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Pleasant Vy. teams enjoy success

Pleasant Valley picked up baseball, softball and girls lacrosse victories on Thursday.

BASEBALLSch. Haven-Jim ThorpeSchuylkill Haven used a big fifth inning to storm back and tie the game before pushing the winning run across in the top of the seventh for the 7-6 Schuylkill League win over Jim Thorpe.Tyler Browne, who scored the game-winner, finished the day 2-for-3 at the plate with a triple, two RBIs, and two stolen bases.Meanwhile, for the Olympians (1-1), James O'Toole had a strong outing with three hits, including a double, and two RBIs. Teammates Brendan Carroll and Ryan McCullough both added two hits apiece.Brandon Schaeffer pitched the complete game for the 'Canes, striking out eight, while walking two, as he helped his team to a perfect 3-0 record.Schuylkill Haven 100 050 1 - 7 5 1Jim Thorpe 200 400 0 - 6 10 2Schaeffer and Clauser; Porembo, Day (5) and Joyce. W - Schaeffer, L - Day.Marian-CrestwoodMarian scored all the runs it would need in the first frame as it posted a 5-0 non-league win over Crestwood.Mason Evitts and Josh Inama both produced two hits apiece for the Colts with Evitts bringing in a run. Joe Nahas added an RBI single.The Colts' Dante Salerno teamed up with Teague Schmidt for the shutout on the mound. Salerno got the win, allowing three hits and striking out one in five innings. Schmidt tossed two hitless innings of relief.Marian 400 100 0 - 5 8 2Crestwood 000 000 0 - 0 3 4Salerno, Schmidt (6) and Snerr; Graves, Tokach (5) and Darden. W - Salerno, L - Graves.Palmerton-NorthwesternTyler Wiik drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning as Northwestern edged Colonial League foe Palmerton, 6-5.Wiik, who also smacked a three-run double in the bottom of the sixth inning to give the Tigers a temporary lead, finished the game with four RBIs. Tyler Schreiner was 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored while teammate Jake Augustus was also 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored.For the Blue Bombers, Jon Schwartz (2-for-3, double, run scored), and Toby Sander (3-for-4, double, run scored) led the way.Palmerton 101 002 1 - 5 8 0Northwestern 100 004 1 - 6 8 2Perschy, Buck (7) and Mooney; Fager, Vogwill (6) and Wiik. W - Vogwill, L - Perschy.ES South-Pleasant Vy.Pleasant Valley took the lead midway throughout the contest and held off East Stroudsburg South for a 3-1 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory.Matthew Konopke led the Bears with a 3-for-3 showing at the plate, adding an RBI. Teammate Brendan Kearns added a hit and scored twice for the Bears.The tandem of Brett Hardy (eight strikeouts, four walks) and Dakota George (two strikeouts, no walks) combined for the pitching win.ES South 000 000 1 - 1 4 2Pleasant Valley 000 201 x - 3 6 2Boushell and Johnson; Hardy, George (6) and Pandolfo. W - Hardy, L - Boushell, S - George.Sch. Haven-Jim ThorpeSchuylkill Haven managed to pull away from Jim Thorpe for 9-2 Schuylkill Lague win.The Hurricanes scored six runs over the last three innings to eventually take the victory.For the Olympians (1-1), Ciara Miranda had two hits. Leah Detweiler, Brittney Marzen and Lauren Donati all added one hits.Schuylkill Haven 201 023 1 - 9 16 1Jim Thorpe 100 100 0 - 2 5 3Svenson and Personette; Holloway, Sterner (5) and Marzen. W - Svenson, L - Holloway.So. Lehigh-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh went up early and kept Southern Lehigh off the scoreboard for a 5-0 Colonial League win.Kaitlin Hoffman had a huge game for the Bulldogs, earning the mound win