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Szymanowicz is 36th at State Bowling

Newburgh’s Gage Szymanowicz rolled a 1,206 high series to finish 36th, leading Section 9 to a 10th place finish at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association boys’ …

Terri’nashje Burden might be the quietest person on the Newburgh Free Academy girls’ basketball team. Her play, however, is the loudest. She finished her sophomore year – …
The Newburgh Elite Track Club’s spring medley relay team of Brady Danyluk, Anthony Burnett, Nakei Johnson and David Pinnock won the high school championship at the Nike Indoor Nationals on …
With his performance at the Section 9 bowling championships last month, Newburgh Free Academy bowler Gage Szymanowicz believed he sent a message to the rest of the section. On Saturday, he hopes …
The second annual Black History Month Basketball Tournament at St. Mary’s Gym welcomed youths and families to enjoy a day of competition and family fun. The tournament held on Saturday, …
NFA relay team 13th at state swim meet The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks’ 400-meter freestyle relay team had the Goldbacks’ top finish at Saturday’s New York State Federation …
The Newburgh Free Academy boys’ 1,600-meter relay team won the championship on Saturday at the New York State Federation indoor track and field championships at the Ocean Breeze Track and Field …
Last season, when Cooper Merli won the NYSPHSAA Division 1 102-pound championship, it was the first time a wrestler from Newburgh Free Academy had won a state title in 55 years. Just one year later, …
Bowling was different than anything Newburgh Free Academy special education student Thomas Crudele had done before. Now, in his second year on the Newburgh Free Academy unified bowling team, he …
When Angelo Reade clinched his berth to the New York State Federation swim meet on Feb. 3 at the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Division I championships, he hoped several of his Newburgh Free …
The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks and the Pine Bush Bushmen were jockeying for the top spot for the entire meet. In the end, the Goldbacks tasted disappointment, even though they won the final …
Cooper Merli’s name will be forever etched in the Newburgh Free Academy wrestling record book when, last year, he became the Goldbacks’ first state champion in over a half-century. …
Many of Newburgh Free Academy’s divers bowed out of the sport when life circumstances cost them their previous diving coach, and he wasn’t available. Not Akhiir McNeil. The …
Gage Szymanowicz had the highest series and Jordan Dewitt had the highest single game as the Newburgh Goldbacks finished second at the Section 9 Division I boys’ bowling championships on …
The University of New Haven had everything Fabian Rhoden was looking for. Rhoden, a senior at Newburgh Free Academy official signed and accepted a scholarship to study criminal justice and play …
The last time they competed at the Section 9 Division I wrestling tournament, Cooper Merli and William Soto could not both win the championship, as both wrestled at 101 pounds, and squared off in the …
Gage Szymanowicz posted three games over 200 and finished with a 675 series, leading the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks to a 5-0 win over the Kingston Tigers on Thursday in a non-league boys’ …
It may have been one of the best games they played all season. The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks held a lead over the Monroe-Woodbury Crusaders deep into the third quarter, but a basket by …