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    <title>Troublesome start, bonus qualifiers at District 11 track</title>
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    <summary>SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Bad start to the track events at the District 11 Track &amp; Field Championships: Computer malfunction forcing re-running of the Class 2A girls 100 hurdles final. In the 3A final, Easton’s Ashley Williams, the top seed, was...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Tom Housenick</name>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>(Allentown) Central Catholic</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Bangor</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Bethlehem Catholic</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Catasauqua</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Colonial League</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Dieruff</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Easton</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Emmaus</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Lehigh Valley Conference</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Liberty</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Nazareth</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Northampton</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Northern Lehigh</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Northwestern</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Notre Dame-Green Pond</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Palisades</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Palmerton</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Parkland</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Pen Argyl</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Salisbury</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Saucon Valley</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Southern Lehigh</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Varsity Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Weblogs</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Whitehall</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Wilson</dc:subject>

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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Bad start to the track events at the District 11 Track &amp; Field Championships: Computer malfunction forcing re-running of the Class 2A girls 100 hurdles final.</p>

<p>In the 3A final, Easton’s Ashley Williams, the top seed, was disqualified after a false start. Pocono Mountain West’s Ramonia Benitez won the re-start in 15.03.</p>
<p>Palisades' Alexa Rossi won the first and re-start of the girls 100 hurdles.</p>
<p>1,600 run winners: Elizabeth Chikotas set a new district record with a 5:07.34 to win the 2A girls race. She has scratched from that race for states. She'll run just the 3,200.; Pottsville's Paige Stoner won the 3A girls race.</p>
<p>North Schuylkill's Brendan Shearn won the boys 2A race. </p>
<p>Palmerton’s Austin Shupp and Northern Lehigh’s Caleb Johnson were 1-2 in the boys 110s.</p>
<p>Bethlehem Catholic’s Tyler Horton nudged Tamaqua’s Eric Hertzog in the 3A final.</p>
<p>Palisades' Anna Robinson and Easton's Kiana Farrar win the 2A and 3A girls 100s. Robinson came back an hour later to win the 2A 400 in 58.87.</p>
<p>North Schuylkill's Daniel McSurdy and East Stroudsburg South's Demetrius Lanier won the 2A and 3A boys 100s. Easton's Colin Abert won the 3A boys race in 4:24.14.</p>
<p>North Schuylkill's Carly Gregas (5-4) won the 2A girls high jump.</p>
<p>Salisbury's Austin Bartholomew won the 2A boys javelin with a toss of 175-8. </p>
<p>Palmerton's Jess Pereira recovered from a fourth-place finish in the 100 to win the 3A girls 400. </p>
<p><a href="mailto:thousenick@mcall.com">thousenick@mcall.com</a></p>
<p>Twitter: Follow @TomHousenick</p>
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    <title>Colonial League baseball final preview: Salisbury-So. Lehigh</title>
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    <created>2013-05-16T14:00:00Z</created>
    <summary>Salisbury pounded Southern Lehigh the first time the teams played this season. The Falcons squeaked out a one-run win when they faced Southern Lehigh in both teams’ regular-season finale Friday. They will try for a three-game sweep of the Spartans...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Stephen Miller</name>
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    <dc:subject>Catasauqua</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Colonial League</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>High School Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Notre Dame-Green Pond</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Salisbury</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Southern Lehigh</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Varsity</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Varsity Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Weblogs</dc:subject>

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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Salisbury pounded Southern Lehigh the first time the
teams played this season. The Falcons squeaked out a one-run win when they
faced Southern Lehigh in both teams’ regular-season finale Friday.</p>
<p>They will try for a three-game sweep of the Spartans in
their most important game to date.</p>

