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ALBANY 1-1 (Northeast Conference) Beat Fordham 23-20 Terrell Dobbins (Bethlehem Catholic) Fr. RB, 5-10, 205. Game: Played. Season: One carry, 2 yards. ARMY 1-1 (independent) Beat Rhode Island 14-7 Marcus Millen (Easton) Sr. DE 6-0, 228. Game: Played: Season: No stats. Jake Walsh…
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Read on mcall.com →It’s Validation Week in the Lehigh Valley Conference. Thrill-a-second Whitehall (2-0) and high-scoring Freedom (2-0) both play their toughest opponents. The circumstances couldn’t be any better for both. Whitehall, coming off a 31-28 double-overtime win over Northampton, plays…
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Read on mcall.com →Central Catholic’s Michael Milano went up the middle with power on most runs, dashed and sprinted away on others. On defense, he also smothered Bethlehem Catholic’s wideouts. He was making plays everywhere on a Saturday night in which he cramped up five times and had to briefly…
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Read on mcall.com →What happened in Emmaus last Friday night is not being be dwelled on. That’s because of the request Green Hornets coach Joe Bottiglieri made to his players. Bottiglieri, who’s in his sixth season at Emmaus, tells his players to only concentrate on the current challenge and not…
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Read on mcall.com →Normally, you wouldn’t think that a team could set a positive tone for its season by losing, but Central Catholic did it Saturday afternoon. The Vikings did it by fighting back from a 20-3 second-half deficit to pull within seven points of powerhouse Liberty late in the fourth…
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Read on mcall.com →Easton senior two-way star Jarred Holley was dazed after being gang-tackled out of bounds early in the second quarter and did not play the remainder of the Red Rovers’ season-opening game against H.D. Woodson Friday night at Cottingham Statium. No flag was dropped on the play,…
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Read on mcall.com →There’s no such thing as meaningless games for District 11 Class 4A teams anymore, considering the complicated points system used to determine qualifiers for the PIAA subregional playoffs. But some Lehigh Valley Conference teams aren’t worried about matters they can not control…
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Read on mcall.com →Liberty senior Ahkeem Smith is ready to carry the offensive load, and his teammates, on his shoulders. It’s a big task, especially considering one of his teammates is 6-3, 315-pound two-way tackle Levi Brown. But Smith has waited four years to be in the spotlight and to be a…
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Read on mcall.com →Michael Vick may be in prison by the end of the year, may never play in the NFL nor receive a million-dollar endorsement deal again, and it’s all because of what he termed, “immature acts.” “I need to grow up,” Vick said during a press conference in Richmond, Va. on Monday, not…
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Read on mcall.com →Liberty is bent on trying to make it back to Hershey and finally win the PIAA Class 4A title, but first must earn its stripes against Easton and other tough Lehigh Valley Conference opponents. That’s because the LVC season figures to be another series of weekly dogfights.…
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Read on mcall.com →Jarred Holley is now buying shaving cream and razors regularly. He’s also looking at life a whole lot differently as he enters his final high school season at Easton. “I’m growing up a little bit. That’s always good,” said Holley, 17, who will start at defensive back for a…
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Read on mcall.com →Adam Bednarik enters his final year at West Virginia like a boxer trailing on points, but confident he can win the last round and still come out on top. “My family, as I was growing up, especially my dad, always instilled in me to never give up, never stop fighting, and ever…
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Read on mcall.com →Terrence Roderick has finally moved on to a bigger stage, albeit a stage that is 800 miles away from Allentown, his closest friends and the guarantee that he could get a nice, fresh haircut any time he wanted it. But the former Allen High basketball star is happy with the…
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Read on mcall.com →Liberty High senior linebacker Brendan Beale requested the No. 1 for his jersey and was granted his wish without debate or jealousy. “I’m not cocky, but I’m confident that I’m No. 1, and that’s how I want to represent,” said Beale, a transfer from Roxbury High in New Jersey,…
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Read on mcall.com →Liberty High senior linebacker Brendan Beale requested the No. 1 for his jersey and was granted his wish without debate or jealousy. “I’m not cocky, but I’m confident that I’m No. 1, and that’s how I want to represent,” said Beale, a transfer from Roxbury High in New Jersey,…
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Read on mcall.com →Several races involving some of the world’s top cyclists resembled chess matches on wheels at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center Tuesday night. Many were nip-and-tuck, including the final two races for crowd favorite Lanell Rockmore, who’s entering his junior year at Saucon…
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Read on mcall.com →There will be no more “In Taylor we trust” signs at Lehigh University’s Stabler Arena next basketball season. That’s because Billy Taylor, the first African-American coach of any sport in school history, resigned Tuesday to take over the vacant men’s head coaching job at Ball…
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Read on mcall.com →Actor and comedian Chris Tucker was among the most famous guests at Pocono Raceway on Sunday. He was one of many blacks attending the Pennsylvania 500 and, in typical fashion, cracked the joke of the day during a pre-race press conference. “I’m giving up acting and I’m going to…
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Read on mcall.com →Slatington native Kory Rabenold refused to unravel, despite his No. 39 Chevy getting smashed during a four-car collision on Lap 56 of the Pennsylvania 200 ARCA RE/MAX series Saturday afternoon at Pocono Raceway. Though falling out of the top 10 after racing resumed following the…
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Read on mcall.com →Tony Stewart is NASCAR’s version of former New York Yankees’ slugger Reggie Jackson. He gets hot when it’s crunch time, taking more checkered flags late in the season in much the same fashion as Jackson used to belt home runs in October. Stewart, 36, has won 17 races from June…
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Read on mcall.com →Basketballs will swish nets and bank off backboards. Softballs and volleyballs will be smashed. Footballs and Frisbees will fly. Sheaves will be tossed, muscles will be flexed and dogs will jump through hoops. At the 11th edition of Lehigh Valley SportsFest, kicking off tonight…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray has his first fan in Chicago, and it’s a guy who for 24 years had held the distinction of being the last Lehigh Valley athlete drafted into the NBA. Now 46 years old and with a surgically repaired left knee that prevents him from playing basketball anymore, former…
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Read on mcall.com →Thaddeus Young had a curfew that extended past midnight when he was in high school in Memphis, Tenn. But don’t think the 76ers’ first-round draft pick (12th overall) was out doing something wrong. Quite the contrary. Young, who turned 19 on June 21, could be found in the…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray waited while Ohio State’s Greg Oden, Florida’s Joakim Noah, China’s Yi Jianlian and four other 7 footers were drafted into the NBA in the first and second rounds Thursday night. Gray, a 7-2 center from Emmaus High and the University of Pittsburgh, had been projected…
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