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Spring Fever

Spring time is upon us and, unfortunately, many are still getting “sick”.  What do these symptoms mean?  Why do people get a 2-3 day flu (that’s not really the flu), and why will apple cider help your health now? When a child gets a cold or flu, for example, the nose is running, they are […]

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Liberty Tour 2016: An Olympic Year

     I hope that this message finds each of you enjoying this incredibly warm weather in mid March!  If I am correct, this is the least amount of snow that we have received in NY State history, at least in the Capital District Region!  We are all too happy about that, and we hope […]

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Early Experience Pays Off!

This Senior Ichabod Crane athlete just finished the Colonial Council Indoor Track & Field Championships, taking 1st Place in the Long Jump and Triple Jump with jumps of 20′ 4 3/4″ and 43′ 1/2″, respectively. Austin Leonard began his “illustrious Track & Field career” at the Empire State Liberty Tour Track & Field Series as a member of the Glencadia […]

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Schenectady Armory to host Dodgeball Tournament

SCHENECTADY — Dodgeball is coming to the Schenectady Armory this spring as part of a statewide Corporate Challenge. The Empire State Sports Council (ES Sports), a Nonprofit 501(c)(3) Organization based in Clifton Park, is kicking off the first year of its newest Annual Event, the Empire State Corporate Challenge, with a Dodgeball Tournament at the Armory […]

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Cheering for ES Sports

The Empire State Sports Council (ES Sports) has had its share of challenges since August of 2011, when the organization first began, and at times it may have seemed as though there were few in their corner “Cheering” them on.  Whether that was an actual concern or not, it has been overcome for sure, as […]

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Businesses Being Challenged!

Empire State Corporate Challenge Arrives in 2016 The Empire State Sports Council (ES Sports) is pleased, and proud, to announce that the Empire State Corporate Challenge will arrive in 2016 as a part of the Annual Calendar of Events for ES Sports! “There are many ‘corporate challenges’ across the nation, but most of those are […]

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“Walking the Walk”!

Great Empire Walk 2015      The Kickoff to the 2015 Liberty Games was the Great Empire Walk, the Annual Fundraising event for the Empire State Sports Council, which produces the Liberty Games each year. Although we DID NOT hit our goal for this year, we did increase our Fundraising almost 100%.      The Great Empire […]

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IT’S A WRAP!

     Because the Liberty Tour Track & Field Series culminates with the Track & Field competition at the Liberty Games each year, we thought you might not be as interested in checking out this article as quickly and eagerly as the others, so we provided FOOD as the photo, just to get your attention!  […]

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Track & Field… The Individual Team Sport

  The challenge with Liberty Games events that are contested outdoors is that one NEVER knows what to expect from the weather.  Although we began the day with a bit of rain (necessary to keep the heat down), it soon became a “Golden Day” (pun intended)!  Not only was the Track & Field event the […]

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Liberty Games Track & Field – 2015

  The 5th leg of the Empire State Liberty Tour Track & Field Series has concluded, and the Team Standings for the top four (4) Teams are as follows:             1st Place – Chatham Gold – 1,144.75 points             2nd Place – Country Mills Eagles – 944 points             3rd Place – In A NY […]