Northwestern's comeback victory over Saucon Valley in baseball highlighted Thursday scholastic sports action.

BASEBALLNorthwestern-Saucon Vy.Matt Maher had a big day at the plate to help spark Northwestern to a 6-4 Colonial League victory over Saucon Valley.Maher finished 3-for-4 with three singles and four RBIs. Teammate Austin Kelly also finished 3-for-4 with three singles.Kevin Schreder paced the Panthers (4-9, 3-7) with three singles and two RBIs.Northwestern improves to 10-5 overall and 6-5 in the CL.Northwestern 000 120 3 - 6 12 1Saucon Valley 220 000 0 - 4 5 3Perry and Breidinger; Laub, Cawley (6) and Schreder. W - Perry; L - Cawley.Pleasant Valley-ES SouthEast Stroudsburg South picked up a 5-2 Mountain Valley Conference win over visiting Pleasant Valley.The Bears' Dan Hrbek led off the game with a solo home run and then followed with three consecutive singles to finish a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate. Hrbek scored both of PV runs.Adrian Concepion added a single and a double for the Bears (7-7 overall; 5-3 MVC).Dan Alicea led the Cavaliers (6-7; 4-3) with two singles and a run scored.Pleasant Vy. 101 000 0 - 2 9 6ES South 201 002 x - 5 6 2Stevens and Miceli; Werner and Grober. W - Werner. L - Stevens. HR: PV - Hrbek (1st, none on).SOFTBALLNorthwestern-Saucon Vy.Saucon Valley used the long ball to post a 12-2 Colonial League win over visiting Northwestern.The Panthers' Karine Polgar finished with two solo home runs while Kelley Shreder added a two-run homer.Lauren Horner paced the Tigers with a double and a run scored.Northwestern falls to 8-3 in the league and two games behind North Division leader Pen Argyl. Saucon Valley improves to 9-2.Northwestern 002 00 - 2 4 4Saucon Valley 540 21 - 12 14 1Bennett and Williams; Rusu and Schreder. W - Rusu. L - Bennett. HR: SV - Schreder (2nd, one on), Polgar (2nd, solo, 5th, solo).Panther Vy.-Tri-ValleyTri Valley only needed three innings to score a 15-0 Schuylkill League victory over visiting Panther Valley.Morganne Starr sparked the Bulldogs' offense with two home runs, two runs scored and three RBIs. Teammate Juli Weber added a grand slam, a single, three runs scored and four RBIs.Amy Yusella recorded the Panthers' lone hit off of winning pitcher Arissa Deibert.Panther Valley slips to 0-13 on the season.Panther Vy. 000 - 0 1 4Tri-Valley 87x - 15 13 0Zlock, Tucker (2) and Kehrli; Deibert and Neumeister. W - Deibert. L - Zlock. HR: TV - Starr (1st, one on; 2nd, none on), Weber (2nd, three on).No. Lehigh-So. LehighSouthern Lehigh blanked Northern Lehigh for a 5-0 Colonial League win.Katie Tankred backed a winning pitching performance in which she tossed a two-hitter with two singles and a RBI at the plate.Shannon Weil and Cassie Toth recorded the Bulldogs' lone hits.Northern Lehigh slips to 4-9 overall and 3-8 in the CL. Southern Lehigh moves to 6-9 overall and 5-6 in the league.No. Lehigh 000 000 0 - 0 2 1So. Lehigh 200 012 x - 5 6 1Thomas, Horwath (6) and Filchner; Tankred and Siffel. W - Tankred. L - Thomas.GIRLS SOCCERLehighton-ES SouthNicole Barrett's goal was enough to lift East Stroudsburg South to a 1-0 Mountain Valley Conference win over visiting Lehighton.Barrett scored on an unassisted goal for the Cavaliers with 35:24 left in the first half.The Cavaliers outshot the Indians 18-3.The Indians' keeper Kayla Troutman grabbed 12 saves.JV BASEBALLMarian-Freeland MMIMarian post a 10-0 win against Freeland MMI.Anthony Agosti, Frank Nietz and Phil DeSantis all had two hits for the Colts.Logan Mehalshick picked up the win on the mound.Marian-CrestwoodMarian rallied late for a 6-4 victory over Crestwood.Pat Merkle and Luke Stawick led the Marian attack with two hits apiece.Logan Mehalshick earned his second win of the season while Luke Stawick got the save.Marian-Panther Vy.Jake Stano singled home Jake Szczecina with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Panther Valley a 13-12 win over Marian.Stano had three hits and Szczecina added two for the Panthers. Kyle Ferryman had a three-run double.For Marian, Justin Bilka, Erick Swankoski, and Luke Stawick all had doubles.Panther Vy.-MarianPanther Valley defeated Marian, 10-5.Jake Szczecina led the Panthers with a double and two singlesErick Swankoski had three doubles for Marian.Marian-Mahanoy AreaKyle Rogers' walk off home run gave Marian a 9-8 victory over Mahanoy Area.The Colts rallied from a seven-run deficit thanks to a big game from Rogers, who added a double and a single in addition to his home run. Anthony Agosti and Luke Williams both chipped in two hits.Mehalshick picked up the win in relief.Marian-HazletonMarian edged Hazleton, 4-2.Luke Stawick got the complete-game pitching victory, striking out seven.Frank Nietz and Stawick both had two hits and an RBI for the Colts.