The top four of the 9th State Cannabias Renegades are under a blanket as they are going after the 500 for the win that would see Brad Bushey get the checkered flag for the second time this season. would be the 5th night of racing from the Airborne Park Speedway, powered by the New England Ford Dealers, and the main event of the evening would be the 30-lap 9th State Canabias Renegades $500 to win. To start the night off, it would be the Hoosier Tire Limited Sportsman Modifieds with their makeup feature from the rain-shortened event from a couple of weeks ago, and it would see Gary English go wire to wire for the win. Then it would be the heat races for this week's races, and when those were done, we would be onto the features for the May 15th event, and the first one up would be the Hartson Total Opening 358 Modifieds. It would see Tanner Siemons get the lead at the start of the race and hold it for most of the race. Still, there would be challenges from Felix Roy, Justin Stone, and Favid Hebert, and on a late race restart, it would see Felix Roy get around Siemons for the win and take the points lead in the early stages of the season. Then we would have the main event of the evening with the 9th State Cannabias Renegades $500 to win, 30 30-lap event. It would see Josh Terry get the lead at the start of the race and have an early battle with Roland Guay, but he would fade away. Then Brad Bushey would be in the fight, but there would be a hard charger coming from the last row start, Shawn Fountain, and it would be a three-way battle down the stretch for the checkers and checkers, and with the pass on the highside, Brad Bushey would get his second win of the early season. Then we would have the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified for their 25-lap event. We would see the cagey veteran Bucko Branham start on the front row and get the lead off the start of the race. Still, he would have a challenge from Mike Phinney for most of the event. Still, a hard charger would come from deep in the field, like last year's points champion Donovan Lussier, who would come from 17th and get up to fourth before the checkered dropped. Bucko Branham would get his first win since the middle of the last season and move into 4th in the early-season points. Then we would have the Mini Stocks for their 15-lap event, and see Tyler Van Weort getting the lead at the start of the race. Still, he would have a challenge from Haiden Bourdeau in the early stages, and then we would see Steven Bressette and Lightning McQueen make their way to the front, and we would have a duel at the front between him and Ryan Senecal for the win that would see Bressette get the checkered flag. Then to finish off the night it would be Hoosier Limited Sportsman Modified for there second feature on the night and t would see Parker Dermody get the lead off the start of the race and the battle would be between him and Gary English who would be going for the sweep on the night and when it was looking like Dermody would get that first win English would come around for the lead and get the win for the sweep on the night. Gallery

It would be a battle between the 11's for the win in the 32-lap 3200 to win Matt Bilodeau Memorial Sportsman Modified that would see Joey Scarbrough in the 11VT get under Josh Sunn in the 11 for the win. After a rainout in opening week and the second week getting pushed back a day, it would be opening day at the Devils Bowl Speedway. The 59th season opener and the feature event would be the Matt Bilodeau Memorial 3200 to win for the Sportsman Modifieds, along with the Novice and Limited Sportsman Modified, 500cc Mini Sprints, Mini Stocks, and Crown Vics in action. After all the qualifying races had been run, it would be onto the features for the night. The first one up would be the Friend's Construction 500cc Mini Sprints for their 15-lap event that would see 16 take the green flag, hungry for the first win of the season, and would see Christopher Pierce get the lead off the start of the race. Still, the lead would be short-lived as Scott Bachand would get around him for the lead, hold it till a late race incident, see Raymond Hanson get around him for the lead, and hold on for the win. Then next up would be the Hoosier Novice Sportsman for their 20-lap race, and would see 13 racers take the green. The race would see Matthew Cram get the lead at the start and not look back as he would win on opening day over Trevor Hurlburt. It would be the main event of the evening, with the 32-lap 3200 to win Matt Bilodeau Memorial Sunoco Sportsman Modified event. It would see Dave Camara get the lead off the start of the race and for most of the eent there would be a battle between him and Josh Sunn for the lead as they went back and forth but there a racer moving up and charging from the middle of the pack to challenge for the lead and that would be Joey Scarbrough. In the closing laps, he would find his way around Josh Sunn and Dave Camara to get the win and cash the check for 3200.
Then we would move into the O'Reilly Auto Parts Limited Sportsman Modified for their 25-lap affair, and 25 racers were set to go after the season opener win. The race would see Gary English get the lead off the start, but it would be short-lived as William Duprey would get around him for the lead and take it to victory. Then we would be onto the Fisher Auto Parts Mini Stocks and see 29 cars take the green flag for their 15-lap event. Most of the race would be a battle up front between Tyler Bell and JP Corrow, and in the closing laps, Corrow would get the lead as Bell slipped up, and Corrow would continue his winning ways on the early part of the season. Then, to finish the night, the 9th State Canabias Crown Vics would see Eric Friend win the 20-lap event wire to finish the night of racing. The Devils Bowl Speedway will return to life May 24th and 25th with the Northeast Crate Nationals. Gallery

