{"id":81671,"date":"2018-10-16T14:24:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T14:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=81671"},"modified":"2023-02-28T14:44:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:44:20","slug":"among-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/among-great\/","title":{"rendered":"Among the Great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The views expressed in this blog are<\/em> <em>those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, October 14, was a special night at the Holiday Inn in Fogelsville.\u00a0 The<a title=\"District XI\" href=\"http:\/\/districtxi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> District XI<\/a> held their inaugural Hall of Fame induction ceremony.\u00a0 Fourteen outstanding individuals were honored for their contributions to field hockey, boys and girls basketball, football, wrestling, swimming, and coaching.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Gary-Photo-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-81676\" src=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Gary-Photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gary-Photo-1\" srcset=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Gary-Photo-1.jpg 600w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Gary-Photo-1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Gary-Photo-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-81677\" src=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Gary-Photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"Gary-Photo-2\" srcset=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Gary-Photo-2.jpg 300w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Gary-Photo-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Gary Laubach and Larry Miller of Catasauqua<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Space does not allow me to present their complete resumes, but let me try to briefly describe their contributions to District XI high school athletics:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sue Butz-Stavin \u2013 <a title=\"Emmaus High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastpennsd.org\/ehs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmaus<\/a> Field Hockey Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>42<sup>nd<\/sup> year as the coach<\/li>\n<li>Career record \u2013 937-80-35 \u2013 92%<\/li>\n<li>12 State Championships<\/li>\n<li>27 straight District titles (32 total)<\/li>\n<li>National record for career wins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>J Birney Crum \u2013 <a title=\"Allen High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allentownsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allentown High School<\/a> Football and Basketball Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>24 years as head coach of football: Career record \u2013 190-51-27<\/li>\n<li>Basketball : Career record \u2013 490-109 with a winning streak of 60 games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Diane Decker \u2013 <a title=\"Marian Catholic High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marianchs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marian Catholic<\/a> Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scored 2,377 points with 1,116 rebounds<\/li>\n<li>Led her team to two District Championships and the 1984 State championship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>John Donmoyer \u2013 William Allen Basketball Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coached for almost 60 years<\/li>\n<li>Won five EPC championships; 6 District titles; and twice a State runner-up<\/li>\n<li>His 624 wins is the most by any District XI boys basketball coach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Al Erdosy \u2013 <a title=\"Northampton Area High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdschools.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northampton<\/a> Football Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>28 years as head football coach at Northampton<\/li>\n<li>Career record \u2013 194-55-10<\/li>\n<li>Teams won 16 Lehigh Valley League titles and shared 5 more<\/li>\n<li>Winning streaks of 58 games and 47 games<\/li>\n<li>Four unbeaten and untied seasons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Matt Gerhard \u2013 <a title=\"Catasauqua High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cattysd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catasauqua<\/a> Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A four-time State wrestling champion (one of only 13 to accomplish that feat)<\/li>\n<li>Overall career record \u2013 127-3<\/li>\n<li>Was named to the first team of Wrestling USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Michelle Marciniak \u2013 <a title=\"Central Catholic High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acchs.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Central Catholic<\/a> Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scored 3,025 points, the record for both boys and girls at Central Catholic<\/li>\n<li>Led her team to 4 District titles and 2 State championship finals<\/li>\n<li>USA Today All-American and National HS Player of the Year as well as Gatorade and Naismith National Player of the Year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ed McCaffrey \u2013 Central Catholic Football and Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basketball \u2013 3<sup>rd<\/sup> highest scorer in Central Catholic history \u2013 1, 637 points<\/li>\n<li>Won 2 PIAA State Basketball Championships<\/li>\n<li>Football \u2013 All-State honors; went on to play in the NFL winning 3 Super Bowl Championships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Larry Miller \u2013 Catasauqua Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arguably the greatest high school player in District XI ever<\/li>\n<li>Scored 2,722 points and had 2,062 rebounds<\/li>\n<li>Scored 911 points as a senior<\/li>\n<li>Team won 4 straight Lehigh Valley titles and 3 straight District XI championships<\/li>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> team All-State twice; Parade All-American<\/li>\n<li>All-American at North Carolina; and played in the ABA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bob Mlkvy \u2013 <a title=\"Palmerton High School\" href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.palmerton.org\/schools\/senior-high-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palmerton<\/a> Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scored 1,963 points, a Palmerton record that still stands<\/li>\n<li>Team won 44 straight games and 3 Lehigh Valley League titles<\/li>\n<li>Scored 48 points in one game<\/li>\n<li>All-State twice and All-American twice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ray Nunamaker \u2013 <a title=\"Nazareth High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hs.nazarethasd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nazareth High School <\/a>Wrestling Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>34 years as head coach at Nazareth<\/li>\n<li>Career record \u2013 468-95-7<\/li>\n<li>Teams won 8 District titles and 110 consecutive dual meets<\/li>\n<li>Coached 9 PIAA state champions, including 1 by his son<\/li>\n<li>A member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Artie Owens \u2013 <a title=\"Stroudsburg High School\" href=\"https:\/\/stroudsburghighschool.