LEHIGH VALLEY FLASHBACK
A look back at Lehigh Valley sports stories over the years from Feb. 21.
2009: Mike Kopp becomes the winningest girls basketball coach in state history when Central Catholic beats Southern Lehigh 46-23 in the District 11 Class 3A quarterfinals. The win is the 789th for Kopp, allowing him to move past former Pittsburgh North Catholic coach Don Barth.
2009: For the first time in school history, Northampton qualifies its entire 14-man lineup for regionals and rolls to the team title in the District 11 Class 3A wrestling tournament. The Konkrete
Kids crown five champions, including two-time winners Steve Fenningham, Jimmy Sheptock and Joe Piro.
2009: Northwestern’s Evan Yenolevich becomes the first fourtime District 11 wrestling champion in 21 years with a 5-0 win over Wilson’s D.J. Hartman at 125 points. Yenolevich previously won titles at 103, 112, and 119.
2009: Alexandra Chili’s 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds left and Kelly McKeon’s triple-double (13 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists), the second in school history, helps Muhlenberg to a 68-65 win over Ursinus, capping the first-ever undefeated women’s basketball regular season (18-0) in Centennial Conference history.
2009: Denny Robison reveals he will step down as the only manager in Quakertown Blazers history after leading the summer college team to a 625-380 record and six Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League titles in his 25 years. Robison coached more than 120 players that eventually played professionally including nine that reached the major leagues. 2004: Despite losing four state place-winners from the previous season, Wilson captures its fifth straight District 11 Class 2A wrestling tournament team title with 207.5 points, edging Northern Lehigh (204) and Northwestern (202). Meanwhile, Northampton crowns six individual champions and runs away from the Class 3A field with a tournament-record 281 points. 1994: Emmaus wins its 11th straight East Penn Conference boys swimming championship with a 145-34 win over Salisbury, while the Green Hornet girls reclaim the title and win their 14th championship in 15 years with a 137-48 win over the Falcons.
1984: Cathi Evans scores 36 points, half of them on free throws including 12-of-14 in the final period, to lead Northern Lehigh to a 63-54 Centennial League girls basketball playoff win at Pleasant Valley and the school’s first-ever girls basketball championship. The title comes in the final season for retiring coach Dick Jones.
1979: Bill Piper wins his 100th game as Palmerton’s girls basketball coach when the Blue Bombers beat Notre Dame 40-28 for the Centennial League’s championship 1969: Dick Zelickson scores 21 points to lead five players in double figures and Allen scores a schoolrecord 63 points in the second half en route to a 100-64 East Penn League win over Tamaqua, the Canaries’ 12th straight victory. The 63 points was one better than the previous mark of 62 set in a 103-55 win over St. Clair in the 1951 District 11 Class A title game at the Penn Palestra.