Middletown Wants the Bell Back. Port Jervis Isn’t Coming to Hand It Over.

JoJo Royal was an eighth grader the last time Middletown won the Bell. Now the unbeaten Middies face Port Jervis, a new quarterback chapter and two-way lineman Nick Oosterom. The 148th meeting kicks off Saturday at 1 p.m. at Faller Field.

ERIE BELL GAME · 72ND BELL · 148TH MEETING

Port Jervis (2–1) at Middletown (3–0)
Saturday, September 26, 2026 · Faller Field
Gates: 11:30 a.m. · Kickoff: 1 p.m.

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MIDDLETOWN — The last time Middletown won the Erie Bell, Joseph “JoJo” Royal was an eighth grader.

He is a junior now. The Bell is still in Port Jervis.

Saturday, the quarterback and his teammates get their chance to change that.

Middletown enters 3–0, with two shutouts and a one-point escape at Cornwall already behind it. Port Jervis arrives 2–1, carrying consecutive victories and a defense that has allowed just nine points over those two games. Their 148th meeting kicks off at 1 p.m. Saturday, September 26, at Faller Field.

For Middletown, an unbeaten September has created momentum. For Port, the last two Bell Games have established ownership.

Those are different kinds of confidence. Saturday puts them across the line from each other.

Tim Strenfel wants to bring the trophy back. Damien Striharsky wants to keep it for a third straight year. Royal, Andy Aristhene and Ryheem Tinsley Jr. have an opportunity to give Middletown a different ending. Amato Natale and the Raiders intend to make sure the ending looks familiar.

Faller Field should be full before either team takes its first snap.

Strenfel vs. Striharsky: Neither has forgotten how this started

Strenfel took over Middletown in 2017, in the middle of a winning run against Port Jervis. The Middies had won the previous three meetings. He extended the streak with a 24–21 overtime win in 2017 and a 24–0 shutout in 2018.

Then Striharsky took over Port in 2019. Both teams were unbeaten when they met at Glennette Field. The setting suggested a showdown between two confident programs.

Middletown delivered something else.

By halftime, the Middies led 50–0.

That was the score before either team had played a snap of the third quarter. Middletown finished a 57–14 victory, its sixth straight over Port. The performance helped earn Strenfel the New York Giants’ Coach of the Week honor. The contemporary game report captured how overwhelming that opening half had been.

Striharsky’s first Bell matchup ended with a reminder of how much ground Port had to recover. His teams have spent the years since changing that relationship.

Port ended Middletown’s streak 14–7 in spring 2021. Middletown answered 34–33 that fall. In 2022, Port trailed 19–6 late in the third quarter, then scored the final 27 points to win 33–19. The Rivalry Series account records a comeback that remains a warning against getting comfortable in this game.

Counting the spring and fall 2021 games separately, Striharsky leads their Bell Game head-to-head matchup 4–3. Saturday is meeting No. 8 between these coaches.

Strenfel can pull even. Striharsky can build a two-game advantage. Neither will need to explain to his players what the other sideline is capable of.

The last Middletown celebration feels a long way away

Middletown’s most recent Bell victory came at Glennette Field on September 14, 2023. The Middies built a 21–0 halftime lead, answered Port’s third-quarter touchdown and finished a 29–8 win. Julani Graham earned the game’s MVP award, while Michael Culver helped drive an offense that controlled the afternoon on the ground.

Royal was still in middle school.

Since then, Port has won 46–14 in 2024 and 55–21 in 2025—a combined 101–35. The updated series history leaves no ambiguity about who has controlled the last two meetings.

Middletown cannot simply arrive with a better record and expect the rivalry to follow. It has to finish drives, finish tackles and survive the first stretch when Port makes a play and the game becomes uncomfortable.

Returning Middies do not have to imagine what it looks like when the other team celebrates with the Bell. They have seen it.

Royal has weapons—and Andy Aristhene belongs at the center of the conversation

Andy Aristhene, KOT845’s Week 1 Player of the Week, enters with 168 rushing yards, 172 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns through Middletown’s first three games. That is 340 yards from scrimmage, with production coming both on the ground and through the air.

Port cannot account for Aristhene only when he lines up in one spot. It has to find him, communicate and finish the tackle when the ball reaches him. Devoting too much attention to one part of Middletown’s offense risks leaving another player with room.

Royal has thrown for 491 yards and five touchdowns. Zayden Phillpotts has 211 receiving yards and three touchdown catches. Tinsley has 203 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns across two games with statistics. Those totals are reflected in KOT845’s Middletown player-stat records.

Royal can distribute the ball. Aristhene can threaten different areas of the field. Phillpotts can punish a coverage mistake. Tinsley can turn a crease into a much larger problem.

The challenge is putting those possibilities together against an opponent intent on disrupting the timing.

Middletown has already won different kinds of games: 32–0 over Arlington, 22–21 at Cornwall and 27–0 at Minisink Valley. The Middies have scored 81 points and allowed 21.

Two shutouts establish a defensive standard. Cornwall established something else: this team has already had to finish a night when one mistake could have changed the outcome.

Saturday may demand both.

Port turns the page at quarterback—but not on its expectations

Port fans have watched quarterback eras that included Brett Fuller and Dylan Fox. Fox was behind center for the last two Bell victories. This is the Raiders’ first Bell Game of the post-Fox chapter, and the next quarterbacks get their own opportunity to defend the trophy.

Mason Lisberg and Hunter Franck have both played quarterback for Port this season. Franck started last week’s win over Marlboro and is expected to start again against Middletown.

Lisberg threw for 192 yards in the opener at Waverly. Franck now approaches a different kind of assignment: an unbeaten rival on the road, a trophy to defend and a crowd prepared to react to every possession.

He does not have to recreate Fuller or Fox. He has to make the decisions this Port offense needs now.

Get the ball to the right player. Keep the offense organized. Do not let the occasion make a routine decision more difficult than it needs to be.

With Port’s weapons, a short completion or a well-executed handoff can become the play that changes the afternoon. Middletown’s job is to prevent that new chapter from getting comfortable.

Tinsley and Natale remember different endings

Two returning runners already know they can produce in this game.

In last year’s matchup, Tinsley rushed for 145 yards on 12 carries for Middletown. Natale rushed for 138 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries for Port.

Both found room. Only one left with the trophy.

For Tinsley, Saturday offers a chance to make another productive performance part of a different result. For Natale, it offers another opportunity to leave his name on a Port victory.

Natale’s threat extends well beyond a handoff. At Waverly this season, he caught seven passes for 208 yards, turned a bubble screen into an 87-yard touchdown and returned a kickoff 80 yards for another score, according to the opening-game report.

A short throw can become a long touchdown. A kickoff after a successful offensive possession can give momentum straight back. Getting Natale surrounded is not the same thing as getting him on the ground.

Port also has Izaiah Green and Prosper Babalola to challenge the defense. Against Marlboro, Green supplied the opening touchdown. With Port leading just 7–6 at halftime, Natale added touchdown runs of 10 and 25 yards. The Raiders finished a 21–6 victory, following their 31–3 win over Minisink Valley. Those scoring plays and results are recorded on the Port Jervis football results page.

Port is not arriving with only last year’s confidence. It is arriving with evidence from the last two weeks.

Watch No. 75: Nick Oosterom is a problem for both Middletown lines

The quarterbacks and runners will draw attention. One of the most important players on the field may do his work before any of them reaches open space.

Nick Oosterom—listed as Nicholas Oosterom on Port’s roster—is a 6-foot-4 senior, No. 75, listed at guard and defensive tackle. His two-way role makes him a central challenge for both Middletown’s defensive line and its offensive line.

When Port has the ball, Oosterom is part of the effort to move Middletown’s front, create a starting point for Natale and Green, and give Franck time to operate. Middletown’s defenders have to beat those blocks before they can make the tackles everyone will remember.

When possession changes, the assignment follows him. Oosterom can make life difficult for Middletown’s blockers by crowding interior running lanes and trying to collapse Royal’s pocket from the inside. The Middies cannot spend every possession working around disruption before their playmakers get a chance.

He gets two ways to influence the game: help Port stay ahead of the chains, then try to put Middletown behind them.

