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Plattsburgh North Stars Linebacker Kyle Babbie (52) with the big hit on Watertown's quarterback as he releases the pass. In a rematch of last year Empire Football League Championship the Plattsburgh North Stars would gain there revenge over the Watertown Red & Black with a convincing 21-7 victory. With the win the North Stars are now in a three way tie atop the league with Watertown and Vermont. The North Stars would show that they meant busy from the beginning when Kenny Stay and Trevor St. Clair connected on a touchdown pass on the opening driving. Then as the half was nearing the end Kenny Stay would connect with Jordan Keleher for second touchdown pass. The North Stars would add another one late. Then Red & Black would get there lone touchdown with 1:30 left in the game. The North Stars will look to ride the this momentum into there game next weekend on the road against the New York Stallions in Hartwick. Gallery
Jason Vander Weert and Renegade take part in the 11,000lb Altered Stock Tractor class and wins the class with a 340' pull to give him the win and 2010 11,000lb Altered Stock Tractor Championship. The Essex County Fair Tractor Pull would bring an end to the 2010 Adirondack Truck & Tractor Pullers Assocation season. One the last day of the season there would be 75 enteries spread over 13 different classes. Gallery
John Chamberlain in his 2010 Toyota Tundra would clinch the title for the 6,500lb Pure Stock Street Legal Truck on the final run of the season at the Essex County Fair in Westport, NY. The annual truck pull would run through 10 different classes on the night with a average 10 trucks per class. Gallery
Fay Cheney in his 2010 Nissan Titan takes part in the 5,500lb Pure Stock Street Legal Truck class during the annual truck and tractor pull in Malone, NY at the Franklin County Fair. It would turn into a all day and night affair with 35 dfferent classes taking part in front of the packed house. Gallery
Plattsburgh North Stars Shane Racette (39) with the strong one leg tackle in the open to bring the Vermont Ice Storm ball carrier. It wouldn't be enough though as the North Stars suffer there first lose of the season by a score of 20-10. The first half of the game would be a defensive game as the North Stars would cling to a 3-0 at the break. In the second half is where most of the scoring would come though the Ice Storm would take a 6-3 lead on the touchdown. The North Stars would answer right back though with a touchdown pass to take a 10-6. In the end though the Ice Storm would be to much on this day as they would get two late 4th quarter touchdowns to secure the 20-10 win. The Plattsburgh North Stars will fall to 4-1 as they head into there bye week and the Ice Storm would improve to 4-1 into a tie for second place. gallery
Airborne Speedway/Hockey Plus Padres Mark Eggleston (1) slides in at home to score as he takes out the Expos catcher. In game one of the three game series with the Meron's Expos the Padres would come up short 10-3. It would be a close game until the late innings when the Expos bats would wake up and score 6 runs in the seventh inning to secure the victory. Gallery
Tyler Audett and Pure Breed Red take part in there first Franklin County Field Days in Highgate, Vermont. They are on a power pass during the 11,500lb Altered Stock Tractors class. The annual Tractor pull would turn into another all day event as the first tractor would hook in the 8,000lb Farm Stock Tractor class at 1:30 and then the day would end with the pull off in the 4x4 Tractor Free for All at at 11:45. Gallery
Nate Ouimette digs a hole right near the end of his run in the 8,500lb Pure Stock Plus Street Legal class during the annual Truck Pull at the Franklin County Field Days in Highgate, Vermont. Once again the truck pull would run a dual track of competition divided up between the nine different classes with a average class having 15 trucks. Gallery
Airborne Speedway/Hockey Plus Padres Jeff Norton (8) slides under the tag of Fourth Ward Athletics third base and is safe. The Airborne Speedway/Hockey Plus Padres would gone for the 25-3 victory and will advance to next week semifinal contest against the Meron's Expos. The game would be tight at 5-1 going into the bottom of the seventh inning when the Padres would explode for 12 runs and then would go on to add another 8 runs in the last two innings for the convincing victory. gallery
John Zak and the Intimidator takes it on out the back for a 323' pull during the 6,200lb 4x4 Trucks Class A which would give him a fourth place in the six truck class. The annual truck and tractor pull return to the Clinton County Fair in Plattsburgh in front of jam packed crowd. There would be a total of 19 classes for the all night affair. gallery
Fay Cheney in his 2010 Nissan Titan takes 2nd place in the 5,500lb Pure Stock class at the Clinton County Fair in Plattsburgh, NY. The annual Street Legal Truck Pull returned and the numbers were greatly increased. As the Adirondack Truck and Tractor Pullers Association put on the show in front of a packed house. gallery
The Adirondack Truck and Tractor Pullers kicked off there 2010 season in Hopkinton, NY. There was a total of 11 class with around 50 hooks on day in front of standing room only crowd at the fire department. Jason Van De Wert and the Renegade would go onto to win the 11,000lb and 12,500lbs Altered Stock. gallery
Plattsburgh North Stars Kevin Gibson (53) takes down the Broome County Dragon running back with the shoulder high tackle. The North Stars would get the 17-0 win over the Broome County Dragons. The game would remain scoreless until 4 minutes into the second quarter when Elisa Parks ran it in. Then just four minutes later the North Stars would add another rushing touchdown on Michael Jenkins 14 yard scamper. Then in the third quarter Mitch Ryder would end the scoring on a 28 yard field goal. With the win the North Stars improve 3-0, 2-0 in the EFL as they will host the newest member to the Empire Football League New York Stallions on July 24th at Plattsburgh High. gallery
Meron's Expos Andrew Gooch (46) leaps and robs Mark Eggleston (1) of a home run. Meron's Expos would score three runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to beat the Airborne Speedway/Hockey Plus Padres 3-1 in game 1. The Padres scored back in the third inning just couldn't get the one run to stand up. Game 2 of the doubleheader would go to the Expos as well cause the Padres had injuried player and were noy able to play the game. With the sweep the Expos would keep there spot atop standings at 15-3. With the defeats the Padres six game winning streak came to end and fell to 10-8 headed into the last week of the season against the Lyon Mountain Miners. gallery
Plattsburgh North Stars Donny Coolidge (11) & Shane Racette (38) break up the pass and Shane Racette ends up with the interception. The Plattsburgh would off there season in Massena against the Sliver & Black with a griddy 27-21 win. The North Stars would get on the board first on a Touchdown pass to Chris Fish for the 7-0 lead. Then on the next Massena Donny Coolidge would intercept the pass for a pick 6 and take a 13-0 lead after the first. In the second quarter JD Moore would complete his second touchdown pass of the night this time to Trevor St. Clair. The Sliver & Black would get on the board as the half ended on a deep touchdown pass to give the North Stars a 21-7 lead at the break. In the 3rd quarter Mervin Jenkins would score on a rushing touchdown. Then in the 4th quarter the North Stars would have to hold on for the victory as turnovers would lead to, two Sliver & Black touchdowns. With the win the North Stars are 1-0 as they head home to host the Broome County Dragons on July 17th. gallery
The Fourth Ward Timberjaxxs base runner slides in safe at third base under the tag by Airborne Speedway/Hockey Plus Padres Donny Coolidge (23). It wouldn't be enough on this day though as the Airborne Speedway/Hockey Plus Padres continued there winning ways gathering another sweep and now have won six in a row. In game it would be tight till the 4th when it was 2-2 and scored 4 in the inning and then added another couple late for the 9-2 win. In game two the Padres would have a slim 4-3 till the sixth inning when they scored nine runs and got the 13-3 win in 6 innings. With the win the Padres are now 10-6 on the season as the will be taking on the Meron's Expos who are 13-3 at Saranac High School in Saranac on July 11th, While the Fourth Ward Timberjaxxs fall to 1-15 and will be hosting the Plattsburgh Cardinals 11-5 at South Acres in Plattsburgh on July 11th. gallery
Airborne Speedway/Hockey Plus Padres Shane Perotte (2) with the stab on the grounder down line at third base. The Padres continue there winning ways of late as they get another sweep this weekend. As they would beat the Fourth Ward Athletics 10-0, 11-1 both games would be called after five innings. With the sweep the Padres improve to 8-6 as the will be taking on the Fourth Ward Timberjaxxs next weekend in Plattsburgh at South Acres Field. While the Fourth Ward fall to 1-13 and will look to right the ship next weekend as they will host the Plattsburgh Cardinals at Lefty Wilson Field in Plattsburgh. gallery
Airborne Speedway/Hockey Plus Padres Matt Rivers (88) connects on the pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning for the walk off grandslam as the Padres beat the Plattsburgh Cardinals 4-1. In game two of the double header the Padres get 1 in the first Cardinals would come back in the second to tie it at one. Then through out the next few innings the Padres would add to there lead to complete the sweep of the Cardinals with a 6-2 win. With the sweep the Padres move back 500 at 6-6 as they host the Fourth Ward Timberjaxxs. As the Plattsburgh Cardinals fall to 8-4 as they host the Lyon Mountain Miners in an very important double header at the top of standings. gallery
