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Tamaqua softball remains undefeated

Tamaqua rolled to a nonleague win Thursday to remain undefeated this season.

In other action, Palmerton posted wins in baseball and softball, while Pleasant Valley earned victories in baseball and tennis.SOFTBALLCatasauqua-TamaquaTamaqua cruised by Catasauqua in a nonleague contest, 10-0.Courtney Hoffman led the way for Tamaqua with four hits, which included a solo home run, and four runs scored.Brooke Zellner added a two-run homer, and Cailyn Joseph added three hits and three RBIs. Taylar Donnon collected two hits and an RBI.Jada Schellhammer had a two-hit, eight-strikeout shutout in the circle for the Blue Raiders.Catasauqua 000 000 - 0 2 3Tamaqua 420 103 - 10 13 0Towich and Bellesfield; Schellhammer and Zellner. W - Schellhammer. L - Towich. HR: T - Hoffman, Zellner.Pen Argyl-PalmertonPalmerton shut out Pen Argyl in a Colonial League game, 4-0.Lexi Merkle threw a two-hitter in the circle for the Blue Bombers.Alyssa Olewine had two hits and an RBI, while Ashley Lalik had a triple and one run scored.Pen Argyl 000 000 0 - 0 2 3Palmerton 010 111 0 - 4 9 0Defalma and Due; Merkle and A. Franz. W - Merkle. L - Defalma.Marian-Notre DameSpencer Gross tossed a four-hit shutout to lead Notre Dame of Green Pond to a 4-0 nonleague win over Marian.Gross also did some damage with her bat as she had two hits and knocked in a run for the Crusaders (2-5).For Marian (6-2), Mackenzie Joy had two hits.Marian 000 000 0 - 0 4 2Notre Dame 004 000 x - 4 7 1Reinoehl and Joy; Gross and Coyle. W-Gross. L-Reinoehl.Easton-Pleasant ValleyEaston enjoyed an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference rout of Pleasant Valley, 15-0.Alexis Jenkins paved the way for the Rovers by launching a grand slam in the opening inning.Jenna Scheller had two hits for the Bears, while Alyssa Kotzmann and Cameron Caffrey supplied one hit each.Easton (10) 23 - 15 13 0Pleasant Vy. 0 00 - 0 4 4Bryfogle, Bragg (3); Diabo, Jennings, Frable (1). W - Bryfogle. L - Diabo. HR: E - Jenkins (first inning, three on)Northwestern-WilsonWilson edged Northwestern in a Colonial League clash, 1-0.Devyn Losco hit a solo home run for Wilson.Brooke Wehr was 2-for-3 and recorded her 100th career hit.Northwestern 000 000 0 - 0Wilson 001 000 x - 1Akelatis and Wehr; Wood and Losco. W - Wood. L - Akelatis. HR: W - Losco (third, none on).BASEBALLEaston-Pleasant ValleyPleasant Valley earned an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Easton, 5-3.Dakota George hit a home run and collected two RBIs to lead the Bears. Jacob Adamski added a single and two RBIs.Kieran Kearns struck out nine in five innings of work.Easton 000 003 0 - 3 6 2Pleasant Vy. 200 210 x - 5 5 1Olsen, Joyce (6); Kearns, Guzman (6). W - Kearns. L - Olsen. HR: PV - George.Pen Argyl-PalmertonPalmerton defeated Pen Argyl in Colonial League action, 6-2.Garrett Peschy had a double and an RBI for the Blue Bombers.Zach Silfies tossed a complete game and struck out two, while also driving in a run at the plate.Pen Argyl 200 000 0 - 2 5 6Palmerton 231 000 0 - 6 8 1Santiago, Wallbillich (5) and Billiard; Z. Silfies and Mooney. W - Silfies. L - Santiago.Northwestern-WilsonNorthwestern defeated Wilson in a Colonial League game, 7-2.Isaac Fatzinger led the Tigers with two hits and an RBI.Alec Snyder had two hits