Justin Stone (15x) and Jordan Formwalt (24f) battled for the lead during the main of the Hartson Total Opening 358 Modifieds, which would see Stone get his first win of the season. It would be the second week of the Thursday Night Thunder Series, and this week we would have double features for the Renegades as part of the rain-shortened event from the week before, along with the spectator races. The evening would start with the makeup for the Renegades feature from last week's rain-shortened event. It would see Shawn Fountain get the lead at the start of the race over Nathan Irland Guay. Still, there would be a battle up front between Shawn Duquette and Shawn Fountain through the middle part of the event that would see Duquette get the lead and take it to the house for the victory over Fountain and Tylor Terry. Then we would run the heat races for the races that were scheduled this week, along with the Spectator races that were run at intermission, which would see RJ Rivera get the win. Then, for the night's first feature, we would have the Dirtcar 358 Modifieds that would see Tanner Siemos and Justin Stone start on the front row, and Stone would get the lead off the start of the race. There would be a battle up front between him and Jordan Formwalt for most of the event but there would a hard charger that would come up from his 12th starting spot and put his nose in the fight down the stretch and that would be Mike Mahanney but it would not be enough as Justin Stone would get the win on this night. Then we would have the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified and see Brent Warren get the lead off the start over Jason McClatchie, and there would be a duel between them for the first few laps. Although there would be a pair of hard chargers that would make there way up from the 18th and 16th starting spots and get there nose in there and that woiuld be a pair of champions in the names of Donovan Lussier and Nivk Heywood, Lussier would get the lead late and score his second win of the season over Warren and Heywood. Then we would have the Mini Stocks for their 15-lap event, and it would see Jamie Whitney get the lead off the start of the race over Kyle Hart, but the battle up front for the early part of the race would be between Whitney and Harnden. Although as in the earlier races on the night there would be charge from middle of the pack this time from JP Corrow that would see him get by Whitney in the last five laps and then the battle would be on up front between Corrow Blake and Botala that would see Corrow get his second right win on the season. Then we would have the Hoosier Tire Limited Sportsman Modified for their 15-lap event and would see Parker Dermody get the lead off the start of the race over Lea Jeanne Lauzire, but Garin Thompson would come up and get by both of them for the lead and ride that to his first win of the season. Then to finish off the night of racing, we would have the second 9th State Cannabias feature on the day that would see Josh Terry get the lead off the start of the race and see him and Tyler Irwin go after the lead in the early stages. Still, Taylor Terry would come up from his eighth-place start and get the lead and second win. The racetrack will come back to life next week with another edition of Thursday Night Thunder with a special for the 9th State Cannabias Renegades. Gallery

