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The Moravian women’s players and coaches were presented with long stem red roses on Monday for winning the school’s first Landmark Conference title. On Friday, Moravian (25-2) will begin chase after the school’s first NCAA Division III title. The DeSales men and women, both…
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Read on mcall.com →It was a run of futility. Muhlenberg scored just one field goal over the final 5 minutes, 11 seconds and was outscored 18-2 by McDaniel in the Centennial Conference women’s championship game Sunday at Memorial Hall. Layups, jumpers, free throws were missed, some on airballs. Bad…
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Read on mcall.com →E ast S troudsburg University coach Jeff Wilson didn’t have expectations four years ago that Andy Heimbach would provide highlight-reel dunks. Heimbach, a graduate of Central Catholic, is not that type of player. But he is a shooter, the best in East Stroudsburg’s history from…
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Read on mcall.com →Moravian shared the ball with extreme pleasure and scored more than 100 points with ease. It was all about balance as six Moravian players scored in double figures in a 108-70 rout of Drew in a Landmark Conference women’s game Friday night at Johnston Hall. It was also about a…
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Read on mcall.com →Moravian shared the ball with extreme pleasure and scored more than 100 points with ease. It was all about balance as six Moravian players scored in double figures in a 108-70 rout of Drew in a Landmark Conference women’s game Friday night at Johnston Hall. It was also about a…
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Read on mcall.com →The DeSales men are not among the nation’s ranked teams in Division III, but the Bulldogs are 7-0 in the Freedom Conference and have a two-game lead with seven to play. Which means, barring a collapse, the Bulldogs will win the Freedom title again and have homecourt advantage…
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Read on mcall.com →The DeSales men are not among the nation’s ranked teams in Division III, but the Bulldogs are 7-0 in the Freedom Conference and have a two-game lead with seven to play. Which means, barring a collapse, the Bulldogs will win the Freedom title again and have homecourt advantage…
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Read on mcall.com →Can Darnell Braswell do just about everything well for DeSales? Yes, he can. He was a Division III first-team All-American last season and proved in a 67-59 DeSales non-league victory over Muhlenberg Monday night at Memorial Hall that he’s still one of the best guards in the…
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Read on mcall.com →Can Darnell Braswell do just about everything well for DeSales? Yes, he can. He was a Division III first-team All-American last season and proved in a 67-59 DeSales non-league victory over Muhlenberg Monday night at Memorial Hall that he’s still one of the best guards in the…
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Read on mcall.com →It seeme d like the Lehigh Valley’s Division II and III men’s and women’s college basketball teams could not top what they combined to accomplish during 2008-09 season. It’s still to be determined since it’s only January and it’s tough to top a season in which the DeSales men…
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Read on mcall.com →It seemed like the Lehigh Valley’s Division II and III men’s and women’s college basketball teams could not top what they combined to accomplish during 2008-09 season. It’s still to be determined since it’s only January and it’s tough to top a season in which the DeSales men…
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Read on mcall.com →The only team Kutztown could not floor with its push-it-to-the-metal style of play was Villanova. Several of the big boy Division I programs have had the same problem. So, there was no shame in Kutztown losing, 110-84 on Nov. 5. Besides, it was only a scrimmage, played at the…
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Read on mcall.com →The only team Kutztown could not floor with its push-it-to-the-metal style of play was Villanova. Several of the big boy Division I programs have had the same problem. So, there was no shame in Kutztown losing, 110-84 on Nov. 5. Besides, it was only a scrimmage, played at the…
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Read on mcall.com →Star guard Alex Chili had been silenced and Muhlenberg, ranked No. 9 by d3hoops.com, trailed rival DeSales by 15 points in the second half. The alarm clock then sounded. Chili, a sophomore who turned down Division I offers to come to Muhlenberg, got on target and stayed…
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Read on mcall.com →Star guard Alex Chili had been silenced and Muhlenberg, ranked No. 9 by d3hoops.com, trailed rival DeSales by 15 points in the second half. The alarm clock then sounded. Chili, a sophomore who turned down Division I offers to come to Muhlenberg, got on target and stayed…
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Read on mcall.com →Tonight, the Kutztown and East Stroudsburg men’s basketball teams are expected to engage in a shootout. Perhaps one for the ages, featuring the top two scoring teams in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. Kutztown averages 85.7 points and East Stroudsburg 84.5. “We’ll…
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Read on mcall.com →Tonight, the Kutztown and E ast Stroudsburg men’s basketball teams are expected to engage in a shootout. Perhaps one for the ages, featuring the top two scoring teams in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. Kutztown averages 85.7 points and East Stroudsburg 84.5. “We’ll…
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Read on mcall.com →E mily Smith dives to the floor, fearless of knee bruises, bent on getting her hands on the ball by any means. Rough pla y and intense demeanor defines the junior forward on Moravian’s women’s basketball team. Scoring points is nice and the nationally ranked Greyhounds have five…
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Read on mcall.com →Emily Smith dives to the floor, fearless of knee bruises, bent on getting her hands on the ball by any means. Rough play and intense demeanor defines the junior forward on Moravian’s women’s basketball team. Scoring points is nice and the nationally ranked Greyhounds have five…
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Read on mcall.com →The basket did not have a lid on it. It just seemed like it did on 43 of the 59 shot attempts the Muhlenberg women missed in the Scotty Wood championship game Saturday at Memorial Gymnasium. The Mules missed jumpers, short-range and far away, open as well as tightly defended.…
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Read on mcall.com →Opposing coaches wondering about the best game plan to attack the Muhlenberg men’s basketball team this season don’t have to spend much time thinking about it. Muhlenberg first-year coach Scott McClary has made it easy. The Mules have a formidable frontline of 6-foot-9 Peter…
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Read on mcall.com →The Muhlenberg women’s basketball team tips off its 2009-10 season in the Scotty Wood Tournament today ready to embark on a journey to top the 26-4 record they posted last season and advance further than the NCAA Division III Tournament’s Sweet 16. Five of the top eight scorers…
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Read on mcall.com →Five starters and 14 letterwinners are back, providing one of the most successful Division III women’s basketball coaches with a potent arsenal and high expectations that include winning the Landmark Conference title and returning to the NCAA Tournament. Moravian College, coming…
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Read on mcall.com →Tipoff to the 2008-09 men’s and women’s basketball season for Lafayette comes Friday in a doubleheader at Kirby Sports Center. On Monday night at Lafayette’s basketball media day, men’s coach Fran O’Hanlon and women’s coach Tammy Smith, shared thoughts on the upcoming season and…
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Read on mcall.com →Fresh off being named a conference’s coach of the year, Scott McClary now has the job he’s long dreamed of holding. A former Muhlenberg College assistant men’s basketball coach, McClary was named Dave Madeira’s successor on Friday. Madeira retired on March 10 after completing…
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Read on mcall.com →Twenty-two years ago, Dave Madeira made a bold pitch to become the head men’s basketball coach at Muhlenberg College. And it came with a promise that Madeira made sure he never broke. It’s a story that Madeira proudly told Tuesday night, hours after announcing to his players…
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Read on mcall.com →The Kutztown men are back in the NCAA Division II basketball tournament for the first time since 1988, and hope to stick around for a while. In Division III, the DeSales men and Muhlenberg women have reached the “Sweet 16” and hope to continue playing on. The Golden Bears,…
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Read on mcall.com →For spring break entertainment the Muhlenberg women’s team gets to take a 430-mile bus trip to Brunswick, Maine, for at least one NCAA Division III tournament game Friday. “Outside of maybe going to Alaska, I’m not sure if there is a place farther away that they would not want…
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Read on mcall.com →The DeSales men’s and women’s basketball teams, the Muhlenberg and Moravian women’s teams, are all NCAA Division III Tournament-bound. The DeSales men and women and Muhlenberg women earned automatic berths by winning their conference tournaments over the weekend. The Moravian…
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Read on mcall.com →Hold nothing back, finish strong. That was the message from Muhlenberg coach Ron Rohn to his players with less than two minutes remaining in the Centennial Conference championship game Sunday afternoon at Memorial Hall. Erin McSherry, the 6-foot-1 senior center, then made a…
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Read on mcall.com →The Muhlenberg College women achieved Centennial Conference perfection. It wasn’t easy. Deadlocked 65-65 with Ursinus in the final seconds last Saturday, freshman guard Alexandra Chili drilled a 3-pointer that lifted the Mules to a 68-65 road win and became the first team to go…
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Read on mcall.com →Women’s college basketball is at its all-time best in the Lehigh Valley this winter and Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan hopes his city will bank on Lehigh’s success. The Patriot League women’s basketball tournament, hosted by Lehigh, is March 7-8 at Stabler Arena, and will be…
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Read on mcall.com →There’s nothing like handling your own business. Muhlenberg could have lost its final two regular-season games and still backed into the Centennial Conference playoffs. But the prospect of that did not sit well with the Mules, who relied on balanced scoring and perfect…
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Read on mcall.com →It’s imaginable to go undefeated in conference play. It just doesn’t happen too often on any level in college basketball. Which is why the Muhlenberg women, 16-0 in Centennial Conference play, are determined to win at Dickinson tonight and at Ursinus on Saturday to close out the…
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Read on mcall.com →DeSales and Muhlenberg took breaks away from conference play to compete against each other in a non-league game Monday night in Center Valley. But it was no breather for either team. It was a physical, heart-stopping game that wasn’t decided until the final 10 seconds. DeSales’…
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Read on mcall.com →DeSales guard Darnell Braswell got mad. Then, he turned mean. He drove hard, he defended harder, and from end-to-end on the court his facial expression and physical play told the tale of a player unwilling to lose to Muhlenberg on Monday night. Best of all for DeSales, Braswell…
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Read on mcall.com →February essentially is the nitty-gritty time of the college basketball season. Every game carries significantly more magnitude than the previous one. Every win enhances NCAA Tournament aspirations and top seeding possibilities for teams who are nationally ranked, including the…
