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Second season begins **The Class 4A district subregional playoffs get under way tonight with four games, three of which involve LVC teams. No. 8 Nazareth meets No. 1 Easton in an LVC rematch.

Back in the 1960s Nazareth High’s football team filled up the school’s trophy case. “Back them we won championships pretty regularly,” said Easton coach Steve Shiffert, a 1969 Nazareth grad. “Nazareth was the big school. We played Wilson, Bangor, East Stroudsburg. “I think…

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Something at stake in all final weekend games **Only Allen-Dieruff meeting is without playoff implications, and that one is for pride.

All six Lehigh Valley Conference games this weekend have importance, including the Doughnut Bowl Saturday at J. Birney Crum Stadium between Allen and Dieruff. Both those teams are 0-9. All the other games have playoff implications. Central Catholic (8-1, 7-1) and Easton (8-1,…

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A lot on the line at Cottingham tonight **Easton hosts Liberty in game with huge implications. Parkland and Emmaus will also square off in an important game.

I t’s Easton vs. Liberty tonight at Cottingham Stadium in what could be the first of two meetings between the Lehigh Valley Conference powerhouses this season. They could meet again in come in the District 11-2-4 Class 4A subregional playoffs as they did in 2005 and 2006. Easton…

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Looking ahead could be very costly **With rivalry week looming and playoffs berths on the line, teams can’t afford to lose focus.

Trap games do exist in high school football. Emmaus, Easton and Liberty will try to avoid them tonight in Lehigh Valley Conference matchups that have District 11-2-4 Class 4A subregional playoff implications. Next week is the traditional rivalry showdowns, featuring Emmaus…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Intriguing logjam atop conference standings **Four LVC teams have 2-0 marks heading into a weekend of interesting matchups.

It’s Allentown vs. Bethlehem weekend and contender or pretender night in Orefield. There are also Lehigh Valley Conference matchups in Easton and Northampton that figure to be highly competitive. Easton (3-0 overall, 2-0 LVC), Central Catholic (3-0, 2-0), Nazareth (3-0, 2-0) and…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Multiple medalists are possible **Davidson, Brandon, Troxell and others could lead way at two-day meet at Whitehall.

It’s time to run fast, throw far, jump and vault high. It’s time to be better than just good. It’s time to win a District 11 track and field medal, preferably gold. Sprinters Anthony Davidson of Wilson and Bethlehem Catholic’s Tevrin Brandon are confident they’ll achieve their…

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Wilson’s Eckhart lives up to top billing ** Senior wins gold medal in PIAA 2A triple jump with best leap of 46-0. ** PIAA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Unperturbed by the wind that whipped across the field, Wilson senior Adam Eckhart raced the runway with confidence and posted the top mark in the Class 2A triple jump at the PIAA Track and Field Championships on Friday at Shippensburg University. With the gold medal already…

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Speed to Burn ** Nazareth senior sprinter Kevin Kroboth, a football player in his first year of track competition, has put up the area’s fastes sprint times.

Nazareth High senior Kevin Kroboth has had an easier time sprinting to 100- and 200-meter dash victories than he did breaking away for touchdowns during the football season. A first-year track and field athlete, Kroboth has used the dual-meet season to prove himself as a league,…

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· Andre D. Williams

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For Brant Weidner, time in NBA was all too brief ** The former Parkland High star recalls his half a season with the Spurs in 1983-84.

Aaron Gray has his first fan in Chicago, and it’s a guy who for 24 years had held the distinction of being the last Lehigh Valley athlete drafted into the NBA. Now 46 years old and with a surgically repaired left knee that prevents him from playing basketball anymore, former…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Gray waits while other big guys are picked ** The Emmaus High and University of Pittsburgh product is not one of the first 44 players taken.

Aaron Gray waited while Ohio State’s Greg Oden, Florida’s Joakim Noah, China’s Yi Jianlian and four other 7 footers were drafted into the NBA in the first and second rounds Thursday night. Gray, a 7-2 center from Emmaus High and the University of Pittsburgh, had been projected…

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Gray’s agent tempering expectations ** He and his client are OK with being drafted in the second round. ** 2007 NBA Draft – 7 tonight – ESPN

Aaron Gray is on board with draft analysts, who are predicting Ohio State’s Greg Oden and Texas’ Kevin Durant to go No. 1 and 2 in tonight’s NBA draft. “They can play basketball and they will be great,” Gray said. “They will be the No. 1 and 2 picks in the draft, let’s face it.”…

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Becahi’s Kovacs establishes state 2A record in shot ** His throw of 64-103/4 also sets L.V. mark. Miller, Fahringer capture silver.

