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Northwestern, PV get softball victories

Northwestern and Pleasant Valley's softball teams picked up victories on Thursday, while Lehighton's baseball squad also earned a win.

BASEBALLPottsville-LehightonLehighton rallied for a 9-6 Schuylkill League victory over Pottsville.Collin Haupt had three hits, one a triple, scored two runs and knocked in three for the Indians, who trailed 4-0 before their first at-bats.The winners also received two hits and a run from Joseph Heery, while Terry Buss chipped in with a double, two RBIs and a run.Defensively, Lehighton (5-4; 3-3) pulled off a triple play in the top of the third inning.Pottsville 410 010 0 - 6 6 2Lehighton 510 300 x - 9 12 1Kalinich, Nabholz (4) and Herndon; Sherer, Whiteman (3) and Wagner. W - Whiteman. L - Kalinich.No. Lehigh-PalisadesPalisades pushed across a run in the ninth inning to gain a 4-3 walk-off Colonial League win over Northern Lehigh.Bobby McClintock and Tyler Marsh each had two hits for the Pirates.For the Bulldogs, Evan Meixsell had three hits. Austin Lanschak, Luke Eitner, and Ryan Hoffer all had RBIs for Nolehi (3-10; 1-10).No. Lehigh 011 001 000 - 3 6 3Palisades 111 000 001 - 4 6 4Cederberg, Eitner (5) and Kistler; McGrath, McClintock (8) and Marsh. W - McClintock L- Eitner.Northwestern-NDGPNotre Dame snapped Northwestern's five-game winning streak, defeating the Tigers 5-4 in a Colonial League contest.Tyler Schreiner had a double and an RBI for Northwestern (10-3; 9-2), while Trevor Schreiner also had a two-base hit. Jake Augustus chipped in with an RBI.Northwestern 001 030 0 - 4 7 4Notre Dame 100 220 x - 5 8 3Vogwill and Wiik; Luke and Dadio. W - Luke. L - Vogwill.SOFTBALLNo. Lehigh-PalisadesPalisades rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull out a 4-3 Colonial League comeback win over Northern Lehigh.Kaitlin Hoffman had two hits and an RBI for the Bulldogs (8-6; 5-6).Nolehi also received a single and RBI from Sage Hargreaves.No. Lehigh 000 030 0 - 3 5 0Palisades 100 000 3 - 4 8 2Keonig and Skibo; K. Hoffman and D. Hoffman. W - Keonig. L - K. Hoffman.Northwestern-NDGPNorthwestern only needed five innings to roll to a 13-1 Colonial League win over Notre Dame.The Tigers' Lydia Danner collected three hits, while Kaitlyn Bowers had two hits and knocked in a pair of runs.Northwestern (6-6; 6-4) also received two hits from Avery George. Brooke Wehr finished with four RBIs, and Ellen Smith drove in three.Northwestern 471 10 - 13 11 0Notre Dame 000 10 - 1 4 9Akelaitis and Wehr; Gross and Fagan. W - Akelaitis. L - Gross.Pleasant Valley-AllenJanelle Frable's one-hitter led Pleasant Valley to a 13-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Allen.Alyssa Kotzmann led the Bears (4-6; 3-6) with two doubles and a single, while Madison Kymer chipped in with three singles.No linescore was provided to the Times News.TENNISPalmerton-Saucon ValleySaucon Valley posted a 5-0 Colonial League win over Palmerton.The Panthers' Srini Laliwala, Aaron Gardiner, and Tej Laliwala all gained straight-set wins in singles' play.Saucon Valley 5, Palmerton 0SINGLESSrini Laliwala (SV) def. Sal Melo 6-0, 6-2; Aaron Gardiner (SV) def. Seth Andress 6-1, 6-0; Tej Laliwala (SV) def. Nate Andress 6-0, 6-2.DOUBLESAdam Prager/Jake Nichols (SV) def. Gavin Scott/Mercedes Melo 6-0, 6-0; David Troyan/Joel Thompson (SV) def. Calvin Koch/Nicole Andress 6-0, 6-0.So. Lehigh-PalmertonPalmerton rolled past Southern Lehigh, 5-0, in a Colonial League match.Sal Melo, Seth Andress and Nate Andress each posted wins in singles' action.The Blue Bombers improved to 12-6 with the victory.Palmerton 5, Southern Lehigh 0SINGLESSal Melo (P) def. Karl Finkbeiner 6-1, 2-6, 6-4; Seth Andress (P) def. Garrison Piel 6-2, 7-5; Nate Andress (P) def. Scott Polek 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.DOUBLESJacob Brown/Marc Roselli (P) def. Alex Albenzi/Alex Huang 6-1, 6-2; Logan Miller/Jordan Dopsovic (P) def. Keenan Nagle/Adam Perez 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.Blue Mtn.-Jim ThorpeBlue Mountain recorded a 5-0 victory over Jim Thorpe.Bryec Weizer, Ben Ney and Caleb Rice swept singles' play for the Eagles.Jim Thorpe is now 0-17.Blue Mountain 5, Jim Thorpe 0SINGLESBryec Weizer (BM) def. Shaun DiCostanzo 6-0, 6-0; Ben Ney (BM) def. Luke Carter 6-0, 6-0; Caleb Rice (BM) def. Matt Widdicombe 6-0, 6-0.DOUBLESCole Hatter/Andrew Chawlik (BM) def. Chris Widdicombe/Matt Green 4-6, 6-3, 7-1; Jordan Pettit/Jonathan Wolfgang (BM) def. John Fedora/Emilio Mercado 6-4, 6-2.BOYS LACROSSEParkland-Pleasant ValleyParkland scored nine goals in the opening quarter and cruised to an 18-4 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.Dru Miller had six goals and nine points to lead the Trojans. Jake Yannes added three goals.GIRLS LACROSSEPleasant Valley-ParklandParkland rolled to a 23-4 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Pleasant Valley.No other information was provided to the Times News.

Pleasant Valley's Jake Ammerman competed Thursday in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference boys' tennis tournament at Pocono Mountain East, playing No. 3 singles. The tournament will conclude Saturday. NANCY SCHOLZ/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS