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Wilson baseball’s championship season ends in district semifinals
Wilson Area High School’s baseball team cooled down under the hot sun at DeSales University’s Weiland Park. The second-seeded Warriors fell to sixth-seeded North Schuylkill 4-2 in the District 11 Class 4A semifinals on Sunday. The Spartans (13-9) advance to meet the Tamaqua/Bethlehem Catholic winner in the district...
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
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.
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...
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’...
Notre Dame boys on the right track for big PIAA performance | Commentary
Art Corrigan has been around Notre Dame track and field for a long time. In fact, the 81-year-old maestro of running, jumping and throwing IS Notre Dame track, in a lot of ways. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we...
Burgess’ blast highlights Phillipsburg baseball’s rout of Piscataway in sectional opener
Friday’s NJSIAA North 2 Group 4 first-round game against Piscataway was already going to be memorable for Kevin Burgess. The Phillipsburg High School senior lived in Piscataway before moving to Stateliners country in middle school. Burgess, however, made the game truly unforgettable by smashing his first varsity home run...
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...
2024 Easton Twilight Criterium will lead to Easton road closures this weekend
An event-filled day for cyclists is coming up this weekend, and Easton residents should be aware of road closures. The 2024 Easton Twilight Criterium will take place on Saturday, May 25. It will host pro, novice, and junior cycle races, as well as other family and community events, according to a press release. The event kicks off at 1:15 p.m., and the last race begins at 8:40 p.m. This means major roads in Downtown Easton will be closed off to cars to make way for the bikes.
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.
'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...
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...
Vote for the last Athletes of the Week for the Spring season
It's time to select the final Pocono Record Athletes of the Week for the spring season. We've picked some of the best performances from May 4 to May 19, and now it's your turn to vote for your favorite. The polls are open until 5 p.m. Friday. Pocono Record Athlete...
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 ...
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