while also finishing 2-for-2 at the plate with a solo home run, two RBIs and two runs scored.Northern Lehigh also got strong games from Tiff Yesik (2-for-4, one RBI) and Katie Ziegler (2-for-3, one run scored).Northern Lehigh improved to 2-0 overall, 1-0 in the Colonial League.Southern Lehigh 000 000 0 - 0 5 0Northern Lehigh 210 020 x - 5 8 2Barnes, Bassler and Binder; K. Hoffman and D. Hoffman. W - K. Hoffman, L - Barnes. HR: NL - K. Hoffman (5th, none on).TriValley-TamaquaTriValley scored the game-winning run in the top of the eighth inning to pull out a 6-5 non-league win over Tamaqua.Tamaqua tied the game in the bottom of the seventh when Taylor Fritz's sacrifice scored Lynn Kistler. But Catherine Troutman scored on a fielder's choice in the eighth to provide the Bulldogs with the winning run.For Tamaqua, Fritz and Kistler both had RBI singles. Jada Schellhammer finished 2-for-3 and Cailyn Joseph added a double.Tri-Valley's Madisyn Horn went 3-for-4 with a double, a two-run homer and four RBIs.TriValley 103 010 01 - 6 10 1Tamaqua 211 000 10 - 5 9 0Roth and Troutman; Pedersen, Schellhammer (6) and Stauffenberg. W - Roth, L- Schellhammer. HR: TV - Horn (3rd, two on).ES South-Pleasant ValleyPleasant Valley outlasted East Stroudsburg South in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference outing, 8-6.Meara Hanyon led the Lady Bears at the plate as she finished 2-for-3 with a double, a triple, three runs scored and an RBI. Lauren Steckel added two hits and three RBIs, and Taylor Steckel added a two-run double.ES South 400 010 1 - 6 8 6Pleasant Valley 001 052 x - 8 9 5Malsch and Delcorso; Frable and Hill. W - Frable, L - Malsch.TENNISPalmerton-Notre Dame ESPalmerton used a strong showing by their doubles teams to edge Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg, 3-2 in a Colonial League outing.The pairings of Jacob Brown/Marc Roselli and Logan Miller/Jordan Dopsovic swept through their opponents in straights, while Nate Andress earned a crucial decision at No. 3 singles.SINGLESBrant Weirich (ND) def. Sal Melo 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Joncarlo Perez (ND) def. Seth Andress 6-3, 6-0; Nate Andress (P) def. Jose Bordas 6-2, 7-5.DOUBLESJacob Brown/Marc Roselli (P) def. Justin Hilario/Liam King 6-2, 6-0; Logan Miller/Jordan Dopsovic (P) def. Rob MIller/Andrian Kudry 6-0, 6-0.Jim Thorpe-KutztownKutztown swept through the three singles matches en route to a non-league 5-0 win over Jim Thorpe.Matt Widdicombe put up the toughest fight for the Olympians as he dropped a 4-6, 6-4 decision at No. 3 singles.The Olympians fell to 0-8 on the year.SINGLESNick Weber (K) def. Shaun DiCostanzo 6-0, 6-2; Tom Siefert (K) def. Luke Carter 6-0, 6-1; Jake Sharadon (K) def. Matt Widdicombe 6-4, 6-4.DOUBLESJared Mohn/Dominic Matrone (K) def. Chris Widdicombe/John Fedora 6-0, 6-1; Colin Reasmer/Boyd Lenich (K) def. Matt Green/Emilio Mercado 6-2, 6-0.GIRLS LACROSSEPleasant Valley-LibertyPleasant Valley rolled to a 17-7 win over Liberty in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference action.Leading the way for the Lady Bears was Savannah Bauman with six goals and two assists. Danielle Butler (four goals); Kim Masullo (two goals, three assists); Jasmine VanSpanje (two goals); Alyssa Grieco (one goal, one assist); Morgan Lerro (three assists); Sarah Kaye (one goal); and Alyssa Lopez (one goal) also played well offensively.Willow Krechel had nine saves in the net for the Bears.

Palmerton's Kyle Kralik (left) prepares to tag out Trevor Schreiner of Northwestern at second base. NANCY SCHOLZ/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS