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Lehighton picked up wins over Blue Mountain in both baseball and softball in Friday's local action.

BASEBALLSalisbury-PalmertonToby Sander gave up just three hits and got a complete game win as the Bombers topped the Falcons by a 4-1 score.Garrett Perschy went 2-for-3 with a double, a run scored and one RBI, while Ben Serfass was 1-for-3 with two RBIs for the Bombers.Warmkessel was the losing pitcher.Salisbury 000 000 1 - 1 3 3Palmerton 100 102 x - 4 5 1Sukanick, Warmkessel (6) and Galantina; Sander and Mooney. W - Sander; L - WarmkesselPleasant Vy.-PM EastPocono Mountain East scored a pair of runs early and made them hold up for a 3-1 win over the Bears.Justin Stasiak scored the Bears only run.PM East 020 010 0 - 3 6 1Pleas. Vy. 000 100 0 - 1 4 2McCambly, Yates (7) and D. Esposito; Hardy, Coursey (7) and Pandolfo. W - McCambly; L - Hardy.Lehighton-Blue Mtn.Ben Cordova fired a one-hitter as the Indians scored seven late runs for a 7-1 win over the Eagles in a Schuylkill League Division I contest.Donovan Buchinsky's double in the sixth drove in two runs to start the Lehighton outburst.Brody Hydro added three hits and Cody Scherer had two for the Tribe.Lehighton 000 003 4 - 7 8 3Blue Mtn. 010 000 0 - 1 1 4Cordova and Wagner; Caulfield, Cappel (7), Biever (7) and Bolinsky. W - Cordova (2-0). L - Caulfield (0-2).SOFTBALLNo. Lehigh-N'westernThe Tigers exploded for four runs in the fourth inning to pull away from the Bulldogs for a 5-0 win in Colonial League play.Lydia Danner hurled a shutout striking out 12 and allow just three hits.Ellen Smith drove in two runs, while Emily Akelaitis added two RBIs for the Tigers. Taylor Herman had a double for the Bulldogs.No. Lehigh 000 000 0 - 0 3 2N'western 100 400 x - 5 4 1Ziegler and D. Hoffman; Danner and Wehr. W - Danner; L - Ziegler.Salisbury-PalmertonThe Falcons handed the Bombers their first league loss of the season by a 13-1 score.Miranda Bellis had two hits and drove in the lone Palmerton run.Brook Rogers got the win, while Kendra Pekurney suffered the loss.Salisbury 103 321 3 - 13 14 0Palmerton 100 000 0 - 1 8 7Rogers and Constantini; Pekurney and Acker. W - Rogers. L - Pekurney.Lehighton-Blue Mtn.The Indians scored five runs in the top of the eighth then held off the Eagles for a 9-7 extra inning Schuylkill League Division I win.Amanda Loudon had a single and double and drove in two runs, Raschel Serfass, Joclyn Hunsicker and Allison Armbruster added two hits each fore Lehighton. Heidi Greene added two RBIs.Autumn Bickert was the winning pitcher. P. Schwartz was the loser.Lehighton 020 020 05 - 9 13 0Blue Mtn. 003 100 03 - 7 16 2W - Bickert; L - Schwartz.Jim Thorpe-TamaquaThe Lady Raiders scored in every trip to the plate to hand the Olympians a 10-0 loss in five innings.Lynn Kistler was 3-for-3 with a single, two doubles and two RBIs for the Raiders. Cailyn Joseph also went 3-for-3 with a two-run homer, a solo homer and a single. Taylor Fritz also had a single and double.Leah Detweiler had two hits for the Olympians.Bailey Pederson was the winning pitcher.Jim Thorpe 000 00 - 0 3 4Tamaqua 341 2x - 10 11 0Day and Marzen; Pederson and Stauffenberg. W - Pederson. L - Day. HR - Joseph 2 (1st, one on; 4th, none on)TENNISPen Argyl-PalmertonThe Bombers won two of three singles matches and added a doubles win to get by the Green Knights by a 3-2 score in a Colonial League match.Sal Melo and Nate Andress were the singles winners, while Jacob Brown and Marc Roselli won in doubles.Palmerton 3, Pen Argyl 2SINGLESSal Melo (Palm) def. Tyler Minnich 7-5, 7-6(7-5), Sam Martini (Pen) def. Seth Andress 6-0, 6-1, Nate Andress (Palm) def. Mason Hudnall 6-2, 7-5.DOUBLESJacob Brown and Marc Roselli (Palm) def. Russ Hoover and Riley Porter 6-1, 6-4, Andrew Maggipinto and Bryce Bartolacci (Pen) def. Logan Miller and Jordan Dopsovic 6-4, 6-4PM West-Pleasant Vy.The Bears won every match to blank Pocono Mountain West, 7-0, in EPC competition.Pleasant Vy. 7, PM West 0SINGLESSteven Nale (PV) def. Tim Gaudette 6-0, 6-4; Najja Francis (PV) def. Owen Odowski 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; Jake Ammermann (PV) def/ Bryan Saunders 6-2, 6-4.DOUBLESMatt Schmitt and Adam Jetty (PV) def. Sadesh Tiejman 8-2; Nick Vo and Youseff Elmontacir (PV) def. Joe Romano and Tom Gaudette 6-4, 6-3; Tyler Fahrenkopf and Brian Kagel (PV) def. Troy Anderson-Roiah and Juwan Victor 7-5, 7-6 (7-3); Alec Haman and Antonio Carbone (PV) def. Sean Kennedy and Adam Rusiechi 6-3, 6-3.