Submitted by: Joe Zemba<\/p>\n
“Recognizing the past, promoting youth growth” is the mantra of the Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame<\/strong> <\/a>established in 2009 to acknowledge the great athletes, coaches, directors of the Lehigh Valley while sponsoring under-served youth and young adults in mentoring, music and sports programs. lvsportshalloffame.com fundraising events raise monies for sports equipment, high school and college scholar athletes.<\/p>\n This year is the first year for weekly recognition for high school and college athletes from a seven county area in all sports played.<\/p>\n Here they are:<\/strong><\/p>\n FOOTBALL<\/strong> Defensive Player of the Week Omar Haddad, Parkland Senior. All-Purpose Player of the week Jake Young, Sr. Freedom fumble recovery, TD catch and 87 yard kick-off return. His younger brother sophomore of the week QB Joe Young 10-11 passing 2 TD passes 1 rushing.<\/p>\n BIG SCHOOL QB OF THE WEEK<\/strong> Travis Edmonds of Southern Lehigh on his school record for passing. RB Shakur Lester 14-128 yards Dieruff Sr. winning TD over East Stroudsburg North.<\/p>\n BLOCKER OF THE WEEK<\/strong> Whitehall Jake Buskirk, fullback.<\/p>\n COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE WEEK<\/strong> Gianni Sinatore Zephys QB. Jr. QB of the Week Zach Thatcher Saucon Valley 9-9 4 TD passes in 35-6 over Northern Lehigh. Tre Nelson, CLUTCH PLAYER OF THE WEEK<\/strong> Tre Nelson Palmerton winning TD 21-19 win over Pen Argyl. Kicker of the Week Conor Ilgenfritz Whitehall winning extra point.<\/p>\n SMALL SCHOOL BACK OF THE WEEK<\/strong> Harry hall, Northwestern 174 yds rushing 2 Td’s.<\/p>\n CO-MVP GIRLS SOCCER<\/strong> Stroudsburg Bria Bittiger 3 goals and 100th LaSalle bound 5-1 win over East Stroudsburg South. Nazareth Brie Ludwig in 3-2 OT win over Easton.<\/p>\n BOYS SOCCER<\/strong> Kevyn Mitchell of Wilson, 2 goals in 3-1 win over PenArgyl.<\/p>\n BOYS CROSS COUNTRY BIG SCHOOL<\/strong> Pleasant Valley’s Seth Slavin 16:29 SMALL SCHOOL Wilson’s Joe Espinal 16:25. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Mikayla Stoudt 19:30 of Parkland.<\/p>\n BOYS CROSS COUNTRY <\/strong> SMALL SCHOOL<\/strong> A. Biondi Pen Argyl 19:44.<\/p>\n HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS<\/strong> Freedom’s Flannery Johnston in 5-2 win over ESSouth.<\/p>\n BIG SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL<\/strong> Kristin Krause, Parkland 7 aces, 16 assists, 15 service points.<\/p>\n GOLF<\/strong> Nick Maff 71 for Bethlehem Catholic<\/p>\n CO-MVP FIELD HOCKEY<\/strong> Northern Lehigh Jessica Olewine and Catasauqua’s Quinn Bachman both scored 2 goals big You can find more information at Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Submitted by: Joe Zemba “Recognizing the past, promoting youth growth” is the mantra of the Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame established in 2009 to acknowledge the great athletes, coaches, … Continue reading Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame High School Player of the Week Awards – 9\/7\/2014<\/span>
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