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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Lehighton's Brook Lucykanish (17) rounds second base on her way to a two-run homer against Panther Valley. Looking on is Panther second baseman Cassie Schmidt

Over the last few days, Lehighton softball coach Todd Weaver had been stressing the important of patience to his hitters.

Wednesday afternoon the Lady Indians' patience paid off in the form of a victory.

Lehighton hosted Panther Valley in a non-league match-up and went on to win in three innings, 15-0. The Indians heeded the words of their coach and worked out 11 walks on the day. When they did decide to swing, they delivered with powerful hits to drive in runs.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Rinfret a two-sport star in the spring

bob ford/times news Casey Rinfret has been busy splitting her time between the Palmerton track and soccer teams this spring.

The opportunity was there for Casey Rinfret.

With one last chance to play sports for Palmerton High School, Rinfret decided to sign up for two sports rather than just one.

"I like playing soccer and I definitely love running track," Rinfret said. "So, my mom was like, 'It's your last year at Palmerton. You're not going to be able to play with these girls again. It would be a good idea to go and play the game with them again.'

"I decided that was definitely a good idea and I'm really glad that I came out for both sports this season."

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Lady Bears get track win

Pleasant Valley's track meet was the only area scholastic event that went on as scheduled on a rainy Tuesday.

PM West-Pleasant Vy.

Pleasant Valley and Pocono Mountain West split in a Mountain Valley Conference meet.

The Panthers traveled back home with a 83-62 win over the Bears, while the Lady Bears posted an 81-63 win over the Lady Panthers.

Kelecia Harris (100, 200, 400) and Abigail Kaspszyk (800, 1600, 3200) were PV's lone multiple event winners.

BOYS

PM West 83, Pleasant Valley 62

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Indians, Colts, NL win on diamond

Lehighton, Marian and Northern Lehigh all posted baseball and softball wins in scholastic action on Monday.

BASEBALL

Lehighton-PM West

Tyler Hill had a big day at the plate to help Lehighton roll to a 12-1 Mountain Valley Conference win over Pocono Mountain West.

Hill had a double, triple and knocked in five runs.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Lady Bears roll past PME

The Pleasant Valley softball team had both phases of its game working Monday afternoon.

The Lady Bears received some great pitching from left-hander Rikki Correll, along with some timely hitting in the form of 10 runs on 13 hits, and went on to defeat their Mountain Valley Conference rival Pocono Mountain East in five innings, 10-0. The win pushes the Bears to 5-2 overall and 4-0 in the conference.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Weatherly softball, Lehighton soccer win

The Weatherly softball and Lehighton girls soccer teams picked up wins on the local scholastic scene over the weekend.

SOFTBALL

Weatherly-Moravian Acad.

Weatherly started as a strong as it finished to score a 11-5 non-league win over Moravian Academy.

Kristin Parker led the Wreckers with a triple and a RBI.

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Parker and Dougherty; Sheetz, Amore (6) and Gupta. W - Parker. L - Sheetz.

Palmerton-No. Dame (G.P.)

Friday, April 15, 2011

Ziegenfuss delivers in clutch

Due to the recent bad weather, Pleasant Valley and Lehighton's baseball teams have only played four and three games respectively in the last three weeks. It showed on the diamond Thursday.

Both Mountain Valley Conference powerhouses made a number of errors in their contest, both offensively and defensively. Each head coach attributed their team's sloppy play to a lack of getting outside and practicing on an actual baseball field. Although Lehighton may have committed a few more mistakes than Pleasant Valley, the Indians pulled out a dramatic 8-7 walk-off victory.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Lady Raiders get track win

ron gower/times news Eric Herzog, front, takes baton from Tamaqua teammate Zach Lakitsky in 400 meter relay race.

The Tamaqua girls track team and the Northwestern soccer team picked up victories on Wednesday.

TRACK

No. Schuy.-Tamaqua

Tamaqua and North Schuylkill split their Schuylkill League meet.

The Spartans won the boys meet, 101-49, while the Lady Raiders posted a 97-53 win in the girls meet.

Kayla Hope led the Lady Raiders with first-place finishes in the 200, long and triple jumps. Maria Streisel (100M, high jump), Amber Carroll (1600M, 3200M), Christine Streisel (javelin, shot put) also added muliple firsts.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Softball adjusts to pitching distance

bob ford/times news filephoto Northern Lehigh's Maggie Lear unwinds with a pitch during a game against East Stroudsburg North. This season, the softball rubber was moved back three feet.

Over the years, pitchers have ruled high school softball.

But thanks to a rule change this season, which has been mandated by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), that might be starting to change.

During the 2009-10 school year, the NFHS made a revision to Rule 1-1-2b in the softball rulebook by increasing the distance from the pitching rubber to home plate from 40-feet to 43-feet.

According to the NFHS, its main rationale was in "creating a better balance between the offense and defense" on the softball diamond.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Pleasant Valley sweeps Hazleton in track

In the only scholastic sporting event held yesterday in the TIMES NEWS area, the Pleasant Valley track teams posted a non-league sweep over visiting Hazleton.

The Pleasant Valley boys earned an 86-55 victory. The Bears captured 10 of 17 events, including both relays. Eight different Bears captured individual wins.

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