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Control the hype. That’s what Freedom coach Rob Melosky has tried to do all week, but too much is on the line to be cool. Too much can be gained, and possibly too much lost when Freedom (6-1) travels to Orefield to play Parkland (6-1) in a Mountain Valley Conference matchup for…
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Read on mcall.com →The shot blazed ahead, bringing some fans from their cold seats and holding players on the field not involved with the play at a standstill. But Emmaus goalie Kyle Grim did not stay frozen. He turned quickly, leaped into the air and got a hand on the ball that had been rapidly…
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Read on mcall.com →Homecoming Saturday night at East Stroudsburg was a return to the powerhouse days of 1995-96 when Cavaliers tailback James Mungro was stampeding through defenders en route to becoming the state’s all-time leading rusher. Junior quarterback Jim Terwilliger does not possess the…
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Read on mcall.com →Before Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles in the 1990s and long before Allen Iverson entered the league, a 6-1 guard nicknamed ‘Zeke’ roused crowds with his deft passing and fearless court demeanor. Saturday in Springfield, Mass, where Dr. James Naismith gave…
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Read on mcall.com →An end to futility had to come for one of the East Penn Conference cellar dwellers Friday night in Emmaus. It would not come without a price. ‘I got punched in the face one time,’ said Emmaus defensive lineman Kevin Short. But Short did a lot more hitting than receiving in…
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Read on mcall.com →His movement in the pocket is swifter, his throws crisper, his ability to read defensive coverages even better, but the thing that has East Stroudsburg quarterback Jim Terwilliger gloating most is in the Cavaliers’ 4-2 record. Six weeks into last season East Stroudsburg was 0-6…
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Read on mcall.com →Forget about Allen Iverson’s controversial ’40 Bars’ hard-core rap single. What about Philadelphia Sixers’ No. 1 draft pick Craig ‘Speedy’ Claxton, the 20th overall pick in the June NBA draft from Hofstra? With his strong performance in the Sixers’ 92-87 victory over the San…
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Read on mcall.com →Allentown rapper Vincent Eggleston wishes he could go one-on-one with Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson. Eggleston, whose non-explicit ‘My Life, My Love, My Music’ CD will soon be released, knows that Iverson wouldn’t be able to hang with him, or relate to the audience…
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Read on mcall.com →The homecoming king and his teammates opened with a stale drive inside rusty old J. Birney Crum Stadium that resulted in a three-and-out. Then Central Catholic quarterback Frank Novogratz began to sparkle off rollout passes, and the Vikings’ running game began to click against a…
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Read on mcall.com →Jason Beck’s last carry from the 4-yard line late in the fourth quarter was just as punishing as what he had done on the other side of the ball. But what the Parkland two-way player had done on defense was more telling sack, sack, crunch, ouch. Beck was so devastating in the…
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Read on mcall.com →His Web site opens with “The Wonderful World of Nazr.” At times in the past, it most certainly was wonderful for 6-foot-10 center Nazr Mohammed. In 1997 he won a national championship at Kentucky, and his world was again brightened in the June 1998 NBA draft when he was selected…
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Read on mcall.com →Allen Iverson is probably misunderstood by non-rap music lovers, but most likely understood by his gangsta rap fans. Whichever way he’s understood or not understood, the bottom line is that he’s a popular basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers, who’s co-captain of his…
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Read on mcall.com →His team was nursing an eight-point lead over rival Whitehall with just 2:51 remaining last Oct. 9. Parkland kicker Greg Knauss was summoned by coach Rich Sniscak to attempt a 47-yard field goal. Make it and victory in the Mountain Valley Conference football game that had…
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Read on mcall.com →Center Todd MacCulloch has lived the life of a presidential candidate over the last two days. He’s traveled and traveled, and now he’s hard at work. But Vice President Al Gore and Republican candidate George W. Bush have not had to travel around the world lately. MacCulloch did,…
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Read on mcall.com →George Lynch has opened the Philadelphia 76ers’ training camp with an invitation to Toni Kukoc — bring it on. To Lynch, this is like his rookie season in 1993 with the Los Angeles Lakers, but with one exception. Seven years ago, Lynch had no shot at being a starter. Not so now.…
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Read on mcall.com →Allen Iverson is mad and hurt that the Philadelphia 76ers management tried to trade him. He’s also hip and hop, and to understand more about that, check out his upcoming rap album, ‘Non-Fiction,’ an X-rated album that’s loaded with profanity and lyrics about gangster life. Asked…
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Read on mcall.com →Only a little running room had opened up near the sidelines, but that was all the space 5-foot-7, 135-pound Bethlehem Catholic tailback Frank Trovato needed to carry the Golden Hawks to a first down and a huge non-league victory. Trovato is a junior varsity player who was called…
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Read on mcall.com →The pitches kept coming. The holes kept opening — some wide, some narrow. Parkland’s Austin Scott kept going, bursting or spinning through holes, and then often outracing or hurdling over Northampton defenders. ‘He’s unbelievable,” Parkland wide receiver Tim Massaquoi said.…
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Read on mcall.com →One mistake after another has cost senior YaYah McGurn a chance to resume his high school football career at Easton. The reasons for this action are unknown. McGurn had violated the Easton Area School District’s drug and alcohol policy in August and was serving a six-week…
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Read on mcall.com →He pulled on an off-tackle running play and kept raging through the hole, boiling with anticipation as he neared a seemingly helpless defender. Smack! Just like that, Parkland High senior John Gray “pancaked a linebacker,” Trojans coach Rich Sniscak said, remembering the…
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Read on mcall.com →So far, both have carried their weight and deflated their opponents to carry 3-0 records into their most challenging regular-season games. Oh, to be a player at Muhlenberg or Moravian. All has gone so right, yet all can become so much better. All both have to do is subdue…
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Read on mcall.com →Healthy or not, Allen Iverson is expected to join valuable two-way guard Aaron McKie, shot blocker Theo Ratliff, Canadian Olympian Todd MacCulloch and the rest of the Philadelphia 76ers Oct. 3 when the team opens training camp at Penn State University. Iverson, the 6-foot guard…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg defensive end David Jones had an idea how the Franklin & Marshall defense probably felt following the Air McCabe/Carter show Saturday in West Allentown. Obviously, it wasn’t good after after surrendering 501 net yards an average of 6.96 yards per play and giving up…
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Read on mcall.com →‘You can always dream,” said Nazreth coach Whitey Williams, answering whether he was ready to win a state title with the Blue Eagles. But why not? Nazareth is 4-0, having used its defense to beat the snot out of its last two opponents both shutouts. And now the Blue Eagles head…
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