The boys basketball team concluded a fairytale regular season and brought home gold by clipping Salisbury's Falcons, 65-52, in Friday night's heavily anticipated championship game.
The Saucon Valley area is chock full of champions following Friday's Colonial League title games at Liberty High School. In the girls contest, Southern Lehigh took home gold honors. And in the boys contest, the Saucon Valley Panthers prevailed over the Salisbury Falcons. The Falcons--who earlier in the season delivered the Panthers one of their few losses--surprised everyone by outlasting and outshooting a previously undefeated Bangor team in the league semifinals Tuesday night. But Saucon was not to be denied this championship, and both Eric Frans and Jon Clark performed outstandingly, with Frans scoring a total of 21 points and Clark scoring another 17. Despite excellent perimeter shooting from Salisbury, the Falcons could not bridge the…
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The Panther girls struggled with penetration against a tall Salisbury team.
Saucon Valley Middle School hosted the Salisbury Falcons Monday, which marked the second time this season the two middle school girls basketball teams have met. The first meeting of the two teams resulted in a 53-16 loss for the Panther girls. And while this match-up did not vindicate the Panthers, the Saucon girls showed a renewed vigor in the second half, going to a perimeter game that proved more effective against the tall Salisbury backcourt. The game ended in a 48-22 win for the Falcon girls. Salisbury's Csondor was the game's high scorer, with 13 points, while Eripret added 11 points. Saucon's Balik was the high scorer for Saucon, with 7 points. Panther Drayton also added a three-pointer to the Saucon Valley tally. The Panther girls…
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