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Weatherly softball, Lehighton soccer win

The Weatherly softball and Lehighton girls soccer teams picked up wins on the local scholastic scene over the weekend.

SOFTBALLWeatherly-Moravian Acad.Weatherly started as a strong as it finished to score a 11-5 non-league win over Moravian Academy.Kristin Parker led the Wreckers with a triple and a RBI.Weatherly 301 013 3 - 11 5 1Mor. Academy 000 000 0 - 0 6 3Parker and Dougherty; Sheetz, Amore (6) and Gupta. W - Parker. L - Sheetz.Palmerton-No. Dame (G.P.)A late inning surge helped the Crusaders run away with a 9-2 Colonial League win over the Blue Bombers.Lead-off hitter Michelle Rickert (single, double) finished as the Bombers' lone multiple hitter.Christiana Donofry led the Crusaders with two doubles, while Erika Esposito delivered a three-run homerun in the sixth.Palmerton 000 001 1 - 2 6 5No. Dame (GP) 002 025 x - 9 8 0Buck, Connelly (6) and Harleman; Gaffney and Saraceno. W - Gaffney. L - Buck. HR: NDGP - Esposito (6th, two on).Catasauqua-TamaquaCatasauqua got the best of Tamaqua for a 7-3 non-conference victory.Geseck paced the Roughies with a triple, homerun, two runs scored and two RBI. Kern pitched in a win on the mound as well as a solo homer in the first inning.Jordan Nowacki led the Blue Raiders with two singles, two runs scored and two RBI, while Brianna Boyle recorded a single and a RBI.Catasauqua 320 200 0 - 7 7 1Tamaqua 000 110 1 - 3 5 1Kern and Geseck; Sotak, Heiler (6) and Zancofsky. W - Kern. L - Sotak. HR: Catasauqua - Kern (1st, none on), Geseck (2nd, one on).Jim Thorpe-Williams Vy.Williams Valley only needed three innings to score a 15-0 non-conference win over the Lady Olympians.Joy Mallory was the lone Olympians to record a single off of Williams Valley pitcher Cassidy Pinchorski.Kaila Deitrich led Williams Valley with a single, homer and three RBI, while Lacey Bixler contributed a triple and two RBI.Jim Thorpe 000 - 0 1 4Williams Vy. 78x - 15 12 0Caufman and Weber; Pinchorski and Davis. W - Pinchorski. L - Caufman. HR: Williams Valley - Deitrich.Pottsville-Panther ValleyPottsville used the strength of its pitching and some timely hits to cruise to a 15-0 Schuylkill League Division I win over Panther Valley in three innings because of the 15-run rule.The Tides' Bryanna Snowell didn't allow a hit, while striking out six Panthers and walking one.Kelyn Jones' highlighted Pottsville's nine-run second inning with a three-run homer.Pottsville 393 - 15 8 0Panther Vy. 000 - 0 0 5Snowell and Gerber; Gates. Snisky (2) and Walck. W - Snowell. L - Gates.BASEBALLPalmerton-No. Dame (GP)Palmerton's big seventh inning fell just short as the Cruaders escaped with a 5-4 Colonial League victory.Shane Simpson struck out 13 to pick up the win for Notre Dame.Mike Horvath had a hit, a run scored and two RBIs for the Bombers. Ryan Saylor had a hit and scored a run.Palmerton 000 000 4 - 4 5 3No. Dame (GP) 100 130 x - 5 6 2Cressman, Saylor (6) and Fioris; Simpkins and Salimbene. W - Simpkins. L - Cressman. HR: NDGP - Salimbene (5th, none).Pottsville-Panther ValleyPottsville cruised to a 11-0 Schuylkill League Division I win over Panther Valley.No other information was provided to the TIMES NEWS.GIRLS SOCCERLehighton-CatasauquaJordyn Homyak's four goals highlighted Lehighton's 6-3 non-league win over Catasauqua.Homyak scored a hat-trick in the first half, while adding another goal in the second half. Teammates Amanda Acabou and Kacy Beck scored the other goals.Kristina Schnell, Beck and Carissa Sevrin were credited with assists.Kayla Troutman accounted for 12 saves in goal for the Indians (2-6).BOYS