Lehighton proved victorious on the baseball and softball diamonds, while Pleasant Valley pulled off wins in softball and tennis to lead the area in yesterday's scholastic sports action.

Northern Lehigh softball also picked up a crucial Colonial League win.BASEBALLP.M. West-LehightonLehighton came up with a huge second inning performance, scoring five runs en route to a 10-7 Mountain Valley Conference win over Pocono Mountain West.Anthony Rossino had three hits on the day for the Indians (2-4, 1-3 MVC), including a two-run homer. Brady Nieoff came up with two hits and two RBIs and Nick Hill added two hits, while scoring a run.P.M. West 100 030 3 - 7 9 1Lehighton 251 100 2 - 10 11 3Franks, Denig (3), and Smith; Rossino, Farano (7), and David; HR: Rossino (2) two on; WP - Rossino, LP - Franks.Blue Mtn-Panther Vy.Blue Mountain jumped all over Panther Valley early, scoring 10 runs in the first three innings, aiding it to a 10-0 Schuylkill League Division I win.Darren Goida and Jake Szczecina each added singles for the Panthers (0-4, 0-4 SL).Blue Mtn. 523 00 - 10 10 0Panther Vy. 000 00 - 0 2 1Stramara, Moyer (4), and Harting; Kusko, Szczecina (2), Stano (5), and Black, Buss (3). WP - Stramara, LP - Kusko.Pine Grove-Jim ThorpePine Grove jumped out to an early 2-0 lead when Kobe D'Agostino tripled and then scored on a Jim Thorpe error and they never looked back, coming away with a 4-1 Schuylkill League Division 1 victory.Dave Everitt had two doubles for the Olympians and Ryan McCullough and Will Kovelko each added a hit.Pine Grove 210 001 0 - 4 7 1Jim Thorpe 000 001 0 - 1 4 1Blankehorn and Zimmerman; Sterling and Everitt; WP - Blankenhorn, LP - Sterling.Pleasant Vy.-P.M. EastPocono Mountain East scored three big runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Pleasant Valley in a MVC clash, 6-3.Matthew Pierce had the best day for the Bears (3-4) as he racked up three hits in four at bats.Pleasant Vy 000 300 0 - 3 11 2P.M. East 001 113 X - 6 9 0VanHouten, Aruta (4), and Shank; Sensale. WP - Sensale, LP - Aruta.Wilson-No. LehighA Colonial League pitcher's duel between Wilson and Northern Lehigh resulted in a 2-0 victory by Wilson.Phil Pierfy threw a complete game shut out and struck out four in earning the win for Wilson.Matt Egan pitched well for the Bulldogs only yielding two runs and striking out six batters.Tom Quigley of Northern Lehigh went two for two.Wilson 002 000 0 - 2 4 0No. Lehigh 000 000 0 - 0 7 2Pierfy and Taylor; Egan and Landis. WP - Pierfy, LP - Egan.Palisades-NorthwesternThe Tigers held off a rally by the Pirates in the top of the seventh to hold on for a 10-9 win in Colonial League baseball action.Nick Rodriguez had a home run and two RBI's for the Tigers, while Josh Williamson had two doubles and drove in three runs.Williamson also got the win in relief.Palisades 010 400 4 - 9 15 3Northwestern 023 023 x - 10 10 2WP - Williamson, LP - Boone.Weatherly-Schuylkill HavenThe Hurricanes broke a deadlock with a four-run fourth inning and went on to defeat the Wreckers 11-6 in a Division II game.Mark Miller had three singles to lead the Wreckers