The Panther Valley baseball team continued their winning ways of late, getting their third win in their last four games. The Panthers defeated Jim Thorpe 3-0 for the Schuylkill League Division I win.

In a big time Schuylkill League Division I match-up, Tamaqua defeated Blue Mountain 5-4, keeping their hopes alive for a Division I title.Pleasant Valley was also victorious on the diamond, defeating East Stroudsburg North by a score of 13-5 in Mountain Valley Conference play.In softball action, Lehighton was able to defeat Pocono Mountain East in MVC play, while Jim Thorpe swept North Schuylkill in a Schuylkill League Division I track meet.BASEBALLJim Thorpe-Panther ValleyPanther Valley's Luke Stano took a perfect game into the seventh inning and led his team to a 3-0 win over Jim Thorpe.Stano, who struck out seven in the game and walked none, eventually gave up a hit in the top of the seventh from the mound. Offensively, Matt Hudicka finished with a RBI single and scored a run, while Jake Kusko had two hits. Jake Szczecina also contributed a RBI in the win, as well.The Panthers, who have won three of their last four games, are now at 3-6 on the season.Jim Thorpe 000 000 0 - 0 1 3Panther Valley 000 120 x - 3 3 0Sterling and Everitt; Stano and Black. W - Stano, L - Sterling.PM East-LehightonPocono Mountain East used a six-run third inning to take over the lead and never relinquished it to post a 13-5 Mountain Valley Conference win over Lehighton.Anthony Rossino paced the Indians with a two-run double.Lehighton slips to 6-6 overall and 1-5 in the MVC.PM East 006 412 0 - 13 15 1Lehighton 040 010 0 - 5 7 2Ianni and Coyle; David, Niehoff (5), Knappenberger (7) and Clements, David (5). W - Ianni. L - David.Pleasant Valley-ES NorthPleasant Valley went off in four seperate innings, and ended it in style with a five-run seventh inning, to score a 13-5 Mountain Valley Conference victory over East Stroudsburg North.Travis VanHouten led the Bears with a single, three runs scored, two walks and a stolen base, while James Shank followed with a double, two runs scored, two RBIs and a walk.Chris Burke scored the pitching victory on the mound, but also helped himself out with the bat with two RBIs.Pleasant Valley 302 030 5 - 13 7 3ES North 000 000 4 - 4 7 5Burke, Bond (7) and Shank; Acosta, Quiles (4), Riffas (6), Gil (6) and Andino. W - Burke. L - Acosta.Shenandoah Valley-WeatherlyShenandoah Valley finished a complete sweep of host Weatherly in a doubleheader Wednesday.In the first game, which was a continuation of Tuesday's suspended game, the Blue Devils held off the Wreckers for a 5-3 victory.The Wreckers' Mark Miller and Chris MacNeal both finished with two singles and a run scored, while Dylan Bizarre added a single and a double.Angelo Maskornick paced the Blue Devils with a three-run homerun, while Ian McCole recorded two doubles, a run scored and a RBI.In the second game, the Blue Devils used the strength of an eight-run fifth inning to come away with a 13-8 win over the Wreckers.MacNeal led the Wreckers with a single, double, three RBIs and a run scored, while Miller chipped in with a single, double and two runs scored. Brett Kelly (single, double, RBI) and Kyle Osifat (two singles, run scored) contributed with multi-hit days.SV's Nick Gurski finished with a single, double and three runs scored, while Dereck Dombrowski ended up with three singles, a run scored and a RBI.Maskornick added another three-run homerun in the night cap for the Blue Devils.GAME ONEWeatherly 200 010 0 - 3 9 1Shen. Vy. 200 