The Middletown Middie Bears basketball team (Middletown, NY), was overwhelmed 74-42 in Tuesday's league battle with the visiting Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks (Newburgh, NY)

The Goldbacks now possess a 5-9 record. They put it on the line next when they host Pine Bush for a Section 9 Orange County I battle on Friday, February 9. Newburgh Free Academy will confront a Bushmen team coming off a 0-0 league Monroe-Woodbury (Central Valley, NY). The Bushmen record now stands at 6-11.

The Middie Bears (6-13) will now prepare for their battle against Colonie Central (Albany, NY). The Raiders come into the non-league battle with a 18-0 record.