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NL wins two on diamond

Northern Lehigh picked up victories in both baseball and softball to highlight Thursday's scholastic sports card.

In other action, the Pleasant Valley softball and Tamaqua baseball teams posted wins while the Lehighton soccer team won its first game of the season.BASEBALLNorthwestern-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh put runs on the scoreboard in every inning but one to pull away for an 11-3 Colonial League victory over visiting Northwestern.Kyle Schomp led the Bulldogs' offense with a single, double, three runs scored and two RBIs, while Jake Kern chipped in with three singles, two runs scored and a RBI. Matt Gill (two singles, run scored, RBI) and Dylan Bolton (double, triple, two RBIs) also had big days for Northern Lehigh (5-0).Peyton Bachman paced the Tigers (3-3) with two singles and a run scored. Andrew Rivera recorded two RBIs.Northwestern 200 010 0 - 3 6 3No. Lehigh 311 105 x - 11 12 2Perry, Lutton (5), Bennett (6) and White; Snyder and Bender. W - Snyder. L - Perry.Nativity-TamaquaMike Toth drove in four runs and helped Tamaqua knock off Nativity, 10-3, in non-league play.Toth finished the day 2-for-3 with a three-run homer. Teammate Derek Linkhorst also had two hits and two runs scored.Tamaqua moves to 4-1 on the year.Nativity 100 200 0 - 3 4 2Tamaqua 510 013 x - 10 8 2Luckenbill, Holohan (6) and Manzell; George, Linkhorst (7) and Roberts. W - George, L - Luckenbill. HR: N - Manzell (1st, none on); T - Toth (1st, two on).SOFTBALLPleasant Vy.-LehightonRikki Correll tossed a three-hitter to lead Pleasant Valley to an 11-1 Mountain Valley Conference victory over Lehighton.The Bears (3-2, 3-0) did most of their damage early, scoring five runs in each of their first two atbats.Dianne Klapatch had two hits and two RBIs to lead Pleasant Valley offensively. Megan Hardy added two hits, an RBI, and a run scored. Kasey Meckes had a triple and scored twice.For Lehighton (0-4, 0-2), Emily Kollar had a single and scored her team's only run.Pleasant Vy. 550 000 1 - 11 15 0Lehighton 010 000 0 - 1 3 3Correll and Klingel; Evans and Smith. W-Correll. L-EvansNorthwestern-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh rolled to an 11-2 Colonial League win over Northwestern.Megan Filchner paced the Bulldogs (3-2, 2-2) with a single, triple, two runs scored and three RBIs. Maggie Lear added a single, double, two runs scored and a RBI. Cassie Toth (two singles, run scored, RBI) and Amber Kibler (two singles) also contributed to the win.Blaise Barron had two singles and an RBI for Northwestern (3-3, 2-2).Northwestern 000 110 0 - 2 7 6No. Lehigh 400 304 x - 11 12 4Papp and Williams; Lear and Bowman. W - Lear. L - Papp.Bangor-PalmertonBangor edged Palmerton, 7-5, in a Colonial League game.Michelle Rickert had two hits for the Bombers (1-4).Bangor 213 100 0 - 7 7 3Palmerton 221 000 0 - 5 7 6Brands and Mitzos; Herring Harleman. W-Brands. L-Herring.TRACKCatasauqua-Palisades-NorthwesternThe Palisades girls and Catasauqua boys both picked up a pair of victories in a Colonial League tri-meetNorthwestern's girls managed one victory on the day, a 124-26 drubbing of Catty. The Tigers boys lost twice.Haley Yost got the Lady Tigers' only victories on the track, capturing the 800 and 1600 meter runs. Northwestern also swept the