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Stephen Miller is a Sports Reporter for The Morning Call. He can be reached by e-mail at stephen.miller@mcall.com
LVC-MVC matchups headline District 11 baseball semifinals
May 23, 2013
Whitehall and Parkland have spent much of this season sitting at or near the top of The Morning Call's baseball rankings.
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Brian Ernst, Eric Boyer are leaders in ESU baseball revival
May 16, 2013
During his senior year at Southern Lehigh, Eric Boyer pursued the possibility of continuing his baseball career at Lehigh or Lafayette.
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Parkland uses pitching depth to reach another LVC baseball tournament
May 9, 2013
As his players prepared to play Freedom 21/2 weeks ago, Parkland coach Tony Galucy ticked off the list of games his team had ahead of it.
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District 11, league baseball playoff races coming into focus
May 2, 2013
The Colonial League lacked a clear North Division favorite when the high school baseball season began.
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Dieruff and Allen baseball teams showing on-field improvement
April 25, 2013
When the Lehigh Valley Conference baseball tournament opens in 2 1/2 weeks, Dieruff and Allen again won't be involved. Barring a long late-season winning streak, neither team will crack the District 11 Class 4A field either.
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Pitching helmet, face mask help Ampietro find comfort in field
April 18, 2013
One moment Nic Ampietro was on the mound at Coca-Cola Park, pitching in Salisbury's biggest game of the 2012 season.
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District 11 baseball tournament will arrive with changed look
April 11, 2013
District 11 will hold a Monday press conference at Lehigh Valley Baseball Academy to announce the details of a partnership that will keep its four championship baseball games at Coca-Cola Park this season.
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Freedom baseball team looks to make fast start last
April 4, 2013
Nick D'Amico can't point to one moment that sent Freedom into a second-half swoon last season.
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Bethlehem Catholic, Notre Dame-Green Pond look to break through to PIAA basketball semifinals
March 14, 2013
When Notre Dame-Green Pond wrapped up its double-overtime win over Neumann-Goretti on Tuesday, players and students piled onto the Parkland gym floor to celebrate.
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Becahi may be best bet for PIAA run
March 7, 2013
With the PIAA girls basketball playoffs opening Friday, this weekend will be the last one guaranteed to feature a team from The Morning Call's coverage area.
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Secondary players could decide District 11 girls basketball titles
February 28, 2013
Anyone who has followed girls basketball in the Lehigh Valley this season knows the names of the top players – Bethlehem Catholic's Kalista Walters, Southern Lehigh's Madelene McDonald and Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg's Angelica Bertola, to name three – who will try to lead their teams to District 11 titles over the next two days.
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Two all-LVC matchups headline District 11 girls basketball semifinals
February 26, 2013
Before the fourth quarter ended Saturday afternoon, Central Catholic's coaches had packed up their video camera and departed from the upper room of Catasauqua High School's gym.
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Long layoff a challenge for three area girls basketball teams
February 21, 2013
When Notre Dame-Green Pond lost in the Colonial League semifinals last week, coach Josh Kopp knew what was ahead of him — a break of nearly two weeks between games.
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District 11 girls basketball tournament has loaded 3A bracket
February 18, 2013
Don't be fooled by the size of the District 11 Class 3A girls basketball bracket.
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Parkland-Nazareth matchup gives LVC girls basketball final a fresh look
February 14, 2013
One semifinal featured the school that had won the last five Lehigh Valley Conference girls basketball titles and eight of the league's 10 all-time championships. The other included a team that had won 16 straight games and been ranked No. 1 in the area all season.
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Girls basketball playoffs should deliver more surprises than regular season did
February 11, 2013
Consider it the regular season of no surprises.
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Late surge keeps Northampton girls basketball team's District 11 streak alive
February 7, 2013
After a five-year run as one of the Lehigh Valley Conference's top girls basketball teams, Northampton coach Jeff Jacksits expected to undergo a time of transition this season.
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Five area girls basketball teams sit on District 11 bubble
January 31, 2013
With just over one week left in the regular season, time is slipping away for teams still trying to qualify for the District 11 girls basketball playoffs.
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Central Catholic girls basketball team still a factor in LVC
January 24, 2013
When he looked at the list of names next to the Rockne Hall scoreboard, Central Catholic coach Mike Kopp mentally ticked off six girls he knew weren't available Tuesday.
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Notre Dame-ES looks to translate experience into extended run
January 17, 2013
The District 11 Class A girls basketball tournament typically belongs to the Schuylkill League.
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Parkland girls find offensive rhythm
January 10, 2013
During Wes Spence's first three years as Parkland's girls basketball coach, his postgame interviews following a loss often hit on the same topics.