TENNISTamaqua-Blue MountainIn a non-conference match called due to rain, Blue Mountain was handed a 3-1 win over Tamaqua.No. 1 singles player Gonzalo Hernandez Cascante had the Blue Raiders' lone win.Blue Mountain 3, Tamaqua 1SINGLESGonzalo Hernandez Cascante (T) def. Kevin Riotto 6-1, 5-0; Adam Bear (BM) def. Evan Stoll 6-0, 6-1; Collin Boris (BM) def Matt Hadesty 6-0, 6-4DOUBLESDavid Yuengling/Joey Pace (BM) def. Joe Binder/Tyler Kehl 6-1, 3-2.NOTE - No. 1 doubles non-contested due to match stopped due to rain.TRACKJim Thorpe InvitationalA few results, as well as the team scores, were not received by the TIMES NEWS before press time Friday night.The events that were missed and final standings are as follows:BOYS1. Lansdale Catholic (LC) 101, 2. Tamaqua (T) 93, 3. Lehighton (L) 72, 4. Southern Lehigh (SL) 56, 5. Northern Lehigh (NL) 54, 6. Palmerton (P) 48, 7. Jim Thorpe (JT) 36, 8. Schuylkill Haven (SH) 18, 9. Marian (M) 15, 10. Shenandoah Valley (SV) 14, 11. Pine Grove (PG) 13, 12. Mahanoy Area (MA) 4, 13. Carson Long (CL) 2, 14. Panther Valley (PV) 1.100 - 1. Zack Lakitsky (T) 11.46, 2. Tyler Hope (T) 11.79, 3. Nick Kirsch (SL) 11.87, 4. PJ Johnson (JT) 11.94, 5. Jeremy Zellers (L) 12.05, 6. Khaaliq Lynch (JT) 12.23.200 - 1. Andrew Mandato (LC) 22.86, 2. Zack Lakitsky (T) 22.94, 3. Tyler Hope (T) 23.57, 4. Alex Hetzel (LC) 23.74, 5. Justin Hair (MA), 6. Lee Evans (SL) 25.26.400 - 1. Andrew Mandato (LC) 51.47, 2. Jon Rabenold (L) 53.98, 3. Colin Bergy (SL) 54.12, 4. Joseph Wirfel (NL) 54.41, 5. Alex Hetzel (LC) 55.14, 6. Paul Martin (M) 55.29.1600 - 1. Kevin Seemiller (P) 4:45.10, 2. Logan Jacoby (SH) 4:50.39, 3. Kyler Burke (PG) 4:56.09, 4. Ryan McGinty (SL) 4:59.00, 5. Tom Boyle (LC) 5:02.07, 6. Philip Marzen (M) 5:09.90.110 HH - 1. Kevin Anderson (SL) 15.68, 2. Eric Hertzog (T) 15.88, 3. David Getz (NL) 16.51, 4. Josiah Evans (L) 16.77, 5. Dalton Johnson (NL) 17.06, 6. Phil Schron (JT) 17.26.300 IH - 1. Kevin Anderson (SL) 41.23, 2. Bill Moyer (SV) 42.32, 3. Caleb Johnson (NL) 42.35, 4. Nick Merva (SV) 43.60, 5. Jon Fritz (JT) 43.97, 6. Bobby Kelly (M) 44.19.400 relay - 1. Tamaqua (Zack Lakitsky, Eric Hertzog, Josh Turner, Zach Ruba) 45.34, 2. Lehighton 46.13, 3. Lansdale Catholic 46.47, 4. Southern Lehigh 46.50, 5. Jim Thorpe 46.69, 6. Palmerton 47.02.Discus - 1. Josh Turner (T) 134-6, 2. Levi Haldeman (L) 132-4, 3. Dylan Baranowsky (M) 131-3, 4. Dennis Hoyer (LC) 129-0, 5. Eric Whiteman (L) 122-3, 6. Derek Walck (P) 121-7.GIRLS1. Tamaqua (T) 129, 2. Palmerton (P) 103, 3. Jim Thorpe (JT) 74, 4. Southern Lehigh (SL) 63, 5. Lehighton (L) 52, 6. Pine Grove (PG) 33, 7. Northern Lehigh (NL) 26, 8. Marian (M) 20, 9. Shenandoah Valley (SV) 19, 10. Mahanoy Area (MA) 8.800 - 1. Kelsey Patrick (T) 2:31.63, 2. Cecily Kohlmeir (T) 2:39.47, 3. Maria McDonald (SL) 2:40.99, 4. Kali Yext (SL) 2:42.62, 5. Jill Farkas (P) 2:43.28, 6. Lauren McCullion (L) 2:44.79.400 relay - 1. Tamaqua (Taylor Gerber, Kayla Hope, Alexandra Wagner, Caitlin Trainer) 52.33, 2. Jim Thorpe 52.59, 3. Palmerton 53.51, 4. Lehighton 54.19, 5. Mahanoy Area 55.50, 6. Northern Lehigh 56.15.1600 relay - 1. Tamaqua (Amber Carroll, Cecily Kohlmeir, Dana Ansbach, Kelsey Patrick) 4:24.84, 2. Jim Thorpe 4:32.64, 3. Pine Grove 4:34.37, 4. Marian 4:46.68, 5. Palmerton 4:52.53, 6. Northern Lehigh 4:59.06.Discus - 1. Ahna Huss (SV) 110-10, 2. Gwen Remaley (L) 101-0, 3. Gillian Ferko (M) 100-2, 4. Stacey Wallace (T) 96-0, 5. Kelsey Hay (P) 89-8, 6. Carly O'Malley (T) 83-9.High jump - 1. Lauryn Solt (P) 4-10, 2. Autumn Stauffer (NL) 4-10, 3. Madelein Cole (SL) 4-8 and Mackenzie Mayes (PG) 4-8, 5. Amber Casserly (MA) 4-8, 6. Brittany Holland (JT) 4-6.