For the Palmerton High School girls' softball team, Monday was special in its own right as the Lady Bombers held their home-opener when they played host to Salisbury High School.

That pent up excitement soon turned into pure jubiliation, and the moment took on a special added significance, when Palmerton junior Emily Brong threw out the first pitch prior to the start of the contest.

From her electric wheelchair, Emily chucked the ball to Lady Bombers' varsity catcher Lauren Campbell amid a round of applause from the spectators in attendance.

Her toss to homeplate epitomized the strides Emily has made in the year-plus after she was seriously injured in a car crash on Jan. 19, 2014, in Franklin Township.