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Carbon County Sports Hall of Fame inducts new members
LEHIGHTON, Pa. — The Carbon County Sports Hall of Fame inducted 21 new members today from a wide range of sports, including players, coaches, and even officials who have made an impact in their career. One of those members of the 2024 class is Lehighton native and current NFL official Duane Heydt.
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...
Third state jumping championship comes pretty calmly for Palmerton's Walters
Nataly Walters knows Nataly Walters pretty well. “Nataly Walters is never calm,” said the Palmerton junior of herself in the third person. That may well be, but Walters has few peers in successfully dealing with the pressure cooker that is Shippensburg’s Seth Grove Stadium on Memorial Day weekend.
Where to swim at Lehigh Valley pools this summer
What better way to cool off this summer than by heading to one of the Lehigh Valley’s many public pools? For those looking to make a splash, below are the locations and hours of some of the pools around the region. Allentown Buck Boyle Spray Park, 10 Pump Place, Allentown. Open 11 a.m.-8 p.m. May 27 through Sept. 4. Cedar Beach Pool, 101 N. Ott St., Allentown, Open noon-7 p.m. weekends and 4-7 ...
Olympic cycling champ from the Lehigh Valley charged with stalking ex-girlfriend
Olympic cycling gold medal winner and ex-Lehigh County commissioner Marty Nothstein was charged Friday with stalking his ex-girlfriend and damaging her lawn in Bethlehem. The charges come about a year after he admitted to trespassing in the home of a different woman he knew in Lehigh County. If you purchase...
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’...
Hazleton Area’s Guzman wins state gold medal in javelin at PIAA championships
SHIPPENSBURG — Samuell Guzman had five-plus days to deal with the vibes – both positive and, potentially, negative – that go with being the clear No. 1 seed at a state championship meet. When the day came to prove his lofty status, Guzman made it abundantly clear...
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.
Parkland baseball clubs way into district final with 15 runs in win over Nazareth
Parkland High School baseball coach Kurt Weber had a warning for his team: the Trojans needed to bring their bats to extend the season. “We told the kids before, this was not going to be a 3-2, 2-0 game,” Weber said. “... We just had to try to win every inning.”
Central Catholic’s Gulycz makes history happen in the shot put
Clark Gulycz did something Saturday afternoon at Shippensburg University that had never been done before. Gulycz became the first boys PIAA track and field champion in Allentown Central Catholic history when he won the Class 2A shot put. “I was thinking this week of being able to rewrite history and...
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.
PIAA boys track and field: Emmaus’ Moore, Palmerton’s Burkett lead Lehigh Valley area medalists
SHIPPPENSBURG — Kyle Moore is the PIAA Class 3A long jump champion, so his confidence level is as high as he gets after pushing off the board. The Emmaus senior got a boost Friday at the PIAA Track & Field Championships when he finished fourth in the 3A triple jump. His best jump was 46 feet, 9.5 inches. It came on his last jump, which was good enough to move past Stroudsburg’s Kevin Polonia ...
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...
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