Airborne Speedway/Hockey Plus Padres Donny Coolidge (23) connects on the pitch and sends it out for one of many homer runs hit on the day. It wouldn't be enough on this though as the Padres would get swept in the twin bill 8-3 in game 1 and 18-13 in game 2. The opener would be tight through the first five innings until the Expos exploded for 5 runs. In game two the slugfest was on as it the Padres would actually lead 11-10 after 2 innings the Expos would rally for the win though. The Padres fall to 4-6 headed into next weekend's twin bill at home against the Plattsburgh Cardinals. While the Expos improve to 7-3 headed into two games with the Fourth Ward A's. gallery
Plattsburgh North Stars Brandon St. John (17) and Shane Racette (38) light up the Southern Vermont receiver and break up the pass. The Plattsburgh North Stars started off there 20th season with a 35-12 win over the Southern Vermont Storm. It would be a close game through out the first half as it was 16-13 at the half. The in the second half the offense would come alive and the defense would clamp down and have 19 unanswered points. The North Stars will be back in action next weekend with there last tune before the Empire League season starts at home against the Vermont Ravens. gallery
Gordon Oil's Pat Hoey (14) with the diving stop at shortstop to keep it to just a single. Gordon Oil would use the bats in the late innings to secure the win over 20 Main 8-5 as the fought back from being down 3-1 early. As the Ausable Forks Fast Pitch Softball League concluded there first week of season in the league first year back in many years. With the win Gordon Oil improves to 1-1 and 20 Main falls to 0-2. gallery
Airborne Speedway/Hockey Plus Padres Donny Coolidge (32) slides in safe at the plate ahead of the tag to break up a tight game in first of doubleheader with the Fourth Ward Timberjaxxs. The first game of the twin bill would be scoreless through the first five innings till the Padres scratch one across in the bottom of the fifth. The Timberjaxxs would answer back in the top of sixth to tie it at 1. Then in the bottom of inning the Padres get two run to get the 3-1 victory. In the second game of the Padres would answer early an often as there bats came alive and would cruise to the 11-3 victory to earn the sweep and improve there record to 4-4 headed into there game next week against Lyon Mountain Miners will the Timberjaxxs fall to 1-7 as they will face off with the Athletics. gallery
Fourth Ward Athletics (12) slides in safe at second under the tag of Airborne Speedway/Hockey Plus Padres Andrew Labombard (14). Its wasn't enough though as the Airborne Speedway/Hockey Plus Padres would completely dominated the Fourth Ward Athletics in the doubleheader both games would be called after five innings. With the Padres winning game 1 20-2 and game 15-1. With the sweep the Padres get there first wins on the early season and have a record of 2-4 and the Athletics fall to 1-5. gallery
Plattsburgh Cardinals (8) slides safe at third base with the steal ahead of the tag from Airborne Speedway/Hockey Plus Padres Matt River (88). Both games of the doubleheader would be scoreless until the late innings. In the first game the Cardinals would get two in the fifth and four in the sixth as they would get the 8-1 win. In the second game the Cardinals would get three in the fifth inning to get the 3-0 win and sweep the Padres. With the sweep the Cardinals will remain on top in standings at 4-0 and the Padres will fall to 0-4. gallery
Plattsburgh State's Nicole Diemers (5) with the diving stop and throw from her knees to first to get the runner. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would celebrate the career of there seniors before the doubleheader against the Geneseo Knight. In the first game they would need extra heroic's Katie McNally has sent a triple down the right field line to score the winning run as the Cardinals win 3-2 in nine innings. In the second game it would be all Geneseo for the beginning on as the Cardinals would fall 9-3. The Cardinals now stand at 17-10 overall and 6-3 in the conference. gallery
Plattsburgh State's Erin Florkiewicz (11) slides in safe at the plate on the wild pitch that went all the way to the backstop. In a couple of great games the Cardinals would split the doubleheader with the Golden Eagles. They would come up just a little short in game as hey fell 2-1. In the second game it would come to the 7th inning still tied as Erin Jamieson would hit a walk off single to score the runner from third to get the 4-3 win for the Cardinals. gallery
Plattsburgh State's Andrew Gooch (00) gets back in at first ahead of the tag on the pick off attempt. The Cardinals would split the double header against the Blue Devils losing game 8-7 and coming back to win the night cap 6-5. The Cardinals would score five in the 9th inning of game 1 to come up just short, Then in the second game they would jump out to and early 3-0 lead and then have to hold on late to get the 6-5 victory. With the split the Cardinals go to 22-6 on the season and 3-3 in the SUNYAC. gallery
