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On the IronPigs homestand, scouts from Kansas City, Oakland, and other MLB teams were in attendance to look for players that might interest their particular organization at the trade deadline. When the dust settled from Monday's deadline, the current Lehigh Valley roster wasn't disrupted, although the Phillies did add one player who will join the team.
In a surprising turn of events, South Parkland, the team that led wire-to-wire in the Lehigh Valley Legion Baseball League this season dropped its opener in the league tournament.
North Parkland got a quick hook out of the Lehigh Valley Legion playoffs with back-to-back losses in the double elimination tournament.
Throughout the regular season, Lower Macungie and South Parkland had some great battles, so it was no surprise that the Lehigh Valley Legion playoffs came down to those two teams playing for the tournament championship.
Lower Macungie competed in the Region 2 Legion Baseball tournament recently at Quakertown Community Park.
South Parkland's regular season championship in the Lehigh Valley Legion League gave them a spot in the Legion Regionals at Quakertown Community Park recently. The double elimination tournament sends one team to states, and the Trojans were looking to be that team.
The Northwestern Lehigh softball team didn't go as far as it planned in the PIAA playoffs last spring, but four of its players were given all-state honors for their efforts.
Published August 28. 2026 08:03AM by Chuck Hixson Special to the Press Decisions, decisions.
For Lower Macungie this season, a strong roster of pitchers made the offense have to work a little less for the team to still be successful.
Actor Michael J. Fox once said something that former Northwestern Lehigh and Lehigh University baseball standout Rafe Perich has learned through playing the game: “I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.”
