Glen Spey
Glen Spey, NY · Education
New York Post
Undefeated NY high school football team kicked out of playoffs over 53-second mistake
Fifty-three seconds is all it took to change a season — but not in the way you’d expect. An undefeated New York high school football team saw its championship hopes wiped out because one player — who spent less than a minute on the field — wasn’t eligible to play. Middletown High School in Orange County was disqualified from the Section IX Class AA championship after the school district withdrew its emergency court petition on Friday to reverse the disqualification. The Middletown High School Middies football team gathers in New York. Credit: Middletown High School Football/Facebook Texas high school girls’ basketball game descends into chaos as adult bodyslams player during brawl The Middies deployed a kicker, later ruled an “ineligible kickoff specialist,” who played 53 seconds in their 48-15 semifinal playoff win against Valley Central on Nov. 6 without meeting a postseason eligibility requirement. Middletown acknowledged that it made a mistake but contested that the students should not be disqualified for a decision made by adults, and the player had no impact on the game itself. The decision came after a near two-hour hearing at the Orange County Courthouse in Goshen before state Supreme Court Justice Verris Shako. Parent caught
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Daily Voice
Section 9 Disqualification: Newburgh Superintendent Says Team Blamed For Rival's Mistake
The superintendent of an Orange County school district is firing back at criticism of her football team's players and coaches amid a growing controversy over a rival school's disqualification from a championship game. Newburgh Enlarged City School District Superintendent Dr. Jackielyn Manning …
Times Union
Delaware Academy removed from Section 4 football final over player eligibility; Middletown drops appeal ahead of Section 9 final
Thursday night, Delaware Academy announced that it had been forced to forfeit its Section 4 Class D semifinal win over Deposit/Hancock from this past weekend.
Mid-Hudson News Network
thephoto-news.com
Middletown out of Sec. IX Championship: Newburgh to play VC tomorrow
The Middie Bears history-making football season is over. The team, which was undefeated for the first time since 1965, didn’t lose at all on the gridiron this season – but they were ousted from the Section IX Class AA Championships for a rule violation involving a player who was not eligible to compete in the post-season contest.
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chroniclenewspaper.com
Goshen football closes out strong season
The Goshen High School football program celebrated yet another winning season against tough opposition on the field in 2026. The team’s notable victories included defeating Warwick to take the Spirit Trophy on Sept. 26. “Playing Warwick at Warwick in a rain storm was a good game for us,’’ Goshen...
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News 12
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St. John’s University in central Minnesota sues New York school over ‘Johnnies’ nickname
St. John’s University in central Minnesota is suing a New York university of the same name for using its “Johnnies” nickname. The lawsuit filed this week in federal court in Minnesota says the private Catholic university in Collegeville has been calling its students and athletic teams Johnnies since at least 1900.
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Roslyn's Marching Bulldogs Finish Second in New York State, Scoring 93.825 in the Syracuse Dome
The Roslyn High School Marching Bulldogs came home from Syracuse this week as the second-place band in their division in New York State. At the New York State Field Band Conference Championship on Sunday, November 1, the band scored 93.825 in the Small School Division 1 class with its show, Confined, and picked up two caption awards along the way, for Music and for High General Effect.