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Eddie Scipio, the fastest of the Bethlehem Catholic High sprinters, enthusiastically raised his voice after winning his fourth gold medal in the District 11 Class 2A championships a week ago and proclaimed, “We’re on the map in track and field.” Not just as a dot, either. Four…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →They made winning their races look as easy as blowing out candles on a cake. Congratulations, however, for these District 11 track and field champions, were awarded in other ways. First, with the cheers of parents, coaches, teammates, and of course, admiring fans. Then with…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →A lot has been expected of Bethlehem Catholic three-sport star Eddie Scipio this track season. So far, the senior has handled the pressure well. That was again the case in the District 11 Class 2A track and field championships Thursday at Blue Mountain High. Scipio, appearing…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The promise made to win a state track and field championship in the 100-meter dash by Parkland High sprinter Lee Riley to his mother, Sandra, while she lay in a coma at Hershey Medical Center in March, is one the junior said he will stop at nothing to accomplish. His mother died…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Now it’s time to run faster, throw further, and jump higher as the District 11 Class 3A and 2A track and field championships draw closer. “You don’t need much to motivate the kids now,” said Easton coach Frank Messa. Indeed, they now must “just do it.’ Even those who have been…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Allentown A’s youth football organization probably doesn’t know it, but the return of one of the Lehigh Valley’s most popular recreational events could eventually lead to the A’s home field at Bucky Boyle Park receiving a much-needed manicure. If it happens, members of the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Winning the Colonial League track and field championship in the 1,600-meter run was basically a given for Southern Lehigh’s Tim Erickson before he even stepped onto the all-weather surface at Bangor Memorial Park Friday. Even with an injured right knee. But Erickson’s runaway…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The answer to the most intriguing question of the scholastic track and field season, “Who has been dedicated enough to win a state title,” will be revealed over the next two weeks. For now, most people in District 11 know that Freedom junior Beth Crocus has a serious shot at…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →A freak pre-race injury left one of the area’s top girl sprinters bruised in the face and woozy despite about a 10-minute period to recover. Danielle Lattimore of Easton was nowhere near her blazing self in the girls 400-meter finals in Wednesday’s Mountain Valley Conference…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Parkland senior Erin Cadden could not wait to exchange her track cleats for dancing shoes Tuesday following the Mountain Valley Conference track and field championships at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium. The anxiety seemed reasonable, considering that Cadden had…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →He is the idol of so many kids in the South Side of Bethlehem. They want to go to Liberty High and become standout athletes just like him. He is a product of the Bethlehem Saints, the youth program where he gained his early football stripes as a small, but fast and elusive…
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Read on mcall.com →A handful of the top athletes in District 11 have realistic shots at winning PIAA track and field gold medals. To actually accomplish the task, an athlete must first check any case of bad nerves at the front gate of Seth Grove Stadium at Shippensburg University over Memorial Day…
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Read on mcall.com →Not enough people around District 11 probably know about the speed of Parkland sophomore Steve Stern and Lehighton senior Katie Grant. Start paying attention. Stern and Grant legitimized their claims as two of the area’s top sprinters with victories in the 100-, 200- and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Bethlehem Catholic’s Eddie Scipio, Fred Rice, Brandon Carter and Maurice Simmons have memories from the 108th Penn Relays they will be able to savor the rest of their lives. And for good reason. They ran faster than any team in The Morning Call’s circulation area has ever run in…
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Read on mcall.com →Ebony Barbosa of Allen and Erin Lentz of Emmaus both went to the Crimson Tide Invitational at Pottsville High last Friday expecting nothing big. Like winning. That mindest, however, wasn’t because of a lack of confidence. The field that both competed in was top notch, with…
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Read on mcall.com →Nadine Keller’s school teachers at Northampton Junior High School do not have to worry about athletics taking away Keller’s academic focus. She’s an A student. “I’ve had just one B,” said Keller, who is in eighth grade, adding that she also had a B in seventh grade English. Her…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Crossing the finish line first is something Easton junior Danielle Lattimore has gotten used to this spring. She has, after all, smoked just about every other top female sprinter in District 11. Nothing changed Tuesday at Parkland High, even though windy conditions prevented…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →While others are posting times in sprint and distance events that are impressive, none of them has what Easton High senior D.J. Williams has going for himself. Williams, unlike the rest, was a District 11 and PIAA track and field title contender in the long jump before the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was a Thursday night of humor. It was also an evening where punishment was administered and blood spilled. After all, it was a professional boxing show with club-style fighters banging for a few hundred dollars of pay. That’s what Easton middleweight Russell Snyder did in his…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →A heavyweight from Philadelphia, who has “lights-out” punching power, will return to the Days Inn & Conference Center in South Whitehall Township on Thursday. Sean Carrington has scored knockouts in his only two professional fights, both in the first round. He forced a stoppage…
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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 →Too much has been wrong with the Dieruff High boys basketball program since 1996, starting with apparent neglect of academics for student/athlete and, of course, the continuing number of losses on the court. Tim Geiger, in his first year as the school’s athletic director, is not…
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Read on mcall.com →Some players have shown up at the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs tryout camps the last two weeks with a support team which has included girlfriends, wives and family members. Juwan Justice, a 6-4 guard from East Stroudsburg University, has traveled to Lehigh Carbon Community College…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The telephone at the Pennsylvania VallyDawgs headquarters in Easton rang more often than usual Tuesday, but not all the calls were from people wondering if head coach Darryl Dawkins was really serious about wanting to coach at Lehigh University. Inquiring minds, mostly those of…
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