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Whitehall softball gets revenge, crushes Pocono Mountain East in district semifinal
The Whitehall softball team let a lead slip away and lost a heartbreaker to Pocono Mountain East in last season’s District 11 Class 5A championship game. The Zephyrs didn’t need to be reminded of that heading into Wednesday night’s district semifinal rematch against the Cardinals at Patriots Park in Allentown.
The Athlete of the Year semifinalists are steeped in school pride. Learn about them on and off the field.
Red, green, brown or gold, the semifinalists for the lehighvalleylive.com Athlete of the Year award, presented by Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute, were honored to don their school colors in multiple seasons. Here, we profile the semifinalists, detail their competitive spirit and reveal some of their off-field preferences – and, perhaps,...
Whitehall baseball holds off Southern Lehigh, advances to D-11 5A final
The Lloyd name is known for producing offense at Whitehall High School. On Saturday, however, sophomore pitcher Jack Lloyd was asked to prevent any scoring. Lloyd, whose father scored 1,544 points for the Zephyrs boys basketball team, threw 2.1 scoreless innings of relief as second-seeded Whitehall defeated third-seeded Southern Lehigh 5-4 in the District 11 Class 5A semifinals at DeSales University’s Weiland Park.
Northampton softball sophomores help lead way to lopsided playoff win over Easton
The Northampton softball team looked to be a veteran squad filled with seniors and juniors on Tuesday in its dominant District 11 Class 6A first-round win over Easton. But in reality, the Konkrete Kids have plenty of underclassmen in their lineup, including an impressive group of sophomores. Northampton scored three...
Southern Lehigh softball seniors show off power in district semifinal win over E.S. South
Southern Lehigh softball seniors Morghan Davies and Kaley Hoffman were determined on Wednesday night to have their careers continue in the blue-and-white uniforms of the Spartans. They were so focused on having another game representing Southern Lehigh that they both took a ball over the fence at Patriots Park in...
Third time's the charm: Pleasant Valley girls' lacrosse wins district gold
BETHLEHEM — Toni Bush wasn't sure how to feel at first. The Pleasant Valley girls' lacrosse coach was so focused on winning Wednesday's district championship game vs. Easton that she didn't think about how she would feel afterward. But as time passed, and it set in that the Bears were finally district...
'No one expected us to be here': the bright side of Pleasant Valley's EPC tournament run
ALLENTOWN — It wasn't the storybook ending for Pleasant Valley softball, but the Bears can leave Patriots Park with their heads held high after putting together a Cinderella run to the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference championship game. As a 7-seed, Pleasant Valley upset 2-seed Emmaus and 3-seed Parkland, the top...
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