Across from him, Middletown has its own front-line names to watch. Brett Page has 19 tackles. Alex Llano has 3½ sacks. Kervens Paraisy and Ndiaga Sarr have two sacks apiece. The numbers are part of a defense that has already produced two shutouts, but Saturday’s assignment will not be solved by chasing a sack.

The Middies have to control their gaps, separate from blocks and arrive under control. Their offensive line has to protect Royal and give Aristhene and Tinsley room without letting Oosterom wreck the play at its starting point.

That is a battle worth watching even when the football goes somewhere else.

A chance to end a wait—or extend a run

The schools first met in 1897. The Erie Railroad bell became the traveling trophy in 1953. The historical series stands at 78–62–7 in Middletown’s favor entering Saturday’s 148th meeting, according to the results maintained by Section Nine Football.

Port owns the last two. A third consecutive win would give the Raiders their longest winning streak in the rivalry since the 1997–2007 run.

That is the opportunity on each sideline.

Middletown can make its unbeaten start include the opponent its community most wants to beat. Port can stop that start and make the wait for the Bell last another year.

Royal is no longer an eighth grader. Aristhene has already earned a KOT845 Player of the Week selection. Tinsley and Natale know what it takes to produce in this matchup. Franck and Lisberg are part of the next quarterback chapter in Port. Oosterom and Middletown’s linemen will fight over how much room any of them gets.

History supplies the stakes. These players get to supply the result.

Can Faller Field challenge the Bell Game crowd record?

The attendance benchmark is 4,850, set in 2014 when the crowd witnessed the game remembered as the Middletown Miracle.

Saturday gives the rivalry another chance to test that number. Middletown is 3-0, Port Jervis has won the last two Bell Games, and this is both the 148th all-time meeting and the 72nd game played for the Erie Bell.

The question for the 845 is simple: how close can Faller Field get to 4,850?

Before you go: Gates open at 11:30 a.m.

Saturday, September 26, 2026 · Middletown High School, Faller Field.
Gates open at 11:30 a.m. Kickoff is at 1 p.m.

Middletown’s game-day notice sets the following stadium requirements:

  • No bags of any kind. Faller Field has a no-bag policy, and metal detectors will be in use.
  • No tailgating or smoking on Middletown school grounds.
  • No entry after halftime and no stadium re-entry once you leave.
  • Middle-school-aged children and younger must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Get there early enough to be settled when the teams take the field. Wear your colors. Bring the former players who still remember their Bell Game and the young players beginning to imagine their own.

Respect the other side. Make sure your side can hear you.

There will be photographs afterward. There will be highlights and a final score to share. None of them can put you in the stands when a runner breaks loose, a defense makes its stand or the final possession decides who gets the Bell.

Middletown wants it back. Port Jervis wants to make the wait longer.

Pack Faller Field.


Follow the matchup: Bell Game Center · Middletown · Port Jervis · Player Leaderboards

Historical reporting and series results credited to Phil “Fearless Phil” Dusenbury and Section Nine Football. Player statistics reflect the game reports and season totals available through Week 2. Stadium entry information is from Middletown’s September 26 game-day notice.

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  1. Richard Arnott says:

    PORT JERVIS V. MIDDLETOWN: THAT GAME/UPDATED WITH ENTIRE SERIES SCORES DATING BACK TO 1897!!
    Posted by Section Nine Football on Sep 21 2026 at 05:57PM PDT
    PORT JERVIS V. MIDDLETOWN: THAT GAME/UPDATED WITH ENTIRE SERIES SCORES DATING BACK TO 1897!!
    Posted by Section Nine Football on Sep 21 2026 at 11:44AM PDT
    PORT JERVIS V. MIDDLETOWN: THAT GAME

    By FEARLESS PHIL Despite rumor to the contrary, it is not quite the oldest rivalry in the country, state nor even the county (Goshen and Warwick have that distinction in the county). Still the Port-Middletown series deserves its legendary status and continues to stir up old embers in both communities. Thanks to the research and persistence of the late John Nania of Middletown, the matchup has been officially recognized as the country’s longest running high school football rivalry.

