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Lenape Valley takes down Belvidere - Softball recap
Lindsay Fehir was 2-for-3, scored three runs and collected two RBI for Lenape Valley to hold off Belvidere, 12-7, in Stanhope. Lenape Valley (11-6) erased a 4-3 deficit with a four-run bottom of the third inning. Julia Paiva started for Lenape Valley and threw five innings, allowed two hits and...
‘The Super Bowl of flowers': Florists step it up for the Mother's Day rush
Florists say that Mother's Day is one of their busiest days of the year. And, at Brava Vita Flowers & Gifts in Washington Township, NJ, that is proving to be true. "It is the biggest floral holiday of the year," Tina Gentile of Brava Vita Flowers & Gifts told NBC10's Siobhan McGirl. "[It's] the Super Bowl of flowers."
Girls Track and Field Athletes of the Week: Big-time record-breaker leads the way.
A sophomore standout who broke a 40-year-old record leads this week’s lehighvalleylive girls track and field athletes of the week. Each week, usually on Fridays, we will recognize an athlete of the week from the Colonial League, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and the lehighvalleylive New Jersey coverage area. We will also select an overall athlete of the week.
Ain’t No Stopping Us Now: Phillipsburg Baseball Defeats DelVal
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Ain’t No Stopping Us Now isn’t just a song by McFadden and Whitehead. It’s also the mantra of the 2024 Phillipsburg High School baseball team. Left fielder James LaBella made the defensive play of the game when he gunned down a runner at the plate to keep the score tied in the fifth inning, and the Stateliners scored three runs in their next at-bat on the way to defeating host Delaware Valley, 4-2, in a Skyland Conference Valley Division baseball game on Thursday.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The victory was...
Easton girls basketball’s Cole excelled as she always valued family, teammates
Easton senior forward Evalyse Cole accomplished plenty in her final season as a Red Rover. She scored her 1,000th career point, was voted Eastern Pennsylvania Conference MVP, was named to the PA Sports Writers All-State Team, helped lead Easton to a 24-4 record and assisted the Red Rovers in a trip to the state tournament.
Nazareth Borough Council honors Blue Eagles football team for championship season
On Monday, May 6, the Nazareth Borough Council honored the Blue Eagles football team with a resolution for their exceptionally successful 2023 championship season in which they won another district title over the undefeated Parkland High School football team, as well as victories over all but one conference opponent. The...
Boys track and field performance list for May 10: New look for the sprints
This week’s conference meets practically rewrote the sprinting sections of the weekly lehighvalleylive boys track and field results. We hope we got all the top results, but it’s certainly possible we missed some. If you have one, please send it to us at the email address below. Be aware of the rules for inclusion; see those below as well.
Baseball: Stateliners Upset Sparta in Semifinals
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Now they are winning slugfests, too. What can’t this Phillipsburg High School baseball team do? Dylan Wayne and Garrett Bobrowski combined for five RBI, and Nick Yaccarino battled through seven innings in bulldog fashion to pick up the mound win as sixth-seeded Phillipsburg High School defeated No. 3 Sparta, 10-9, on Saturday afternoon in a Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament semifinal game played at Pope John High School.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The white-hot Stateliners (15-5) have now won eight games in a row and have a date with Skyland Conference rival and...
Girls lacrosse rankings: Each top 5 team finds a new spot
What a difference a week made to our local girls lacrosse rankings. The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex tournament semifinals resulted in major changes to the top five. In the EPC semis, Emmaus put in a defensive clinic to upend Easton and avenge a previous loss to the Red Rovers.
Lehigh Valley sports scores and a look at Saturday’s schedule
Today’s Lehigh Valley sports schedule and last night’s scores. To report your school’s scores and stats, please complete this SPORTS SCORES FORM SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE Softball Colonial League Quarterfinals Northern Lehigh at Palmerton, 1 p.m. Southern Lehigh at Notre Dame-Green Pond, 2 p.m. Baseball Colonial League Quarterfinals Palisades at Salisbury, 3 p.m. Bangor at Southern Lehigh, 6 p.m. ...
Baseball Game Preview: Easton Area Will Face East
Easton Area has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the East Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Last Wednesday, Easton Area came up short against Bethlehem Catholic and fell 8-4. Easton Area has not had much luck with Bethlehem Catholic recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Mount Olive holds off Blair for 4th straight win - Girls lacrosse recap
Mount Olive held off a second-half rally from Blair to hang on for a 6-5 win in Blairstown. Maggie Tilves, Isabella Moschello and Jenna Scheuten each scored twice for Mount Olive (10-3), led 5-1 at the break. Kaitlin Shaw provided two assists and Alexa Hahn finished with six saves. If...
IHA girls lacrosse wins Bergen County championship, ending Ridgewood's 18-year reign
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON − Winning a county championship is a big deal for any school in any sport. But when hoisting up the trophy also means dethroning a dynasty that held the title for 18 consecutive years – that’s history. Immaculate Heart Academy won the Bergen County girls lacrosse championship in dramatic fashion,...
Pleasant Valley girls lacrosse pounces on Nazareth early, rolls to another EPC final
The Pleasant Valley girls lacrosse team went relatively untested as it amassed an 18-0 record in the regular season, winning those games by an average of close to 12 goals per game. One of the few moments that the Bears trailed this year was early on in their regular season...
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