throwing events and won the long jump.In the boys meet, Tyler Stelmack (1600, 3200) and Bobby Clymer (110 hudles, 300 hurdles) accounted for Northwestern's only wins.GirlsNorthwestern 124, Catasauqua 26Palisades 129, Catasauqua 20Palisades 86, Northwestern 64100 - 1. Danielle Gehman (P) 13.60, 2. Tori Black (NW) 3. Katlyn Gabriel (P), 4. Darby Codd (P), 5. Colleen Hickey (C)200 - 1. Gehman (P) 29.2, 2. Brittany Thatcher (P), 3. Jasmine Rodriquez (C), 4. Stephanie Sell (C), 5. Hickey (C)400 - 1. Thatcher (P) 1:12.00, 2. Jen Groller (NW), 3. Rodriquez (C), 4. Nicole Keler (P), 5. Anneli Jennings (P)800 - 1. Haley Yost (NW) 2:38.90, 2. Keller (P), 3. Tehya Sauer (P), 4. Libby Johnson (NW) 5. Bailey Kudla-Williams (C)1600 - 1. Yost (NW) 6:05.50, 2. Keller, Laura (P), 3. Natalie Boehm (NW), 4. Emma Kemmerer (NW), 5. Erica Sarnicky (NW)3200 - 1. Keller (P) 12:44.80, 2. Kemmerer (NW), 3. Boehm (NW), 4. Amanda Fleck (P), 5. Erin Ondush (NW)110 HH - 1. Alexa Rossi (P) 17.60, 2. Meryah Harding (P), 3. Paige Horner (NW), 4. Hannah Gouck (P), 5. Nicole Colucci (NW)300 IH - 1. Harding (P) 55.30, 2. Horner (NW), 3. Gouck (P), 4. Caileigh Landrigan (NW), 5. Colucci (NW)400 relay - 1. Palisades 54.6, 2. Northwestern1600 relay - 1. Palisades 4:51.8, 2. Northwestern3200 relay - 1. Northwestern (Boehm, Johnson, Kemmerer, Yost) 11:09, 2 Palisades 11:28.1Shot put - 1. Sarah Murray (NW) 28-9, 2. Holly Skibo (P), 3. Everett (NW), 4. Megan Duch (C), 5. Jaime Kraky (NW)Discus - 1. Everett (NW) 85-4, 2. Devin Cox (P), 3. Tammy Lenhart (NW), 4. Duch (C), 5. AnnaMarie Pontier (P)Javelin - 1. Lauren Rivera (NW) 88-1, 2. Pontier (P), 3. Gillette (C), 4. Murray (NW), Hannah Bittner (NW).High jump - 1. Keller (P) 4-10, 2. Nycole Everett, (NW), 3. Groller (NW), 4. Gabriel (P), 5. Hoferica (P)Long jump - 1. Jenny Gulick (NW) 14-9 1/2, 2. Codd (P), 3. Black (NW), 4. Gabriel (P), 5. Wetherill (P)Triple jump - 1. Hoferica (P) 31-4, 2. Black (NW), 3. Corrine Rocke (P), 4. Rossi (P), 5. Gulick (NW)Pole vault - 1 Kayla James (C) 9-0, 2. Morgan Hoferica (P), 3. Leah Kester (NW), 4. Rossi (P), 5. Emily Adams (P)BoysCatasauqua 97, Northwestern 52Catasauqua 79, Palisades 71Palisades 91, Northwestern 59100 - 1. Alex Brown (C) 11.6, 2. Deonte Hill (C), 3. Ra'Von Burton (C), 4. Ben Snyder (NW), 5. Sa'Quon Burton (C)200 - 1. Brown (C) 23.9, 2. S. Burton (C), 3. Tom Dannenhower (P), 4. Snyder, 5. Patrick Campbell (P)400 - 1. Zach Orecchio (P) 55.6, 2. Justin Colletti (P) 3. Bardell (P), 4. Foli Creppy (C), 5. Dylan Rodd (P)800 - 1. Sage Weikel, (P) 2:16.2, 2. Bardell (P), 3. Josh Diehl (P), 4. Paul Muth (P), 5. Daniel Masetti (NW)1600 - 1. Tyler Stelmack (NW) 4:46.7, 2. Weikel (P), 3. Anthony Brinkley (C), 4. Patrick Strobel (NW), 5. Gregory Lerch (P)3200 - 1. Stelmack (NW) 10:34.4, 2. Brinkley (C), 3. Strobel (NW), 4. Collin Blaydon (P), 5. Ryan Cerrone (NW)110 HH - 1. Bobby Clymer (NW) 17.2, 2. Bazz Jarjous (NW), 3. Patrick Burker (C), 4. Shaun Remaley (C), 5. Brown (P)300 IH - 1. Clymer (NW) 46.2, 2. Burker (C), 3. Mettin (P), 4. Remaley (C), 5. Austin Weiss (NW)400 relay - 1. Catasauqua 44.90, 2. Palisades, 3. Northwestern1600 relay - 1. Palisades 3:46.1, Catasauqua, 3. Northwestern3200 relay 1. Palisades 9:19.7, 2. Northwestern, 3. CatasauquaShot put - 1. Dylan Haklar (C) 46-5, 2. Jeff Gallagher (C), 3. Nata Falko (C), 4. David Tirpak (NW), 5. Sell (C)Discus - 1. Haklar (C) 121-5, 2. Gallagher (C), 3. Falko (C), 4. David Tirpak (NW), 5. Mitchell (P)Javelin - 1. Falko (C) 155-1, 2. Tyler Fatzinger (C), 3. Jesse Snyder (P), 4. Joe Thieme (C), 5. Haklar (C)High jump - 1. Blaydon (P) 6-0, 2. Creppy (C), 3. Snyder 9NW), 4. Clymer (NW), 5. Thieme (C)Long jump - 1. Luke Caughey (P) 18-7, 2. Andrew Contreras (C), 3. Kyle Jesiolowski (P), 4. Brett Hunsicker (NW), 5. Snyder (P)Triple jump - 1. Jesiolowski (P) 38-6, 2. Caughey (P), 3. Hunsicker (NW), 4. Contreras (C), 5. Snyder (P)Pole Vault - 1. Colton (P) 12-0, 2. Dustin Hallenbeck (P), 3. Cimerol (C), 4. Finney (P), 5. Porczynski (P)GIRLS SOCCERES North-LehightonJordyn Homyak's two goals were just enough offense for Lehighton to score a 2-1 Mountain Valley Conference victory over visiting East Stroudsburg North.The Indians' Morgan Ott and Kacy Beck had assists.Kayla Troutman grabbed 10 saves between the Lehighton posts.The Indians earn their first win of the season to move to 1-6 overall and 1-4 in the MVC. The Timberwolves fall to 1-5 overall and 0-5 in the MVC.BOYS TENNISSalisbury-PalmertonSalisbury got the best of Palmerton for a 5-0 Colonial League victory.Salisbury 5, Palmerton 0SINGLESAlex Young (S) def. Devon Frey 6-0, 6-0; AJ Foulke (S) def. Tyler Snyder 6-1, 6-0; Casey Rowlands (S) def. Ty Green 6-0, 6-0DOUBLESAndrew Saba/Henry Rothermel (S) def. Kayla Strohl/Damian Mitchell 6-0, 6-1; Kazim Kajmohamed/Sean Zimmerman (S) def. Robert Burawski/Ryan Roberts 8-0 prosetEaston-Pleasant Vy.Easton edge Pleasant Valley, 4-3, in a non-league match.Vince Vuolo captured the Bears' lone singles' victory to improve his individual record to 7-1 on the season.PV's doubles tandems of Brandon Percey/Kevin Bantel and Justin Kemmerer/Andrew Russo scored wins in the setback.Easton 4, Pleasant Valley 3SINGLESVince Vuolo (PV) def. Jose Garcia 1-6, 6-1, 6-2; Xavier Cousins (E) def. Joe Osinski 6-4, 6-2; Pratik Oesai (E) def. Tom Park 6-3, 6-4DOUBLESBrandon Percey/Kevin Bantel (PV) def. Connor Payne/Ryan Pauhut 8-0 proset; Justin Kemmerer/Andrew Russo (PV) def. Andrew McCalla/Evan Goldstein 6-0, 6-4; Tim Ohanlon/Brendan Betts (E) def. Jonathan Walmach/Bryan Baumgartner 7-6 (7-4), 6-4; Colin Winders/John Barrows (E) def. James Osinski/Steve Berry 6-4, 6-3.Lehighton-ES NorthEast Stroudsburg North rolled to a 6-1 Mountain Valley Conference victory over Lehighton.The Indians' only victory came in a pro-set format at No. 1 doubles where Nick Mantz and Justin Ziegenfus combined to beat Zach Raymond and Mike Aquino, 8-6.Lehighton (2-6) also got a strong performance from James Sverchek at No. 1 singles. Sverchek pushed Adrian Garcin to the limit before falling in three sets.ES North 6, Lehighton 1SINGLESAdrian Garcin (ESN) def. James Sverchek, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4; Brandon DeSilva (ESN) def. Nick Mantz, 6-2, 6-2; Luis Gomes (ESN) def. Justin Ziegenfus, 6-3, 6-1DOUBLESMantz/Ziegenfus (L) def. Zach Rayford/Mike Aquino, 8-6; Joe Leone/Shawn Leone def. Debra Lobien/Jessica Lobien, 6-1, 6-2; Mike Kaufman/Brennen Stevens (ESN) def. Stephanie Slaw/Graham Strauss, 6-1, 6-0; Chris Penunia/Gilbert Jason (ESN)) def. Peter Phelan/Chris Windbeck, 6-0, 6-1.

Pleasant Valley's Melissa Ejk (00) rounds second base as Lehighton's Krista Rehrig moves in from behind. The Bears posted an 11-1 Mountain Valley Conference victory.