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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

12-0 Vikings Torment Trojans With 12 Treys

(L to R: Chad Kratzer -15, Dat Lambert - 18, Jay Vaughan - 14)
"Your grandson spent the entire night on his back!"

That's what Tom Muller, a former Lehigh County politician who amazingly is still alive, told me not long ago when Allentown Central Catholic High School played Emmaus in boys basketball. Dat Lambert did get knocked around a bit in that game. Tom will be happy to hear that my grandson Dat spent very little time on his back last night, when the Parkland Trojans hosted the now 12-0 Vikings. This time, he was on his stomach.

Late in the game, he attempted a layup against Trojan defender Ian Dashukewich, a 6'9" junior. As Dat climbed this giant, Ian came down with a hand to block the ball, but hit Dat instead. Dat went down, face first, right on the floor. He just laid there for a few seconds, then got up, and sunk two free throws.

I think the floor cracked.

The Morning Call's Keith Groller has an excellent account. He noted that the Vikes had 104 treys going into the game, and added another 12 last night (Jay Vaughan - 4, Dat Lambert - 3, Chad Kratzer - 2, Nick Filchner - 2, Kevin Kern - 1).

Point guard Jay Vaughan is an excellent and explosive field general with an uncanny ability to find the player in the best position to take the shot. He had five assists, two steals and three rebounds. He is the team's catalyst.

Four Central players finished the night in double digits (Lambert - 18, Vaughan - 14, Kratzer - 15, Filchner - 10.)

Parkland's Jake Bartholomew had 12, including one from downtown.

Central has no time to rest on its laurels. It plays a very tough Allen on Friday night. The very next night, the Vikings will be playing at Dieruff. The Huskies clobbered Central over the summer.
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13 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2018 at 7:28 AM

    Hokie Joe says
    I watched the game last night. It was televised. Dat is quite good. He did take a pretty good whack in the head during the third quarter. Glad to see he got up and scored two foul shots.
    He obviously takes after his grandfather.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2018 at 7:29 AM

    sorry that was during the fourth quarter. I must've taken a whack in the head.

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  3. jacgeneJanuary 10, 2018 at 9:30 AM

    F U Anonymous @ 9:06 AM - Keep the kids out of your shriveled brain :(

    You wrote 'head' vs, heard - use spell check

    Dat is quite good - any quality D3 school would love to have him; a Muhlenberg, Moravian, a Susquehanna U. just to name a few

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2018 at 9:54 AM

    @9:30
    D3.......enough said
    Shoot for the stars lol

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2018 at 10:09 AM

    And that's why you are Anonymous

    C U hit spel chek this time

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  6. Bernie O'HareJanuary 10, 2018 at 1:28 PM

    Hokie, You probably missed the halftime show. I cam out and danced "I feel pretty" for everyone. I'm pretty sure it had people in tears.

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  7. Bernie O'HareJanuary 10, 2018 at 1:33 PM

    "Dat is quite good - any quality D3 school would love to have him; a Muhlenberg, Moravian, a Susquehanna U. just to name a few"

    Thank you. Right now, Dat is focused on playing.

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2018 at 3:57 PM

    My alma mater is taking them down on Friday! Yoccos hot dogs first, then the game. then some ritz ice cream to celebrate.

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  9. Bernie O'HareJanuary 10, 2018 at 4:00 PM

    "My alma mater is taking them down on Friday! Yoccos hot dogs first, then the game. then some ritz ice cream to celebrate."

    If you win, I'll buy you're ice cream at Ritz. I love that place. Can't eat ice cream, but love their meals.

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  10. Bernie O'HareJanuary 10, 2018 at 9:33 PM

    Yep. Mark it down.

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2018 at 5:10 PM

    Bernie, great to see Dat playing well, and the Vikings are the team to beat this year. Hope it continues!

    The Banker

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  12. Bernie O'HareJanuary 11, 2018 at 6:10 PM

    Emmaus has picked it up, too!

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