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Girls Track and Field Athletes of the Week: Setting the regional pace
Athletes with best-in-the-region performances sweep 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.
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.
UC softball earns trip to NCAA DII College World Series by blanking Kutztown
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The Golden Eagles of Charleston will compete in the NCAA Division II College World Series for the second time in program history. UC softball split a double-header with Kutztown Wednesday. The morning game saw the Eagles shut out for the first time this season. Despite...
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...
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...
New & Old Highlighted as High Limit Invades Grandview
BECHTELSVILLE, PA–Levan Machine & Truck Equipment will present the Rich Mar Florist Kubota High Limit 410 Sprints joined by the F&L Doors Vintage Cars in the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series opener of 2024 at the Grandview Speedway on Tuesday night, May 28. Gates open at 4:30 with race time set for 7:30 PM. In the event of rain, Wednesday, May 29 will be the rain date.
Northwestern softball beats Palisades for Colonial League title as Akelaitis proves clutch
Northwestern Lehigh softball coach Kate Farber said Tigers senior shortstop Izzy Akelaitis is built for the pressure. On Friday night with the Colonial League championship on the line against Palisades, the senior proved exactly that at Patriots Park in Allentown. Akelaitis delivered a two-run single into left field to give...
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 No events scheduled FRIDAY’S SCORES Softball EPC Semifinals Nazareth 11, Bethlehem Catholic 1 Colonial League Championship Northwestern Lehigh 5, Palisades 4 Baseball EPC Championship Liberty 12, Bethlehem Catholic 2 SEND US YOUR ...
Saucon Valley’s Kraus learns her lesson, holds off McCartney at D-11 3A girls track and field meet
Saucon Valley sophomore Virginia Kraus had a déjà vu moment during the second day of the District 11 Class 3A track and field championships Wednesday afternoon. Kraus found herself ahead of Emmaus sophomore Madelyn McCartney, just as she had been the day before in the 3,200-meter run. In...
District 11 girls track and field: Catasauqua’s Jenkins, Saucon’s Kraus finish with a flurry
Hailey Jenkins did not get off to a good start in Wednesday’s District 11 Class 2A 100-meter dash final. That normally dooms a sprinter, especially one taxed with running down Pine Grove’s defending champion, Viktorya Luckenbach. But the Catasauqua sophomore was right where she wanted to be. “I would have rather been behind,” Jenkins said, “because if I’m in front I don’t know how far behind ...
Liberty routs top-seeded P.M. East, returns to EPC baseball final
Jacob Rivera is already at home at DeSales University’s Weiland Park. And if the Liberty High School senior continues at his current pace, he’ll have a decorated career for the Bulldogs. Rivera’s 4-for-4 performance was one of the highlights as fourth-seeded Liberty routed top-seeded Pocono Mountain East 13-2...
Nazareth softball gets ready for prom with home run party against Beca in EPC semifinals
The Nazareth softball players had a prom to prepare for and wanted to quickly take care of business on the diamond on Friday morning. The Blue Eagles did just that, blasting five home runs on their way to an 11-1 five-inning victory over Bethlehem Catholic in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference semifinal at Patriots Park in Allentown.
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...
Catasauqua softball player and Southern Lehigh boys track and field athlete are Athlete of the Week winners
Catasauqua softball player Delaney Troxell and Southern Lehigh boys track and field athlete Jack Inglis are our Athlete of the Week winners for Week 36 of the 2023-24 season. Jack Inglis, Southern Lehigh boys track and field Won 4 gold medals at Colonial League championships, including breaking the 15-year-old long jump record with a 23-foot jump. Delaney Troxell, Catasauqua softball The ...
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