The Tamaqua baseball team continued its strong season, earning a convincing Schuylkill League win over Jim Thorpe. Palmerton and Northern Lehigh also picked up Colonial League victories on the diamond, avenging losses from earlier this season.

The Marian softball team earned a thrilling, comeback victory in Schuylkill League play, while Tamaqua picked up a league win in more dominant fashion.BASEBALLTamaqua-Jim ThorpeTamaqua defeated Jim Thorpe on the road in a Schuylkill League clash, 10-3.Bo Rottet of Tamaqua had two hits, two RBIs, and stole to bases. Tamaqua was also patient at the plate as they drew ten walks to help move runners around.For the Olympians, both Bryce Micciche and Ian Sterling had RBI singles in the contest.Tamaqua 213 120 1 - 10 8 0Jim Thorpe 000 300 0 - 3 4 1Blaker, Kosciolek (6), Moll (7) and Roberts; D. Pompa, C. Micciche (3) and Steigerwalt. WP - Blaker. LP - D. Pompa.Northwestern-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Northwestern (9-7) in a Colonial League battle, 4-3.John Taylor of Northern Lehigh (2-11) pitched seven strong innings and also knocked the game winning hit. Taylor had two RBIs in the game.Tom Quigley also performed well, goign three for four with one RBI.Northwestern's Brady Mengel was three for three in the contest. Colin Breidinger had a good game himself, recording two RBIs.N'western 001 002 0 - 3 5 2No Lehigh 000 021 1 - 4 12 3Williamson, Miller (7) and Breidinger; Taylor and Rex. WP - Taylor. LP - Miller.Bangor-PalmertonPalmerton earned a Colonial League road victory over Bangor by a 7-4 final.The Bombers' Nick Frey had two hits and three RBIs. Zach Buck had two RBIs, and Mark Quinn also had an RBI for Palmerton.Jonathan Schwarz had a double and scored a run for the Bombers.Palmerton improves to 4-10 on the season with the win.Palmerton 002 140 0 - 7 9 2Bangor 200 020 0 - 4 8 1Buck, Kocis (6) and Gerorge. Cutter and Catcher. WP - Buck. LP - Cutter.No. Schuylkill-Panther Vy.North Schuylkill earned a Schuylkill League road win at Panther Valley, 12-0.Tevin Murray of North Schuylkill had a solo home run, which was one of his four hits on the day. His teammate Alex Hummel had a three-run home run of his own to help propel North Schuylkill to victory.The Panthers' Jake Szczecina had two hits on the day.No. Schuylkill 031 302 3 - 12 16 0Panther Vy 000 000 0 - 0 4 9Wiley, Steinhilber (7) and Burke, Balkiewicz (4); Stano, Szczecina (5) and Black. WP - Wiley. LP - Stano. HR - North Schuylkill: Murray (2nd inning, nobody on), Hummel (4th inning, two on)Minersville-WeatherlyMinersville cruised by Weatherly in a Schuyll League contest, 14-0.The Miners had a balanced offense as they scattered 16 hits in the game.Chris Leshko and Aaron Fritz each had two RBIs for Minersville.Mark Miller and Brian Maiello had the two Wrecker hits.Minersville 331 16 - 14 16 0Weatherly 000 00 - 0 2 6Stephen, Fritz (5) and Catcher. Kelly, Osifat (5) and Maiello. WP - Stephen. LP - Kelly.Lehighton-ES NorthThe Timberwolves scored four runs in the first inning and never looked back, handing the Indians a 6-3 Mountain Valley Conference setback.Remy Costa had a single and a triple with two RBIs for North (5-7, 3-4).Will Kazura was the winning pitcher, while Anthony Rossino suffered the loss for the Tribe (6-8, 1-6).Lehighton 003 000 0 - 3 4 2ES North 400 200 x - 6 5 1Rossino, Rex (5), David (6) and