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Four LVC football players are heading to Altoona ** Orlando, Hamscher, Davis and Carter will play in East-West All Star Game.

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…

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A hoops dream “This is where I wanted to be right now …I’m just very thankful for where I am. I’ve been very blessed.” TOM BRENNAN, ESPN analyst ** Once an NCAA Cinderella, Tom Brennan’s living a fairytale as an ESPN analyst.

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…

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Hawks crave revenge for disputed shot ** Lehigh hasn’t forgotten loss to Army at buzzer in quarterfinals last year.

It is the shot that has haunted Lehigh senior Bryan White and sophomore Marquis Hall for a year. What they can’t forget is a running bank shot by Army’s Josh Miller that beat the Mountain Hawks, 47-46, in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals last March at Stabler Arena.…

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Lehigh’s frontcourt coming up big

Lehigh seemed like it had turned into “Guard U.” under former coach Billy Taylor, who had five guards earn Patriot League first team, player of the year, and rookie of the year honors in his five seasons. But Brett Reed, who was Taylor’s top assistant coach in those five…

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Morgans honored to lead Pa. team in Big 33 ** Parkland mentor will be Pennsylvania’s head coach for the annual all-star game.

The reward for Parkland football coach Jim Morgans leading his team to a 15-1 season and finishing as PIAA Class 4A runner-up is a fourth trip to Hersheypark Stadium to coach in a big game. Morgans, 60, has been named Pennsylvania’s head coach against Ohio all-stars in the Big…

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Ex-Liberty star’s switch pays off with starting role at Rutgers ** Morales mans fullback for Knights, blocking for All-American Rice.

Rutgers redshirt freshman Andres Morales has entered 2008 doing what he most loves to do. “It’s kind of cool because all we do is play football now, like a pro team,” Morales said. “School is over. You just relax and play ball.” A punishing all-state linebacker at Liberty High…

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Figner makes best of dreary December ** West Virginia O-lineman, a Northwestern grad, sees his team miss chance at title game, lose coach.

West Virginia offensive lineman Jake Figner was credited with 20 knockdown blocks last season, which was impressive enough for the Northwestern High graduate to remain a starter. The number of pancake blocks Figner had this season has not been released, but he’s confident that…

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Surprising Parkland forged state title bid ** Local ** Top 5: Our countdown of the top local and regional sports stories of the year continues. Today: No. 3.

Back in August when shoulder pads and helmets were first strapped on, Parkland had a team that on paper looked like it would be good. Good enough to contend for a league and district title. But not good enough to end up in Hershey playing for the state title. After all, Liberty…

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Pius’ Williams catches on as all-stater

Pius X wide receiver Wade Williams got open to catch passes and score touchdowns with ease. “He’s real smooth on the football field, that’s for sure,” said his coach, Bob Goffredo. Williams caught 45 passes for 958 yards and 11 touchdowns this season, breaking the Royals’ school…

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Five from area named 4A all-state ** They are Parkland’s Jaleel Clark, Clint Miller, Easton’s Jarred Holley, Liberty’s Brendan Beal, and ESS’s Casey Smith.

Parkland junior wide receiver Jaleel Clark was unstoppable, gracefully and effortlessly racing downfield to make tough catches and score touchdowns. Easton senior Jarred Holley once again played the role of lockdown defensive back, Liberty senior Brendan Beal was a hard-hitting…

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Trojans look ahead, not back ** A loss in the state final hurt, but what senior John Laub regrets is leaving his teammates. Juniors look to next season.

Parkland did not return from Hershey with a state championship trophy Saturday night. Too much went wrong. But everything went right for 15 games. That’s why the Trojans went into the PIAA Class 4A title game undefeated. And, after the tears as a result of the Trojans’ 21-0 loss…

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