Palmerton managed to pick up baseball and softball wins over the weekend in Colonial League play.

BASEBALLJim Thorpe-Panther ValleyPanther Valley got a run in the bottom of the eighth inning to pull out a 8-7 Schuylkill League win over Jim Thorpe.Matt Hudicka's game-winning hit brought in the winning run to lift the Panthers to 4-5 on the season. Hudicka finished the game 2-for-4 with two RBIs, while Anthony Vavra was also 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a double and a RBI. Darren Goida, the game's starting pitcher that yielded two earned runs on the mound, was 1-for-2 with three walks, a run scored, two stolen bases and a RBI.For the Olympians, Brendan Carroll finished the game 2-for-3 with a run, Jordan McElmoyle was 2-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored, while Dominic Pompa was also 2-for-4 with a run scored.Jim Thorpe 100 042 00 - 7 10 1Panther Valley 000 400 31 - 8 8 2Carroll, Micciche (7) and Joyce; Goida, Hudicka (7) and Mazzie. W - Hudicka, L - Micciche.No. Dame GP-NorthwesternNorthwestern used two runs in the bottom of the sixth to come from behind for the 3-2 Colonial League win over Notre Dame of Green Pond.Winning pitcher, Josh Williamson struck out eight on the mound, committing no walks in the process for the nice outing. Offensively, teammate Jordan Storm had a nice day with a 2-for-2 showing with all three RBIs.For the Crusaders (8-3 overall, 7-3 league), Eric Santiago was 2-for-3 with a run scored, a RBI and a stolen base.The Tigers improve to 9-2 overall and 9-1 in the league.Notre Dame 002 000 0 - 2 7 2Northwestern 100 002 x - 3 4 2Valkenburg and Dadio; Williamson and Wiik. WP - Williamson, LP - Valkenburg.Wilson-PalmertonThe Blue Bombers held off a rally by the Warriors to grab a 4-3 Colonial League win.Mark Quinn had a double and drove in a run for the Bombers.Garrett Perschy started and got relief help from Zach Svetik.Wilson 100 002 0 - 3 4 0Palmerton 001 111 x - 4 8 0W - Svetik. L - Carslo.Pleasant Vy.-StroudsburgCJ Lopez had two hits and scored two runsto lead Stroudsburg to a 6-1 win over Pleasant Valley in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference baseball at Coca-Cola Park.Mike Nikorak struck out seven and got the win for the Mounts, who are now 8-1 on the season.The Bears are now 4-6.Pleasant Vy. 010 000 0 - 1 3 2Stroudsburg 101 202 X - 6 11 2VanHouten, Dominici (5), Kearns (6) and Pandalfo; Nikorak, Pugliesi (5), Choy (7) and Breithaupt.SOFTBALLWilson-PalmertonPalmerton's Reese Dugan fired a two-hitter shutout over Wilson to lead the Lady Bombers to a 3-0 win.Dugan fired 14 strikeouts in the contest en route to the win, while Steph Brinker finished 2-for-3 on the day with two runs scored and Darion Jacoby also finished 2-for-3.For the Warriors, Kendra Showalter was 1-for-3 with a triple in the losing effort.Palmerton improves to 9-1 overall on the season.Wilson 000 000 0 - 0 2 3Palmerton 002 010 x - 3 5 0Casade and Losco; Dugan and Campbell. W - Dugan, L - Casade.Pleasant Vy.-FreedomAlyssa Kotzmann scored the only run for the Bears as Freedom rolled to a 7-1 win in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference play.Pleas. Vy. 000 001 0 - 1 6 4Freedom 100 042 X - 7 9 1Griesback, Fouts (6) and Hill; Peterson and Guidetti. W -Peterson. L - Griesback.Jim Thorpe-Panther Vy.Jim Thorpe defeated Panther Valley in a Schuylkill League crossover contest, 15-0.Maggie Holloway led the Lady Olympians with a double and a single. She was also the winning pitcher.Megan Marouchoc, Lexi Rodriguez, and Mary Lazar had the hits for Panther Valley.Jim Thorpe 644 1 - 15 13 0Panther Vy. 000 0 - 0 3 7Holloway and Marzen; Beers and Rodriguez. W - Holloway. L - Beers.Notre Dame-NorthwesternNorthwestern won convincingly in a Colonial League contest over Notre Dame, 10-0.The Lady Tigers scattered 11 hits during the victory. Claire O'Dea led Northwestern with four RBIs, as Kaitlyn Bower had three his and two RBIs.Lydia Danner was the winning pitcher and allowed just one hit.Notre Dame 000 00 - 0 1 3Northwestern 007 03 - 10 11 1Knarr and Simking; Danner and Wehr. W - Danner. L - Simking.Tamaqua-HamburgHamburg defeated Tamaqua in a non-league contest, 8-1Taylor Fritz was the Tamaqua standout with two hits. Lynn Kistler had a single and a run scored.Paige Lesher of Hamburg was three for three with two home runs, three runs scored, and five RBIs.Tamaqua 000 010 0 - 1 6 0Hamburg 301 202 x - 8 14 1Pedersen and Sassaman; Lesher and Shollenberger. W - Lesher. L - Pedersen. HR: H - Lesher 2SOFTBALLWeatherly-MarianBethany Shaud tossed a one-hitter to lead Marian to a 10-0 mercy-rule victory over Weatherly.Shaud struck out nine and walked one as Marian improved to 4-2 in Schuylkill League play.Miranda Antiga, Nicole Salerno, Brianna Wimmer, Alex Stroia and Shaud all had two hits for the Fillies. Salerno scored two runs and knocked in a pair. Shaud also drove home two runs.Jess Polchin had the only hit for Weatherly (4-3, 2-3).Weatherly 000 00 - 0 1 2Marian 103 42 - 10 12 0Polchin and Maiello; Shaud and Salerno. W - Shaud. L-Polchin.Allentown C.C.-MarianAllentown Central Catholic blanked Marian 3-0 in a non-league game.Casey Scheuren tossed a four-hitter for the Vikings and Emily Lazarus belted a two-run homer.The Fillies got a pair of hits from Miranda Antiga as they finished with a split of their two games on Saturday and saw their record drop to 6-4 on the season.Allentown C.C. 000 003 0 - 3 6 0Marian 000 000 0 - 0 4 1Scheuren and lararus; Shaud and Salerno. W-Scheuren. L-Shaud. HR: ACC - Lazarus (6th, one on).TRACKMarian-Shippensburg RelaysMarian and Tamaqua both took part in the Shippensburg Relays with some quality results.For the Blue Raiders, Trevor Skripko finished fourth in the shot put, Nicole Wasserleben took second in the 3200, Monika Shimko was third in the 800 and Morgan Boyle finished second in the javelin. The girls' 4x800 relay team also managed a fourth place, to round out the team's successes.Marian's highlights were topped by fourth place finishes by Kaylee Ceci in the shot put, Brenna Karnish in the triple jump and the boys' 4x400 relay team. Nico Agosti took fifth in the 400, as well as Mark Buchinsky in the triple jump, while the girls' 4x400 relay team also came in fifth place. Rounding out the area results was the Colts' 4x800 relay team, who came in sixth.TENNISPen Argyl-Jim ThorpePen Argyl proved to be too much for Jim Thorpe, as the Green Knights blanked the locals, 5-0.Brett Luicana's match at number two singles was the only match to be stretched to three sets, before the Olympian bowed out in the third.With the loss, the Olympians drop to 6-11 on the season.Pen Argyl 5, Jim Thorpe 0SINGLESPierce Blasi (PA) def. Matt Miller 6-1, 6-0; Tyler Minnich (PA) def. Brett Luicana 2-6, 7-6 (6), 1-0; Anthony Polizzi (PA) def. Luke Eggert 7-5, 6-2.DOUBLESMason Hudnall/Sam Martini (PA) def. Roman Raytsis/Shaun DiCostanzo 6-3, 6-4; Russ Hoover/Bryce Bartolacci (PA) def. Luke Carter/Chris Widdicombe 6-3, 6-1.Lehighton-PottsvilleThe Indians upped their record to 7-3 with a 5-2 win over the Crimson Tide in the completion of a suspended match.Tegan Durishin, Josh Knappenberger, Thomas Phelan and Emily Cerimele all won singles matches. Durishin and Knappenberger also won their doubles match.Lehighton 5, Pottsville 2SINGLESTegan Durishin (L) def. Nick Mason 6-2, 6-2; Pat Coyle (P) def. Spencer David 3-6, 7-6 (7-0), 10-6; Josh Knappenberger (L) def. Dan Wanser 6-1, 6-0; Thomas Phelan (L) def. Mike Logothetides 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 11-9; Emily Cerimele (L) def. Josh Marx 6-3, 6-4.DOUBLESDurishin and Knappenberger (L) def. Mason and Coyle 6-1, retired; Wanser and Brandon Kessock (P) def. Andrea Schafer and Mike Pados 8-4.EPC League TournamentThe opening rounds of the inaugural Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Boys Tennis Tournament were held after rain postponed the scheduled start on Friday.Jon White was the only Pleasant Valley player to reach the semifinals of his group as he picked up a pair of victories at No. 1 singles.White beat Jason Horvath of Pocono Mountain West in his first match of the tournament at Parkland High School. Later in the day, White downed Liberty's Dan Lynn to advance to the semifinal round.No immediate date was set to conclude the tournament, but it will likely be in two weeks after districts and all of the regular season matches are completed. When play resumes, White will be facing off against the No. 1 singles player in the area, Andrew Sinai of Freedom High School. All of the top four seeds survived in the No. 1 singles brackets.Bear's singles players Erik Ammerman and Alec Herman along with all three PV doubles teams lost their opening matches.