for Wilson.Northwestern 204 000 1 - 7 8 4Wilson 100 100 0 - 2 5 1Fager and Wiik; Karslo, Harper (5) and Strehl. W - Fager. L - Karslo.Marian-Notre DameNotre Dame of Green Pond rolled to a 10-1 nonleague victory over Marian.The Crusaders had just six hits in the game but took advantage of eight walks and five Colt errors.Brett Foulke had a single, two runs scored and three RBIs to lead Notre Dame.For Marian, leadoff batter Gabe Bauer had two hits and scored the only run.Marian 100 000 0 - 1 5 5Notre Dame 010 450 x - 10 6 1Cappel, Bauer (3), Latoff (4), Cann (5) and Nolter; Boyer, Beyer (6) and Beyer, Boyer (6). W-Boyer. L-Bauer.Weatherly-MinersvilleMinersville edged Weatherly, 5-3, in Schuylkill League action.Joe Karmazin had three hits and was also the winning pitcher for the Miners (4-2).Matt Buck paced the Wreckers (1-4) with two singles. Lou Mastroddi added a double.Weatherly 000 003 0 - 3 6 2Minersville 300 110 x - 5 10 1Moser and Osifat; Karmazin, Hendricks (6) and Andruchek. W - Karmazin. L - Moser.N. Schuylkill-Jim ThorpeNorth Schuylkill edged Jim Thorpe, 2-1, in a Schuylkill League matchup.The Spartans scored both of their runs with two outs in the second inning.Derek Joyce and Chris Valdez each had two hits for the Olympians (5-3).The game ended on a double play. Valdez was trying to score the tying run on a sacrifice fly but the Spartans center fielder threw him out at the plate.N. Schuylkill 020 000 0 - 2 7 1Jim Thorpe 000 010 0 - 1 6 0Stokes, Grigas (6) and Burke; Edwards, Marykwas (5) and A. Joyce. W - Stokes. L - Edwards.TENNISPleasant Valley-PM EastPleasant Valley swept Pocono Mountain East in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference match, 5-0.Jake Ammerman, Najia Francis, and Josh Shaffer all collected singles wins.Antonio Carbone and Jason Allesch teamed up to get a doubles victory, as did Tyler Fahrenkoph and Brian Kagel.Pleasant Valley 5, PM East 0SINGLESJake Ammerman (PV) def. Richart Trott 6-3, 2-6, 6-0; Najia Francis (PV) def. Logan Kubinski 6-1, 6-2; Josh Schaffer (PV) def. Dan Serfass 6-3, 6-1.DOUBLESAntonio Carbone/Jason Allesch (PV) def. Matt Bolock/Nic Brazzeau 6-1, 6-4; Tyler Fahrenkoph/Brian Kagel (PV) def. Khaliel Bostic/Kattab Ahmed 6-1, 6-1.Pen Argyl-PalmertonPen Argyl swept Palmerton in a Colonial League match, 5-0.Pen Argyl 5, Palmerton 0SINGLESSam Martini (PA) def. Nat Andress 8-7; Mason Hundall (PA) def. Mac Roselli 8-1; Russ Hoover (PV) def. Mercy Melo 8-1DOUBLESBryce/Bartolacci/Riley Porter (PA) def. Nicole Andress/Erica Messics 8-0; Aidan McMahon/Brendan McMahon (PA) def. Nicole Andress/Erica Messics 8-0.MMI Prep-Jim ThorpeMMI Prep earned a nonleague win over Jim Thorpe, 3-2.Thorpe received a singles victory from Emilio Mercado.The tandem of Raymond O'Neil and Erik McLain-Walter won the doubles match for the Olympians.MMI Prep 3, Jim Thorpe 2SINGLESEvan Spear (MMI) def. Matt Green 6-0, 6-0; Doug Genetti (MMI) def. John Fedora 6-1, 6-2; Evan Diyfas (MMI) def. Matt Widdicombe 1-6, 6-3, 6-0; Emilio Mecado (JT) def. Eric Degenhart (MMI) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.DOUBLESRaymond O'Neil/Erik McLain-Waiter (JT) def. Ben Pidnam/Tyler Digenahart 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

Tamaqua second baseman Courtney Hoffman tags Catasauqua baserunner Serina Smith. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS