COPAKE — Gabriella Coons, 14, was out to beat her older brother when she became the first girl in Columbia County, New York, to earn the rank of Eagle Scout.
Coons said her brother’s merit badge sash hung on the wall at her home. “I would look at it and say ‘I want to do that, and I want to beat my brother,’” she said. “So, I did.”
The Copake native got into Scouting America, the organization formerly known as Boy Scouts of America, immediately after the group opened membership to girls in 2018…