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  • 1 week ago | buckscountyherald.com | Jeff Moeller

    Whether dealing with success or setbacks, runner Sofia Pocai always remembers the words of her mother. “She has said that success in life doesn’t run in a straight line,” emphasized the Central Bucks West junior. “Life has its ups and downs, and it’s about how I tackle each step in my journey that shapes the person I become. I don’t just run in the present.

  • 2 weeks ago | buckscountyherald.com | Jeff Moeller

    Quakertown’s Alex Laco and Central Bucks East’s Ryan Fischer are on the same road, though each took a different path to get to this point. Laco and Fischer both earned gold medals for their respective events at last weekend's Central Bucks East Throwers Invitational. In the javelin, Laco took top honors in the girls javelin (84-6) and she claimed sixth in the discus (76-3), while Fischer swept both the boys shot put (51-3) and discus (159-11).

  • 3 weeks ago | lvpnews.com | Jeff Moeller

    When the discussion of local players in the NFL is approached, Whitehall’s and Penn State’s Saquon Barkley and Nazareth’s Jahan Dotson can quickly come to mind. They also play for the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. Yet, the Bethlehem, Catasauqua, and Whitehall Press coverage areas have had their share of former NFL standouts, With the NFL Draft Thursday, here’s a look back at some former local players who made it to the pros.

  • 1 month ago | buckscountyherald.com | Jeff Moeller

    Owin Brunner thought it was a bad dream. Unfortunately, it proved to be a dose of stark reality – and the biggest challenge he’s ever faced. In mid-February last year, Brunner was diagnosed with T-ALL, or better known as T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. It is an aggressive blood cancer that affects T-cell development. T-cells are white blood cells made in the bone marrow, and they help the body fight off infections.

  • 1 month ago | ladowntownnews.com | Jeff Moeller

    When Michael Jordan famously left his brilliant NBA career to attempt to play professional baseball, most everyone heard the snickering. Curtis Pride, who is deaf, didn’t. But he also did not have a lot of time to process the thought. He was too busy trying to guard the basketball legend in pick-up games of hoop in between hitting 95 MPH fastballs. It was 1994 and Pride was a minor league baseball outfielder like Jordan.

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