<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://blogs.mcall.com/.a/6a00d8341c4fe353ef017eeb387d86970d-pi" style="float: right;"><img alt="Cooperman v SL" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c4fe353ef017eeb387d86970d" src="http://blogs.mcall.com/.a/6a00d8341c4fe353ef017eeb387d86970d-320wi" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Cooperman v SL" /></a>Salisbury will be playing its third straight game at
Limeport Stadium on Thursday when it faces Southern Lehigh in the Colonial
League baseball final. The top-seeded Falcons beat the Spartans 5-4 at Limeport
on Friday before downing Notre Dame-Green Pond in their league semifinal
Tuesday. 
<p>Here’s a deeper look into tonight’s matchup.</p>
<p><strong>No. 1 Salisbury
(20-1 overall)</strong></p>
<p><strong>About the Falcons:</strong>
Reached the final with a 4-1 win over No. 4 Notre Dame-Green Pond. … Average
9.1 runs per game and allow 1.8. … Started the season 17-0 before suffering a
3-1 loss to Wilson on May 6. … Have scored fewer than six runs in three of
their last four games. They scored at least six runs in each of their first 17
games. … Evan Kulig had three hits, scored three runs and drove in three runs
in an 11-0 win over Southern Lehigh on April 10. … Tyler Cooperman (above) threw five
shutout innings and struck out six in that game. … Brad Vangeli went 3-for-5
with an RBI in Friday’s win over the Spartans. Salisbury led that game 5-0
after 5 1/2 innings before Southern Lehigh scored two runs each in the sixth
and seventh. … Looking for their second straight Colonial League title and
third in five seasons. </p>
<p><strong>No. 2 Southern
Lehigh (16-5)</strong></p>
<p><strong>About the
Spartans:</strong> Advanced to the title game with a 14-4 win over No. 3 Catasauqua
in the semifinals. … Average 6.6 runs per game and allow 2.4. … Lost their
final two regular-season games before beating Catty on Tuesday. They had a
10-game winning streak before those two losses last week. … Trying to win their
first league title since 2006. … They have allowed just 19 runs in their last
13 games, holding 11 opponents to three or fewer runs during that span. … Coach
Todd Miller told freelancer Mike Blouse that Petey Long would probably start
Thursday’s title game. Long did not pitch against Salisbury in either regular
season game. </p></div>
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  <entry>
    <title>Live results from District 11 track meet</title>
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    <created>2013-05-15T20:10:08Z</created>
    <summary>Northwestern’s Sabrina Mertz, Carly Pierce, Rachele Cerrone and Haley Yost broke their school record a couple of weeks to win gold in the Class 3A 3,200 relay with a time of 9:28.64. Parkland finished second to grab the second automatic...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Tom Housenick</name>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Colonial League</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>High School Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Lehigh Valley Conference</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Northwestern</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Parkland</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Varsity Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Weblogs</dc:subject>

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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Northwestern’s Sabrina Mertz, Carly Pierce, Rachele Cerrone and Haley Yost broke their school record a couple of weeks to win gold in the Class 3A 3,200 relay with a time of 9:28.64. </p>

Parkland finished second to grab the second automatic qualifying seed at the District 11 Track &amp; Field Championships from Blue Mountain High School. 
<p>Notre Dame girls easily won the 2A 3,200 relay, followed by Saucon Valley. </p>
<p>Minersville boys (2A) and Parkland boys (3A) won the 2-mile relays. </p>
<p>Tamaqua’s Maria Streisel set a personal best of 17 feet, 7.5 inches to win the 2A girls long jump. Salisbury’s Lindsay Bauer was second. </p>
<p>Below are the up-to-date results: </p>
<p>FINALS</p>
<p>Girls</p>
<p>Class 2A</p>
<p>3,200: 1. </p>
<p>3,200 relay: 1. Notre Dame-GP (Katie Downing, Nicole Gibki, Erika Edwards, Christina Scartelli) 9:47.95; 2. Saucon Valley (Kelsey Lysek, Caroline Madigan, Caroline Trimbel, Elizabeth Chikotas) 10:01.22; 3. Wilson (Madison Brannon, Sydney Brannon, Julia Sjodahl, Shea Primrose) 10:18.77; 4. Minersville 10:27.74; 5. Northern Lehigh 10:48.50; 6. Palisades 11:05.08.</p>
<p>300 hurdles: 1. </p>
<p>Long jump: 1. Maria Streisel (T) 17-7.5; 2. Lindsay Bauer (Sal) 17-4.5; 3. Carli Swiatek (W) 16-6.25; 4. Kaitlyn Toman (Sal) 16-0.5; 5. Jade Wilson (SH) 15-9.75; 6. Jessica Olewine (NL) 15-7.</p>
<p>Shot put: 1. </p>
<p>Discus: 1. </p>
<p>Pole vault: 1. </p>
<p>Class 3A</p>
<p>3,200: 1. </p>
<p>3,200 relay: 1. Northwestern (Sabrina Mertz, Carly Pierce, Rachele Cerrone, Haley Yost) 9:28.64; 2. Parkland (Mikayla Stoudt, Kayla Tracy, Nicole Albertson, Cassidy Newman), 9:30.89; 3. Emmaus (Ashley Moxey, Katie Bacher, Jaclyn Reinbold, Hanna Brosky) 9:43.29; 4. Pleasant Valley 9:44.51; 5. Stroudsburg 9:52.23; 6. Easton 10:00.22. </p>
<p>300 hurdles: 1. </p>
<p>Long jump: 1. </p>
<p>Javelin: 1. </p>
<p>PRELIMINARIES</p>
<p>Girls</p>
<p>Class 2A</p>
<p>100: 1. </p>
<p>200: 1. </p>
<p>100 hurdles: 1. </p>
<p>Class 3A</p>
<p>100: 1. </p>
<p>200: 1. </p>
<p>100 hurdles: 1. </p>
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  <entry>
    <title>Salisbury's Nic Ampietro named Colonial League MVP</title>
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    <created>2013-05-15T18:21:19Z</created>
    <summary>Salisbury pitcher and infielder Nic Ampietro has been chosen as the Colonial League's MVP. The league released its all-star teams today, with four Falcons landing on the first team. Ampietro is hitting .419 with nine doubles, one triple, 18 runs...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Stephen Miller</name>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Bangor</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Catasauqua</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Colonial League</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>High School Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Northern Lehigh</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Northwestern</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Notre Dame-Green Pond</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Palisades</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Palmerton</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Pen Argyl</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Salisbury</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Saucon Valley</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Southern Lehigh</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Varsity</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Varsity Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Wilson</dc:subject>

