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Area teams get diamond wins

Marian, Northwestern and Pleasant Valley all notched baseball wins, while Lehighton, Northern Lehigh, Palmerton and Tamaqua grabbed wins in softball action.

BASEBALLES South-LehightonEast Stroudsburg South defeated Lehighton 9-1 in Mountain Valley Conference action.The Cavaliers were led by Ryan Nazario, who picked up the win on the mound and had two hits at the plate.ES South 100 430 1 - 9 10 0Lehighton 001 000 0 - 1 4 0Nazario and Hennessy; David, Viera (6), Kamowski (7) and Clements. WP - Nazario. LP - David.Pleasant Vy.-PM WestPleasant Valley rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh to top Mountain Valley Conference rival Pocono Mountain West 6-4.The Bears (2-2, 2-1) were led by Nicholas Domenici (3-for-4) and Adam Raseley (2-for-3) at the plate.Travis VanHouten picked up the win on the mound while Thomas Aruta earned the save.Pleasant Vy. 020 010 3 - 6 8 3PM West 111 001 0 - 4 8 4VanHouten, Aruta; Giuffrida. WP - VanHouten. LP - Giuffrida. S - Aruta.Saucon Valley-No. LehighBehind Austin Cawley's dominant pitching performance, Saucon Valley secured a 1-0 Colonial League win over Northern Lehigh.Cawley tossed a no-hitter for the Panthers, striking out 11and walking one.Northern Lehigh's (0-3) Matt Egan nearly matched his counterpart, allowing only three hits with no walks in seven innings of work.Saucon Vy. 000 100 0 - 1 3 1No. Lehigh 000 000 0 - 0 0 2Cawley and Harka; Egan and Landis. WP - Cawley. LP - Egan.So. Lehigh-NorthwesternNorthwestern picked up a 9-4 win against Southern Lehigh in Colonial League play.Brady Mengel went 2-for-3 for the Tigers (3-3, 3-2) with a double and four runs batted in. Austin Yanek also added two hits and two stolen bases.So. Lehigh 011 200 0 - 4 6 2Northwestern 402 012 X - 9 11 3Milios, Mann (5) and Del Priore; Williamson, Rodriguez (7) and Breidinger. WP - Williamson. LP - Milios.Williams Valley-MarianMarian posted a Schuylkill League mercy-rule victory over Williams Valley, 11-1.For the third straight game, the Colts have had double digit hits as they improve to 2-1 overall. Anthony Agosti led the offensive charge in this game with two doubles, two runs scored and two RBIs. Josh Inama also had a double, a single, scored a run and had a RBI, while teammate Robbie Hinkle had two singles, a run and a RBI.Jared Matter, Ben Rauntzahn, Noah Kriswell and Steven Sedesky all had singles for Williams Valley.Williams Valley 100 00 - 1 4 0Marian 316 1x - 11 11 0Matter, Krisswell (3), Rauntzahn and Kriswell, Whitcomb (3); Baddick and Nietz. WP - Baddick, LP - Matter.Tamaqua-Pine GroveBo Rottet came on to pitch the last six innings and scored on a throwing error in the top of the 10th to give the Blue Raiders a 5-4 Division I win over the Cardinals.Rottet and Brett Kosciolek had two hits for the Raiders. Rottet fanned 11 in the win.Tamaqua 102 010 000 1 - 5 7 1Pine Grove 100 20 000 0 - 4 8 4Blaker, Rottet (5) and Roberts; Fick, Blankenhorn (8) and Zimmerman. WP - Rottet.Jim Thorpe-PottsvilleTravis Blankenhorn struck out 11 batters to help the Crimson Tide to a 15-0 win over the Olympians in four innings.Will Kovalenko had the lone hit for the Olympians.Jim Thorpe 000 0 - 0 1 6Pottsville 143 7 - 15 7 0Saez, McElmoyle (3), Sterling (4), Pompa (4), McCuller (4) and Everett; Blankenhorn and Hinchliffe.. WP - Blankenhorn.SOFTBALLPottsvile-Jim ThorpePottsville raced out to an early lead and held off Jim Thorpe for the 9-0 shutout softball win.Kyra Bulino's first inning home run got things off to strong fashion for the winners, as she finished with three RBIs.For the Lady Olympians, Bryanna Kehrli had her team's sole hit with a single.Pottsville 511 001 1 - 9 14 0Jim Thorpe 000 000 0 - 0 1 2Mordy and Shrift; Day and Marzen. WP - Mordy, LP - Day. HR: P - Bulino (1st, two on).ES South-LehightonLehighton used a dominant pitching performance and a potent offense to pick up a 10-1 Mountain Valley Conference win against East Stroudsburg South 10-1.The Lady Indians (1-4) Autumn