Thatcher David; Kazura and Quiles. WP - Kazura. LP - Rossino.SOFTBALLTamaqua-Jim ThorpeTamaqua used a quick start to roll past Jim Thorpe for a 9-0 Schuylkill League win.The Lady Raiders scored eight runs in the first three innings and punctuated the win with one more in the seventh. Brianna Wittig paced the offense with a double and a triple, while Carly Sassaman and Caitlyn Joseph each chipped in a double.Bryanna Kehrli, Anna Fiducia, Maggie Holloway and Jillian Kamieniecki all had singles for the Lady Olympians.Jim Thorpe 000 000 0 - 0 4 4Tamaqua 044 000 1 - 9 10 1Holloway, Hoherchak (5) and Kehrli; Pedersen and Sassaman. WP - Pedersen. LP - Holloway.Lehighton-ES NorthES North erased an early deficit, scoring seven runs in the fifth, to down Lehighton 9-5 in Mountain Valley Conference play.The Timberwolves were led by Tiffany Rose, who went 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Linda Burke added two hits while also scoring twice and driving in two runs.Jocelyn Hunsicker paced the Lady Indians (6-8, 4-4) going 2-for-4 with a triple and one RBI. Kelsey Andrews also had two hits and drove in two runs.Lehighton 111 000 2 - 5 7 8ES North 000 171 x - 9 10 5Bickert and Andrews; Reily and Malloy. WP - Reily. LP - Bickert.Mahanoy Area-MarianMarian came up with all five of its runs and all three of its hits in the fifth inning to defeat Mahanoy, 5-2 for a Schuylkill League Division III win.Lindsey Nemeth and Bryianna Pearson led off the fifth with back-to-back singles and then two more Fillies' batters reached base from back-to-back walks.The clutch hit of the day then came from Marian's Mackenzie Joy, who hit a two run double, giving Marian a 3-2 lead. The Fillies then tacked on two more insurace runs.Bethany Shaud did her job from the circle for Marian (9-3, 5-3 SL), striking out six, giving up just one run.Marian 000 000 5 - 5 3 2Mahanoy 010 010 0 - 2 4 0Shaud and Nemeth; Bruce and Leshko; WP - Shaud LP - Bruce.No. Schuylkill-Panther Vy.North Schuylkill earned a road win over Panther Valley, 15-0.Brianna Schlauch of North Schuylkill had three hits, a home run, three runs scored, and four RBIs in the contest.Christie Hutira pitched four scoreless innings and added seven strikeouts against the Panthers.No. Schuylkill 361 5 - 15 8 0Panther Vy. 000 0 - 0 0 7Hutira and Pelechak, Moragn; Beers, Maturana (2) and Morgan. WP - Hutira. LP - Beers. HR: North Schuylkill - Schlauch.Nativity-WeatherlyThe Lady Wreckers scored five runs in the first, but Rachael Souchak's two-run double and an earlier pair of RBI doubles by Erin Luckenbill gave the Golden Girls momentum for a Division III 16-5 win.Heister, Parker and Maiello had the three hits for Weatherly (1-9, 0-8).Nativity 001 807 - 16 12 3Weatherly 500 000 - 5 3 3Holobetz and Warren; Parker, Polchin (6) and Maiello. WP - Holobetz. LP - Parker.TENNISCrestwood-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe fell to Crestwood in a non-league clash, 4-1.Jim Thorpe's Luke Eggert defeated Keelan Tollinger in the No. 3 singles match to earn Jim Thorpe's point in the match.Crestwood 4, Jim Thorpe 1SINGLESGreg Gennis (C) def. Matt Miller 6-4, 6-3; Robbie Shovlin (C) def. John Lowin 6-4, 7-6, (7-4); Luke Eggert (JT) def. Keelan Tollinger 6-3, 6-1.DOUBLESRobby Keenan/David Madl (C) def. 7-5, 0-6; Chris Fazzini/John Andrews (C) def. Brett Luicana/Roman Raytsis 6-0, 6-0.