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SLP hockey teams earn victories

LAKE PLACID — A season ago, the Tupper Lake boys hockey team swept Saranac Lake Placid in three straight games. But this year, SLP got its revenge. The SLP boys completed the three-game season sweep over the Lumberjacks with a 8-1 rout on Jan. 24 during the Lake Placid Winter Carnival ...

Blue Bomber boys hoops top Willsboro

LAKE PLACID — After a tough start to open the season, the Lake Placid boys basketball team has started to find a bit of a groove. On Jan. 22, the host Blue Bombers secured its second straight victory, topping the Willsboro Wolves 62-28. Seb Cecunjanin scored a game-high 20 points for ...

Aerials World Cup returns to Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — For the first time since 2019, the FIS Freestyle Aerials World Cup returned to this village, and despite solid performance from the U.S., it wads the Chinese team that dominated the event. The Chinese aerials squad recorded individual wins in the men’s and women’s ...

SLP’s late rally leads to tie with Beekmantown

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Placid boys hockey team erased a 2-0 deficit on Thursday, Jan. 16 to tie the Beekmantown Eagles 2-2 at the Saranac Lake Civic Center in a rematch of last year’s Section VII championship game. Ayden McCormick and Carson St. Louis scored powerplay goals ...

Bomber boys hoops secure win

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid boys basketball team got off to a strong start in the first quarter on Friday, Jan. 18, and never let up, topping the Indian Lake/Long Lake Orange 61-36. For the host Blue Bombers its was their first victory of season, after falling in its previous 10 ...

Placid boys ski to victory

LAKE PLACID — The area varsity Nordic ski teams competed at the Adirondack Mountain Club’s Cascade Welcome Center on Thursday, Jan. 16 for a 6-kilometer classic race. The Lake Placid boys, which scored 11 points, narrowly edged out Saranac Lake by one. The Red Storm girls also picked up ...