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SLP girls skaters lose to East Green Wave

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SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Placid girls hockey team suffered a 4-3 loss to East Green Wave on Friday, Jan. 23 at the Saranac Lake Civic Center. Four different players from East Green Wave scored on Jan. 23, with Mickey Moreno, Lily Brickman, Caroline Gould and Ali Greco each ...

USA Luge competes in final World Cup before Olympics

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OBERHOF, Germany— The final World Cup luge race before the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 was held this past weekend in Oberhof, Germany. USA Luge’s Summer Britcher and Jonny Gustafson were the top finishers in the Jan. 23 women’s and men’s singles races, ...

Reliving the Miracle

Olympic Legacy

LAKE PLACID — The United States men’s hockey team pulled off a “Miracle,” on Jan. 15 at the Olympic Center’s 1980 Herb Brooks Arena, defeating the mighty Soviet Union 4-3. Or so it looked ... in fact, nobody was even on the ice. Three of the 17 living 1980 Olympians — Mike ...

Hundreds of racers take on 63rd Hovey ski race

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WILMINGTON — The 63rd William A. Hovey Memorial Ski Race, hosted by New York Ski Educational Foundation, was held on Jan. 11 at Whiteface Mountain, as a field of 242 racers competed in demanding conditions that would sternly test. The challenging conditions tested the top U14 athletes to ...

USA Luge post another solid outing at World Cup

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OBERHOF, Germany— Following the final Olympic qualification races in Winterberg, Germany, last weekend, a contingent of USA Luge athletes continues to race on the World Cup circuit before the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 begin in less than three weeks’ time. The U.S. ...

LP biathlete races to personal best

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MADONA, Latvia — Abigail Van Dorn of Lake Placid and the New York Ski Educational Foundation made her international racing debut just last week, and on Jan. 16, she raced to 13th in the junior women’s 7.5K sprint at IBU Junior Cup 3 in Madona, Latvia. It was a day of firsts for Van ...