Bethlehem Catholic’s Joe Kovacs delivered his best-ever shot put to win the Class 2A gold medal and establish a record in the PIAA Track and Field Championships Friday at Shippensburg University. Whitehall’s Andy Fahringer, in the discus, and Catasauqua pole vaulter Kyle Miller…

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After rains, athletes shine at districts ** Catasauqua’s Miller sets 2A record in boys pole vault. ** District 11 Track & Field Championships

Bothered little by the rain and dark clouds, Catasauqua junior Kyle Miller cleared 14 feet, 7 inches to establish a Class 2A record in the pole vault in the District 11 Track and Field Championships Thursday at J. Birney Crum Stadium. The height was a personal best for Miller,…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Throwers have records in sights ** Becahi’s Joe Kovacs, Whitehall’s Andy Fahringer confident. ** District 1 Boys Track

The chase is on again for Bethlehem Catholic standout thrower Joe Kovacs. Kovacs, a senior, will attempt to break the area shot put record of 62-113/4 in the District 11 Track and Field Championships. The two-day event begins at 3 p.m. today at J. Birney Crum Stadium in…

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District 11’s Scott, Fahringer set standards ** The Allen sprinter and Whitehall thrower had historic PIAA finishes. ** Boys Track

To become a state champion in the 100-meter dash, Allen’s Rushane Scott had to spend countless hours running sprints, often in the most unfavorable conditions, Whitehall’s Andy Fahringer spent as many hours tossing around a disc, javelin, and heavy steel ball. The payoffs came…

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A Whitehall first: Fahringer wins discus ** Zephyr earns school’s 1st state title; Parkland, Catty athletes medal. ** PIAA Track and Field Championships

Andy Fahringer’s mind said, “Go slow,’ but slippery conditions forced him to move faster than he wanted to in the Class 3A discus throw Friday morning at Shippensburg University. But driving rain could not prevent Fahringer from winning the event to become the first Whitehall…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Golden Hawks have a shot at PIAA gold ** They won the 2A team title in 2003 and could do it again.

Bethlehem Catholic did in 2003 what no Lehigh Valley team had ever done — win a PIAA Track and Field team title. Three years later, the Golden Hawks are boasted by a standout distance runner in Eric Yeager, a rising sprinter in Chris Carter and a top-seeded discus thrower in Joe…

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· Andre D. Williams

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Scott sweeps sprints, sets sights on states ** Allen senior wins 100 and 200, anchors the 400 and 1,600 relays. ** District 11 Track & Field Championships

Rushane Scott proved, for the second straight year, that he was the fastest sprinter at the District 11 Track and Field Championships. He did it with ease, leaving the crowd in awe as he overcame a sizable deficit in the 400-meter relay to lead Allen to a Class 3A victory at the…

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Becahi peaking at right time ** Golden Hawks hope to dominate in the 2A 1,600 and 3,200 relays. ** D-11 Boys Track Preview

Bethlehem Catholic still has speed in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, just not the best around. That’s because former Becahi standouts Brandon Carter and Eddie Scipio have graduated and the area’s fastest boys runner is Allen’s Rushane Scott, who’s been timed at 10.6 in the 100…

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Southern Lehigh rolls to Colonial title ** Seniors pace the team to win nine running events on the day. ** Colonial Boys Track

Southern Lehigh stamped its name all over Bangor Memorial Park in the Colonial League track and field championships Thursday. But winning their second straight league championship — with 163 points — was not good enough for the Spartans. They can’t wait for next Wednesday and…

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G&S; Fastening beats Ackey’s, rain to win Tournament of Champions ** The Spadt brothers combine for 16 points in the 49-45 victory. ** Summer Basketball

Brothers Dave and Doug Spadt, former Emmaus High basketball standouts, shared the same concerns as clouds darkened, light rain fell and leaves floated from trees and onto the Catasauqua Playground court Thursday. The Spadt brothers were playing for G&S; Fastening against Ackey’s…

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Eggleston races, Welsh leaps to district gold ** Speedy Eggleston helps make Becahi 3,200 relay a winner.

No more 800-meter runs for Bethlehem Catholic senior Jules Eggleston. Once was enough, so he hoped. “After I run one lap, my body shuts down,” Eggleston joked. “I’m not ready for two laps.” But it may be hard for Bethlehem Catholic coach Gary Mohylsky to grant Eggleston his…

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Pinchek living his dream ** The tough-as-nails Parkland star will be heading to Penn State as a walk-on, but he has one game left at home.

He was in the middle of a game with Emmaus High when his helmet clamped down awkwardly, resulting in a nasty gash on his face. “It was painful,” said Parkland High senior Nick Pinchek. But Pinchek finished the game and continued to play through the discomfort of the gash until…

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Becahi sets district record in 400 relay ** Hawks also win the 1,600 relay, and Carter sets a mark in the 200.

The Bethlehem Catholic 400-meter relay fell behind early, rallied to gain the lead over the next two legs and then closed with the six other anchor-leg runners looking at the back of Golden Hawks junior Brandon Carter. Carter was focused on the finish line, rousing the crowd as…

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FOR SOME, WINNING IS ROUTINE

Bob Stem, the highly successful head football coach at Bethlehem Catholic, has won 201 games in 26 seasons. Obviously, what Stem and his staff have done is working. The results, year-in and year-out prove it. Jim Morgans, the head coach of Central Catholic’s 1993 and 1998 state…

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