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Kyle Craig

@KyleCraigSports

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Sports reporter. Work in Express-Times & on . NJ Advance Media staff. Pitt grad. Vaunted Monday morning QB.

Joined July 2012
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Kyle Craig
3 years
Freedom's football players were floored when @TheRock gave them a pregame speech prior to their contest with Central. That surprise only increased when their new Under Armour gear rolled in.
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Kyle Craig
6 years
Life comes at you fast. Congratulations @saquon .
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Kyle Craig
5 years
NAZARETH SPECIAL: @Stefanik4310 to Jaiden Cabrera for 2. @NAHSBlueEagles football wins the District 11 6A title! Eagles beat Parkland 22-21. Wow!
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11 months
This just happened. Parkland driving, a fumble and @MarquezWimberly takes it all the way to the house as time expires. Nazareth @NAHSBlueEagles beats Parkland 24-17 to win the District 11 6A championship, the Blue Eagles' 6th D-11 title. Wild.
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Kyle Craig
6 years
A shocker in Bethlehem: @LIBERTYATHCLUB ruins Freedom's perfect regular season. The Hurricanes beat their rival, 29-10.
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Kyle Craig
2 years
Been off for a few days. I'll catch up on boys basketball content for @lehighvalley this week. I was busy distributing some jewelry 💍 😬
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Kyle Craig
8 years
For the record, I want to say that this photo is ridiculous.
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Kyle Craig
5 years
Tonight's Nazareth entrance banner says "You'll have three weeks to prep for P'burg" ...
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Kyle Craig
6 months
Wow! A remarkable performance by Parkland. @BoysParkland beats Archbishop Wood 59-51. The Trojans are going to the PIAA 6A boys basketball final!
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Kyle Craig
6 years
It's all over. And it was all Freedom. The Patriots rout Emmaus 49-17. It's the first District 11 title in Freedom football history! What an accomplishment. @ThePatriotClub @fhssportsBASD
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Kyle Craig
2 years
FINAL: Phillipsburg 35, Easton 14. The Stateliners beat Easton for the first time since 2014.
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Kyle Craig
7 years
Easton @GoRedRovers takes a knee and the Red Rovers have handed Phillipsburg its first loss of the season, 21-14, on Thanksgiving Day.
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Kyle Craig
3 years
Freedom champions.
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Kyle Craig
5 years
Credit to Pen Argyl's @PAGreenKnights Eric Lobb, who gave away his District 11 gold medal after his opponent from Mahanoy fell at the last hurdle in the 300. That story and more from D-11 boys track.
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Kyle Craig
6 years
There will be a new District 11 6A champion. Freedom knocks off 6-time defending champ Parkland, 35-21.
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Kyle Craig
6 years
. @_jaredjenkins_ to Jack Gawlik for 2. The craziest comeback I've ever seen. Freedom beats Emmaus.
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Kyle Craig
2 years
After being selected 16th overall Washington in the NFL Draft, @NAHSBlueEagles graduate @JahanDotson is the eighth first-round pick from the @lehighvalley area. He's also a great young man of whom the Valley can be proud. Congratulations Jahan!
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Kyle Craig
5 years
Well, if I'm going to lean on video games during these times. I know where to turn.
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Kyle Craig
3 years
Wow. We continue. Christian Fermin drills a 3 to tie it. Northampton and Pocono Mountain West are tied 55-55 going to OT2.
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Kyle Craig
5 years
You know how I know Coach Crowell is special? Ask any of his wrestlers a question generally unrelated to Crowell, and they'll weave their way back to mentioning how much he's shaped their lives. "How was the drive over?" "Well, Coach Crowell really emphasizes ..."
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Nazareth Wrestling
5 years
13-Time District XI Coach of the Year! 🔵🦅🤼‍♂️
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Kyle Craig
4 years
It's pretty hard to win Coach of the Year in back-to-back seasons. But guiding your team to the area's only unbeaten campaign is a good way to make it happen. Tom Falzone @NazarethTD is the @LVHSSports Football COTY.
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6 years
Guts, pins and (lots of) blood marked @AndrewBalukas ' run to a PIAA final for @EastonWrestling @GoRedRovers . He did it to show his pride in his community. "You don’t really understand it until you’re from Easton.” Here's my story; photos by @SaedHindash .
