Indians' Hill fired no-hitter, fans 15
Tyler Hill was dominating on the mound as Lehighton defeated East Stroudsburg North in Scholastic baseball action on Wednesday.
BASEBALLLehighton-ES NorthTyler Hill threw a no-hitter and struck out 15 batters to lead Lehighton to a 4-0 Mountain Valley Conference win over East Stroudsburg North.Hill, who walked four batters, received offensive support from Jacen Nalesnik. The freshman catcher went 4-for-4 at the plate with two doubles and three RBIs.The Indians (6-3; 2-1) also received a double and two runs scored from Kyle Hunter.The loss kept the Timberwolves winless at 0-7; 0-3.Lehighton 101 020 0 - 4 6 0ES North 000 000 0 - 0 0 4Hill and Nalesnik; Dwyer and Whitaker. W - Hill. L - Dwyer.N'western-CatasauquaIn a high-scoring affair, Catasauqua scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead and eventually beat Northwestern, 12-9 in Colonial League baseball action.Catty's Joe Taves let loose from a grandslam in the sixth to put his team on top for good. Taves finished the game 2-for-4 with five RBIs.Adam Wehr and Nate Kester each drove in three RBIs for the Tigers (4-4, 2-3). Wehr had a triple, while Kester had a three-run homer in the fifth.N'western 001 042 2 - 9 11 2Catasauqua 101 325 x - 12 13 4Shantz, Smith (6) and Boyd; Hammel, Yost (6), Tatasciore (7) and Yost, Silberman (6). W - Yost, L - Shantz, S - Tatasciore. HR: NW - Kester (5th, two on); C - Taves (6th, three on).Shenandoah-MarianMarian won its fifth straight game by cruising to a 12-2 Schuylkill League win over Shenandoah Valley.Joe Kloap earned the pitching win, striking out seven batters in five innings of work.The Colts (5-1; 4-0) received a pair of home runs, a three-run shot from Mark Stawick and Ryan Gimbi's solo blast that ended the game via the 10-run rule.Scott Nietz added two hits, one a double, and two RBIs for the winners while Drew Sherkness had a single and a double. Brandon Doperia also chipped in with two hits.Shenandoah 001 010 - 2 7 4Marian 500 331 - 12 10 1Palubinsky, Rooney (5) and Macker; Kloap, Gimbi (6) and Nietz. W - Kloap. L - Palubinsky. HR: Marian - Stawick (1st, two on), Gimbi (6th, none on).Panther Vy.-TamaquaCarl Wittig sent Tamaqua home with a 5-2 victory over Panther Valley as he connected for a three-run, walk-off homer in the bottom of the eighth.Fellow Raider Ryan Palsgrove also had a great day at the plate, as he went 4-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored.Jordan Heisler fanned 11 Panthers en route to earning the victory.Tamaqua is now 3-3 (2-1) on the year.Panther Vy 101 000 00 - 2 4 2Tamaqua 200 000 03 - 5 8 1Lawrence and Pecha; Heisler and James. W - Heisler, L - Lawrence. HR: T - Wittig (8th, two on).Jim Thorpe-PottsvillePottsville scored a run in the bottom of the sixth inning to edge Jim Thorpe, 4-3, in Schuylkill League action.The Olympians (0-7, 0-4) got two hits from Corey Cinicola.Jim Thorpe 011 100 0 3 6 2Pottsville 021 001 x 4 3 3Cinicola, Janecki (3) and Knox; Haughney, Hoke (6) and Heffner. W-Hoke. L-Janecki.Weatherly-LourdesA nine-run explosion in the fifth inning rallied Lourdes for a 15-9 Schuylkill League win over Weatherly.Christian Ormiston had two hits for the Wreckers (0-7, 0-4).Weatherly 301 032 0 9 7 5Lourdes 103 191 x 15 14 5Pfeiffer, Hinkle (5) and Walton; Wasko, Mi. Menapace (5) and Ma. Menapace. W- Mi. Menapace. L-Pfeiffer.SOFTBALLNo. Lehigh-PalmertonNorthern Lehigh plated two runs in the fourth inning and hung on to beat Palmerton, 2-1 in Colonial League softball action.Jocelyn Rodrigues was responsible for one of the Bulldogs' runs, as she doubled in a run.Palmerton's lone run came off the bat of Jenna Ritter. Ritter doubled in a run as well.No. Lehigh 000 200 0 - 2 5 1Palmerton 000 010 0 - 1 5 2Wagaman and Bowman; Herring and Arner. W - Wagaman, L - Herring.N'western-CatasauquaNorthwestern scored three runs in both the sixth and seventh innings and came from behind to top Catty, 7-4.Jackie Wear had two hits for the Lady Tigers, one of which was a home run. She finished with three RBIs.Northwestern 010 003 3 - 7 10 2Catasauqua 000 040 0 - 4 8 3Papp and Wear. W - Papp. HR: WearShenandoah-MarianMarian