Billy Paultz Reconsidered

The following post to the web site newslanc.com (Motto: “Break free from the monopoly press!”) came in reaction to my feature last week on McCaskey High School athletics…
An implication of the Sept. 21st Sunday News article “McCaskey’s Challenge” was that McCaskey High School’s teams are performing so poorly because the players are subject to all […]

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You’ve got to love high school basketball in February. Well, maybe you don’t have to…
We’re at the Giant Center in Hershey for District Three semifinals. Earlier, the Lancaster Mennonite girls destroyed Lampater-Strasburg 59-26. They’ll play Saturday here for the championship against the winner of the Northeastern-Gettysburg semi, which Northeastern leads 29-26 at halftime as we […]

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End of the 1st quarter at Hersheypark Stadium….
This is supposedly an Ohio JV team, with the real Blue Chippers playing in that state’s North-South game tonight. But Ohio looks quicker on the edge (as we grid wonks say) and bigger up front, at least when it’s on offense vs. Pennsylvania’s defense.
B.J. Cunningham, an Ohio WR […]

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there was almost a Lancaster-Lebanon League player in the Big 33 game. Wilson High School WR, and three-sport athlete, Josh Smith was originally chosen to play in the game. He’s headed to the University of Pittsburgh to play baseball, and when he suffered an arm injury this spring he opted out of the game.
They still […]

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I wrote this in a preview of the Big 33 game that appeared in last Sunday’s (June 10) paper:
“Incredibly, there isn’t an Ohio State signee on the Ohio roster. Or the Pennsylvania roster, for that matter.”
Not that incredible, according to reader Ken Rankin of Millersville, who points out that for the second straight year the […]

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in Philadelphia is over. It seemed to fly by, really. Flashing the heart and people skills for which they’ve become famous, the Eagles released the former McCaskey and Syracuse QB Wednesday, after signing him to a free agent contract Tuesday. He was a quasi-Eagle for one day.
Seriously, why would you do that to a kid?
(PS: […]

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This just in: The Philadelphia Eagles have signed Perry Patterson, the McCaskey and Syracuse grad, to a free agent contract.
Patterson’s agent, Jerry Tierney, announced the signing today.
“Actually, he has the size [6-4, 245] and athleticism to play several positions in the NFL. I told him, it doesn’t matter whether you’re a first-round pick or a […]

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You knew it would happen eventually: naming rights for high school stadiums. Eventually came to Hempfield School District Wednesday when it announced an agreement with Lancaster’s Market Street Sports Group to procure corporate sponsorships for Hempfield facilities and activities.
MSSG consists of ex-Lancaster Barnstormers front office folk Joe Pinto, Jason Jesberger and Jeff Bertoni (the erstwhile I.M. […]

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Dustin Salisbery has been invited to the NBA’s pre-draft camp.

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