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Shawn Martell, the son of an established local college football coach, began his inevitable climb up the coaching ranks when he was hired as the wide receivers coach at Nazareth last year. The 24-year-old Martell, a 2002 Morning Call all-area wide receiver from Bethlehem…
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Read on mcall.com →It was Tennessee’s Chanelle Price, then Villanova’s Frances Koons, one former Lehigh Valley high school track and field All-American following another. Both had memorable runs in the college women’s distance medley Championship of America relay Thursday at the Penn Relays. It…
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Read on mcall.com →Editor’s note: Today we begin a weekly series of Q&As;, including video, on participants in Gatorade’s Easton-Phillipsburg Replay football game at 3 p.m., April 26 at Lafayette College’s Fisher Field. Gatorade required The Morning Call to submit questions to players in advance…
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Read on mcall.com →She had game highs in points, rebounds, assists and blocked shots. As if that wasn’t dominant enough, College of New Jersey’s 6-foot-3 All-American candidate Hillary Klimowicz also made more free throws (7) than DeSales attempted (5) in an NCAA Division III tournament…
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Read on mcall.com →For spring break entertainment the Muhlenberg women’s team gets to take a 430-mile bus trip to Brunswick, Maine, for at least one NCAA Division III tournament game Friday. “Outside of maybe going to Alaska, I’m not sure if there is a place farther away that they would not want…
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Read on mcall.com →The DeSales men’s and women’s basketball teams, the Muhlenberg and Moravian women’s teams, are all NCAA Division III Tournament-bound. The DeSales men and women and Muhlenberg women earned automatic berths by winning their conference tournaments over the weekend. The Moravian…
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Read on mcall.com →Hold nothing back, finish strong. That was the message from Muhlenberg coach Ron Rohn to his players with less than two minutes remaining in the Centennial Conference championship game Sunday afternoon at Memorial Hall. Erin McSherry, the 6-foot-1 senior center, then made a…
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Read on mcall.com →The Muhlenberg College women achieved Centennial Conference perfection. It wasn’t easy. Deadlocked 65-65 with Ursinus in the final seconds last Saturday, freshman guard Alexandra Chili drilled a 3-pointer that lifted the Mules to a 68-65 road win and became the first team to go…
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Read on mcall.com →Women’s college basketball is at its all-time best in the Lehigh Valley this winter and Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan hopes his city will bank on Lehigh’s success. The Patriot League women’s basketball tournament, hosted by Lehigh, is March 7-8 at Stabler Arena, and will be…
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Read on mcall.com →It’s imaginable to go undefeated in conference play. It just doesn’t happen too often on any level in college basketball. Which is why the Muhlenberg women, 16-0 in Centennial Conference play, are determined to win at Dickinson tonight and at Ursinus on Saturday to close out the…
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Read on mcall.com →DeSales and Muhlenberg took breaks away from conference play to compete against each other in a non-league game Monday night in Center Valley. But it was no breather for either team. It was a physical, heart-stopping game that wasn’t decided until the final 10 seconds. DeSales’…
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Read on mcall.com →DeSales guard Darnell Braswell got mad. Then, he turned mean. He drove hard, he defended harder, and from end-to-end on the court his facial expression and physical play told the tale of a player unwilling to lose to Muhlenberg on Monday night. Best of all for DeSales, Braswell…
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Read on mcall.com →February essentially is the nitty-gritty time of the college basketball season. Every game carries significantly more magnitude than the previous one. Every win enhances NCAA Tournament aspirations and top seeding possibilities for teams who are nationally ranked, including the…
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Read on mcall.com →Cedar Crest College is now on the Division III national basketball map and has developed marketing schemes to try to bring more fans to tiny Less Gymnasium in West Allentown. Thursday night, the Falcons promoted their Colonial States Athletic Conference home game against…
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Read on mcall.com →Moravian women’s opponents need to be careful which Greyhounds player they foul when the game is on the line. Actually, not fouling at all is the safest bet. That’s because Moravian, under 400-plus game winner Mary Beth Spirk, is Division III’s top free throw-shooting team.…
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Read on mcall.com →The drive from Hellertown to East Stroudsburg University never seems that long to Warriors coach Jeff Wilson. It’s something he has enjoyed. “I’ve found whether it’s going to work or coming home from work it’s a good time to get some reflection done,” said Wilson, who’s in his…
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Read on mcall.com →DeSales University senior forward Matt Zwetolitz doesn’t focus on just one game or one season. That would be too shortsighted and Zwetolitz has been taught better. “My high school coach, Jerry Radocha, taught me to go beyond basketball,” Zwetolitz said on Tuesday at the Lehigh…
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Read on mcall.com →Moravian women’s coach Mary Beth Spirk walked out of the locker room Saturday afternoon at Johnston Hall, a bouquet of roses in her hand and a big smile on her face. She’s now a member of the 400-win club. Sparked by tenacious end-to-end play, Moravian ousted Landmark Conference…
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Read on mcall.com →Brian Hunter is back to running the break, slashing down the lane and playing the type of quality minutes he never got the opportunity to play at Lehigh last season. But Hunter transferred to DeSales, a Division III program that appears to be a much better fit for the 6-foot-3…
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Read on mcall.com →Daniel Curatola suffered a broken collarbone while playing pick-up football during his sophomore year at Bethlehem High and his parents refused to let him play on the school’s varsity team — in 1935. He had hoped to play because he wanted to be part of a program that he said…
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Read on mcall.com →It’s hard to down lay a team that returns four starters, each a double-figure scorer, but Moravian women’s basketball coach Mary Beth Spirk is still attempting it. Good try coach, but it won’t work. Moravian, coming off a 16-11 season, was picked to finish first in the Landmark…
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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 →It was a Monday filled with elation for the Muhlenberg women, surprise for the Moravian men and disappointment for the DeSales men’s and women’s teams. The NCAA Division III Selection Committee has a history of making decisions that leave coaches and players from around the…
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