Announcement
THE BLACK AND BLUE BOWL TROPHY GAME
This Friday night the Highland Huskies will host the Marlboro Iron Dukes in the big ‘Black and Blue Bowl’ game between two rivals that go way back to the late 1950’s in the days of the Ulster County Athletic League which turned into the Mid-Hudson Athletic League in 1980.
Football probably cannot find a better name for a rivalry, inclusive of the school colors ‘Black’ for Marlboro, and ‘Blue’ for Highland. The winner gets the trophy to safely put into its case for another year, signifying the pride and tradition of these Ulster County communities.
Marlboro has a long 13-game winning streak in this series entering this season’s contest, which commenced under first-year coach Rich Ward in 2010, followed by Brian Beck in 2018, and continuing today with coach Ryan Brooks. Highland had a good run from 2005-2009 and also through the nineties with coach Carl Relyea (1986-2015). Other Highland coaches that have contributed were Lem Atkins (1962-77), Ron Montalto (1978-79), Carl Ferraro (1980-85), John McFarland (2016-18), Joshua Tatum (2019), and currently Tom Schlappich. Let’s not forget Dennis Burkett (1974-86), Dave Onusko (1987-90), Walt Samselski (1991-1996), and Bob Koonz (1997-2009) for Marlboro. We will list several game scores going back more than 40 years for this great matchup. Anyone with more info may drop us a line at rockrich@optonline.net.
1977 – Highland 8, Marlboro 6
1978 – Marlboro def. Highland
1979 – Marlboro 30, Highland 0
1980 – Marlboro 20, Highland 16
1981 – Marlboro 12, Highland 0
1982 – Marlboro 16, Highland 8
1983 – Marlboro 28, Highland 6
1984 – Marlboro 12, Highland 0
1985 – Marlboro 20, Highland 2
1986 – Marlboro 16, Highland 15
1987 – Marlboro 8, Highland 6
1988 – Marlboro 20, Highland 0
1989 – Highland 28, Marlboro 20
1990 – Marlboro 35, Highland 6
1991 – Highland 20, Marlboro 0
1992 – Marlboro 14, Highland 0
1993 – Highland 13, Marlboro 7
1995 – Marlboro 6, Highland 0
1997 – Highland 21, Marlboro 0
1998 – Marlboro 28, Highland 14
1999 – Marlboro 42, Highland 0
2001 – Marlboro 36, Highland 0
2002 – Highland 13, Marlboro 7
2004 – Marlboro 28, Highland 14
2005 – Highland 33, Marlboro 19
2006 – Marlboro 16, Highland 12
2007 – Highland 13, Marlboro 0
2008 – Highland 21, Marlboro b6
2009 – Highland 47, Marlboro 8 … Highland 42, Marlboro 12
2010 – Marlboro 23, Highland 6 … Marlboro 29, Highland 6
2011 – Marlboro 29, Highland 7
2012 – Marlboro 34, Highland 0
2013 – Marlboro 39, Highland 28
2015 – Marlboro 62, Highland 0
2016 – Marlboro 59, Highland 3
2018 – Marlboro 60, Highland 0
2019 – Marlboro 56, Highland 3 … Marlboro 56, Highland 0
Spring 2021 – Marlboro 58, Highland 0
Fall 2021 – Marlboro 43, Highland 14
2022 – Marlboro 19, Highland 0
2023 UPDATE – Marlboro 13, Highland 0
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