Page 11 Tupper Lake Free Press Wednesday, February 11, 2015
NYC big winners in women’s hockey at Empire State Games
By Rich Rosentreter
Free Press Sports
Correspondent
A big weekend of
Empire State Games
women’s hockey ended
at the Tupper Lake Civic
Center with New York
City taking home the gold
medal and dominating
much of the competition.
The championship
rounds took place on
Sunday and began with
New York City defeating
Adirondack by a 8-2 score.
Then Central New York
faced off against Western
New York, with the west
clawing out a 2-1 victory,
setting the stage for a New
York City versus Western
New York championship
game.
New York City
blasted Western New York
with a 7-3 victory to take
the gold medal.
Western New York
went home with the silver
medal and the bronze
medal was taken by
Central New York.
On Saturday, the team
from NYC set the tone for
their gold-medal run with
several big wins. They beat
Adirondack 8-0, Western
New York twice with 6-1
and 7-1 scores and then
Central New York, 2-1.
A team from Hudson
Valley also took part in the
hockey competition.
The Adirondack
team did have a victory on
Saturday with a 7-1 victory
over Hudson Valley. In its
other games, the team tied
Central New York 1-1, lost
to NYC 8-0 and Western
New York 4-3.
It was reported over
the weekend that many of
the New York City team
members were past or
present Division 1 college
players and their talent was
evident in every game they
played.
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Klossner takes first in 300meter dash at SLU invitational
by Rich Rosentreter
Free Press Sports
Correspondent
The Tupper Lake
High School track team
had its fifth invitational
meet of the season on
Saturday at St. Lawrence
University. Standout
performers for the
Tupper Lake girls were
Tess Klossner, who took
first place in the girls’
300-meter dash, and Madi
Fortier, who took sixth in
the 55-meter dash. Fortier
also finished in the top ten
in the 300-meter dash.
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Schools from across
the North Country took
part in the competition,
including teams from
Saranac, Ogdensburg,
Indian River, NorwoodNorfolk, Plattsburgh,
Malone, Chittenango,
Clinton, Canton,
Peru, Beekmantown,
Gouverneur, Massena,
Westport, West Canada
Valley, Seton Catholic and
Potsdam.
Results for each event
are in the order they took
place:
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meter relay race, Tupper
Lake finished in ninth
place with a time of
10:05.0. The relay four
were DJ Shaheen, Mitch
Harriman, Matthew Varden
and Gage Beaudette.
In the girls, 55-meter
dash, Madi Fortier finished
in sixth place with a time
of 7.8.
In the boys 600-meter
run, DJ Shaheen finished
in 11th place with a time of
1:37.9; Matthew Varden
finished in 20th place with a
time of 1:47.8; Reese Hoag
finished 24th with a time
of 1:50.6; Gage Beaudette
finished in 27th with a
time of 1:51.6; and Mitch
Harriman finished 28th with
a time of 1:52.4.
In the boys’
300-meter dash, Justine
Walsh finished 38th with a
time of 45.1.
In the girls’
300-meter dash, Tess
Klossner topped the field
and finished first with a
time of 44.4; Madi Fortier
finished 10th with a time of
48.5; and Jocelyn Clement
finished 29th with a time of
56.3.
In the boys’ shot put,
Jordan Young placed 33rd
Lake Clear
native named to
Dean’s List at
Ithaca College
Gretchen Hohmeyer,
a English major in the
School of Humanities and
Sciences at Ithaca College,
was named to dean’s list
for the fall 2014 semester.
with a distance of 25-04.0.
In the girls’ shot put,
Breanna Trombley placed
ninth with a distance of
25-00.50 and Emily Godin
placed 32nd with a distance
of 19-07.50.
There is another
invitational meet scheduled
for the track team at 6 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 14 at St.
Lawrence University.
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