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Read on mcall.com →Cedar Crest College is now on the Division III national basketball map and has developed marketing schemes to try to bring more fans to tiny Less Gymnasium in West Allentown. Thursday night, the Falcons promoted their Colonial States Athletic Conference home game against…
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Read on mcall.com →The drive from Hellertown to East Stroudsburg University never seems that long to Warriors coach Jeff Wilson. It’s something he has enjoyed. “I’ve found whether it’s going to work or coming home from work it’s a good time to get some reflection done,” said Wilson, who’s in his…
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Read on mcall.com →DeSales University senior forward Matt Zwetolitz doesn’t focus on just one game or one season. That would be too shortsighted and Zwetolitz has been taught better. “My high school coach, Jerry Radocha, taught me to go beyond basketball,” Zwetolitz said on Tuesday at the Lehigh…
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Read on mcall.com →Moravian women’s coach Mary Beth Spirk walked out of the locker room Saturday afternoon at Johnston Hall, a bouquet of roses in her hand and a big smile on her face. She’s now a member of the 400-win club. Sparked by tenacious end-to-end play, Moravian ousted Landmark Conference…
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Read on mcall.com →Brian Hunter is back to running the break, slashing down the lane and playing the type of quality minutes he never got the opportunity to play at Lehigh last season. But Hunter transferred to DeSales, a Division III program that appears to be a much better fit for the 6-foot-3…
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Read on mcall.com →Lauren Boyle, a senior guard who can shoot from the outside and drive to the basket with equal effectiveness, and shot-blocking 6-foot-1 senior center Erin McSherry are back to help lead the Muhlenberg women. The good news for both is that they also have a talented and…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg men’s coach Dave Madeira has an experienced team that includes five starters and nine lettermen back. Sounds like a title contender, huh? “Our schedule is tougher this year and a lot of the teams in our league return most of their starters, too,” Madeira said.…
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Read on mcall.com →The house belonged to Matthew Riddle on Wednesday night at the Palmerton Hotel. It’s like that when you are a star in the making, which the bold and brass Riddle appeared to be in his debut fight in “The Ultimate Fighter 7” series on Spike TV. A packed house cheered, hugged and…
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Read on mcall.com →DeSales didn’t have to pack its bags for the opening two rounds of the NCAA Division III women’s tournament. But the Bulldogs need to prepare those the suitcases now. Sensational junior guards LeighAnn Burke and Kim Rarick helped see to that against Salem (Mass.) State in a…
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Read on mcall.com →A game of one tenacious defensive stop after another got final separation on a 3-point from the corner by DeSales junior Kim Rarick that bounced once, twice and then hung on the rim before falling through the nets. You can call it a lucky bounce, but it was just a good player…
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Read on mcall.com →Here’s another good news/bad news situation. The DeSales and Muhlenberg women won their conference tournaments to earn automatic NCAA Division III Tournament bids. That’s the good news. The bad news is that DeSales (24-3), champion of the Freedom Conference, has to play…
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Read on mcall.com →It was a Monday filled with elation for the Muhlenberg women, surprise for the Moravian men and disappointment for the DeSales men’s and women’s teams. The NCAA Division III Selection Committee has a history of making decisions that leave coaches and players from around the…
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Read on mcall.com →Losing the final regular season game is not good for any team hoping to enter the playoffs with momentum. But the Moravian men, who were routed 82-60 by Landmark Conference foe Scranton on Saturday, will get a chance to bounce back on their home court. The second-seeded…
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Read on mcall.com →Erin McSherry’s life is full of hustle and bustle. The center on the Muhlenberg College women’s basketball team experiences the hustle and bustle that is part of daily life in New York City while working there twice a week as an intern for contemporary fashion designer Susan…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg backup center Bethany Enterline played only one minute against Dickinson in the first half Wednesday night. But she made up for it in the second half, scoring seven points in a key stretch that helped the Mules pull away from a one-point game and eventually down pesky…
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Read on mcall.com →Couldn’t make it off your high school team’s bench to get playing time but still want to play college basketball? Don’t worry, Northampton Community College women’s coach Art Wolfe may have a spot for you on his team. And it’s not riding the pine. Wolfe, who finished his 19th…
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Read on mcall.com →Channon Easley may have been overlooked by Division I college basketball recruiters. But four years into his career at D-II East Stroudsburg, Easley is not complaining. His coach, Jeff Wilson, is thrilled to have worked with the agile, 6-8 forward, who has proved himself to be…
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Read on mcall.com →Fred Richter has never coached on the Division I level, but he’s learned a lot from the legendary Bobby Knight, who resigned Monday at Texas Tech, ending his illustrious 42-year coaching career. Richter, the DeSales women’s coach, prescribed years ago to Knight’s defensive…
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Read on mcall.com →Darrell Roth quit the Muhlenberg College football team following his freshman year, determined to earn a spot on the Mules’ varsity basketball team. It didn’t immediately happen. Instead, the former Nazareth High two-sport athlete played on the Mules’ junior varsity team as a…
