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Joe Miegoc

You can follow Joe Miegoc on Twitter @JoeMiegoc and you can e-mail him at jmiegoc@poconorecord.com. Joe has been at the Pocono Record since 2005 and has covered NASCAR, Penn State football, the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open and all types of high school and local sports in the Poconos.

Football scrimmage schedule

All seven high school football teams in the Pocono Record coverage area will take the field Saturday for their first scrimmage of the preseason. Pocono Mountain West will then return the field next Thursday night with the other six local Mountain Valley Conference schools playing next Friday. Pius X ends the preseason when it travels to [...]
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Jarrett deciding Wednesday

East Stroudsburg South standout cornerback Kyshoen Jarrett will announce his college decision at a press conference at ES South at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Jarrett, who has 17 written offers from colleges around the country, has started the past three seasons for the Cavaliers and was an All-Mountain Valley Conference first-team pick the past two seasons. Internet [...]
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Early Eagles impressions

You had to like what you saw in the Eagles early in their first preseason game, getting a field goal from David Akers on the first drive and a three and out from the defense. Brent Celek dropped a touchdown on third down inside the 20, but Kevin Kolb made good decisions (for the most part, [...]
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Well done Elliott

LONG POND – You’d be hard pressed to find a more popular winner than Elliott Sadler. After years and years of struggles since what everyone thought was a breakout 2004 season in the Cup Series, Sadler returned to Victory Lane by winning the inaugural Camping World Truck Series Pocono Mountain 125 at Pocono Raceway on Saturday. The [...]
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Back to Pocono

LONG POND – Just arrived here at Pocono Raceway, my earliest Saturday arrival time in the six years I’ve been coming to this lovely three-turn track. The Camping World Truck Series is currently on the track qualifying for this afternoon’s Pocono Mountains 125. As noted before, the series is using a unique qualifying process, sending trucks [...]
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Almost a wrap

LONG POND – Friday here at Pocono Raceway is just about done, for me anyway. Tony Stewart was the unexpected winner, to himself and me, of the pole, edging out an even more surprised Juan Pablo Montoya, who figured his qualifying lap was good for around 15th. Stewart has a good history at Pocono, just not [...]
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Ah Pocono

LONG POND – I’m here at Pocono Raceway, listening to Kurt Busch do an interview session in the media center (he’ll be in the No. 22 car next season, but still driving for Roger Penske). Not a whole lot going on up here, but I just arrived a few minutes ago so who am I to [...]
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Phillies steal Oswalt

I didn’t think it could happen, but the Phillies got Roy Oswalt without giving up their top hitting prospect (Jonathan Singleton), pitching prospect (Jarred Cosart) or having to deal Jayson Werth for prospects that would have eventually been shipped to Houston. Nope, Ruben Amaro Jr. did it again. Just like he did last year when he [...]
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How classy

You just knew with how horrible the Phillies’ offense has been that someone was going to be the fall guy and it turned out to be hitting coach Milt Thompson, who was fired late Thursday night. When teams slump and do it for as long as the Phillies have, a person in charge of whatever aspect [...]
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Phillies trade talk

Is Roy Oswalt coming to Philadelphia? Will Jayson Werth be shipped out? Can this season be saved? All valid questions with very tough answers. First on Oswalt. Obviously there is a connection with Ed Wade being a former Phillies GM and now the GM in Houston, but I’m not sure what that all means since Wade [...]
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