{"id":109560,"date":"2021-11-21T20:22:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T01:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=109560"},"modified":"2021-11-21T20:22:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T01:22:34","slug":"lehigh-lafayette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=109560","title":{"rendered":"LEHIGH TRIUMPHS OVER LAFAYETTE | Story &#038; Photographs by Diane Fleischman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.df-foto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Story &amp; Photographs by Diane Fleischman<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<div>The sun was shining Saturday at Goodman Stadium, a cool breeze could be felt through the air, chilling hands and adding rosy cheeks to spectators. One thing is for certain, the holidays are approaching, if not determined by the weather, then by the football game of the season, arch rivals, Lehigh University vs. Lafayette College.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"su-image-carousel  su-image-carousel-columns-4 su-image-carousel-has-spacing su-image-carousel-crop su-image-carousel-crop-1-1 su-image-carousel-has-lightbox su-image-carousel-has-outline su-image-carousel-adaptive su-image-carousel-slides-style-default su-image-carousel-controls-style-dark su-image-carousel-align-none\" style=\"max-width:500px\" data-flickity-options='{\"groupCells\":true,\"cellSelector\":\".su-image-carousel-item\",\"adaptiveHeight\":false,\"cellAlign\":\"left\",\"prevNextButtons\":true,\"pageDots\":true,\"autoPlay\":3000,\"imagesLoaded\":true,\"contain\":true,\"selectedAttraction\":0.007000000000000000145716771982051795930601656436920166015625,\"friction\":0.25}' id=\"su_image_carousel_69f917fcdf4e4\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LEHIGH-vs-LAFAYETTE-2.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LEHIGH-vs-LAFAYETTE-2.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LEHIGH-vs-LAFAYETTE-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LEHIGH-vs-LAFAYETTE-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LEHIGH-vs-LAFAYETTE-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LEHIGH-vs-LAFAYETTE-3.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" 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100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"su_image_carousel_69f917fcdf4e4_script\">if(window.SUImageCarousel){setTimeout(function() {window.SUImageCarousel.initGallery(document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_69f917fcdf4e4\"))}, 0);}var su_image_carousel_69f917fcdf4e4_script=document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_69f917fcdf4e4_script\");if(su_image_carousel_69f917fcdf4e4_script){su_image_carousel_69f917fcdf4e4_script.parentNode.removeChild(su_image_carousel_69f917fcdf4e4_script);}<\/script><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Both teams took the field highly charged, The Lafayette Leopards kicked off to The Lehigh Mountain Hawks and the annual battle for over a century began. The first quarter went almost scoreless, but at the very end The Mountain Hawks hit the scoreboard first with a touchdown and field goal.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Leopards were quick to follow, about halfway through the second quarter, The Leopards evened up the score. With a little more than three minutes to go before halftime, The Mountain Hawks got lucky as they picked up on a fumble, scored a touchdown and field goal. The teams took to the locker rooms at halftime with a score of 14-10,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The third quarter remained scoreless, and as the final quarter started, tensions began to mount. \u00a0The Mountain Hawks probably played their best game this season, gaining one more field goal and defeating The Panthers with a final score of 17-10.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<table class=\"sidearm-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"text-hide\" style=\"background-color: #5c3e27;\" scope=\"col\"><\/th>\n<th class=\"text-center\" style=\"background-color: #5c3e27;\" scope=\"col\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">1st<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"text-center\" style=\"background-color: #5c3e27;\" scope=\"col\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">2nd<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"text-center\" style=\"background-color: #5c3e27;\" scope=\"col\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">3rd<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"text-center\" style=\"background-color: #5c3e27;\" scope=\"col\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">4th<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"text-center\" style=\"background-color: #5c3e27;\" scope=\"col\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">F<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"hide-on-medium-down\">Lafayette<\/span><\/th>\n<td class=\"text-center\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-center\">10<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-center\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-center\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-center emphasize\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\"><span class=\"hide-on-medium-down\">Lehigh<\/span><\/th>\n<td class=\"text-center\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-center\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-center\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-center\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-center emphasize\">17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>For more information and upcoming schedules for the Mountain Hawks visit <a href=\"https:\/\/lehighsports.com\/\">https:\/\/lehighsports.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story &amp; Photographs by Diane Fleischman The sun was shining Saturday at Goodman Stadium, a cool breeze could be felt through the air, chilling hands and adding rosy cheeks to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=109560\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LEHIGH TRIUMPHS OVER LAFAYETTE | Story &#038; Photographs by Diane Fleischman<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2290,69,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diane-fleischman","category-in-the-valley","category-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lehigh-Holy-Cross.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}