offense.Ulsh was the winning pitcher, while Hoffman suffered the loss.Weatherly 006 000 0 - 6 10 3Sch. Haven 132 410 x - 11 13 2Hoffman and Maiello; Ulsh, Fanelli (6) and Blugis. WP - Ulsh, LP - Hoffman.Pottsville-TamaquaPottsville's Daniel Doyle ripped a two-RBI single in the bottom of the sixth with two outs to lift his team over Tamaqua, 5-4 in Schuylkill action.The Blue Raiders' Bo Rottet finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored, a double and a RBI, in an impressive performance. Meanwhile, teammates Nate MacDonald (2-for-4, double, two RBIs) and Zach Coleman (2-for-3, run) also had noteworthy showings in the contest.Pottsville 000 104 0 - 5 10 1Tamaqua 301 000 0 - 4 9 0Blankenhorn, Toomey (7) and Hincheliffe; Rottet, Minchhoff (6) and Roberts. WP - Blankenhorn, LP - Rottet.Palmerton-So. LehighSouthern Lehigh defeated Palmerton, 5-0 in Colonial League action..Palmerton 000 000 0 - 0 3 3So. Lehigh 000 131 0 - 5 7 1SOFTBALLP.M. West-LehightonLehighton scored eight runs in the third inning and never looked back, defeating Pocono Mountain West 17-4 in five innings for the MVC victory.Amanda Loudon had two hits and three RBIs for the Indians (2-5, 2-2 MVC),P.M. West 040 00 - 4 4 5Lehighton 428 21 - 17 9 3Robison, Perch (3); Bickert, Binyon (3); WP - Binyon LP - Robison.Blue Mtn.-Panther Vy.Blue Mountain scored 18 runs in the first three innings of play to come away with a 18-0 Schuylkill League Division I win.Blue Mtn. 828 - 18 11 0Panther Vy. 000 - 0 4 2Tothero and Labe; Maturana and Rodrigues; HR: Hatter (three on), Riegel (solo); WP - Tothero LP - Maturana.Pine Grove-Jim ThorpePine Grove exploded for 21 runs in the first three innings, downing Jim Thorpe 21-5 in Schuylkill League Division I play.Brittany Marzen had two doubles for the Olympians.Pine Grove (10)29 - 21 15 1Jim Thorpe 203 - 5 5 7Wolfe and Wolff; Holloway and Kehrli; WP - Wolfe LP - Kehrli.Pottsville-TamaquaPottsville had a huge eighth inning, scoring eight runs, helping them take down Tamaqua 10-3 for a Schuylkill League Division I win.Taylor Fritz and Alexis Boyer had two hits apiece for the Raiders.Pottsville 101 008 0 - 10 11 4Tamaqua 011 000 1 - 3 8 2Tobin and Dusel; Pedersen, Dietrich (5), and Sassaman; WP - Tobin LP - Pedersen.Marian-Williams Vy.Marian picked up their first loss of the season to perennial power Williams Valley by a score of 9-1.The Fillies (7-1, 3-1 SL) had six different players come up with a hit.Marian 100 000 0 - 1 6 4Williams Vy. 200 052 X - 9 11 0Shaud and Nemeth; Pinchorksi and Kreiser; WP - Pinchorksi LP - Shaud.Weatherly-MinersvilleAdrienne Kroznuskie struckout 10 and gave up just one hit to lead the Miners to a Division II-III win over the Lady Wreckers.Kelly Parker's second inning single was the lone hit for Weatherly.Weatherly 000 0 - 0 1 1Minersville 635 1 - 15 15 0Parker, Caravella (3) and Maiello; Kroznuskie and Woodford.WP - Kroznuskie, LP - Parker.Palmerton-So. LehighSouthern Lehigh picked up a win in a Colonial League match up over Palmerton, 10-6.Despite home runs from Janel Tracy and Jordan Boyer, it wasn't enough offense for the Blue Bombers (4-4).So. Lehigh 040 131 1 - 10 11 1Palmerton 021 030 0 - 6 6 3Herr and Siffel; Pekurny and Campbell. WP - Herr. LP - Pekurny. HR - Palmerton: Janel Tracy, Jordan Boyer.Pleasant Vy.