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Thrill on the Hill, Grandview Feature Belongs to Danner
May 11th, 2024. Bechtelsville, PA, Nick Fillman, USAC ECSC. Briggs Danner of Allentown, PA was able to collect his second win of the 2024 Rapid Tire Services, USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series, presented by Capitol Renegade, and second career win at his home track, the Grandview Speedway. With rains...
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.
Softball Game Preview: Quakertown Leaves Home
Quakertown has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Abington Galloping Ghosts at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Quakertown is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.4 runs per game this season. Quakertown is hoping to...
Parkland School District’s vision for future includes $19 million ‘wellness complex’ with a new football stadium. Here’s a look at more of the plans
Parkland High School students may enjoy a new football stadium, upgraded classrooms and ample parking space in the coming years, while Orefield Middle School students may see a major expansion of the school in five years. The changes are part of Vision 2030, an ongoing effort to mitigate overcrowding in one of the fastest-growing school districts in the Lehigh Valley. “The investment we are ...
Lehigh wrestling lands a transfer from Big Ten power
The transfer portal has delivered a wrestler to Lehigh. Rylan Rogers, who wrestled the last two seasons at 184 pounds for Michigan, announced his transfer to Bethlehem’s south side this week on X (the web site formerly known as Twitter). Rogers comes to Lehigh with sophomore eligibility after going...
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. ...
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.
New Name On Top: Williamson Leads Short Track Super Series Into Action Track USA May 21
KUTZTOWN, PA – New name on top. For the first time in his career, Mat Williamson is following the NJ Quality Drywall South Region with the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled By Sunoco. The Saint Catherines, Ontario, Canada native and car owner Jeff Behrent have...
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.
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...
Parkland track sprinter Janukowicz proof of progress coming from hard work
Nate Janukowicz was a budding baseball player until he was cut from Parkland’s team as a freshman, but not before he was given some advice. “The baseball coaches said, ‘This is not going to work out but you’re pretty fast,” he recalled, “‘You should try [track].’ I almost missed the cutoff to [join Parkland’s track team]. The rest is history.” Janukowicz has only scratched the surface of his ...
The Girls Lacrosse POTW led her team back to the EPC final
Playoff lacrosse is upon us and it’s time to honor those who put in standout performances in the games that matter the most. The Girls Lacrosse Player of the week helped her team get back to a familiar place, the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference final. lehighvalleylive Girls Lacrosse Player of...
Reviewing the top scores, highlights from the 2023-24 bowling season
The curtain has fallen on the 2023-24 bowling campaign. Scores came from all angles, and the game’s future stars shined the brightest. Junior bowlers took center stage as a bumper crop of youngsters filled the scoresheets week after week. Of the 253 perfect games turned in by area bowlers, a record dozen was recorded by Juniors.
Parkland boys volleyball returns to EPC final with sweep of Liberty
Parkland High School’s boys volleyball team has played two five-set matches this spring. Now, the Trojans will get to replay both in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference tournament. The first rematch went according to plan for top-seeded Parkland, which swept fourth-seeded Liberty 25-22, 25-21, 25-22 on Thursday night in the...
Notre Dame softball rallies past Southern Lehigh for playoff win featuring 29 total runs
The Notre Dame softball team faced a 5-0 deficit in the second inning against Southern Lehigh on Saturday in a Colonial League quarterfinal. But the Crusaders definitely didn’t sweat it. In fact, they had 16 runs left in them for the game. Fourth-seeded Notre Dame had four-run innings in...
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.
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