Kingston’s Defense Meets Lourdes’ Surge in a Week 3 Top-10 Test
Kingston is allowing 12.0 points per game. Lourdes is scoring 36.0. Friday, No. 11…
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No Room Left: Monroe-Woodbury and Minisink Meet Under Week 3 Pressure
The defending AA champion is 0-3 without Ethan Maldonado. The defending A champion has…
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17 Years to the Day: Newburgh Gets Another Shot at Cornwall
Exactly 17 years after Newburgh's last preserved-series win over Cornwall, the No. 3 Goldbacks…
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11 Week 3 Games That Can Shake Up the KOT845 Power 40
Cornwall-Newburgh, Monroe-Minisink, Kingston-Lourdes, Pine Bush-Washingtonville, the Bell Game and more: 11 Week 3 matchups…
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Week 3 Starts Thursday: What to Know Before Section IX Football Kicks Off
Week 3 of the 2026 Section IX football season starts Thursday and runs through…
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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…
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KOT845 Power 40: Middletown Holds No. 1 as Week 3 Reshapes the Board
Middletown stays No. 1, Cornwall holds No. 2, Lourdes surges into the Top 5,…
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KOT845 Week 3 Class-by-Class Rankings: A Deep Examination of Every Team
Why every Section IX team sits where it does in KOT845’s Week 3 class-by-class…
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Beyond 0–263: What It Will Take to Rebuild Poughkeepsie and Monticello Football
The 0–263 start is the symptom. KOT845 examines the coaches, athletic departments, New York…
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The Morning After: Week 2 Drew a Line Between the Unbeatens and Everyone Chasing
Middletown, Beacon, Goshen and Highland reached 3–0, Cornwall erupted for 49, Newburgh kept rolling…
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