    The squads played twice in 1897 but not again until 1903. Back then Middletown did not consider Port to be competitive enough to play with the big boys. But the two schools renewed the tussle, and the teams have met every year since then, except for 1970 when PJ left the DUSO to compete in the larger OCL. That streak of playing for 67 consecutive years was listed as a national record. John Nania’s efforts in securing a place in the record books sent other high school football historians combing through old newspapers. Because of the community uproars to restore the series, the two teams next met as non-league foes until Middletown also joined the OCL.

    In 1953 (interestingly, the year the OCL football league was born), the Erie Railroad bell was taken off a retired steam engine and presented to the two teams as a perpetual trophy to be housed by each year’s winning squad. Of course in the “old days,” visiting spectators would take the train to see Port and Middletown play. The two rivals (as well as Newburgh and Kingston, Warwick and Goshen, Highland Falls and Cornwall) had traditionally met on Thanksgiving mornings. The last of the “Turkey Day Classics” between Port and Middletown was in 1969, and it was indeed a memorable one. With the score knotted at 14 and time having expired, the Red Raiders were awarded one more play because of a dead ball, personal foul against Middletown. Port Quarterback Earl Sheard then connected with Randy Sienkiew on a 20-yard TD pass, perhaps the most famous score in a rivalry filled with great moments! Ex-Raider coach Joe Viglione, who had won more games than any other coach in Section Nine, laments the loss of the Thanksgiving Day game. “I walked over to Glennette Field last Thanksgiving morning,” Vig mused aloud a few years back. “There was a light rain. You could hear it in the leaves. But nobody else was there. What a loss. Something important was taken away from both communities when they stopped playing on Thanksgiving. “Folks can talk all they want. But unless they’ve been on the sidelines and participated in THAT game, they just don’t know the feeling.” Last year THAT game featured the reopening of Glennette Field at the current Port Jervis Middle School. After 83 consecutive seasons with Glennette as Port’s home field, the old bleachers had been condemned. So that wonderful streak of Port’s playing its home games in one stadium had been brought to an end. This Friday they’ll play at Faller Field, Middletown’s home for the last couple of decades. Middletown’s old Wilson Field is now a grassy patch near a Dolson Avenue min-mall. The older Mulberry Street Field is a car lot. But if you go there and catch a rare quiet moment, you can still hear the cheering. Port will again be heavily favored in this one as phantoms of games past rise up from the mist of the Neversink and ride an old ghost train to Middletown. Apparitions in blue and white will be there to meet their old foes who eventually became lifetime friends. (Article written by Phil Dusenbury in September of 2003)

    NOTE – Phil Dusenbury began this site on the ‘ETEAMZ’ format back in 2003. He started covering local football in the mid-1960’s for small newspaper publications. In 1974 Phil took to announcing Warwick Wildcats games over WTBQ radio through 1978. In 1981 he became the first local television football broadcaster for Cable 6 out of Middletown. Four years later, Phil started a long association with Port Jervis football, calling the games on WDLC radio for over 25 years. In 1997, he wrote a book detailing the 100 years of Port Jervis football, ‘THE RED AND BLACK.’

    HERE ARE THE SCORES GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING WITH THE WINNING TEAM AND SCORE LISTED! MIDDLETOWN LEADS THE SERIES, 78-62-7.

