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N ow that it’s known that I will be playing against the Harlem Globetrotters, it has resulted in e-mails and calls from people saying, “Don’t get dunked on” or “You had better score.” Never mind that just playing on the same court as the world-famous Globetrotters is honor…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →N ow that it’s known that I will be playing against the Harlem Globetrotters, it has resulted in e-mails and calls from people saying, “Don’t get dunked on” or “You had better score.” Never mind that just playing on the same court as the world-famous Globetrotters is honor…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →F lip a co in in the Patriot League. Lehigh, Lafayette, Bucknell, Navy and defending Patriot league champion American all have a chance to finish the regular season in first place in men’s basketball. Lehigh has the most talent, including the top freshman in C.J. McCollum. But…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The decision of where they wanted to play college football had long been made by Parkland’s Andre Williams, The Morning Call’s player of the year, and star quarterbacks Anthony Gonzalez of Liberty and Tyler Smith of Wilson. But there’s still nothing like the day of unrestrained…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh forward Zahir Carrington was already working the paint with vengeance. Then, he rocked the backboard with two dunks within one minute, five-second span in the early minutes of the second half at Stabler Arena, rousing the crowd of 3,849. That really got Carrington pumped…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh forward Zahir Carrington was already working the paint with vengeance. Then, he rocked the backboard with two dunks within one minute, five-second span in the early minutes of the second half at Stabler Arena, rousing the crowd of 3,849. That really got Carrington pumped…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →After surviving a scare, Lafayette can now get set for Lehigh. The Leopards, despite blowing a 13-point lead and committing 23 turnovers, clawed out a 61-57 victory over Bucknell Wednesday night at Kirby Sports Center. Jared Mintz, Lafayette’s talented 6-foot-8 junior forward,…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →College football has a new darling — and it’s the Temple Owls. It’s a pretty easy choice. Temple, after all, has not played in a bowl game in 30 years. That drought ends at 4:30 today when the Owls (9-3) play UCLA (6-5) in the EagleBank Bowl at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Chanelle Price won with grace and speed. She won everywhere, except the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials. But Price, the greatest female track and field athlete to ever come out of the Lehigh Valley, will likely get another chance at the Olympics in 2012. “I want to run 1:56, 1:57,”…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Jared Mintz has been smooth in the post ever since he arrived on Lafayette’s campus three years ago. On Tuesday, the 6-foot-8 Canadian unleashed his tough side, along with scoring touch, to key the Leopards’ 86-82 non-league victory over Hartford at Kirby Sports Center.…
· Andre D. Williams
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.…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Unable to gain weight and realizing that playing quarterback wasn’t in his athletic future, C.J. McCollum gave up on football and concentrated more on basketball in the eighth grade. The basketball coach at Glen Oak High in Canton, Ohio, had to love that decision because…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →No team in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference pushed the ball up the floor faster than the Kutztown men last season and that figures to be the case again. The Golden Bears, who averaged 87.7 points per game en route to a school-best 28-5 record, return senior guard…
· Andre D. Williams
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