Boys’ Varsity Basketball
February 27, 2010
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Voorheesville 57, Canajoharie 53 Read More →
Girls’ Varsity Basketball
February 26, 2010
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Voorheesville 42, Schenectady Christian 45 Read More →
Boys’ Varsity Basketball
February 26, 2010
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Voorheesville 52, Greenwich 48 Read More →
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
February 22, 2010 • Josh Gibbons, Editor-in-Chief
Filed under News, Top Stories
On Friday, February 12, Physics students competed in a special boat race. Students were excused from their regularly scheduled classes via an in-house field trip. “The purpose of the competition was to focus on different laws of physics,” said Ted Simons, the High School’s Physics teacher and Science... Read more »
Contact Us
February 21, 2010
Filed under Contact Us
The Helderbarker is always looking for feedback, so we have come up with a few different ways to contact us. To Contact Us: 1. Comment: You can leave a comment after any story. We’ll review it and post it is it’s appropriate. 2. Email us. We can be reached at helderbarker@vcsdk12.org. 3.... Read more »
Goodbye, Mr. (W)right
February 20, 2010 • Nick Crawford, Staff Writer
Filed under Opinion
Going through senior year with teachers you like is something you look forward to. After transferring out of AP Economics and in to regular economics, going into the regular Economics was looking to be easy because I knew everything before. Everything went well through the first couple of days. After... Read more »
Commons Repainted to Periwinkle and Easter Egg Yellow
February 20, 2010 • Reid Macdonald, Staff Writer
Filed under Opinion
Many of you are familiar with the change in the color of the Commons last year from a dark purple to “Periwinkle-ish and easter egg yellow,” according to Katherine Petit, a junior attending Voorheesville high school. Psychologically, purple is a relaxing color, which would be more fitting for the... Read more »
Blackbird Boys Take Indians 66-37
February 20, 2010 • Rolly Lloyd, Staff Writer
Filed under Sports
Speaking with a few of the starting Voorheesville Blackbird basketball players on the afternoon before their senior game on February 9th, it was evident that they were going into it with confidence. Conor Cashin, point guard, said “Ravena did just beat Lansingburgh so we can’t overlook them,”... Read more »
Wrestling Season Comes to an End
February 20, 2010 • Emily Norris, Staff Writer
Filed under Sports
The Voorheesville boys wrestling team participated in the Class C finals Saturday, February 6th in Granville. Going into the tournament, team member Darren Staples was confident about his teammates’ individual wins. Throughout the season the team was winning on the mat, but struggled in overall... Read more »
Mixed Martial Arts: Lifestyle or Controvery?
February 20, 2010 • Darren Staples, Staff Writer
Filed under Features
For some people what they do in life is just an inspiration from others. But for the few that carry on the dream and stick with the talents that they have, it’s a whole different story. Now the sport of mixed martial arts is something that people consider challenging but yet dangerous. There are many... Read more »



