HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL:

SLC AND SALMON RIVER HAVE AGREED TO A MERGE BETWEEN THE 2 SCHOOLS FOR THE UPCOMING FOOTBALL SEASONL.  SLC ALREADY HAS A MERGER WITH BRUSHTON MOIRA AND NOW SALMON RIVER STUDENT ATHLETES WILL BE ABLE TO COME PLAY FOOTBALL FOR THE LARRIES.  WITH THIS MOVE SLC COULD BECDOME ONE HECK OF A FOOTBALL TEAM IN YEARS TO COME BUT IT DOES COME WITH SOME CONSEQUENCES.  THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM WILL BE IN CLASS A INSTEAD OF CLASS B, BUT ARE PLAYING A CLASS B SCHEDULE THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE MERGER WAS DONE LATE.  THE RESULT SLC WILL FORFEIT THEIR PLAYOFF SEASON THIS YEAR WHICH IS TOUGH FOR LARRIE SENIORS.

SETON CATHOLIC TOOK ON A LATE MERGER WITH NORTHERN ADIRONDACK BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING PLAYERS.   THIS WILL MOVE THEM FROM CLASS D IMMEDIATELY AND THRUST INTO CLASS C WITH OFA, SARANAC LAKE, GOUVERNEUR, SARANAC CENTRAL, PLATTSBURGH, AND AUSABLE VALLEY.  THEIR SCHEDULE ALREADY SET AS WELL SO THEY'LL FORFEIT THE PLAYOFFS TOO.

LOCAL GOOD STUFF:

RANDY EWART, PRODUCT OF THE OGDENSBURG KIWANIS BASEBALL SYSTEM AND A FORMER OFA PLAYER UMPED BEHIND THE PLATE IN LAST NIGHT'S LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES GAME ON ESPN2.  EWART HAS BEEN LIVING IN GERMANYFOR THE PAST 19 YEARS AND IS ENJOYING A VERY SUCCESSFUL UMPIRING CAREER IN BASEBALL.  THE TELEVISED GAME LAST NIGHT HE UMPED WAS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND IOWA.  NEW YORK WON THAT GAME 8-3.

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