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I am planning on covering the District 11 4A softball opener between Nazareth and Emmaus at Pates Park today. But as we type away at about 10:30, I look out the window and find that it's -- what else is new? -- raining on Groller's Corner. Whether they...

In what had to be one of the craziest innings in District 11 history, Saucon Valley rallied from a 7-2 deficit with six runs to take an 8-7 lead in the top of the sixth only to have Southern Lehigh score eight -- that's right, eight -- in the bottom...

Unlike baseball, the District 11 softball tournament pretty much beat the bad weather on Thursday with the exception of Class A where things didn't get resolved. At Pates Park, the Becahi-Pottsville game was completed just minutes before a bad storm swept...

Another one of those nights when I wish I could be in two places at one time. I'd like to be at Parkland for the Southern Lehigh-Bethlehem Catholic District 11 3A softball title game. Instead, I will be at Pates Park for what should be a pair of...

Sara Rasley's single to left scored Audra Heilman with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth to give Easton a 3-2 win over Whitehall in the District 11 4A semifinals on Tuesday night at Pates Park. Easton improved to 16-8 and will go for its first...

In a tight pitcher's duel between sophomores, Pleasant Valley's Rikki Correll came through with a two-hitter and the Bears scratched out a run with help from an error in the fourth inning and held on to beat Northampton 1-0 in the District 11 4A...

Six years have passed since my last visit to the magical little house on East Ontario Street. In that time, Chicago's culinary landscape has changed dramatically. Once-dominant restaurants such as Le Francais and Ambria surrendered their prominence and...

There will be at least one, possibly two, softball playoff games needed in the Lehigh Valley Conference on Sunday. To clarify -- Liberty, Northampton and Emmaus are all in as division champs, and Liberty has clinched the No. 1 seed for the tournament that...

A busy, but productive day for the Bethlehem Catholic softball team. The Golden Hawks beat Freedom 3-1 and Easton 6-0 at Pates Park on Sunday to earn the final slot for this week's Lehigh Valley Conference softball tournament. Heavy rain started falling...

UPDATE AT 1:45 P.M. To no one's surprise, the Colonial League softball semis are also off. The LVC was postponed earlier. So you have the same schedule for Weds. as you did for Tuesday. Unfortunately, you also have the same weather forecast. LVC semis...