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CAVALIERS HAPPY TO HAVE SECOND GO-‘ROUND DESPITE LOSING BIG TO PARKLAND EARLY, EAST STROUDSBURG THINKS IT HAS A SHOT IF TURNOVERS ARE REDUCED.

It has been a fun week at East Stroudsburg High fotball practices. Sunday could be a fun day, too, perhaps reminiscing about good things that happened in the Mountain Valley Conference championship game against Parkland. To make for a happy Sunday, the Cavaliers (6-3) must beat…

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PARKLAND’S MASSAQUOI HAS MATURED INTO LEADER THE PLAYER, WHO LEADS THE TROJANS BY EXAMPLE, ALSO LEADS THE TEAM INTO THE MVC TITLE GAME.

Tim Massaquoi made Michigan his college choice before the high school football season kicked off, ending speculation over which Big Ten program he’d choose and allowing him to concentrate on scoring touchdowns for Parkland this season. But in nonleague games against Emmaus and…

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EASTON PREPARED FOR REMATCH WITH TROJANS EASTON’S 7-6 UPSET IN LAST YEAR’S DISTRICT 11 CLASS 4A PLAYOFFS IS STILL FRESH IN THE MIND OF BOTH TEAMS.

Matt Loebsack has been looking for The Look all week, and the Easton High quarterback said it’s almost the same look of desire and eagerness his teammates had the last time they played Parkland. ‘It’s not quite as much, but it’s starting to come around,’ Loebsack said Wednesday…

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GOTTA HAND IT TO BECAHI IT’S EXACTLY WHAT DIERUFF DOES HUSKIES, ALREADY FACING A MUCH STRONGER FOE, DIDN’T HELP MATTERS BY TURNING THE BALL OVER EARLY AND OFTEN.

You are Dieruff High and you are riding a 17-game losing streak. The last thing you need is two fumbles on the opening kickoff. The Huskies recovered the fumble both times, but rebounding from the slump they’ve been in for two seasons seemingly evaporated as soon as they fumbled…

· Andre D. Williams

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FREEDOM, PARKLAND BATTLING FOR DISTRICT 11 SUPREMACY TROJANS LOOK TO GAIN THE TOP SEED IN THE PLAYOFFS AGAIN WHILE THE PATRIOTS LOOK FOR THEIR FIRST.

Control the hype. That’s what Freedom coach Rob Melosky has tried to do all week, but too much is on the line to be cool. Too much can be gained, and possibly too much lost when Freedom (6-1) travels to Orefield to play Parkland (6-1) in a Mountain Valley Conference matchup for…

· Andre D. Williams

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COWELL EVOKES MEMORIES OF MUNGRO FOR EAST STROUDSBURG THE JUNIOR RUNNING BACK GAINS 133 YARDS, SCORES 4 TOUCHDOWNS IN A WIN OVER POCONO MOUNTAIN.

Homecoming Saturday night at East Stroudsburg was a return to the powerhouse days of 1995-96 when Cavaliers tailback James Mungro was stampeding through defenders en route to becoming the state’s all-time leading rusher. Junior quarterback Jim Terwilliger does not possess the…

· Andre D. Williams

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PREVIEWS BEHIND QUARTERBACK TERWILLIGER, CAVALIERS STARTING TO WIN AGAIN THE ALWAYS IMPROVING JUNIOR HAS LED EAST STROUDSBURG TO A 4-2 START.

His movement in the pocket is swifter, his throws crisper, his ability to read defensive coverages even better, but the thing that has East Stroudsburg quarterback Jim Terwilliger gloating most is in the Cavaliers’ 4-2 record. Six weeks into last season East Stroudsburg was 0-6…

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BOOMING FUTURE A YEAR AGO, PARKLAND HIGH’S GREG KNAUSS HEARD MORE POPS FROM HIS JNEE THAN FROM A BOWL OF CEREAL. A YEAR LATER, AND ANOTHER KNEE INJURY LATER, HE’S KICKING BETTER THAN EVER.

His team was nursing an eight-point lead over rival Whitehall with just 2:51 remaining last Oct. 9. Parkland kicker Greg Knauss was summoned by coach Rich Sniscak to attempt a 47-yard field goal. Make it and victory in the Mountain Valley Conference football game that had…

· Andre D. Williams

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PARKLAND HAS QUITE A BIG GRAY AREA JOHN GRAY, A 275-POUND LINEMAN, HAS BEEN OPENING UP HUGE HOLES FOR RUNNING BACKS THOMAS AND SCOTT.

He pulled on an off-tackle running play and kept raging through the hole, boiling with anticipation as he neared a seemingly helpless defender. Smack! Just like that, Parkland High senior John Gray “pancaked a linebacker,” Trojans coach Rich Sniscak said, remembering the…

· Andre D. Williams

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NAZARETH QB CANGELOSI RIGHT AT HOME UNDER CENTER AFTER BEING A RUNNING BACK, THE JUNIOR HAS THE BLUE EAGLES AT 3-0.

Whitey Williams, the first-year Nazareth football coach, believed junior Mike Cangelosi had the talent to play quarterback just by looking at him. ‘He has that sparkle in his eye,” Williams said. A look that says ‘He is a competitor,” Williams said, ‘And he has great character.…

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LIBERTY IS UNBEATEN AFTER TWO GAMES BUT FACES A STIFF CHALLENGE IN NAZARETH ‘CANES, UNDER NEW COACH MONCMAN, WILL KNOW HOW GOOD THEY ARE AFTER TONIGHT.

Have you heard the rumbling sound around Liberty High School? It’s the football team stampeding. Have you noticed the two wins and zero losses? That’s the result of playing up to potential. Do you believe Liberty is really that good? It will be time to find out when the…

· Andre D. Williams

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JOHNNY ON THE SPOT FREEDOM HIGH SENIOR JOHNNY SANTIAGO HAS THE UNENVIABLE TASK OF SUCCEEDING DAVE WALTERS, WHO GRADUATED AFTER SETTING SCHOOL RECORDS FOR YARDS RUSHING (1,410) AND TOUCHDOWNS (18).

Johnny Santiago has run the ball one way since he began playing competitive football for the Bethlehem Saints at age 6. ‘When I get the ball I look for the hole,” said Santiago, a senior tailback at Freedom. ‘I just want to run through (the defender ), right through his back.…

· Andre D. Williams

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TROJANS’ MASSAQUOI GETS ONE MORE YEAR TO SHOWCASE SKILLS PARKLAND STANDOUT IS A TOP-NOTCH ATHLETE WHO WILL DECIDE BETWEEN PENN STATE AND MICHIGAN FOR COLLEGE

It was the final drill of Parkland High’s exhausting varsity morning football practice, and many of the players were running half-speed. That had head coach Rich Sniscak disgruntled. ‘We’re 45 minutes over schedule, so I know you won’t make it because you’re mentally weak,”…

· Andre D. Williams

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BEHEMOTHS ABOUND THROUGHT THE CONFERENCE HUGE LINEMEN ARE PLENTIFUL, LED BY 6-FOOT-6, 260-POUND NEWSOME OF STROUDSBURG HIGH.

Eugene Newsome discovered his love of football by playing tackle football at a young age on gravel in Stroudsburg. “I had a lot of scrapes on my knees,” Newsome said. But he continued playing and enjoyed every crunching play. “I just love to hit,” Newsome said. “A lot of people…

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PARKLAND, EMMAUS IN LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN * THE TROJANS HAVE MOVED ONTO THE MVC, ABANDONING THE GREEN HORNETS AND THE EPC.

Every year, Emmaus or Parkland — many times both teams — seem to have a swimmer that’s All-Water, that is someone able to swim many events extremely well. This high school swim season it’s Parkland junior Chris Johnson, a key member on the Trojans’ 200 and 400-yard relay’s that…

· Andre D. Williams

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