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Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs rookie Matt Logie has always had his favorite shooting marks on the Stabler Arena floor. Most of them are beyond the arc. In four seasons at Lehigh, Logie ranked as one of the top 3-pointers shooters in the Patriot League. He may be on his way to earning…
· 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
Read on mcall.com →Losing wasn’t anything Freedom High thrower Beth Crocus feared in a dual meet against Easton on Tuesday at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium. It wasn’t a district, state or national meet. That’s where Crocus, a senior and two-time defending PIAA Class 3A champion in the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Who’s back? Who’s fast? Who’s faster? Who’s stronger and hungrier? Every spring those are the No. 1 questions in track and field. Nothing has changed, except the weather has been absolutely horrible, making it difficult for sprinters and field performers to train like normal.…
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Read on mcall.com →Drexel sophomore Danny Hinds patiently waited, towel often resting on his shoulder, and his jaws working hard as he chewed gum. His first national postseason tournament game was coming to a close. Hinds was disappointed because he believed that he had not done enough to help…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh coach Billy Taylor didn’t hesitate to make bold coaching moves all season. He won because of that. On Friday, Taylor announced academic shortcomings have forced him to suspend star point guard Zlatko Savovic for the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinal game at 7:30…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh freshman guard Dawn Gorynski will be recovering from knee surgery in Manhattan today instead of running the point for Lehigh tonight at the Patriot League Tournament. An MRI exam Thursday revealed Gorynski has a medial collateral ligament tear in her right knee. The news…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette won back-to-back Patriot League Tournament championships in 1999 and 2000 before Holy Cross became the league’s team to beat. So Leopards coach Fran O’Hanlon knows how to win in March. This weekend, he’ll get a chance to prove his astuteness again, as the Leopards try…
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Read on mcall.com →Austin Scott turned into Kid Scott on Tuesday afternoon at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel grand ballroom. He just couldn’t believe that he was in the same room with athletes and coaches he has seen so often on television. Nor could Scott believe that later Tuesday the Maxwell…
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Read on mcall.com →Little room was open on the baseline when Lafayette College senior guard Kim Costello began her dribble toward the basket, and ultimately, triumph, in her final home game at Kirby Sports Center Sunday afternoon. Leopards junior forward Colleen Fitzpatrick, who had been the most…
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Read on mcall.com →Despite his arm being smacked, Zlatko “Zo” Savovic hung in the air long enough to dish to Matt Crawford for a one-handed dunk. It was just another in a long list of deft plays the Lehigh senior guard made against Navy Saturday night. Behind Savovic’s well-rounded play and senior…
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Read on mcall.com →His right arm numb and in pain from being hit in the funny bone, Lafayette College forward Mike Farrell quickly turned to the nearest official and called for a timeout with a minute remaining. By no means was the timeout for Farrell to leave the game. He just needed to regroup.…
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Read on mcall.com →His right arm numb from being hit in the funny bone, Lafayette College forward Mike Farrell quickly turned to the nearest official and called for a timeout with a minute remaining. By no means did Farrell want to leave the game. He just needed to regroup. But the way Farrell…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College gets a break from its Patriot League schedule tonight, but the Leopards’ 7:30 home game against the Ivy League’s University of Pennsylvania is a step up in competition. It could be considered a level higher than the Leopards’ games against Arizona State on Nov.…
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Read on mcall.com →Bethlehem Catholic senior quarterback Adam Bednarik seemed to almost faint when told that he had been selected to the Associated Press Big School (Classes 4A/3A) All-State team. “That’s awesome,” Bednarik said, pausing on the phone before becoming even more exhilarated over his…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →There are many ways to score touchdowns. Long runs, short runs. Long pass receptions, short pass receptions. Punt returns. Kickoff returns. Defensively. Parkland’s Austin Scott has explored most of these options during his memorable and historic season. And he’s not done, yet.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Central Dauphin coach George Chaump has been an assistant coach under the legendary Woody Hayes at Ohio State and under John McKay with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He has also been a head coach at Marshall, Navy and Indiana University at Pennsylvania. He has been around awhile.…
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Read on mcall.com →First-year Lehigh men’s coach Billy Taylor decided he’d rather have his wits and the moxie of his players tested the second game of the season with a road trip to Big Ten power Illinois Saturday night than to play Wagner. The Engineers played Wagner the second game of the season…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Following his sensational running show, which made Bethlehem Catholic’s defense appear to be frozen in place, Parkland tailback Austin Scott huddled his teammates and made a very bold prediction. “We will see them again,” Scott told his teammates. Many of those Parkland players…
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Read on mcall.com →Bethlehem Catholic-Parkland II now appears to be only a week away. At least that’s what most people outside the Easton and Freedom programs believe. “It’s high school football,” said Easton coach Steve Shiffert. “Anything can happen. You never know how they will react.” So hold…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The sight of Parkland tailback Austin Scott warming up his throwing arm on the sidelines in the fourth quarter might have seemed odd at the time, but it sure looked sweet when he actually did it in the game Friday night at Cottingham Stadium. Scott lofted a spiral, landing…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Allen, Easton or Freedom will have their District 11 Class 4A football playoff hopes spoiled this weekend. Delivering the boot could be Dieruff, Parkland or Liberty. Could there be a more interesting climax to the final week of the first Lehigh Valley Conference regular season?…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Austin Scott seemed to learn more from playing hide-and-seek and tag as a youngster than most kids. That’s because he concentrated on being elusive and running fast. “I used to get away any way that I could,” said Scott. The Parkland High senior tailback has returned from a knee…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Bethlehem Catholic, Catasauqua and Salisbury football teams each won weekend games that provided encouraging signs about the success they might enjoy the rest of the season. For Bethlehem Catholic, the Class 4A state title that has eluded the last two Becahi teams seems all…
· Andre D. Williams
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