Plattsburgh State's Casey Brighton (45) with the tag at the plate on the New Paltz's base runner trying to score from third on the tag up off the fly ball to left. In a doubleheader that turned into a slugfest the Cardinals would split on the day losing the 1st game 14-9 came back though in the 2nd game to get the 15-9 win. There were many home runs hit throughout the day between the two teams adding to the run outburst.gallery
Plattsburgh State's Mat Bessing (11)
with the shoot in close on the Norwich goaltender and crashes the net for the rebound. Plattsburgh State would fall short in there effort to get back to the National Championship 3-2. Norwich would get on the board first just over five minutes into the first period. The score would remain 1-0 until the thirteen minute mark of the second period when the Cardinals Andrew Willock tied the game at 1. Norwich would take the 2-1 lead into the final period when they scored in the final minute of the second period. Norwich would extend there lead to 3-1 eight minutes into the third. Mike Kavanagh would score for the Cardinals to make it 3-2 with six minutes setting up an exciting finish. Although the Cardinals would fall short 3-2 and there season would come to end for the Cardinals in the Final Four with a record of 19-6-4. gallery
Chateaugay's Eric Dwyer (15) slices through the Germantown defense down the lane and lays it in for the basket. Unfortunately Chateaugay would come up on the short end as they would fall to Germantown 56-48. It was a very close game throughout that seen many lead changes. Germantown would pull away in the final few minutes of the game and Chateaugay just had no answer. gallery
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State's Kate Fairfield tries pushes the puck by goal line on the doorstop unfortunately the Norwich goaltender was able to pin the puck on the post to deny the cardinals. Plattsburgh State would fall to Norwich 3-2 when Norwich was able to get two goals in the final 90 seconds. With the Cardinals season comes to end and finish with a 23-3-2 record. gallery
Plattsburgh State's Megan Dijulio (13) takes the rebound off the Elimra goaltender and puts the puck in the open net to give the Cardinals the early 1-0 lead. Although the Cardinals would not be able to hold on as Elimra would come back and the Cardinals come up short 4-2 as Elmira would win the ECAC West title. The Cardinal did however earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament and will host Norwich on March 13th. gallery
Plattsburgh State's Brittany Meade (18) tries to stuff the puck by the Utica goaltender that just wouldn't get in. The #1 seeded Cardinals would get the impressive 5-2 victory over the Pioneers to advance to conference finals against conference rival Elmira. The teams traded goals until midway though the 2nd period when the Cardinals would score to make it 3-2 and would not look back from there and go on for the victory. gallery
Plattsburgh State's Steve Thomas (23) splits the SUNY IT defenders in the lane and lays in the floater for the basket. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would end up on the short end of a 71-65 and would bow out in the 1st round of the NCAA Tournament. The SUNY IT Wildcats would jump on the Cardinals early in the half and just couldn't get the lead. The Cardinals season came to end in the 1st round of the NCAA Tournament and finish with a 21-8 record on the season. gallery
Plattsburgh State's Steve Thomas (23) cuts around the defender from the three point line and drives to the hoop. In the game that would decide the regular season conference champion. It would be a very physical game in which would see the Cardinals have a 10 point lead at one point in the second half. They would end up needing some clutch free throws coming down the stretch to secure the 75-74 victory with the win the Cardinal win the regular season crown for the second time in three seasons and get the #1 seed in the upcoming conference tournament. gallery
Plattsburgh State's Stephanie McCoy (33) with the fade away in the lane for the basket. The long season for the Cardinals would come to an end as they defeat Brockport State 71-66. The Cardinals would take control early in the first and never look back. gallery
The #4 Plattsburgh State Cardinals returned to the Stafford Ice Arena to take on SUNYAC opponent Morrisville State Mustangs in a game that would be tight till the 3rd period. When the Cardinals exploded for 3 goals to secure 4-1 win. The Cardinals would be helped by stellar goaltending by Josh Leis (31) as seen with this pad save at point blank range. gallery
