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Central Catholic High distance runner Frances Koons capped off two days of fantastic running in the Penn Relays Friday at Franklin Field. Koons, a senior, ran a 2:12.8 anchor-leg that helped the Vikettes place eighth in the High School Girls Championship of America 3,200-meter…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Artie Owens made sure he did his offseason conditioning work when he was with the San Diego Chargers in the late 1970s and 80s, but he also made sure he scheduled his vacation time around the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. Owens had been a football and track and field star at…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Lehigh Valley’s fastest sprinter has entered the spring track and field season without a college scholarship offer. That could change for Bethlehem Catholic senior Brandon Carter after he competes in the Penn Relays, April 22-24 at the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Saint Joseph’s and Xavier of the Atlantic 10 were so close to the Final Four last Saturday, they could just about taste the sizzling fajitas of San Antonio. But both lost in regional finals, Saint Joe’s 64-62 to Oklahoma State in East Rutherford, N.J., and Xavier 66-63 to Duke…
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Read on mcall.com →Home-grown official Frank Scagliotta will be sitting by his television this evening in his Slate Belt home watching the Final Four games, cheering more for the three guys wearing zebra shirts than for Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State, Duke or UConn. Scagliotta, 53, officiated 1996…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →In 1997, Lafayette College’s Winston Davis was the skinny 15-year-old high school sophomore with the crazy hops participating in the Kingdom of the Sun Slam Dunk Contest in Florida. But, that year the the older players, like one 18-year-old Jumaine Jones, had even crazier hops…
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Read on mcall.com →Saint Joseph’s has the clippers in hand. Championship nets are close to being cut down. The Hawks need one more victory to win the East Rutherford Regional and advance to the Final Four in San Antonio. If the Hawks beat Oklahoma State in the regional final tonight, Philadelphia…
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Read on mcall.com →When Jameer Nelson was starring at Chester High, his mailbox didn’t fill up with scholarship offers until after his junior year. By that time, Saint Joseph’s coach Phil Martelli had offered Nelson a full ride to the tiny Jesuit school on Hawk Hill. Later, Kentucky, USC,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →At Liberty University, they talk a lot about religion, love, good sportsmanship, and all things good. That’s to be expected since Rev. Jerry Falwell is the founder and chancellor of school in Lynchburg, Va. In addition, Liberty coach Randy Dunton graduated from Baptist Bible…
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Read on mcall.com →Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs management is busy doing what it does each March — watching the NCAA Tournament and getting serious about a new United States Basketball League season. The season, which begins in April, will bring a change of homes for the Dawgs. They will play each of…
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Read on mcall.com →Temple had the last chance to keep the candle burning in the Atlantic 10 Tournament for Philadelphia Thursday night. But the Owls were blown out just like La Salle Wednesday and Saint Joseph’s earlier Thursday. Temple’s 64-49 loss to Richmond in the quarterfinals at the…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh senior guard Ra Tiah has been a good sport about having to give up his starting spot to a freshman. even though Tiah entered the season as a co-captain and as Lehigh’s poster boy. This was supposed to be his best season. His jump shot and confidence had improved. His…
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Read on mcall.com →American University advanced to its third straight Patriot League Tournament championship game with a victory 65-55 over Colgate on Sunday. But the Eagles would have felt cheated had Lehigh not also won. That’s because the Eagles’ two regular-season losses to Lehigh remain sore…
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Read on mcall.com →Now might be the time to jump on the Lehigh bandwagon. The Mountain Hawks will be returning to Stabler Arena with a chance to win their first Patriot League Tournament championship and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1988. Senior guard Austen Rowland made…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh and Lafayette both slumped at the end of the Patriot League season and both could be headed for one-and-done games in the league tournament this weekend. Lehigh, which went 10-4 in league play to finish tied for first and earn the No. 1 seed for the first time ever, needs…
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Read on mcall.com →Perfection was the way Saint Joseph’s guard Jameer Nelson crossed up St. Bonaventure players, either scoring or dishing to an open teammate for a drop in the net Tuesday night. Perfection was also Nelson attacking the glass, out-leaping taller players to yank down rebounds.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Perfection was the way Saint Joseph’s guard Jameer Nelson crossed up St. Bonaventure players, either scoring or dishing to an open teammate for a drop in the net Wednesday night. Perfection was also Nelson attacking the glass, out-leaping taller players to yank down rebounds.…
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Read on mcall.com →Danny Hinds was one of the many Drexel players disappointed with Saturday’s 76-64 loss at Delaware, which prevented the Dragons from clinching first place in the Colonial Athletic Conference. But Hinds, a 6-6 junior forward from Central Catholic, also knows how to look past the…
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Read on mcall.com →The Lafayette women’s basketball team that was on the Kirby Sports Center floor when the final buzzer sounded Saturday afternoon, got tackled. Soon after, all the players got drenched with water. “We did it,” Lafayette senior forward Colleen Fitzpatrick said was her immediate…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College is in a must-win situation entering its regular-season finale at 3:15 today against American at Kirby Sports Center. In the last three games, all losses, the Leopards’ defensive and rebounding weaknesses have been exposed. “I saw them every day in practice,”…
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Read on mcall.com →All that is apparently wrong with Lafayette College needs to get corrected soon. Otherwise, Lafayette won’t be playing too long into March. The Leopards’ weak rebounding, defensive lapses while trying to press and 1-for-13 shooting from leading scorer Justin DeBerry, were too…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh University senior guard Austen Rowland zoned in on his coach Billy Taylor longer than usual at practice on Wednesday. Rowland could not stop staring at the sparkling watch Taylor was wearing and was wondering what it would be like to win a similar piece of jewelry this…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Catasauqua blocked shots, forced turnovers and trimmed a 12-point second-half deficit to three points against North Schulylkill Tuesday night. But the Rough Riders’ shooting and rebounding problems never improved in a 55-46 loss in the District 11 Class 2A semifinals at…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Lehigh students did not storm onto the Stabler Arena floor after the Mountain Hawks’ 78-73 win over Lafayette Sunday. So Lehigh senior guard Ra Tiah raced over, leaped over the railing and dove into a frenzied sea of Lehigh students wearing Lehigh T-shirts. “I told a couple…
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