Satanac's Layla Pellerin (1) breaks out in front of the pack off the steal and lays it off the window for the score. It would be Champlain Valley Athletic Conference girls's Basketball action from Plattsburgh High as the Hornets would host #14 Saranac Spartans. It would take some time to get the first score of the game. We would be halfway through the first quarter before our first basket, but when the scoring came, the Spartans would string a few together and have the 11-3 lead after the first quarter. When the second quarter came around, the Hornets would find their shot, but they would not be able to chip into the deficit. The Hornets would win the quarter 12-11, but the Spartans would have the 22-15 lead at the intermission. When the teams returned for the third quarter, the Spartans would stay hot with an 11-8 quarter and take a 33-20 lead into the fourth quarter. With the Spartans having the game pretty much in hand, it would be a slower pace in the fourth quarter played, and the teams would tie for the quarter at eight as the Spartans would get the 41-28 victory. With the win for the Spartans, they go to 9-2 in the season as they return home next week. As for the Plattsburgh Hornets would fall to 3-6 on the season as they head into their game against the Beekmantown Eagles on Tuesday. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Mattie Norton (12) with the goal as the puck slices through the defenders for the 1-0 lead. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would return home to start the 2025 home portion of their season with a game inside the SUNYAC and also a matchup between top ten teams as the #7 Plattsburgh State Cardinals would host the #6 Oswego State Lakers in the first of a pair of games on the weekend at the field house. The game would be evenly matched for the first 30 minutes as neither team could light the lamp, but not for not having chances on the net. The Cardinals would finally break through on the powerplay at 10:35 when Mattie Norton sliced it through the defenders for the 1-0 lead. The game would stay there till the 2:21 mark of the third period when the Cardinals would find the back of the net, this time from Tessa Morris, for the 2-0 lead. From there, the Cardinals would shut down the Lakers and get the 2-0 win. In the winning effort on the afternoon, Chloe Lewis recorded the shutout as she has 28 saves, and the Cardinals go to 9-2-1 on the season, and they will take on the Lakers again tomorrow. As for the Oswego State, the Lakers would suffer their first loss in the season and go to 8-1-1 as they return to the field house tomorrow. Gallery

Saranac's Chase Carpenter (10) with the tap-in goal in the third period as the Spartans get the 7-3 win. We would have Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Boy's Hockey, and it would be a rematch of last year's thrilling Semi-final game as the #13 Saranac Spartans would host the Saranac Lake Placid Lakers from the AC North Sports Center in an early season conference match-up. The game would start well for the home Spartans as Gabe Moore would get the game's opening goal at the 3:30 mark of the period for the 1-0 lead. Later in the period, the Lakers would get the equalizer from Ayden McCormick to tie the game after the first period. In the early stages of the second period, the Spartans would regain the lead on the Landon Giroux at 2-1. The game would stay there till the 7:35 mark of the period when Ryan Campbell would light the lamp on the rebound goal. Then, with just under five minutes left in the period, Campbell would strike again for his second of the night and make it a 4-1 game. The Lakers would answer back on the powerplay with 1:35 left in the second period on Ayden McCormick's second goal of the night, and the period would end at 4-2 Spartans. It would take the 11:52 mark of the third period for the next goal when Ashytn Catlin would score for the Spartans and make it a 5-2 game, but just 15 seconds later, the Spartans would extend it to 6-2 on Nolan Miner's goal. Then, just two minutes later, the Spartans would end their scoring spree as Chase Carpenter would get on the board and make it a 7-2 game. The Lakers would get one in the closing minute from Ayden McCormick for his second goal to finish the game at 7-3 Spartans. In the winning effort, the Spartans will go to 6-2-1 on the season, and Ryan Campbell will lead the way with two goals as they head into their weekend series on January 17th and 18th. As for the Lakers, they will drop to 4-4 on the season but will be right at AC North Sports Center on Saturday as they will take on the Plattsburgh Hornets. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Preston O'Neal (24) with the floater in the lane as the Hornets would get the 47-39 victory. It would start the 2025 portion for the Plattsburgh Hornets as they would host the Ticonderoga Sentinels in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference Boy's Basketball action. The Hornets would start hot, and their defense would be up to task as they would shut them out in the first quarter at 11-0. When the second quarter would get underway, the Sentinels would find their shot, get on the offense,e and get in the game with a 14-12, although they would have the 23-14 lead as the team would head into the halftime break. When the teams returned for the third, the teams would play another tight quarter with some high scoring as the Hornets would win the quarter 17-16 and take the 40-30 lead into the 4th. In the fourth quarter, defense would be the game's name as the Sentinels would try and get back in the game, but the 9-7 would not be enough as the Hornets would hold on for the 47-39 victory. With the win, the Plattsburgh Hornets go to 5-2 on the season as they head into their next game Thursday night at Saranac. As for the Ticonderoga Sentinels, they will fall to 3-7 on the season as they head into their game next week at the Saranac Lake Red Storm. Gallery

