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Four area teams earn softball wins

Palmerton, Lehighton, Panther Valley and Weatherly all picked up softball wins over the weekend.

Tamaqua also earned a victory in baseball action.SOFTBALLPalmerton-CatasauquaPalmerton scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to pull out a 5-3 Colonial League victory over Catasauqua.Pitcher Paige Shupp relieved in the third innning for the Blue Bombers and struck out 10 batters in earning the win. She also finished 3-for-4 at the plate with a run scored. Teammate Paige Frantz added two hits.For the Rough Riders, Serena Smith was 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs.Palmerton 110 001 2 - 5 8 3Catasauqua 201 000 0 - 3 7 3Altemose, Shupp (3); Towich and Reichl. W - Shupp. L - Towich. HR: Catasauqua - Smith (1st, one on).Saucon Valley-LehightonLehighton posted a 2-0 non-league win over Saucon Valley, as Allison Armbruster threw a three-hitter for the Indians.The Tribe scored the only runs in the second inning when Lexi Kenny delivered a two-run single. Kenny finished the game with two hits.Emily Greene finished 3-for-3 with a double, while Nicole Salerno also had three hits.Saucon Valley 000 000 0 - 0 3 1Lehighton 002 000 x - 2 8 1Okken and Messeniehner; Armbruster and Salerno. W - Armbruster. L - Okken.Panther Valley-LLAMegan Pascoe had a good day at the plate and in the circle to help Panther Valley roll to a 17-1 non-league win over Lincoln Leadership Academy.Pascoe had three hits, one a double, offensively and tossed a one-hitter while striking out eight.The Panthers (1-14) also received two hits and four RBIs from Robin Krajcir, while Chloe Miller and Sarah Markovich also finished with a pair of hits.Panther Valley 824 3 - 17 13 1Lincoln Leadership 001 0 - 1 1 4Pascoe and Drumbore; Cabeza, Soto (2) and Alicea. W - Pascoe. L - Cabeza.Weatherly-LLASam Kane tossed a no-hitter and struck out seven as Weatherly cruised to an 18-1 non-league win over Lincoln Leadership Academy.The Wreckers (4-6) received three hits, one a double, from Katie Graham, while Morgan Gower added a single and double.Weatherly blew the game open with an 11-run third inning.Weatherly 03(11) 4 - 18 7 2Lincoln Leadership 100 0 - 1 0 1Kane and Wilkinson; Soto and Cabeza. W - Kane. L - Soto.BASEBALLTri-Valley-TamaquaTamaqua posted a 5-3 comeback win over Tri-Valley in a non-league contest.The Blue Raiders scored four times in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull out the victory.Isaiah Kupchinsky and Nick Breiner both knocked in runs for Tamaqua during its winning rally. Daylon Barron had a double for the Raiders, while Michael Minchhoff earned the pitching win.Tri-Valley 101 100 0 - 3 8 3Tamaqua 000 104 x - 5 5 0Buchanan, Smith (6) and Poletti; Evans, Michhoff (3) and Rother. W - Minchhoff. L - Buchanan.Lehighton-Saucon ValleySaucon Valley pounded out 16 hits and scored runs in every inning to earn a 16-6 non-league win over Lehighton.Josh Snead finished a perfect 5-for-5 at the plate for the Panthers, scoring four runs and knocking in two. Will Smith was 2-for-4, scored four runs and added an RBI, Alstan Wolfe was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBIs, while Thomas Coakley was 3-for-4 with four RBIs.For the Tribe, Donovan Buchinsky was 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs, while Chris Whiteman had two hits and a run scored.Lehighton 330 000 - 6 8 3Saucon Valley 613 312 - 16 16 2Scherer, Deem (3), Sensinger (5), Bozilesky (5); Coakley, Petsch (3) and Steckel. W - Coakley. L - Scherer.Palmerton-CatasauquaCatasauqua's Zach Bilder outdueled Brody Boehler of Palmerton as the Rough Riders gained a 1-0 Colonial League win.Bilder relinquised only three hits and struck out 10 in his six scoreless innings. Boehler also gave up just three hits, but was touched for a run in the third inning.Bilder also knocked in Catty's only run.For the Blue Bombers, Jake Taschler had a triple. Ben Serfass and Zach Silfies had Palmerton's other hits.Palmerton 000 000 0 - 0 3 1Catasauqua 001 000 x - 1 3 1Boehler, Schoenberger (6) and Mooney; Bilder, Brett (7) and Ritter. W - Bilder. L - Boehler.Pleasant Vy.-NorthamptonNorthampton outscored Pleasant Valley, 11-9, to gain an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win.Isaac Tucker had a double, triple, and four RBIs for the Konkrete Kids, while Carson Gantz added two hits and scored two runs.For the Bears, Brett Hardy and Dakota George each had two hits and knocked in a pair of runs. Nick Gatusso also chipped in with two hits.Pleasant Valley 110 500 2 - 9 9 5Northampton 040 520 x - 11 8 3Coursey, Kearns (4), Hardy (5), Stivala (6); Rufe, Bennett (4), Iliff (7). W - Bennett. L - Coursey.

Tamaqua shortstop Nate Boyle covers second base during Saturday's game against Tri-Valley. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS