Morning Call archive
2,318 headlines by Andre D. Williams. Indexed for search — click through to the original Morning Call page.
Indexed locally for search — headlines, people, teams, and short excerpts from reporting originally published in The Morning Call (1998–2010). Full article text on mcall.com; DRE'S TAKE links out and does not republish Morning Call copy.
One of the most gratifying 11-day spans in Rob Melosky’s life was capped off Tuesday when he was introduced as Nazareth’s new head football coach. Austin Scott, the greatest football player Melosky has ever coached, had rape charges against him dropped on April 18, and the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Steve Roberts and his Quakertown teammates didn’t worry about the blazing times being posted by the Jamaicans and other superfast 1,600-meter relay runners Saturday at the Penn Relays. All Roberts concentrated on was the 400 meters he had to run in his anchor leg of the 1,600…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Steve Hixson had another memorable run at the Penn Relays. Never mind that he was not able to rally Kutztown University to a victory in the college men’s Wetzler/Pennsylvania 1,600-meter relay Friday at Franklin Field. Hixson was still overjoyed that he ran one of his fastest…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Nazareth High senior Kevin Kroboth has had an easier time sprinting to 100- and 200-meter dash victories than he did breaking away for touchdowns during the football season. A first-year track and field athlete, Kroboth has used the dual-meet season to prove himself as a league,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Liberty’s Joey Orlando and Whitehall’s Matt Hamscher are both getting one last opportunity to make standout plays on both sides of the ball. And Emmaus’ Joe Davis, who enjoyed trying to rip the helmet off offensive players, gets one last chance to try and make an impact on…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →A Sweet 16 that will take more of a rugged toll on the body will be contested this weekend in Albuquerque, N.M. The sport is rugby, and Kutztown University coach Gregg “Doc” Jones believes he has a team capable of advancing out of its four-team bracket in the National Division I…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →In track and field there’s fast and there’s really blazing, which Nazareth senior Kevin Kroboth was in the 100-meter dash Thursday afternoon at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium. A first-year participant in the sport, Kroboth has been under 11.0 seconds in most of his races…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The house belonged to Matthew Riddle on Wednesday night at the Palmerton Hotel. It’s like that when you are a star in the making, which the bold and brass Riddle appeared to be in his debut fight in “The Ultimate Fighter 7” series on Spike TV. A packed house cheered, hugged and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Devin Street appears to be a natural in track and field. A first-year participant for Liberty, Street established himself as the top long jumper in the Lehigh Valley Conference before the weather even turned warm. He entered the week with an area-high mark of 22 feet, 51/2…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →With the NCAA Basketball Final Four beginning today, Phillipsburg native and ESPN analyst Tom Brennan realizes the heat gets turned up in the studio where he works. Especially when he and fellow college basketball analyst Doug Gottlieb are on the set together. “He’s the young…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →For a break from March Madness, here’s an important announcement from Lafayette coach Fran O’Hanlon: Speed, shooters and height are coming to College Hill in the fall. The veteran Leopards coach announced his second scholarship class on Wednesday, and it includes 6-10, 250-pound…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Distance runner Trevor VanAckeren of Liberty and sprinter Aneurys Santos of Salisbury figure to dominate the headlines in boys track and field this spring. Never mind that both began the season injured — the long-legged Princeton-bound VanAckeren with a tweaked left knee and the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Ray Barbosa’s mother, sister and stepfather each sat near-motionless in the RBC Center as the minutes in his college basketball career counted down Friday. Unable to shake free from a suffocating Georgetown defense, Barbosa missed shot after shot, and his University of…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Jay Greene had two memorable back-to-back trips down the court Friday. They were in the second half, and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County guard rose up against tenacious Georgetown defenders to bury consecutive 3-pointers. It prevented Greene, a junior and former…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Ray Barbosa did not pack light. The University of Maryland Baltimore County guard has enjoyed the aura that surrounds the NCAA Tournament ever since arriving here Wednesday night and plans on soaking up as much of it as possible. UMBC, seeded 15th in the Midwest Region, plays…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →ESPN Classic could replay the 1988 NCAA Tournament first-round game between Lehigh and Temple, but Mike Polaha wouldn’t be sitting by the tube. The former Lehigh star guard could watch tape of the game — played 20 years ago this month in Hartford, Conn. — anytime, because he has…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Concerned and nervous, Pam Tillett sat still in the stands amongst raucous University of Maryland-Baltimore County fans Saturday afternoon at RAC Arena. Her son, UMBC senior guard Ray Barbosa from Allen High, was focused on the court, trying to help his teammates stave off a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Ray Barbosa and Jay Greene jumped from their seats, overwhelmed with jubilation Sunday night. They had a lot of happy company. A day after the University of Maryland-Baltimore County won the America East Conference championship, Barbosa, from Allen High, and Greene, from…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Jay Greene scored his team’s first points on a 3-pointer, he handed out the first assist, and throughout the biggest game of his life, the former Whitehall High star also crashed the boards hard and played lockdown defense. An automatic NCAA Tournament bid was on the line, and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Ray Barbosa has allowed himself to dream about this day for a long time. But the former Allen High basketball star doubted it would ever arrive. Jay Greene, former Whitehall star, however, began believing this day would come as soon as the 2006-07 season ended. Today, the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →A warning light seemed to go off in Ray Barbosa’s head with nine minutes remaining in the America East Conference semifinals Sunday afternoon. The University of Maryland Baltimore County trailed Vermont by six points, and Barbosa feared that his dream of playing for a conference…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →An Allentown boxer, who nearly died after being shot 10 years ago, makes his return to the ring on Saturday night at the Days Inn & Conference Center in South Whitehall Township. Julio Caesar Mathews, 37, was 2-0 as a light heavyweight and was ambitious about trying to climb up…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →DeSales didn’t have to pack its bags for the opening two rounds of the NCAA Division III women’s tournament. But the Bulldogs need to prepare those the suitcases now. Sensational junior guards LeighAnn Burke and Kim Rarick helped see to that against Salem (Mass.) State in a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Lehigh women’s basketball team has to travel 120-some miles to try and accomplish what it could not do in the Lehigh Valley. That’s beat Lafayette, which swept the season series between the rivals. The Patriot League tournament quarterfinals open today at Army, and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →