District 11 softball tournament: Southern Lehigh advances to the 5A final

Padden pounds pair of 2-run doubles to lead Southern Lehigh softball into D-11 final

The District 11 Class 5A softball semifinal between Southern Lehigh and Pocono Mountain East was knotted up 1-1 in the bottom of the third inning on Friday night.

District 11 softball tournament: Southern Lehigh advances to the 5A final

The Southern Lehigh softball team came into Friday night’s District 11 5A semifinal refreshed. The Spartans hadn’t played a game since the Colonial League quarterfinals on May 10. But 13 days between games caused no rust. They were sharp offensively, defensively, and in the pitching circle and had little trouble in defeating Pocono Mountain East 7-1 at Allentown’s Patriots Park. The win earned the second-seeded Spartans (15-7) another break sinc…