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Kyle Craig
3 years
FINAL: An outstanding comeback by @NAHSBlueEagles . Nazareth trailed 41-14 but beats Bethlehem Catholic 42-41.
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Kyle Craig
5 years
Evan Bhagat scores for @_EHSAthletics in OT. Emmaus upsets Parkland 7-6 in the District 11 3A boys lacrosse final.
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Kyle Craig
4 years
Guys, I did something VERY IMPORTANT. I ranked the 34 @lehighvalley high school logos. There's a poll where you can tell me I'm wrong, even though I'm obviously not.
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Kyle Craig
9 years
A tribute to Evan Murray inside the Warren Hills football stadium. http://t.co/5NFaN80UwF
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Kyle Craig
3 years
Phillipsburg field hockey @fieldhockey_phs beats Middletown South 2-0 to win the North Group 4 title. It's the Stateliners' first sectional title since 1999.
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Kyle Craig
6 years
Hi, my name is Kyle and I’m an addict.
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Kyle Craig
5 years
FBS programs missed out on Shane. He was the Football Player of the Year when he and Saquon were both seniors, which is something.
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Towson Football
5 years
Shane Simpson arrived on campus as a diamond in the rough from Easton, Pa. Fast forward a few years, and he's among the best players in the country. - From @FloFootball :
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Kyle Craig
6 years
Champions.
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Kyle Craig
4 years
Blue Eagle back-to-back.
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Kyle Craig
6 years
It’s over. Freedom baseball @ThePatriotClub defeats Parkland 2-1 in the District 11 Class 6A championship. It’s the Patriots first D-11 title since 1999.
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Kyle Craig
2 years
Lucas Mushrush wins it for @ACCHS_Athletics ! The Vikings beat Cardinal O'Hara 49-46 in the PIAA 4A second round.
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Kyle Craig
4 years
I'm happy to share the final product of a lot of research and debate: the @lehighvalley two-decade football team. It honors the area's top players over the past 20 seasons. It's also massive, so pull up a chair. Credit to @SaedHindash on the graphics.
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Kyle Craig
11 months
D-11 champs in a classic.
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Kyle Craig
5 years
I told Nazareth statistician Earl Peck that I was taking a video, so he might want to contain his reaction. Look at him in the window reflection 😂, good stuff. Happy times for Nazareth folks.
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Kyle Craig
5 years
NAZARETH SPECIAL: @Stefanik4310 to Jaiden Cabrera for 2. @NAHSBlueEagles football wins the District 11 6A title! Eagles beat Parkland 22-21. Wow!
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Kyle Craig
2 years
. @NAHSBlueEagles @NazarethTD hoists its EPC South trophy.
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Kyle Craig
2 years
. @AidanHutchison9 rallies to PIN at 189. Easton @BoysEaston wins No. 1,000 in rocking style with a 34-22 win vs. Council Rock South.
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Kyle Craig
10 months
Final in No. 116: Phillipsburg 47, Easton 12. Stateliners with back-to-back wins over the Rovers.
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Kyle Craig
5 years
Congratulations to @lehighvalley 's @bradwsports for earning the PA Wrestling Round-up Media Award of Excellence for 2020!
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Kyle Craig
5 years
It’s the 100th career win for Freedom coach Jason Roeder.
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Kyle Craig
8 years
. @GoRedRovers champs.
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Kyle Craig
8 years
Bethlehem Catholic wins its first state title! The Hawks top Villa Maria 46-27 in the PIAA Class 4A girls basketball final.
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Kyle Craig
5 years
. @NAHSBlueEagles Nazareth knocks off No. 1 Freedom. The Blue Eagles prevail 35-33. Another thriller.
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Kyle Craig
9 years
So wait, Salisbury beat Solehi; Solehi beat Central; Central beat Easton; Easton beat Liberty; Liberty beat Parkland ... I'm gonna lay down.
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Kyle Craig
9 months
Jumping back into winter sports coverage this week after a busy holiday season 👰🏼‍♀️🤵🏻‍♂️ Back to work 🏀
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Kyle Craig
3 years
Brendan Boyle, with this 3, is the all-time leading scorer in @ND_Crusaders history. Congratulations @b20boyle !