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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://www.colonialleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Colonial-League-Baseball-All-Stars-20134.pdf" target="_blank">Salisbury pitcher and infielder </a><strong>Nic Ampietro</strong> has been chosen as the Colonial League's MVP. The league released its all-star teams today, with four Falcons landing on the first team.</p>

<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://blogs.mcall.com/.a/6a00d8341c4fe353ef01901c361a2e970b-pi" style="float: left;"><img alt="Ampietro" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c4fe353ef01901c361a2e970b" src="http://blogs.mcall.com/.a/6a00d8341c4fe353ef01901c361a2e970b-320wi" style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Ampietro" /></a>Ampietro
is hitting .419 with nine doubles, one triple, 18 runs scored and 15 RBIs. He
is also 8-0 with a 0.66 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 42 1/3 innings for the
Falcons, who are 20-1 heading into Thursday’s Colonial League title game
against Southern Lehigh.
<p>Earlier this season, I did a story on Ampietro's decision <a href="http://articles.mcall.com/2013-04-18/sports/mc-nic-ampietro-pitching-helmet-facemask-20130418_1_nic-ampietro-helmet-alumni" target="_blank">to wear a special helmet when pitching as well as a facemask in the infield</a>. He suffered a head injury last year in the District 11 Class 2A final when he was struck in the head by a line drive while pitching. </p>
<p>The full list of Colonial League all-stars is available <a href="http://www.colonialleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Colonial-League-Baseball-All-Stars-20134.pdf" target="_blank">on the league's website</a>. </p>
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    <title>ESU sending 5 to NCAA Division II track</title>
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    <summary>Senior Matt Tholis, an automatic qualifier in the javelin with the No. 3 mark in the country, leads five East Stroudsburg University athletes selected to compete in the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track &amp; Field Championships, which are May 23-25...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Tom Housenick</name>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>East Stroudsburg</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Weblogs</dc:subject>

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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Senior Matt Tholis, an automatic qualifier in the javelin with the No. 3 mark in the country, leads five East Stroudsburg University athletes selected to compete in the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track &amp; Field Championships, which are May 23-25 in Pueblo, Colo. </p>

