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Freedom track coach Ray Herman, who has been coaching and winning consistently in the sport for more than 30 years, has a request that he wants all the principals and members of the District 11 Committee to consider. “I prefer the two-day meet, like our league [Lehigh Valley…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →As he prepared to try to vault to a personal-best height, Catasauqua junior Allan Fatzinger paid no attention to the deceptively positive omens that appeared. There was a rainbow to his left and the sun had just broken through the clouds on his right. But Fatzinger focused only…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Willie Chandler scored the second-most points ever in Division III basketball. Now the 6-5 guard from College Misericordia near Scranton is scoring big with the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs and for himself in the United States Basketball League. Chandler scored 2,898 points in four…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs changed uniforms at halftime. They didn’t change the way they were drubbing the Brevard Blue Ducks in transition Saturday night at Stabler Arena. And the fun continued even when the ball wasn’t in play. Former NBA center Olden Polynice playfully…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →In the next four weeks league, district and state champions will be crowned in track and field. May is designed for that. April is supposed to be about building speed, strength, distance and mental toughness. Unfortunately, April was also a misleading month for far too many area…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs rookie Matt Logie has always had his favorite shooting marks on the Stabler Arena floor. Most of them are beyond the arc. In four seasons at Lehigh, Logie ranked as one of the top 3-pointers shooters in the Patriot League. He may be on his way to earning…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Southern Lehigh junior Steve Hixon was being pelted by raindrops as he awaited the baton Saturday at the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field. Winning the 1,600 relay heat was impossible because of the distance the Spartans trailed before Hixon began his anchor leg. But…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Confetti will not be dropped from the rafters and fireworks won’t be fired off in the building. No big-named musician will sing the National Anthem. The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs just want to open their home season at Stabler Arena, please the fans with dunks, long-range…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Bethlehem Catholic sprinters stampeded the grass field, perhaps awakening the dead the faster they ran, and passed the baton from hand-to-hand at Wednesday’s practice. Odd as it seemed, practice was at Memorial Park Cemetery, located across the street from the high school. “This…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh University senior Matt Logie might get his chance to play in the same game with, and maybe even pop a jumper in high school phenom LeBron James’ face before Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady or any of the other NBA stars do. That’s providing James, the projected first pick of…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Darryl Dawkins, the former Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets center, is currently being more outspoken than during any of his 14 seasons in the NBA. He is more vocal about many NBA issues, including those involving inflated salaries and egos. He is naming names and telling…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Who’s back? Who’s fast? Who’s faster? Who’s stronger and hungrier? Every spring those are the No. 1 questions in track and field. Nothing has changed, except the weather has been absolutely horrible, making it difficult for sprinters and field performers to train like normal.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The conference and NCAA Tournament games of March should not be overshadowed by the scandal and controversy of a few naughty programs. Because for every Georgia, Fresno State and St. Bonaventure, there are dozens upon dozens of Lehighs and Lafayettes, Penns and Princetons —…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh went cold at the wrong time, blowing a 10-point lead against Bucknell in the Patriot League quarterfinals Saturday. Even the Mountain Hawks’ best shooter, senior Matt Logie, went more than 15 minutes without scoring. By the time he connected again, tapping in a miss, only…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Teary eyes from the bite of defeat was something the Lehigh and Lafayette women shared in Friday’s Patriot League quarterfinals at The Show Place Arena. Lafayette lost 60-40 to top-seeded Holy Cross because it did not have nearly enough depth or equal talent to avoid being…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh coach Billy Taylor didn’t hesitate to make bold coaching moves all season. He won because of that. On Friday, Taylor announced academic shortcomings have forced him to suspend star point guard Zlatko Savovic for the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinal game at 7:30…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →First-year Lehigh coach Billy Taylor is ready and confident as he leads the Mountain Hawks into the Patriot League tournament this weekend. These are the games that can lead to tears trickling down the faces of the losers and exuberance overwhelming the winners. It takes three…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh freshman guard Dawn Gorynski will be recovering from knee surgery in Manhattan today instead of running the point for Lehigh tonight at the Patriot League Tournament. An MRI exam Thursday revealed Gorynski has a medial collateral ligament tear in her right knee. The news…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lafayette won back-to-back Patriot League Tournament championships in 1999 and 2000 before Holy Cross became the league’s team to beat. So Leopards coach Fran O’Hanlon knows how to win in March. This weekend, he’ll get a chance to prove his astuteness again, as the Leopards try…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Billy Taylor won people over by winning more games than any other first-year men’s basketball coach at Lehigh. On Wednesday, the Patriot League named Taylor its coach of the year, marking the first such accomplishment for Lehigh. Taylor’s honor was one of four postseason awards…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The men’s basketball team at Lehigh is receiving ongoing accolades for posting a 16-11 regular-season record, which marks the first time since 1990-91 that the team has a winning record entering the Patriot League Tournament. But Lehigh has been stuck on 16 wins since beating…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh had its 11-game winning streak at Stabler Arena snapped this weekend, losing both home games against Colgate and Holy Cross. But the fans who stood and applauded as the coaches and players walked off the court following a 72-64 loss to Holy Cross on Sunday, seemed to care…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Maybe it’s time to send out a search unit to find the Lehigh team that, at one point of the season, was in first place in the Patriot League. That team won, in part, because seniors Matt Logie and Zlatko Savovic were making clutch plays down the stretch to win close games. That…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh and Lafayette have split their two regular season meetings, but both need to do better in their final two Patriot League games this week. If both go 2-0, they could end up as the Nos. 2 and 3 seeds in the league tournament, which has its quarterfinal and semifinal rounds…
· Andre D. Williams
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