Tamaqua's baseball and softball teams both posted mercy-rule wins on Friday.

Palmerton posted victories in baseball and tennis, while other teams gaining wins included Pleasant Valley baseball, Marian baseball and Northern Lehigh softball.BASEBALLTri Valley-TamaquaTamaqua improved to 6-4 on the season with a 10-0 victory over Tri-Valley.Tamaqua's Brett Kosciolek put the Blue Raiders on the scoreboard with a three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning. Kosciolek finished the day with three hits (including a double and a home run), three runs and four RBI. Nate MacDonald backed Kosciolek with two hits and four runs, while Owen Bates picked up two hits and two RBI.Bo Rottet secured the win on the mound for Tamaqua allowing just one hit and one walk, while striking out six.Tri- Valley 000 00 - 0 1 3Tamaqua 330 22 - 10 11 0Masser, Lucas (5) and Yoder; Rottet and Rother. W - Rottet. L - Masser. HR: Tamaqua - Kosciolek (1st, two on).Pleasant Vy.-BecahiIn the completion of a rain-suspended game from April 7, Pleasant Valley hung on for an 11-8 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Bethlehem Catholic.After falling behind 6-2, the Bears combined for nine runs over the span of the fourth and fifth innings to take an 11-6 lead.Pleasant Valley tallied 17 hits as a team, and was led by Travis VanHouten's three hits, two runs and two RBI. Brett Hardy also tacked on three hits, while five other Bears added two hits apiece.Jordan Santee paced Bethlehem Catholic with a two-run homer in the second inning, while Tom Roginsky notched four RBI in the loss.The win improves Pleasant Valley to 6-7 on the season.Pleasant Valley 110 630 0 - 11 17 1Bethlehem Catholic 042 000 2 - 8 7 0Domenici, Hardy (4), Wentzler (5) and Pandolfo; Angelucci, Gehringer (4), Caricari (5) and Santee. W - Hardy. L - Angelucci. HR: Bethlehem Catholic - Santee (2nd, one on).Palmerton-Pen ArgylPalmerton scored 11 runs on 18 hits and cruised to an 11-8 Colonial League victory over Pen Argyl.Jon Schwartz and Toby Sander both had four hits apiece to pace Palmerton. Schwartz factored in with two doubles and three runs, while Sander added two runs and three RBI. Zach Buck also tacked on three hits and two RBI for the Bombers.For Pen Argyl, Nathan Flick led the way with two hits and two runs.Palmerton 102 322 1 - 11 18 1Pen Argyl 101 300 3 - 8 9 1Svetik, Perschy (5) and Mooney; Flick and Black. W - Svetik. L - Flick.Jim Thorpe-HamburgJim Thorpe let a 3-1 lead slip away in the bottom of the fourth inning, as Hamburg plated six runs, en route to a 9-3 non-league victory over the Olympians.Jake Burkhart had three hits to lead Jim Thorpe (3-9), while Alex Steigerwalt added two hits including a double.For Hamburg, Jordan Youndt roped three hits and Bailey Berger lined a two-run double in the fourth inning for the Hawks.Jim Thorpe 200 100 0 - 3 9 3Hamburg 100 611 x - 9 11 1Everitt, D. Joyce (5) and Micciche; Epting, Ja. Youndt (4), Adams (7) and Jo. Youndt. W - Ja. Youndt. L - Everitt.No. Lehigh-Notre DameNotre Dame of Green Pond defeated Northern Lehigh, 6-4, in Colonial League action.Pat Davis knocked in a pair of runs for the Crusaders, who took control of the game with a four-run fourth inning.Austin Lancsak had a double and RBI for the Bulldogs (4-9; 3-8)Northern Lehigh 020 020 0 - 4 5 5Notre Dame-GP 001 410 x - 6 10 9W - Luke. L - Lancsak.Minersville-WeatherlyMinersville scored five runs in the first inning and never looked back, as the Battlin' Miners rolled to an 11-1 Schuylkill League victory over Weatherly.Dave Pedron had two hits and three RBI for Minersville, while Cody Bettinger and Zack Brown chipped in with two hits and two RBI apiece. Steele Fekette struck out nine Wreckers to pick up the win.For Weatherly, Brett Kelly contributed an RBI-single in the third inning.Minersville 501 200 3 - 11 12 0Weatherly 001 000 0 - 1 4 8Fekette and Bettinger; Mastroddi, Osifat (2) and Osifat, Knepper (2). W - Fekette. L - Mastroddi.Marian-NativityMarian won its eighth straight game with a 7-3 Schuylkill League victory over Nativity.The Colts were outhit 8-3 in the contest, but made each of its three hits count, as Marian raced out to a 7-0 lead after two innings.Angelo Maskornick and Josh Inama had run-scoring hits in a five-run first inning and Dan Keer added an RBI double in the second frame. Marian didn't record a hit rest of the way.Riley White led Nativity (6-5) with three hits.With the win, Marian