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So much for the Gold team all-stars’ speed and the hope of it being unleashed in a mighty way. The Red team all-stars, led by a defensive backs that blanketed wideouts and defensive linemen that created havoc, dampened the aspirations of fans looking for a shootout in the 33rd…
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Read on mcall.com →Following the third straight year that the McDonald’s Lehigh Valley Football Classic has been postponed because of inclement weather, Bethlehem Catholic coach Chuck Sonon recalled a fitting joke he heard on a New York City sports radio station. “What do you call the day after…
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Read on mcall.com →Like all the players in the McDonald’s Football Classic, Bethlehem Catholic quarterback Adam Bednarik will wear his school’s helmet for the final time at 7 tonight at Nazareth High. It just won’t be the same Golden Hawks helmet he wore during the season, the one that was loaded…
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Read on mcall.com →He was in the middle of a game with Emmaus High when his helmet clamped down awkwardly, resulting in a nasty gash on his face. “It was painful,” said Parkland High senior Nick Pinchek. But Pinchek finished the game and continued to play through the discomfort of the gash until…
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Read on mcall.com →Ace Custis experienced the disappointment of his basketball career following a 16-point, eight-rebound performance in just 23 minutes during a 2001 summer league game with the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs had 17 players on the roster that summer, and, though he played well,…
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Read on mcall.com →Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs coach Darryl Dawkins is battling the tough odds of joining John Lucas and Eric Mussleman as the only United States Basketball League coaches to be hired as head coaches in the NBA. Is Dawkins ready? He says yes. Is he qualified? He says yes. Is his 88-54…
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Read on mcall.com →The Brooklyn Kings showed up late Monday night, forcing their United States Basketball League game against the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs to be delayed an hour at Stabler Arena. The ValleyDawgs made Brooklyn pay for making them wait, using an avalanche of 3-pointers and fastbreak…
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Read on mcall.com →The world became Larry Holmes’ to splash around in on June 9, 1978, but the woman he wanted to join him refused. Diane Holmes, who was not yet married to Larry when he won a 15-round split decision over Ken Norton to become the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion that…
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Read on mcall.com →The Allentown Sports Festival’s Web site had 44,955 hits from July 1 to July 13 last year. “The athletes go on the Web a lot,” said SportsFest chairman Ray Atiyeh, adding, “And we have a pretty good webmaster [Kathy Moyer]. She lists all the winners, even from past years. It’s…
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Read on mcall.com →The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs had only a handful of fans to cheer them on, but they had little trouble getting energized for the Oklahoma Storm Thursday night at Stabler Arena. The game matched the United States Basketball League’s top-scoring teams. Oklahoma is averaging 114.9…
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Read on mcall.com →How small was Bethlehem Catholic sprinter Brandon Carter when he was a freshman? “I don’t know if his head came up to a hurdle,” said Golden Hawks track and field coach Gary Mohylsky. “I was pretty tiny,” admitted Carter, who was 5-2 as a freshman. He’s a shade under 5-8 now,…
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Read on mcall.com →The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs were out-jumped, out-dunked and out-hustled by the Dodge City Legend Tuesday night at Stabler Arena. Maybe the ‘Dawgs are not as skilled as Dodge City. The 115-97 loss marked the second time in 10 days they have been subdued by the Legend. The ‘Dawgs…
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Read on mcall.com →Quakertown High senior distance runner Adam Breisch crossed the finish line in the PIAA Track and Field Championships’ Class 3A 1,600-meter final with his arms raised and his mind running faster than his track shoes Saturday at Seth Grove Stadium. Though Breisch had just won his…
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Read on mcall.com →In his 10th and final race over the two-day period, Bethlehem Catholic High junior Brandon Carter experienced a terrible feeling with approximately 200 meters left in the Class 2A 1,600-meter relay at the PIAA Track and Field Championships Saturday at Seth Grove Stadium. “My…
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Read on mcall.com →Parkland High senior Ryan Kleintop visualized the triple jump that clinched his first ever PIAA Track and Field Championships medal Friday at Seth Grove Stadium. But before he focused on his final attempt, he stood on the runway and blocked out the distractions of sprinters…
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Read on mcall.com →Bethlehem Catholic sprinter Frank Trovato has already rented his tuxedo, shined his shoes and has limousine service set up for him and his prom date for Friday night. Trovato even has plans for his girlfriend to ride with him from the Lehigh Valley to Shippensburg University…
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Read on mcall.com →Former Kutztown University forward Sammy Barona is living a dream as a basketball player in the Dominican Republic. But it’s not the dream he sees with his eyes closed, the one the 27-year-old Allentown native has been chasing the last four years while he has played…
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Read on mcall.com →For 400 meters, one circuit around the track, Kutztown University senior Scott Eisenhart says he falls into a relaxed zone. Even when he has trailed, Eisenhard has not changed his style or his focus. “You want to stay relaxed,” he said. “You don’t want to try too hard so your…
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Read on mcall.com →Allen’s Eugene Clay jumped up and exclaimed, “Yes!” His teammate, Desroy Miller, said joyfully, “Wow,” to a close bystander. You’d have thought that the Canary juniors had won their races. But Miller was second in the 100-meter dash and Clay second in the 110 high hurdles in the…
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Read on mcall.com →The Bethlehem Catholic 400-meter relay fell behind early, rallied to gain the lead over the next two legs and then closed with the six other anchor-leg runners looking at the back of Golden Hawks junior Brandon Carter. Carter was focused on the finish line, rousing the crowd as…
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Read on mcall.com →Freedom track coach Ray Herman, who has been coaching and winning consistently in the sport for more than 30 years, has a request that he wants all the principals and members of the District 11 Committee to consider. “I prefer the two-day meet, like our league [Lehigh Valley…
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Read on mcall.com →As he prepared to try to vault to a personal-best height, Catasauqua junior Allan Fatzinger paid no attention to the deceptively positive omens that appeared. There was a rainbow to his left and the sun had just broken through the clouds on his right. But Fatzinger focused only…
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Read on mcall.com →Feet don’t fail me now. How many runners prayed for that not to happen in the Lehigh Valley Conference track and field championships Wednesday at J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown? Bethlehem Catholic junior Brandon Carter didn’t have to worry. He won the 100-meter dash in 10.9…
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Read on mcall.com →The veins in Parkland senior Ryan Kleintop’s neck seemed as if they would burst through his skin each time he sprinted down the straightaway leading to the jumping pit. “I just try to get as pumped up for each jump as I can,” Kleintop said. He jumped farther and higher than…
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