scored early and often, as the Fillies knocked off Shenandoah Valley 6-1.Abby Burkhardt led the locals with two doubles and three RBIs. Teammate Nina Curran also had two doubles.Leading the Fillies (3-3, 2-2) with three hits were Katie Donovan and Abbey Hill. One of Donovan's hits was a triple.Kayla Knight handled her business on the mound, striking out six and walking just two in seven innings of work. The one run she gave up was unearned.Shenandoah 000 000 1 - 1 4 0Marian 211 200 x - 6 14 4Lukashunas and Semanchik; Knight and Hill. W - Knight, L - Lukashunas.Jim Thorpe-PottsvillePottsville held Jim Thorpe hitless on the softball diamond and went on to beat the Olympians, 7-0.No other information was received by the TIMES NEWS.Jim Thorpe 000 000 0 - 0 0 4Pottsville 051 100 x - 7 5 1Tillou and Milliard; Sweat and Hullihan. W - Sweat, L - Hullihan.Panther Vy.-TamaquaAllie Sotak tossed a three-hit shutout to lead Tamaqua to an 8-0 Schuylkill League win over Panther Valley.Sotak struck out eight batters and allowed just one walk as the Raiders (2-6; 2-1) won their second straight game.Tamaqua's Jordan Nowacki had two hits, one of them a two-run double, while Megan Amey also had a pair of hits. Lauren Mateyak added a two-run single.The loss dropped PV to 1-6 overall and 1-2 in the league.Panther Valley 000 000 0 - 0 3 6Tamaqua 220 400 x - 8 7 3Snisky and Ogozalek; Sotak and Zancofsky. W - Sotak. L - Snisky.GIRLS SOCCERNDGP-No. LehighNotre Dame GP jumped on top of Northern Lehigh and never looked back, winning 6-1 in Colonial League soccer.The Bulldogs' lone goal was scored by Victoria Tadman-Uebele. She was assisted on the play by Carly Gavalla.Palisades-N'westernThe Lady Tigers scored two goals in each half en route to a 4-1 Colonial League victory over Palisades.Katie Hallingstad, Katie Hughes, Sara Jones and Anna Fricchione each scored a goal for Northwestern (6-2, 4-1).Goalie Chacha Ritter made five saves in net to preserve the shutout.Salisbury-PalmertonKelsey Hadinger scored all three of her goals in the first half and led her Falcons to a 4-0 victory over Colonial League foe Palmerton.Hadinger's goals came within eight minutes of each other. Teammate Emily Kotch had the fourth goal and assisted on all three of Hadinger's tallies.BOYS TENNISLehighton-PM EastThe Cardinals blanked the Indians 7-0 on the tennis courts Wednesday afternoon.The only members of the Lehighton team to win a set was the doubles team of Justin Ziegenfus/Steph Slaw. They won their first set, 7-5.PM East 7, Lehighton 0SINGLESKevin Wolcoff (PM) def. James Sverchek, 6-0, 6-1; Jay Ruvane (PM) def. Nick Mantz, 6-0, 7-5; Max Kenny (PM) def. Kirk Arner, 6-1, 6-1.DOUBLESMatt Daversa/Quinn Hulsizer (PM) def. James Sverchek/Kirk Arner, 8-2; Jon Valilee/Austin Sopko (PM) def. Deb Lobien/Jess Lobien, 6-2, 6-4; Zach Bonzup/Cody Zanfleet (PM) def. Justin Ziegenfus/Steph Slaw, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; PM East won by forfeit.Tamaqua-Jim ThorpeSam Lux stayed perfect on the year and helped lead Jim Thorpe to a 5-0 tennis victory over rival Tamaqua.Lux defeated Kyle Oliver in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0. Teammates James Denny and Mitch Franko also posted singles victories.Evan Stoll managed to win Tamaqua's only set of the day. He took the second set against Denny, 7-5.Jim Thorpe 5, Tamaqua 0SINGLESSam Lux (JT) def. Kyle Oliver, 6-0, 6-0; James Denny (JT) def. Evan Stoll, 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 10-7; Mitch Franko (JT) def. Spencer Bennett, 6-1, 6-2.DOUBLESOliver Schultz/Josh Mohn (JT) def. Jerome Betz/Joe Binder, 6-0, 6-0; Dan Meader/Arrista Vourhees (JT) def. Christian Gardner/Collin Johnson, 6-0, 6-0.JV SOFTBALLPalmerton-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh topped Palmerton, 4-0.Taren Fritzinger knocked in all four runs for the Bulldogs and finished the day 2-for-3.JV BASEBALLLehighton-ES NorthLehighton rolled to a 23-8 four inning victory over East Stroudsburg North.Jayden Hensley had three hits and four RBIs to lead the Indians (6-2). Josh Kern added two hits and four RBIs, Alex Storm had two hits and three RBIs and Joe Oriel two. hits.