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Daily Digest: Their ‘moment’: HVCC Class of 2026 celebrates commencement

Also: La Salle Institute celebrates graduating Class of 2026 • FRONTIER LEAGUE: ValleyCats fall to Quebec
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Sunday, May 17, 2026

 
 

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Their ‘moment’: HVCC Class of 2026 celebrates commencement

Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) celebrated its 72nd commencement exercises on Saturday.

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La Salle Institute celebrates graduating Class of 2026

La Salle Institute celebrated its graduation of 101 outstanding seniors in the Class of 2026.

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FRONTIER LEAGUE: ValleyCats fall to Quebec

TROY, N.Y. — Despite loading the bases in the bottom of the ninth, the Tri-City ValleyCats (2-6) lost to Quebec, 6-4, on Saturday evening. Starting pitcher Brayhans Barreto fired five frames of hitless ball for the ValleyCats as he walked five, but struck out two. Nate Nabholz (0-1) added a hitless sixth before a six-run […]

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NCAA BASEBALL: No. 12 Russell Sage College’s historic run ends in second day of NCAA Regional

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — The No. 12 Russell Sage College (RSC) Gators baseball team had its historic spring come to a close on the second day of the NCAA Regional, hosted by The College at Schenectady’s Central Park. After defeating Trinity 7-4 in the morning elimination game, the first NCAA Tournament victory for the entire Department, […]

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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS: Singles and doubles sectional playoffs (PHOTO GALLERY)

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. — The Section 2 high school boys tennis sectional playoffs were played for singles and doubles on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Shenendehowa High School.

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NYRA announces 2026 Saratoga Breakfast and Thoroughbred Farm tours

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The New York Racing Association (NYRA) announced the return of its popular summer morning excursion, reimagined for 2026 as the Saratoga Breakfast and Thoroughbred Farm Tours, presented by New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. (NYTB), with a refreshed lineup that spotlights aftercare and welcomes the program’s first stallion operation. This year’s series introduces two new participating farms, including a leading aftercare organization and a stallion farm, and welcomes back two longtime favorites. The 2026 series will get underway on Opening Day of the Saratoga summer meet, Friday, July 3, and continue weekly through the final Sunday of […]

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Preakness 2026: Napoleon Solo wins unprecedented race at Laurel Park

Napoleon Solo won the 151st Preakness Stakes, the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, at Laurel Park on Saturday.

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL: Echols, Shen defense shut down Guilderland in sectional quarterfinal victory

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. — Morning kickoffs plagued the Shenendehowa High School girls’ flag football team earlier this season. On Saturday morning, however, the green machine turned an early start into an early statement. Behind a pair of touchdown connections between quarterback Kendall Spickler and standout playmaker Triniti Echols, third-seeded Shenendehowa defeated sixth-seeded Guilderland High School 14-0 in a Class A Section 2 quarterfinal matchup at Shenendehowa High School. Shen entered the postseason on a seven-game winning streak, while Guilderland had won six of its final seven contests. Yet with Shen’s two regular-season losses coming in 10 a.m. games against Shaker […]

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL: Guilderland vs. Shenendehowa (PHOTO GALLERY)

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. — Shenendehowa defeated Guilderland, 14-0, in the Section 2 high school girls flag football sectional playoff quarterfinals, on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Shenendehowa High School, in Clifton Park, N.Y.

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2026 Preakness day at Laurel Park | PHOTOS

See photos from Preakness Saturday at Laurel Park, including fans, fashion, horse racing and trackside moments.

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