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Port Jervis enjoying underdog role against Cornwall (w/ video interviews)
PORT JERVIS – I had a great visit with the Port Jervis football team on Monday. At one point, while chatting with Port Jervis running back Justin Drew and defensive lineman Justin Rodriguez before...
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Championship week camp report: Newburgh (w/ video interviews)
NEWBURGH – The latest classic that was played between rivals Monroe-Woodbury and Newburgh earlier this season was missing one thing. Star Newburgh running back Anthony Dubose. But guess what: He’s...
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Latest top 10 rankings: The championship week edition
1. Cornwall (9-0): Has won 16 games in a row against Section 9 opponents by an average of 31.6 points. 2. Newburgh (7-2): The Goldbacks rolled out fullbacks Lakeem Thompson and Xavier Drummond in last...
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Aloi sets TD record, Chester rolls in Class D championship (w/ video interviews)
MIDDLETOWN – Touchdown Vinny was being, well, Touchdown Vinny on Friday night. Chester quarterback Vinny Aloi was efficient and accurate in a 55-0 win over Livingston Manor in the Section 9 Class D...
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NFA outlasts Monroe-Woodbury in Sec. 9 Class AA football final
MIDDLETOWN – We all missed Anthony Dubose during Newburgh’s clash with Monroe-Woodbury during the regular-season. After all, a prime time match-up needs prime time players such as Dubose, so they can...
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Chester ready for rematch with Tuckahoe
You know a high school rivalry is good if the adversaries aren’t even in the same section. Think Newburgh and Mount Vernon in boys’ basketball. Or Monroe-Woodbury vs. New Rochelle in football about a...
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Cornwall hoping for another Class A state quarterfinal win
Cornwall has owned the Class A state quarterfinals the last three years, taking out Section 1’s Somers 34-7 last season and 34-13 a year earlier. The Green Dragons beat Poughkeepsie, formerly of...
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Marlboro earns state semifinal rematch vs. Schalmont
KINGSTON – We knew Marlboro had to wake up against Our Lady of Lourdes in Friday night’s Class B state quarterfinal playoff game at Dietz. After all, the is Marlboro, proud and tough. The Iron Dukes...
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Cornwall survives Rye with gutsy effort (w/ video interviews)
MAHOPAC – For the fourth consecutive year, Cornwall is headed to the semifinals of the Class A state playoffs, after defeating Rye 21-17 in the quarterfinals on Saturday. It’s been some run by the...
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Section 9, on the rise, sends five teams to state semis for first time in...
The days of Section 9 serving collectively as a punching bag in the state playoffs are long gone. Want proof? Look at the results over the past decade. Even more impressive is the fact that Section 9’s...
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Section 9 exceptional senior game rosters released
The Section 9 exceptional senior game is set for 6 p.m. Sunday at Newburgh Free Academy. Team American defeated Team National 27-0 in last year’s showcase game. Team National won 24-11 in 2012. That...
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Marlboro ready for shot against heavily favored Schalmont (w/ video interviews)
Call them crazy, but Marlboro is looking forward to its rematch with Schalmont in the semifinals of the Class B state playoffs on Saturday. Actually, the Iron Dukes are far from crazy: They are a proud...
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Cornwall ready for Queensbury showdown (w/ video interviews)
Cornwall vs. Queensbury: Could it be the game of the weekend as far as Section 9’s five representatives go? It might be. Both teams enter the showdown in the Class A state semifinals at 8 p.m. on...
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The interview: Randolph coach Brent Brown checks in on his team and Chester
It might only be Sunday, but as expected, Randolph coach Brent Brown has already done some homework on Chester. I talked to Brown and, when asked about Chester, he quickly signaled out the...
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Scouting Jamestown: Start your engines, get ready for fast-paced offense
The Class AA state football championship could have a bit of NASCAR flavor. As in NASCAR offense. Jamestown, Newburgh’s opponent on Saturday, runs a fast-paced, no huddle spread offense. I spoke to...
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NFA running back Anthony Dubose will play in state championship game
Newburgh star running back Anthony Dubose will return for Saturday’s Class AA state championship game against Jamestown at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. Dubose was forced to sit out the Goldbacks’...
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Varsity845 football show: NFA & Chester preparing for the Dome
Here’s our state championship game video show, focusing on the Newburgh Free Academy and Chester teams as they prepare for games this Saturday at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. Check out the clip above...
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NFA college football recruiting night set for Dec. 9
Newburgh football coach Bill Bianco put together a college recruiting night last season, hoping it would become a yearly event. Signs are certainly pointing to that. Newburgh Free Academy will host its...
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Section 9 football coaches association all-star teams released
Section 9 Football Coaches Association all-star team (picked by Section 9 coaches) Stay tuned for the Varsity845 football all-stars and player and coach of the year on Sunday! Class AA Newburgh:...
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NFA’s Forbes, Dubose and Gonzalez get offers from Division II AIC
Two former Newburgh basketball stars, Donovan “The Don” Fields and Ja’kwan “Slinky” Jones, went to Concord Prep in North Carolina last year in a package two-for-one package. This year, there is a...
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