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56 baseball teams compete here

LAKE PLACID — More than 50 youth baseball teams descended on the Tri-Lakes region this past weekend for the annual Battle in the Daks. The tournament, which was hosted by Dale Hayes and the Adirondack Lightning baseball team, kicked off on Thursday, July 10 and held its championship ...

Final week of Lake Placid horse shows wrap up

LAKE PLACID — Sam Walker won the $25,000 1.45m Jumper Classic on July 6 to close the I Love New York Horse Show and the two weeks of the 2025 Lake Placid Horse Shows. Walker claimed top honors on Ilan Ferder’s Funny Star Semilly over a 20-horse field at the newly renovated North Elba ...

Youth Summit lacrosse tournament returns to Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — The annual Lake Placid Summit Youth Classic was held from July 7 to 9 at the North Elba Show Grounds. The event, which originally began in 2016, featured boys lacrosse teams, aged 8 and under up to 16 and under, competing in five different divisions. There are about 46 ...

1980 Olympian signs books here

LAKE PLACID — There are only about 3,100 names engraved into the Stanley Cup, which has been around since 1893. Ken Morrow’s name appears four times, the same number as Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky. He’s there for his four NHL championships with the New York Islanders — once for ...

Michan wins Placid Grand Prix

LAKE PLACID — A dramatic win by three-time Olympic veteran Alberto Michan of Israel in the $100,000 Grand Prix of Lake Placid culminated the first week of competition at the 2025 Lake Placid Horse Shows. Michan was one of eight entries from the starting field of 29 representing six ...