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Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame Picnic For a Purpose and Sports Reunion on June 2nd Hokey Legion 3154 N. Front St. Whitehall Twshp, PA 18052 noon to 6 PM.

2nd Annual Picnic Featured teams and leagues M & K Sales Allentown Fastpitch Softball, Cement Belt Slow Pitch League, Lehigh Valley Men’s Fastpitch League and Karl Lauchnor and Frank Nace, Whitehall Flag Football League, Northern Lehigh Girls Softball State Championship team, Coplay Connie Mack Baseball State Champions, Coplay Legion Baseball State ...

Allentown, PA – The Lehigh Valley Storm of the Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL) is pleased to announce the induction of head coach Bob Kohler into the Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held at Northampton Memorial Community Center on Saturday, May 4th beginning at 5 P.M.

Kohler, a Lehigh Valley native, has had an illustrious football coaching career that has spanned nearly 40 years; coaching multiple teams annually. His journey began when he was ...

Allentown, PA – The Lehigh Valley Storm of the Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL) is pleased to announce that Bob Kohler has agreed to be the team’s new head coach for the 2013 season. He will become the second head coach in team history, succeeding Fred Rice. Last year, the Storm accumulated a (7-3) record and second consecutive playoff appearance.

Kohler, a Lehigh Valley native, has had an illustrious football coaching career that has spanned nearly 40 years. He has worked ...

Chambersburg, PA – Competing in his first All-Star Game as a participant of the Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL), Lehigh Valley Storm star and Dieruff High School alum Rodney Gilmore was awarded Most Valuable Player after leading his Xtreme Conference to a late 7-6 victory over the Impact Conference. Played at Trojan Stadium in Chambersburg, home of last year’s champion Chambersburg Cardinals, it was an exhilarating prelude to the 2012 GDFL Championship; a game which saw the Central Penn Piranha ...

Chambersburg, PA – The Lehigh Valley Storm, playing in the Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL) playoffs for the first time, saw an early exit from the tournament on Saturday, with a disheartening 57-14 loss to the 2011 GDFL Champion Chambersburg Cardinals.

Last season, as members of the Big North East Football Federation (BNEFF), the Storm experienced the post-season for the first time and defeated the Southern Virginia Trojans, 20-14 in overtime, before bowing out to the eventual Major League Football (MLF) ...

Allentown, PA (August 19, 2012) – In only their third year of existence, the Lehigh Valley Storm has officially earned a second straight playoff berth and first as members of the Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL). They will now travel next Saturday to visit the 2011 GDFL Champion Chambersburg Cardinals.

During the regular season, the Storm, who is currently ranked 30th with a (7-3) record, showcased a highly talented, stellar defense that emerged as one of the league’s best by season’s ...

Camden, NJ (August 5, 2012) – The Lehigh Valley Storm, of the Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL), roared out of New Jersey on a coastal high after mauling the South Jersey Lynx, 41-13, and improved their record to (7-2) to almost certainly solidify themselves a playoff spot.

For the first time in nearly a month, the Storm did not have a stoppage of any type during the game. Last week, inclement weather forced an abrupt end to the contest between the ...

Allentown, PA (July 29, 2012) – In an eerily similar circumstance to what took place between these teams last season at J. Birney Crum Stadium, this week’s game between the Central Penn Piranha and Lehigh Valley Storm has been suspended due to severe weather conditions in the Allentown (PA) area.

After lightning was spotted overhead, the game was halted at the 1:51 mark of the first quarter with the Central Penn Piranha leading 16-0.
The Piranha got off to a fast ...

Hyattsville, MD (July 22, 2012) – After traveling thru Maryland for a second time in roughly a month, the Lehigh Valley Storm of the Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL) completed the sweep of playing on the road in the Beltway region this season, by recording a dominating 47-0 shutout over the DMV Enforcers.

Although the score may indicate that this was an effortless trip for the Storm, now (5-2), the reality was far from perception. An already late start time of ...

ALLENTOWN, PA (July 15, 2012) – In the only interleague contest to this point on their schedule, the Lehigh Valley Storm (members of the Gridiron Developmental Football League) defeated the Red City Outlaws (part of the Independent Football League) 43-14 to get back into the win column.

Coming off of a disappointing loss last week to the D.C. Explosion, the Storm knew that they had to sure up certain areas of their game plan in order to remain contenders for ...