The Jim Thorpe softball team has solidified its first two-win season since 2010, and have now won back-to-back games for the first time since 2004, with a 4-0 victory over Weatherly on Thursday.

The Marian softball team also came up with a big Division III victory, defeating rival Nativity, 3-1.In local baseball action, Lehighton, Marian, and Tamaqua all picked up victories as well.SOFTBALLJim Thorpe-WeatherlyJim Thorpe defeated Weatherly in a Schulkill League contest, 4-0.Talia Valentini was two for four in the contest for the Lady Olympians. Gianna Bucci had two RBIs and Ciara Miranda had one of her own.Weatherly had hits from Jess Polcuin, Jenna Bartel, and Ally Parker.Jim Thorpe 010 300 0 - 4Weatherly 000 000 0 - 0Holloway and Kerli; Polcuin and Maiello. WP - Holloway. LP - Polchin.Lehighton-Linc. LeadershipLehighton made quick work of Lincoln Leadership, coming away with a 22-0 victory in just three innings.For the Indians, Kelsey Andrews was the offensive standout on the day, tallying four hits and six RBIs, while scoring four runs. Cammi Nalesnik also had two hits, knocking in two runs and Allison Armbruster had two hits and two RBIs.With the win Lehighton improves to 3-5 in the season.Lehighton 4(13)5 - 22 16 0Linc. Leadership 000 - 0 0 6Bickert, Armbruster (2), and Andrews; Helena and Nieves; WP - Bickert LP - Helena.Mahanoy Area-Panther ValleyMahanoy Area defeated Panther Valley in a Schuylkill League clash, 16-1.Emily Bruce was the standout in the contest as she pitched five innings of no hit softball. She struck out nine batters in the contest for Mahanoy Area.Marcella Scheeler had a double and a home run in the contest for the Bears.Mahanoy Area 047 11 - 16 13 1Panther Vy. 000 00 - 1 0 3Bruce; Maturana. W - Bruce. L - Maturana. HR - Mahanoy Area: ScheelerEaston-Pleasant ValleyEaston defeated Pleasant Valley on the road in a non-league match up, 8-1.Maegan Kavanagh of Easton pitched well in a complete game; striking out six and only yielding one run.Gianna Solomon also added two doubles and two RBIs for Easton.Madison Shaneberger had a single and drove in the Pleasant Valley run.Easton 302 003 0 - 8 10 0Pleasant Vy. 000 001 0 - 1 5 2Kavanagh and Pennington; Griesback and Caffrey. WP - Kavanagh. LP - Griesback.ES South-PalmertonPalmerton was victorious at home in a non-league match with East Stroudsburg South, 3-0.Reese Dugan and Erika Easton combined to throw a one hitter in the circle for the Blue Bombers.Tricia Connolly went yard and added two RBIs to help propel Palmerton to victory. Ashley Lalik also went two for three in the contest for Palmerton.Palmerton improves to 5-5 on the season.ES South 000 000 0 - 0 1 1Palmerton 000 300 x - 3 8 0Dugan, Easton(5); and Acker; No Info Proved for ESS. WP - Dugan. HR - Palmerton: ConnollyNativity-MarianMarian rallied late to earn a win against Nativity at home in a Schuylkill League Division III contest, 3-1.Bethany Shaud had eight strikeouts in the circle for the Fillies. Shaud also had an RBI of her own at the plate.Alex Stroia had a home run, Lindsay Nemeth had a double and a single; and Gabby Cann had a RBI for Marian on the offensive end.Marian improves to 8-1 (4-1) on the season.Nativity 000 001 0 - 1 7 2Marian 000 003 x - 3 5 2Holobetz and Warren; Shaud and Nemeth. WP - Shaud. LP - Holobetz. HR - Marian: Stroia (6th inning, nobody on)TENNISWilson-PalmertonWilson handled Palmerton for a 5-0 Colonial League victory.The Warriors took down the Bombers in straight sets throughout the match.Wilson 5, Palmerton 0SINGLESChris Ott (W) def. Richard Roselli (P) 8-4; Scott Marceca (W) def. Seth Andress (P) 6-0, 6-2;James Fritz (W) def. Jordan Cressman (P) 6-1, 6-2DOUBLESMichael Veres/Collin Hagenbuch (W) def Sal Melo/Jacob Brown (P) 6-1, 6-0; Brian Kuntz/Justin Hollshwander (W) def Kristen Ahner/Alex Hummel (P) 6-2, 6-0.PM West-LehightonLehighton was victorious at home over Pocono Mountain West in a Mountain Valley clash, 5-2.Tegan Durishin was the lone singles victor in the contest. The Indians went on to sweep Pocono Mountain West in the four doubles matches en route to victory.Lehighton 5, P.M. West 2SINGLESTegan Durishin (L) def. Isaiah Tores 2-6, 6-2, 6-1; Amandeep Sharma (PM) def. Peter Phelan 6-2, 6-1; Jason Horbath (PM) def. Spence David 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.DOUBLESMike Perkins/Allysa Jordan (L) def. Tim Gaudetted/Ralf Polynice 8-4; Josh Knappenberger/Chris Windbeck (L) def. Christian Horbath/Zach McNultty 7-6, (7-3), 6-1; Emily Cerimele/Andrea Schafer (L) def. Johnny Colabro/Nick Princetta 7-5, 6-2; Thomas Phelan/Kurt Heideck (L) def. Bryson Boer/Sime Risica 6-4, 6-4.Blue Mtn.-Jim ThorpeBlue Mountain took care of business at Jim Thorpe on Thursday, coming away with a 5-0 Schuylkill League victory.The Blue Eagles defeated the Olympians (1-13) in straight sets in all three singles matches and both doubles matches as well.Blue Mtn. 5, Jim Thorpe 0SINGLESCollin Boris (BM) def. Matt Miller (JT) 6-0, 6-0; Adam Pace (BM) def. John Lowin (JT) 6-1, 6-2; Andy Svrcek (BM) def. Luke Eggert (JT) 7-6 (7-2), 6-1.DOUBLESBen Ney/Connor McCaw (BM) def. Brett Luicana/Austin Faylor (JT) 6-1, 6-2; Bryce Weizer/Brady Hufford (BM) def. Brandon Huffman/Roman Raytsis (JT) 6-3, 6-2.Stroudsburg-Pleasant Vy.Stroudsburg earned a road Mountain Valley Conference victory over Pleasant Valley, 5-2.Jon White and Jon Walmach earned both Pleasant Valley points in their respective No. 1 and No. 2 singles matches for the Bears.Pleasant Valley is now 12-2 on the season.Stroudsburg 5, Pleasant Vy. 2SINGLESJon White (PV) def. Brady Wyant 7-5, 5-7, 6-0; Jon Walmach (PV) def. Chris Vo 6-4, 6-2; Danny Procorcino (S) def. Stevie Berry 6-2, 7-6, 2-6, 6-7, (7-5).DOUBLESLuke Artzt/Madir Nanaa (S) def. Eric SChmidt/Davis Reiss 8-5; Will Lynch/Brian Smith (S) def. Brandon Percey/Erik Ammermann 6-1, 6-3; Andy Hendry/Connor Cassaday (S) def. Eric Galante/Kevin Bantel 6-1, 7-6, (2-7); Corbin Buff/Jake Rubin (S) def. Steven Nale/Anthony Taldone 6-1, 6-3.TRACKRed and Black InvitationJim Thorpe-Pleasant Vy.Local teams Jim Thorpe and Pleasant Valley took part in the eighth annual Red and Black Invitational at East Stroudsburg University on Thursday. There were 16 schools involved in the invite.Pleasant Valley finished fifth in the boys and fourth in the girls, while Jim Thorpe took home eighth in the boys and 14th in the girls.Below are the local athletes that finished in the top five in all