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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,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Temple coach John Chaney will try for his 700th victory again tonight. If the Owls beat St. Bonaventure, Chaney will probably receive a standing ovation, and people closest to him will probably give him a hug, a pat on the back, and maybe even a kiss. And Chaney? He’ll surely…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →With 56 seconds remaining in Sunday’s game at Kirby Sports Center, Lafayette senior Rob Dill emphatically blocked a Bucknell shot. Winston Davis, his teammate, recovered the ball just before it went out of bounds. But Bucknell, whose physical, defensive-oriented team had held…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College’s Kirby Sports Center rocked like the Palestra in Philadelphia and all the other famous basketball venues in the country Friday night. Lehigh and Lafayette, both battling to remain undefeated in the Patriot League, went through 19 lead changes, a dramatic close…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Tickets are still available for tonight’s Lafayette-Lehigh men’s basketball game at Kirby Sports Center in Easton. But not many. “The game is almost sold out,” said Phil LaBella, Lafayette’s sports information director. That’s because two hot teams will be battling for first…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Austen Rowland’s mother saw him play for the first time in a Lehigh University basketball uniform Saturday afternoon. M. Michele Rowlands picked the perfect game to attend. She just had to wait a while for the game to end, but it was worth it as Lehigh relied on the one-two…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →He takes at least two insulin shots a day to help control his diabetes. Sometimes he’s woozy and so fatigued that he could just skip a practice or a game without anybody complaining. But the fire within Lafayette College senior forward Mike Farrell burns too much. He scores,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Games against teams from the PAC-10, Big East, Atlantic-10 and Ivy League are over for Lafayette College. The next 13 will all be against Patriot League opponents. That means the Leopards will likely play with more intensity, because the road back to the NCAA Tournament will…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Most players half-jog to the scorer’s table from the bench before entering the game. But Lafayette College forward Sean Knitter rushed with more intensity each time coach Fran O’Hanlon said, “Let’s go” during Saturday’s nonleague game against Cornell at Kirby Sports Center.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →You’ve probably seen the Hollywood movies where the former water boy grows up to to earn a position on the high school football team. Rarely is that position as a starter. Hardly ever does the water boy become the star. But in a real life story, Northampton senior Jeff Pammer is…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The men in suits who represent the NCAA and the college basketball coaches who are often at odds with them, met in Chicago before the season started and discussed ways to help change apparent perceptions that coaches will go to unethical lengths to win and stay on top. Also…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The lane closed quickly and was being clogged by Lafayette College backup 7-foot center Jamie Hughes. With just 3 seconds left on the clock, Drexel guard Jeremiah King had to attempt the shot that would either win or lose the non-league game Tuesday night at the Dragons’…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The University of Connecticut is no longer No. 1 in all major polls today, but the Huskies will still be the best team Lehigh will play this season. And one of the toughest ever. Lehigh did play Georgetown and Patrick Ewing in the 1985 NCAA Tournament, losing, 68-43, and the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The major changes at Lafayette College this season are in defensive toughness, rebounding and depth. But the one component in the Leopards’ game that has not changed is perimeter shooting. The Leopards are still hot as the desert from the outside, especially seniors Justin…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →All anyone had to do was look into the watery eyes of the Easton players and coaches to understand how passionate the Red Rovers were about their annual Thanksgiving Day game against Phillipsburg Thursday at Lafayette College’s Fisher Field. The game meant the world to the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →All anyone had to do was look into the watery eyes of the Easton players and coaches to understand how passionate the Red Rovers were about their annual Thanksgiving Day game against Phillipsburg Thursday at Lafayette College’s Fisher Field. The game meant the world to the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →North Penn junior quarterback Adam Hearns was the only Knights player left on the field on a brisk Tuesday night, but it was not by choice. He still had running to do. Again, it was not by choice. It was by demand of coach Dick Beck that Hearns did a series of flexibility drills…
· Andre D. Williams
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…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The basketball, please. It’s time to see whether the Lafayette College men can put it in the hoop more often, rebound better and limit opponents’ scoring. The basketball, please. It’s time to see if, following 40 minutes of regulation play and more if needed, the Leopards will…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College fifth-year senior guard Winston Davis has envisioned what his coach, Fran O’Hanlon, has refused to think about. That’s a Lafayette team ready and capable of unseating Holy Cross as Patriot League champion and advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the first time…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Freedom two-sport senior Tyler Jones may look imposing at 6-3, 280 pounds, but his twin sister Amy says he’s really a teddy bear. “He doesn’t cry at movies or anything,” Amy said. “He’s just one of those brothers who you get along with. Maybe, it’s because we are the same age…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Southern Lehigh junior Steve Hixon was being pelted by raindrops as he awaited the baton Saturday at the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field. Winning the 1,600 relay heat was impossible because of the distance the Spartans trailed before Hixon began his anchor leg. But…
· Andre D. Williams
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