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Newburgh’s Deondre Johnson catches a deep ball from quarterback Mason Hoover during Saturday’s NYSPHSAA Class AA semifinal football game at Faller Field in Middletown.

Goldbacks fall in Class AA semifinal

The Newburgh Free Academy football team got off to a good start. The Goldbacks struck first but the Section 1 champion Carmel Rams struck most often scoring four touchdowns in the second quarter …
Newburgh’s Aiden Domanico swims the breaststroke leg of the 200-yard medley relay at Thursday’s OCIAA swim meet at Monroe-Woodbury Middle School.

NFA boys return to their home pool

The Newburgh Free Academy boys’ swimming and diving team is homeless no longer. Even though the Goldbacks had more of a season than some of their other counterparts last winter, their …

Bowlers looking ahead to a normal season

It’s been a long time since the Newburgh Free Academy boys’ bowling team won the Section 9 championship in early 2020 but had its trip to Syracuse for the New York State Public High …
Newburgh’s Jah’Likai King dribbles the basketball during the NYSPHSAA Class AA boys’ basketball tournament game on March 11, 2020, at Newburgh Free Academy. The game was played in Newburgh in an empty gym at the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Basketball set to resume at NFA

The last time an interscholastic sport took place at Newburgh Free Academy, the boys’ basketball team suffered a state regional semifinal to Section 1’s Horace Greeley. That was March …
The Goldbacks and cheerleaders pose after Newburgh’s NYSPHSAA Class AA quarterfinal football win over Arlington.

Goldbacks win overtime thriller

It was going to be the last play of the game. Either the Arlington Admirals were going to score a game-winning two-point conversion or the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks were going to make a …
Jake Lanzer signs a letter of intent to attend St. John’s University, as parents Arthur and Jaclyn Lanzer look on.

Jake Lanzer to join the Red Storm

More than a year after making his verbal commitment, Newburgh Free Academy senior Jake Lanzer made it official. The Goldbacks’ left-handed starting pitcher on Wednesday, signed his National …

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Newburgh captains Semaj Branch, Dylan Iorlano and Sam Okeyo pose with the Section 9 Class AA championship plaque after the Goldbacks beat Monroe-Woodbury, 15-7, on Saturday at Monroe-Woodbury High School in Central Valley.

Goldbacks overcome obstacles to win Section 9 crown

Everything seemed to be going against the Newburgh Free Academy football team. The top-seeded Goldbacks already annoyed that the “neutral site” for the Section 9 Class AA championship …
Newburgh’s Marissa Scarano verbally committed to play Division I softball at the University at Albany.

NFA junior commits to Albany

Marissa Scarano has dreamed of playing Division I softball since she was in seventh grade. That dream is one step closer to reality as Scarano, a junior on the Newburgh Free Academy softball team, …
Newburgh’s Deondre Johnson and Elijah Bevier celebrate Johnson’s touchdown catch during Friday’s Section 9 Class AA semifinal football game at Newburgh Free Academy.

Goldbacks advance to Section 9 championship

Earlier in the year, the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks found themselves on the outside looking in at the Section 9 Class AA playoffs due to a technicality in the COVID-19 rules. There were no …

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Newburgh and Pine Bush runners start the Section 9 Class A girls’ cross country championship race at Bear Mountain State Park. 

NFA girls 8th, boys 9th at Bear Mountain

Devin Batelic finished 18th leading the Newburgh Free Academy boys’ cross-country team to a ninth-place finish at the Section 9 Class A championship race on Thursday at Bear Mountain State …
Newburgh’s Megan Cameron swims the 100-yard breaststroke during Saturday’s Section 9 girls’ swimming championships at Valley Central High School in Montgomery.

NFA girls 8th at Section 9 swimming

Megan Cameron finished fifth in the 200-yard individual medley, helping the Newburgh Free Academy girls’ swimming and diving team to an eighth-place finish at the Section 9 championships on …
Newburgh’s Steven Hernandez heads the ball away from Warwick’s Harrison Coard.

Goldbacks blanked in Class AA championship

The Newburgh Free Academy boys’ soccer team saw its season end by the one team that it couldn’t get around in three tries. The third-seeded Goldbacks advanced to the Section 9 Class …

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