Derek Bast is a freelance writer based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He specializes in covering local sports, with a focus on girls basketball in the Lehigh Valley area. Derek's articles provide in-depth analysis, game recaps, and profiles of standout athletes and teams.
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By: Derek Bast
Moravian Academy freshman Max Abia is new to the high school boys tennis scene but already has enough experience to know who to trust in the season’s biggest matches — his coach. With Saucon Valley…
Rivalry games and record-setting goal scorers highlight the season to date
By: Derek Bast
With just 13 teams making up the two divisions in District 11 girls lacrosse, it'd be easy to assume that the competition isn't as deep as some of the other sports in the area.
By: Derek Bast
After a tightly contested victory over Freedom in Monday's regular-season finale, Liberty coach Christian Conrad boasted of the quality of tennis in the area, and more specifically, in Bethlehem.
By: Derek Bast
Loading your audio article Emmaus freshman Chris Stone spent the entire season ranked as the second-best player on his own team at No. 2 singles behind his older brother, Nick.
By: Derek Bast
Parkland’s Ed Ohlson was named Pennsylvania’s girls basketball coach of the year in Class 6A and eight players from the greater Lehigh Valley also received all-state honors
By: Derek Bast
Liberty’s Luke Appleman and Roman Farhad win District 11 3A boys tennis doubles championship; Moravian Academy’s Ford Koch and Aveer Chadha win in 2A
With two individual district championships in wrestling and two more team championships in lacrosse, Freedom senior Jared Karabinus has had a successful athletic career in high school.
After losing four straight games to Emmaus heading into last year's boys lacrosse season, Parkland swept the Green Hornets, including a 16-12 win in the EPC Tournament.
By: Derek Bast
Loading your audio article Two seasons ago, Moravian Academy junior Brian Yang dropped a three-set heartbreaker to Mack Zeller that clinched
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