LV FLASHBACK

A look back at Lehigh Valley sports stories over the years from Sept. 13.

2002: Allen scores its most points since 1952 and moves to 3-0 for the first time since 1959 by belting Pocono Mountain West 62-0 in the Canaries’ first game on the new fieldturf at renovated J. Birney Crum Stadium. The points are the most since a 62-7 win over Simon Gratz, and the margin of victory is the highest since a 75-0 blanking of Mahanoy

City in 1946. The Canaries’ season-opening winning streak eventually reaches four before it is stopped by Freedom, 36-8. 1997: Kyle Marsteller’s three goals lifts Southern Lehigh to a 3-1 soccer win over Palisades, extending the Spartans’ unbeaten streak in the Colonial League to 100 games. The lone blemish on the Solehi league record since 1992 is a 1994 tie with the Pirates.

1991: Lauren Jiorle scores six goals and Moravian Academy presents field hockey coach Debbie Bross her 200th career victory in 16 seasons with a 9-0 Colonial League win over Pen Argyl.

1987: Rain cancels the Nazareth 250 Scot Car Connection race at Pennsylvania International Raceway, the first scheduled competition at the newly renovated Nazareth track, which underwent $4 million in improvements after being purchased by Roger Penske in late 1986.

1986: Three years after he was instrumental in relocating the Allentown Wings of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League to Quakertown, borough native Clyde Smoll Jr. announces he has purchased the Elmira franchise in the New York-Penn League and will step down from his coownership role with the Blazers. 1986: Despite intercepting five passes and recovering two fumbles, Lehigh drops a 17-14 decision at Holy Cross in the first Patriot League game in school history.

1956: Allentown collects just five hits as Schenectady completes a three-game sweep of their Eastern League semifinal series with a 6-1 win over the Cardinals at Breadon Field.