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Lehighton blanks Palmerton

Lehighton and Northern Lehigh both posted shutout wins in baseball action Thursday.

The Indians blanked neighboring rival Palmerton, while the Bulldogs used a trio of pitchers to record a five-inning perfect game against Wilson.In other action, Northwestern earned a softball win against Tamaqua.BASEBALLPalmerton-LehightonLehighton blanked visting Palmerton for a 7-0 non-conference victory.Dave Behler paced the Indians with a single, double, three runs scored and a RBI.Jacen Nalesnik followed with two singles and four RBIs, three of which came on a three-run single in the second inning. Kyle Hunter chipped in with two singles and two runs scored.The Indians' Tyler Hill tossed a complete game two-hitter with nine strike outs.Aaron Cook and Christian Marcin had the Bomber hits.Palmerton 000 000 0 - 0 2 0Lehighton 040 201 x - 7 6 3Brogan, Svetik (4), Marcin (6) and Hahn; Hill, Harris (7) and Nalesnik. W - Hill. L - Brogan.Bloomsburg-MarianBloomsburg got the best of Marian for a 10-2 non-league win.The Panthers' Logan Mauk and John Sheehe each had two singles and a RBI.Ryan Gimbi led the Colts with two singles and a RBI, while Joe Kloap, Jim Stavinski and Mark Stawick all added singles.Bloomsburg 030 160 0 - 10 8 2Marian 010 001 0 - 2 5 5Rankin, Gottstein (6) and Loff; Kloap, Sherkness (3), Stavinski (5) and Nietz. W - Rankin. L - Kloap.Northern Lehigh-WilsonThree Northern Lehigh pitchers combined for a perfect game in an 11-0 Colonial League win over Wilson.Eric Snyder, Joe Seremula or Chad Mazepa kept the bases clean as their team won by the 10-run rule. Seremula fanned three, while the other two struck out two each.Seremula also had two hits and two RBI. Matt Gill had two RBI on three hits. Also driving in two were Tyler Bolton and Andy Hoch.No. Lehigh 181 01 - 11 13 0Wilson 000 00 - 0 0 1Snyder, Seremula, Mazepa and Hoch; Murray, Gabor (2) and Weber. W - Snyder, L - Murray.Jim Thorpe-No. Dame-GPNotre Dame of Green Pond scored ten runs in the first three innings of play and went on to defeat Jim Thorpe, 10-0 in non-league play.Tyler Vail pitched all five innings for Notre Dame. He allowed jsut one hit while striking out nine. He also had four RBIs.Jim Thorpe 000 00 - 0 1 2Notre Dame GP 343 00 - 10 8 1Stermer, Ciavarella (3), Green (4) and Knox; Vail and Keretz. W - Vail, L - Stermer.SOFTBALLTamaqua-NorthwesternKyra Barron delivered the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the eighth to help lift Northwestern to a 6-5 non-conference win over Tamaqua.Barron led the Tigers with a 2-for-4 performance at the plate.Tamaqua's Jordan Nowacki had a two-run homerun in the seventh, while Chey Bates added a double.Tamaqua 100 100 30 - 5 3 4Northwestern 003 101 01 - 6 7 3Sotak and Zancofsky; Papp and Wear. W - Papp. L - Sotak. HR: Tamaqua - Nowacki (7th, one on); NW - none.GIRLS SOCCERLehighton-PM EastPocono Mountain East spoiled opening day for Lehighton as it handed the visitors a 7-1 setback.Jordyn Homyak scored the Indians' lone goal in the Mountain Valley Conference showdown.The Indians' keeper Jourdan Semmel faced 30 Cardinal shots and made 23 saves.BOYS TENNISTamaqua-PottsvillePottsville beat visiting Tamaqua, 6-1.The Tides' Matt Witkin, James Dailey, Sean Brennan, Nate Houtz and Kevin Wang swept singles play.The Radiers' Joe Binder and Christian Gardiner won in doubles play.Pottsville 6, Tamaqua 1SINGLESMatt Witkin (P) def. Matt Hadesty 6-0, won by default; James Dailey (P) def. Kyle Oliver 6-1, 6-2; Sean Brennan (P) def. Spencer Bennett 1-6, 6-2, 6-4; Nate Houtz (P) def. Jerome Betz 6-2, 6-0; Kevin Wang (P) def. Colin Johnson 6-0, 6-0DOUBLESEvan Rajchel/Tony Brophy (P) def. Jerome Betz/Kyle Oliver 6-2, 6-0; Joe Binder/Christian Gardiner (T) def. Mike Ryan/Kurt Weres 7-6 (8-6); 6-1