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Short track speedskating competes in Lake Placid

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LAKE PLACID — The Jack Shea 1932 Rink was host to the USS Short Track Age Group National Championships from March 31 to April 3. Speedskaters from all over the country at the event practiced and competed. The distances competed were 500-meter, 777-meter, 1000-meter and 1500-meter. ...

SLP laxers falls in season opener

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SARANAC LAKE — Despite having limited practice time outside due to the weather, the Saranac Lake Placid girls lacrosse team had a solid outing in their season opener, but ultimately lost 10-6 to the Potsdam Sandstoners playing on the road Tuesday night. Seniors and SLP captains Alex ...

Adrian wins national hockey championship

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LAKE PLACID — One play can change the tone of everything in a hockey game and that was the case for the Adrian College Bulldogs on March 26. Adrian defeated the SUNY Geneseo Knights at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid by a score of 5-2 to claim the school’s first National Collegiate ...

Belshaw, Schumann lead USA in Lake Placid COC

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LAKE PLACID — It was a great weekend for two USA Nordic Sport athletes, who earned a combined three medals in the International Ski Federation Continental Cup for men’s Nordic combined and women’s ski jumping in Lake Placid. Annika Belshaw, of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, earned a ...

USA Luge head coach steps down

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LAKE PLACID — USA Luge announced the resignation of head coach Robert Fegg on March 25. The German native, who lives in Canada with his family, spent four years with the U.S. national governing body. Fegg coached the junior national team for two seasons, starting in 2018, prior to his ...

Olympians gather in Lake Placid for parade, celebration

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LAKE PLACID — Hundreds of people gathered in Lake Placid on Thursday, March 24 to celebrate the village’s Olympic legacy and Olympians from Lake Placid and around the region. A parade of Olympians returning from this year’s Beijing Winter Olympics, Olympians from past years and other ...