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Allen High junior Rushane Scott stunned his coach, Erika Smith, when he finished the 100-meter dash in 10.9 seconds on March 31. But Smith was stunned even more on April 14 when Scott clocked a 10.7 in a dual meet against Parkland. She won’t be surprised by anything else Scott…
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Read on mcall.com →Southern Lehigh seniors Justin Babich and Mike Snowden will try to lead the Spartans to another memorable Penn Relays finish at Franklin Field. Meanwhile, two first-time participants, distance runners Sam Luff of Emmaus and Tyler McCandless of Northampton, will try to achieve…
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Read on mcall.com →Arthur Perryman has probably looked down through the clouds countless times over the last 10 years to bless the people who once cheered and idolized him during his standout basketball career at East Stroudsburg High. Many of those people have refused to let memories of the…
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Read on mcall.com →Northampton senior distance runner Tyler McCandless still wants to run a personal-best in the 3,200 and to beat area rival Sam Luff of Emmaus in at least one big race this spring. Recently, McCandless signed a national letter of intent to the University of Maryland where he…
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Read on mcall.com →The first week of April is far from when you’d expect track and field athletes to be peaking. But Parkland junior Tyrone Faverey may have done just that in the high jump. The hope is that he’ll continue to improve, but it may be tough to surpass the 6 feet, 10 inches he posted…
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Read on mcall.com →Andrew Koeffer sat at the far end of the Saint Joseph’s bench Tuesday night, extremely proud to be wearing his crimson and gray uniform at Madison Square Garden. He only broke a sweat in warm-ups because he did not play in the Hawks’ National Invitation Tournament semifinal game…
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Read on mcall.com →Madison Square Garden could provide the stage for Saint Joseph’s senior guard Pat Carroll to do something Hawks junior point guard Dwayne Lee has not seen too often the last three years. And that’s a Pat Carroll dunk. “You know what? I might have seen him dunk 10 times since…
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Read on mcall.com →Freedom High officially has a new football coach and athletic director Fred Harris hopes he doesn’t eventually follow in the footsteps of the last two Patriots head coaches. But Jason Roeder, who was formally introduced as the coach to the players and media on Tuesday, doesn’t…
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Read on mcall.com →Chevon Troutman, a bruising 6-7, 240-pound University of Pittsburgh senior, has been convinced for a long time that his teammate, 7-0 Emmaus High graduate Aaron Gray, is more than just a big fella. Flying elbows and dunks by Gray in practice keep Troutman and other Panthers,…
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Read on mcall.com →Marc Holum isn’t scoring points at Air Force like he did at Saucon Valley, but at least now he’s wearing the uniform that he had to turn in last year after leaving the academy to improve his grades. He returned home to the Lehigh Valley and attended DeSales University last year,…
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Read on mcall.com →Freedom’s two-month wait for a new football coach may soon be over. According to two sources close to the Freedom football program, Jason Roeder has been offered the job. Roeder has to be approved at a Bethlehem Area School District school board Monday night before he can be…
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Read on mcall.com →Drexel senior Danny Hinds experienced the worst drive to the basket of his life Monday night. He jump-stopped and was going up for a layup when his left knee buckled. Tears quickly welled in his eyes as he dropped to the floor during the second half of a Colonial Athletic…
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Read on mcall.com →With pens in hand and wearing broad smiles, four Liberty High football players signed letters of intent with Division I-AA and Division II schools Thursday afternoon in a conference room adjacent to Liberty’s main office. Brendan Van Ackeren, who made big plays on both sides of…
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Read on mcall.com →Phillipsburg native Tom Brennan has reached a point in life where he’d rather spend his summers sailing on Lake Champlain in Vermont than recruiting players across the country for his Catamounts basketball program. Brennan, 55, announced his retirement as Vermont’s head coach on…
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Read on mcall.com →Bethlehem Catholic senior two-way tackle Matt Kushner appeared to be an unlikely Division I product before last season. He’d made just 12 tackles in two previous seasons. He had played mostly as an offensive lineman and pancake blocks are not listed on any stats sheets. But…
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Read on mcall.com →James Madison sophomore Ray Barbosa was nearly unstoppable, hitting 3-pointers with defenders breathing hard in his face, running swift on the give-and-go and back-door cuts to the basket. Drexel senior Danny Hinds was off the mark, missing five of his six attempts, including…
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Read on mcall.com →Tony Cocca had forecasted the future for Bethlehem Catholic two-way standout Kyle Newell long before Newell had even begun to assert himself on the football field. “Keep an eye on Newell,” Cocca said before the start of the 2002 season. “He’s a Division I player.” Good forecast.…
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Read on mcall.com →There are some games in which Villanova guard Jackie Adamshick is all-world — just like she was in high school when she led Central Catholic to back-to-back PIAA Class 3A titles in 2001 and 2002. Her 25-point performance in leading Villanova to a 59-54 upset of then-No. 4 Notre…
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Read on mcall.com →Jim Morgans sat in Parkland principal Rich Sniscak’s office Wednesday and said he’s made his final coaching stop. Morgans, 58, was approved Tuesday night by the Parkland school board to succeed Rob Melosky as the Trojans’ head coach. It’s his third coaching job since 1998,…
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Read on mcall.com →Opposing defensive linemen might have been more successful blocking Keith Weaver, Palisades’ massive 6-4, 320-pound senior lineman, if they had done what Pirates coach Brian Gilbert used to do in practice. “What we would do was put two guys over him and just treat them as one,”…
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Read on mcall.com →Pius X wide receiver Quintin Lopez likes to imitate his NFL idol, Randy Moss. The senior enjoyed nothing better than frustrating defensive backs, who were charged with trying to prevent him from making a big play. He would catch passes over their outstretched arms and use his…
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Read on mcall.com →Central Catholic senior David Horton probably has Vikings coach Donnie Roberts high on his Christmas list. Roberts’ decision to move Horton from running back to wide receiver as a junior has panned out wonderfully. Horton’s 51-catch, 617-yard season with five touchdowns was…
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Read on mcall.com →Pennridge High senior tailback Ryan Greiser, The Morning Call’s player of the year, received an expected honor but at an unexpected position Saturday. And Parkland’s 6-4, 310-pound, two-way standout lineman Morgan Thomas, finally got his due. Greiser and Thomas were selected to…
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Read on mcall.com →The opponents hit hard. Easton just hit harder. The opponents were often bigger. Easton never buckled. For 13 straight games, Easton just won, mostly with smashmouth offense and punishing defense, and by taking advantage of some turnover opportunities in the playoffs during…
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