It has only been a few days since his senior football season ended with a heartbreaking loss in the playoffs, but Nick Bradley had plenty to be happy about on Wednesday morning.

Abington Heights’ two-sport star made official what he verbally committed to as a freshman and signed his National Letter of Intent to Auburn University, where he will continue his baseball career.

“This means a ton to me,” said Bradley, the reigning Times-Tribune Baseball Player of the Year. “I have gotten to go down and visit and experience the culture and the atmosphere that I will be a part of when I get there. Now, I can finally officially be a part of that. My future is secure, and I am super excited.”

Bradley’s morning signing was part of a celebration at Abington Heights, which carried into the evening. The school held a signing ceremony for seven athletes who signed National Letters of Intent at the start of the early period for most NCAA Division I and II sports, excluding football and basketball.

Bradley, who was honored as the Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year for Pennsylvania in June, had a 9-1 record and a 0.71 earned-run average with 92 strikeouts last spring. He led Abington Heights to a 17-5 record and a share of the Lackawanna League Division I championship. He also batted .493 with seven doubles, two triples, two home runs, 20 runs, and 32 RBIs.

His high school football career, which had a pause in it this season because of an injured left hand, ended last Friday night with a 27-24 loss to Delaware Valley in the District 2 Class 5A championship. Bradley set program records for passing yards with 5,743 yards and passing touchdowns with 63 in a career.

“We didn’t make it as far as we wanted in football, but it was an exciting season, and it was nice accomplishing all the good things that we did as a team,” Bradley, 17, said. “After this signing day, I transition into baseball mode. I have gotten back in the gym and am doing my baseball training.

“Knowing that I have a closed deal with Auburn, it gives me another goal now to have a fantastic baseball season.”

Abington Heights had seven athletes sign NLIs to NCAA Division I schools and another to a Division II school.

Boys soccer standout Nico Bustos, who could not attend Wednesday’s ceremony, has helped lead the Comets to Saturday’s PIAA Class 3A final against Conrad Weiser and is headed to Lehigh University; Girls soccer star Lilia Calvert is going to Rutgers and will enroll early, and teammate Hawley Lynott signed with LeMoyne College; cross country and track and field athlete Anna Pucilowski is going to James Madison; lacrosse standout Allie Rothenberger is going to Rider; field hockey star Kylie Kehoe is headed to Mercyhurst; and golf standout Philip Matthews is going to Bloomsburg.

Calvert is a two-time Times-Tribune Player of the Year and a two-time Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association all-state selection. She finished her career with 405 points, including a school-record 68 goals her senior season, surpassing the mark of 65 she set her sophomore season. She also had 20 assists to lead the Lady Comets to the Lackawanna League Division I and District Class 3A titles and the state quarterfinals.

Lynott is a Lackawanna League Division I first-team coaches’ all-star midfielder. She had 29 points, including 12 goals and five assists, this season as Abington Heights captured the Lackawanna League Division I championship, the District 2 Class 3A championship, and advanced to the state quarterfinals.

Pucilowski won the District 2 Class 3A cross country championship this fall and finished 18th at the PIAA Class 3A Championships. She is a multiple-time All-Region and Runner of the Year award winner in cross country. In the spring, she earned her second All-Region selection and was a PIAA Class 3A qualifier in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs.

Rothenberger was The Times-Tribune Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year in 2024 and the Wyoming Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2025. She heads into her senior season with 161 goals and 71 assists.

Mathews helped Abington Heights to the District 2 Class 3A team championship this fall. He finished seventh in the individual tournament with a 78 at Fox Hill Country Club.

Kehoe was a member of three District 2 Class 2A field hockey teams and the 2023 team that won the Wyoming Valley Conference Division II championship.

Clemson gets Call

Valley View softball standout Abbi Call made it official Wednesday and signed her National Letter of Intent with Clemson University.

The two-time all-state player helped lead the Cougars to the PIAA Class 4A championship in her junior year last spring. She tied for the Lackawanna League in home runs with 15 while batting .520 (39 for 75) with seven doubles, 33 RBIs and 28 runs.

She was also 7-0 with a 2.81 ERA and 50 strikeouts in 45.1 innings.

Lady ’Cats sign

Two Western Wayne athletes signed their NLIs with NCAA Division II schools.

Girls’ volleyball all-state player Lauren Beamer is headed to Shippensburg University, and softball player Hannah DeStefano is going to Lackawanna College.

Beamer, a 6-foot-1 middle and outside hitter, finished her career with 1,059 kills, which includes a season high of 361 as a junior. She is a multiple-time All-Region selection and helped the Lady ‘Cats to the District 2 Class 2A final in 2024 and the semifinals this past season.

DeStefano batted .435 with 27 hits, 19 runs scored, 22 RBIs, five doubles, seven triples, and three home runs last season. She was a Lackawanna League Coaches’ Division II all-star at third base last season.