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The opponents hit hard. Easton just hit harder. The opponents were often bigger. Easton never buckled. For 13 straight games, Easton just won, mostly with smashmouth offense and punishing defense, and by taking advantage of some turnover opportunities in the playoffs during…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Parkland High may not shoot many opponents out of the gymnasium and will not be bigger in the paint in most of its game. So what the Trojans proved in a 43-28 Lehigh Valley Conference victory over Easton Tuesday night in the 25th Street Gymnasium is that they can win with…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was impossible to look into the dejected faces of the coaches and players from Easton High Saturday and feel their actual emotional pain. It was difficult to understand their devastation after losing 21-14 to Neshaminy in the PIAA Class 4A Eastern final at Bensalem High. It…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Easton clawed and scrapped and kept Rover Nation’s hope alive until the final gun. Even then, Red Rover players pleaded with the officials for just one more play, hoping that they would call a pass-interference penalty. But they didn’t, and Easton’s bid for a school-record 14th…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Easton’s defense has been clearly undersized against 11 of 13 opponents, but has allowed an average of only seven points per game. Because the Red Rovers’ fearsome foursome of Kevin Danko (5-10, 190), John Suozzo (6-0, 185), Michael Anderson (5-5, 200) and Jarrid Myers (5-10,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Easton senior tailback Ovid Goulbourne broke quickly to the outside and raced 34 yards down the sideline. Along the way, last Saturday, he stiff-armed a couple George Washington defenders. It was a vintage run, his longest of that PIAA Class 4A quarterfinal game in Philadelphia.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Get ready, Easton. Here comes speed, precision and high-powered offense. Here comes Neshaminy High (12-1), a 51-34 destroyer of 2003 PIAA Class 4A champion North Penn in the District One final last week. Here comes a Redskins team that’s driven, by any means possible, to win the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lafayette may be in for a long and frustrating season. And the Leopards’ 78-67 non-league loss to Drexel Tuesday night at Kirby Sports Center may not be the worst of their woes. The Leopards (1-3) still have to play at No. 17 Louisville in the Cardinals’ home opener Saturday and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Easton played its third game in eight days, second in just three days, but the Red Rovers sure did not play like a fatigued team Saturday night. The Red Rovers were just as tenacious, hard-hitting, and efficient on offense when they absolutely had to be in persevering 15-10 over…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →PIAA playoff rookie George Washington can’t wait to play Easton in the Class 4A Eastern semifinals at 7 tonight at Northeast High’s Charles Martin Stadium in Philadelphia. But the Eagles (12-0) aren’t talking smack because they’re just happy to be in the chase for what would be…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Thanksgiving is for feasting. The big gifts aren’t supposed to come until Christmas. But opportunistic Easton collected early against mistake-prone Phillipsburg in the 98th Turkey Day Bowl before a sold out crowd Thursday at Lafayette College’s Fisher Field. And Easton defensive…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Thanksgiving is for feasting. The big gifts aren’t supposed to come until Christmas. But opportunistic Easton collected early against mistake-prone Phillipsburg in the 98th Turkey Day Bowl before a sold out crowd Thursday at Lafayette College’s Fisher Field. And Easton defensive…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The 98th Thanksgiving Day meeting between Easton and Phillipsburg is not just a game for bragging rights. It’s for historic achievement since both teams will enter Lafayette College’s Fisher Field Thursday morning undefeated for the first time since 1958: Easton at 11-0,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Easton High is willing and able to play rival Phillipsburg on Thursday and a PIAA Class 4A Eastern semifinal two days later. And the Red Rovers don’t care who thinks they’re physically incapable. Last year has nothing to do with now. Just bring on the competition. Easton’s…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Easton’s defense bailed out its offense with a takeaway, life-sucking performance over the final 14 minutes, leaving Liberty devastated at the final whistle in the PIAA Class 4A sub-regional championship Friday night at Cottingham Stadium. In that time frame, Red Rovers…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Liberty has yet to hit the panic button in a game this season. There’s that one loss — 21-7 to Easton — but the Hurricanes have demonstrated mettle and perseverance in many tough games, including last week’s dramatic 28-23 win over Wyoming Valley West that set up a rematch with…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Easton coach Steve Shiffert would rather forget about the 2001 District 11 Championship Game, and hope that his players don’t dwell on the memory too much, either. It’s not easy because Easton carried a 10-0 record into the 4A title game against Bethlehem Catholic and got routed…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →An area high school football coach, who showed little mercy when it came to an opponent, was just a fan Saturday afternoon watching the District 11 Class 4A subregional playoff game between Easton and Emmaus at Cottingham Stadium. But former Bethlehem Catholic High coach Bob…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Finally, after the last of grueling tackle on a Saturday afternoon full of punishing plays, Easton coach Steve Shiffert loosened the grip on his white towel. The fight was over. Easton senior lineman Jarrid Myers made sure of it by powering past Emmaus linemen to sack…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Liberty’s heart had appeared snatched out after a 7-yard punt had resulted in Wyoming Valley West getting field position at the 22, and scoring with relative ease to take command of a see-saw PIAA Class 4A sub-regional semifinal Saturday night. Then, Liberty’s “Kid Cool”…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →With Easton sporting a 9-0 record and Liberty, Emmaus and District 2’s Wyoming Valley West each 9-1, the PIAA Class 4A sub-regional playoffs would appear to be up for grabs. “Anything can happen,” said Easton coach Steve Shiffert. But Easton losing at Cottingham Stadium may not…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Liberty junior Andrew Lee did not need an alarm clock to wake him up Saturday morning. Neither did many of his teammates. That’s because the Hurricanes were anxious to play Saturday’s game with Freedom, in which a win would mean the Christmas City championship and berth in the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Easton would prefer to have its first-round playoff opponent — either Liberty, Emmaus or District 2’s Delaware Valley — to think that it still has room for improvement. As if 9-0 doesn’t speak volumes. As if winning by an average score of 31-9 the last three weeks doesn’t say…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Easton is 8-0 and has already clinched the No. 1 spot in the PIAA Class 4A sub-regional playoffs, but the Red Rovers still have as much pressure on them as Emmaus and Liberty have entering the Lehigh Valley Conference’s final weekend. Liberty (8-1, 6-1) and Emmaus (8-1, 6-1)…
· Andre D. Williams
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