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Kyle Craig
6 years
. @KonkreteKids @KKidWrestling wrestling is headed to the state final! Northampton's Alex Hanley wins 11-2. Kids lead Kiski 31-16 with 2 left. All @PIAADistrictXI state championship 1 p.m. tomorrow. Kids vs. Bethlehem Catholic.
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Kyle Craig
3 years
Saucon Valley wins its first team state title! A clutch win my Hector Mateo seals it for the Panthers. They beat NDGP 29-22. SV forfeited final bout.
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Kyle Craig
5 months
. @PHSStateliners baseball takes the trophy for the first time since 2016.
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Kyle Craig
2 years
It was a day of shutouts between @GoRedRovers and @PHSStateliners : Easton FHK won 1-0. Easton g. soccer won 3-0. P'burg b. soccer won 2-0. Here's @PburgBoysSoccer coach Evan Weller getting his head shaved in celebration.
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Kyle Craig
5 years
. @Giants running back @saquon is back at Whitehall and drawing a crowd, as you might expect, at the EPC/Colonial League track and field championships.
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Kyle Craig
11 months
Listen, this is directed at no high school football team in particular as I comb through another week of stats ... Your completions need to match your receptions and your individual passing yardage needs to match your receiving yardage. They have to match. They HAVE to.
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Kyle Craig
2 years
Absolutely crazy ending sequence here. Upper Darby beats Liberty 66-64 at the buzzer in 2OT in the PIAA 6A first round. Canes looked to have a stop but it slipped away. Bucket by Yassir Joyner.
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Kyle Craig
16 days
Wow! Dieruff's Jack Herter hits Derwyn Deris for a 28-yard TD on fourth-and-11 to put the Huskies ahead with 1:02 left in the 4th quarter against East Stroudsburg North. Dieruff wins 20-14. Huskies are 4-0 for first time since 1992.
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Kyle Craig
2 years
It feels real now 🥲 @JahanDotson
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Kyle Craig
6 years
What a great game. Freedom @ThePatriotClub knocks off No. 1 again. Patriots beat Parkland 21-20.
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Kyle Craig
4 years
Nazareth football @NazarethTD is back! The top-seeded Blue Eagles (6-0) will now meet Pleasant Valley on Monday night.
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Kyle Craig
2 years
Nazareth's Jahan Dotson, now of the Washington Commanders, back in the Lehigh Valley today doing media duty before his youth football camp with @LVHNSports .
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Kyle Craig
8 years
The @GoRedRovers and @PburgBoysSoccer communities showed their support for a brave fifth-grader on Monday night.
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Kyle Craig
3 years
The Wilson Warriors football program will be in the hands of a highly successful ESU Warrior, pending school board approval.
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Kyle Craig
4 years
. @ACCHS_Athletics beats Wilson 61-44. Big highlight for the Warriors is team manager Isaih Close scoring a bucket at the end. Here's the moment.
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Kyle Craig
10 months
👏🏻 First Lehigh Valley football team to reach the final since 2015.
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Josh Folck
10 months
Final: Northwestern ( @nwtigerfootball ) 33, Wyomissing 24. Tigers ( @nwlehighsd ) advance to their first state championship game in program history.
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Kyle Craig
6 years
Wow! He does it again. @EastonWrestling @GoRedRovers ' Andrew Balukas, blood pouring down his face now, pins Erie Cathedral Prep's Dorian Crosby in 48 seconds. He heads to the state final.
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Kyle Craig
6 years
Well, Easton is back on track. @GoRedRovers rout Parkland 41-14.
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Kyle Craig
4 years
It's a party.
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Kyle Craig
4 years
Former @lehighvalley Football Player of the Year from @GoRedRovers moving to the ACC.
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Cavalier Nation 🔶⚔️🔷‼️ WAHOO NATION LETS RIDE 🤝 @UVAFootball
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Kyle Craig
5 years
A little later than I hoped, but today we published the profiles of our Athlete of the Year semifinalists. Take a look at the snapshots of these interesting standouts, who are all iPhone users apparently ... @ZacSFitz @55_DHolmes @JoeyOzgar @robbyswiatek :
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Kyle Craig
6 years
Final score: Emmaus 49, Allentown Central Catholic 14. So, it's going down next week: 7-0 Freedom vs. 7-0 Emmaus. Prepare accordingly.
