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Frank Scagliotta has his high school football coaching dream job. It’s at his alma mater, Bangor, where Scagliotta was an all-state basketball player and state long jump medalist in track and field in the 1960s. The Bangor School Board unanimously approved Scagliotta as the…
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Read on mcall.com →Danny Hargrove never doubted that he’d become a college basketball star one day. He just had to find the right program to showcase his talents, a program where — in his belief — favoritism played no role. In two years at UNC-Greensboro, Hargrove got little playing time and…
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Read on mcall.com →Randy Foye dared Georgetown’s guards to look him in the face. When they didn’t, he knew he could break them down. The Villanova senior guard always tries to be, in his words, a monster on both ends of the court. And he always searches for fear in his opponents. “Sometimes you…
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Read on mcall.com →This is the week that college basketball players dream about, and it’s when coaches really earn their pay. This is a week for all fans to enjoy, at the Division I, II and III levels. On of the biggest games will involve the area’s hottest men’s team. Lehigh (18-9, 11-1) will try…
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Read on mcall.com →Villanova coach Jay Wright has been given everything by the university that, years ago, wasn’t interested in offering him a scholarship to play basketball. “I grew up in Philly,” Wright said. “I grew up a Big 5 fan. Of all the Big 5 teams, Villanova is my favorite team. I wanted…
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Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg senior Kristen Piscadlo has always enjoyed setting up her teammates, either with a dribble move and pass, or with something more sizzling, such as a pinpoint pass in transition. Whatever it has taken to get the job done, Piscadlo has delivered passes better than any…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh posted its 10th Patriot League victory, 67-58 over Colgate, Wednesday night at Stabler Arena. Now the Mountain Hawks are six days away from a rematch with No. 24 Bucknell in Lewisburg. “My dad told me that rankings are nothing but a number,” said sophomore Bryan White.…
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Read on mcall.com →Kutztown senior Bruce Hall was a breakaway running back before he switched over to basketball in the eighth grade and started beating everybody down court to score fastbreak layups. “I’ve always been fast,” Hall said. “That’s always been one of my advantages.” Moravian junior…
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Read on mcall.com →Sandwiched between Allan Ray 3-pointers was Will Sheridan sinking baseline jumpers, clawing inside for putbacks, and playing the best 10-minute stretch of his life on Monday night. “It’s the Big East, the best conference in the nation,” Sheridan said. Two of the best teams were…
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Read on mcall.com →“February Madness” has arrived for local teams at DeSales, Moravian and Muhlenberg. That’s because playoff seeds and berths are on the line. The DeSales women (14-9, 8-4) will have their chance to punch a Freedom Conference playoff ticket with a road victory over Delaware Valley…
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Read on mcall.com →Fueled by the chant, “the Hawk will never die,” Saint Joseph’s has rallied to many victories at Alumni Fieldhouse. And senior guard Dwayne Lee was hoping for another memorable triumph Saturday against No. 8 George Washington. “We’ve been in every game we’ve played, so we all…
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Read on mcall.com →Fittingly, Lehigh guard Jose Olivero’s father was in the stands at Alumni Hall at the United States Naval Academy Wednesday night when Olivero dived out of bounds for a loose ball and crashed into a scorer’s table. Appearing unfazed, Olivero rose quickly and went back to…
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Read on mcall.com →Every inch of the court at Alumni Hall on The Yard was a battleground Wednesday night. Navy made it that way with relentless hustle early in the first half. Lehigh just needed to bang back, stop turning the ball over, and then rely on Jose Olivero and Joe Knight. The Mountain…
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Read on mcall.com →The centers proved why they were hyped as the main attraction in the non-league meeting between Muhlenberg and DeSales Monday night at Memorial Hall. Muhlenberg’s Jeff Stewart muscled inside and scored. DeSales’ Phil Stricker worked free down low or on the baseline, turned and…
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Read on mcall.com →The only way to earn respect is to ante up and get on with it, which is what Lafayette women’s basketball coach Tammy Smith finally decided to do entering her 27th year of coaching. She stopped worrying about matters out of her control, like Lafayette not offering any…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh University coach Billy Taylor is contending for his third Patriot League coach of the year honor in four years. That’s because Lehigh is once again contending for the league title, entering this week 7-1 in league play, just 11/2 games behind Bucknell. Taylor does not…
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Read on mcall.com →Kutztown’s Andre Coles couldn’t get a hand on the ball in the frantic final seconds Saturday afternoon. He had already bulled his way to a game-high 15 rebounds in 35 minutes against rival East Stroudsburg at Keystone Arena. But the beefy 6-5 senior was held in suspense, with…
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Read on mcall.com →Jose Olivero and Joe Knight put on a two-man scoring show again for Lehigh, but the Mountain Hawks’ grueling Patriot League victory over American Saturday night was not secured with offense alone. It was won with hustle and muscle, which senior Mike Fischman has provided all…
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Read on mcall.com →The 61st meeting between the Moravian and Muhlenberg women didn’t lack intensity. It showed with every flying elbow, every hard scrap for a rebound, and every dive for a loose ball. Muhlenberg finally won the battle 66-59, sealing the non-conference victory on two big plays by…
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Read on mcall.com →Rich Jarnagin entered Liberty High School four years ago as a skinny freshman, but one with a lot of potential. He became stronger and faster and this year made several game-breaking plays on both sides of the ball to help Liberty go 13-2 and finish as the PIAA Class 4A…
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Read on mcall.com →In a weekend dominated by high-scoring performances, not to be overshadowed is the accomplishment of a man who didn’t take one shot. And it probably suited Fred Richter, the DeSales University women’s coach, just fine watching freshman LeighAnn Burke tie a school record with 37…
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Read on mcall.com →Exhausted from another Big East grind that went down to the finish, Villanova guard Randy Foye was in no rush to move. So he sat for extended minutes in the Wildcats locker room Monday night at the Wachovia Center. Then he rose, grabbed a couple of Gatorades, and proudly…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh men will get another shot at Bucknell Feb. 22 in Lewisburg, and that could be for a first-place tie in the Patriot League. Bucknell finished the first-half of league play 7-0 — with Lehigh at 6-1 and wishing that shots had fallen a different way when the Bison visited…
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Read on mcall.com →There was never any doubt in Lehigh junior guard Jose Olivero’s mind. He was going to drive to the basket, and take on anybody who got in his way, including 6-10 Holy Cross center Tim Clifford on Saturday night. Clifford had blocked Olivero earlier, but that, Olivero said, was…
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