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Some of the Pennsylvania and Ohio All-Stars who feuded in the Big 33 Football Classic Saturday night at Hersheypark Stadium will compete against each other again. Some at Penn State and Ohio State, some at other Big 10 schools. But Allen’s Eugene Clay and East…
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Read on mcall.com →East Stroudsburg-South’s Leyon Azubuike has been at ease as much as any player could possibly be since arriving here for Big 33 practice. There are many reasons. As a chiseled 6-4, 230-pound defensive end, he looks every bit like the Pennsylvania All-Star he is. His 4.58-second…
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Read on mcall.com →At the top of the not-so-fun list for Allen High’s Eugene Clay, preparing this week for Big 33 Game, is practice. His fun list is a lot longer, including a visit to the Adventure Sports amusement park with his host family, feasting and sharing laughs with teammates — experiences…
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Read on mcall.com →Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs guard Quincy Wadley’s life away from the hardwood has been far from the perfect story over the last year. Death and other heavy adversities have rocked his world, but Wadley keep finding ways to persevere. On the court, he has enjoyed his share of happy…
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Read on mcall.com →The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs have been known for shuffling the roster like a deck of cards in the United States Basketball League. They’ve done that this spring, but appear to be finally done. “I think we have enough talent,” team owner John Walson said. The ‘Dawgs actually may…
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Read on mcall.com →Darryl Dawkins now has 101 coaching victories with the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs. His wardrobe is still very stylish as he proved Sunday night by wearing a yellow suit. And not a dirt spot was seen on it following the Dawgs’ 115-108 victory over the Brooklyn Kings at Liberty…
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Read on mcall.com →The great Wilt Chamberlain and the famous Harlem Globetrotters once dazzled crowds at Liberty High’s Memorial Gymnasium. Former Philadelphia 76ers center Darryl Dawkins hopes to do the same today, but he’ll have to rely on his Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs players. The ‘Dawgs will…
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Read on mcall.com →Former Penn State guard Joe Crispin has a newborn girl and a new house in Glassboro, N.J., that he and his wife, Erin, are close to settling on. And the free-agent contract he signed with the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs last week offered him a new lease on his professional…
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Read on mcall.com →A former assistant coach from Lehigh University’s past is still alive in the NCAA Tournament and hoping the big stage could lead to his first head coaching job. Monte Ross, who was an assistant coach at Lehigh under Dave Duke for the 1993-94 season, is in his eighth season as an…
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Read on mcall.com →When Jameer Nelson was starring at Chester High, his mailbox didn’t fill up with scholarship offers until after his junior year. By that time, Saint Joseph’s coach Phil Martelli had offered Nelson a full ride to the tiny Jesuit school on Hawk Hill. Later, Kentucky, USC,…
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Read on mcall.com →Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs management is busy doing what it does each March — watching the NCAA Tournament and getting serious about a new United States Basketball League season. The season, which begins in April, will bring a change of homes for the Dawgs. They will play each of…
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Read on mcall.com →Temple had the last chance to keep the candle burning in the Atlantic 10 Tournament for Philadelphia Thursday night. But the Owls were blown out just like La Salle Wednesday and Saint Joseph’s earlier Thursday. Temple’s 64-49 loss to Richmond in the quarterfinals at the…
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Read on mcall.com →Maryland and Georgetown were in Delonte West’s backyard, but never looked in his direction when he was a local high school star guard at Eleanor Roosevelt in Prince George’s County, Md. Neither did Duke, Stanford or any of the other big-named college basketball programs. But now…
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Read on mcall.com →American University advanced to its third straight Patriot League Tournament championship game with a victory 65-55 over Colgate on Sunday. But the Eagles would have felt cheated had Lehigh not also won. That’s because the Eagles’ two regular-season losses to Lehigh remain sore…
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Read on mcall.com →Danny Hinds was one of the many Drexel players disappointed with Saturday’s 76-64 loss at Delaware, which prevented the Dragons from clinching first place in the Colonial Athletic Conference. But Hinds, a 6-6 junior forward from Central Catholic, also knows how to look past the…
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Read on mcall.com →Temple assistant coach Mark Macon and college basketball analyst Digger Phelps, a former coach at Notre Dame, both need to get up to speed with what Saint Joseph’s has done this season. That would help keep both from putting their feet in their mouths as the No. 2-ranked Hawks…
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Read on mcall.com →Saint Joseph’s guard Jameer Nelson was the little guy going up against Temple’s 7-1 center, Keith Butler, on Saturday. At the end, it seemed like a mismatch. But not for the giant. Nelson was in too much control, too strong, and apparently too determined to impose more…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College coach Fran O’Hanlon couldn’t have been more correct Saturday when he said, “We haven’t won anything yet.” O’Hanlon was responding to Holy Cross coach Ralph Willard’s statement that he had picked Lafayette to win the Patriot League title. Lafayette (18-5) beat…
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Read on mcall.com →Lafayette College’s bid for a 14-0 regular-season record in the Patriot League ended with the Leopards’ 85-77 loss to Colgate on Friday in Hamilton, N.Y. But the the Leopards’ hope to win the league’s regular-season and tournament titles remains alive. Even if Lafayette coach…
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Read on mcall.com →A meeting at the line of scrimmage between Freedom’s 6-6, 297-pound Ryan Ehrie and Northwestern’s 6-5, 290-pound Jake Figner might have been a grueling matchup, testing more than just the strength of both. It could not happen because Northwestern played in the Colonial League…
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Read on mcall.com →Fantastic guard play figured to be the featured attraction between No. 3 Saint Joseph’s and Villanova on Monday night. There was no disappointment. It’s just that it took a half of basketball before Villanova’s three-guard tandem of Mike Nardi, Randy Foye and Allan Ray to catch…
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Read on mcall.com →Andrew Koefer was no star at Allentown Central Catholic and may never experience more than a few minutes playing time in college. But he will not complain. In fact, he believes that he is living out a dream as a freshman walk-on at No. 3-ranked Saint Joseph’s. His dream world,…
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Read on mcall.com →Thirty-six times Saint Joseph’s players attempted shots from beyond the arc against Temple on Saturday. The No. 3 Hawks made a school-record 20, a key reason Temple’s match-up zone defense was shredded so easily by guards Delonte West, Jameer Nelson and Pat Carroll. The…
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Read on mcall.com →Temple guard David Hawkins breathed life back into the Owls’ offense and restored celebration plans for coach John Chaney’s 700th victory with 11:15 remaining Wednesday night. Hawkins drilled a 3-pointer that set off a 13-point personal scoring barrage over the next five…
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