Marian posted baseball and softball victories to highlight Wednesday's scholastic sports action.

BASEBALLMarian-MinersvilleMarian made its long-delayed season opener a successful one by rallying for a 7-5 Schuylkill League victory over Minersville.After surrendering five Minersville runs in the first inning, the Colts came back to tie the game. Pete Baddick then blasted a two-run homer in the sixth inning to put Marian ahead.Frank Nietz (two RBIs), Rob Hinkle (one RBI), Dante Salerno (one RBI), and Austin Paisley all had multiple hit games for the Colts (1-0).Baddick tossed three scoreless innings to earn the win in relief.Marian 101 212 0 - 7 13 1Minersville 500 000 0 - 5 9 0Stalwick, Hinkle (4), Baddick (5) and Nietz; Fritz, Brown (5) and Hefferon. W - Baddick. L - Brown. HR - Marian: Baddick (6th, one on)Stroudsburg-LehightonLehighton fell at home to Stroudsburg in a Mountain Valley Conference clash, 9-0Joey DePerno limited the Indian offense to just four hits in the contest.The Indians fall to 0-2 on the season.Stroudsburg 230 004 0 - 9 9 0Lehighton 000 000 0 - 0 4 2David and Clements; DePerno and Van Orman. W - Deperno. L - DavidCatasauqua-No. LehighCatasauqua earned a road victory over Northern Lehigh in a Colonial League match up, 7-2.Northern Lehigh's Matt Egan had a solid day at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a run scored. Travis Nelmes added a single and and RBI while Nick Hoffer had a hit and scored a run.The Bulldogs fall to 0-2 on the season.Catasauqua 000 103 3 - 7No Lehigh 100 001 0 - 2Correll, Shiffert (6) and Pacchioli; Hoffer, Taylor (7) and Landis. W - Correll. L - Hoffer.Bangor-NorthwesternBangor did all its damage in the third inning and then held on for a 6-5 Colonial League victory over Northwestern.The Slaters (1-1, 1-0) erupted to score six times in the third as Tanner Brescancine and Josh Field both drove in a pair of runs.Northwestern battled back behind big games from Nick Rodriguez (two hits, RBI); Jake Augustus (single, double, run); and Austin Yanek (two hits, run, RBI) but fell just short.The loss drops the Tigers to 2-3 overall and 2-2 in the league.Bangor 006 000 0 - 6 8 4Northwestern 020 012 0 - 5 8 3Freeman, Cutler (5) and Field; Augustus, Rodriguez (6) and Breidinger. W-Freeman. L-Augustus.Palmerton-Pen ArgylTravis Slaughter fired a two-hitter to lead Pen Argyl to a 1-0 Colonial League victory over Palmerton.Slaughter also accounted for the game's only offense with a solo home run in the fourth.The Bombers (0-2) also got outstanding pitching as Nick Frey allowed just two hits and a run in four innings of work. Zachary Svetik followed with two scoreless innings of relief, allowing two hits and fanning three.Palmerton 000 000 0 - 0 2 0Pen Argyl 000 100 x - 1 4 3Frey, Svetik (5) and George; Slaughter and Smith. W-Slaughter. L-Frey. HR - Pen Argyl: Slaughter (4th, none on)Jim Thorpe-No. SchuylkillNorth Schuylkill cruised to a 15-0 mercy rule victory over Jim Thorpe.The Spartans scored six unearned runs over the opening two innings and then blew the Schuylkill League contest open with an eight-run third.CJ Steinhilber had two hits, two runs scored, and three RBIs for the Spartans. .Ryan McCullough and Ricky Saez had Jim Thorpe's only hits.Jim Thorpe 000 0 - 0 2 3No. Schuylkill 428 1 - 15 12 1B. Micciche, Carroll (3), Everitt (3) and Saez; Grigas, Wiley (4) and Backiewicz. W-Grigas. L-B. Micciche.SOFTBALLBangor-NorthwesternNorthwestern defeated Bangor in a Colonial League clash, 4-1.Brooke Wehr and Erynn Day chipped in two hits apiece for the Tigers. The Northwestern offense looked good as it produced 10 total hits in the contest.Emily Bennett scattered six hits to earn the pitching victory.Bangor 000 100 0 - 1 6 1Northestern 300 001 x - 4 10 2Bennett and Greenberg; Langdon and