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Best friends guide Northwestern softball to convincing semifinal win over Notre Dame
Sophomore best friends Emma Freeman and Abby Dunstan serve as the battery for the Northwestern Lehigh softball team. They also can make plenty of noise with their bats when they follow each other fourth and fifth in the lineup. Freeman struck out five Notre Dame batters and held the Crusaders...
Getz sisters lead Pleasant Valley softball past Parkland, into program’s 1st EPC final
The Pleasant Valley softball team began this season with zero appearances in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference final. In fact, the Bears only qualified for the EPC tourney one time before this year. Not only did Pleasant Valley clinch a spot in the conference tournament this spring, but the seventh-seeded Bears...
Lehigh Valley boys runners demolish record book on District 11 track and field's second day
The loud, concussive sounds heard emanating from Blue Mountain’s football stadium late afternoon and early evening on Wednesday were the result of the District 11 boys track and field record book exploding. In the space of an hour or so, in the dimming light of a chilly day, Lehigh...
Photos: Tides drop third straight to Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley Ironpigs defeated the Norfolk Tides 8-6 at Harbor Park Stadium in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 16, 2024. The Tides record falls to 20-22 with the loss. ©2024 The Virginian-Pilot. Visit pilotonline.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Wilson seizes championship moment, wins 1st Colonial League baseball crown since 2008
One pitch at a time. One at-bat at a time. One fielding play at a time. The Wilson Area High School baseball team captured its first Colonial League championship since 2008 by staying in the moment to produce a 3-2 win over Northwestern Lehigh on a windy, overcast and sometimes misty Thursday afternoon at DeSales University’s Butz Field at Weiland Park.
Former Roxbury Wrestling Champ Stanich Honored at Lehigh
ROXBURY, NJ - Former Roxbury High School star wrestler Luke Stanich, now attending Lehigh University, was recently presented by the university with an award for his first-year performance on the mat as a Lehigh Mountain Hawk. Stanich, of Succasunna, was presented with the J. Daniel Nolan Award, said the university.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER "In an outstanding true first-year campaign, Stanich went 25-4 with an EIWA championship at 125 pounds," said the school. "He also earned All-America honors with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships." Stanich, a 2023 Roxbury High School graduate, was honored...
District 11 girls track: Notre Dame-GP relay team happy to be together again
Lauren Bower and Olivia Schweitzer have been running against each other for years in the Catholic school feeder programs. Ditto for Brenna Hammerstone and Samantha Karwacki. The foursome likes the current arrangement a lot better. Bower, Schweitzer, Hammerstone and Samantha Karwacki teamed to run 9:37.54 to win the District 11 Class 2A girls 3,200-meter relay Tuesday at Blue Mountain High ...
Nazareth girls lacrosse rallies to OT-win over Freedom in D-11 3A quarterfinals
The last time that the Nazareth girls lacrosse team won a District 11 playoff game was when it won a district title all the way back in 2012. For most of their D-11 Class 3A quarterfinal against Freedom Thursday evening, it looked like the Blue Eagles would have to wait another year, at least, to end that drought.
EPC girls lacrosse: Pleasant Valley wins third straight title
Pleasant Valley opened up an early 5-0 lead and maintained its advantage throughout Tuesday’s EPC championship game against Emmaus to capture its third straight crown with a 9-4 win at Northampton. The Bears kept the Green Hornets at bay, leading 6-1 after two quarters and 8-3 heading into the fourth quarter. Alivia Rath had two goals and three assists to lead Pleasant Valley, which showed its ...
Lehigh Valley sports scores and a look at Wednesday’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 WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE Boys Volleyball EPC Championship Whitehall at Parkland, 6 p.m. TUESDAY’S SCORES Baseball Bethlehem Catholic 11, Nazareth 5 Softball Colonial League Semifinals Palisades 11, Palmerton 2 Notre Dame-Green Pond at Northwestern Lehigh, ...
Palisades softball posts surprising rout of Palmerton in Colonial League semifinals
Palisades High School’s 11-2 conquest of Palmerton in the Colonial League semifinals Tuesday at Patriots Park was nothing like the teams’ regular-season meeting. That was a 1-0 Palmerton victory on April 27 in which Palisades managed just one hit off Blue Bombers senior right-hander Carley Gaffney, and the victors mustered only one hit off Pirates junior righty Karlye Teman.
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