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Read on mcall.com →The odds are stacked against the Cedar Crest College women’s team winning more than a game each season. The Falcons are a Division III program that has posted a 5-115 record in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference this decade, which includes 0-16 records in league play in…
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Read on mcall.com →Perfection on the basketball court is hard to achieve, which is why DeSales junior Kim Rarick chose to give her team a “B” as a midseason grade. The Bulldogs, under veteran coach Fred Richter, are 11-3 and considered a contender for the Freedom Conference championship. “Nobody…
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Read on mcall.com →If you are a local player, have game and can’t seem to obtain a Division I scholarship, don’t worry. East Stroudsburg coach Jeff Wilson can probably find a spot for you on his Division II team. And not just to work hard in practice and then ride the bench on game night. No,…
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Read on mcall.com →There’s nothing better than a point guard who thrives on setting up his teammates for baskets instead of trying to fill up the scorebook with his own points. DeSales senior guard Eddie Ohlson is just 5-8 but he’s the Bulldogs’ most valuable player because of his passing skills…
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Read on mcall.com →Chris Earley grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds, Ryan Miller hit some hard-to-believe shots, and their teammates followed perfect suit as Moravian routed Muhlenberg 67-52 Thursday night at Johnston Hall. It was a case of the hot staying hot as Moravian (8-2) extended its winning…
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Read on mcall.com →Parkland junior wide receiver Jaleel Clark was unstoppable, gracefully and effortlessly racing downfield to make tough catches and score touchdowns. Easton senior Jarred Holley once again played the role of lockdown defensive back, Liberty senior Brendan Beal was a hard-hitting…
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Read on mcall.com →Parkland coach Jim Morgans is a former offensive tackle and nose guard from Louisiana College who describes himself as having been just an average player. The same cannot be said of his coaching. He won two PIAA Class 3A titles in an eight-year span at his alma mater, Central…
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Read on mcall.com →Parkland head coach Jim Morgans and his top assistant coaches, Tom Filipovits and John Quinn, have been coaching together longer than any of the Trojan players have been alive. They’ve had so much success together that parting ways would be difficult. “I never think about it…
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Read on mcall.com →Forget about trying to figure out the Muhlenberg College women until they’ve played at least 13 games. That’s a change from coach Ron Rohn’s previous six seasons, during which he knew early on what he’d have — either a run-and-gun team or a team that ballhawks and wins more with…
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Read on mcall.com →The Muhlenberg College men had one of the more memorable finishes in school history last season. The Mules had to win their final five regular-season games to clinch the fifth and final spot in the Centennial Conference playoffs. They did just that, but lost to Gettysburg 60-51…
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Read on mcall.com →The Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division III South tournament is the equivalent of the Division I NIT and WNIT tournaments. But that doesn’t mean that the games will be any less intense for the DeSales men’s and the Moravian women’s teams, who accepted ECAC playoff…
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Read on mcall.com →The Muhlenberg men’s team finished 9-9 again in Centennial Conference play and in fifth place for the second straight season, which seems like the Mules did not make an improvement. But records don’t always tell the story, especially this tale of a Mules team that went from…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg’s Tom Scott couldn’t be stopped on drives, capping off his final game at Memorial Hall with one huge basket after another Thursday night. His final bucket was the best, a breakaway two-handed dunk for the exclamation point in the Mules’ come-from-behind, 91-84…
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Read on mcall.com →Chris Huber was spoiled when he was at Parkland High. That’s because Huber, now a senior shooting guard at Muhlenberg College, had the perfect point guard in Eddie Ohlson, who’s a junior at DeSales University. Back at Parkland, all Huber had to do was get open and Ohlson was…
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Read on mcall.com →Every offensive possession for Muhlenberg College seemed like a grueling task against Dickinson Tuesday night at Memorial Hall. But that wasn’t surprising. Dickinson, which has the fourth-ranked scoring defense among NCAA Division III women, drives its opponents insane with…
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Read on mcall.com →You’ve probably heard of Michael Jordan coming out of retirement, Evander Holyfield repeatedly leaving his rocking chair to return to the ring, and Brett Favre declining to retire. But they are professional athletes. Alyssa Antolick, a former 1,000-point scorer at Bethlehem…
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Read on mcall.com →Going head-to-head with Villanova coach Jay Wright or any other Division I coach for a recruit would not appear to be all that enjoyable for Kutztown University coach Bernie Driscoll. After all, Kutztown is a Division II school, while Villanova competes in the Big East…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg College has provided incredible experiences for Meghan Courtney, who has gone from a small-town farm girl to a basketball star and one of the most diverse students on campus. That’s why the mere mention of graduation brings a tear or two to her eyes. Courtney has…
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Read on mcall.com →There is no alarm clock that rings in a player’s ear, setting off a reaction that leads to more upbeat play, more points, and essentially the type of charge that leads a team to victory. But something inside clicks, like it did for Muhlenberg guard Lauren Boyle Thursday night as…