Bickert had a perfect game through four innings and finished with a one-hitter.Offensively, Lehighton was paced by Jocylyn Hunsicker and Amanda Loudon, who both went 3-for-4.ES South 000 010 0 - 1 1 2Lehighton 131 320 X - 10 14 1Bickert and Andrews; Snyder. WP - Bickert. LP - Snyder.No. Dame GP-PalmertonPalmerton had to withstand a late comeback by Notre Dame of Green Pond to take the 7-6 Colonial League softball win.Janel Tracy was the offensive standout for the Lady Bombers, as she was 2-for-3 at the plate with a home run and four RBIs. Teammate Steph Brinker was perfect at 3-for-3 and Kendra Pekurny finished 2-for-4, as well. Pekurny had a standout performance on the mound, as she struck out 12 batters that she faced throughout for the pitching win.With the win, Palmerton improves to 2-3 on the season.No. Dame GP 010 410 0 - 6 7 1Palmerton 202 300 x - 7 8 3Knarr and Simpkins; Pekurny and Acker. WP - Pekurny, LP - Knarr. HR: P - Tracy.Tamaqua-Pine GroveTamaqua scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull out a come-from-behind, 4-3 win over Pine Grove.In the decisive seventh, Taylor Fritz smacked a 2-RBI double over the center fielder's head to bring in the winning runs. Fritz also added a single earlier in the contest. Shayna Dietrich had three singles, a double and a RBI, while teammate freshman Cailyn Joseph had two singles, as well.Pine Grove 101 100 0 - 3 9 0Tamaqua 000 100 3 - 4 13 1Whitman and Wolff; Pedersen and Sassaman. WP - Pedersen, LP - Whitman. HR: PG - Sidleck (1st, none on).Panther Vy.-PM WestPocono Mountain West walked to an easy 21-5 non-league win over Panther Valley.PM West took advantage of 16 Panther Valley walks in the contest. When the ball did cross the plate, Hemlin Gomez made the most of it, going 2-for-4 with two doubles and five runs batted in.Jessica Bauder, Samantha Snyder and Kylie Catena had the RBI's for Panther Valley.Panther Vy. 131 - 5 4 3PM West 0(21)X - 21 6 4Goodroe, Hill (2), Maturana (2) and Rodriguez; Perch. WP - Perch. LP - Goodroe.Saucon Vy.-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh scored late against Colonial League foe Saucon Valley and held on for a 4-3 win.The Lady Bulldogs were led by Cassie Toth, who went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in.Amber Thomas had a run scoring double and picked up the win, striking out eight and allowing only one walk.Saucon Vy. 100 200 0 - 3 8 1No. Lehigh 011 020 X - 4 5 3Petsch and Gubish; Thomas and Yesik. WP - Thomas. LP - Petsch.So. Lehigh-NorthwesternSouthern Lehigh used a quick start to outlast Northwestern for a 6-2 Colonial League win.The Spartans were led by Nicole Siffle, Sophia Rizzo and Olivia Byrne, who all had two hits.Sunny Greenberg paced the Lady Tigers, going 2-for-3 with two runs batted in.So. Lehigh 030 012 0 - 6 11 0Northwestern 000 002 0 - 2 6 4Herr; Bennet. WP - Herr. LP - Bennet.TENNISPM West-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe suffered a narrow 3-2 loss to non-league opponent Pocono Mountain West.Luke Eggert picked up a win in singles' play for the Olympians, while Brett Luicana and Austin Faylor earned a doubles' victory.PM West 3, Jim Thorpe 2SINGLESIsaih Torres (PMW) def. Matt Miller, 7-5, 6-1; Armando Sharma (PMW) def. John Lowin, 6-2, 6-1; Luke Eggert (JT) def. Jason Horvath, 6-2, 7-5, 14-12.DOUBLESBrett Luicana/Austin Faylor (JT) def. Christian Horvath/Zach McNaley, 3-6, 6-3, 10-5; Johny Collado/Nicholas Princetta (PMW) def. Roman Raytsis/Shane Verano, 6-0, 6-3.Palmerton-WilsonThe Blue Bombers dropped their ninth straight match by losing to Wilson, 5-0 in Colonial League play.Wilson 5, Palmerton 0SINGLESChris Ott (W) def Rich Roselli (P) 6-1, 6-2; ; Noah Dombroski (W) def Jordan Cressman (P) 6-0, 6-0; Michael Veres (W) def Ryan Roberts (P) 6-0, 6-0.DOUBLESJames Fritz and Collin Hagenbach (W) def Sal Melo and Kristen Ahner (P) 6-0, 6-0; Brian Kuntz and Cody Koch (W) def Alex Hummel and Collin Green (P) 8-6

bob ford/times news Palmerton's Ashley Lalik (left) puts the tag on Notre Dame's Tyra Watson at third base.