For the second straight day, Pleasant Valley needed a late rally.

And for a second consecutive game, the Bears got it.After defeating Pocono Mountain West with seventh inning heroics on Wednesday, Pleasant Valley showed its resiliency once again, this time mounting a late comeback to dispatch Lehighton 14-6 to pick up its second Mountain Valley Conference win in as many days."More so than any other year, the conference games are of utmost importance," said Pleasant Valley coach Charlie Inserra. "This year we're really putting a premium on them. We haven't been saving anything for non-conference games."We changed some things with our offense this year and I think it's paying off. Our guys are a little more goal-oriented; they're not so concerned with who might get the big two-run double or anything like that. As long as the runs get on the board, we're happy."The Bears' (3-2, 3-1) offense seemed to carry the momentum from the previous day into Thursday's contest, jumping out to a 4-1 lead after the first four innings."I thought we got a little bit too comfortable with that early lead," said Inserra. "I think some of our guys might have approached (the last few innings) as if the game was over at that point."But with Lehighton, it's the same story - they just never stop swinging the bats and they're very aggressive offensively; you can never feel safe with that kind of a lead."The coach's intuition was right, as the Bears' early advantage was quickly erased when Lehighton's (1-4, 0-3) James Farano and Brody Hydro knocked in two runs apiece in the top of the fifth to give the Indians a 5-4 lead.After a Kyle Troch pinch-hit single put runners on first and second with one-out, Pleasant Valley made a pitching change, bringing in Thomas Aruta.The junior did what he has done so often early this season and recorded two quick outs to end the inning and limit the damage."I really thought that was the turning-point in the game," Inserra said. "Lehighton had a chance to get even more and really break the game open, but he was able to keep the game close."And keeping the game within reach proved to be all Pleasant Valley needed.Led by Aruta's go-ahead RBI in the bottom of the fifth, the Bears' offense found its groove late, scoring 10 runs in the final two innings to put the game out of reach.The contributions were evident throughout the lineup, as Matthew Pierce (1-for-3, two RBIs), Travis VanHouten (3-for-4, three RBIs) and Adam Raseley (2-for-3, two RBIs) all played key roles in the closing stages of the game.While not diminishing the impressive performance of Pleasant Valley's offense, Lehighton coach Brian Polaha was quick to point out areas his team can improve to prevent such outcomes in the future."I think part of it was them, but I also think part of it was us aiding them," the coach said. "We had too many full counts; we're walking too many people right now. We're hurting ourselves, more than anything."We're just not a very good team right now, to be completely honest with you. When we're playing quality teams and conference opponents, we can't afford to be making these mistakes."Senior captain Anthony Rossino turned in a solid day at the play, going 3-for-4 with three runs scored.With a talented and experienced roster at his disposal, Polaha knows the club has the potential to regain its winning ways sooner rather than later."We have nine seniors and we need to turn it around quick or it's going to be a very disappointing season," he said. "But by no means is it over. I think one good performance will get us going in the right direction."Lehighton 100 040 1 - 6 8 4Pleasant Vy. 130 055 X - 14 10 4Hill, Rex (5), Knappenberger (6) and David; Domenici, Aruta (5), Borger (7) and Shank. W - Aruta. L - Hill.