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Read on mcall.com →Before March Madness there is “February Tightness” as the chase to make it to the NCAA Tournament intensifies across the country. That’s in all Divisions — I, II, and III. Some teams live for the pressure, but there’s a long list of teams that cannot handle the heat. But the…
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Read on mcall.com →Debate continues as to whether college women’s basketball teams should be allowed to use male practice players. It probably wouldn’t be that much of a big deal now, if it were not for the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics calling for ban on male practice players in December.…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg senior Chris Pothering and Moravian junior Megan Kocon aren’t too concerned about their statistics. Just playing their role and contributing as much as possible is good enough for them. “I look at basketball right now and I just love having the outlet, having the…
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Read on mcall.com →Moravian College men’s coach Jim Walker has long been a part of the 300 club. “You mean 300 wins or 300 losses,” Walker said with a laugh. “I think I might be in both,” he added. Walker is 366-326 in 28 seasons, all but one of which has been at Moravian. He went 15-10 in his…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg women’s coach Rohn closed out 2006 with the area’s only undefeated team, but also with the same concern as all the other Division II and III coaches. And that concern was whether or not his team could be wrinkle free in its first game of 2007. He got his answer on…
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Read on mcall.com →DeSales junior Phil Stricker waited until money time to go to the bank Tuesday night. Stricker, who was bothered by foul trouble throughout the game, opened up and scored all eight of his points in the final five minutes to help lift DeSales to a 71-63 non-league win over…
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Read on mcall.com →Ryan Miller appears on the cover of the Moravian men’s basketball program book and he’s proven, through 10 games, exactly why he was selected. He’s the Greyhounds’ scoring leader at 13.9 points per game. He has also become a better ball handler and distributer. But Miller, a…
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Read on mcall.com →Ron Rohn is winning at a faster rate than any past Muhlenberg coaches, and sometime next season, he’ll be the school’s all-time winningest coach. It took Tammy Smith, now coaching at Lafayette, seven seasons to win 113 games at Muhlenberg. Smith also lost 68 games during her…
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Read on mcall.com →More players have the freedom to shoot away at Muhlenberg this season. That’s what comes with experience, which the Mules certainly have with eight seniors back for its largest senior class in 25 years. In all, 84.8 percent of the offense has returned, which has created optimism…
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Read on mcall.com →For Jason Donnelly, the gut-wrenching final seconds of Villanova’s NCAA Tournament game against Arizona last Sunday night were nothing compared to the final days of his mother’s life. But the mentally tough way he reacted to both was the same. That’s because Donnelly,…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh coach Billy Taylor hopes his season isn’t over, that the Mountain Hawks’ 19-12 record puts them in contention for a National Invitational Tournament bid. It’s nice to hope and it would certainly be a major boost for the Patriot League’s profile if Lehigh received a…
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Read on mcall.com →The Muhlenberg and Moravian women’s basketball teams have experienced enthusiasm like never before this week. They both hope to create even more excitement as NCAA Division III tournament play opens today. Muhlenberg, owner of a school-record 25 wins with just two defeats, meets…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg, the Centennial Conference women’s champion, and Moravian, the Commonwealth Conference runner-up, will both begin NCAA Division III tournament play in Virginia on Friday. The coaches from both schools can’t wait to hit the road. And the players? “I think kids have to…
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Read on mcall.com →Lauren Boyle’s adrenaline was still running high, so much so that the Muhlenberg freshman was thinking about what big play she could make next. Within seconds of that thought, however, Boyle was swarmed by her teammates. “Sometimes you don’t know that the game is over, but…
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Read on mcall.com →There’s little doubt that Lehigh and Bucknell have a heated rivalry, especially since six of the last eight meetings have been decided by five points or less. You’d expect the fans, those who are loyal, to be more jacked up than normal when the two Patriot League teams meet. The…
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Read on mcall.com →Frank Scagliotta has his high school football coaching dream job. It’s at his alma mater, Bangor, where Scagliotta was an all-state basketball player and state long jump medalist in track and field in the 1960s. The Bangor School Board unanimously approved Scagliotta as the…
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Read on mcall.com →This is the week that college basketball players dream about, and it’s when coaches really earn their pay. This is a week for all fans to enjoy, at the Division I, II and III levels. On of the biggest games will involve the area’s hottest men’s team. Lehigh (18-9, 11-1) will try…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg senior Kristen Piscadlo has always enjoyed setting up her teammates, either with a dribble move and pass, or with something more sizzling, such as a pinpoint pass in transition. Whatever it has taken to get the job done, Piscadlo has delivered passes better than any…
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Read on mcall.com →Kutztown senior Bruce Hall was a breakaway running back before he switched over to basketball in the eighth grade and started beating everybody down court to score fastbreak layups. “I’ve always been fast,” Hall said. “That’s always been one of my advantages.” Moravian junior…