David Hebert (61) is coming up from third to the lead as he passes Carey Terrance on the way to the win in the 358 Modified main. It would be the third round of racing from the Airborne Park Speedway and the first Thursday Night Thunder of the year, and the five main divisions would be in action with the Hartson Total Opening 358 Modifieds, J+S Stell Sportsman Modified, 9th State Cannabias, Hoosier Limited Sportsman Modified, and the Mini Stocks. After the dust would settle from the heat races, it would be onto the Main Events of the night, and the first one up would be the Hartson Total Opening 358 Modifieds for their 30-lap show, and Carey Terrance would get the lead off the start of the race. Still, the lead would be short-lived as Jeremy Roy would get around him in a couple of laps and be the field class until late in the race when he would need to pull off for a flat tire. Off the late race restart, Tim Fuller would get the lead of the restart, but David Hebert would come charging and get the lead and the win on the night. Next up would be the Mini Stocks for their 15-lap event, and Nick Harden would get the lead off the start of the race for the first few laps. A big wreck on the start-finish line would block the track and bring out the red flag. Harden would keep the lead off the restart, but there would be a charge from JP Corrow, and he would get around Holden in the closing laps and close the deal for his first career win. Then we would have the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified for their 25-lap event and see Codie Aubin get the lead off the start of the race. Still, he would have a challenge on the night as Robert Laware would stay with him most of the race, but there would be a charge from Donovan Lussier from the 18th starting spot up to second, but he would just run out of time, and Aubin would get his first win of the season. However, that would be the end of racing on the night, as the rain would come in and end the night before we could get the Renegade or Limited Sportsman Modified feature. The track will be back in action with the five divisions again, plus the popular spectator races. Gallery Highlight

Jordan Poirier (28) with the pass for the lead on Jeff Trombley (3a) as they battled for the lead in the Sprint Cars of New England in their main event, as he would get the win on the 25-lap feature. It would be the second week of the from the Airborne Park Speedway and it would feature the Sprint Cars of New England presented by McGee's Auto for there season opening 360 sprint race along with the Sportsman Modified $2,000 to win, Limited Sportsman Modified, Renegades, 500cc Mini Sprints, Mini Stocks, and Pro Stocks. The racing would get going after a brief delay on the night with the rain, and the first feature would be the 500cc Mini Sprints for their first visit to the track of the season. There would be eight cars for their ten-lap feature. Jenna Zakrzewski would get the lead off the start of the race, but after some issues in the heat race, Chris Pierce would charge from the back of the pack, take the lead, and get his first career win in the division. Then we would move on to the 2 thousand dollar to win 40-lap feature for the J+S Steel Sportsman Modified. It would see Travis Bruno and Jamy Begor battle for the lead at the start of the race, and Bruno would prevail. Still, there would be a challenge coming from the back as both Fire Swamp and Donovan Lussier had problems in the heat race and had to go to the last chance qualifier to make the show; they would come up from the tenth row. They would put on a battle for the fans as they went after the win, and in the end, Donovan Lussier would get the win for his first of the season as he tries to duplicate last year's division high seven wins, as Fire Swamp and Cory Castell round out the top three. Then it would be the Mini Stocks and their fifteen-lap event. It would Jeremaih King get the lead off the start of the race and have a nice early race battle with Jason Bradley and then battle would be up front between the teammates as Jake Fountain and Ryan Senecal would duke it out for the win and on this day it would be defending track champion Ryan Senecal getting the victory. Then it would be time for the feature event of the night the Sprint Cars of New England 360 tour would bring 16 of the best sprint cars from new england and Canada to battle it out for 25 laps on the half mile, Travis Billington would get the pole but the lead would short lived as Jeff Trombley would get the early lead of the race. Still, there would be a charge from Jordan Poirier and Matt Tanner, and Poirier would get his second straight win at the Airborne half mile. Then it would be the first appearance of the season for the Pro Stocks, and there would be 18 strong. It would see Denis Gauverau get the lead at the start of the race. Still, it would not be a runaway as Sid Harmer kept it close as he tried to chase him down, and it would see multi-time champion Luke Horening come from the middle of the back and charge to third, and at one point have a chance at the lead. Then we would have the 9th State Cannabis Renegades on deck for their 20 lap event, and it would see Brad Bushey go wire to wire for the win, but it would not be without stiff competition from Tylor Terry and Tyler Irwin, as he would get his first ever win on dirt. Then, to finish off the jammed back night of the race, it would be the Hoosier Tires Limited Sportsman Modified, with their 15-lap event, and it would see Kobe Hernandez with the go-away victory for his first career win. The Airborne Park Speedway will be back in action next Sunday April 27th as part of Bike Giveaway night with eight divisions in attendance 358 Modifieds, Sportsman Modified, Limited Sportsman Mofified, Renegades, Mini Stocks, Pro Stocks, 500cc Mini Sprints and the Crown Vics as it will be the last event before they start there regular thursday night racing. Gallery