Plattsburgh State's Stephanie Moberg (9) scores while sliding across ice right in front of the crease and swipes the puck in the net. The #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would finish off the weekend sweep of the Cortland State Dragons with an impressive 6-1 win. gallery
Plattsburgh State's Carl Munner (11) flies through the air splitting the defenders and lays it in the basketball as the Cardinals get the 60-48 win over the Fredonia State Blue Devils. The win would set the tone for the weekend as the Cardinals would get the sweep on the weekend when they beat the Buffalo State Bengal's 88-86 at the buzzer gallery
Plattsburgh State's Taylor Amarando (40) slices across the paint and draws the hard connect on her way up for the shot. Unfortunately it would not be enough as the Cardinals would fall 62-60 to the Fredonia State Blue Devils in there effort to get that first conference win of the season. gallery
Plattsburgh State's Laurie Bowler (22) would finish off her natural hat trick in the 3rd period with this top shelf goal. The #3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would finish off there weekend sweep of the #4 RIT Tigers with a convincing 5-2 victory. The Cardinals started off by getting three unanswered goals until the Tigers got on the board with 6 seconds left in the second period. In the third period the Tigers did get to a one goal game with 5 minutes to play. The Cardinals would answer back with 2 goals to secure the 5-2 victory. gallery
In the first of a two game series featuring teams ranked in the top five in the nation. The #3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the #4 RIT Tigers. The game would be scoreless until Stephanie Moberg would light the lamp for her 10th goal of the season 13 seconds into the second period. Each team would score one more goal in the period giving the Cardinals a 2-1 heading into the third. In the third period the Cardinals would score two more goals to take a 4-1 lead until two minutes left in the game when the Tigers would score two goals in the last two minutes to make the cardinals fight to hang onto the lead. Pictured is Laurie Bowler (22) stuffing the pick in the back of the net for 100th point as a Plattsburgh State Cardinal. gallery
It was the finals of the Rock Maple Racing Northeast Snocross Challenge at Franklin County Fairgrounds in Malone, NY. Many of the finals were very tightly contested as riders were going for the bragging rights that I won the last race in Malone. As an added bonus in the Pro Open division it was the 1st leg of the Woody's Triple Crown and Bailey Motor Company put up an extra $1,000 to winner of the race. The winner would be Bobby Lepage on the #244 Polaris that would pass Mathieu Morin with just two laps remaining in the 20 lap main event when he got held up the slower sleds. Pictured is Bobby Lepage (#244) and Polaris teammate Danny Porier (#312) racing ski to ski through turn three as they battle for the second position. gallery
The Rock Maple Racing Snocross circuit made there 6th and what looks like final trip to Malone for the annual snocross race. It was side by side racing from the first race of the day at just nine in the morning till the last race of the day at around five o'clock. As the races were qualifying for the finals to take place on Sunday afternoon at the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Malone, NY. Pictured is Jason Boron (14) Ski-Doo and Renaud Alexandre (793) Polaris race bar to bar over the table top during there heat race. gallery
The #2 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the Trinity Bantams in the finals of the 14th annual Cardinal Classic at the Ronald B. Stafford Arena. The Cardinal would control the game from the drop of puck and would have a 2-0 lead after the first period before they exploded for five goals in the second period and then added a couple more in the third period for the convincing 9-0 win. Plattsburgh State's Patrick Jobb (9) put the quick wrister right on net from right in front of the net on Trinity goaltender Wesley Vesprini (30) as the Cardinals would outshoot the Bantams 70-23. gallery
The #2 Plattsburgh State Cardinals opened up the Cardinal Classic with a very impressive 8-1 victory over the Castleton State Spartans. The Cardinals would take the quick 1-0 lead just 54 seconds into the game and would not look back. They would take a 4-0 lead into the final period before doubling there score in the final period for the 8-1 victory. Plattsburgh State's Ian Delong (10) would slide it under Castleton State's goaltender Justin Roethlingshoefer (35) for his fifth goal on the season and would also help with two assist. gallery
The #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals gave an all out effort against arch rival and #8 Oswego Lakers but would suffer their first lost of the season on a 5-2 defeat. With the lose the Cardinals falls to 3-1 after the first two weeks of the season. The Cardinals will now head on the road for the first time this season as they will take on Morrisonville this coming saturday night. gallery