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Read on mcall.com →“February Madness” has arrived for local teams at DeSales, Moravian and Muhlenberg. That’s because playoff seeds and berths are on the line. The DeSales women (14-9, 8-4) will have their chance to punch a Freedom Conference playoff ticket with a road victory over Delaware Valley…
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Read on mcall.com →The centers proved why they were hyped as the main attraction in the non-league meeting between Muhlenberg and DeSales Monday night at Memorial Hall. Muhlenberg’s Jeff Stewart muscled inside and scored. DeSales’ Phil Stricker worked free down low or on the baseline, turned and…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh University coach Billy Taylor is contending for his third Patriot League coach of the year honor in four years. That’s because Lehigh is once again contending for the league title, entering this week 7-1 in league play, just 11/2 games behind Bucknell. Taylor does not…
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Read on mcall.com →The 61st meeting between the Moravian and Muhlenberg women didn’t lack intensity. It showed with every flying elbow, every hard scrap for a rebound, and every dive for a loose ball. Muhlenberg finally won the battle 66-59, sealing the non-conference victory on two big plays by…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh men will get another shot at Bucknell Feb. 22 in Lewisburg, and that could be for a first-place tie in the Patriot League. Bucknell finished the first-half of league play 7-0 — with Lehigh at 6-1 and wishing that shots had fallen a different way when the Bison visited…
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Read on mcall.com →The Muhlenberg women clawed hard at the ball inside the paint and on the perimeter. They moved their feet swiftly, cutting off penetration, forcing Dickinson to get rattled and fire up off-balanced shots in the first half of Tuesday night’s game at Memorial Hall. The tenacious…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh’s student fans have a chance to prove that they are more loyal than fairweather Wednesday night. They have a chance to get rowdy and become a more effective “sixth man.” They have chance to prove that Stabler Arena is a place you need to bring earplugs to rather than a…
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Read on mcall.com →Courtney Porzio used to practice free throws and jump shots at a park near her home in Lehighton, often later than her parents would have preferred. In three seasons at Cedar Crest College, the 5-6 senior guard has proved that extra practice can pay off. Last Saturday against…
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Read on mcall.com →Bruce Hall’s talent as a scorer wasn’t being maximized at Cheyney University, so he transferred to Kutztown and is now having a high-scoring senior season. His passion for the game remained high even after he averaged just 10.6 points and 3.0 rebounds in two seasons at Cheyney,…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg senior Stephanie Coluccini, who has already interned at Columbia and Universal Records, would like to do promotional work in radio and television after graduating. If she works as hard in the work force as she does on the court, Mules coach Ron Rohn believes she’ll be…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg coach Dave Madeira knows a Division I player when he sees one, and his eyes lit up when he first saw Lehigh junior guard Jose Olivero catch the ball, turn and bury a 3-pointer with such ease on Wednesday night. Not just once, not just twice but five times in Lehigh’s…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh’s weakness in the low post was exposed by a Muhlenberg player who probably could start for most Patriot League schools — including Lehigh. But the hard banging and soft shooting touch of Jeff Stewart wasn’t enough to help the Mules upset the Mountain Hawks Wednesday at…
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Read on mcall.com →The Lehigh men and women closed out 2005 by losing non-league games at Stabler Arena on Friday, but they cannot afford to dwell on those setbacks as they prepare for Patriot League play. And fresh starts. They have final tune-ups in doubleheader action Wednesday at Stabler. The…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehighton running back Robbie Frey often ran by, and away from, linemen during a 2,000-yard season. Central Catholic offensive lineman Chris Waldron bowled over opposing linemen, and as a result, exceeded his own expectations in helping to clear the way for an offense that…
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Read on mcall.com →Bob Goffredo was on the sidelines waiting to be transported to the hospital in his last high school football game, an all-star classic at Catasauqua in 1982. But he was cognizant enough to know the outcome. “Yeah, we won,” said Goffredo, now the Pius X football coach. “The boys…
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Read on mcall.com →John Carelli doesn’t worry about the stares he often gets from more-imposing athletes, the ones he has to compete against in the high jump. He just does his thing. Often, that’s win. He’s just 6-feet tall, and many of the athletes the Parkland High junior has beaten in the long,…
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Read on mcall.com →Teams that make postseason runs in March usually start to play harder and smarter and win more convincingly at this time of the season. Lafayette has done that in its last two Patriot League games. Teams that have short runs in March usually do what Lehigh has done over its last…
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Read on mcall.com →Saint Joseph’s is making another run at the NCAA Tournament. And the Hawks don’t even control Philadelphia. But that’s the beauty of college basketball because rankings and computers do not determine a team’s fate. Saint Joe’s (12-9) can advance to the “Big Dance” for the third…
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Read on mcall.com →Bucknell coach Pat Flannery did not allow his spirits to be dampened after losing to Lehigh 57-54 on a Joe Knight 3-pointer at the buzzer Sunday at Stabler Arena. Flannery had missed three games because of an undisclosed medical condition. He hated being out, hated not having to…
