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Saratoga defeats Shaker to advance to Section II semifinals

By: Aidan Joly After two evenly matched teams went toe-to-toe for 80 minutes, nothing was solved. They needed 82. The Saratoga Blue Streaks defeated the Shaker Blue Bison on Tuesday afternoon at Saratoga High School in the Section 2 boys soccer sectional quarterfinals by a score of 1-0 in overtime. In the closing minutes of […]

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Boys soccer: Saratoga defeats Albany, advances to sectional quarterfinals

By: Aidan Joly After struggling in the first half, Saratoga picked it up for a big second half. The Saratoga Blue Streaks defeated the Albany Falcons on Saturday afternoon at Saratoga Springs High School in the first round of boys sectional soccer by a score of 5-0. Things started out slowly for both sides with

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Football: Saratoga defeats Niskayuna to pick up first win of the season

By: Aidan Joly A dominant all-around performance led to a blowout victory. The Saratoga Blue Streaks defeated the Niskayuna Silver Warriors on Friday night at Saratoga Springs High School by a score of 49-6 in Saratoga’s first victory of the season in their 2016 Homecoming Game. Saratoga started early, scoring their first touchdown of an

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Saratoga Springs High School Class of 2017 and Student Council Election Votes Are In

June 9, 2016 by Skyler Stanford The elections for the Class of 2017, the Student Council, and all of the winners for the other classes have been selected after the entire school chose from a variety of candidates based on their class. The 2017 senior class representatives have a big year ahead of them with

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Baseball: Saratoga shuts out Niskayuna to advance to quarterfinals

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Story and photos by Aidan Joly Heading into sectional playoffs, Saratoga looked to continue their hot play. The Saratoga Blue Streaks defeated the Niskayuna Silver Warriors on Tuesday afternoon at East Side Recreation field by a score of 5-0 in the opening round of sectional play, advancing to the quarterfinals. Danny

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Trump rally draws students and others on both sides

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 by Gillian Schrader Last Monday, presidential candidate Donald Trump brought his supporters together for a rally at the Times Union Center in Albany, including a few high school students. There were almost 20,000 people who filled the arena but not all were Trump supporters; Heather Fiacco, a junior who attends Saratoga

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