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Whitey Williams, the first-year Nazareth football coach, believed junior Mike Cangelosi had the talent to play quarterback just by looking at him. ‘He has that sparkle in his eye,” Williams said. A look that says ‘He is a competitor,” Williams said, ‘And he has great character.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →He’s a farm boy from Front Royal, Va., who punches with deceptive power. He speaks in a soft, polite tone, but Jason Waller has knocked out three of the last four fighters he’s faced in Allentown. Waller gets another chance to punish another opponent in a scheduled eight-round…
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Read on mcall.com →It was fastbreak basketball on grass, at least that’s what Parkland quarterback Adam Lane might have been thinking. Throw the ball, and if it’s overthrown or underthrown, try again. So here it went: Up, spiraling and into the hands of double-covered wide receiver Tim Massaquoi…
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Read on mcall.com →Have you heard the rumbling sound around Liberty High School? It’s the football team stampeding. Have you noticed the two wins and zero losses? That’s the result of playing up to potential. Do you believe Liberty is really that good? It will be time to find out when the…
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Read on mcall.com →A season thought to be lost for Easton High running back YaYah McGurn may not be lost after all. It all depends on whether McGurn can stay drug- and alcohol-free, something the star running back, who gained 1,002 yards last season, has admitted he’s had trouble doing in the…
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Read on mcall.com →Andrew Guman made the catch that sent a buzz through the crowd. Then, the Central Catholic multi-purpose senior covered 73 yards of ground that shook up the Parkland defense. He just couldn’t finish off the game-breaking play with a touchdown. ‘I just ran as hard as I could,”…
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Read on mcall.com →Johnny Santiago has run the ball one way since he began playing competitive football for the Bethlehem Saints at age 6. ‘When I get the ball I look for the hole,” said Santiago, a senior tailback at Freedom. ‘I just want to run through (the defender ), right through his back.…
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Read on mcall.com →Famed boxing trainer Earnee Butler used to like to corner former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes — in the ring and in the car. Butler always had a story about his own professional boxing career, which included 91 wins and 13 losses as a welterweight. “He used to tell me about…
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Read on mcall.com →More playing time. That’s what Philadelphia 76ers center Todd MacCulloch has spent this summer trying to prove he deserves when the NBA regular season begins Oct. 31. The 7-foot MacCulloch averaged 9.4 minutes and 3.7 points last season. He’s been busier and more productive…
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Read on mcall.com →A Northampton-Nazareth high school football game Friday night that had featured a razzle-dazzle pass play and two long runs was postponed until 7 tonight because of lightning. ‘We don’t have this problem in basketball,” said Mike Schneider, athletic director of host Northampton.…
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Read on mcall.com →Tim Massaquoi looked around the auditorium at Parkland High School on Wednesday and shook his head in amazement. ‘I didn’t think it would be this big,’ he said. ‘I didn’t think this many people would show up.’ That’s because the announcement of Massaquoi’s college choice was big…
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Read on mcall.com →It was the final drill of Parkland High’s exhausting varsity morning football practice, and many of the players were running half-speed. That had head coach Rich Sniscak disgruntled. ‘We’re 45 minutes over schedule, so I know you won’t make it because you’re mentally weak,”…
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Read on mcall.com →Eugene Newsome discovered his love of football by playing tackle football at a young age on gravel in Stroudsburg. “I had a lot of scrapes on my knees,” Newsome said. But he continued playing and enjoyed every crunching play. “I just love to hit,” Newsome said. “A lot of people…
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Read on mcall.com →Former Dieruff and NFL player Mark McCants and Dieruff alumnus Jamie Smith have joined Geraldine Ross in an effort to help give former Dieruff star Anthony Ross an athletic and academic life past high school. All Ross, the slick 6-foot-1 guard who completed high school at…
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Read on mcall.com →Andrew Mahaney was 50 meters away from the finish of the 200-meter butterfly, and the thought that flashed in his mind was, ‘I’m swimming the best race of my life.” Indeed, he did, and now the rewards are numerous for the 18-year-old swimming phenom from Easton. ‘If there is a…
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Read on mcall.com →This summer has been full of hard work for Greg Solt, the 1997 Northampton High graduate who is entering his senior season on the North Carolina State University men’s swim team. No beach trips, little hanging out. Just swimming 2,000 meters a day inside the Wolfpack pool. ‘And…
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Read on mcall.com →It was last August. The 200-meter butterfly race Aaron Mahaney of Easton had visualized himself swimming at Nationals at the University of Minnesota had just ended. The thrill of accomplishing a dream he had set for himself when he was 14 should have been there, especially since…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron McKie is as professional as they come on the basketball court, and he maintains respect and clean behavior off the court as well. On Friday night at the First Union Center, McKie’s season came to an end when the Philadelphia 76ers were beaten 106-90 by the Indiana Pacers…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Aaron McKie is as professional as they come on the basketball court, and he maintains respect and clean behavior off the court as well. On Friday night at the First Union Center, McKie’s season came to an end when the Philadelphia 76ers were beaten 106-90 by the Indiana Pacers…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →She stands in goal, gobbling up and turning away shots. She does it with such ease. Her goal is to disrupt the attacking team’s flow, and Central Catholic senior goalkeeper Naomi Campano does just that. Campano recorded 20 shutouts in her previous two seasons and continues to…
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