Football Preview: Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks vs. Middletown Middie Bears
The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Middletown Middie Bears at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Newburgh Free Academy is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 32 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Our Lady of Lourdes on Friday. They fell to the Warriors 6-0. The matchup marked the first time this year in which the Goldbacks were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 35 points the game before, Middletown was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They took a 16-12 hit to the loss column at the hands of Monroe-Woodbury. While losing is never fun, the Middie Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 166th, while the Crusaders are ranked 33rd).
Newburgh Free Academy moved to 6-3 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak. As for Middletown, their record now sits at 3-6.
Everything went Newburgh Free Academy's way against Middletown in their previous matchup back in October, as Newburgh Free Academy made off with a 35-13 win. Does Newburgh Free Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Middletown turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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