Football Recap: Pine Bush Takes a Loss

By Team Reports Oct 18, 2024, 10:29am

Football Recap: Pine Bush Bushmen vs. Monroe-Woodbury Crusaders

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If Pine Bush was feeling good fresh off their 34-14 takedown of Valley Central last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Pine Bush Bushmen had to suffer through a 42-15 loss at the hands of the Monroe-Woodbury Crusaders. While losing is never fun, the Bushmen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 127th, while the Crusaders are ranked 22nd).

Although Pine Bush took the loss, they still got scores from Jake Schorling and Jaiden Sposito.

Monroe-Woodbury's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ethan Maldonado led the charge by throwing for 243 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Noah Flores helped Maldonado out on the ground, rushing for 71 yards and two touchdowns.

Pine Bush's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Monroe-Woodbury, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.

Pine Bush has already played their next contest, a 43-28 defeat against Warwick on the 10th. As for Monroe-Woodbury, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 28-24 win against Washingtonville on the 10th.

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