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stroudsburg<\/a> Football<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ran for 2,061 yards in his senior year scoring a state record 41 TD\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>Led his team to an 11-0 season in 1971<\/li>\n<li>First team All-State and an All-American<\/li>\n<li>Played in the NFL and the USFL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Milo Sewards \u2013 Allentown High School Basketball Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>23 years as the head basketball coach<\/li>\n<li>Career record \u2013 408-167<\/li>\n<li>Team won 35 consecutive EPC conference games<\/li>\n<li>Won 9 league championships, including 5 straight<\/li>\n<li>Won 4 District titles<\/li>\n<li>Won the 1950 PIAA State Championship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Alyssa Vavra \u2013 <a title=\"Panther Valley High School\" href=\"http:\/\/pvhs.sharpschool.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Panther Valley <\/a>Swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most decorated swimmer in District XI history<\/li>\n<li>16 time District XI champion<\/li>\n<li>Won 5 PIAA championships and 4 PIAA silver medals<\/li>\n<li>A 17-time All-American<\/li>\n<li>Currently holds every girls swimming record at Panther Valley<\/li>\n<li>At Indiana University, she was the Big 10 Swimmer and Athlete of the Year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you can imagine, it was a wonderful night, with so many potential inductees to go.\u00a0 The District XI has done itself proud.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOVE THE EARS (SOME MUSINGS)<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I hope you were not part of the many people who told me they either left the game or turned the channel Friday night during our state-wide <a title=\"Freedom High School\" href=\"http:\/\/basdwpweb.beth.k12.pa.us\/freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom<\/a>-Emmaus football game. With 127 seconds to go, Freedom was trailing by 15 points.\u00a0 Due to a number of unusual happenings, they scored with 1:11 to go and scored again with 27 seconds to go and then got a 2-point conversion to tie the game and send it into overtime.\u00a0 Freedom won on another 2-point conversion 32-31.\u00a0 If you missed it, there\u2019s always Video On Demand.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>My \u201cGary\u2019s Guesses\u201d are a good indication of how difficult it has been this year in the <a title=\"NFL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a> to pick winners. It is no different in the gambling world.\u00a0 A report out of Vegas on Monday morning said that <a title=\"Chicago Bears\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagobears.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bears<\/a>&#8211;<a title=\"Miami Dolphins\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamidolphins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dolphins<\/a> game garnered double the interest of any other single game.\u00a0 85% was bet on the Bears including two $100,000 bets.\u00a0 The Dolphins won 31-28 in overtime.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>You decide \u2013 Who is the best running back in the NFL right now A) Todd Gurley of the <a title=\"Los Angeles Rams\" href=\"https:\/\/www.therams.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rams<\/a>; B) Ezekial Elliot of the <a title=\"Dallas Cowboys\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dallascowboys.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cowboys<\/a>; or C) Saquon Barkley of the <a title=\"New York Giants\" href=\"https:\/\/www.giants.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giants<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>It was great seeing Larry Miller at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Sunday. Larry is, in my opinion, the greatest basketball player ever in the Lehigh Valley.\u00a0 He was part of the District XI 1963 championship win.\u00a0 <a title=\"Catasauqua \" href=\"https:\/\/www.cattysd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catasauqua<\/a> beat <a title=\"Wilson Area High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wilsonareasd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilson High School<\/a> in the final.\u00a0 It was played, believe it or not, before 12,000 people at the Harrisburg State Farm Show Arena because there was no venue large enough in the Lehigh Valley.\u00a0 I was part of the starting five for Wilson in that game.\u00a0 We had beaten Bethlehem High School in the semi-final, also played in Harrisburg.\u00a0 Wilson was the first small school to beat a large school (there was only one classification back then) in Districts.\u00a0 Larry scored 42 points against us.\u00a0 I had quite a few less.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>RCN-TV Sports will be broadcasting the big <a title=\"Colonial League\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colonialleague.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colonial League<\/a> game between <a title=\"Saucon Valley\" href=\"https:\/\/www.svpanthers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saucon Valley<\/a> and <a title=\"Notre Dame High School\" href=\"https:\/\/ndcrusaders.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notre Dame<\/a> on Friday night at 7:00pm. RCN-TV will have the <a title=\"Lafayette High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lafayette.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lafayette <\/a>at <a title=\"Bucknell \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bucknell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bucknell <\/a>game on Saturday at noon.\u00a0 At 7:00, we will present the Emmaus-Bethlehem Catholic matchup.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0That game is, also, LIVE on RCN.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gary\u2019s Guesses: NFL Picks (Last week: 12-3)\u00a0 (Overall: 55-36-2\u00a0 60% )<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week SEVEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Arizona Cardinals\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azcardinals.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ARIZONA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Philadelphia Eagles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.philadelphiaeagles.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PHILADELPHIA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Minnesota Vikings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vikings.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MINNESOTA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Los Angeles Chargers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CHARGERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"New England Patriots\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patriots.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEW ENGLAND<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tampa Bay Buccaneers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buccaneers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TAMPA BAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MIAMI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>INDIANAPOLIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kansas City Chiefs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chiefs.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>KANSAS CITY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>JACKSONVILLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Baltimore Ravens\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoreravens.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BALTIMORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DALLAS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RAMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Atlanta Falcons\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantafalcons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ATLANTA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company. 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