events.BOYS100 - 4. Khaaliq Lynch (JT) 11.65, 5. Austyn Borre (PV) 11.72; 200 - 4. Khaaliq Lynch (JT) 23.92, 5. Austyn Borre (PV) 23.96; 400 - 1. Aliem Hoousendove (PV) 51.38; 800 - 2. Khai Samuels (PV) 2:01.20; 1600 - 5. Khai Samuels (PV) 4:33.15; 3200 - 3. Jonathan Condly (JT) 10:01.57; 400 relay - 2. Pleasant Valley 44.47 (Morris, Nevarez, Sheehan, Borre), 3200 relay - 3. Jim Thorpe 8:23.93 (Saxon, Gilkes, McGeehan, Condly); High jump - 5. Rayan Green (JT) 6-0; Long jump - 4. Kevin Cruz (PV) 20-3; Triple jump - 3. Max Orsot (PV) 42-7 1/2.GIRLS800 - 2. Samantha Young (PV) 2:24.91, 3. Kaitlyn Smith (PV) 2:26.19, Jen Mickens (PV) 2:26.70; 1600 - 2. Samantha Young (PV) 5:16.07, 5. Lizz Eberhardt (PV) 5:32.13; 300H - 5. Devon Matz (JT) 49.15; 1600 relay - 3. Pleasant Valley 4:22.47 (Smith, Mickens, Jones, Palmer), 5. Jim Thorpe 4:25.93 (Lloyd, Castillo, Capper, Matz); 3200 relay - 2. Pleasant Valley 10:28.90 (Kaspszyk, Leach, Braddock, Eberhardt); Pole vault - 2. Colleen Hoffman (JT) 8-6; Javelin - 4. Katie Frinzi (PV) 93-8.BASEBALLDieruff-LehightonLehighton earned a home win in a non-leage match up with Dieruff, 4-2.Lehighton's Thatcher David was impressive on the mound as he tallied eight strikeouts during the contest. Nick Hill closed out the last two innings for the Indians on the mound.The Indians improve to 3-5 on the season.Dieruff 200 000 0 - 2 5 1Lehighton 103 000 x - 4 2 6David, Hill(6), and Clements; Siebert and Anoai. WP - David. LP - Siebert.Shenandoah Valley-MarianMarian clicked offensively as they were victorious in a Schuylkill League clash, 19-7.Shenandoah struck first, but Marian never looked back after the first inning. The Colts scored nine runs in the botto of the fourth inning to shorten the game.Austin Paisley had three singles and a RBI for the Colts. Frank Nietz contributed three singles and two RBIs; KJ Snerr had three singles as well as three RBIs.Rob Hinkle and Anthony Agosti also combined for five RBIs in the contest.Ian McCole of Shenandoah Valley was three for three with four RBIs in the game.Marian improves to 6-1 on the season.Shenandoah Vy 202 30 - 7 5 2Marian 343 9x - 19 15 2McCole, Bonk(3), Cespedes(4) and Sajere; Stawick, Inama(3), Keer(4) and Nietz. WP - Inama. LP - McCole.Tamaqua-Tri-ValleyClinging to a 2-1 lead Tamaqua added some insurance runs in the seventh inning, scoring five, defeating a tough Tri-Valley squad 7-2.Brett Kosciolek, Matt Roberts, Daylon Barron, and Bo Rottet had run-scoring hits in the seventh for the Raiders (6-2, 3-1 SL).Connor Hartung was also big on the mound for Tamaqua, allowing just three hits.Another good sign for the Raiders ball club was that junior pitching standout from a year ago, Brett Kosciolek saw his first action on the mound as he pitched the seventh for Tamaqua.Tamaqua 000 101 5 - 7 11 1Tri-Valley 100 000 1 - 2 4 3Hartung, Kosciolek (7), and Roberts; Bordner Masser (4), Snyder (7), and Herb; WP - Hartung LP - Masser.E.S. South-PalmertonEast Stroudsburg South scored seven runs between the third, fourth, and fifth inning to come away with a 9-1 non league victory over Palmerton.Four different Palmerton players had hits on the day for the Bombers.Palmerton 100 000 0 - 1 4 3E.S. South 023 202 0 - 9 10 2