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Favorite road sites

By MIKE HAINES

This is a fun time of year for playoff football teams. Not only do they get to play in big games in front of large crowds, but many teams get to travel to new and different venues.

So for this week, Press Pass decided to talk to some coaches around the area about their favorite places to play road games. Below are the most popular respones and reasons for the choices.

Northwestern

Tiger Stadium was the top choice for Lehighton's George Ebbert, who played and coached there when the Northwestern and the Indians both played in the Centennial League.

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What a feeling it must have been for Northwestern's Lindsay Kerr last weekend.

To work day after day for years and years in hopes of becoming a state champion and then to have that dream come true is something few athletes can experience.

The Tiger senior is just the third runner from the TIMES NEWS area ever to earn a cross country gold medal at states and is the first female to accomplish the honor.

Congratulations Lindsay on a job well done.

Speaking of state titles, the Lehighton field hockey team is still alive for a PIAA championship.

Watching Yankees win was painful

It's never fun losing or watching your favorite team lose for that matter.

And Wednesday night was definitely no exception.

Words couldn't express how I felt at this time last year. The Phillies has just won their first World Series since 1980 and the first of my lifetime. After seeing how good they were in the early-to-mid 90s and then how bad they were from then up until a few years ago I didn't think I would ever get to see a parade come down Broad St. Thanks to last year's team I did.

Field conditions at JT are all wet

The photo on page 19 of the Oct. 17 edition of the TIMES NEWS tells the entire story.

If a typical picture is worth a thousand words, then looking at that one is like reading "War and Peace."

In case you don't remember, Friday, Oct. 16 was a rainy day. There were eight football games scheduled to be played that night in the TIMES NEWS coverage area and seven of them went on as scheduled. The only postponement was the Minersville at Marian game.

October is the best time for sports

October is the best time of the year for sports. The NFL is in high gear and playoff scenarios are shaping up. The college football season is getting into the rivalry games, like last week's Texas-Oklahoma matchup, with many more to come.

The best of October is of course, the fall classic. America's past time will soon be crowning its 2009 champio. The Phillies have clawed their way back to defend the world championship currently in their hands.

Remembering the '69 'dogs

Every now and then, one of the outstanding sports teams from the past is remembered and honored by its high school during pre-game ceremonies or at halftime of the sport that it excelled in.

If you just so happen to be headed to the Northwestern at Northern Lehigh game tonight, you'll be able to see the “10 and O Here We Go" 1969 Slatington High Bulldog team and the only undefeated football squad in the school's history celebrating their 40th Anniversary.

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