    1897 – PJ 38-0, 0-0 TIE
    1903 – MID 64-0 (EXACT SCORE NOT )
    1904 – PJ 11-10
    1905 – MID 20-11, MID 17-0
    1906 – PJ 6-0, MID 6-5, MID 5-0
    1907 – MID 6-0, MID 23-0
    1908 – MID 16-0, MID 23-0, MID 42-0, 0-0 TIE
    1909 – PJ 16-0
    1910 – MID 6-5, MID 6-0
    1911 – MID 15-0, MID 45-0
    1912 – MID 94-0
    1913 – MID 9-0, MID 13-0
    1914 – MID 6-0
    1915 – PJ 13-6, MID 14-7
    1916 – MID 32-7, MID 13-12
    1917 – MID 40-6, MID 19-7
    1918 – PJ 34-14
    1919 – PJ 32-20, MID 13-0
    1920 – MID 21-0, 0-0 TIE
    1921 – MID 13-0
    1922 – MID 18-7
    1923 – MID 10-0 (DUSO BEGAN)
    1924 – PJ 10-0
    1925 – PJ 10-0
    1926 – PJ 32-3
    1927 – PJ 6-2
    1928 – 0-0 TIE
    1929 – 7-7 TIE
    1930 – PJ 6-0
    1931 – MID 19-7
    1932 – PJ 2-0
    1933 – MID 13-7
    1934 – PJ 18-6
    1935 – MID 13-0
    1936 – PJ 6-0
    1937 – PJ 13-7
    1938 – PJ 38-0
    1939 – PJ 28-0
    1940 – MID 6-0
    1941 – MID 13-6
    1942 – MID 14-12
    1943 – 6-6 TIE, MID 25-0
    1944 – MID 52-0. MID 21-0
    1945 – MID 20-0, MID 31-7
    1946 – MID 38-0, MID 13-0
    1947 – PJ 20-0, PJ 9-6
    1948 – 0-0 TIE, MID 6-0
    1949 – PJ 13-0, MID 13-12
    1950 – MID 19-0, MID 26-0
    1951 – PJ 12-6
    1952 – PJ 2-0
    1953 – MID 26-14
    1954 – PJ 27-14
    1955 – PJ 27-6
    1956 – PJ 43-0
    1957 – PJ 23-0
    1958 – PJ 40-0
    1959 – MID 30-7
    1960 – MID 26-13
    1961 – MID 19-6
    1962 – MID 27-0
    1963 – PJ 27-7
    1964 – MID 33-26
    1965 – MID 26-6
    1966 – MID 40-0
    1967 – MID 27-25
    1968 – PJ 23-7
    1969 – PJ 20-14
    1970 – NO GAME (DUSO ENDED/PJ MOVED TO ORANGE COUNTY LEAGUE)
    1971 – MID 22-16 (MID PLAYED INDEPENDENT)
    1972 – MID 34-28 (MID PLAYED INDEPENDENT)
    1973 – MID 14-6 (MID JOINED ORANGE COUNTY LEAGUE)
    1974 – PJ 21-6
    1975 – PJ 27-6
    1976 – PJ 19-6
    1977 – PJ 45-12
    1978 – PJ 18-13
    1979 – PJ 33-7
    1980 – PJ 27-0
    1981 – PJ 34-0
    1982 – PJ 17-6
    1983 – MID 30-21
    1984 – PJ 26-7
    1985 – PJ 28-7
    1986 – MID 9-7
    1987 – PJ 18-16
    1988 – PJ 7-0
    1989 – MID 28-7 (SECTIONAL PLAY BEGAN)
    1990 – MID 35-0 (ORANGE COUNTY LEAGUE ENDED)
    1991 – MID 19-7
    1992 – MID 21-6
    1993 – MID 23-13
    1994 – MID 42-14
    1995 – MID 21-0
    1996 – MID 25-3
    1997 – PJ 30-0
    1998 – PJ 34-6
    1999 – PJ 14-13
    2000 – PJ 21-7
    2001 – PJ 13-7
    2002 – PJ 35-7
    2003 – PJ 28-7
    2004 – PJ 45-15
    2005 – PJ 41-0
    2006 – PJ 21-17
    2007 – PJ 33-6
    2008 – MID 7-3
    2009 – PJ 28-7
    2010 – MID 37-14
    2011 – PJ 13-12
    2012 – MID 30-0
    2013 – PJ 14-7
    2014 – MID 36-33
    2015 – MID 21-13
    2016 – MID 49-0
    2017 – MID 24-21
    2018 – MID 24-0
    2019 – MID 57-14
    SPRING 2021 – PJ 14-7
    FALL 2021 – MID 34-33
    2022 – PJ 33-19
    2023 – MID 29-8
    2024 – PJ 46-14
    2025 – PJ 55-21

  2. Richard Arnott says:

    GOSHEN VS. WARWICK: ESTABLISHED IN 1896/UPDATED WITH GAME SCORES GOING BACK TO 1896!!

    Section Nine football historians like Harold White and George St. Lawrence researched the Goshen-Warwick football series quite extensively. Goshen High defeated Warwick Institute, 6-0, in the first documented game on or about November 26, 1896. Results from a previously scheduled game some two weeks earlier have not been found. In 1897, Goshen won one game and the other finished in a tie. Warwick subsequently had two quality championship teams in 1898 and 1899. The Institute beat the County-Seaters in 1898, and won both games in 1899.

