Tamaqua's softball team clinched a tie for the Schuylkill League wildcard while Jim Thorpe's Ian Sterling pitched a no-hitter in his final high school game.

In other games, Jim Thorpe's softball team closed the season on a three-game win streak while Pleasant Valley's baseball team stayed alive for a postseason berth with a victory over West Scranton.SOFTBALLTamaqua-Pine GroveTamaqua clinched a tie for the Schuylkill League wildcard by defeating Pine Grove, 4-1.The Raiders (12-7; 9-3) will now face North Schuylkill on Monday at Blue Mountain to determine the wildcard winner.Against the Cardinals, Bailey Pederson tossed a five-hitter allowing three walks while striking out five. Hannah Peral delivered a two-run triple in the second inning while Brianna Wittig delivered an RBI single in the sixth. Taylor Fritz chipped in with a hit and two runs scored.Tamaqua 020 002 0 - 4 5 1Pine Grove 001 000 0 - 1 5 2Pedersen and Sassaman; Wolfe and Wolff. W - Pedersen. L - Wolfe.Jim Thorpe-Panther Vy.Maggie Holloway had three hits, two of them doubles, to help lead Jim Thorpe to a 12-2 Schuylkill League victory over Panther Valley.The Olympians (6-14; 2-10) also received doubles from Talia Valentini, Courtney Santos and Gianna Bucci while Jada Hoherchak earned the pitching win.For the Panthers (1-19; 0-12), Hannah Hill slugged a two-run homer.Jim Thorpe 020 37 - 12 9 1Panther Vy. 000 02 - 2 2 3Hoherchak, Holloway (5) and Kehrli; Beers and Rodriguez. W - Hoherchak. L - Beers. HR: Panther Vy. - Hill (5th, one on).BASEBALLPanther Vy.-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe senior Ian Sterling pitched a no-hitter in his final high school game, as the Olympians defeated Panther Valley by a 9-1 score.After Sterling allowed a walk in the first inning, two passed balls and a sacrifice fly gave the Panthers an early lead. But PV couldn't solve Sterling the rest of the way.Will Kovolenko's RBI single in the third tied the game and Thorpe took the lead an inning later when Ryan McCullough singled and scored on an error.The Olympians (2-18; 1-11) put the game away with a seven-run sixth inning. Dave Everitt, Sterling and Jordan McElmoyle all had two-run singles in the big frame.Panther Vy. 100 000 0 - 1 0 4Jim Thorpe 001 107 x - 9 10 1Kusko, Hudicka (6) and Buss; Sterling and Steigerwalt. W - Sterling. L - Kusko.Pleasant Vy.-West ScrantonPleasant Valley kept its slim postseason hopes alive by edging West Scranton, 4-3, in a non-league contest.Adam Raseley had three hits and scored two runs for the Bears (7-10), who need to win their final three games to make the district playoffs.James Shank and Ariel Mejia each had two hits and an RBI while Brendan Kearns hit a solo homer. Travis VanHouten pitched five innings for the win, while Thomas Aruta tossed two scoreless frames for the save.Pleasant Vy. 101 002 0 - 4 10 1W. Scranton 000 210 0 - 3 8 3VanHouten, Aruta (6) and Shank; Boyle and Petrucci. W - VanHouten. L - Boyle. S - Aruta.