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Read on mcall.com →Drexel University senior Danny Hinds is not about to let a fractured left wrist keep him out of the Dragons’ starting lineup. He’s worked too hard to get into it, so he’s not about to let discomfort in his non-shooting hand spoil his last season. Besides, Drexel coach Bruiser…
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Read on mcall.com →Villanova’s non-league schedule had been nothing to boast about, except for games against Big 5 rivals Temple and Pennsylvania. But Saturday, the Wildcats took a break from from the Big East to play second-ranked Kansas at the Wachovia Center. There wasn’t supposed to be…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh’s Patriot League opponents are not having many good nights trying to contain Mountain Hawks junior guard Joe Knight. The 6-1 transfer from High Point University has turned into a clutch late-game performer, hitting the game-winning shot with 25.4 seconds left in a 56-53…
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Read on mcall.com →The excitement is slowly returning to Navy basketball. Though the Midshipmen’s 4-9 start has included a 75-69 loss to Division III Gettysburg on Dec. 18 in Annapolis, first-year coach Billy Lange is not discouraged. A stale offense was the main reason the Midshipmen compiled a…
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Read on mcall.com →The Muhlenberg College men’s basketball team has felt lost for a couple years. Losing seasons can cause disarray. The Mules had made the Centennial Conference tournament 12 straight years, but have now missed it two straight seasons. Last season, they went 8-17, the first time…
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Read on mcall.com →The Muhlenberg College women’s team probably won’t come close to any 30-second shot-clock violations. The Mules will push the ball upcourt and shoot from any distance, and won’t worry about being pulled from the game if they miss. They may make their opponents dizzy trying to…
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Read on mcall.com →When Muhlenberg reflects on Saturday’s Homecoming game with Franklin & Marshall in Allentown, it can find plenty of reasons for its 15-10 defeat. Although tight end Derek DiMattina was tackled by three Diplomat defenders at the 4-yard line as time expired, it was not one of…
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Read on mcall.com →Ever been hit by a brick? In his confused state, wobbly Kings Point wideout Peter Belford may have thought he had been after he was leveled and had his helmet knocked off by Muhlenberg inside linebacker Mark Bennett in the third quarter Saturday afternoon. The hit forced a…
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Read on mcall.com →American University advanced to its third straight Patriot League Tournament championship game with a victory 65-55 over Colgate on Sunday. But the Eagles would have felt cheated had Lehigh not also won. That’s because the Eagles’ two regular-season losses to Lehigh remain sore…
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Read on mcall.com →Danny Hinds was one of the many Drexel players disappointed with Saturday’s 76-64 loss at Delaware, which prevented the Dragons from clinching first place in the Colonial Athletic Conference. But Hinds, a 6-6 junior forward from Central Catholic, also knows how to look past the…
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Read on mcall.com →Temple assistant coach Mark Macon and college basketball analyst Digger Phelps, a former coach at Notre Dame, both need to get up to speed with what Saint Joseph’s has done this season. That would help keep both from putting their feet in their mouths as the No. 2-ranked Hawks…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College coach Fran O’Hanlon couldn’t have been more correct Saturday when he said, “We haven’t won anything yet.” O’Hanlon was responding to Holy Cross coach Ralph Willard’s statement that he had picked Lafayette to win the Patriot League title. Lafayette (18-5) beat…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College’s bid for a 14-0 regular-season record in the Patriot League ended with the Leopards’ 85-77 loss to Colgate on Friday in Hamilton, N.Y. But the the Leopards’ hope to win the league’s regular-season and tournament titles remains alive. Even if Lafayette coach…
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Read on mcall.com →Andrew Koefer was no star at Allentown Central Catholic and may never experience more than a few minutes playing time in college. But he will not complain. In fact, he believes that he is living out a dream as a freshman walk-on at No. 3-ranked Saint Joseph’s. His dream world,…
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Read on mcall.com →There are arenas that are great because of their style, seating capacity, or crowd noise. Lafayette College’s Kirby Sports Center is not exactly a state-of-the-art facility. It lacks the pizzazz of other venues because of its lack of theater-type seating and has a seating…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh University now has a fun-and-gun offense, led by guards Austen Rowland and Jose Olivero, that is entertaining and producing winning results. Maybe it’s a taste of what’s to come in future years under Billy Taylor, the second-year coach who now sports a 25-18 record after…
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Read on mcall.com →The picture painted of the Lafayette College women’s basketball program over the last two seasons has been ugly. The images of back-to-back 3-25 seasons will do that. It was a devastating experience for coach Tammy Smith, who had never endured a losing season before coming to…
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Read on mcall.com →The Allentown Sports Festival’s Web site had 44,955 hits from July 1 to July 13 last year. “The athletes go on the Web a lot,” said SportsFest chairman Ray Atiyeh, adding, “And we have a pretty good webmaster [Kathy Moyer]. She lists all the winners, even from past years. It’s…
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Read on mcall.com →Coaching on the big-time level has brought big-time thrills to former Lafayette College assistant coach Pat Brogan, who is in his first season as an assistant coach at Penn State. But Brogan has not forgotten the eight seasons he spent coaching at Lafayette, a period that ended…