improves to 9-1 overall and 8-0 in the League (and holds a five-game lead over second-place Panther Valley in the division).Marian 520 000 0 - 7 3 2Nativity 000 030 0 - 3 8 5Nahas and Snerr; McGovern, Yordy (4) and Belding. W - Nahas. L - McGovern.SOFTBALLPalmerton-Pen ArgylPalmerton (9-2) dropped its second game of the season, as Pen Argyl gained a 6-0 Colonial League victory.Pen Argyl scored four runs in the first inning on two walks, an infield error and an infield single by Marissa Kresch. The Green Knights plated two more runs in the fifth, courtesy of a single and two infield errors.Lauren Campbell had two hits for the Lady Bombers, while Reese Dugan and Alyssa Acker both doubled in the loss.Laura Zanette had two hits for Pen Argyl (10-4), as Corinne Ashmore struck out eight in securing the win.Palmerton 000 000 0 - 0 5 4Pen Argyl 400 020 x - 6 6 0Dugan, Easton (5), Gower (5) and Campbell; Ashmore and Kresch. W - Ashmore. L - Dugan.No. Lehigh-Notre DameNorthern Lehigh rallied for seven runs over the final two innings to take home a 9-3 Colonial League victory over Notre Dame of Green Pond.Kaitlyn Hoffman had four hits for Northern Lehigh, including two doubles, in addition to three RBI. Taylor Herman also connected for four hits and three RBI, while Amber Thomas tacked on three hits.Megan Crimi (two hits) and Cailee Murphy (two RBI and a triple) paced Notre Dame (6-5).The 'Dawgs are now 10-5.No. Lehigh 000 115 2 - 9 16 1Notre Dame 020 001 0 - 3 6 5K. Hoffman, Thomas (6) and D. Hoffman; Curcio and Simpkins. W - K. Hoffman. L - Curcio. S - Thomas.Northwestern-WilsonWilson came away with a 7-5 Colonial League victory over Northwestern.Kendra Showalter had two triples while Hannah Fabian knocked in a pair of runs for the Warriors.Lydia Danner had a double and RBI for the Tigers (8-7; 7-6).N'western 004 010 0 - 5 9 2Wilson 012 301 x - 7 11 4W - Casciole. L - Danner.Panther Vy.-TamaquaTamaqua scored multiple runs in all four innings, en route to a 16-0 victory.Taylor Fritz (two doubles, two runs, three RBI), Courtney Hoffman (two hits, three runs) and Shayna Dietrich (2 hits, three runs) all led the way for Tamaqua (11-2). Lynn Kistler added two runs and two RBI, while Carly Sassaman poked a triple in addition to three RBI.Hannah Hill and Cassidy Ryan had the PV hits.Panther Valley 000 0 - 0 2 4Tamaqua 823 3 - 16 11 0Maturann, Hoffman (2) and Rodriguez; Pedersen and Sassaman. W - Pedersen. L - Maturann.TENNISPalmerton-AllenPalmerton recorded a 5-2 victory over Allen.The Bombers (2-16) swept all three singles matches with victories by Rich Roselli, Seth Andress and Sal Melo.Palmerton 5, Allen 2SINGLESRich Roselli (P) def. Ian Miller 8-0; Seth Andress (P) def. Nathaniel Stuart 8-3; Sal Melo (P) def. Ngun San Thaung 8-2.DOUBLESIan Miller/Ngun San Thaung (A) def. Bruce Hettler/Julia Paulinho 8-2; Jacob Brown/Jordan Dopsovic (P) def. Ed Lopez/Shadi Eldawayati 8-0; Josiah Stuart/Leticia Melendez (A) def. Kristen Ahner/Nadalyn Imbriaco 8-1; Mercedes Melo/Nicole Andress (P) def. Ed Lopez/Shadi Eldawayati 8-5.TRACKPine Grove InvitationalJim Thorpe's Rayan Green captured four medals to lead all Times News area athletes at the Pine Grove Invitational. Green's effort helped the Olympians capture the boys team title.Green picked up firsts in both the high jump (6-4) and triple jump (42-4 ). He was second in the 110 hurdles (15.87) and placed third in the 300 hurdles (41.74).Other area boys who picked up first place finishes were: Samuel Gilkes of Jim Thorpe in the 400 (53.08), Dylan Bucior of Jim Thorpe in the 800 (2:03.92), Jacob Saxon of Jim Thorpe in the 1600 (4:44.64) and Johnathan Condly of Jim Thorpe in the 3200 (10:11.29).Area boys who placed second included Jim Thorpe's Gilkes in the 200 (53:08), Randy Sanon in the 100 (11.55) and the JT 400 and 3200 meter relay teams.Third place finishers were: Gilkes in the long jump (18-11) and Malik Roper of Tamaqua in the 100 (11.59).Among area girls, Jim Thorpe's Brooke Cope was a first place finisher. Cope captured the shot put (33-0).Second place finishers were: Monika Shimko of Tamaqua in the 800 (2:30.14); Kaley Kovac of Jim Thorpe in the 3200 meters (12:28.42); Morgan Boyle of Tamaqua in the javlin (126-9) and the Tamaqua 400, 1600 and 3200 meter relay teams.Third place finishers were: Kovac in the 1600 (5:49.23) and Alexis Baddick of Tamaqua in the long jump (14-8).The Jim Thorpe girls finished third behind Hazleton and Pine Grove.