Beekmantown's Jack Bell (31) makes the paddle save as part of 29 save night as the Eagles get the 4-2 win. It would be the classic Section VII rivalry with the Beekmantown Eagles hosting the Plattsburgh Hornets from the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena. Still, this game would have a different meaning today as it would be the annual Hannah's Hope as they raise money to help find a cure for the horrible disease that has stricken the girl. The game would start fast and well for the home Eagles as Edward Sweenor would light the lamp just 29 seconds into the game for the early 1-0 Eagles lead. The Hornets would come back and tie the game at the 3:55 mark on the rebound goal from Cooper Holland. Then, no more than 90 seconds after that, the upset-minded Hornets would take the 2-1 lead on the powerplay goal from Braeden Calkins. The lead for the Hornets would be short-lived as Edward Sweenor would get the tying goal just over a minute later for his second of the game, and the first period would end tied at 2. In the second period, the Eagles would get the lone goal from Edward Sweenor to complete the hat trick on the day at the 6:10 mark to make it a 3-2 game. Then, in the third period, in the early minutes, the Eagles would make it a two-goal game on the Novak Jarus goal at 4-2, and that's where the game would finish. In the winning effort, Jack Bell would make 30 saves on the night and go to 4-3 on the season as they head into their game against Northeastern Clinton on January 7th. As for the Plattsburgh Hornets, Owen Chapple would make 27 saves on the night and fall to 3-5-1 on the season as they head into their game on January 11th against the Saranac Lake Placid Lakers. Gallery

Plattsburgh State's Colin Callanan (17) gets the game's opening goal to give the Cardinals the 1-0 lead halfway through on the shot from the point. The Plattsburgh State Cardinals would return home to the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena after the winter break and their first game in nearly a month as they would take on a brand new program, the Keene State Owls, from the Little East Conference in front of 1100 fans. The game would start with the Plattsburgh State Cardinals getting the opening goal near the midway mark of the first period on a goal from Colin Callanan at 9:38 for the 1-0 lead. The game would stay there until the 7:38 mark of the second period when the Cardinals would strike on the power play with Aaron Catron's goal to make it a 2-0 game. The Keene State Owls would do their best to stay in the game, but in the end, the Cardinals would be too much on this day as they would add an empty netter in the final minute of the game from Aaron Catron for his second of the night as they get the 3-0 lead. In the winning effort, the Cardinals would go to 6-5 on the season, and Jacob Hearne would make 26 saves in the shutout win as they head to Connecticut tomorrow and take on Weselyan. As for the Keene State Owls, Ben Skelton would make 33 saves in a losing effort as they fall to 5-6-1 on the season and play Amherst on Sunday. Gallery

Plattsburgh's Cooper Holland (19) with the goal as he slides it past Northeastern Clinton's Greyson LaFountain for the opening goal of the game. The Plattsburgh Hornets would open up the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference portion of their season with a home tilt against the Northeastern Clinton Cougars from the Ameri-can North Sports Complex. The Hornets would get the game's opening goal at the 6:37 mark of the first period when Cooper Holland would sneak it by the netminder for the 1-0 Hornets lead. The game would stay there till the 6:50 mark of the second period when Sam Bezio would snip by the Cougars goalie for the 2-0 lead. The Hornets would keep coming and expand their lead to 3-0 at 9:07 into the second period when Braeden Calkins would score. Then, at the 10:01 mark of the third period, the Hornets would put the icing on the cake with the game's second goal by Sam Bezio and take the 4-0 lead, and from there, they would hold on for the win. In the winning effort, Owen Chapple would make 17 saves for the shutout victory as they go to 3-4-1 on the season before they head into their meeting against the Beekmantown Eagles on Saturday. As for the Northeastern Clinton Cougars, Greyson LaFountain would make 33 saves in the losing effort, and they drop to 0-5 on the season and will have the Saranac Spartans on Saturday at the Rouses Point Civic Center. Gallery

