LV FLASHBACK

A look back at Lehigh Valley sports stories over the years from May 14. 2006: Joe Matteo twirled a five-hit shutout to lead Lehigh to a 5-0 win over Bucknell, giving the Mountain Hawks their first-ever Patriot League baseball title and firstever NCAA tournament berth. Central Catholic’s Nick Bet gave Matteo all the runs he would need with a two-run firstinning single, and Liberty grad Matt McBride added two hits, scored two runs and knocked in a run. 2006: Moravian reaches the NCAA Division III softball regional finals for the fourth straight year but Ramapo holds off the Greyhounds (37-9) 6-5 at Salisbury, Maryland, to advance to its first-ever NCAA Division III World Series.

2001: Parkland wins its third straight Mountain Valley Conference girls soccer title and extends its winning streak over league opponents to 48 with a 5-1 playoff win over Stroudsburg. The Mountaineers do manage to snap Parkland’s shutout string at 10 straight games, however. 1991: Central Catholic grad Billy McCaffrey, who announced earlier in the month he would leave Duke after his sophomore year ended, announces he will transfer to Vanderbilt for his final two collegiate basketball seasons.

1986: After six years as an assistant coach at Lehigh, Wayne Grube returns to high school coaching when he is named the head football coach at Wilson. Before his stint with the Engineers Grube had compiled an 84-44-6 mark in 12 years at Easton.

1980: Thirty-eight-yearold Ty Stofflet announces a broken left wrist will sideline him from the upcoming softball season for the first time in more than 20 years.

1971: Easton becomes the second school to win four straight District 11 track championships when the Red Rovers outpoint Freedom 54 ½ -49 for the Class A team title. Mickey Collins leads the way by setting district records in the mile (4:19.8) and 880 (1:57.8).