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The voice that has been known to rattle the ears of players was back at the Lehigh men’s basketball practice Nov. 3, along with his quick twist of the body and eyebrow raised in frustration. It was nothing unusual because Sal Mentesana, entering his sixth season as had coach of…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Opening the basketball season with opponents his team would be favored to beat is not something that entices Lafayette coach Fran O’Hanlon, even if that decision ultimately leads to the Leopards getting blown out. After opening its season at Albany of the lightly-regarded…
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Read on mcall.com →Billy Hahn wants the administration, fans and anybody else associated with the La Salle University men’s basketball program to know that he’s a construction worker, not a miracle worker. He wants everybody to allow him to build and to have patience as he tries to lead La Salle…
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Read on mcall.com →The Kutztown sidelines went nearly numb following Marcel Kottke’s extra-point kick that hit off the goal post with 31 seconds remaining. But senior tailback Yorel Prosser still had his helmet nearby as he sat on the trainers table, hoping for one more crack on offense against…
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Read on mcall.com →Sean Burgio ran the ball up the middle often, cherishing every yard he gained and sucking up every jolting hit to carry the ball another down. He had become Easton’s best offensive option, but Burgio was rendered to watching from the sidelines as the drive that would decide the…
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Read on mcall.com →It was madness inside Madison Square Garden between two of last season’s Final Four participants — No. 2 Maryland and mistakenly unranked Arizona. The pollsters do overlook sleepers, if defending national runner-up Arizona can be called that. Sleep on them if you will. Maryland…
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Read on mcall.com →Around this time of the football season, some high school coaches warn their players not to say the wrong things, to be careful not to just speak their minds and fuel the rage in their opponents. Not so at Bethlehem Catholic, where shrewd coach Bob Stem has his Golden Hawks…
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Read on mcall.com →That either Kutztown or East Stroudsburg could have gained a share of the PSAC East title by beating Bloomsburg will be a topic for offseason reflection. The focus now for both teams is on securing seven-victory seasons in PSAC finale games on Saturday. With a victory over…
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Read on mcall.com →John Chaney’s tie and collar were loosened early, even though his young Temple Owls were leading the Florida Gators by eight points. Later, he took his tie all the way off and took a relaxing seat in the interview room. A long Thursday night with more misery than anything else…
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Read on mcall.com →The Maryland Terrapins and the Florida Gators, ranked No. 2 and No. 6 in the preseason Associated Press poll, are looking to get off to perfect starts. Unranked Arizona, the defending national runner-up will be looking to gain confidence with at least five freshmen playing…
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Read on mcall.com →The Atlantic 10 Conference has seven new coaches and a new member from Richmond. But the best thing the upgraded 12-team, realigned conference has is two nationally ranked programs in Saint Joseph’s and Temple. And the two rival Philadelphia schools have two rival Philadelphia…
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Read on mcall.com →Jameer Nelson’s celebrity status extended well past the Saint Joseph’s University campus before he even made his first collegiate basket last Nov. 17. He didn’t even need to win the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year award or play on last summer’s gold medal-winning USA Junior…
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Read on mcall.com →Allentown Central Catholic graduate Danny Marakovits and Parkland High product Brad Szalachowski turned cheek on what other people thought and used hearts that are actually larger than their abilities to make the rosters of Division I teams as walk-ons. Right now, Marakovits, a…
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Read on mcall.com →Having been blanketed, had its rushing game stymied, and even been socked around a little bit, Easton regrouped at halftime and stomped Parkland on both sides of the ball in the second half Friday night. It was nothing new because Easton has made a habit of wrecking opponents in…
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Read on mcall.com →Yorel Prosser has had so many injuries in his four-year football career at Kutztown that his teammates figured out a nickname that best describes his gridiron experiences. “They call me Motrin Man,” said Prosser, who has had ankle, knee, shoulder and back injuries that have…
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Read on mcall.com →Jay Wright, the ex-Hofstra head coach, knew he was taking over a Villanova basketball program that was going to be thin in the backcourt, not particularly strong in the frontcourt and lacking an on-court leader. But the only thing the soon-to-be 40-year-old head coach of the…
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Read on mcall.com →One Danny rested in a hotel room Saturday night in Greensboro, N.C., another in his dorm room at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Neither player will be suiting up in a college uniform anytime soon, Hinds because he is in a cast and out at least another six weeks with a high…
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Read on mcall.com →They were denied crossing the goal line once from inside the red zone. Then, the Easton Red Rovers made sure it didn’t happen again. Now, Easton will head into its final Mountain Valley Conference game next Friday at Parkland assured of at least a tie for the Valley Division…
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Read on mcall.com →The guessing game doesn’t work on College Hill. So don’t ask Lafayette men’s basketball coach Fran O’Hanlon to pick a number of games he might win in the 2001-02 season. He can’t do it. He doesn’t want to do it. Besides, a fair prognostication cannot be made now. The Leopards…
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Read on mcall.com →A perfect series is far easier to accomplish on a Saturday afternoon in college football than a perfect game. Accomplishing a perfect season is not easy at all. Hope of it was erased for Kutztown four games into the season with a 36-7 road loss to Clarion. Until then, Kutztown…
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Read on mcall.com →– “SJU … SJU,” the loud, overjoyed and starved-for-basketball-season-to-begin St. Joseph’s Hawks fans chanted during a Midnight Madness program Thursday that included band playing, extensive cheerleading performances and pom-pom waving. A chant of “USA” also echoed inside Alumni…
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Read on mcall.com →Danny Hinds, the 2000-01 Morning Call Player of the Year in boys basketball, lasted one day in practice at Drexel University last weekend. Now, he’s on the Dragons’ disabled list. But his new coach, James “Bruiser” Flint, told him he must make a fast recovery, even though the…
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Read on mcall.com →The major topic of discussion when Kutztown redshirt freshman Rob Flowers gets together with his cousins during the holidays is football. They have so much to share since most of them play or have played college football in the past. Most of them, though, didn’t have to play…
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Read on mcall.com →You can look at the 102 losses in five seasons and wonder why Sal Mentesana continues to have passion for his job as coach of the Lehigh men’s basketball team. “I’ve never questioned what I do,” the 53-year-old Mentesana said. “I love this. My passion for the game has not…
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