    In 1900, the teams played to a scoreless tie in the only meeting. Goshen played only two listed games in 1901, against Florida Institute and then Middletown. In 1902, Goshen hosted and beat Warwick in the first meeting, 12-0. The second game finished 0-0 at Warwick.

    So the record stood at three wins, three losses, and three ties from 1896-1902 for both rivals. Unfortunately, we have not discovered any further football contests between these schools until 1927, in what would commence the modern era. Goshen, however had resumed football in 1922, after having chosen basketball as their sport in previous years.

    Goshen dominated from 1927-29, giving Warwick a rude welcome back to the gridiron with five straight big victories. Warwick answered back with two championship teams in 1930 and 1931 in the “Little Three” village league, with Walden also providing strong competition. An article written in the Goshen Independent Republican claimed that Goshen had that intangible something called “Spirit” that made the difference in the competitions. Perhaps this ‘bulletin board material’ truly cemented this long-running rivalry. Warwick won that year (1936), but Goshen got it back the next year.

    The teams kept going at it, along with Walden, continuing the Little Three setup even in 1953, with the establishment of the Orange County League. Schools like Cornwall, Highland Falls (now O’Neill), and Monroe-Woodbury joined to form the big league, but nothing could take the place of Warwick-Goshen-Walden games. In fact, a Little Three trophy still went to one of the three teams every year as late as 1963. Of course, Walden had turned into Montgomery High School for 1958 and 1959, and then changed into Valley Central in 1960.

    Back to Warwick-Goshen, one of the funniest lines I’ve ever heard regarding this long-standing feud was retold to me by this website’s founder, Phil Dusenbury. Phil had just started covering our football locals in the mid-sixties when Warwick had won five out of six OCL titles. The Wildcats allowed the students from Pius School in Sugar Loaf to play on their team during those years. So Warwick ran off seven straight wins over Goshen from 1962-1968, and the Goshen fans would mutter, ’Can’t beat those Catholic schools.’ Another former Goshen player told me that Warwick came in the middle of the night and planted corn on the Goshen field in the early sixties. Another rumor said that one of the Goshen coaches actually slept with the Spirit Trophy.

    Alas, the Gladiators turned the tables and won 10 straight under great coach Dean Ouderkirk from 1969-1978. In 1975, students in a Warwick woodshop class created the Spirit Trophy, an emblem of the big annual game that would go to the yearly winner. Finally, a Jim Bongo coached Wildcat squad ended the streak at Gustafson Field in the final game of the 1979 season in Goshen. Goshen had won the first four “Spirit Trophy” games before this season.

    Goshen still won six of the next seven, but things turned back toward the Purple-and-Gold in 1987. Joe Viglione came out of retirement after having coached legendary Port Jervis teams to numerous DUSO and OCL titles. He helped bring interest back into Warwick football and started a winning culture that still bodes well today. Goshen came back with strong coaching from Bob Graham and won three straight in the series from 1993-95. During this spell, the Gladiators won the 1994 Section 9 Class B title.

    Greg Sirico scored the winning touchdown in the 1984 Warwick OCL title win over Pine Bush and took over the coaching job in 1996. In two stints (1996-2005/2013-present, He holds a 17-6 record in Spirit Trophy games. One Goshen parent offered free steak dinners for the entire Gladiator crew if they could beat Warwick. In 2003, Joe Dembeck starred in a 21-14 Goshen win at C. Ashley Morgan Field.

    James Sciarra (now coaching Monroe-Woodbury) went 6-0 for Warwick in coaching against Goshen from 2006-2012. The Gladiators played an independent schedule in 2011 and the teams did not meet that year.

    Goshen just missed finally getting the trophy back in 2017, when only a late Wildcat touchdown earned them a 13th straight win in the series. But great QB Matt Giordano and a terrific Goshen team recaptured the Spirit Trophy at Warwick, 14-7, in 2018. Coach Ed Killenberger made it two straight for Goshen in 2019 at the brand-new beautiful Coliseum.