Tholis will be joined by redshirt senior Josh Hontz, a Jim Thorpe High graduate, in the javelin, along with sophomore Travis Toth in the hammer, freshman Seth Bailey in the high jump and senior Corinne Fitzgerald in the women’s 3000m steeplechase. 
<p>Tholis and Hontz will be looking for their second All-America honors. Tholis was seventh last year and Hontz was the national runner-up in 2011 before taking a redshirt last season. Fitzgerald and Hontz are making their third career trips to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.</p>
<p>Tholis hit his career-best and school record mark of 226-5 at Lafayette on March 30 and is one of five automatic qualifiers in the men’s javelin. He won the PSAC championship at 223-11 last weekend at Millersville and has hit a mark of at least 210-0 in his last six meets. </p>
<p>Hontz is ninth on the national list at 209-5, which he threw to finish third at the PSAC Championships on Saturday. He was previously on the provisional list at 207-8. As a junior in 2011, he finished second in Division II at 225-4, the school record before Tholis hit 226-5 earlier this year. He was also an NCAA qualifier as a sophomore in 2010, placing 13th. </p>
<p>Tholis and Hontz give ESU an entry in the men’s javelin for the eighth consecutive year and 13th time in 14 years. This marks the sixth time that the Warriors have sent two in the men’s javelin, along with multiple entries in 1988, 1992, 2003, 2004 and 2009. They will aim to become the fourth and fifth Warriors to earn multiple All-America honors in the men’s javelin, along with Ed Long (1971-72), Mike Revenis (1981-82) and Barry Krammes (2002-03). ESU has had multiple All-Americans in the same event just once, in 1992, when Lance Branyan was fourth and Al Yackenchick was sixth. </p>
<p>The PSAC also has three other entries in Shippensburg’s Derek Northstein (seeded sixth), Slippery Rock’s David Reinhardt and Shippensburg’s Andrew Korrubin. </p>
<p>Fitzgerald is seeded seventh in the steeplechase in 10:37.95, which she ran at the Penn Relays on April 25 to lower her own school record. She was second in the PSAC last week in 10:44.34 and was 10th in DII last year and 15th as a sophomore in 2010. She was also a provisional qualifier in the 5000m (17:16.06) and 10,000m (36:43.36) this spring. </p>
<p>She is one of six PSAC runners in the field, along with Bloomsburg’s Victoria Davis, Edinboro’s Kasey Jones, IUP’s Alyssa Taddie, Bloomsburg’s Katie Filemyr and Clarion’s Megan Toddy. </p>
<p>Toth and Bailey are first-time NCAA qualifiers for the Warriors. Toth is 13th on the national list in the hammer at 192-8, which he threw at the Millersville Metrics on April 6, and has six marks exceeding the NCAA provisional qualifier of 177-10 this season. He was the PSAC runner-up at 184-10 on Friday. He will look to become ESU’s second All-American in the men’s hammer, joining two-time All-American and current graduate assistant Paul Wagner, who was sixth in 2009 and seventh in 2010. </p>
<p>He is joined in the field by two throwers from Lock Haven, PSAC champion Mark Manno and Tyler Thomas. </p>
<p>Bailey had a PR of 3.5 inches to win the PSAC’s high jump title at 6-10.25, the second-best outdoor mark in school history. He is tied for 13th on the NCAA qualifying list. During the indoor season, he was fifth in the conference at 6-5.75 and had cleared at least 6-6.25 three times this year before winning the conference title with a huge career best. Shippensburg’s Jalen Ramsey is the only other PSAC athlete to qualify. He is the first ESU men’s athlete to qualify in the outdoor high jump since Mike Newhard in 2001. Newhard was an All-American indoors in 2002 and 2003. </p>
<p>Toth opens ESU’s action on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. local (Mountain) time, with Fitzgerald running the prelims of the 3000m steeplechase at 6:40 p.m. On Friday, Bailey competes in the high jump at 4:30 p.m. with the finals of the steeplechase coming at 7:15 p.m. </p>
<p>Tholis and Hontz will wrap up the Warriors’ weekend in the javelin on Saturday at 12:15 p.m. </p>
<p>On the men’s side, other ESU athletes with NCAA provisional qualifying marks that didn’t make the field were freshman William Berry in the high jump (6-8 3/4), sophomore Damien Boham in the 400m (47.66), senior Mike Saparito in the 800m (1:51.97), senior Frank Fezza in the 10,000m (30:16.22), senior James Romano in the 3000m steeplechase (9:15.30), senior Andrew Sloves in the decathlon (6,229 points), and the 400m relay team. </p>
<p>Provisional qualifiers for the women were sophomore Dani Smith, a Whitehall grad, in the 100m dash (12.03), sophomore Christina O’Connor in the high jump (5-6), junior Laura Beimfohr in the pole vault (11-6 1/4) and senior Aniyah Williams in the heptathlon (4,461 points) and the 4x100m relay.</p></div>
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    <title>LVC baseball final preview: No. 2 Whitehall vs. No. 1 Parkland</title>
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    <summary>Parkland has been the Lehigh Valley Conference's most successful baseball program since the league formed for the 2002-03 school year. Whitehall had never reached the LVC tournament before this season. Tonight they meet at Hackett Park in a rubber game...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Stephen Miller</name>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>High School Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Lehigh Valley Conference</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Parkland</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Varsity</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Varsity Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Weblogs</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Whitehall</dc:subject>

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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Parkland has been the Lehigh Valley Conference's most successful baseball program since the league formed for the 2002-03 school year. Whitehall had never reached the LVC tournament before this season.</p>
<p>Tonight they meet at Hackett Park in a rubber game that will decide the league title.</p>