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Read on mcall.com →It’s not surprising that the Muhlenberg College men received 11 first-place votes in the coaches’ pre-season Centennial Conference poll. The Mules have won or shared the title eight out of the last nine years. However, those votes may have been based more on reputation than on…
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Read on mcall.com →The Muhlenberg College women are ready to run and shoot 3’s, and use their pressure defense to force turnovers that lead to more points. They have that much energy, that much depth, and a second-year coach in Ron Rohn who plans to use a system called, “organized chaos.” Fasten…
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Read on mcall.com →They were searching for answers, looking for a win, and despite periods of sloppiness, the defending United States Basketball League champion Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs achieved their goal. Being pretty had won them nothing in three previous games, so in their home opener the…
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Read on mcall.com →Off to the side, Mark Lesko stood. Other players were loafing around, some were showboat dunking, throwing the ball off the back wall inside the Lehigh Carbon Community College gymnasium, catching it and then jamming. Others were swishing jumpers from way out. But some of those…
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Read on mcall.com →Welcome back, Ray Herman. Freedom High, good choice. A legend is back at the head of a track and field program three years after being disloyally treated at Easton, the program he built into a PIAA power over his 31 years there. “I’m just as excited as when I was 25,” Herman…
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Read on mcall.com →You have to know that the United States Basketball League is all about giving unsuspecting players a chance to play professionally when a former towel boy is drafted by the defending league champion. Good thing it was in the seventh round, 61st pick overall that the Pennsylvania…
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Read on mcall.com →The marketing department at Lehigh University would probably have some fun promoting the men’s basketball program, perhaps billing it as “chocolate delight,” if the man formerly known as “Chocolate Thunder” is hired as the school’s next head coach. Don’t laugh. This is serious.…
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Read on mcall.com →Pat Brogan played as a freshman at Lafayette College in the mid-1980s, then got cut the next season. Now, he’s Fran O’Hanlon’s top assistant coach at Lafayette. If a similar pattern follows at Lehigh, then Brogan will end up being the Engineers’ next head men’s basketball coach.…
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Read on mcall.com →The first losing season in the coaching career of Lafayette’s Tammy Smith came to a lopsided conclusion Friday. The last drubbing of the Leopards in a 3-25 season was capped off with a 71-48 loss to top-seeded Holy Cross (22-6) in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League…
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Read on mcall.com →I stopped by Lafayette College’s Kirby Sports Center on Monday and was amazed at the skinny kid with the braids gliding effortlessly through the air, doing windmill dunks and several other impressive slams. It was Leopards sophomore Winston Davis. I said to myself: “Why is this…
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Read on mcall.com →Billy McCaffrey should get out his notepad and scribble down a few things from Kort Wickenheiser, mostly about details of how to move up in the college basketball coaching ranks as an assistant coach before becoming the man in charge. Sometimes the game really is about paying…
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Read on mcall.com →Now the man with the baby face looks back at those snowy days in Whitehall when his dreams ran wild along with his older brother, NFL star Eddie McCaffrey of the Denver Broncos. But unlike “Easy Ed,” the now 29-year-old Billy McCaffrey, often thought about playing pro basketball…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette has been close. Really close to Miami of the Big East in the second half on Saturday. The Leopards also led Penn State by 13 points in the first half last Wednesday. The two road games ended in defeats, 75-66 to Penn State and 79-69 to Miami. Lafayette beat Albany,…
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Read on mcall.com →Allentown Central Catholic graduate Danny Marakovits and Parkland High product Brad Szalachowski turned cheek on what other people thought and used hearts that are actually larger than their abilities to make the rosters of Division I teams as walk-ons. Right now, Marakovits, a…
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Read on mcall.com →The major topic of discussion when Kutztown redshirt freshman Rob Flowers gets together with his cousins during the holidays is football. They have so much to share since most of them play or have played college football in the past. Most of them, though, didn’t have to play…
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Read on mcall.com →The shot blazed ahead, bringing some fans from their cold seats and holding players on the field not involved with the play at a standstill. But Emmaus goalie Kyle Grim did not stay frozen. He turned quickly, leaped into the air and got a hand on the ball that had been rapidly…
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Read on mcall.com →So far, both have carried their weight and deflated their opponents to carry 3-0 records into their most challenging regular-season games. Oh, to be a player at Muhlenberg or Moravian. All has gone so right, yet all can become so much better. All both have to do is subdue…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg defensive end David Jones had an idea how the Franklin & Marshall defense probably felt following the Air McCabe/Carter show Saturday in West Allentown. Obviously, it wasn’t good after after surrendering 501 net yards an average of 6.96 yards per play and giving up…
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