Pleasant Valley and Marian earned wins in baseball and softball action as the Bears baseball team clinched a district playoff berth. Panther Valley also picked up a win in baseball.

BASEBALLPleasant Vy-FreedomPleasant Valley earned a spot in District 11 playoffs with an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Freedom, 5-2.The Bears' Travis VanHouten tossed a complete game, allowing just two earned runs and striking out four.Nicholas Domenici blasted a home run in the third inning to help propel Pleasant Valley (10-10, 7-9 EPC).Pleasant Vy 003 001 1 - 5 7 0Freedom 100 010 0 - 2 5 1VanHouten and Pandolfo; Yocum and Black. W - VanHouten. L - Yocum. HR - Domenici (third, two on).CMVT-Panther ValleyPanther Valley finished its season with a nonleague win over Colombia Montour Vo Tech, 13-3.The Panthers compiled 13 hits in the five-inning affair.Tristian Blasko led PV (7-13, 4-9 SL) with four RBIs. Nick Mazzie had two runs scored and drove in a pair. Darren Goida, Sam Stanko and Ryan Taras each had two hits during the win.CMVT 002 01 - 3 5 2Panther Valley 011 38 - 13 13 1Balles, King (3), Cameron (5), and Hilber; Hafer, Michalik (4), and Mazzie. W - Michalik. L - King.Jim Thorpe-MarianDante Salerno had two hits and knocked in three runs to help Marian gain a 9-3 win over Jim Thorpe.The Colts (17-2) scored seven runs in the second inning to take control of the nonleague contest.Aaron DeAngelo collected two doubles for the winners while Mason Evitts added a pair of hits and two RBIs. K.J. Snerr and Tulanowski also finished with two hits while Daniel Keer gained the pitching victory.The loss ended Thorpe's season with a 4-16 record.Jim Thorpe 020 010 0 - 3 5 3Marian 072 000 x - 9 11 1Micciche, Everitt (2) and Joyce; Keer, Paisley (6) and Snerr. W - Keer. L - Micchiche.Lehighton-CatasauquaLehighton came up short against Catasauqua in a nonleague battle, 9-4.Brody Hydro led Lehighton (3-16, 1-10 SL) with three hits during the loss. Jordan Knappenberger also had two hits for the Indians.For Catasauqua, Harakal finished with three hits.Lehighton 021 010 0 - 4 10 0Catasauqua 030 042 x - 9 9 0Niehoff, Cordova (6), David (6) and Scherer; Shiffer, Wetherhold (6), Pontician (6), and Gehringer. W - Shiffer. L - Niehoff.Weatherly-Pius XPius X never trailed Weatherly in a nonleague win against the Wreckers, 5-2.Cameron Kichline paced Pius X with a pair of RBIs.Brett Kelly and Ryan Hoffman had the two Weatherly hits.Weatherly 000 002 0 - 2 9 2Pius X 202 100 x - 5 5 1Martens and Knepper; Savelli, Plante (5), Labar (7), and Kichline. W - Savelli. L - Martenz.SOFTBALLPalmerton-Pleasant ValleyPleasant Valley scored in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge Palmerton in a nonleague contest, 9-8.The Bears' Madison Kymer four RBIs, including the the game-winning hit for Pleasant Valley (13-5, 12-4 EPC) .Jordan Boyer led Palmerton (13-6, 12-4 CL) with three hits.Palmerton 213 100 1 - 8 8 0Pleasant Vy 111 230 1 - 9 11 3Gower, Pekurny (4), Dugan (7), and Acker; Griesback and Hill. W - Griesback. L - Dugan.Marian-Notre Dame GPMarian scored three runs in the top of the eigth inning to defeat Notre Dame (Green Pond) in a nonleague game, 8-5.Miranda Anitga's eight-inning RBI single put the Fillies ahead. Nicole Salerno had two RBIs for Marian. Brianna Wimmer scored twice for the Fillies. Alex Stroia added two hits.Winning pitcher McKenzie Joy recorded seven strikeouts. Marian improves to 14-6 overall.Marian 300 010 13 - 8 6 1Notre Dame 000 401 00 - 5 10 7Joy and Salerno; Knarr and Okula. W - Joy. L - Knarr.Catasauqua-TamaquaCatasauqua used 10 hits to defeate Tamaqua in a nonleague contest, 6-2.Hannah Edwards led Catty with three singles and three runs scored. Alexia Reichl had two hits and scored twice.Cailyn Joseph had a double and a run scored for the Lady Raiders. Shayna Dietrich also smacked a double during the loss.Catasauqua 103 000 2 - 6 10 1Tamaqua 001 000 1 - 2 5 3Reichl and Bellesfield; Dietrich, Pedersen (5) and Sassaman. W - Reichl. L - Dietrich.Weatherly-Mahanoy AreaWeatherly came up short against Mahanoy Area in a Schuylkill League game, 3-1.Desiree Malacusky led the Lady Bears with three singles.Weatherly, which came into the game on a three-game win streak, could have qualified for districts with a win.Jasmine Rivera and Jess Maiello led the Lady Wreckers (9-11, 3-9 SL) with two hits each.Weatherly 000 001 0 - 1 7 4Mahanoy 200 001 x - 3 8 1Kane and Frye; E. Bruce and H. Bruce. W - E. Bruce. L - Kane.