Both teams pitched well in Tuesday's semifinals, with <strong>Jacob Wloczewski</strong> shutting out Emmaus <a href="http://www.mcall.com/sports/varsity/mc-lvc-baseball-semifinals-20130514,0,5961625.story" target="_blank">in Whitehall's 2-0 win </a>and three Parkland pitchers holding Liberty to three runs despite 10 hits <a href="http://www.mcall.com/sports/varsity/mc-lvc-baseball-semifinals-20130514,0,5961625.story" target="_blank">in the Trojans' 4-3 victory</a>.
<p>
<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://blogs.mcall.com/.a/6a00d8341c4fe353ef01901c33b73c970b-pi" style="float: left;"><img alt="Mortimer celebration" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c4fe353ef01901c33b73c970b" height="326" src="http://blogs.mcall.com/.a/6a00d8341c4fe353ef01901c33b73c970b-320wi" style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Mortimer celebration" width="381" /></a>With no break between games in the LVC tournament, there is no time to include a preview of the title game in the print editions of The Morning Call. So, below is a capsule look at tonight's title game.</p>
<p>Before we get to that, here's one more interesting tidbit. Since the LVC went to a four-team tournament for baseball, Parkland has won two titles (2009, 2011). When the Trojans haven't won, the tournament champion has been a first-time LVC winner. Easton claimed its first LVC title in 2010, while Nazareth nabbed its first LVC championship last year. </p>
<p>Here's the capsule.</p>
<p><strong>No. 1 Parkland
(19-2)</strong><strong /></p>
<p><strong>About the Trojans:
</strong>Advanced to the final with a 4-3 win over No. 4 Liberty. … Started the year
5-0 before losing to Whitehall 1-0 at Coca-Cola Park on April 13. … Have won 11
straight games since a 7-5 loss to Wilson-West Lawn on April 23. They have
allowed 14 total runs during the winning streak, with no team scoring more than
three runs against them. … Average 5.4 runs per game and allow 1.9. … Have
allowed three or fewer runs in 17 of their 21 games. … Going for their fifth
LVC title in the last seven seasons. They have won the title the last four
times they have reached the championship game (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011). … Their
only loss in an LVC title game was to Liberty in 2003. … Gabe Mosser, their
probable starter for tonight, allowed one run and four hits, and struck out
four in an April 13 start against Whitehall. He was on the short end of a 1-0
decision.<strong /></p>
<p><strong>No. 2 Whitehall
(18-2)</strong><strong /></p>
<p><strong>About the Zephyrs:</strong>
Reached the title game with a 2-0 win over No. 3 Emmaus. … Average 7.8 runs per
game and allow 2.8. … Opened the season 6-0 before losing to Liberty 6-5 on
April 9. They then won 11 straight games before losing to Parkland 6-2 on
Thursday. … Elliot Mortimer (pictured above, No. 10), their scheduled starter for the championship game,
threw a five-hit shutout to beat Parkland 1-0 at Coca-Cola Park on April 13. He
also drove in the game’s lone run with a sacrifice fly. … They are going after their
first LVC title. Their last league title was an East Penn Conference
championship since 1984 </p></div>
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  <entry>
    <title>Moravian sending 21 to ECAC track meet</title>
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    <issued>2013-05-15T08:05:00-04:00</issued>
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    <created>2013-05-15T12:05:00Z</created>
    <summary>Moravian is sending 21 athletes to the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division III Outdoor Track &amp; Field Championships, the last qualifying event for the NCAA Division III championships, at Springfield College in Springfield, Mass., on Thursday and Friday. Both Greyhounds...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Tom Housenick</name>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Bangor</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Bethlehem Catholic</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Freedom</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Moravian</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Parkland</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Salisbury</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Weblogs</dc:subject>

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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Moravian is sending 21 athletes to the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division III Outdoor Track &amp; Field Championships, the last qualifying event for the NCAA Division III championships, at Springfield College in Springfield, Mass., on Thursday and Friday.</p>


<p>Both Greyhounds squads won their sixth consecutive Landmark Conference Championships late last month for second-year head coach Jesse Baumann.</p>
<p>Locals making the trip are: Salisbury grad Hailey Kester, a sophomore competing in the pole vault; Bangor product Christelle Reglas, a freshman in the 400 relay; Parkland grad Kris Joint, a junior triple jumper who set a school and Landmark Conference record of 48-5.25 (he’ll also be in the long jump); Bethlehem Catholic product Jake Donchez, a senior running in the 10,000-meter run; and Freedom grad Travis Dorsa, a sophomore in the 400 relay.</p>
<p>The NCAA Division III National Championships are May 23-25 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The top 20 men and 22 women in each event plus the top 16 relay teams qualify.</p>
<p>Entering the ECAC Championships, the Greyhounds have five currently high enough to compete next week, including Kester in the pole vault and Joint in the triple jump.</p>
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  <entry>
    <title>District 11 track &amp; field top seeds, schedule</title>
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    <summary>Seeds are set for the District 11 Track &amp; Field Championships, which are Wednesday and Thursday at Blue Mountain High School. Below are the top seeds for each event followed by Wednesday’s schedule: BOYS CLASS 3A 100: 1. Keyautay Aulder,...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Tom Housenick</name>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>(Allentown) Central Catholic</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>(William) Allen</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Bangor</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Bethlehem Catholic</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Catasauqua</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Colonial League</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Dieruff</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Easton</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Emmaus</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Freedom</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>High School Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Lehigh Valley Conference</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Liberty</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Nazareth</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Northampton</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Northern Lehigh</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Northwestern</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Notre Dame-Green Pond</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Palisades</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Palmerton</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Parkland</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Pen Argyl</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Salisbury</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Saucon Valley</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Southern Lehigh</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Varsity Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Weblogs</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Whitehall</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Wilson</dc:subject>

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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Seeds are set for the District 11 Track &amp; Field Championships, which are Wednesday and Thursday at Blue Mountain High School.</p>

