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Palmerton grabs baseball and softball victories

Palmerton picked up baseball and softball wins in local scholastic sports action on Monday.

BASEBALLPalmerton-Moravian AcademyPalmerton rolled to a 13-0 Colonial League win over Moravian Academy.Zach Svetik tossed five innings of no-hit ball, striking out eight and allowing two walks to earn the win.Zack Buck paced the Bombers with a 3-for-4 performance from the plate, which included a double and four RBIs. Teammate Jon Schwartz went 2-for-2 with two singles, two stolen bases and an RBI.Palmerton 220 63 - 13 11 0Moravian Ac. 000 00 - 0 0 2Svetik and Mooney; Joseph, Stifel (4) and Loughlin. W - Svetik. L - Joseph.No. Lehigh-Pen ArgylPen Argyl blanked Northern Lehigh for a 8-0 Colonial League victory.Zach Rex, the Bulldogs' lead-off hitter, finished with two singles, while teammates Austin Lancsak and Anthony Evangelist added the local's only other two hits.Collin Kichline led the Green Knights with two singles, a double, two runs scored and two RBIs, while teammate Nathan Flick blasted a grand slam in the fourth inning.No. Lehigh 000 000 0 - 0 4 0 Pen Argyl 001 520 x - 8 10 0Lancsak, Either (5) and Kistler; Slaughter, Hicks (7) and Black. W - Slaughter. L - Lancsak. HR: Pen Argyl - Flick (4th, three on).Northwestern-BangorReece Jones pitched a one-hit shutout and hurled Bangor to a 3-0 Colonial League victory over the Tigers.John Raub and Josh Field each had two hits for Bangor.Niko Fager got the loss for the Tigers.N'western 000 000 0 - 0 1 3Bangor 200 001 x - 3 6 1Fager, White (5) and Wiik. Jones and Field. W - Jones . L - Fager.SOFTBALLPalmerton-Moravian AcademyPalmerton only needed three innings to score a 20-0 Colonial League win over Moravian Academy.Kendra Pekurny paced the Bombers with a perfect 3-for-3 performance on two singles, a double, two runs scored and three RBIs, while Alyssa Olewine was also a perfect 3-for-3 with two singles, a double, three runs scored and an RBI.Erika Easton (single, double, two runs scored, three RBIs) and Trish Sterling (two singles, two runs scored, three RBIs) also chipped in for the Bombers.Palmerton pitcher Reese Dugan struck out the side in both of her two innings of work on the mound to earn the win.Palmerton improves to 4-2 overall and 4-1 in the CL.Palmerton 686 - 20 15 1Moravian Ac. 000 - 0 0 4Dugan, Gower (3) and Krome; Tosh and Cowen. W - Dugan. L - Tosh.No. Lehigh-Pen ArgylWith two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Emily Due's game-winning RBI-single lifted Pen Argyl to a 5-4 victory over visiting Northern Lehigh.In the top of the seventh inning, the Bulldogs' Tiff Yesik delivered an RBI double to tie the game at 4-4.Kaitlin Hoffman, who suffered the loss on the mound, recorded 12 strikeouts. She went 2-for-3 with a run scored, while Taylor Herman added two singles, a run scored and an RBI.Due paced the Green Knights with a single, double and two RBIs.The win for Pen Argyl gave Coach Bill Schankel his 400th career victory.No. Lehigh 000 300 1 - 4 6 1Pen Argyl 120 010 1 - 5 8 3K. Hoffman and D. Hoffman; Kocher and Due. W - Kocher. L - K. Hoffman.Northwestern-BangorBangor got the best of Northwestern for a 11-1 Colonial League win.Erin Happel went 4-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs, while Allison Phillips was 3-for-3 with four RBIs for the Slaters.N'western 000 100 0 - 1 6 2Bangor 040 043 x - 11 15 1Akalaitis, Smith (6) and Wehr; Happel and Caleen. W - Happel. L - Akalaitis. HR: B- Happel (2nd, three on).