-P.M. EastPleasant Valley earned a Mountain Valley Conference victory over Pocono Mountain East, 9-0.Kiersten Griesback threw a complete game shut out, while striking out five batters for the Lady Bears (5-1, 4-0).Kelsey Miczak had two RBIs for Pleasant Valley in the contest.Pleasant Vy. 120 010 5 - 9 7 1P.M. East 000 000 0 - 0 2 5Griesback and Caffrey; Beyers, Smith (2) and Bishop. WP - Griesback. LP - Beyers.Wilson-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh cruised over Wilson in a Colonial League match up, 7-1.Amber Thomas of Northern Lehigh only yielded one hit, one run, and struck out 14 batters.The Bulldogs received a solo home run in the third inning from Taylor Herman. Thomas also had two hits and an RBI.Wilson 000 001 0 - 1 1 1No. Lehigh 301 030 - 7 6 1Oren, Fitzgerald (5) and Lasco; Thomas and Yesik. WP - Thomas. LP - Oren. HR - Northern Lehigh: Herman (third, none on)TENNISCentral Catholic-Jim ThorpeAllentown Central Catholic delivered a 5-0 shutout to Jim Thorpe in a non-league match.Cent. Catholic 5, Jim Thorpe 0SINGLESGabe Velez (ACC) def. Matt Miller 6-0, 6-0; Trevor Grigorak (ACC) def. John Lowin 6-0, 6-0; Jimmy Vaughan (ACC) def. Luke Eggert 6-1, 6-0.DOUBLESDavid Romero/Craig Peoples (ACC) def. Brett Luicana/Austin Faylor 6-0, 6-3; Anthony Waring/Jac-Young Lim (ACC) def. Brandon Huffman/Roman Raytsis 6-0, 6-0.Bangor-PalmertonBangor defeated Palmerton in Colonial League action, 5-0.Bangor 5, Palmerton 0SINGLESShane Reider (B) def. Rich Roselli 6-1, 6-0; Tyler Learn (B) def. Seth Andress 6-0, 6-0; Garrett Nelson (B) def. Jordan Cressman 6-2, 6-1.DOUBLESNate Simineri/Chris Csencsits (B) def. Sal Melo/Jacob Brown 6-3, 6-2; Nick Hagan/Jeremy Ringland (B) def. Kristen Ahner/Collin Green 6-0, 6-0.Northampton-Pleasant Vy.Pleasant Valley defeated Northampton in a non-league match up, 6-1.Pleasant Vy. 6, Northampton 1SINGLESJon White (PV) def. Tyler Nicholas 6-2, 6-0; Jon Walmach (PV) def. Dave Wasilko 6-0, 6-1; Stevie Berry (PV) def. Tom Keinhard 6-3, 6-3.DOUBLESEric Schmidt/Davis Reiss (PV) def. Carter Test/Luke Vecchio 8-2; Brandon Percey/Erik Ammermann (PV) def. Corey Cowitch/Andrew Searsits 6-3, 6-1; Eric Galante/Kevin Bamtel (PV) def. Zach Miller/Frankie Zmasics 6-2, 6-3; John Yearn/Ross MIller (NH) def. Stevan Nale/Anthony Taldone 6-3, 5-7, 6-1.Lehighton-ES NorthThe Indians got wins at No. 1 and No 3 doubles, but it wasn't enough as the Timberwolves scored a 5-2 MVC win.ES North 5, Lehighton 2SINGLESWill Kyaw (ESN) def. Tegan Durishin 6-4, 6-4; Adam Haelsig (ESN) def. Peter Phelan 6-4, 6-2; Isaac Shefer (ESN) def. Spence David 6-1, 6-1.DOUBLESMike Perkins/Alyssa Jordan (L) def. Henry Rosalsky/Josh Becker 8-5; Jake Rosalsky/Alex Karangis (ESN) def. Chris Windbeck/Josh Knappenburger 6-2, 6-3; Andrea Schafer/Emily Cerimele (L) def. Collin Graner/Joe Betro 7-5, 6-1; Tom Gonzalez/Aaron Aguiles (ESN) def. Kurt Heideck/Thomas Phelan 6-2, 7-5.