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Franklin Twp. LL teams post wins

Three Franklin Township Little League teams posted victories in their respective tournaments over the weekend.

BLUE MOUNTAINBerlinsville-HellertownPat Mergel's grand slam propelled Hellertown to a 5-3 Blue Mountain League victory over Berlinsville.Berlinsville (15-20) was led offensively by recent Northwestern High School graduate Jake Augustus, who had two hits and knocked in a run. Northern Lehigh grad Cody Hallman added a hit and an RBI. Also contributing to the attack were Andrew Roth (two hits), Kyle Buchman (double, run scored) and Austin Mueller (triple, RBI, run scored).Berlinsville 021 000 0 - 3 8 4Hellertown 000 500 x - 5 3 2Wildrick, Perreault (6) and Friebolin; Roth, Blough (6), Gotzon (7) and Blugis. W- Roth. L-Wildrick.LITTLE LEAGUEPV 11-12 TournamentFT-Tamaqua WhiteRandy Bongiorno belted two home runs and knocked in five runs to help Franklin Township gain a 13-0 win over Tamaqua White in Panther Valley 11-12 year-old Little League Tournament action.The winners also received three hits, two of them doubles, from Richie Failla, while Brayden Lutz added two singles and a double.Jacob Neeb pitched three scoreless innings to earn the victory, and Dylan Bowman tossed two scoreless frames to close out the win.Hunter Crum chipped in two hits, one a triple.PV 9-10 TournamentLansford-FT WhiteFranklin Township White routed Lansford, 23-1, to remain undefeated in the Panther Valley 9-10 year-old Little League Tournament.Franklin (7-0) did most of its damage during a 15-run third inning.Among the hitting star for the winners were Dylan Greene (two hits, three runs, three RBI); Tyler Poole (two hits, two runs, three RBI); Michael Yeakel (two hits, two runs, two RBI); Aiden Rarick (two hits, two runs); Brady O'Donnell (two hits, two runs); Adam Bastone (two hits, two RBI); Owen Serfass (two runs, two RBI); Michael Bowman (three runs); Connor McClure (two runs).Bastone struck out seven in four innings to earn the pitching victory.For Lansford, R. Wieand had two hits and knocked in a run.Hazle Twp. 7-8 TournamentFT-Valley WestFranklin Township advanced to the championship game of the Hazle Township 7-8 year-old Little League Tournament with an 8-7 victory over Valley West.Franklin (8-0) remained undefeated in the tourney thanks to a strong offensive attack that featured three hits apiece from Aiden Solt and CJ Dietz. In addition, Jayse Lawrence, Carter Bellis and Zach Schrantz all had two hits for Franklin.Jimmy Cannon, Davic Yamulla, Teddy Petrovich had two hits for Valley West.