<p>Below are the top seeds for each event followed by Wednesday’s schedule:</p>
<p><strong>BOYS</strong></p>
<p><strong>CLASS 3A</strong></p>
<p>100: 1. Keyautay Aulder, Stroudsburg, 10.76</p>
<p>200: 1. Tanner Lipsky, Nazareth, 21.54</p>
<p>400: 1. Donovan McDonald, Stroudsburg, 49.82</p>
<p>800: 1. John Wathen, Pleasant Valey, 1:59.44</p>
<p>1,600: 1. Colin Abert, Easton, 4:24.14</p>
<p>3,200: 1. Wade White, Bangor, 9:43.12</p>
<p>400 relay: 1. Stroudsburg, 42.96</p>
<p>1,600 relay: 1. Blue Mountain, 3:27.16</p>
<p>3,200 relay: 1. Parkland, 8:03.15</p>
<p>110 hurdles: 1. Eric Hertzog, Tamaqua, 14.24</p>
<p>300 hurdles: 1. Tyler Horton, Bethlehem Catholic, 38.71</p>
<p>High jump: 1. Donovan Clay, Stroudsburg, 6-7</p>
<p>Long jump: 1. Nolan Hay, Parkland, 23-8</p>
<p>Triple jump: 1. David Clowney, Stroudsburg, 46-10.5</p>
<p>Shot put: 1. Kory DeCesaris, Northampton, 55-8</p>
<p>Discus: 1. Bryan Pearson, Bangor, 195-7</p>
<p>Javelin: 1. Tyler Hope, Tamaqua, 194-5</p>
<p>Pole vault: 1. Joey Fogle, Pocono Mountain East, 14-6</p>
<p><strong>CLASS 2A</strong></p>
<p>100: 1. Daniel McSurdy, North Schuylkill, 10.85</p>
<p>200: 1. Nico Agosti, Marian Catholic, 22.25</p>
<p>400: 1. Caleb Johnson, Northern Lehigh, 50.19</p>
<p>800: 1. Anthony Brinkley, Catasauqua, 1:59.66</p>
<p>1,600: 1. Kyle Gonoude, Salisbury, 4:26.85</p>
<p>3,200: 1. Brendan Shearn, North Schuylkill, 9:04.51</p>
<p>400 relay: 1. North Schuylkill, 44.19</p>
<p>1,600 relay: 1. Marian Catholic, 3:29.18</p>
<p>3,200 relay: 1. Minersville, 8:21.93</p>
<p>110 hurdles: 1. Caleb Johnson, Northern Lehigh, 15.00</p>
<p>300 hurdles: 1. Austin Shupp, Palmerton, 39.82</p>
<p>High jump: 1. Caleb Johnson, Northern Lehigh; Brad Ehret, Palmerton, 6-4</p>
<p>Long jump: 1. Dan Reichenbach, Salisbury, 21-6</p>
<p>Triple jump: 1. Dan Reichenbach, Salisbury, 45-7</p>
<p>Shot put: 1. John Snyder, Palmerton, 52-7</p>
<p>Discus: 1. Alex Partington, Northwestern, 146-1</p>
<p>Javelin: 1. Austin Bartholomew, Salisbury, 171-6</p>
<p>Pole vault: 1. Dylan Bonge, Salisbury, 12-9</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>GIRLS</strong></p>
<p><strong>CLASS 3A</strong></p>
<p>100: 1. Sarah Lombel, Pottsville, 12.32</p>
<p>200: 1. Jess Pereira, Palmerton, 25.76</p>
<p>400: 1. Jess Pereira, Palmerton, 58.55</p>
<p>800: 1. Hanna Brosky, Emmaus, 2:13.82</p>
<p>1,600: 1. Paige Stoner, Pottsville, 5:04.43</p>
<p>3,200: 1. Paige Stoner, Pottsville, 11:02.71</p>
<p>400 relay: 1. Easton, 49.32</p>
<p>1,600 relay: 1. Bethlehem Catholic, 4:04.36</p>
<p>3,200 relay: 1. Northwestern, 9:34.39</p>
<p>100 hurdles: 1. Ashley Williams, Easton, 15.14</p>
<p>300 hurdles: 1. Emmy Geis, Central Catholic, 45.84</p>
<p>High jump: 1. Jane Lukas, Nazareth, 5-5</p>
<p>Long jump: 1. Elizabeth Rauenzahn, Blue Mountain, 18-5.5</p>
<p>Triple jump: 1. Ramonia Benitez, Pocono Mountain West, 39-1.75</p>
<p>Shot put: 1. Gwen Remaley, Lehighton, 40-10</p>
<p>Discus: 1. Gracie Hargrove, Liberty, 124-10</p>
<p>Javelin: 1. Sarah Keer, Lehighton, 129-11</p>
<p>Pole vault: 1. Mara Blanchard, Bethlehem Catholic; Taylor Sullivan, Stroudsburg, 11-0</p>
<p><strong>CLASS 2A</strong></p>
<p>100: 1. Anna Robinson, Palisades, 12.64</p>
<p>200: 1. Mary Ramsden, Palisades, 26.64</p>
<p>400: 1. Anna Robinson, Palisades, 59.64</p>
<p>800: 1. Elizabeth Chikotas, Saucon Valley, 2:22.40</p>
<p>1,600: 1. Elizabeth Chikotas, Saucon Valley, 5:00.77</p>
<p>3,200: 1. Elizabeth Chikotas, Saucon Valley, 10:52.46</p>
<p>400 relay: 1. Palisades, 49.94</p>
<p>1,600 relay: 1. Notre Dame-GP, 4:11.73</p>
<p>3,200 relay: 1. Saucon Valley, 10:00.60</p>
<p>100 hurdles: 1. Alexa Rossi, Palisades, 16.62</p>
<p>300 hurdles: 1. Christy Digiandomenico, Marian Catholic, 48.68</p>
<p>High jump: 1. Carly Gregas, North Schuylkill, 5-4</p>
<p>Long jump: 1. Christine Streisel, Tamaqua, 17-5</p>
<p>Triple jump: 1. Jessica Olewine, Northern Lehigh, 34-9.25</p>
<p>Shot put: 1. Christine Streisel, Tamaqua, 39-7.5</p>
<p>Discus: 1. Carter Green, North Schuylkill, 145-5.5</p>
<p>Javelin: 1. Christine Streisel, Tamaqua, 149-6</p>
<p>Pole vault: 1. Kaitlyn Toman, Salisbury, 11-3</p>
<p><strong>WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE</strong></p>
<p><strong>On the track</strong></p>
<p>Girls 3,200 relay final, 3 p.m.</p>
<p>Boys 3,200 relay final, 3:30</p>
<p>Girls 100 hurdles preliminaries, 4</p>
<p>Boys 110 hurdles preliminaries, 4:30</p>
<p>Girls 100 dash preliminaries, 5</p>
<p>Boys 100 dash preliminaries, 5:10</p>
<p>Girls 200 dash preliminaries, 6</p>
<p>Boys 200 dash preliminaries, 6:15</p>
<p>Girls 300 hurdles final, 6:30</p>
<p>Boys 300 hurdles final, 6:45</p>
<p>Girls 3,200 run final, 7</p>
<p>Boys 3,200 run final, 7:30</p>
<p><strong>In the field</strong></p>
<p>2A girls long jump, 2:30 p.m.</p>
<p>2A girls discus, 3</p>
<p>3A boys javelin, 3</p>
<p>2A boys high jump, 3</p>
<p>2A boys pole vault, 3</p>
<p>3A girls long jump, 4</p>
<p>3A boys shot put, 4</p>
<p>3A girls javelin, 5</p>
<p>2A boys discus, 5</p>
<p>3A boys high jump, 5</p>
<p>2A girls pole vault, 5</p>
<p>2A boys triple jump, 5:30</p>
<p>2A girls shot put, 6</p>
<p>3A boys triple jump, 7</p>
<p> </p></div>
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  <entry>
    <title>Locals representing Kutztown, Shipp at NCAA track</title>
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    <created>2013-05-14T18:50:37Z</created>
    <summary>Two locals are among the five Kutztown track &amp; field athletes headed to the NCAA Division II championships May 23-25 in Pueblo, Colo. Palmerton grad Lanny Buck, a junior, will compete in the pole vault. Freedom product Rosie Farrell, also...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Tom Housenick</name>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Freedom</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Kutztown</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Northern Lehigh</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Palmerton</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Weblogs</dc:subject>