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Girls basketball power teams already appear clearly defined
January 3, 2013
With the fits and starts of the pre-holiday girls basketball schedule complete, the five-week race for spots in the league playoffs can begin in earnest.
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Allen girls basketball team seeks more wins after snapping long skid
December 20, 2012
With his best player on the bench after fouling out and several minutes still on the clock Friday, Tom Gallagher was trying to coax his team to close out an opponent for the first time in over a year.
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Central Catholic-So. Lehigh has become highlight girls basketball game on non-league schedule
December 13, 2012
After guiding Southern Lehigh to an 18-6 record and the Colonial League South Division title as a first-year coach in 2009-10, Megan Dellegrotti wanted to challenge her players with a tougher non-league schedule.
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Parkland-Easton rematch features changed football teams
November 9, 2012
The Parkland High football team has produced eight weeks of game film since Easton dropped the Trojans to 0-2 in early September.
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Improved offensive line has Parkland football team piling up points
November 1, 2012
Parkland produced plenty of yards and points over the first two weeks of the regular season.
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LVC football season set for unique finish after stormy week
October 31, 2012
By Friday night, we knew it would take until Week 10 for the Lehigh Valley Conference football title to be decided.
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Easton, Whitehall football teams meet in LVC showdown
October 25, 2012
When Easton ventured to Whitehall in 2011, its season was in peril.
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Central Catholic football team's run defense in for stiff test
October 24, 2012
The sight became all too familiar for Central Catholic last season.
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Baranek's emergence a pivotal part of Parkland football team's surge
October 22, 2012
No current Lehigh Valley Conference quarterback has spent more time as a varsity starter than Parkland senior Tim Baranek.
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Whitehall football seeks strong finish, starting with Emmaus
October 18, 2012
Brian Gilbert insists he hasn't peeked at the Districts 2-4-11 Class 4A football power points. With three weeks still left in the regular season, he can't concern himself with where Whitehall resides (10th overall) or how many District 11 teams sit ahead of the Zephyrs (seven, with six spots available for District 11 teams in the eight-team subregional).
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Delaware Valley, Scranton may challenge LVC football 4A subregional supremacy
October 17, 2012
One of the most important games for the Lehigh Valley Conference's District 11 Class 4A football playoff hopefuls takes place Friday.
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Central Catholic football team has established its identity
October 11, 2012
As a first-year head coach, John Cupples started the 2012 football season wanting to tweak Central Catholic's schemes to fit his personnel, but also wanting to retain some of what his players were comfortable with from the past.
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Parkland football team's RB depth wearing on opponents
October 10, 2012
An error on the Parkland football roster has caused reporters, this one included, to spell one Trojan running back's name wrong all year.
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Bethlehem Catholic football team looks to build off big win
October 4, 2012
As the losses mounted early this season, Bethlehem Catholic football coach Joe Henrich came away from film sessions still believing his team had enough athletes to compete in the Lehigh Valley Conference.
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Uncertainty reigns halfway through LVC football season
October 3, 2012
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Parkland football team looks for defense to deliver again against Whitehall
September 27, 2012
The Parkland football team surrendered 72 points in dropping its first two games this season.
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Colin McDermott has been underappreciated star for Central Catholic
September 26, 2012
Colin McDermott won't be the player most fans first recall when they reflect on Central Catholic's run of football excellence from 2009 through 2011.
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Parish Simmons, Nick Cook lead list of impact newcomers in 1st month of LVC football
September 25, 2012
Before this season, Parish Simmons spent most of his time on the varsity football team playing defensive back.
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Adaptable offense keeps Nazareth football team rolling
September 20, 2012
The graduation of quarterback Dan Harding, the 2011 Pennsylvania Class 4A co-player of the year, deprived Nazareth of the Lehigh Valley Conference's most accurate passer.
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Running-back rotation helps Emmaus football team start hot
September 19, 2012
Two of the Lehigh Valley Conference's current unbeaten football teams met for the District 11 Class 4A title last season. The other did not qualify for any postseason play.
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Separation hasn't started yet in LVC football
September 13, 2012
A Lehigh Valley Conference football season filled with changes has left one indelible impression after two weeks.
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Easton, Parkland set for early-season football showdown
September 7, 2012
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Northampton grabs Week 1's signature win, other opening LVC football thoughts
September 5, 2012
The first week of the 2012 football season saw Lehigh Valley Conference teams pummel some nonleague opponents (Emmaus beat Germantown 40-0) and scuffle against others (Freedom fell 16-14 to East Stroudsburg South).
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Whitehall has early chance for statement win
August 30, 2012
Brian Gilbert has spent the last 6 1/2 months in charge of the Whitehall football program.