Saranac's Elizabeth Recore (4) slides in safe at the plate ahead of the tag from the Plattsburgh catcher Kiley Kretser (19). It would be the Saranac Spartans and the Plattsburgh Hornets doing battle in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Softball action from Plattsburgh High. The Sprtans would take the early lead in the game on a pair of runs on base hits in the first inning to take the 2-0 lead after the first inning. In the second inning, the Spartans would expand their lead to a single run for the 3-0 lead. The game would stay there til the fourth when the Hornets would get on the board with a run and make it a 3-1 lead. The fifth offense would explode on both sides as they would combine for seven runs as the Spartans would take the big 8-3 lead. In the sixth inning, the Hornets would stay hot and do what they could to make ot a game with a 3-1 inning to make it a 9-6 game, and that's where it would stay to give the Spartans the 9-6 victory. In the winning effort for the Spartans, Elizabeth Recore would lead the way with a hit and a pair of RBIs as they go to 3-3 on the season. As for the Plattsburgh Hornets, they will fall to 3-3 on the season as they go after the division crown. Gallery

Felix Roy (91) and Jackson Gill (60) battle for the early race lead during the 2nd annual Leon Gonyo Memorial 358 Modified 40 lapper from the Airborne Park Speedway as they go after the 4 thousand dollar payday. It would be the 2025 season opener from the Airborne Park Speedway, and it would be the earliest in the 71-year history of the track, as we took the green on April 13th, and it would mark the return of the Airborne Park Speedway under the Dirtcar banner after a year away. The season would start with the 2nd annual Leon Gonyo Memorial, 4 thousand to win for the 358 Modifieds and two thousand to win for Sportsman Modified, along with the Renegades, Crown Vics, Limited Sportsman Modifieds, and Mini Stocks, as there would be over 130 cars in the pits. After all the time trials, heats, and last chance qualifiers were done, it would be onto the mains, and the first one up would be the Crown Vics. It would be a six-car field and see Richie Turner get the lead-off start, but Eric Friend would come up challenging from his last row start, take the lead, and cruise to the win, as we would get our second straight Crown Vic win at the Airborne Speedway. After the intermission, it would be onto the Sportsman Modified 2 thousand to win 30 lap main event. It would see Fire Swamp get the early lead from the early start of the race. Still, there would be a challenge up front from an old rival as the six-time track champion would come up and battle for the lead with Nick Heywood, and just over halfway through the race, he would take the lead. Still, it would not be without challenge as Swamp and Donovan Lussier would stay in sight and challenge for the lead, but Heywood would win today. Then it would be onto the main event of the evening, the Leon Gonyo Memorial, a 4 to win 358 Modified 40 lapper. It would see Felix Roy go wire to wire for the win, and it would be a Roy 1-2 finish. Jeremy would finish second, and then Jackson Gill would get third to round out the top three. Then we would be onto the Renegades for their 20-lap feature and see last year's champion, Shawn Duquette, get the lead off the start of the race. Still, there would be a challenge from last year's 2nd place man, Tyor Terry, and they would duke it out for the win, and on this day, it would be Tyor Terry getting the win and the early edge on the season. Then it would be onto the Limited Sportsman Modified and their 15-lap event, and see Gary English go wire to wire for the win. Then the final race of the evening would be the Mini Stocks, a 15-lap event, and 25 cars would take the green. It would see Jake Fountain get the lead at the start of the race and would be sailing around in the lead, but there would be a late race surge from Glen Engstrom, but it would come up about a car length short at the checkered flag, and Jake Fountain would get the opening win of the season. The racetrack will return to life next weekend, April 19th, as the Sprint Cars of New England invade the track with their 360s. Gallery

