The Pleasant Valley girls came home with the team gold medal at the Mountain Valley Conference Tennis Tournament on Thursday. The Lady Bears defeated East Sroudsburg South and Stroudsburg 23-20.

GIRLS TENNISMVC ChampionshipThe Pleasant Valley girls' tennis team prevailed at the Mountain Valley Conference Tournament, defeating Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg South, 23-20. The Cavaliers and Mounties both totalled 20 points at the end of the day, while the Lady Bears managed to collect 23 to earn the gold.There were two doubles teams for Pleasant Valley that managed to win their division. Sarina Tufano and Paula Mieles won the number two doubles challenge, 8-6 over Megan Gallagher and Amanda Anglemeyer of Pocono Mountain East. Andrea Nale and Emily Borger took the number three doubles competition, 8-1 over Amanda Jackson and Janet Ro of East Stroudsburg South.Emily Thek took second at number two singles, while teammates Madison Olexson, and Mackenzie Caffrey managed third at number one and three singles, respectively. Monica Jarog and Amanda Hoag also took a bronze at number four doubles.No. Dame ES-J. ThorpeNotre Dame of East Stroudsburg spoiled Jim Thorpe's Senior day by walking off the courts with a 3-2 victory over the hosts.Haley Cope and Thirzita Buell recorded singles' play victories to earn the Olympians' lone game points.Jim Thorpe slips to 6-8 overall on the season.NDES 3, Jim Thorpe 2SINGLESNicole Koscielniak (NDES) def. Bryanna Kehrli 6-0, 6-1; Haley Cope (JT) def. Rachel LeGendre 6-2, 6-4; Thirzita Buell (JT) won by forfeit.DOUBLESJoelle Buenaventura/Shannon DeAcetis (NDES) def. Maria Donati/Minke Pheiffer 6-0, 5-7, 6-0; Kendall Farley/Ava Masseria (NDES) def. Hope Damian/Emily Layden 6-1, 6-1Hazleton-TamaquaThe Lady Raiders put another notch in the win column, as they defeated Hazleton 4-1 in tennis action.Tamaqua's Sarah Zoba and Carly Fenstermacher earned straight-set singles wins, while both doubles teams managed to pull off the same feat.Tamaqua 4, Hazleton 1SINGLESSarah Zoba (T) def. Alexa Austin 6-2, 6-2; Grazia Devita (H) def. Maddie Dolinsky 6-1, 7-5; Carly Fenstermacher (T) def. Mira Wise 6-3, 6-2.DOUBLESAllison Pedersen/Beth Kistler (T) def. Hifza Saeed/Rachel Ferguson 6-1, 6-3; Maddie Davis/Emma Osenbach (T) def. Janelle Grenfell/Stephanie Provost 6-0, 6-2.VOLLEYBALLLehighton-PM WestLehighton cruised to a Mountain Valley Conference win, defeating Pocono Mountain West 25-14, 25-20, 25-13.Jackie Jordan accounted for 18 total points with 11 kills and seven aces. Jordan also added four digs.The Indians (6-2) received four kills and three digs from Katie Higgins, while Taylor Yurasits contributed 14 assists and a pair of aces.The Lehighton JV squad also posted a 25-7, 25-15 win.Marian-Tri-ValleyThe Fillies were tested, but prevailed in a hard-fought volleyball contest over TriValley, 25-23, 17-25, 25-13, 25-14.Individually, Abby O'Donnell led the way with 41 assists on the night, with 19 digs to go along with it. Abigail Stankewich had 14 kills, Grace Boyle had 13 kills and 12 digs, while teammate Maureen Kloap had ten kills and four digs.N'western-So. LehighSouthern Lehigh got the best of Northwestern for a 25-11, 25-17, 25-13 Colonial League win.No other information was provided to the TIMES NEWS prior to press time.Weatherly-MillersburgMillersburg took care of Weatherly 3-0 in a Divison match-up.Millersburg took the three sets 25-19, 25-10, and 25-10.Weatherly won the JV game 2-0.Lourdes-TamaquaThe Lady Raiders pulled out a five-set win over Lourdes, 3-2.Carly Trovinger's four aces, 17 assists, eight kills and four digs led the winners, while teammate Jaclin Valasek followed with nine kills and two blocks. Rylee Devlin also contributed eight kills, five digs and two aces for the well-rounded team effort.Tamaqua also prevailed in the JV contest, 2-1.Panther Vy.