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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Two locals are among the five Kutztown track &amp; field athletes headed to the NCAA Division II championships May 23-25 in Pueblo, Colo.</p>

<p><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://blogs.mcall.com/.a/6a00d8341c4fe353ef017eeb2a60dc970d-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false" style="float: left;"><img alt="LannyBuckKUpolevault" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c4fe353ef017eeb2a60dc970d" src="http://blogs.mcall.com/.a/6a00d8341c4fe353ef017eeb2a60dc970d-300wi" style="width: 275px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="LannyBuckKUpolevault" /></a>Palmerton grad Lanny Buck, a junior, will compete in the pole vault. Freedom product Rosie Farrell, also a junior, is in the hammer throw.</p>
<p>Buck competes at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25. He was second at last weekend's PSAC Championships by clearing 15-7.25 feet. That is third-best in KU history and 14th-best in Division II this season.</p>
<p>Farrell won the PSAC hammer throw title with a toss of 180-3, a Millersville stadium record. That is second best in KU annals and 12th in Division II this season.</p>
<p>Junior Stephanie Pryor, a Northern Lehigh grad, is among three women representing Shippensburg at NCAAs. She'll run in the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs.</p>
<p>This is Pryor's second trip to the outdoor national championships. She finished 15th last year in the10K with Seton Hill. She is seeded eighth in the 10K and 16th in the 5K. At last week’s PSAC Championships, Pryor took second in the 10K and third in the 1,500 meters. </p>
<p>During the 2013 indoor season, Pryor was a national qualifier with the distance-medley relay. She also placed fourth at the PSAC indoor meet in the mile and 5K.  </p></div>
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  <entry>
    <title>Running down the last league championships for LVC, Colonial baseball qualifiers</title>
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    <issued>2013-05-14T09:58:42-04:00</issued>
    <modified>2013-05-14T14:09:06Z</modified>
    <created>2013-05-14T13:58:42Z</created>
    <summary>The Lehigh Valley Conference and Colonial League baseball playoffs feature a bunch of teams that have made recent appearances in their league playoffs. It's been a while without titles for several of them. No team in the LVC or Colonial...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Stephen Miller</name>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Catasauqua</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Colonial League</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Emmaus</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>High School Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Lehigh Valley Conference</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Liberty</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Notre Dame-Green Pond</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Parkland</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Salisbury</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Southern Lehigh</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Varsity</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Varsity Sports</dc:subject>
    <dc:subject>Whitehall</dc:subject>