Julio Cesar Marques is crowned the 2024 PBR Albany champion, gets his first-ever event win on tour, and takes home the forty thousand first-place check. The Pro Bull Riders (PBR) would return to Albany, NY, and the MVP Arena for the fourth straight year and be the top 40 cowboys in the world for their 6th stop on the tour. This would be the second night, also known as championship night, as they cash the 40 thousand payday and the points that go with it as they cash the World Championship and a spot in the world finals at the ATT stadium in Dallas, Texas, right? As they came into the second night of action, world number 1 John Crimber would have the lead by 1 point over Daniel Keeping and Austin Richardson, and there would be 15 that would make the 8 seconds in round 1. When they returned for the second night of action and the second round, the Cowboys kept up their great riding percentage, as half of them rode, with Joao Ricardo Viera getting the best ride at 88.25. Ten riders would be perfect through the first two rounds, with John Crimber leading the pack at 176.25 and getting the first pick in the championship round by a 1 point over Joao Ricardo Vera. Four riders would go a perfect three-for-three when they would go to the championship round in front of a sell-out crowd. It would be down to the last ride of the night, and John Crimber needed an 86-a-board Reality Check for the win, but he would go down at 5.5. With that, Julio Cesar Marques would get his first career win on tour with a score of 262 after he would ride Tulsa Time to score of 88.75 and, with the win, would move into 7th in the world as they head into New York City and Madison Square Gardens next weekend as they continue their quest for the world title. Gallery.

Saranac's Madison Gagnier (10) with the three from the corner over the outstretched arms of the Peru defender in the 48-33 victory. It would be the final game on the opening day of the Clinton Community College Holiday Classic and would pit the Peru Nighthawks and Saranac Spartans in girls' basketball action. The Spartans would take control of the game early on and have the 17-7 lead after the game's opening quarter. In the second quarter, the teams would play a little more evenly as the Nighthawks would find their defense, and it would be a 9-8 quarter in favor of the Nighthawks, but the Spartans would have the 25-16 lead at the intermission. When the teams return for the third quarter, it will be another evenly contested eight minutes as the Spartans have a 12-9 quarter and take the 37-25 lead into the fourth. In that fourth quarter, it would be another win for the Spartans as they would have an 11-8 quarter and secure the 48-33 victory. In the winning effort for the Spartans, they will go to 6-1 on the season and take on the Beekmantown Eagles on the second day as they go for the title. As for the Peru Nighthawks, they will suffer their first loss of the season, falling to 6-1, and they will take on the undefeated Malone Huskies tomorrow at the Holiday Classic. Gallery

Saranac's Carson Duffield (40) with the block on Peru's Camden Sweeney (21) as he crashed the baseline and the Spartans would get the 61-44 victory. It would be the third game of the opening day of the Clinton Community College Holiday Classic as the Saranac Spartans and the Peru Nighthawks would look up, and the Nighthawks would be looking for their first win of the season. It would be a close game at the start, as both teams feel each other out. The Spartans would have a slim 13-9 lead after the first quarter. The game would remain close through the second quarter as the Spartans would win the quarter 16-12 and take the 29-21 lead into the break. When the teams would return for the second half, they would find their offense and take control of the game with a 20-6 quarter and have a convincing 49-27 lead as they would enter the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Spartans would empty the bench and let the rest get in the game, and the Nighthawks would win the quarter 14-6, but it would not be enough as the Saranac Spartans would get the 5-41 victory. In the winning effort, the Saranac Spartans would go to 2-3 on the season as they will take on the Beekmantown on the second day as they go for the title. The Nighthawks will be 0-6 in the season as they will get the Malone Huskies. Gallery