    DOCUMENTED GOSHEN-WARWICK FOOTBALL GAMES COURTESY OF FOOTBALL HISTORIAN GEORGE ST. LAWRENCE (G= GOSHEN WIN; W= WARWICK WIN; WARWICK LEADS SERIES 59-52-7):

    1896 – G 6-0
    1897 – 4-4 TIE, G 22-4
    1898 – W 12-0
    1899 – W 5-0, W 6-5
    1900 – 0-0 TIE
    1902 – G 10-0, 0-0 TIE
    1927 – G 58-0, G 33-0
    1928 – G 32-0, G 38-0
    1929 – G 14-7
    1930 – W 13-0, W 41-0
    1931 – W 14-7
    1932 – W 26-0, W 12-0
    1933 – G 12-0, W 26-0
    1934 – 7-7 TIE, G 19-6
    1936 – W 32-6
    1937 – G 14-0
    1938 – W 12-0
    1939 – G 20-0 (LITTLE THREE LEAGUE DEVELOPS CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT)
    1940 – W 14-0
    1941 – G 6-0
    1942 – W 6-0, 6-6 TIE
    1943 – W 9-0, G 6-0
    1944 – W 6-0, G 6-0
    1945 – G 13-0
    1946 – G 44-0
    1947 – W 12-6
    1948 – G 18-0
    1949 – W 12-7
    1950 – G 18-14
    1951 – 0-0 TIE
    1952 – W 32-0
    1953 – G 32-6 (LITTLE THREE LEAGUE WITH WALDEN CONTINUES AND ORANGE COUNTY LEAGUE BEGINS)
    1954 – G 14-7
    1955 – G 32-6
    1956 – G 40-13
    1957 – G 20-12
    1958 – W 13-0
    1959 – G 24-12
    1960 – G 25-0
    1961 – G 40-6
    1962 – W 26-6
    1963 – W 33-0 (LITTLE THREE ENDS)
    1964 – W 28-7
    1965 – W 19-0
    1966 – W 35-0
    1967 W 41-7
    1968 – W 33-0
    1969 – G 12-6
    1970 – G 24-7
    1971 – G 24-7
    1972 – G 15-0
    1973 – G 14-6
    1974 – G 20-6
    1975 – G 20-0 (SPIRIT TROPHY PLAY BEGINS)
    1976 – G 29-24
    1977 – G 27-6
    1978 – G 21-7
    1979 – W 40-18
    1980 – G 28-18
    1981 – G 26-0
    1982 – G 28-6
    1983 – G 8-6
    1984 – W 12-6
    1985 – G 35-7
    1986 – G 32-0
    1987 – W 14-12
    1988 – W 16-6
    1989 – W 33-13
    1990 – W 29-14
    1991 – W 28-6
    1992 – W 8-6
    1993 – G 29-12
    1994 – G 19-0
    1995 – G 34-28
    1996 – W 20-7
    1997 – W 14-6
    1998 – W 29-20
    1999 – W 41-13
    2000 – W 27-14
    2001 – W 38-8
    2002 – W 27-7
    2003 – G 21-14
    2004 – W 34-12
    2005 – W 35-0
    2006 – W 50-0
    2007 – W 49-6
    2008 – W 22-7
    2009 – W 42-0
    2010 – W 59-27
    2011 – NO GAME (GOSHEN PLAYED AN INDEPENDENT SCHEDULE)
    2012 – W 49-20
    2013 – W 41-7
    2014 – W 32-0
    2015 – W 31-6
    2016 – W 33-7
    2017 W 28-21
    2018 – G 14-7
    2019 – G 28-14
    SPRING 2021 – G 21-0
    FALL 2021 – W 20-7
    2022 – W 21-14
    2023 – G 18-6
    2024 – W 41-18
    2025 – G 35-26, W 29-6 (CLASS A QUARTERFINAL PLAYOFF; SPIRIT TROPHY STAYS AT GOSHEN)

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Isaac Cayetano

Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Kings of the 845

Isaac Cayetano is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Kings of the 845 (KOT845), covering Section IX football, basketball, rankings, community stories, and Hudson Valley sports culture. A football coach and longtime Section IX analyst, Isaac founded KOT845 in 2020 to create the Hudson Valley's premier sports and community media platform.

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