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The game was better than the hype. The ending was cliffhanging, leaving Bethlehem Catholic exhilarated and Parkland drowned in disappointment. It came down to The Decision. One or two points for victory or defeat. “It was in my mind all the time,” said Bethlehem Catholic…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Bethlehem Catholic quarterback Adam Bednarik knows the Parkland defense wants to smother him, maybe even turn him into mashed potatoes. But by no means will Parkland distract Bednarik, the strong-armed, 6-3, 220-pound senior. He is just too confident, ready to play against the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Freedom High linemen delivered hard, gruesome pancakes to Nazareth in the season-opener Friday night at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium. Many of the pancakes, namely crushing blocks by Mike Zagorski, Josh Kelly & Co., led to gaping holes that Freedom’s backs kept finding…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The swagger is still there, though the players who figure to be leading the Bethlehem Catholic charge are different. The speed is also there, maybe more so than in the past. Look out for a junior named Brandon Carter. There is a new team leader, senior quarterback Adam Bednarik,…
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Read on mcall.com →Kevin Easterling was selected to play in the 1984 Big 33 Football Classic after rushing for nearly 1,200 yards his senior year at Dieruff, and he believes his son could have similar success at the Colonial League school he currently attends. But Easterling is worried that the…
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Read on mcall.com →They are all back together in competition, old rivals, longtime friends, fans who want to engage in rah-rah chants, and coaches who want to outfox other coaches by any means possible. Most of them have been separated for four calender school years, leaving Allen deprived of a…
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Read on mcall.com →You can look at his braids, his thuggish attitude, shake your head in disappointment over his allegedly throwing his wife out of the house naked, but don’t think that Philadelphia 76ers’ guard Allen Iverson has lost marketing appeal. What does it tell you when Reebok, the shoe…
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Read on mcall.com →Donnie Roberts might have looked like a maintenance worker to people driving or walking by on American Parkway the way he was manicuring the Central Catholic High practice field Saturday. More people might have thought the same of Roberts following the opening day of football…
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Read on mcall.com →Running on playing fields as hard as concrete was more fun than swimming for high school football stars Austin Scott of Parkland and Freedom’s Afa Anaoi and Jeremy Kametz on a Monday where temperatures neared 100 degrees. Each player said he had eagerly awaited the opening day…
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Read on mcall.com →For seemingly one final time, 29 years after his first professional bout, former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes proved before his chanting fans, closest friends, family and a pay-per-view audience, that his left jab was still slick as “butter” Saturday night at the Scope.…
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Read on mcall.com →Former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes looked tired, a little sluggish, and very much like a boxer who should have been sitting at ringside instead of throwing jabs in the ring Saturday night at the Scope arena. And Holmes, 52, showed in his “retirement” bout against Eric…
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Read on mcall.com →Mike Mittman, a former Telley Award winner for excellence in broadcasting, has signed a contract to join the boxing commentary team of Al Bernstein and Dave Bontempo for the pay-per-view telecast of former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes’ final fight tonight at the Scope arena…
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Read on mcall.com →Former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, 52, who’s far from a sculpted piece of boxing art himself, has said that his scheduled 10-round bout against Eric “Butterbean” Esch Saturday night at the Scope in Norfolk, Va. will be his last fight. He had been looking for a promoter…
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Read on mcall.com →You can not win 68 of 74 fights and successfully defend the heavyweight championship 20 consecutive times without having a few easy fights. Former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes does not deny that. In fact, he believes that one of his easiest fights will come Saturday night…
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Read on mcall.com →Former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes sat quietly in a folding chair, cooling down and perhaps reflecting on all the glory he has enjoyed over the last 29 years, as sweat poured down his face following a workout and sparring session in his humid training facility Friday in…
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Read on mcall.com →The post-Bethlehem Catholic High football careers of Eddie Scipio and Pat Bedics have become more challenging and enjoyable since they arrived here on July 1. They’re in town to practice with the Pennsylvania All-Stars in preparation for the Big 33 Football Classic at 7 p.m.…
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Read on mcall.com →The more the fans cheered for them, the more Allentown’s Edgar Sanjurjo and Easton’s Russell Snyder shone underneath the lights in the grandstand events area Saturday night at Cedar Beach as both peppered their opponents with sharp, effective, punishing shots. For both fighters,…
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Read on mcall.com →Real or not? Not many of the fans crowded around the grandstands events area at Allentown’s Cedar Beach for the World Extreme Wrestling show Friday night seemed to care. The bottom line is that it was funny, at times thrilling, and best of all, free. That’s the way every event…
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Read on mcall.com →Rich Baker worked his whole life to become a Division I basketball player, and when the opportunity came, he earned a starting position in the backcourt of the Rider Broncs of the Metro Athletic Conference. But now Baker is again searching for the right college situation. Rider…
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Read on mcall.com →The financial stability was there all season. The emotional stability never was. The mixture was a bad combination for the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs, one that led to disgruntlement within the organization, failure on the basketball court, and ultimately, a disappointing finish to…
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Read on mcall.com →Darryl Dawkins has been a professional basketball player and head coach, and now some of the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs hope he is promoted one more level. Veterans Ronnie Fields and Cory Hightower, who helped the team win the franchise’s first United States Basketball League…
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Read on mcall.com →The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs spent about as much energy trying to beat the Adirondack Wildcats as Lehigh University officials probably used trying to keep Stabler Arena cool Sunday afternoon. Cool play that included slashes through the lane for baskets and high-flying dunks were…
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Read on mcall.com →All that matters now to La Salle University forward Rasual Butler is to hear his name called in Wednesday’s NBA Draft. Then the post-college life that he has been thinking about since his last NCAA game, a 28-point outburst against Richmond in the semifinals of the Atlantic 10…
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Read on mcall.com →A bruised left leg, hip and sore butt suffered during a fall in a road race in St. Paul, Minn., did not slow Olympic sprint champion Marty Nothstein in his homecoming Friday night at the Lehigh Valley Velodrome. No, the man nicknamed “The Blade” was aggressive and blazing as…
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