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Lafayette Hosts its' 2022 Golf Tournament at The Hellertown Steel Club

April 13, 2022

TWENTY COLLEGE GOLF TEAMS COMPETE ON THE OLD SILVER CREEK COUNTRY CLUB GOLF COURSE

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Players get an early round of practice putting in prior to teeing it up on Sunday at The Steel Club Golf Course.

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The 2022 Lehigh University Track & Field Invitational At Covert Field

April 11, 2022

MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY'S ELAINE DERRICOTT HAS EARNED HER RESPECT

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Monmouth University Assistant Track & Field Coach Elaine Derricott pictured below, has earned her bones so to speak with a rich history of coaching for several colleges and universities. Derricott, who was very instrumental in handing out supportive instruction to her charges at Saturdays Lehigh University Track & Field Invitational on Lehigh's campus has completed stints at Mississippi Valley State, Richmond, Marshall, Eastern as well as Monmouth. She was Marshall University’s first outdoor Heptathlon Champion and current Pentathlon record holder while competing in the rugged Conference-USA. So any advice she's quick to offer to her runners' is quickly gobbled up and implemented. And whatever one may think of the coach's experience, know that she is well respected by her athletes and peers. And if you were wondering if Derricott’s advice paid off for her Hawks on Saturday afternoon, I would say very much so as they had ten individual event winners during the meet.

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Sporting her trademark cap and hood, Coach Derricott keeps a close eye on her charges.

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April 10, 2022

SAQUON BARKLEY; DOING THE LITTLE THINGS THAT BECOME BIG THINGS

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Saquon Barkley; Simply a great individual

Last weekend former Whitehall High School football star and ex Penn State University star player Saquon Barkley ventured into rarified air by co-dedicating a new life and self improvement center with The St. Luke’s Health University Network. The center, located in Barkley’s hometown is aptly named The St. Luke’s Sports Rink / Saquon Barkley Center For Excellence. A co-joined charitable effort between Michael Ann and Saquon Barkley is built on Hope!

In a time where day to day living can sometimes be full of strife and hardship for those who may not have access to sports medicine and as in my time, a Police Athletic League, Barkley and Ann’s first hometown coalition could not have come at a better time. I look across the board at where some of America’s pro athlete’s are setting up shop so that that their efforts may possibly make a difference for the better in the lives of young people thirsting for knowledge while seeking a hand up, and I can see where Barkley’s vision may be taking him...to a much higher place.

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Saquon Barkley shown here signing autographs in his hometown of Whitehall, Pa. for his many adoring followers.

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April 06, 2022

THE PENN RELAYS 2022 - Athiiing Mu, Olympic Gold Medalist-Saturday April 30, 2022

THE PENN RELAYS RETURN TO PHILADELPHIA

April 28 – April 30, 2022

Penn University                       Franklin Field

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For two years now the world waited while governments decided when and how we would carry on with our normal day to day activities that affected every single thing we did. And from any sports enthusiast perspective one month in absentia from a sport they followed religiously would have been too long to wait to get back to their beloved comfort blankets.

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The Women's College of America 4 x 400 Meter Relay beckons competitors to be at their very best for one full lap.

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The Hallmark Facade of Franklin Field's Hallowed grounds is the view that greets the runners on their way home.

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March 26, 2022

THE NCAA FROZEN FOUR REGIONALS FEATURES THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES MEN'S ICE HOCKEY TEAM

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NCAA ICE HOCKEY REGIONALS

Allentown,Pa.                       PPL Building

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Ann Arbor Michigan is more than nine hours away from Allentown, Pennsylvania by car, but on Saturday evening inside Allentown’s beautiful PPL Building one would have thought this regional final was being contested on the Wolverines home campus. In claiming their stakes to one of the four contestants in this year’s Frozen Four at Boston’s TD Center next month Michigan had to overcome a furious third period rally by the Bobcats from Connecticut, in order to hold off the hard charging Quinnipiacs.

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A Michigan player faces off with a Quinnipiac player during the second period at the PPL building in Allentown.