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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Lehigh Valley Conference and Colonial League baseball playoffs feature a bunch of teams that have made recent appearances in their league playoffs.</p>
<p>It's been a while without titles for several of them. </p>

<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://blogs.mcall.com/.a/6a00d8341c4fe353ef0191022011b9970c-pi" style="float: left;"><img alt="Pat Donnelly v Whitehall" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c4fe353ef0191022011b9970c" src="http://blogs.mcall.com/.a/6a00d8341c4fe353ef0191022011b9970c-320wi" style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Pat Donnelly v Whitehall" /></a>No team in the LVC or Colonial League playoffs has gone longer without a league title than Whitehall. The Zephyrs are in their first LVC tournament and haven't won a league championship since 1984, when they claimed the East Penn Conference title.
<p>Every other team in the LVC and Colonial League tournaments has won a league title this century. Here's the rundown of the most recent championships for those teams.
</p>
<p><strong>LVC</strong></p>
<p>Parkland, 2011</p>
<p>Emmaus, 2006</p>
<p>Liberty, 2003</p>
<p><strong>Colonial League</strong></p>
<p>Salisbury, 2012</p>
<p>Notre Dame-Green Pond, 2007</p>
<p>Southern Lehigh, 2006</p>
<p>Catasauqua, 2001</p>
<p>Parkland is the all-time leader in LVC titles, winning four championships in the league's 10-year history. It has won four titles in the past six years.</p>
<p>Emmaus has won three LVC titles, claiming championships in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Liberty won the first LVC title in 2003, beating Parkland. It has reached the title game three times since then but lost each time. </p>
<p>Salisbury is looking for its second straight Colonial League title and third in the last five seasons. Over the last 10 seasons, eight different schools have won Colonial League titles. Salisbury and Pen Argyl are the only teams with multiple titles during that time, with each program winning two. </p>
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<p>While the league semifinals are the biggest games on today's schedule, one other important contest will take place at Bethlehem Catholic. The Golden Hawks will resume a suspended game against Pottsville starting in the 10th inning with the score tied 4-4. It was the sesaon opener for both teams on March 22.</p>
<p>Bethlehem Catholic has to win the game to get to .500, which would give it a berth in the District 11 Class 3A playoffs. The Golden Hawks are currently 9-10. </p>
<p>Here are the latest standings. </p>
<p><strong>LVC</strong></p>
<p><strong>West
Division</strong></p>
<p><strong>Team,
League, Overall</strong></p>
<p>x-Emmaus,
12-2, 17-3</p>
<p>Central
Catholic, 4-10, 7-13</p>
<p>Dieruff,
4-10, 5-15</p>
<p>Allen,
2-12, 4-16</p>
<p><strong>North
Division
</strong></p>
<p>x-Parkland,
13-1, 18-2</p>
<p>y-Whitehall,
12-2, 17-2</p>
<p>Northampton,
6-8, 10-10</p>
<p>Nazareth,
3-11, 7-13</p>
<p><strong>East
Division
</strong></p>
<p>x-Liberty,
10-4, 15-5</p>
<p>Freedom,
8-6, 12-8</p>
<p>Bethlehem
Catholic, 6-8, 9-10-1</p>
<p>Easton,
4-10, 6-14</p>
<p><strong>Colonial League
</strong></p>
<p><strong>North
Division</strong></p>
<p><strong>Team,
League, Overall</strong></p>
<p>x-Catasauqua, 10-6, 12-8</p>
<p>Northwestern, 9-7, 13-7</p>
<p>Bangor, 9-7, 10-10</p>
<p>Pen Argyl, 9-7, 10-10</p>
<p>Palmerton, 3-13, 5-14</p>
<p>Northern Lehigh, 2-14, 4-16</p>
<p><strong>South Division
</strong></p>
<p>x-Salisbury, 15-1, 19-1</p>
<p>y-Southern Lehigh, 12-4, 15-5</p>
<p>y-Notre Dame-GP, 10-6, 13-7</p>
<p>Wilson 7-9, 9-10</p>
<p>Saucon Valley, 7-9, 8-12</p>
<p>Palisades, 4-12, 6-14</p>
<p><strong>MVC
</strong></p>
<p><strong>Team, League, Overall</strong></p>
<p>z-Stroudsburg, 11-1, 17-3</p>
<p>z-Pleasant Valley, 9-3, 13-6</p>
<p>z-PM East, 8-4, 12-8</p>
<p>z-Lehighton, 7-5, 13-7</p>
<p>PM West, 3-9, 4-16</p>
<p>ES North, 2-10, 8-11</p>
<p>ES South, 2-10, 6-14</p>
<p>x-division champion; y-wild card; z-clinched league playoff
berth</p></div>
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