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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,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →That either Kutztown or East Stroudsburg could have gained a share of the PSAC East title by beating Bloomsburg will be a topic for offseason reflection. The focus now for both teams is on securing seven-victory seasons in PSAC finale games on Saturday. With a victory over…
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Read on mcall.com →Yorel Prosser has had so many injuries in his four-year football career at Kutztown that his teammates figured out a nickname that best describes his gridiron experiences. “They call me Motrin Man,” said Prosser, who has had ankle, knee, shoulder and back injuries that have…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →A perfect series is far easier to accomplish on a Saturday afternoon in college football than a perfect game. Accomplishing a perfect season is not easy at all. Hope of it was erased for Kutztown four games into the season with a 36-7 road loss to Clarion. Until then, Kutztown…
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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 →You can look at the 102 losses in five seasons and wonder why Sal Mentesana continues to have passion for his job as coach of the Lehigh men’s basketball team. “I’ve never questioned what I do,” the 53-year-old Mentesana said. “I love this. My passion for the game has not…
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Read on mcall.com →Discussions of football and war have been persistent at the house of East Stroudsburg University coach Denny Douds. Especially this week. America is striking back for the terrorists attacks of Sept. 11 and Douds and his coaching staff are preparing the Warriors for a key…
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Read on mcall.com →From seventh grade to his senior year at East Stroudsburg University, Jeremy Palm has found the quarterback position to be the best place to maintain control of the offense. The difference now is that the defenders swarming after him are a lot bigger, faster and, in most cases,…
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Read on mcall.com →He’s a co-captain on the field, a bookworm off it. Maintaining a balance between athletics and academics is something Kutztown senior linebacker Alex Daecher has not had a problem with since entering college five years ago as a freshman. He’s been successful at both, leading…
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Read on mcall.com →“Go, Nick, go.” That’s a cheer Parkland junior Nick Pinchek has waited two years to hear more regularly than just a few times a game when he would be given token handoffs. No, the game plan has changed at Parkland. Pinchek is now a key part of the game plan, the running back on…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Phones rang, beepers went off, concern escalated around the East Stroudsburg University campus on Tuesday. Most of the news was tragic for the East Stroudsburg coaches and some players. Dealing with all the trauma, maintaining morale, focus and perspective is what ESU head coach…
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Read on mcall.com →It’s the game of the week in the Mountain Valley Conference, Nazareth at Easton in a crossover matchup at Cottingham Stadium, a game featuring two teams that play defense exceptionally well and rely on their rushing attacks to lead their offenses. Nazareth has pummeled its first…
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Read on mcall.com →The tranquility of early mornings in the wild is something East Stroudsburg senior punter Adam Hostetter loves just as much as placing punts inside the 20-yard line. The only difference is there is no pressure when he’s hunting and fishing. It’s just him and his outdoors…
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Read on mcall.com →First came the mad rush, the feet of defensive linemen rumbling in the direction of East Stroudsburg quarterback Jeremy Palm. Then came “Tick,” the nickname by which Warriors wide receiver John Kotarsky has gone since his freshman year. Next came the catch, Kotarsky breaking…
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Read on mcall.com →“Beca, Beca, Beca.” The words have become so draining that it’s gotten to the point where all the Parkland players want to do is … well, let them speak for themselves. “I think we may try and strike fear into them right away, show them that we’re coming out to play and that we…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Not much has changed in the way Denny Douds has done things as head coach at East Stroudsburg University over the last 27 seasons. But there will be a new kick to open his 28th season when the Warriors play host to Clarion at 7 tonight at East Stroudsburg High. It will be the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Looking for flash? Don’t look East Stroudsburg University tailback Andre Castiglioni’s way. Just isn’t his style. But obviously he did a whole lot right last season, rushing for a school single-season record 1,160 yards on 220 carries — another new mark — with five touchdowns.…
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Read on mcall.com →A record-breaking high school football season by Parkland High’s Austin Scott was followed by a spring of mistakes, one that resulted in him being expelled from the school in April and forced to attend a private school the rest of the school year. Scott hung out with the wrong…
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Read on mcall.com →Central Catholic seniors Daniel Hinds and Andrew Guman handled the ending with poise — not celebrating too much — just walking off the court slowly following the Vikings’ 59-41 victory over Blue Mountain in a District 11 Class 3A quarterfinal Friday at Dieruff High. Whitehall…
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Read on mcall.com →Building blocks and gaining a measure of respect and perhaps develop an identity to be reckoned with by Mountain Valley Conference opponents the rest of the season is all Easton had to work for in the second half. The Red Rovers are in the midst of another down season and they…
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Read on mcall.com →Stroudsburg kicker David Butts had waited the entire season for a situation where he could win a game with his foot. He could not have planned the game or the moment any better than Thursday’s 51st Thanksgiving Day meeting against East Stroudsburg. It was his final scholastic…
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Read on mcall.com →Stroudsburg tailback Frank Azarelo’s 1-yard run in the second overtime brought fans from both stands to their feet, clapping and cheering while Mountaineer and East Stroudsburg players either kneeled or stood and prayed as the suspenseful Thanksgiving Day game neared a potential…
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Read on mcall.com →East Stroudsburg’s Rob Moylen had a right shoulder separation and he was playing an uncomfortable position last Thanksgiving Day when the Cavaliers played crossbridge rival Stroudsburg. Moylen had been a linebacker since he first began to understand how to really play the sport,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It’s a score that continues to be talked about because it was an upset last year that halted Parkland’s undefeated season and continued Easton’s postseason run. Easton 7, Parkland 6. “It was the toughest night I ever played in my life,” said Easton senior defensive lineman Larry…
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