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Selkirk plane crash sends 3 to hospital
By Melanie Lekocevic
Capital Region Independent Media
SELKIRK — A small plane crash Thursday afternoon sent all three occupants to the hospital.
The crash took place around 3:42 p.m. Thursday at South Albany Airport, involving a Cessna single engine aircraft.
Officers from the Bethlehem Police Department responded to the scene and found the plane at the south end of the runway, in a tall grassy area, according to police.
All three occupants of the aircraft were transported to the hospital. The extent of their injuries was not released by authorities at press time.
The cause of the crash is not known at this time.
The National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, was notified of the crash and will investigate the incident, according to Bethlehem Police.
South Albany Airport is located at 6 Old School Road, just off Route 9W in Selkirk. It is one of the oldest privately owned public use airports in New York state and includes a single paved 60-feet by 2,860-feet runway and parallel taxiway, according to the airport’s website.
Indians finish 9th in Jamie Mormile Tournament
By Melanie Lekocevic
Capital Region Independent Media
RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK — The RCS Indians’ wrestling team took ninth place in the annual Jamie Mormile Invitational Tournament on their home mat. Senior Kaden Potter also marked a milestone — his 100th win on the mat.
With 18 teams competing, the Indians scored 102.5 points. Arlington took top honors with 182.0, followed by West Springfield (Massachusetts) coming in second at 154.0, Schenectady with 145.5, Bethlehem at 136.5 and Coxsackie-Athens in fifth place with 135.0.
The top finisher for the Indians was senior Kaden Potter, who took second place in the 152-pound weight class. Potter won three matches by pin but lost to Abel Varzeas from West Springfield.
The tournament marked a major milestone for Potter, who celebrated his 100th career win midway through the competition.
Aiden Forester, at 131 pounds, took fourth place in his weight class, defeating competitors from Shaker and Hoosick Falls, both by pin, but falling in matches against John Jay Cross River and Hoosick Falls athletes.
Taking fifth place in their respective weight classes were Owen Greene at 108, with two wins, one by pin and one by decision; Jayden Acomb at 116, with four victories before losing by decision to Coxsackie-Athens’ Neil Murphy; and Nick Moyer at 170, with four wins and a loss to Michael Franco of Chester.
Carter Castagna took sixth place in the 101-pound weight class.
Also competing in the tournament were Jacob Alaimo, Jayden Holl, Dominik Maltese, Joe Miller, Alivia Ortiz, Keleem Smith, Mason teRiele and Finnigan Wickware.
The Jamie Mormile Invitational Tournament was named in honor of Jamie Mormile, a longtime supporter of the school’s wrestling team and the wife of a former coach, Henry Mormile. Jamie Mormile had cystic fibrosis and died in 2010. The school went on to name the tournament in her honor and it is held every winter at RCS.
