Winter sports start dates

PIAA’s first allowable practice for winter sports is Friday. Here is a look at the start dates for area schools: Pocono Mountain (East/West): Friday* Allentown (Allen/Dieruff): Friday** Bethlehem Catholic: Friday

Catasauqua: Friday

Central Catholic: Friday

Easton: Friday

Jim Thorpe: Friday

Lehighton: Friday

Northern Lehigh: Friday

Northwestern: Friday

Notre Dame-GP: Friday

Palisades: Friday***

Parkland: Friday

Pen Argyl: Friday

Pleasant Valley: Friday**

Salisbury: Friday

Saucon Valley: Friday

Southern Lehigh: Friday

Wilson: Friday

Whitehall: Friday, Nov. 27

Nazareth: Monday, Nov. 30

Bangor: Tuesday, Dec. 1

Emmaus: Dec. 1

Northampton: Dec. 1

Stroudsburg: Dec. 1

Palmerton: TBA***

Bethlehem (Freedom/Liberty): Jan. 11 East Stroudsburg (North/South): Jan. 15 *Won’t compete until Jan. 15

**School board voting Thursday night ***Girls basketball starts Friday; boys basketball and wrestling start Monday ****Won’t return until Carbon County is in the moderate stage for three weeks in a four-week period beginning in January