Author name: The Lightning Rod

Shen shuts out Saratoga 5-0 to take Section 2 title (WITH PHOTOS from final and semifinal)

February 27, 2014 Story and photos by Eli Fisher It should have been a close game. Just a few days before Tuesday’s Section 2 hockey final matchup between Saratoga and Shenendehowa at Union College, the teams were ranked #6 and #7, respectively, in the New York State Sportswriters Association statewide rankings. It was a game […]

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Hockey players report locker room theft at rivalry game

February 10, 2014 by Eli Fisher Several members of the Saratoga varsity hockey team had belongings, including cash and one player’s phone, stolen from the locker room during a home game against rival Shenendehowa on Thursday night. The Saratoga Springs police are currently investigating the incident, according to police Lt. Robert Jillson. Matt Klingbeil ’14

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Statistics classes research, fundraise for rare diseases

February 6, 2014 by Christine Akiki Over the month of October, students in Mrs. Gordon’s statistics classes researched rare diseases and shared the information they found with each other. Many students knew or were related to someone who had the rare disease they had researched. One student researcher said her disease topic had a personal

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Blue Streaks hockey makes two easy wins on way to home closer against Shen

February 4, 2014 by Justin Penman and Eli Fisher As the Blue Streaks boys basketball team was across town beginning a game they would ultimately lose to Shaker, the hockey team was on their way to their second win in a row, against Queensbury by a 6-1 margin, on Friday night. The weekend before that,

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WEEKEND HOCKEY: Blue Streaks down to 7-4-3 with two losses at Suffern tournament

January 20, 2013 Story and photos by Eli Fisher The SSHS hockey team (7-4-3) traveled to Monsey, N.Y. over the weekend to participate in a tournament against Suffern (12-1-0) and Pelham (11-2-1), both of Section I. Both were losses for Saratoga, with scores of 4-0 and 6-3, respectively. The Blue Streaks were already ranked below

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PHOTOS & AUDIO: Poetry Out Loud’s first day brings out more than 20 contestants

UPDATE: Winners of Poetry Out Loud at the school level are Nora Donnellan ’17 and Liam McKenna ’16. January 16, 2013 Photos by Eli Fisher On Wednesday afternoon, the teaching auditorium was filled by a group of over 20 students reciting poems they had memorized to judges (a group of six teachers) and spectators for

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BOOK REVIEW: The Accidental Demon Slayer by Angie Fox an intriguing read

January 10, 2014 by Amanda Cummings Have you ever thought your life was so obscenely normal that you`d do anything for some excitement? Well, this is the last thing Lizzie Brown wants. Her normal life all changed when her long lost biker grandmother came through her front door. Yes, that’s pretty normal compared the fact

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