The Lehighton baseball and Northwestern softball teams both clinched District 11 playoff berths with a victories on Saturday.

BASEBALLCatasauqua-LehightonLehighton clinched a District 11 playoff berth with an 11-1 non-league win over Catasauqua.The Indians rode the hot hitting of Jordan Knappenberger to the victory. Knappenberger smacked two singles, a double, triple, and drove in five runs.Catasauqua 000 001 - 1 6 1Lehighton 500 015 - 11 10 0Kober and Recker; Hill and David. W - Hill, L - Kober.Northwestern-TamaquaTamaqua used a huge fourth frame to defeat Northwestern, 7-2, in a non-league game.The Tigers scored runs in the first and third, with Tamaqua scoring a sole run in the second for the 2-1 Tiger lead. However, it proved to be short-lived, as the Blue Raiders scored six runs in the fourth for the win.For Tamaqua (14-5), Bo Rottet was 2-for-3 with a double, scored a run and brought in another. Adam Bates had a single, a double, a run scored and an RBI; Nate MacDonald came up big with a two-run single to begin the fourth, while Zach Coleman had a double, scored twice and added a RBI.Northwestern was led by Brady Mengel, who had a double and a run scored, and Josh Williamson who singled and knocked in a run.Northwestern 101 000 0 - 2 5 0Tamaqua 001 600 x - 7 10 2Eden, Storm (4), Miller (6) and Breidinger; Blaker and Roberts. W - Blaker, L - Eden.Whitehall-Pleasant Vy.Whitehall outlasted Pleasant Valley in a non-league baseball game, 5-3.Despite facing a 4-0 deficit, the Bears made a fourth inning charge, as they scored three runs, but weren't able to generate anything the rest of the way.Matt Melosky led the winners with two hits with two RBIs.For the Bears (7-11 overall), Adam Raseley was 2-for-4 with a run scored while Chris Burke was 2-for-3 with a run batted in.Whitehall 021 100 1 - 5 7 1Pleasant Vy. 000 300 x - 3 7 3Kline, Bruneio (4) and Bonshak; Pierce, Aruta (5), Burke (6) and Shank. W - Kline, L - Pierce, S - Bruneio.Northwest-MarianMarian capped an outstanding regular season with a 10-4 non-league win over Northwest Area.The Colts (15-5) were led offensively by Austin Paisley's three hits. KJ Snerr chipped in two hits.Pete Baddick went the distance on the mound for Marian, improving his record to 6-1 this season.Northwest 200 200 0 - 4 10 2Marian 160 003 x - 10 10 1Price, Ungavarky (2), Boneberger (6) and Boberick; Baddick and Snerr. W-Baddick. L-Price.Holy Cross-Panther Vy.Panther Valley rallied for a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to edge Holy Cross, 8-7, in a non-league game.Jake Kusko ripped an RBI single to tie the game in the eighth before an error on a ball off the bat of Jake Szczecina plated the winning run.Kusko and Szczecina both had two hits in the game for the Panthers (4-16).Holy Cross 012 110 11 - 7 10 4Panther Vy. 300 011 12 - 8 9 3Wetter, Shatin (3), Yadoski (5), Boyle (8) and Mies; Szczecina, Goida (5) and Buss. W-Goida. L-Boyle. HR - HC: Mies (8th, none on)SOFTBALLPleasant Valley-WhitehallPleasant Valley managed to pull out a non-league win over Whitehall, 6-1.Jordan Meckes had a single and scored twice for the Lady Bears (15-4 overall). Kiersten Griesback helped herself out on the mound, as she was 3-for-4 at the plate and scored a run, while Brittany Bonser singled, scored a run and drove in another.Pleasant Valley 000 302 1 - 6 7 2Whitehall 100 000 0 - 1 6 3Griesback and Caffrey; Solderitch, Brosky (4) and Bortz. W - Griesback, L - Solderitch.Northwestern-TamaquaNorthwestern won its regular finale to clinch a District 11 playoff berth. The Tigers edged Tamaqua, 2-0, in non-league action.Northwestern finished regular season play with a 10-10 record. The win over the Raiders snapped a four-game losing streakLydia Danner pitched a five-hit shutout for the Tigers, striking out five batters and walking two. Sunny Greenberg finished the day with two hits, while Claire O'Dea had a single and a RBI double in the third frame. Erynn Day also added two hits.For Tamaqua (12-8), Shayna Dietrich had two hits.Northwestern 001 000 1 - 2 6 2Tamaqua 000 000 0 - 0 5 4Danner and Greenberg; Pedersen and Sassaman. W - Danner, L - Pedersen.Marian-Schuylkill HavenMarian extended its winning streak to eight straight games with a 7-3 Schuylkill League win over Schuylkill Haven.The Hurricanes' Elizaberth Bayliff and Emma Schweigert both had home runs to keep the game tight early.However, the Fillies (16-3) got strong offensive games from Lindsay Nemeth (a single, a triple and two RBIs), Mackenzie Joy (two hits), Gabby Cann (two hits), Bryianna Pearson (two hits, RBI), and Kaitlin Cowker (single, two RBIs).Marian 012 010 3 - 7 12 1Schuylkill Haven 012 000 0 - 3 4 3Shaud and Nemeth; Bilansky, Svenson (7) and Schweigert. W - Shaud, L - Bilansky. HR: SH - Schweigert (3rd, one on), Bayliff (2nd, none on).