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Vivienne Bucci during the OCIAA championship match.

NFA’s Bucci wraps another impressive season

Early in the OCIAA tennis championship match, Vivienne Bucci achieved something no player had yet done in the tournament. She won a game against Middletown’s Sasha Henesy. The opening game …

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The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks are shown after winning the Section 9 Class AAA championship with a 2-1 win over Kingston Tigers on Monday at Middletown High School’s Faller Field.
The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks and Kingston Tigers played each other twice during the regular season, with the home team winning both times. That trend held for the third meeting between …
Newburgh’s Lily Lawrence swims the 100-yard backstroke during Saturday’s OCIAA Division 1 championship girls’ swimming meet at the Newburgh Free Academy Natatorium.
Vivian Piscitella finished third individually and was part of a third-place relay team, leading the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks to a fifth-place finish at the Orange County Interscholastic …
Newburgh’s Gabrielle Robles runs toward the finish during an OCIAA Division I girls’ cross country race on Oct. 14 at Chadwick Lake Park in Newburgh.
Newburgh Free Academy’s cross country teams turned in solid efforts against one of the deepest fields in Section 9 at Saturday’s Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association …
Newburgh’s Justin Lassic hits the hole as Pine Bush’s Marquis Smith moves in for the tackle and Newburgh’s Nyeir Johnson blocks Pine Bush’s Ryan Russell during Friday’s Class AA football game.
The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks are rolling into a showdown for the Section 9 Class AA regular season title. The Goldbacks routed the Pine Bush Bushmen, 50-6, on Friday night at NFA …

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L to R Newburgh’s Kiernan Judson, Isabella Blanco, and Evangely Torres.
Kiernan Judson saw an opportunity, and he took it. He came out of the woods and saw three Monroe-Woodbury runners ahead of him. They were close enough that Judson could sense a possible win. …
Newburgh’s Chase Marshall dribbles the ball as Pine Bush’s Angel Tejada (21) and Nicholas Fermanian defend during an OCIAA Division I boys’ soccer game at Newburgh Free Academy Main Campus’ Academy Field.
There are 80 minutes in a high school boys’ soccer game. The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks and Pine Bush Bushmen were scoreless for 79 minutes, 59 seconds. That is, until …
Valley Central’s Nylah Reynoso swims the 500-yard freestyle during an OCIAA girls’ swimming and diving meet at Valley Central High School in Montgomery.
The Valley Central Vikings pulled out three wins in a four-way meet, beating the Goshen Gladiators, the Rhinebeck Hawks, and the Chester Hambletonians on Oct. 6 in an Orange County Interscholastic …
Friday’s Class AA football game.
The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks continued to roll Friday afternoon with a 56-14 rout of the Valley Central Vikings at Valley Central High School in Montgomery. The game was originally …

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Wednesday’s non-league volleyball match at Newburgh Free Academy’s Main Campus.
The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks continued to win Wednesday night, when they finished a home-and-home series with a 3-0 win over the Beacon Bulldogs in a non-league volleyball match at Newburgh …
Mount Saint Mary College softball coach Samantha Howe
Mount Saint Mary College is proud to announce the appointment of Samantha Howe as the college’s new Director of Athletics, effective Monday, October 6. Howe, a respected figure within the …
Newburgh’s Justin Lassic runs through the hole as teammate Cristian Lahoz blocks during Saturday’s Class AA football game at Dietz Stadium in Kingston.
The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks are gaining momentum as they go further into the season. Last week may have been their most consistent performance so far, as the offense scored seven …

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Newburgh’s Piero Altamirano (9) and Sebastian Vazquez battle Monroe-Woodbury goalkeeper Justin Landusky and Joseph Rinaldi (4) battle for a header during Thursday’s OCIAA Division I boys’ soccer game at Academy Field in Newburgh.
By Mike Zummo The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks continued to roll and continued to play sound defense as they posted another shutout, defeating the Monroe-Woodbury Crusaders, 3-0, on Thursday …
It had been a rough two weeks for the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks. After winning their first game of the season upstate, the Goldbacks lost their next two games to a pair of top Class A teams, …
Raiders, Dragons each register a win The Cornwall Dragons and O’Neill Raider girls’ soccer teams each had a win last week. Cornwall: On Friday, Sept. 19 the girls played at …

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It’s been some time coming, but the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks finally managed to get their first win of the season. The Goldbacks got the game’s only goal late in the first …
Newburgh’s Teagan Rowley sends the ball over the net as Middletown’s Amina Sibide (20) and Julianna Ward (30) defend.
The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks put the Section 9 volleyball field on notice last season when they put together the program’s best season and clinched a berth in the Section 9 Class AAA …
Newburgh Free Academy’s Timothy Patterson runs with the ball as Cornwall’s Zion Felix makes the tackle during Friday’s non-league football game at Academy Field in Newburgh.
The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks’ offense was silent well into the third quarter. Meanwhile, the defense did its best to keep the Goldbacks in the game until the offensive unit found …

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