The #1 Plattsburgh State Cardinals started off their weekend home series against the Cortland Red Dragons in a game that they would dominate from start to finish for the 5-1 victory. The Cardinals would take the early 1-0 lead in the 1st period and never look back from that point. With the win the Cardinals improved to 3-0 on the early season. Pictured Kyle Kudroch (20) tries stuffing the puck in on the short side of the net as the Cortland goalies sets right beside the post. gallery
The Plattsburgh State Men's Hockey team ranked #1 in the country started of the 2009-2010 season at home against SUNYAC oppenet Geneseo. In a game that would see the Cardinals trail 1-0 after the first three minutes of the game. The Cardinals would tie it back at 1 late in the openning period. Then in the second period the teams would trade goals going into the final period tied at 2. Then in that final period the Cardinals would score twice in 16 seconds to get the 4-2 win in front of the home crowd. Pictured is Chris Wieland (22) muscling his way to the net as the Geneseo defender ttries breaking up the play from behind on the clean shot to the net. gallery
The Plattsburgh North Stars would travel to Watertown to take on the Red & Black in there first ever Empire Football League Championship game. In a game that would be one of the best for the league championship the North Stars dream season came to end with a 6-0 lose to the Red & Black. The game was a great defensive battle neither them willing to give a inch unfortunately for the North Stars they blinked once with 6 minutes left in the opening half giving Watertown the only score of the game. Pictured is Nick Norris (#57) going down low and taking out the knees of Watertown's running back. gallery
The Plattsburgh North Stars traveled north of the broader to tangle Quebec Titans in the semi finals of the Empire Football Playoffs. In a game that would see the North Stars never trail it was a very physical contest with both teams playing stellar defense. The game was so good that players decided to play an extra quarter. The North Stars would prevail in the extra stanza with a 22-19 and the celebration was on. With the win North Stars will travel to Watertown to take on the Red & Black for the league championship on October 10th at Alex Duffy Fairgrounds with a 7:30 kickoff. The North Stars will be avenge a regular season defeat by the Red & Black. There will be history made that night either way as the North Stars go for there 1st ever league title and the Red & Black are looking for there 1st title in 30 years. gallery
The Plattsburgh North Stars entered the playoffs as the #3 seed and would host the #6 Massena Sliver & Black in the opening round of the playoffs. In a game that was never in doubt the North Stars would advance with a 42-6 win and travel to Chateaugay on October 3rd to take on the #2 seed and Empire Football League champions Quebec Titans for the right to go to the championship. There were a few records that were set during the game as Brandon Keleher #40 (pictured) would become the second North Star in history to run for over a 1,000 yards in a season. Along with Kenny Stay setting a team record with six touchdown passes and Matt St. Clair with 4 touchdown reception. gallery
The local area snow sled clubs from Ellenburg, Plattsburgh, Peru and Saranac held there 3rd annual sled drags for the second straight year at the Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, NY. There was about 50 competitors in the 10 different classes that competed to benefit the different clubs. Everyone was very pleased with the turn out and are looking forward to next years races. As can be seen from the picture were getting a great bite off the line with the good track conditions. gallery
The Plattsburgh North Stars got back to winning ways with a 13-0 win over rival the Vermont Ice Storm. With the win the North Stars improve to 7-2 in the Empire Football and 9-2 on the season. The North Stars now control their own faith heading into the last week of the regular season at the Quebec Titans in hopes of getting the no.2 seed in the playoffs and the all important 1st round bye. Pictured is Plattsburgh North Stars Brandon St. John (17) going low for the tackle and taking out the knees of Vermont Ice Storm's Steve McGuire. gallery
The undefeated #16 Plattsburgh North Stars traveled over to Watertown to to take on the Watertown Red and Black in a game that could be a preview of EFL championship in mid October. The Red and Black came in looking to avenge there lose last week to Quebec. In a game that was in high in intensity and hard hitting. It would be the Red and Black that would come away with the 21-0 win and now tied at the top EFL standings with the North Stars at 6-1. Pictured is a couple of North Stars taking down the Red and Black running back as he looked to turn the corner. gallery.