Ogdensburg's Tanner Fonda (10) with the shot and the score in the fourth quarter as the Blue Devils get the 14-5 victory over the Hornets in Section X Boys' Lacrosse. It would be the 2025 home opener for the Plattsburgh Hornets as they would take on the Ogdensburg Blue Devils to start their 2025 Section X season. The Blue Devils would jump out to a big lead after the first quarter at 8-1, and scoring for the Blue Devils would be Ty Jacobs (twice), Aiden O'Neil (fourth), Brody Barrett, Tegan Frederick, and scoring for the Honets would be Alek Duprey. In the second quarter the defense would be the name of the game all around as the Hornets would win the lower scoring quarter at 3-1 as Declan and Killan Baker along with Alek Duprey second of the game and getting the one goal for the Blue Devils would be Tegan Frederick second of the game to make it a 9-4 Blue Devils lead at the intermission. When the teams returned for the third quarter, the Blue Devils would take control of the game with a 3-0 quarter as Nathan Irvine, Ty Jacobs (third of the game), and Aiden O'Neil (fifth of the game) made it a 12-4 game after the third quarter. In the fourth quarter with the outcome no longer in doubt the teams would empty the benches and the Blue Devils would win the quarter 2-1 on Tanner Fonda and Kaden Bogart goal for the Blue Devils and getting the lone goal for the Hornets would be Declan Baker as the Blue Devils secuer the 14-5 victory. In the winning effort, the Blue Devils Jackson Thronhill would make eight saves as they go to 4-0 on the season as they head into their next gam against the Salmon River Shamrocks. As for the Plattsburgh Hornets, they will fall to 0-3 on the season as they head into their last game before the break against the St Lawerence Larries. Gallery

The Cornell Big Red would be crowned the 2025 ECAC Hockey Men's Hockey champions for the second straight season with their 3-1 win over the Clarkson Golden Knights. It would be the 2025 ECAC Hockey Men's Hockey Championship from the famed Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, NY, and it would feature the #2 Clarkson Golden Knights going against the #6 Cornell Big Red, who are looking for back-to-back Whitelaw Cups in front of 6000 fans. The Big Red would get the game's first goal at just 5:11 when Ondrej Psenicka beat the netminder for the 1-0 lead as the Big Red looked to respond. Then it would be just 1:52 later when the Big Red would extend their lead to 2-0 when Nick Desantis would score his eighth of the season, and that's where the first period would end. The game would stay there till the 13:23 mark of the second period when the Golden Knights would make it a one-goal game at 2-1 on Erik Bargholtz's sixth goal of the season, and that's where the period would end. In the third period, the game would go back and forth with both teams having their chances to get one, including the tying goal by the Knights. Although the only goal of the period would be the empty netter by Ryan Walsh to seal the deal with 1:49 left in the game to give the Cornell Big Red their second straight title at 3-1 and punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament. Gallery

The Cornell Big Red celebrate their overtime winner to advance to the ECAC Hockey Finals Saturday night with their 3-2 win over the Quinnipac Bobcats. The ECAC Hockey would make there annual return to Lake Placid and the home of Miracles for there final four and there first game would see the #1 Quinnipac Bobcats and the #6 Cornell Big Red battle for a spot in the championship game Saturday evening in front of 5300 fans. The Big Red would start the scoring in the first period when Jonathan Castagna would strike on the powerplay for his fifth goal of the season to give them the 1-0 lead with just 4 seconds left in the first period. In the second period, the Bobcats would answer back at the 14:09 mark when Andon Cerbone would score his 15th of the season and tie the game at one, and that's how the game would go to the third period. In the third period, the Bobcats would get their first lead at 14:42 when Chris Pelosi scored. Then with the Big Red down a man and pulling the goalie to even it back up, Kyler Kovich would score for his fifth goal of the season to send the game to overtime. In overtime, the Bobcats would take a slashing penalty, and Tim Reggo would rifle it past the goaltender for the game winner at the 14:39 mark of the overtime and advance to the finals with a 3-2 victory to take on the winner of Clarkson and Dartmouth in the other semi-finals. In the winning effort for the Big Red, Ian Shane would make 22 saves in the afternoon as they go to 17-10-6 in the season. As for the Bobcats, Matej Marinov would make 19 saves as they fall to 24-11-2 and wait to see if they're in the NCAA Tournament. Gallery