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Monroe-Woodbury’s Nate Coulanges Voted High School on SI’s Top Running Back in New York State

Coulanges notched 14 TDs for the Crusaders last year

Kevin L. Smith

Monroe-Woodbury's Nate Coulanges (6) breaks away from Cornwall's Braden Murphy during a regular season game in 2024.
Monroe-Woodbury's Nate Coulanges (6) breaks away from Cornwall's Braden Murphy during a regular season game in 2024. / Patrick Oehler/Poughkeepsie Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Nate Coulanges, a senior at Monroe-Woodbury High School, has been voted High School on SI’s top running back in New York heading into the 2025 season.

Coulanges received 36.68% of the votes to take the top spot. Final poll results can be viewed here.

Last season, Coulanges recorded 1,103 rushing yards and 14 TDs for the Crusaders.

Monroe-Woodbury went 10-2 and captured its 14th Section IX title in 2024. The team fell to Corning in the state tournament.

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Kevin L. Smith
KEVIN L. SMITH

Kevin L. Smith, a Rochester (NY) native and a graduate of St. Bonaventure University, has been covering high school sports for over a decade. He started out as a freelance sportswriter in 2013. Since then, he’s held sportswriter and editor positions for newspapers in Coudersport (PA), Sayre (PA) and Oswego (NY). Smith currently covers high school sports in the Greater Syracuse Area for syracuse.com | Post-Standard, a position he’s held since 2021. You can follow him on social media @KevLSmittie. Story ideas can be sent to KLSFreelancing@outlook.com.

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