LV FLASHBACK
A look back at Lehigh Valley City, which had eliminated the sports stories over the years host Bears 7-6 with a two-run from July 31. ninth-inning rally, will play in 2010: After losing to Spring the Mid-Atlantic Regional in City 8-2 the previous day, West Lawn.
Pennridge falls to the Red Sox 1991: Former Indy car driver 10-8 in the American Legion Al Loquasto Jr. and passenger baseball state tournament Carl Mueller, both of Palmer final at Boyertown. Despite Township, are killed when the the loss, Pennridge (29-9-1) plane Loquasto is piloting still advances to the national crashes into a hillside in regional tournament in Weisenberg Township, just 10 suburban Chicago. Spring minutes after its takeoff from
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport.
1990: After averaging 63 catches and six touchdowns over his first five NFL seasons, Dieruff grad Andre Reed becomes the league’s fourthhighest paid wide receiver when he signs a $7.1 million, six-year deal with the Buffalo Bills.
1980: Home runs by Tim Fisher and Bob Serfass help
Hellertown to an 8-4 win over West Bethlehem, giving the Royals the most wins and best regular-season record (28-4) in Blue Mountain League history. However, Hellertown would be beaten by Allentown for both the regular-season and postseason titles.
1977: Benny Parsons beats Richard Petty to the checkered flag by .45 of a second to win the Coca-Cola 500 before a crowd of 69,000 at Pocono International Raceway.
1976: Allen graduate
Stan Dziedzic settles for the bronze medal in the 162-pound freestyle wrestling competition at the Olympic Games in Montreal after losing to silver medalist Monsour Barzegar of Iran 11-6 and gold medalist Ichiro Date of Japan 10-5 in the roundrobin medal round.
1975: The Whitehall School Board votes 5-4 to accept Dick Tracy’s resignation as boys basketball coach. Tracy had resigned on July 10 but left the door open for his return if the school would drop the Thanksgiving Day football game with Emmaus to allow basketball players to report earlier for preseason practice.