Plattsburgh Truck & Tractor Pull Clinton County Fair July 21 2012

Adirondack Tractor Pullers
getting hot
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Kyle Coryea

Kevin Dineen and his Allis-Chalmers D21 carry the front right down the far side of the track to a roaring crowd for the win the 9,500lb Farm Stock Tractors class. The annual truck and tractor pull to return to the Hopkinton Fire Department in Hopkinton. This pull just seems to keep getting bigger year after year. There would be around 50 competitors divided up in 14 classes that would take to the hard clay track that would take all the horsepower you could throw at it. There would be only a few minor breakdowns throughout the day. Gallery

Plattsburgh Street Legal Truck Pull Clinton County Fair July 20 2012

Adirondack Tractor Pullers
to the maxx
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Kyle Coryea

Aaron Scalzo with To the Max hugs the line in the 9,000lb Work Stock Truck Class A and takes it out 405' for the win. The annual Street Truck Pull would return to the Clinton County Fair. There would be over 60 entries divided up into eight classes. It would be a great night had by everyone there would be some great action and there were only a few broken trucks. Gallery

Airborne Speedway Padres Vs Fourth Ward Athletics July 15 2012

Champlain Valley Baseball League Quarterfinals
across the diamond
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Kyle Coryea

Airborne Speedway Padres (88) Matt Rivers with the barehanded pick on the grounder and fires to first for the out. The Airborne Speedway Padres would defeat Fourth Ward Athletics 10-2. The game would start at Saranac High School where they played the top of the first. Then the rains would come and cause an hour-long rain delay. Where the field was determined to be unplayable so the game was moved to South Acres in Plattsburgh. The game would remain close through the opening six with Padres getting singles runs in the 2nd, 4th and 5th and Athletics would get one in the third to make it 3-1. Then in late innings, the Padres bats would come alive getting 7 runs in the last three innings with the big blow coming from Joey Painter's three-run homer. With the win Padres advance to Semi-Finals where they will play either the Expos or Miners. Gallery

Howie Frenyea Memorial Pull July 14 2012

Horse Pull
hard work
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Kyle Coryea

Some of the big horses were having a hard time getting a good footing on the sandy track. The Lyon Mountain American Legion would host the second annual Howie Frenyea Memorial. There would great horse pulling action throughout the day. There would be 15 teams of miniature pony's along with 6 teams of a big workhorse. The team would come from across new york, Vermont and New Hampshire to compete for trophies. Gallery

Malone Post 219 Vs Norwood Roovers July 6 2012

American Legion Baseball
tag out
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Kyle Coryea

Malone's Devin Noreault (21) applies the tag to the Norwood base runner as he gets back just in time. Malone would win the game via forfeit due to Norwood lacking players. The two teams would play the game anyways though. In that game, Brian Dufrane would go the distance for Malone while striking out six. With the win, Malone goes to 5-3 on the season. Gallery.

Airborne Speedway Padres @ Fourth Ward Timberjaxxs June 30 2012

Champlain Valley Baseball League
across the diamond
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Kyle Coryea

Fourth Ward's Adam Bradish charges the slow roller and fired across the diamond for the out. The Fourth Ward Timberjaxxs would defeat the Airborne Speedway Padres 14-5. The game would start off well for the Padres as they would take the 1-0 lead after the first. Then in the second, they would get four more on a grand slam from Mark Eggleston to take the 5-0 lead. From there on out the Timberjaxxs would get fourteen unanswered runs. The big dagger in the heart would come in the third when they would score nine runs as the Padres pitches were having problems located the plate. With the win the Timberjaxxs finish the season at 4-11 and as the Padres go to 7-8. Gallery

Lyon Mountain Miners @ Fourth Ward Athletics June 30 2012

Champlain Valley Baseball League
base hit
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Kyle Coryea

Lyon Mountain's Kris Chase (1) makes connects on the pitch for the game winning two rbi single. The Lyon Mountain Miners would defeat the Fourth Ward Athletics 4-2. The Miners would jump out to the early 2-0 lead in the first. That is where the score would remain until the Athletics would tie up at two in the fifth. Then in the sixth Kris Chase would get the game winning hit. With the Miners finish the season at 10-5 and get a share of the regular season crown while the Athletics finish at 5-10. Gallery

Plattsburgh North Stars Vs Southern Vermont Storm June 30 2012

Empire Football League Week 4
Interception
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Kyle Coryea

Plattsburgh's Bryan Stanley (28)leaps over the wide receiver for the great interception to end Southern Vermont drive. The Plattsburgh North Stars would defeat the Southern Vermont Storm 34-19. The Plattsburgh North Stars would start there season with many new faces and old faces in new places. As the game started you could see the changes were affecting their execution with many penalities. Although they would get it figured out and start to click. The first score of the game would come on a beautiful catch by Kevin Gibson that he would take the endzone for the lead early. Harry Rascoe would have to more touchdown passes on the day in the win. With the win, the North Stars start there season at 1-0. Gallery

Airborne Speedway Padres Vs 4th Ward Timberjaxxs May 27 2012

Champlain Valley Baseball League
safe at home
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Kyle Coryea

Airborne Speedway's Chris Markwickia (24) slides in safe at the plate for the winning run in game 2. The Airborne Speedway Padres and the 4th Ward Timberjaxxs would split a doubleheader. The Timberjaxxs would have a come from behind win in game 1 7-4. Then in game two the Padres would hold on for the 4-3 victory. In-game one the Timberjaxxs would get the early 1-0 lead in the first. The Padres would come back and get three in third to take the 3-1 lead. The Padres would add another in the fifth for the 4-1 lead. The Timberjaxxs would start there comeback by getting one in the sixth to make it 4-2. Then in the seventh inning the wheels would come off for the Padres and the Timberjaxxs bats woke up and they got 5 runs to get the 7-4 win. In the winning effort, DJ Barber would go six innings striking five for the victory. In-game two the Padres would get the 4-3 victory with again some late-game drama by getting two in the sixth to take the lead. Then we would need to scramble for the seventh to hang on for the 4-3 victory. Gallery

Malone Post 219 Vs Clinton County Mariners June 25 2012

American Legion Baseball
foul out
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Kyle Coryea

Clinton County's Casey Roenbeck (25) with the sliding catch into the fence to record the out in the foul ground. The Clinton County Mariners would defeat Malone Post 219 14-4 in 5 innings. Clinton County would take the early lead 4-0 after the first and not look back from there. Then in the second inning, they would trade three runs as Malone trade to stay in the game at 7-3. The Mariners would add three more in the third and four in the fourth for 14-4 victory. In the winning effort, Logan Recore would go the distance striking out four and giving four hits and four runs. With the win, the Mariners go to 11-4 on the season while Malone falls to 2-3. Gallery.

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