The Lehigh football commit enters his senior season with 1,049 career points. Machalik is one of the premier athletes in Lehigh Valley high school sports. Why the Blue Bombers are Dandy Dozen material: It’s a team that returns two all-league and two all-area guards in Hosier and Machalik from a squad that won 20 games last season and reached the state tournament. Chase Reph, a 2023 Palmerton graduate and education major at King’s College, has been named the program’s new freshman coach. 23 Saturday afternoon game against Catasauqua. 11 and the 1984 championship team will be honored prior to a Jan. There will be a scoreboard dedication before a home game against Southern Lehigh on Dec. Hosier, who is also a solid baseball player, had 9 rushing attempts for 67 yards and caught 17 passes for 259 yards. During the football season, Machalik had 1,529 yards passing and threw for 17 touchdowns and also ran for 2,251 yards and 35 TDs. As a program, Palmerton has 1,399 all-time wins and with one more victory, the Blue Bombers would become the 28th boys basketball program in Pennsylvania to win at least 1,400 games. Take note: Hosier enters the season with 875 career points and is likely to reach 1,000 within the first three weeks of the season. Players to watch: Corey Serfass (5-11, Jr. Nonleague games: Friday, at Lehighton Dec. Friday at LehightonĬolonial League opener: Dec. Beat Panther Valley 72-50, lost to Executive 54-42, beat Notre Dame-Green Pond 68-55 in the District 11 3A tournament and lost to Math, Civics, Sciences 82-71 in the state tournament. Beat Bangor 64-42, lost to Notre Dame-Green Pond 59-43 in the Colonial League tournament. Here’s a closer look at the Blue Bombers: PalmertonĬoach: Ken Termini (8th season at Palmerton, 92-77 119-117 including three seasons at Palisades). This year, we played like 20 in the summer.” We’re not going to come out clicking in Game 1 the way we have other years when we played 60 games over the summer and fall. has to understand it’s going to take some time to build what we’re going to be. So we didn’t go to a team camp and did nothing in the fall. “I think of 11 of my 13 guys returning are three-sport athletes. ![]() “We’ve worked hard to build up a multi-sport culture for athletes,” he said. It might take some time for us to get really going coming off football, but as talented as we are I think we can come out just as hot as if we all got started two weeks ago.”īecause so many of the kids are playing other sports, Termini said that he had to cut back on the offseason schedule. ![]() We’ve won a couple of championships in youth leagues and we’re excited to see what we can do this year. We’ve been playing together for as long as I can remember, since third or fourth grade. But as far as the team, the chemistry has never been better. Winning can be contagious.”īrayden Hosier, who played on the football team and is primed for a big senior year of basketball, said: “I made sure I stayed in basketball shape during football and I’ve been shooting a good amount. We’ve turned our program around and have done some things that hadn’t been done in 20 or 30 years, but we’ve never broken a record that stood for close to 75 years. They broke a record that was set in 1951. I talked with our football coach, Chris Walkowiak, frequently during the season and I’m always wishing him well and he’s always wishing me well. Sometimes things don’t work out as everyone hopes, but you can’t doubt their hunger. Termini said of the football to basketball transition: “No one can ever doubt the hunger of our kids.
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