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The Lehigh women narrowed the gap against Holy Cross to one point five times in the second half Friday night at Stabler Arena. But each time, either a missed shot, turnover, or defensive breakdown prevented the Mountain Hawks from taking the lead. The blown opportunities cost…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →There are arenas that are great because of their style, seating capacity, or crowd noise. Lafayette College’s Kirby Sports Center is not exactly a state-of-the-art facility. It lacks the pizzazz of other venues because of its lack of theater-type seating and has a seating…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →With 56 seconds remaining in Sunday’s game at Kirby Sports Center, Lafayette senior Rob Dill emphatically blocked a Bucknell shot. Winston Davis, his teammate, recovered the ball just before it went out of bounds. But Bucknell, whose physical, defensive-oriented team had held…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College’s Kirby Sports Center rocked like the Palestra in Philadelphia and all the other famous basketball venues in the country Friday night. Lehigh and Lafayette, both battling to remain undefeated in the Patriot League, went through 19 lead changes, a dramatic close…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Tickets are still available for tonight’s Lafayette-Lehigh men’s basketball game at Kirby Sports Center in Easton. But not many. “The game is almost sold out,” said Phil LaBella, Lafayette’s sports information director. That’s because two hot teams will be battling for first…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Austen Rowland’s mother saw him play for the first time in a Lehigh University basketball uniform Saturday afternoon. M. Michele Rowlands picked the perfect game to attend. She just had to wait a while for the game to end, but it was worth it as Lehigh relied on the one-two…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Villanova showed Allen High football star Eugene Clay the town and got what it wished for in return. Clay, a two-time Morning Call All-Area selection and Associated Press PIAA Class 4A second-team pick at wideout in December, announced Tuesday that he had orally committed to the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Whitehall has effectively used a slow-down brand of basketball to frustrate and topple many teams over the years. Remember the Zephyrs’ 33-29 overtime victory over Central Catholic earlier in the season? Just boring. “Yes it was,” said Whitehall guard Jason Greene. But the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →You’ve probably seen the Hollywood movies where the former water boy grows up to to earn a position on the high school football team. Rarely is that position as a starter. Hardly ever does the water boy become the star. But in a real life story, Northampton senior Jeff Pammer is…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Aliquippa High’s multi-purpose star Darrelle Revis had breakaway speed and open-field moves, which he used to keep breaking the back of Northern Lehigh’s defense Sunday in the PIAA Class 2A championship football game at Hersheypark Stadium. “He has special giddy-up,” said…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Northern Lehigh needed one last touchdown to cap off the greatest season in school history with the most memorable comeback Sunday in the PIAA Class 2A Championship game at Hersheypark Stadium. But the dreams of the Bulldogs players and estimated 3,500 fans were shattered along…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →This morning, the Easton football players should be able to stare in the mirror and feel proud. The reflection will be of players who demonstrated more vigor, drive and fight than seemed humanly possible considering they played two games against immensely talented and fast teams…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →All anyone had to do was look into the watery eyes of the Easton players and coaches to understand how passionate the Red Rovers were about their annual Thanksgiving Day game against Phillipsburg Thursday at Lafayette College’s Fisher Field. The game meant the world to the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →All anyone had to do was look into the watery eyes of the Easton players and coaches to understand how passionate the Red Rovers were about their annual Thanksgiving Day game against Phillipsburg Thursday at Lafayette College’s Fisher Field. The game meant the world to the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Now that Easton has played it’s all-important Thanksgiving Day game against Phillipsburg, losing 26-23, the Red Rovers (11-2) appear headed for an extremely difficult mission Saturday night. Up next is high-powered and defensively stingy North Penn (13-0) in the PIAA Class 4A…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →North Penn junior quarterback Adam Hearns was the only Knights player left on the field on a brisk Tuesday night, but it was not by choice. He still had running to do. Again, it was not by choice. It was by demand of coach Dick Beck that Hearns did a series of flexibility drills…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Easton High was undersized at the line of scrimmage, but was mightier than Cumberland Valley everywhere else in the PIAA Class 4A football quarterfinal playoff game Friday night at HersheyPark Stadium. The Red Rovers’ might came from senior Brad Piperata and junior Ovid…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Marcus Millen’s right wrist wouldn’t stop throbbing after he made a second-quarter tackle against Nazareth Oct. 3. But the Easton standout and son of former NFL star Matt Millen stayed in the game and continued to make plays. After the game, he found out his wrist was broken. “I…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The basketball, please. It’s time to see whether the Lafayette College men can put it in the hoop more often, rebound better and limit opponents’ scoring. The basketball, please. It’s time to see if, following 40 minutes of regulation play and more if needed, the Leopards will…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Easton still owns Parkland in the playoffs. More importantly, Easton now also owns the District 11 Class 4A title for the first time since 1993. The Red Rovers improved to 4-0 against the Trojans in the playoffs with a 23-15 victory before a crowd of 5,800 Friday at Cottingham…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Parkland High’s defense was a bone-crushing unit last week in a 35-0 win over East Stroudsburg South. Star lineman Travis Decker figures the Trojans will be even more punishing against Easton at 7 tonight at Cottingham Stadium. “Everyone is pumped up for this game,” Decker said.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Easton showed its nasty side on offense and defense and booted Northampton from the District 11 Class 4A playoffs in the process Friday night at Cottingham Stadium. The Red Rovers’ two running backs, junior Ovid Goulbourne and senior Brad Piperata, bowled over and blew past…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Northampton had already been out of playoff contention by the time October rolled around and the leaves had changed colors over the past few years. Not so this fall. But how much longer will Northampton’s football season last? The Konkrete Kids (7-3) qualified for the District…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Saint Joseph’s University star guards Jameer Nelson and Delonte West are back and eager to try to press the pants off opponents and score fastbreak points galore. The Hawks are the only Atlantic 10 Conference team to receive national preseason rankings, garnering Top 20 notice…
· Andre D. Williams
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