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Closing thoughts for the 2012 high school baseball season
May 24, 2012
By week's end, no more than six area baseball teams will have another game to play in 2012. Ten days from now, a maximum of four area teams will be chasing state titles.
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District 11 baseball brackets released
May 20, 2012
The quest to reach Coca-Cola Park commences Monday for eight Class 4A baseball teams. Most of District 11's other qualifiers will open play in Tuesday's quarterfinals.
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Pius X baseball team streaking into postseason
May 17, 2012
Anthony Casciano has spent 20 years coaching at Pius X.
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Bangor baseball team charges into Colonial League playoffs
May 10, 2012
Coach Greg Hartman starts each season with the same primary goal for his Bangor baseball team — qualify for the Colonial League playoffs.
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Several area baseball teams on District 11 playoff bubble
May 3, 2012
Six Colonial League baseball teams are jockeying for spots and seeding in the four-team league tournament.
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Casey's return to mound lifts Becahi
April 26, 2012
With his team clinging to a one-run lead against Central Catholic two weeks ago, Bethlehem Catholic coach Mike Grasso turned over the game to his most experienced pitcher.
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High school baseball season midseason report: Salisbury, Pen Argyl dominating Colonial League
April 19, 2012
Pen Argyl and Salisbury played one of the best baseball games of the 2012 season Monday.
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Liberty's baseball team winning with pitching depth
April 12, 2012
Andy Pitsilos paused when asked to identify his top starter.
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Parkland, Emmaus baseball teams working way into form
April 5, 2012
The name on the front of their jerseys brings expectations every year.
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Southern Lehigh girls return to state basketball playoffs
March 8, 2012
While some Southern Lehigh athletes prepared for spring practice this week, the sound of squeaking sneakers and bouncing basketballs still filled the school's gymnasium.
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District 11 4A girls basketball final pairs Bangor, Liberty
March 1, 2012
Maintaining intensity became a brief problem for Bangor during the middle of the season.
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District 11 girls basketball semifinals feature a loaded Class 3A field
February 27, 2012
The District 11 Class 4A girls basketball tournament typically features the strongest field of any area classification.
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Bridgette Dougherty, Aimee Oertner to go from Colonial League foes to teammates at Army
February 23, 2012
A nudge from her mom led Bridgette Dougherty to visit West Point before her junior year. The Southern Lehigh senior was sold on Army as soon as she completed her campus tour.
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LVC girls basketball final gives Bethlehem Catholic a chance for redemption
February 16, 2012
They met in the most controversial girls basketball game this season.
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Lehigh Valley Conference, Colonial League girls basketball tournament previews
February 13, 2012
Central Catholic and Southern Lehigh began the season as favorites to win their respective league titles.
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Playoff girls basketball teams adjusting to injuries, departures
February 9, 2012
Familiar names have disappeared from Colonial League and Lehigh Valley Conference boxscores over the last two weeks.
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Kevin Gulyas happy to find a home with Villanova football program
February 8, 2012
Kevin Gulyas sat in the stands at Rockne Hall last week.
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Plenty undecided in LVC, Colonial League girls basketball playoff races
February 2, 2012
Two Lehigh Valley Conference girls basketball teams — Central Catholic and Bethlehem Catholic — have locked up league playoff berths. One Colonial League team — Southern Lehigh — has secured a spot in its league tournament.
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Emmaus girls basketball team emerges as LVC playoff contender
January 26, 2012
Five seasons ago, the Emmaus girls basketball team wound up two wins shy of a 4A state title.
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Friday brings potential LVC tournament preview
January 19, 2012
The Lehigh Valley Conference girls basketball tournament won't arrive for another 3 1/2 weeks.
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Becahi-Central game had playoff feel
January 12, 2012
Tuesday's meeting between Central Catholic and Bethlehem Catholic delivered an intensity most often reserved for the playoffs.
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Becahi, Central have much to take away from first meeting
January 12, 2012
Tuesday's meeting between Central Catholic and Bethlehem Catholic delivered an intensity most often reserved for the playoffs.
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After several years away, Northwestern re-enters Colonial League playoff picture
January 5, 2012
Chris Deutsch knew nothing but success during his early years at Northwestern.
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Taking stock of early returns in LVC, Colonial girls hoops
December 22, 2011
While only two weeks of the high school basketball season have elapsed, a host of girls teams will head into the Christmas holiday with at least one quarter of their 22 regular-season games completed.
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So. Lehigh using marquee matchup to raise autism awareness
December 15, 2011
Southern Lehigh will host one of the biggest non-league girls basketball games of the season Monday.
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Who's the front-runner in LVC?
December 15, 2011
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