300 x - 5 9 2Figas, Osifat (5) and Lash; Gurski, Cespedes (4) and Ruiz. W - Gurski. L - Figas. HR: Shenandoah - Maskornick (4th, two on).GAME TWOShen. Vy. 002 081 2 - 13 9 2Weatherly 050 100 2 - 8 16 6Kelly, Hoffman (6) and Lash; Rooney and Ruiz. W - Rooney. L - Kelly. HR: Shenandoah - Maskornick (5th, two on).Tri-Valley-MarianTri-Valley jumped out early with a five-run first, only to have to hold off Marian to secure a 5-4 Schuylkill League cross-over victory.Peter Baddick led the Colts with two hits, which included a single and solo homerun. Josh Inama followed with two hits as well with two singles and a run scored.Hunter Herb sparked the Bulldogs' explosive first with a grand slam.Tri-Valley 500 000 0 - 5 8 3Marian 120 010 0 - 4 8 2Bordner and Herb; Stawick, Salerno (6) and Snerr. W - Bordner. L - Stawick.Blue Mountain-TamaquaMatt Roberts' single chased home Nate MacDonald in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull out a 5-4 thriller over Blue Mountain.MacDonald reached base by legging out a fly ball altered by the wind for a double earlier in the frame to set up Roberts' heroics. MacDonald finished the game with two hits, two runs scored, the double, a sacrifice and a stolen base. Roberts had the game winner and earlier contributed a double, while Adam Bates had two hits, including a double. Matt Minchoff's two-out, two-RBI single in the fifth also proved huge to the Blue Raider win.For Blue Mountain (9-5 overall, 3-3), Shane Grapsy had two hits with a double and a RBI, while Luke Harding finished two hits and a run scored and brought in another.With the win, the winners move to 7-3 overall and 4-1 in the league.Blue Mountain 000 220 0 - 4 6 0Tamaqua 100 030 1 - 5 10 0Grapsy and Harding; Rottet, Nicholls (5) and Roberts. W - Nicholls, L - Grapsy.Notre Dame GP-NorthwesternIn completion of a suspended game from Tuesday afternoon, Northwestern finally put an end to things in the bottom of 13th inning to score a 6-5 Colonial League win over Notre Dame of Green Pond.After the Crusaders scored one in the top half of the inning, Taylor Breininger tied the game again with a fielder's choice RBI. Shortly afterwards, Brandon Eden, who scored the win on the mound, scored the game-winning run on a fielding error.Tyler Schreiner led the Tigers with three hits and a RBI, while Austin Yanek chipped in with two hits, a walk and a run scored.Eric Santiago paced the Crusaders with four hits, two RBIs and a walk.NDGP 210 001 000 000 1 - 5 14 4NW 103 000 000 000 2 - 6 11 3Roth, Luke (8) and Pascucci; Williamson, Rodriguez (8), Eden (11) and Breidinger. W - Eden. L - Luke.SOFTBALLPM East-LehightonLehighton used two runs in the bottom of the fifth frame to pull out a close 7-6 Mountain Valley Conference win over Pocono Mountain East.Cammi Nalesnik finished the game two hits and a run scored, Jill Guzenski had a double and RBI, while Ally Armbruster had a hit, a RBI and scored a run.For the Lady 'Cards (2-6 overall, 1-4), Amber DePompe was 3-for-4 on the day with a run scored, while teammate Veronica Wright had two hits, scored once and brought another run in.With the win, Lehighton improves to 5-6 overall and 4-2 in the MVC.PM East 041 100 0 - 6 9 5Lehighton 104 020 x - 7 7 4Smith and DeHaven; Bickert and Andrews. WP - Bickert, LP - Smith.Marian-MinersvilleMinersville routed Marian for a 9-1 Schuylkill League cross-over victory.The Battlin' Miners' Riley Gerenda tossed a complete game three-hitter, in which she went on to strike out 16.Ashton Galasso, Gabby Cann and Bryianna Pearson were the Fillies who collected the hits off of Gerenda.Marian slips to 8-2 overall and 4-2 in the SL.Marian 000 100 0 - 1 3 6Minersville 200 232 x - 9 9 1Shaud and Nemeth; Gerranda and Woodford. W - Gerranda. L - Shaud.TRACKJim Thorpe-North SchuylkillJim Thorpe utilized some strong individual performances to sweep their track meet against North Schuylkill, as the girls won 81-69, with the boys pulling off a 90-60 victory.Khaaliq Lynch was victorious in each event he entered, as he took first in the 100, 200, long jump and anchored the 400 relay. Teammate Deonte St. Hill was also part of that winning relay, and won the javelin and the triple jump.On the girls' side, Amber Castillo managed to win each event, as well, taking the 100, 200, 400 and was a part of the winning 1600 relay team. Courtney Capper took the long distance field, winning the 1600 and the 3200 runs.BOYSJim Thorpe 90, North Schuylkill 60100 - 1. Khaaliq Lynch (JT) 11.38, 2. Randy Sanon (JT), 3. Justin Saltz (JT); 200 - 1. Lynch (JT) 24.41, 2. Saltz (JT), 3. Zach Nace (JT); 400 - 1. Halko (NS) 55.41, 2. Nace (JT), 3. Dylan Bucior (JT); 800 - 1. Jon Condly (JT) 2:11, 2. Mashack (NS), 3. Jake McGeehan (JT); 1600 - 1. Condly (JT) 4:53, 2. Jake Saxon (JT), 3. McGeehan (JT); 3200 - 1. Saxon (JT) 10:41, 2. McCormick (NS), 3. Christian Fields (JT); 110H - 1. Rayan Green (JT) 16.8, 2. Wagner (NS), 3. Weist (NS); 300H - 1. Mike Malatak (JT) 43.9, 2. Weist (NS), 3. Gownley (NS); 400 Relay - 1. Jim Thorpe (Saltz, Deonte St. Hill, Sam Gilkes, Lynch) 45.41; 1600 Relay - 1. North Schuylkill 3:45; 3200 Relay - 1. Jim Thorpe (B. Saxon, McGeehan, J. Saxon, Condly) 8:56; Shot Put - 1. Tyler Briel (NS) 40-7.5, 2. Jadyn Anczarski (NS), 3. Jeno Schicatano (NS); Discus - 1. Anczarski (NS) 110-4, 2. NS, 3. NS; Javelin - 1. St. Hill (JT) 142-7, 2. Luke Onuskanich (NS), 3. Matt Manbeck (NS); Long Jump - 1. Lynch (JT) 20-2, 2. St. Hill (JT), 3. Ryan Mazieka (NS); Triple Jump - 1. St. Hill (JT) 41-11.5, 2. Bobby Wagner (NS), 3. Mazieka (NS); High Jump - 1. Green (JT) 6-0, 2. Wagner (NS), 3. Hunter Mickatavage (NS); Pole Vault - 1. Evan Brouse (NS) 11-6, 2. Ali Capobianco (JT), 3. Brandon Bell (JT).GIRLSJim Thorpe 81, North Schuylkill 69100 - 1. Amber Castillo (JT) 13.53, 2. Chikotas (NS), 3. Cat Condly (JT); 200 - 1. Castillo (JT) 28.56, 2. Condly (JT), 3. Ferraiolo (NS); 400 - 1. Castillo (JT) 1:06, 2. Fetterolf (NS), 3. Rachael Caputo (JT); 800 - 1. Robbyn Loyd (JT) 2:35, 2. Principe (JT), 3. Ilse Hassler (JT); 1600 - 1. Courtney Capper (JT) 5:46, 2. Kane (NS), 3. Victoria Asbrock (JT); 3200 - 1. C. Capper (JT) 12:24, 2. Kane (NS), 3. Lindsey Capper (JT); 100H - 1. Skinner (NS) 16.35, 2. Devon Matz (JT), 3. Evanousky (NS); 300H - 1. Matz (JT) 48.6, 2. Snyder (NS), 3. Gownley (NS); 400 Relay - 1. Jim Thorpe (Colleen Hoffman, Condly, Rebecca Cressman, Autumn Cope) 54.6; 1600 Relay - 1. Jim Thorpe (Loyd, Castillo, Condly, Jillian Peterson) 4:35; 3200 Relay - 1. Jim Thorpe (Capper, Hassler, Emily Ruffa, Loyd) 11:11; Shot Put - 1. Carter Green (NS) 35-7, 2. Ashley Lipshaw (NS), 3. Aspyn Hummel (NS); Discus - 1. Green (NS) 123-5, 2. Anya Spotis (NS), 3. Brooke Cope (JT); Javelin - 1. Cope (JT) 102-1, 2. Nina Marone (NS), 3. Gregore (NS); Long Jump - 1. Heather Skinner (NS) 14-2.5, 2. Autumn Cope (JT), 3. Maria Donati (JT); Triple Jump - 1. Spotis (NS) 30-2, 2. Fetterolf (NS), 3. Donati (JT); High Jump - 1. Carly Gregas (NS) 5-2, 2. Waverly Snyder (NS), 3. Cressman (JT); Pole Vault - 1. Colleen Hoffman (JT) 8-6, 2. Ryan Evanousky (NS), 3. Ferraiolo (NS).