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Bothered little by the rain and dark clouds, Catasauqua junior Kyle Miller cleared 14 feet, 7 inches to establish a Class 2A record in the pole vault in the District 11 Track and Field Championships Thursday at J. Birney Crum Stadium. The height was a personal best for Miller,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The chase is on again for Bethlehem Catholic standout thrower Joe Kovacs. Kovacs, a senior, will attempt to break the area shot put record of 62-113/4 in the District 11 Track and Field Championships. The two-day event begins at 3 p.m. today at J. Birney Crum Stadium in…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →He’s diminutive and he goes to a small school, but Salisbury’s Anuerys Santos proved that he’s one of the area’s best sprinters by sweeping the sprints in the Colonial League track and field championships on Thursday. “I have something in me: I don’t quit. I know for sure that…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The chance of an athlete winning a medal in his or her first PIAA Track and Field Championships is pretty slim. Often, athletes who were dominant in an event in intra-district competition, complete their high school careers without ever having won a state medal. Ryan Wagner, a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The finish line was 100 meters away and Liberty junior Trevor VanAckeren was determined to make it there first Wednesday at J. Birney Crum Stadium. His legs were heavy, he was fatigued, and he was being pushed to the limit in the finals of the 800 run at the Lehigh Valley…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Standout throwers Joe Kovacs of Bethlehem Catholic and Andy Fahringer of Whitehall both faced immense pressure Tuesday afternoon. It was in different events, and the chase was also different for both in Day 1 of the Lehigh Valley Conference Track and Field Championships at J.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →George Bright has spent the last 27 years proving wrong the high school guidance counselor who once told him he might not be much more than a shoe store manager. Bright, Lafayette College’s associate athletic director the last five years, has been succeeding for years, and he’s…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Seniors Joe Kovacs of Bethlehem Catholic and Andy Fahringer of Whitehall have had as much attention paid to them in the throwing events as sprinters, the usual glamor grabbers, have had heeped on them this spring. It’s been hard not to pay attention to good pals Kovacs and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Dieruff has not had a top-notch boys track and field athlete since Andrew Battle nine years ago and not a standout sprinter since Stacy McCarthy won the District 11 Class 3A title in the 100- and 200-meter dashes in 1996. There have been a lot of downs since then, but first-year…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Bethlehem Catholic senior Joe Kovacs had the mark he wanted to reach in the discus visualized Saturday morning. He just pressed too hard to try and reach it, which threw off his mechanics and spoiled his chance of winning the high school discus event in his first-ever Penn…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Mother Nature frowned on the Penn Relays on Friday. But Whitehall senior Andy Fahringer didn’t use the grey clouds, drizzle, and slippery runway as an excuse for not winning the high school javelin championship event at Rhodes Field. The competition was just the best field he’s…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Courtney Molinaro has two more years left to play college basketball, but she won’t be playing them at Penn State. The former Central Catholic star center announced Thursday that she is transferring from the university. Molinaro, who won three PIAA Class 3A titles at Central…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The high school track and field preseason is now over. It’s time to get serious. The athletes who are likely to contend for district and state titles will be competing in either the 113th Penn Relay’s in Philadelphia this weekend or in today’s Allentown School District…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It’s tough to succeed in track and field without having confidence to go along with talent. Fortuntely for him, Whitehall High senior standout thrower Andy Fahringer definitely has both. He also has posted early-season results in the discus and javelin that validate him as a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →There are hurdlers who have been affected by the cold, windy and rainy weather, which seems to dampen the start of the track and field season each spring. Northampton senior Ryan Wagner, however, has not been slowed. That’s because inclement weather doesn’t bother him, and it…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Seniors Andy Fahringer of Whitehall and Joe Kovacs of Bethlehem Catholic headline the top returning boys track and field performers in District 11 this spring. Both are standout throwers. Fahringer is the defending PIAA Track and Field Class 3A discus champion. Fahringer, who’s…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Morning Call tabbed it as “Bracket Showdown 2007” — the sportswriter vs. the hairstylist. I considered it as a no-win situation. How could I not? Here’s me, an avid basketball fan before I even knew how to tie my own shoes and a college basketball writer, picking NCAA…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray will finally have the opportunity to show UCLA coach Ben Howland how well he can play. The stage is big. Gray and third-seeded Pittsburgh (29-7) meet second-seeded UCLA (28-5) in an NCAA Tournament West Regional semifinal tonight at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Blurry-eyed and fatigued, Pittsburgh center Aaron Gray sat on the bench, arm-locked with his teammates as Sam Young went to the foul line for two shots with 6.6 seconds left in overtime of its NCAA Tournament West Regional second-round game. It was a game that third-seeded…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray’s uncle, Steve, a former Duke player, had his dream for a second-round NCAA Tournament matchup between his alma mater and Pittsburgh spoiled. But Steve Gray, who played at Duke 1975-79, did not cancel his flight and room reservations after Virginia Commonwealth…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →. Pittsburgh center Aaron Gray played strong on defense and relied on his teammates to carry the offensive load Thursday night at HSBC Arena. Smaller Wright State could not contend, falling behind by as many as 22 points in the second half and losing, 79-58 in an NCAA Tournament…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray has his confidence back. Now, he’s hoping to prove that his shooting touch is also back when third-seeded Pittsburgh meets No. 14 Wright State in an NCAA West Regional first-round game tonight at HSBC Arena. He missed layups, hooks, and jump shots en route to a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The state of college basketball players’ minds is different today. That’s because it’s NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday, a day that could bring jubilation to close to 800 players. They will find out tonight, when the NCAA Selection Committee reveals its field of 65,that they are…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray’s matchup against rival center Roy Hibbert in the Big East tournament championship game Saturday night at Madison Square Garden was lopsided. It wasn’t in Gray’s favor. The 7-0 Gray, Pittsburgh’s senior center and Emmaus High graduate, didn’t score his first field…
· Andre D. Williams
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