MIDDLETOWN—The Middletown Middies won their third Erie Bell game in a row, not letting the Port Jervis Raiders score at all with a score of 42–0 at Middletown High School’s Faller Field.
From the beginning, Middletown brought an energy to the game that overpowered the shorter and more lightweight-looking Port Jervis players. Spurred on by the home crowd, Middletown’s defense smothered Port Jervis.
Middletown Middies' defenders stopping the run of a Port Jervis player by lifting him off his feet at the 138th Erie Bell game in Middletown on Sept. 9, 2016. Colin Fredericson
