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Thorpe gets baseball win

Jim Thorpe started off the 2015 baseball season with a win, while the Olympians and Pleasant Valley both dropped tennis matches.

BASEBALLJim Thorpe-Williams Vy.The Olympians made their debut on the diamond with a 12-2 six-inning non-league win over the Vikings.Jim Thorpe scored six runs in the sixth inning to pull away.Ryan McCullough and Jake Burkhardt had doubles and Will Kovolenko had three singles for the Olympians.Chris Micciche got the win, striking out three and walking one.Jim Thorpe 221 106 - 12 9 1Williams Vy. 100 010 - 2 6 5Micciche, Carroll (6) and A. Joyce, McElmoyle (6); Wlsh, Zimmerman (3), Ross (6), Graeff (6) and Whitcomb. W - Micciche.TENNISPleasant Vy.-ParklandParkland defeated Pleasant Valley in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference clash, 7-0.Parkland's Pete Harrison was impressive, earning a singles victory without dropping a set.Parkland remains undefeated on this season, as Pleasant Valley falls to 1-1 overall.Parkland 7, Pleasant Vy. 0SINGLESNick Kshatri (PAR) def. Jon White 6-1, 7-6, (7-5); Nate Lyman (PAR) def. Erik Ammerman 6-0, 6-2; Pete Harrison (PAR) def. Steven Nale 6-0, 6-0.DOUBLESJesse Hance/Nate Rice (PAR) def. Kurt Ammerman/Patrick Flannery 6-2, 6-0; Aneesch Kapoor/Alex Wu (PAR) def. Davis Reiss/Anthony Taldone 6-0, 6-3; Kishan Unjia/Nick Hawk (PAR) def. Jacob Rohrbach/Austin Williams 6-1, 6-1; Pete Son/Alex Son (PAR) def. Nick Vo/Najia Francis 6-0, 6-1.Blue Mt.-Jim ThorpeBlue Mountain was impressive in a Schuylkill League sweep of Jim Thorpe, 5-0.Adam Pace showed strong play in the No. 2 singles match, defeated John Lowin 6-0, 6-1.The Olympians are now 1-2 on the season.Blue Mountain 5, Jim Thorpe 0SINGLESKyle Rich (BM) def. Matt Miller 6-3, 6-1; Adam Pace (BM) def. John Lowin 6-1, 6-0; Bryce Weizer (BM) def. Luke Eggert 6-4, 6-2.DOUBLESBen Ney/Conner McCaw (BM) def. Brett Luciana/Shaun DiCostanzo 6-4, 6-1; Bradley Hufford/Montere (BM) def. Roman Raytsis/Luke Carter 6-2, 6-2.