The Meron's/Renzi Expos finished of Hockey Plus/Loreman's Padres with a 11-0 win in game 2 of the best of 3 series. With the win the Expos advance to the championship starting next weekend August 23rd at Lyon Mountain against the defending champion Miners. With the lose the Padres season will come to end and will finish the year at 14-9 and will be looking to go after the championship next summer as most of the players will be returning. Pictured is Andrew Goch sliding safe at third for the Expos with the stolen base. gallery
The Adirondack Truck and Tractor Pullers Assocation made there final stop on the 2009 campagain with the Tractor pull edition at the Essex County Fair in Westport, NY. There would be over 50 competors from all northern new york and vermont. With the season titles all but looked up before the event. The pullers were for bragging rights to say I won the last hook of the season and all the great fans at the fair. Pictured is Robert Burns (Potsdam, NY) in his John Deere 4230 carries the front wheels down the track during in his Altered Tractor class. gallery
The Adirondack Truck and Tractor Pullers Assocation returned to Westport, NY for the Essex County Fair Truck Pull. Their would be five street legal classes along with two 4x4 truck classes. Their would be a decent croed all night long with many people coming and going through out the show. Pictured is Matthew Tudor in his Ford F-150 taking part in the street legal pull and was digging in on the sandy track. gallery
The annual truck and tractor pull returned to the Franklin County Fair in Malone, NY for there all day show. There would be 23 different classes that would be ran until late night. There were a few drivers that pushed there equipment just to far for the big crowd and have some breakage. Pictured is Ralph Otis and White Lighting (Westville, NY) in the 4x4 truck class and he is on a power drive for a third place finish. gallery
The annual demolition derby returned to the Franklin County Fair in Malone, NY in front of another packed grandstands. Their would be 90 cars that would take part in the second night of derby action. The good ole boys with the general lee cars would be champion. Pictured is car #15 that instead of hitting the other and moving on to the next one rides right down the side of the car. gallery
The Hockey Plus/Loreman Padres took on the Meron/Renzi Expos in game 1 of the CVBL Semis in a game that the Expos would be in total control from the start. The Expos would cruise to a 18-2 win and take a 1-0 lead in the best of three series. Game two and three will be played August 16th starting at noon at a site still to be determined. Pictured is Expos (#10) with the pop up slide steal of second ahead of the tag of Padres Andrew Bombard (#14) gallery
The Adirondack Truck and Tractor Pullers returned to the Huntingdon Fair in Huntingdon, Que for the first time in over seven years. The crowd came out in full force to see the tractors and trucks take to the great hooking track. Their was plenty of local competitors to give the some extra cheering power. Pictured is Gayton Yelle in his Red Horse (Fort Covington, NY) getting a big bit out of the hole that sends the tractor to the sky. gallery
The Adirondack Truck and Tractor Pullers Association return to Highgate, Vermont for their annual two day show at the Franklin County Field Days. On friday night it would be the truck with the 4x4 truck class and crowd favor street legal truck with an average of 20 in a class. Then on saturday it would be all day show with the tractors ranging from the farm stock all the way up to the pro stock class plus the Highgate tradition 4x4 tractor classes. Pictured is Joe Perreault (Mooers, NY) and his Mad Dog get a little to hot and had a quick oil fire when it ran down on the hot headers. gallery
The celebration is on at home plate as the Padres would beat the Athletics 7-6 on a walk off base hit by Matt Rivers (#88). In a game that the Padres never lead until the walk off base hit in the 9th inning. The Athletics would roll out to an early 5-0 lead after the 5th inning. Before the Padres would come roaring back to win the game by that 7-6 score. With the win the Padres advance to the semi finals against the Expos in a best of three series that will see the Padres host game 1 on August 2nd at the Saranac High School and then Expos will host games 2 and 3 at Chip Cummings Field in Plattsburgh. The Padres and Expos finished the regular season tied for 2nd place and split the 4 games during the regular season. gallery
After a hard rain came through the fairgrounds just before the truck and tractor pull was about to start the show would be put on a 3 hour hold. Once the track was clear and ready to run though it was a horsepower and because of that their was a lot of break of on the night. Pictured is Justin Miller (Fort Covington, NY and Too Loose Nuts take it out the back door to win the 4x4 trucks class A and stay perfect on the early season. In the B class though he would fall just about 2 feet short to the Mad Dog and settle for 2nd place. gallery
The Street Legal Truck Pull made its annually return to the Clinton County in Plattsburgh in front of a bunch of fair goers. The numbers keep increasing every year and this year would be no different as their would be a total of 67 hooks between the six different classes that were offered. Pictured is Nick Roberts (Champlain, NY) in his 2009 Ford F-150 making the winning run in the 5,500lb street legal class. gallery
