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Concerned and nervous, Pam Tillett sat still in the stands amongst raucous University of Maryland-Baltimore County fans Saturday afternoon at RAC Arena. Her son, UMBC senior guard Ray Barbosa from Allen High, was focused on the court, trying to help his teammates stave off a…
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Read on mcall.com →Ray Barbosa and Jay Greene jumped from their seats, overwhelmed with jubilation Sunday night. They had a lot of happy company. A day after the University of Maryland-Baltimore County won the America East Conference championship, Barbosa, from Allen High, and Greene, from…
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Read on mcall.com →Jay Greene scored his team’s first points on a 3-pointer, he handed out the first assist, and throughout the biggest game of his life, the former Whitehall High star also crashed the boards hard and played lockdown defense. An automatic NCAA Tournament bid was on the line, and…
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Read on mcall.com →Ray Barbosa has allowed himself to dream about this day for a long time. But the former Allen High basketball star doubted it would ever arrive. Jay Greene, former Whitehall star, however, began believing this day would come as soon as the 2006-07 season ended. Today, the…
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Read on mcall.com →A warning light seemed to go off in Ray Barbosa’s head with nine minutes remaining in the America East Conference semifinals Sunday afternoon. The University of Maryland Baltimore County trailed Vermont by six points, and Barbosa feared that his dream of playing for a conference…
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Read on mcall.com →An Allentown boxer, who nearly died after being shot 10 years ago, makes his return to the ring on Saturday night at the Days Inn & Conference Center in South Whitehall Township. Julio Caesar Mathews, 37, was 2-0 as a light heavyweight and was ambitious about trying to climb up…
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Read on mcall.com →A game of one tenacious defensive stop after another got final separation on a 3-point from the corner by DeSales junior Kim Rarick that bounced once, twice and then hung on the rim before falling through the nets. You can call it a lucky bounce, but it was just a good player…
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Read on mcall.com →It was a game of fun, run and gun offense that was filled with impressive highlights. But Moravian nearly ran itself ragged trying to keep pace with John Jay College, a quick and athletic team from New York City that brought many spirited fans to Johnston Hall for the school’s…
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Read on mcall.com →Revitalized after receiving a surprise NCAA Division III tournament bid, Moravian hopes to make amends for its play of late when it meets John Jay College tonight. The Greyhounds lost their final three games, including a conference semifinal playoff game, but the the NCAA…
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Read on mcall.com →Kutztown University allowed too many open looks from beyond the arc and got burned for it, and allowed too many second-chance points and was punished even more by Millersville in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference men’s basketball quarterfinals Tuesday night at Keystone…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh freshman guard Rob Keefer scored six points in his first game, eight in his second and 12 in his third. Get the picture? He continued to improve, and eventually became a starter, winning six Patriot League rookie of the week awards. A graduate of Abington Friends, Keefer…
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Read on mcall.com →The rowdy DeSales students chanted “You can’t cover her” after point guard Kim Rarick pulled up and splashed a short jumper Saturday afternoon. Rarick had a good overall game, but her main job was to get the ball into shooting guard LeighAnn Burke’s hands as often as possible…
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Read on mcall.com →Scott Coval did not have a happy ending Saturday to his 400th career game as a coach at DeSales. That’s because the Bulldogs had a collapse on both ends of the court in the final 10 minutes and lost to King’s College, 71-62, in the Freedom Conference tournament final at Billera…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh is one of the most unpredictable teams, playing in one of the most unpredictable conferences in America. But in a season of ups and downs galore in the Patriot League, Lehigh pieced together a 50-39 victory over Bucknell on Wednesday night at Stabler Arena that rekindled…
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Read on mcall.com →Losing the final regular season game is not good for any team hoping to enter the playoffs with momentum. But the Moravian men, who were routed 82-60 by Landmark Conference foe Scranton on Saturday, will get a chance to bounce back on their home court. The second-seeded…
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Read on mcall.com →“RayJay” was speedy and dynamic, confident and fearless, the driving force behind the University of Maryland-Baltimore County clinching the America East regular season title Saturday night. “RayJay” is how UMBC coach Randy Monroe referred to Ray Barbosa and Jay Greene after the…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg backup center Bethany Enterline played only one minute against Dickinson in the first half Wednesday night. But she made up for it in the second half, scoring seven points in a key stretch that helped the Mules pull away from a one-point game and eventually down pesky…
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Read on mcall.com →Couldn’t make it off your high school team’s bench to get playing time but still want to play college basketball? Don’t worry, Northampton Community College women’s coach Art Wolfe may have a spot for you on his team. And it’s not riding the pine. Wolfe, who finished his 19th…
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Read on mcall.com →Everybody who attempted free throws in the final 40 seconds of Saturday night’s Patriot League grind between Lehigh and Army missed. That is, except the one player who probably should have been at home in the bed. But Lehigh senior Bryan White, who missed the previous two days…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette has to play five more Patriot League war games, which is the way conference games tend to be throughout the country this time of season. Once the surprise team in the league after starting 5-1 for the first time since 1998-99, Lafayette has now lost three straight…
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Read on mcall.com →Every high school athlete should have winning a championship — whether league, district or state — as one of their main goals because they cannot legitimately compete without drive. Making good grades should be an even higher goal. It would only be an excuse for an athlete to…
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Read on mcall.com →Easton celebrated its biggest Signing Day since 1968 with football star Jarred Holley and U.S. Olympic track and field hopeful Chanelle Price heading the list of five Red Rover athletes who signed national letters of intent to Division I-A schools on Wednesday. Holley, a…
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Read on mcall.com →Brendan Beal’s postseason parade of high school football honors has continued even though Beal has already begun taking classes and participating in strength and conditioning drills at the University of Florida. Beal, a standout linebacker at Liberty High School last season, has…
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Read on mcall.com →John Laub has parlayed one season as a record-breaking quarterback at Parkland into a college scholarship. Laub, a Morning Call All-Area first-team selection, made his official visit to Division I-AA Richmond last Friday and verbally committed to the Colonial Athletic…
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