The Panther Valley baseball team needed one win across its final two games to clinch a district playoff berth. The Panthers got the job done against Mahanoy Area on Wednesday during an 11-5 Schuylkill League win.

BASEBALLMahanoy Area-Panther Vy.Panther Valley clinched a spot in the District playoffs with an 11-5 Schuylkill League win over Mahanoy Area.Anthony Micholik had the hot bat for the Panthers, finishing with two singles, a double, and two RBIs. Tristan Blasko followed with a single, double, run scored and two RBIs.Ronnie Distler added two singles, two runs scored and an RBI, while Bradley Buzzard chipped in with two singles and two runs.Panther Valley improves to 10-9 overall.Mahanoy Area 000 031 1 - 5 6 2Panther Vy. 252 011 x - 11 12 4Laughlin, Hannon (2), Brennan (4), Andruswsky (5) and Jones; Goida, Kokinda (6) and Paris. W - Goida. L - Laughlin.Tamaqua-LehightonTamaqua scored two runs in the top of the eighth inning to defeat Lehighton 2-0 in a Schuylkill League game.Casey Rother got the rally started with an RBI double that scored Nate Boyle. Thad Zuber then singled to bring in Rother.Zuber pitched eight innings, struck out eight, and yielded only two hits.Tamaqua improved to 14-6, while Lehighton dropped to 7-12.Tamaqua 000 000 02 - 2 3 2Lehighton 000 000 00 - 0 2 3Zuber and Rother; Heery and Wagner. W - Zuber. L - Heery.Palmerton-Northern LehighPalmerton blanked Northern Lehigh in a Colonial League contest, 5-0.Tekoah Guedes paved the way for Palmerton with two hits and a run.Garrett Perschy reached base three times and had an RBI, while striking out seven. Jared Mooney also drove in a run.Brandon Hess had two hits for the Bulldogs.Palmerton 010 021 1 - 5 7 1No. Lehigh 000 000 0 - 0 7 2Perschy, Z. Silfies (6); Evangelist, Hess (6). W - Perschy. L - Evangelist.Minersville-MarianMarian's seventh-inning rally fell short, as the Colts dropped a 7-6 Schuylkill League game to Minersville.Max Nolter paced the Colts with a single, double and an RBI, while Alex Kubishin added two singles and two runs.Aaron Mason (two singles, two runs scored) and Gabe Bauer (two singles, RBI, stolen base) also finished with multi-hit games.Minersville 400 001 2 - 7 8 1Marian 201 000 3 - 6 12 4Mahalchick, Karmazin (1), Hendricks (7) and Adruchek; Keer, Cappel (7) and Nolter. W - Karmazin. L - Kerr. S - Hendricks.Pleasant Vy.-StroudsburgStroudsburg used a five-run first inning to earn an 8-4 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.Nate Kitchell and Beau Breithaupt led the Mounties with three RBIs apiece.Nick Gattuso led the Bears with three hits and an RBI.Pleasant Vy. 011 002 0 - 4 10 1Stroudsburg 500 201 0 - 8 8 2W - Denny. L - McEvoy.Northwestern-CatasauquaZach Bilder tossed a gem for Catasauqua, allowing two hits, while striking out five en route to a 2-1 Colonial League victory over Northwestern.Jake Haas and Zach Stanley each had hits for the Tigers.Northwestern 100 000 0 - 1 2 1Catasauqua 100 001 x - 2 5 2Vogwill, Fager (5); Bilder, Brett (6). W - Bilder L- Fager.Shenandoah-WeatherlyShenandoah Valley scored three runs in the seventh inning to earn a 3-2 Schuylkill League comeback win over Weatherly.A.J. Knepper had three hits for the Wreckers, while Steph Yurchak had two.Shenandoah 000 000 3 - 3 9 1Weatherly 001 010 0 - 2 7 2Conroy and Timko; Moser and Osifat. W - Conroy. L - Moser.SOFTBALLNo. Lehigh-PalmertonNorthern Lehigh's late rally helped earn a Colonial League victory over Palmerton, 3-2. Kaitlin Hoffman led the Bulldogs with three hits and two RBIs, including the game-winning home run with one on in the seventh. Megan Handwerk added a hit and an RBI.For Palmerton, Kailah Altemose had a hit and an RBI, while Paige Shupp contributed two hits.Palmerton 000 011 0 - 2 5 1No. Lehigh 000 001 2 - 3 5 1P. Shupp and S. Shupp; K. Hoffman and D. Hoffman. W - K. Hoffman L - P. Shupp. HR - K. Hoffman (7th, one on).Marian-MinersvilleMinersville blanked Marian for an 11-0 Schuylkill League victory.Emily Shaud accounted for the lone Fillies' hit.Minersvile 101 36 - 11 12 1Marian 000 00 - 0 1 5Kroznuskie and Polinsky; Reinoehl and M. Joy. W - Kroznuskie. L - Polinsky.Panther Vy.-MahanoyMahanoy rolled by Panther Valley in a Schuylkill League game, 15-2.Five Bears had multiple hits on the day, as Allison Scheeler led the way with two hits and three RBIs.Faith Drumbore had three hits for the Panthers, including a double.Panther Vy. 200 00 - 2 6 5Mahanoy 811 14 - 15 11 1Beers, Pascoe (5), and Drumbore; Lawrence and Bruce. W - Lawrence; L - Beers.Jim Thorpe-Pine GrovePine Grove used 12 runs in the first inning to shutout Jim Thorpe after three innings in a Schuylkill League game, 17-0.The Cardinals' Caitlyn Becher held the Olympians to just one run, while adding two RBIs, at the plate. Mackenzie Hasenhauer led the Cards with four RBIs while Trish Kopinetz chipped in with three.The lone hit for the Olympians came from Maggie Holloway.Jim Thorpe 0 00 - 0 1 5Pine Grove (12) 5 0 - 17 17 0Holloway and Marzen; Becher and Kopinetz. W - Becher L - Holloway.Shenandoah-WeatherlyWeatherly used a 10-run second inning to help gain a 17-2 Schuylkill League win over Shenandoah Valley.The Wreckers (7-9; 4-9) received two hits and three runs from Khadijah Zuberi, while Jackie Henry also scored three times.Shenandoah 0 02 - 2 3 8Weatherly 2(10)5 - 17 14 2Petrushonis and Roguskie, Selbi (3); Isom and Frye. W - Isom. L - Petrushonis.