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Whitehall softball breezes past Southern Lehigh for 1st district title in 15 years
Whitehall softball seniors Kate Yadush, Hannah Bundra, Aubrey Steiner and Sienna Meli were tired of reaching the District 11 title game and then falling just short of gold. On Friday night at Patriots Park in Allentown, the Zephyrs seniors got their long-awaited championship moment. Top-seeded Whitehall opened up a six-run...
Softball: Fifth Seed Elizabeth Powers Past Phillipsburg
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Winning pitcher Makayla Lecky tossed an eight-hit shutout with seven strikeouts and also provided the only two runs of the game with a two-run homer in the fourth inning to power fifth-seeded Elizabeth past No. 12 Phillipsburg High School in a North 2 Group 4 first round game at Elizabeth High School. Elizabeth (12-11) moves on to play at fourth-seeded Hunterdon Central in the quarterfinal round.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Four-year starting catcher Paige Randazzo and classmate Sara Segeda each went 2-for-3 for P’burg, which finishes the season with a 9-12 record. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Parkland baseball recovers from wild Freedom rally, wins 9-inning D-11 quarterfinal
Parkland High School’s baseball team was cruising on its trip to the district semifinals. The Trojans, however, hit major turbulence as a two-out, two-strike rally erased a three-run lead in the seventh inning. Third-seeded Parkland, with the help of Will Dobil’s game-winning hit, defeated sixth-seeded Freedom 4-3 in nine...
Freedom softball uses 20 hits, 4 homers to rout Parkland in D-11 quarterfinals
Freedom High School’s offense was just as powerful against visiting Parkland in the District 11 Class 6A softball quarterfinals late Thursday afternoon as the destructive storm that swept through the Lehigh Valley earlier in the day. The fourth-seeded Patriots (17-5) advanced to Tuesday’s semifinals with a 15-5 mercy-rule romp...
Bucks County Dominates PIAA District One Playoffs: Central Bucks East, Pennsbury, and More Qualify
The PIAA District One playoffs started this week, with plenty of Bucks County area teams finding their place among the qualifiers. The PIAA District One playoffs started this week, with plenty of Bucks County area teams finding their place among the qualifiers, Tom Moore for the Bucks County Courier Times.
Northern Lehigh softball produces pair of 6-run innings to secure D-11 final return trip
The Northern Lehigh softball team played in the District 11 Class 2A title game last season, but fell short against Minersville. The Bulldogs are back in the final this year, but are hoping for a much different result. With a dominant 12-2 victory over Schuylkill Haven in five innings on...
Northwestern softball blanks Beca behind Freeman’s stellar pitching, clinches state berth
Northwestern softball coach Kate Farber said Tigers sophomore pitcher Emma Freeman is competitive no matter what she does, even if it’s chess or checkers. Freeman’s competitive nature was on full display on Friday night at Patriots Park in Allentown and it resulted in a one-hitter against Bethlehem Catholic.
Palmerton softball’s Gaffney reaches 700 career strikeouts in playoff win over Notre Dame
Palmerton softball senior pitcher Carly Gaffney only had one strikeout in the first three innings of the team’s District 11 Class 3A semifinal against Notre Dame on Thursday night. Then, the senior found her usual strikeout groove, recording nine Ks in the final four innings of the Blue Bombers’...
Solehi's Lea seeks speedy success at state track
Alex Lea is running to win in Shippensburg this year. “I felt last year, I was just happy to qualify for states, and I wasn’t expecting much out of it,” said the Southern Lehigh senior sprinter of her trip to the PIAA track and field championships as a junior. “I had not competed on a big stage like that, and there’s a little bit more pressure. The atmosphere is great, everyone is so supportive. This year, I am betting on myself.”
PIAA boys track and field: Emmaus’ Kyle Moore repeats as 3A long jump champ
SHIPPENSBURG — Reading’s Xavier Beatty took the lead in the PIAA Class 3A long jump Saturday morning on his fifth of six attempts. He was in great position to win state gold — for about 5 minutes. Emmaus’ Kyle Moore, the defending champion, responded like a champion by vaulting past Beatty with his fifth jump of 23-6.75. Neither Beatty nor anyone else had a response to Moore, who repeated. ...
Zellin sends Salisbury baseball soaring into district final with walk-off grand slam
Jake Zellin’s coach told him to stay aggressive. During the biggest moment of the game, the Salisbury High School senior listened. Zellin smashed the first pitch he saw for a grand slam to left field, giving the second-seeded Falcons a dramatic, come-from-behind 7-5 victory over sixth-seeded Allentown Central Catholic in the District 11 Class 3A baseball semifinals at DeSales University’s Weiland Park on Saturday.
PIAA girls track: Bangor’s Pinter, Notre Dame-GP’s Steele elated with runner-up finishes
SHIPPENSBURG — Nataly Walters, Maggie Scalzo, Julia Pinter and Savina Steele all had top-3 finishes in their respective competitions Saturday at the PIAA Track & Field Championships. But they left Shippensburg University’s Seth Grove Stadium with distinctly different feelings about the medals around their necks. Steele was thrilled. The Notre Dame-Green Pond sophomore in her second year in the ...
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