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March 12, 2022

PENNSYLVANIA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS...ONE OF THE MOST PROVEN STATES IN AMERICA

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COLGATE vs NAVY; THE RIGHT TO ADVANCE

March 9, 2022

TWO OLD DISTRICT ONE FOES TAKE CENTER STAGE AT THE MEN'S PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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The Methacton Area Basketball program has been on a meteoric rise since big Jeff Woodward took over the starting center position in 2018 for coach Jeff Derstine. Coach Derstine was responsible for molding Woodward into a quality player and one who has been instrumental in Colgate University's recent success. A lot of what has made Woodward such an impact player for the Red Raiders  has a lot to do with the former Pioneer Athletic Conference Coach of the Year's influence. Sean Yoder simply has great basketball skills. The kind of skills you develop playing on the blacktop everyday in the summer and every chance you have to put some time in when the driveway is free of parked cars. Coach Dean Behrens had the pleasure of watching yoder strut his stuff as Yoder was the driving force that carried Behren’s Rams to the 2018 PIAA State Final. Last night in Hamilton New York, Woodward’s Raiders met Yoder’s Navy Midshipmen for the right to go to the NCAA Tournament as the Patriot League representative,  The number two seeded Midshipmen were soundly beaten by Colgate, the top seed  74-58 at Cotterell Court.

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March 8, 2022

THE FLYERS CUP GETS UNDERWAY AT ICELINE HOCKEY ARENA IN WEST CHESTER, PA.

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Eastern Pa. Hockey Tourney    -

West Chester,  Pa.                                                Tri-State Invitation

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It's East meets West or vice versa when several divisional champions converge on the ice at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia to decide hockey supremacy between the Eastern part of Pennsylvania and the Western half. Anything goes and usually does when teams meet in these hotly contested and emotionally charged playoffs. Take for example last nights game between Cumberland Valley, a team from the Harrisburg, Pa. area and Downingtown West, a club that is located just outside of West Chester. Following the end of a fiercely fought three period contest, which was eventually won by W Chester, a fight erupted when the two teams attempted to shake hands following the final horn and had to be separated by the coaches. .

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PIAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GLORY

March 7, 2022

PIAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GIRLS AND BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS TAKE CENTER STAGE

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Thorpe’s Skyler Searfoss tries to maintain control of the ball while being hounded by Wood’s Shannon Morgan early in the second quarter.

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March 5, 2022

HEARTBREAK AND TRIUMPH WERE THE ONLY TRUE RESULTS AT THIS YEAR'S SOUTHEAST AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Southeast Wrestling Regionals    -

Oxford Township,  Pa.                                                 District 1

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Upper Dublin’s Colin Higgins appears to have Council Rock South’s Ben Brillhart in deep trouble with a headlock in the first period in consolation wrestlebacks only to lose a heartbreaking decision which left him out of the state tournament. Higgins, a senior for the Cardinals, ends a storied career at UD finishing up just five wins away from career win 100. Higgins, who compiled a very impressive 31-5 record this year, may be continuing his wrestling career after leaving high school in the PSAC

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March 4, 2022

BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC WINS 4A DISTRICT BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP OVER WILSON AREA HS

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March 3, 2022

SEVEN DIFFERENT CHAMPIONSHIPS WERE DECIDED AT THE ICE LINE HOCKEY ARENA LAST WEEK

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West Chester Henderson     4                                      kINGSWAY  1    -

West Chester,  Pa.                                                  ICSHL Hockey Playoffs

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Unionville's Isabella Wilkins has good reason to smile after her Unionville Indians dominated Kingsway for a 4-1 win.

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March 1, 2022

LOWER MERION IS STANDING TALL IN DISTRICT ONE BASKETBALL AFTER WIN OVER CHELTENHAM

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Lower Merion      64                                      Cheltenham   61    -

Ardmore,  Pa.                                                  Suburban One Basketball

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A standing room only capacity crowd in the house that Kobe built with the right to go forward to play for the coveted District One Boys Basketball Championship is all one needed to know, to know that this was going to be a special night of basketball. And special it was as the Cheltenham Panthers from Wyncote made the trek to beautiful Ardmore, Pa. to take on the Lower Merion Aces on a court that was enshrined with the late great Kobe Bryant memorabilia.

