Liberty and Freedom each picked up important victories last week to improve their positions in the Lehigh Valley Summer League standings.

Liberty defeated Allen, 50-42, behind a team-high 15 points from Dylan Bilger. The Hurricanes improved to 5-4 and remain tied for fifth place with Central Catholic and Emmaus, keeping themselves in the middle of a tightly contested playoff race.

Freedom also came away with a quality win, knocking off Central Catholic, 59-52. Gabe Reed led the Patriots with 19 points as Freedom earned its second victory of the season. The Patriots are now tied for 13th place with East Stroudsburg North and Quakertown at 2-7.

Elsewhere in the Big School Division, Executive Education remained tied with Parkland atop the standings at 8-1 after edging Dallas, 57-52, in overtime. Parkland defeated Quakertown 60-31, while Easton rolled past East Stroudsburg North 70-34.

In the Small School Division, Southern Lehigh stayed unbeaten at 9-0 with a 56-45 win over Salisbury. Northwestern and LV Academy also remained in contention with victories, while Northern Lehigh defeated Catasauqua, 49-20.

Small School Division

LV Academy 70, Palmerton 34

Anthony Azcuidiaz (LV Academy) — 23 points

Northwestern 53, Warren Hills 38

Jake Kozlowski (Northwestern) — 15 points

Northern Lehigh 49, Catasauqua 20

Kellen Bauer (Northern Lehigh) — 23 points

Southern Lehigh 56, Salisbury 45

Jack Fistner (Southern Lehigh) — 23 points

Big School Division

Parkland 60, Quakertown 31

Marcus Temchatim (Parkland) — 16 points

Liberty 50, Allen 42

Dylan Bilger (Liberty) — 15 points

Executive Education 57, Dallas 52 (OT)

Eshaan Tung (Executive Education) — 26 points

Easton 70, East Stroudsburg North 34

Saboor Houser (Easton) — 12 points

Wilson West Lawn 63, Whitehall 44

Gabe Nyembo (Wilson West Lawn) — 13 points

Nazareth 53, Bangor 38

Bennett Mosser (Nazareth) — 15 points

Freedom 59, Central Catholic 52

Gabe Reed (Freedom) — 19 points

Notre Dame-Green Pond 57, Emmaus 49

Justin Manning (Notre Dame-Green Pond) — 23 points

Small School Division

Southern Lehigh 9-0

Northwestern 7-2

LV Academy 6-2

Northern Lehigh 3-5

Catasauqua 3-6

Salisbury 3-6

Warren Hills 3-6

Palmerton 1-8

Big School Division

Executive Education 8-1

Parkland 8-1

Dallas 7-2

Wilson West Lawn 7-2

Central Catholic 5-4

Emmaus 5-4

Liberty 5-4

Notre Dame GP 4-4

Allen 4-5

Easton4-5

Whitehall 4-5

Nazareth 3-5

Eastburg North 2-7

Freedom 2-7

Quakertown 2-7

Bangor 1-8