Is Friday night high school football in jeopardy? Lehigh Valley schools confront safety issues

Easton Area revised stadium safety procedures following arrests at a September football game. Area athletic directors say the district isn’t alone in reassessing security.

The Northwestern Lehigh football takes the field during a September 2025 game at Tiger Stadium. Some Lehigh Valley school districts, including Northwestern Lehigh, have reassessed safety protocols for Friday night games over bad behavior by spectators. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Students walk at the Saucon Valley High School. (Donna Fisher/The Morning Call)

Saucon Valley schools closed Friday after threat

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Police respond Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, to the third bomb threat in a week at Allen High School. Allentown police said a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old were charged with a felony of making terroristic threats in the Wednesday threat. The district said the two teens were not district students, and it is working with police to make sure proper legal action is taken. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)

Allentown city and school officials plead for end to Allen High bomb threats: ‘Knock it off’

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