition on February 1, 2021 if permitted by the respective local health authoriti…

At what should have been the pinnacle of his long career in baseball, Henry Aaron was getting bags of hate mail -- many containing death threats -- and living in a storage room at the baseball stadium, accompanied by bodyguards when he ventured out.

ABU DHABI — Former Cairo resident Mike Davis pounded out a three-round unanimous decision victory over Mason Jones at Fight Island 8 on Wednesday morning.

HUDSON — Columbia-Greene Community College announced on Friday that it is canceling the baseball, softball and women's soccer seasons for the spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

I recently got an email from Catskill’s Joe Bulich. The subject line read, “Hunting Beats Video Games.” He attached a photo, and the picture told the story; kids having fun in the aftermath and glorious results of a great day hunting rabbits with Joe and his son Hunter’s beagle, “Remi.” 

HUDSON — Hudson will take on Taconic Hills in the Berkshire Swim League opener for both schools on Friday with a few modifications because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The last zone to close in the upstate duck season did so last week. As the sun set on January 3 in the Western Zone, so did the last open season for ducks and coots. That wrapped up duck hunting upstate for 2020-2021. All other zones for ducks had closed in December except for Long Island, w…

VALATIE — Victor “Ron” Gabriel, a former teacher and coach at Ichabod Crane who went on to become one of the most respected baseball umpires in the state, died on December 31 at the age of 73.

HUDSON — Dicel Jefferson, who played football at Hudson High in the early 90s and later was a part of the Bluehawks’ football and basketball coaching staffs, died on Thursday at the age of 46.

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) announces the cancellation of all 2021 Winter State Championships and the postponement of all high-risk sports until authorization is granted by state officials. The NYSPHSAA Officers rendered these decisions with input fr…

TROY — The Tri-City ValleyCats fell victim to Major League Baseball’s plan to restructure its minor league system and will no longer be affiliated with the Houston Astros.

The season is over before it even started for the Columbia-Greene Community College men’s and women’s basketball programs.

When I first became a NYS Environmental Conservation Officer (ECO) with DEC’s Division of Law Enforcement 35 years ago, every ECO, lieutenant, and many captains in the Southern Zone worked opening day. It was unheard of to be granted or even request vacation during deer season. It was the bu…

Congratulations are in order for Randy Plass who is marking his 40th year butchering deer at his shop in Columbiaville, NY. For a good number of those 40 years, Randy’s been participating in the “Hunters for the Hungry” venison donation program. 

CATSKILL — The way Catskill boxer Fei Faiva’s professional career has started, it figured to be only a matter of time before the inevitable comparisons to former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson began.

With deer season beginning at sunrise on Saturday, November 21 throughout much of the southern part of New York State, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos is encouraging outdoor enthusiasts to respectfully share the woods and follow some common-sense safe…

HUDSON — After leading the Hudson Valley Community College women to three postseason appearances in four years, Robert Coleman has been hired as the men’s basketball coach at Columbia-Greene Community College.

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association announced on Tuesday that high-risk sports could start on Jan. 4, pending approval from state health officials.

Gun season for deer opens in the Southern Zone on Saturday, November 21. It promises to be a busy one. Back in September, DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos reported his agency was,

CATSKILL — Three fights into her pro career, Catskill’s Fei Faiva already has the boxing world buzzing with excitement.

GREENVILLE — Greenville’s James Mitchell was named the Patroon Conference boys soccer Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row.

CASTLETON — Alayna Fletcher, the leading scorer on the Patroon Conference girls soccer champion Maple Hill Wildcats, was named the league’s Most Valuable Player.

CRARYVILLE — The Maple Hill Wildcats upset the Greenville Spartans 1-0 Monday night to win the Patroon Conference Girls Soccer Championship for the abridged 2020 fall season.

CRARYVILLE — The first snowfall Friday morning across the Capital Region made for a frigid Patroon Conference Championship Game for boys soccer at Taconic Hills High School.

CRARYVILLE — Wednesday afternoon featured two outstanding semifinal matchups in the Patroon Conference Championship Tournament for boys’ soccer at Taconic Hills High School.

CRARYVILLE — The Patroon Conference recently decided to add a few games to their shortened schedule for soccer this fall, and the first day of tournament play began on Tuesday.