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Special opener Marian gets no-hitter;

The Pleasant Valley girls lacrosse team gained a victory in their first-ever varsity contest Thursday, defeating Quakertown.

In other action, Marian's baseball program posted its 600th career win with a combined no-hitter against Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg.BASEBALLMarian-Notre Dame ESFour Marian pitchers combined on a no-hitter as the Colts earned a 10-0 non-league win over Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg.The victory was the 600th in the program's history.Joe Nahas tossed the first two innings, while Dante Salerno, Nick Kubishin and Teague Schmidt each hurled one frame. The four pitchers also combined for eight strikeouts and walked just two.Nahas, Salerno, Mason Evitts and Daniel Keer all had two hits apiece for the winners. Salerno and Keer scored three runs while Keer, Evitts and Nahas each knocked in a pair of runs.Marian 311 23 - 10 10 1Notre Dame ES 000 00 - 0 0 4Nahas, Salerno (3), Kubishin (4), Schmidt (5) and Snerr; Gallagher, O'Malley and Gregory. W - Nahas, L - Gallagher.Northwestern-Blue MountainJake Augustus and Mason Dogwill combined on a two-hit shutout as Northwestern opened its season with a 2-0 non-league win over Blue Mountain.Augustus hurled the first three frames while Dogwill tossed the final four.Brady Mengel had a triple for the Tigers, who scored both their runs in the sixth inning. Augustus added a double.Northwestern 000 002 0 - 2 4 3Blue Mountain 000 000 0 - 0 2 2Augustus, Dogwill (4) and Wiik; Oliver, Caufield (5), Capel (7) . W - Dogwill. L - Caufield.Pleasant Valley-NazarethNazareth jumped out to an early start and held off Pleasant Valley for a 6-4 non-league victory.Gino Bonomo had two hits and scored a run for the Blue Eagles, while teammate Connor Davila scored twice and added an RBI.For the Bears, Dakota George finished 3-for-4 with a run scored and two stolen bases. Brett Hardy also contributed two RBIs.Pleasant Valley 000 220 0 - 4 7 4Nazareth 230 100 x - 6 7 1Kearns, Coursey (4), Hardy (4) and Pandolfo; Hinkle, Horvath (6) and Trenberth. W - Hinkle, L - Kearns, S - Horvath.Weatherly-CMVTWeatherly only managed one hit in its season opener, a 10-0 non-league loss to Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech.Justin Andreas slugged a homer for the winners, while Austin Kuratle finished with three hits.The Wreckers' lone hit came off the bat of Zach Moon.Weatherly 000 00 - 0 1 1Columbia Mont. VT 400 33 - 10 10 2Figas, Mastroddi (5) and Osifat; Fenstermacher and Kramer. W - Fenstermacher. L - Figas.SOFTBALLES North-Northern LehighTaylor Herman had two hits, one a grand slam, and scored four runs to help Northern Lehigh roll to a 16-1 non-league win over East Stroudsburg North.Meghan Handwerk also contributed to the offensive output with two hits and four RBIs, while Tiff Yesik added two hits and two runs scored. The Bulldogs (1-0) also received a solo homer from Sage Hargreaves.Katie Ziegler tossed three innings to earn the pitching win.ES North 000 1 - 1 3 3Northern Lehigh 444 4 - 16 10 0Rose, Jackson-Green (3) and Corrales; Ziegler, K. Hoffman (4) and D. Hoffman. W - Ziegler. L - Rose. HR: NL - Hargreaves (1st, none on), Herman (4th, three on).So. Lehigh-NorthwesternLydia Danner pitched a five-hit shutout to lead Northwestern to an 8-0 Colonial League win over Southern Lehigh.Brook Wehr had three hits, including a three-run homer in the second inning, and finished with four RBIs.The Spartans' Danielle Barnes had two of her team's five hits.Southern Lehigh 000 000 0 - 0 5 3Northwestern 130 310 x - 8 9 2Barnes and Binder; Danner and Wehr. W - Danner. L - Barnes. HR: NW - Wehr (2nd, two on).TENNISPalmerton-LehightonLehighton edged Palmerton in a non-league tennis battle, 4-3.Josh Knappenberger and Andrea Schaffer both registered three-set wins in singles action for the Tribe, while the pairings of Jake Hoffner and Gavin Cressley, and Knappenberger and Thomas Phelan, also picked up wins in doubles play.For the Bombers, senior Seth Andress had a singles win, while Logan Miller/Jordan Dopsovic and Gavin Scott/Mercedes Melo earned doubles victories.Lehighton 4, Palmerton 3SINGLESJosh Knappenberger (L) def. Sal Melo 7-6 (7-4), 6-2; Seth Andress (P) def. Thomas Phelan 6-4, 7-6 (7-4); Andrea Schaffer (L) def. Nate Andress 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.DOUBLESKnappenberger/Phelan (L) def. Jacob Brown/Marc Roselli 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; Logan Miller/Jordan Dopsovic (P) def. Mike Pados/Maura Phelan 6-4, 6-2; Gavin Scott/Mercedes Melo (P) def. Elise Johnston/Olivia Frendt 6-3, 6-3; Jake Hoffner/Gavin Cressley (L) def. Calvin Koch/Nicole Andress (P) 6-1, 6-3.Jim Thorpe-Pen ArgylPen Argyl breezed to a 5-0 non-league win over Jim Thorpe.The Green Knights didn't drop a game in taking all three singles matches.With the loss, the Olympians dropped to 0-5.Pen Argyl 5, Jim Thorpe 0SINGLESAristotle Blasi (PA) def. Luke Carter 6-0, 6-0; Tyler Minnich (PA) def. Shaun DiCostanzo 6-0, 6-0; Sam Martini (PA) def. Chris Widdicombe 6-0, 6-0.DOUBLESRuss Hoover/Mason Hudnall (PA) def. Matt Widdicombe/Matt Green 6-0, 6-0; Victor Blasi/Andrew Maggipinto (PA) def. Emilio Mercado/Erik McLean-Walter 6-0, 6-0.GIRLS LACROSSEPleasant Vy.-QuakertownPleasant Valley gained a 15-8 win over Quakertown in its first-ever varsity lacrosse match-up.Alyssa Grieco scored five goals and had five assists to lead the Bears, while Savannah Bauman finished the contest with four goals and four assists.PV also received two goals and two assists from Alyssa Lopez. Others scoring a goal included Jasmine VanSpanje, Danielle Butler, Kim Masullo and Morgan Lerro.Willow Krechel made 17 saves for the Bears while Nicole Selinski had a pair of interceptions.