Editing Beacon, New York (section)

==Sports==
===Professional sports===
*[[Hudson Valley Renegades]]: Class A Minor League Baseball Team for the [[New York Yankees]]. The team plays home games in [[Dutchess Stadium]] located in neighboring [[Fishkill (town), New York|Fishkill]] (3–5 minutes north of city). The team, formerly a member of the [[New York–Penn League]], joined the new [[High-A East]] in 2021.
*Hudson Valley Hawks: semi-professional basketball of the [[National Professional Basketball League (2007–08)|National Professional Basketball League]]. Played their games at Beacon High School.
*The [[Hudson Valley Bears]] were one of four founding members of the [[Eastern Professional Hockey League (2008–09)]]. They played their home games at the [[Mid-Hudson Civic Center]] in nearby [[Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Poughkeepsie]].
*The Hudson Valley Highlanders of the North American Football League played their home games at [[Dietz Stadium]] in nearby [[Kingston, New York|Kingston]].

===Amateur sports===
An amateur rugby club, The Hudson Valley Rebels, are composed of a Women's Rugby team (formed in 2005), and a Men's team (started in 2002).
A disc golf ("frisbee golf") course was constructed in the woods and fields of the University Settlement camp in 2011. This 18-hole course, "Beacon Glades", is free and open to the public. Stroke-play tournaments are occasionally held.

[[Beacon City Schools|Beacon High School]] has a Fitness Center and 25-yard swimming pool run by the Athletic Department that is open to the public for membership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beaconk12.org/Page/1258|title=Pool Membership|publisher=Beacon City School District|access-date=February 26, 2022|archive-date=February 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226132227/https://www.beaconk12.org/Page/1258|url-status=live}}</ref>