-PottsvilleThe Crimson Tide swept through Panther Valley to hand them their first defeat of the season, winning 25-12, 25-13, and 25-22.Despite the loss, Marley Mikovich had four kills, six digs and two aces, while teammates Richelle VanHorn had four kills and three assists and Kelsey VanHorn had three kills and four service pointsPanther Valley (6-1 overall), will next play host to Tamaqua on Monday.FIELD HOCKEYNo. Lehigh-Moravian AcademyMoravian Academy handed Northern Lehigh its first league Colonial League loss of the season with a a 2-0 league setback.Mayv Clune led the Lions with a goal and an assist, while Katie Persin posted a single score.The Bulldogs' Chelsea Harlan recorded 10 saves.Northern Lehigh slides to 7-2 overall and 6-1 in the league.Bangor-NorthwesternMarielena Kotretsos's two goals helped propel Bangor to a 4-1 Colonial League win over Northwestern.Lauren Zengulis and Kiley Kuchar both contributed single scores for the Slaters.Kassie Kilanowski recorded the Tigers' lone goal in the second half off a Cesily Gensits assist.BOYS SOCCERNo. Lehigh-PalisadesTrailing 2-1 at halftime, Northern Lehigh could never get going in the second, as Palisades rallied to a 4-1 win.Matt Monninghoff's two scores and Cooper Moyer's pair accounted for the Pirates' total.Meanwhile, the Bulldogs got a first half score from Gavin Kemmery off an assist from Danny PattersonNorthwestern-SalisburyAll Northwestern needed was a goal from Kyle Willis to score a 1-0 Colonial League win over Salisbury.The Tigers' keeper Kyle Bellhorn grabbed three saves to preserve the shutout victory.Palmerton-Saucon Vy.Saucon Valley put up five goals in the first half to roll to a 8-0 Colonial League win over visiting Palmerton.Misha Builous paced the Panthers with two goals and an assist, while Carlos Terreros added two scores.Zach Reichard chipped in with a goal and an assist.The Bombers' keeper Richard Roselli grabbed 12 saves in the setback.Jim Thorpe-Tri-ValleyJim Thorpe was routed by Tri-Valley in a non-league match.Bryce McNally Collin Mauer had a pair of goals for the 'Dawgs in the win.For Jim Thorpe (3-5), Caleb Heller was the lone goal scorer.GIRLS SOCCERPalisades-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh dropped a Colonial League soccer decision, 7-1 to Palisades.Emily Bevans prevented the shutout for the Lady 'Dawgs in a game that saw her team get outshot, 25-6.Saucon Vy.-PalmertonAlicia Binn's four goals help spark Saucon Valley to a 8-1 Colonial League victory over Palmerton.Paige Jones added two goals for the Panthers.Jaclyn Wood scored the Bombers' lone goal.Julia Paulinho posted 22 saves in front of the Bombers' net.Williams Vy.-WeatherlyWeatherly (0-8) was blanked by Williams Valley by a score 5-0.Emily Wessner scored a pair of goals for the Vikings in the Division 2 victory.Erica Wessner, Rayanne Hawk, and Hannah Nestor also added a goal each for Williams Valley.Jim Thorpe-Columbia Montour VTIn a Division One match-up of the Schuylkill League, Jim Thorpe downed Columbia Montour VoTech in soccer action, 7-0.The Lady Olympians (4-4 overall), got a shutout from Alyssa Smith, who recorded her fourth of the season. On the offensive side, Cat Condly scored four goals for the winners, while Autumn Cope scored two and teammate Rebecca Cressman added another. Cressman assisted three goals of her teammates', while Amber Castillo assisted two goals and Condly assisted one.The winners outshot their opponents, 32-1 in the game that saw Columbia's Lucia Cerasoli stop 25 shots on goal in the losing effort.Salisbury-NorthwesternNorthwestern ran away with a 5-0 Colonial League victory over visiting Salisbury.No other information was provided to the TIMES NEWS prior to press time.