It looked and sounded more like a closed meeting than a big team huddle, everyone standing, necks arched over into a big circle. Read more…

When Newburgh’s softball team hosted Pine Bush earlier this season, the Lady Goldbacks crawled back from a nine-run deficit and won by a run. Read more…

Marlboro hosted an invitational track meet Thursday, May 9, and the Dukes’ girls team outdistanced second place Highland to win with 95 points. Read more…

It is a place that is very familiar for the Valley Central softball team. The Lady Vikings stopped Minisink in Maybrook Thursday, May 2, 9-1 to go 10-0 into the first week of May after winning straight sectional titles. Read more…

Prior to hosting Saugerties Friday, Matt Iorlano, Newburgh’s baseball coach, looked a little weary, like it was the final days of the season, the dog days, when all those early hopes are settled by the realities of hitting slumps, miscues and simple bad hops through the infield. Read more…

The Marlboro softball team was trailing archrival Highland 1-0 going into the bottom of the 4th inning at Marlboro on a nice warm day on May 2. The weather was perfect and the only unperfect thing for the Dukes was the pitching of Highland’s Shannon Ward, but in the bottom of the 4th history changed. Read more…

Solid pitching and a few timely hits boosted Valley Central past Marlboro on Saturday, as the Vikings capped a week in which they won three of four games. Read more…

It was the latest of a trio of one-run losses, and this time Chris Introcaso did not get the run support he needed when he lost 1-0 to Pine Bush Monday, April 22. Read more…

The Marlboro Dukes encountered some rough road this week, dropping three straight and falling to 4-6. Matt Winkler was the bright spot in last Monday’s loss to Wallkill, going three-for three, including one double in the loss. Read more…

The numbers have really been in the favor of Valley Central’s Cindy Connoly this season. Connoly threw her second no-hitter of the season when she beat Warwick 11-1 Wednesday, April 17. She struck out 10 against Warwick after tossing her first no-no against Middletown in the season opener. Read more…

Newburgh’s Taylor Solomon flew out to end the bottom of the fourth inning when the Lady Goldbacks hosted Pine Bush, Wednesday, April 17. Read more…

Highland’s boys lacrosse team jumped out to a 5-0 lead after the first quarter at home against Millbrook, Thursday, April 18, before the Blazers made it a game in the second quarter with a 6-2 run. Read more…

Pine Bush’s John Cain faced Valley Central in Montgomery during the Vikings’ season opener Monday, April 8, and six-foot, nine-inch lefty no-hit the home team 2-0. Read more…

After a tough year against their Class AA opponents in 2012, Newburgh’s softball team had no problem getting at Minisink, one of the those foes, Wednesday April 10. Read more…

Highland’s baseball team hosted Marlboro Monday, April 8, and the Huskies downed the Dukes 9-3 behind Max Cruz’s three-hitter. Cruz also struck out seven as Highland started the season 3-0. Read more…