The Adirondack Truck and Tractor Pullers Association got their 2009 season off in Hopkinton, NY. They would have 4x4 trucks, pro stock tractors, altered stock tractors, and farm stock in attendance. In the 4x4 truck class it would start off just as 2008 ended with Too Loose Nuts your 2008 champion winning the first event of the season and take the early season lead. The next stop for the ATPA will be the Clinton County Fair July 22nd for a street legal truck pull and then on July 25th for a full show of trucks and tractors. gallery
The Plattsburgh North Stars would head across the lake this week to take on long time rival the Vermont Ice Storm at the Burlington High School. It would defensive game on both sides as it was tied at zero going into the 4th quarter. Then the North Star offense would respond as they would cruise to a 21-0 win over the Ice Storm and stay perfect on the season. The North Stars will be home this weekend July 25th to host the Quebec Titans. Pictured Elisa Parks (#35) getting up ended as fights for yards on the ground. gallery
The Fourth Ward Cardinals and the Hockey Plus/Loreman's Padres locked up for a big regular season double header as they came in #1 and #2 in the standings with the Cardinals up by a 1.5 games. Their would not be much settled on this day as Padres would split the double header and stay a 1.5 apart headed into the final week of the season. The Padres would come from behind in game 1 to win it in the 7th inning 5-4. However the Cardinals came back to calm the game 2 with a convincing 6-0 win. The Padres will finish of the regular season on July 19th with a double header in Lyon Mountain against the Miners. While the Cardinals will be hosting the Athletics at Bailey Ave. Field in Plattsburgh. Pictured is Cardinals (#20) sliding under the tag of Padres Pat Hoey (#10) for the stolen base. gallery
The Plattsburgh North Stars would start off their Empire League season with a well fought victory over the Broome County Dragons 21-13 in a game that they never trailed in. The North Stars would use a stellar performance by the defense for the victory along with good attack on the ground from Brandon Keleher has he would rush for over a 100 yards on the day. The North Stars will be traveling to Vermont on July 18th to take on defending league champion the Vermont Ice Storm at 1:00pm at South Burlington High School. Pictured is North Stars Kyle Babbie (#52) and another North Star stopping the would be Dragon runner short of the 1st down. gallery
Hockey Plus/Loreman's Shane Perrotte (#2) slides in safe at second under the tag of Fourth Ward Athletic Riley Lawless (#1). The Padres continue their winning ways as they gain the weekend sweep against the Athletics and have now won 7 out of their last 8 games. They would use speed and the long ball for the wins as they won game #1 10-6 and take game 2 11-5. With the win the Padres move into sole position of second place and are two games behind the Cardinals. The Padres will meet next weekend (July 12th) at Bailey Avenue Park in double header that will decide the regular season champion. gallery
Hockey Plus/Loreman's Padres Shane Perrotte (#2) slides in safe at third base after legging out the triple in the 2nd game of a double header. The Padres would go on to win the second game 10-5 after giving up five runs in the 1st inning they would shut down the Expos the rest of the game. The Expos would win the 1st game 7-0 to gain the split. With that the Expos and Padres remained tied for second at 9-5 with 4 games remaining in the regular season. gallery
Plattsburgh North Star's Brandon Keleher (40) breaks down the field on a huge gain on the ground during the 1st quarter of Plattsburgh North Star's and Vermont Ravens game. The North Star's would continue there winning ways as they handily defeated the Ravens 25-7 to improve to 2-0. The game for the North Star's will be July 11th against the Broome County Dragons at 7:30pm at the Plattsburgh High Athletic Complex in the Empire League season opener. gallery
Hockey Plus/Loreman's Padres Kyle Rock (#4) with the sliding catch in left field on a ball that was slicing towards the foul line. The Hockey Plus/Loreman's Padres would continue their winning ways as of late in sweeping the Lyon Mountain Miners 9-4 & 13-7 and are now a four game winning streak. With the win the Padres move into 2nd place just behind the Plattsburgh Cardinals. gallery
The Plattsburgh North Star's started of their 2009 season by traveling down to Manchester Center, VT to lock horns with the Southern Vermont Storm. In a game that would remain scoreless until the 4th quarter and would see the North Star's pro vail with 12-7 win over a very scrappy Southern Vermont Storm squad. The North star's will be back in action on June 27th against the Vermont Ravens at the Plattsburgh High Athletic Complex kickoff is 7:30. Pictured is North Star's Kelly Gordon (#14) throwing the stiff arm out on the Storm defender as he breaks it down the field on the reception. gallery
Hockey Plus/Loreman's Padres would gain their first weekend sweep of the season as they would take two from the Fourth Ward Timberjaxxs in Saranac at the Saranac High School. Pictured is the Padres Matt River's (#88) putting the tag on the Timberjaxxs would be base stealer for the weekend sweep. gallery
The Meron/Renzi Expos and the Hockey Plus/Loreman's Padres split there weekend series at Chip Cummings Field in Plattsburgh, NY. The Padres would take game 1 11-9 with a 3 run 7th inning. The Expos would come back to get the night cap 5-3 when they put together a 4 run bottom of the 6th. With the split the Expos go to 4-2 and the Padres go to 2-4 after three weeks of the season. gallery