Smith. W - Bennett. L - LangdonBlue Mountain-MarianMarian defeated Blue Mountain in a non-league contest, 11-1.Bethany Shaud threw an impressive one-hitter to help propel Marian to victory.Offensive standouts for the Fillies included Abby Stankiewitch (home run, four RBIs) and Lindsay Nemeth (two RBIs).Blue Mt. 000 001 - 1 1 3Marian 504 02x - 11 12 1Tothero, Holler (4) and Labe; Shaud and Nemeth. W - Shaud. L - Tothero. HR - Marian: StankiewitchCatasauqua-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh rallied in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge Catasauqua, 2-1, in Colonial League action.Trailing 1-0 entering their final atbat, the Bulldogs pulled out the dramatic victory when Shannon Weil and Taylor Herman reached base and Meghan Handwerk delivered a game-winning, two-run single.Weil had two hits and a walk for Northern Lehigh, which improved to 2-0 in CL play.Amber Thomas had a strong outing on the mound for the Bulldogs, allowing just three hits and striking out two.Catasauqua 010 000 0 - 1 3 2No. Lehigh 000 000 2 - 2 4 1Ayache and Matos; Thomas and Yesik. W-Thomas. L-Ayache.Tamaqua-NativityNativity edged Tamaqua in a non-league battle, 1-0.Pitching dominated the game as the Golden Girls' Jocelyn Holobetz allowed just three hits and fanned two to pick up the victory. Meanwhile, Tamaqua's Bailey Pedersen was just as impressive in defeat as she also allowed just three hits and struck out four.For Tamaqua (2-1), Bailey Hartung, Shayna Dietrich and Carly Sassaman all had hits.Tamaqua 000 000 0 - 0 3 1Nativity 000 100 x - 1 3 1Pedersen and Sassaman; Holobetz and Warren. W-Holobetz. L-Pedersen.Stroudsburg-LehightonLehighton fell to Stroudsburg in a Mountain Valley Conference match up, 12-0.Sarah Canfield had three RBIs to lead the way for the Mountaineers.Stroudsburg 020 217 - 12 9 5Lehighton 000 000 - 0 5 1Kress and Pizzo; Bickert and Andrews. W - Kress. L - Bickert.Palmerton-Pen ArgylPalmerton fell to Pen Argyl in a Colonial League match up, 11-4.Emily Smull of Pen Argyl hit her second grand slam in two days and totalled six RBIs in the contest.The Bombers' Megan Peck had a triple and two runs scored.Palmerton 103 000 0 - 4 8 0Pen Argyl 000 740 - 11 9 4Pekurny, Gower (4) and Cambpell; Ashmore, Smull (5) and Kresch. W - Ashmore. L - Pekurny. HR - Pen Argyl: Smull (4th, three on)TENNISJim Thorpe-LehightonLehighton earned a nice victory over Jim Thorpe in a non-league battle, 7-0.Lehighton's No. 1 singles player Tegan Durishin looked sharp as he rolled to a 6-0, 6-1 victory.Thomas Phelan and Kurt Heideck were also impressive in doubles, posting an indentical, 6-0, 6-1 win.Lehighton 7, Jim Thorpe 0SINGLESTegan Durishin (L) def. Matt Miller 6-0, 6-1; Peter Phelan (L) def. John Lowin 7-5, 6-4; Spence David (L) def. Luice Agert 6-4, 7-5DOUBLESMike Perkins/Allysa Jordan (L) def. Luke Carter/Shaun Costanzo 8-3; Chris Windbeck/Josh Knappenberger (L) def. Austin Saylor/Brett Luicana 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; Emily Cerimele/Andrea Schaeffer (L) def. Brandon Huffman/Roman Raytsis 6-4, 6-2; Thomas Phelan/Kurt Heideck (L) def. Shane Varano/Chris Widdicompo 6-0, 6-1TENNISPalmerton-Moravian Acad.Powerful Moravian Academy flexed its muscles in a 5-0 Colonial League victory over Palmerton.The Lions, who have a couple of the top returning Class AA players in District 11 in their singles lineup, didn't lose a game in singles play and lost just one game the entire match.Moravian Academy 5, Palmerton 0SINGLESZach Shaff (MA) def. Seth Andress, 6-0, 6-0; Madhan Sekar (MA) def Jordan Cressman, 6-0, 6-0; Jackson Dorangi (MA) def Jacob Brown, 6-0, 6-0.DOUBLESDyan Brands/Abhi Sekar (MA) def Alex Hummel/Margaret Silverstein, 6-0, 6-1; Oliver Scott/Julian Rohatgi (MA) def Ryan Roberts/Margaret Ermlick, 6-0, 6-0.