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Lower Merion's 6'9" Demetrius Lilley fights for a rebound against Cheltenham's Justin Savage and Rasheem Dearry.

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IN THE ICSHL - PLAYOFF FEVER HAS MADE ITS PRESENCE FELT

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February 26, 2022

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NOT QUITE THE SENDOFF LAFAYETTE BASKETBALL WAS HOPING FOR

College Hill                                          PATRIOT LEAGUE MEN

The Kirby Sports Center

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It was a festive pre-game ceremony for all who were in attendance for Lafayette College Basketball Coach Fran O’Hanlon. The long time coach of twenty seven years had signaled he was ending his career at season’s end. And when you’ve coached that long there are bound to be a boat load of accomplishments you will be recognized for. And this was the case for O’Hanlon on Saturday afternoon at The Kirby Sports Center on Easton’s College Hill.

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Two Lafayette College Students show their support to their team during Saturday's game against Lehigh University.

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LAFAYETTE COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM TAKES DOWN # I BOSTON U AT KIRBY'

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February 21, 2022

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Boston University sat alone in first place atop the Women’s Patriot League standings with their ticket to this year’s March Madness’ field of 68 presumably stamped. That may be true considering how steady the Lady Terriers have been this year, but Lafayette’s mindset was not on the same frequency on this night.

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RADNOR PICKS UP A WIN ON THE ICE AGAINST A DETERMINED GREAT VALLEY PHOENIXVILLE TEAM

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February 21, 2022

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Radnor’s and Great Valley’s  Boys Ice Hockey Teams nearly had identical shots on goal on Monday evening in a highly contested game at The Center Ice Arena in Oaks, Pa. Radnor however made their shots count the most in handing Great Valley Phoenixville a seven to four loss in ICSHL play.

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February 19, 2022

BUCKNELL NEEDS OVERTIME TO DISPOSE OF THE DETERMINED LEOPARDS

Easton, Pa..                                          PATRIOT LEAGUE WOMEN

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Lafayette College Women’s Basketball Team sits in seventh place out of ten teams in the Patriot League standings, just two spots beneath The Bisons from Bucknell University.  Thirteen days ago Bucknell handed The Lady Leopards a 28 point loss on their home floor in beautiful Sjoika Pavilion.

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Lafayette's Makayla Andrews is guarded closely by Bucknell and Plymouth Whitemarsh Graduate Taylor O'Brien

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February 18, 2022

BROWN AND PRINCETON ICE HOCKEY ENDS IN A TIE AT HOBEY BAKER ARENA

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Princeton, Nj.                                          ECAC HOCKEY

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Princeton University Women’s Ice Hockey Team began prepping itself for the upcoming ECAC Tournament probably between the first day of practice and their first game. But if last night’s tussle with a very solid Brown University Team can serve as an indicator as to whether or not the Black and Orange is ready to go, I would say all systems are a go. ← FOR MORE, - CLICK ON 'COLLEGE ICE HOCKEY' TAB> AT LEFT

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Lower Merion native Sonja Bjornson has contributed quite well for Brown University's Hockey

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February 12, 2022

 

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RUTGERS PREP GOES THE DISTANCE WITH THE MIGHTY CAMDEN HIGH

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Somerset, NJ.                                          CROSSOVER GAME

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Upon ascending the stairways which lead to the second floor gymnasium there is no warning sign anywhere in the hallway that states, caution, revved up student body inside! The talk, which could be heard on the short trek from the parking lot to the gym and, presumably from some of the throngs of fans who made the trip from the Camden area to New Brunswick was that the game had already been decided on Wednesday night, and it would just be another straight jacket win for their Panthers who hold the lofty ranking of who’s number 1. But more to the point, I think the Panthers have earned it, I mean hadn’t they just taken down another nationally ranked team from California in Sierra Academy at the PPL Building in Allentown, Pa!

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Camden's Cian Medley tries to step around Rutgers Prep Jordan Atkins , trailing is Camden's 6;7' Jerome Brewer'

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