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Nobody cares. Just get it over with. It's just a nuisance. Those are the sentiments that a lot of people, including some who are in charge, have toward spring sports in general, and softball in particular. I've heard it much more than I'd like to over...

Pen Argyl's softball team has become one of those progams where the cliché "They never rebuild, they just reload" fits nicely. The Green Knights are the defending Colonial League champs and own the best record in the league this year. But they're...

The release of The Morning Call's all-area team and other top award winners such as player, pitcher, coach and team of the year are still about six weeks away. But even with the regular season having two weeks still to go, it's not difficult to establish...

Freedom senior Emily Gundrum tossed a two-hitter and struck out 11 and freshman Alexis Szaro had the game-winning single in the top of the seventh as the Patriots edged Parkland 1-0 in the first game of three at Pates Park on Saturday, part of the...

All Pennsylvania high school softball teams would love to end their seasons at Happy Valley, the Penn State complex where the PIAA championships will be held June 14. The place where most Pennsylvania teams would prefer to begin their seasons is called...

Let's hope the bad weather stays away long enough tonight so that we can get all of the games in and get everybody home in time before the roads get slippery. We've got eight quarterfinal-round games tonight, all in Class 3A and A, and four more...

Mike Ohl said that without his father's influence, he would have never been involved with fastpitch softball and never become the person he is today. That's why Ohl, a 48-year-old Allentown native, couldn't be happier than to share one of the biggest...

The 23rd annual Carole Weil Fall Softball Classic features 17 college teams. FRIDAY NIGHT At Pates Park Lehigh vs. Villanova (6) Kutztown vs. Holy Family (8) SATURDAY At Pates Park ESU vs. Muhlenberg (10:30) Princeton vs. St. Joe’s (12:15) Iona vs....

Scott McClary says it's not easy finding the right date to host the Muhlenberg Fall Shootout. "We always have to work around three factors in finding the right Saturday," McClary, the Mules' men's basketball coach said. "Our football team has to be away,...

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Erin Wilson shut out Emmaus for the second time in this softball postseason and Ashley Malek slugged a two-run home run to help Liberty beat Emmaus 4-0 on Thursday night at Pates for the District 11 4A title. It is the Hurricanes first district title...

Newly-crowned District 11 4A champ Liberty will return to Pates Park on Monday night at 6 for its state playoff opener against Central Bucks South, the No. 3 entry out of District One. Kutztown, the only other Morning Call-area team left in the state...