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Kyle Craig
6 years
. @LIBERTYATHCLUB 's @jakeahmad4 is the @LVHSSports Wrestler of the Week.
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Kyle Craig
6 months
Last shot by Parkland bounces off. Central York beats Parkland 53-51 in a classic PIAA 6A boys basketball final.
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Kyle Craig
6 years
Leanna Deegan will not be denied off the draw in OT. She scores to give @EastongirlsL its first conference title. Rovers beat Parkland 14-13.
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Kyle Craig
10 years
Here's a great photo of @jesskovatch1 and dad after she set the new Phillipsburg scoring record -- from Stephen Flood http://t.co/SAkpicmP9W
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Kyle Craig
4 years
Next a ceremony for longtime Bethlehem Catholic coach and friendliest person on Earth: Mike Grasso.
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Kyle Craig
5 years
The real star of today's @GoRedRovers game. 🐶 @SaedHindash 📸
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Kyle Craig
7 years
. @linaperugini_ of @LibGirlsVball is the Girls Volleyball Player of the Week.
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Kyle Craig
8 years
Wait. Are these two related?
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Kyle Craig
4 years
"He’s just been a wonderful kid to have in the program.” More from Isaah Close's time in the spotlight. The Wilson team manager drained a shot to end the Warriors' playoff game vs. @ACCHS_Athletics -- a moment he says he'll remember for a long time.
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Kyle Craig
6 years
District 11 has given out its Coach of the Year awards: 3A: Seth Lisa @KonkreteKids 2A: Chad Shirk @SauconAthletics Congratulations.
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Kyle Craig
3 years
History for Lehigh Valley lacrosse! Allentown Central Catholic defeats Mars Area 14-5 in the PIAA 2A final. It's D-11's first state title. It's the second state title this year for @ACCHSVikings after a boys hoops triumph this winter.
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Kyle Craig
5 years
. @Stefanik4310 just set Nazareth's single-season reception record with his 90th catch.
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Kyle Craig
7 years
. @NAHSBlueEagles football standout @H55ZY Jahan Dotson has announced that he has flipped his commitment and is signing with Penn State.
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Kyle Craig
4 years
A state title for @ACCHS_Athletics ! The Lehigh Valley's boys basketball drought is over after 35 years. Allentown Central Catholic beats Hickory 41-40 in the PIAA 4A final. Here was Hickory's missed shot at the buzzer. Huge Vikings celebration.
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Kyle Craig
2 years
Statement made by Parkland. Trojans rout Easton 42-0 in Week 1.
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Kyle Craig
3 years
It didn't happen overnight, but @NazWrestling 's Sonny Sasso has worked to treat every bout the same. It helped him win a state title after rallying in a blockbuster semi. He also added to the history of Naz QBs winning PIAA gold. Photos by @SaedHindash .
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Kyle Craig
6 years
Holy cow. Bryce Parenti awarded a takedown with a second left on the third-period clock. He beats Connor Quinn 3-1. @PBurgHSWrestlin defeats North Hunterdon 30-24. Great dual.
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Kyle Craig
8 years
Easton wins its first @PIAADistrictXI championship since 1999.
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Kyle Craig
7 years
Don't see this every day. Freedom @ThePatriotClub JV football gets some national props for crazy game-winning play.
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Kyle Craig
3 years
Freedom shines: The Patriots, behind a tremendous night from @deanteeee and a turnover-making defense, defeat Emmaus 28-14 in the District 11 6A final. It's the program's 2nd D-11 crown.
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Kyle Craig
5 months
Eddie Weindel closes it out for Phillipsburg. @Pburg_Baseball snaps its losing streak against Easton. Liners win 5-4. Fun game and a great atmosphere.
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Kyle Craig
8 years
Also in this week's video, I try to expand my Photoshop skills at the expense of @jyoungy7 .
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Kyle Craig
4 years
. @NDGPwrestle PIAA 2A champs.
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Kyle Craig
2 years
Nazareth rallies to beat Easton 35-28 in a classic game. The Blue Eagles are EPC South champions.
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Kyle Craig
6 years
. @EastonFootball 's senior QB @NimehNathan wants to continue a brotherly tradition of beating Phillipsburg this week.
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