Defense has been the backbone of Northwestern Lehigh’s success in the opening two rounds of the Colonial League girls basketball playoffs. In the quarterfinals, the Tigers’ defense forced one ...

Tom Mertz looked around a packed Bill Pensyl Gymnasium as it slowly emptied out from Tuesday night’s renewal of the Slate Belt wrestling rivalry between his Pen Argyl team and host Bangor and liked ...

Given that Wilson forfeited three of the first five bout in a match that started at 189, there wasn’t much doubt who’d prevail in the dual meet, but even so it was an improvement for Pen Argyl ...

Todd Oessenick had seen it before. Just three days ago, actually. The Pen Argyl girls basketball coach watched his team battle back to win its regular season finale against rival Bangor ...

The Pen Argyl senior was in a bigger hole because of the new scoring rules instituted this season than he would have been last year, so it would have been possible to see him pack it in mentally.

Head coach Richie Smith walked back from the Bangor bench to talk to junior 189-pounder Kody Ward during the 160-pound bout of Tuesday’s annual rivalry match against Pen Argyl. “I told him ...

When Hunter Beers took the mat for Pen Argyl at 172 pounds to close out Thursday night’s Colonial League wrestling dual meet at old rivals Wilson, only the weight of himself hung on his own ...