Lions Classic canceled
The annual Lions All-Star Soccer Classic was scheduled for Sunday, June 5 at Whitehall, however the event was canceled because of a potentially severe line of thunderstorms scheduled to move through the area.
The event features a boys and a girls game with stars from the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and the Colonial League.
Stars from the EPC girls were: April Foley (Central), Ivanna Jones (Whitehall), Jennifer Guetzlaff (Parkland), Meghan Grundhauser (Easton), Nicole Brigante (Pocono West), Abigail Leach (Pleasant Valley), Taylor George (Whitehall),
Erica Neff (Pleasant Valley), Ally Lynott (Liberty), Amy Strauser (Nazareth), Regan Allsop (Parkland), Anna Younger (Central), Alexandra Lexi Meisse (Stroudsburg), Cailey Sanchez (Liberty), Victoria Burkhart (Pocono East), Shainne Reimer (Whitehall).
The team was to be coached by Derek Strohl of Pleasant Valley and Copeland Lewis of Nazareth.
Stars from the Colonial girls were: Danielle King (Bangor), Allison Philips (Bangor), M’Kenna Murphy (NDGP), Rachel Colletti (Palisades), Monica Wood (Palmerton), Annika Sundlof (Saucon Valley),
Bridget Cerciello (So. Lehigh), Erin Donnelly (So. Lehigh), Sara Burcaw (Moravian Academy), Katie Aquilina (NDGP), Lydia Danner (Northwestern), Ally Badman (Palisades), Jordan Kamp (Salisbury), Kyle Paul (Saucon Valley), Paige Jones (Saucon Valley).
The team was to be coached by Stevie Sochse of Saucon Valley and John Kukitz of Southern Lehigh.
Game two was to feature the boys.
Stars from the EPC boys were: Anthony Silva (Liberty), Tony Kleckner (Whitehall), Ryan Paradise (Emmaus), Tyler Madeira (Parkland), Steve Riad (Freedom), Bryan Reyes (Central), Joe Nguyen (Central), Trey Bonifacio (Pocono East), Mezen Abdalla (Freedom), Jake Stengel (Parkland),
Colin Muller (Liberty), John Fritz (Emmaus), Javaughn Hussett (Whitehall), DJ Bast (Freedom), Tim Visser (Stroudsburg), Ian Lake (Pocono East), John Eltringham (Freedom), Enes Nikocevic (Pleasant Valley), Michael Visperas (Liberty), John Waring (Emmaus).
The team was to be coached by Michael O’Connell of Freedom.
Stars from the Colonial boys were: Jack Painter (Moravian Academy), Tyler Andre (Palisades), JD Haaf (Northwestern), Nic Lozano (Moravian Academy), Paxton Ramsey (Bangor), Ryan Grelle (Wilson), Devon Santos (Palmerton),
Gin Boscia (Pen Argyl), Zach Adams (Salisbury), Collin Holben (Salisbury), Erik Wallace (Wilson), Tanner Shane (Moravian Academy), Alex Sabram (So. Lehigh), Brett Nesfeder (NDGP), Sam Marshall (So. Lehigh), Jake Danko (Palisades), Jacob Cassel (So. Lehigh).
The team was to be coached by Dennis Gluck of Palisades and Mark Allinson of Salisbury.








