LAKE PLACID — Three-time Olympians Summer Britcher and Tucker West held onto their singles titles Friday, Aug. 18 during the annual USA Luge Start Championships in Lake Placid at the team headquarters on Church Street. This was West’s 11th win at the championships, surpassing the ...

LAKE PLACID — Members of the National Team and the Junior National Team competed in the USA Luge Start Championships Friday, Aug. 18 on the refrigerated start track at the team’s headquarters on Church Street in Lake Placid. Three-time Olympians Tucker West and Summer Britcher won the ...

LAKE PLACID — For Mike Eruzione’s grandchildren, most of their knowledge of what happened here on Feb. 22, 1980, was through the 2004 film “Miracle” and that’s only for those who have seen it. Mike’s son Mike Eruzione Jr. said his kids had seen the movie but hadn’t ...

LAKE PLACID — When 15-year-old Vermontville native Sadie Martin geared up for her first trip down the Mount Van Hoevenberg luge run at start No. 3 — the women’s start — nerves hit her body almost instantly. “I had like a mental breakdown before I pulled off the handles,” she ...

LAKE PLACID — Five members of the USA Luge National Team have partnered with Folds of Honor to help give scholarships to the families of those who perished or were disabled in military or first-response situations. Scholarships are typically valued at approximately $5,000, which also serves ...

LAKE PLACID — For the first time since 2019, Lake Placid will host an International Luge Federation World Cup. The World Cup will take place from Dec. 8-9. The event, which will be held at the Mount Van Hoevenberg luge run, will be the first of nine stops on the FIL luge World Cup tour ...