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Lehighton gains wins in both softball, tennis

Panther Valley and Pleasant Valley both earned wins in baseball and softball on Monday.

Lehighton also gained two wins, one in softball and the other in tennis.BASEBALLPanther Vy.-Linc. LeadershipPanther Valley earned a non-league victory over Lincoln Leadership Academy, 10-0.The Panthers (1-1) limited Lincoln to just one hit. Anthony Vavra had three hits and two RBIs. He was also the winning pitcher, striking out eight in four innings.Michael Hutt also contributed two hits and two RBIs. Darren Goida scored three runs for PV.Panther Vy. 015 22 - 10 10 0Lincoln LA 000 00 - 0 1 2Vavra, Hudicka (5) and Hutt; Morales, Siri (3), Grullon (4), Lovera (5), and Gutierrez. W - Vavra. L - Morales.PM West-Pleasant Vy.Pleasant Valley's Travis VanHouten threw a two-hitter to lead his team to a 2-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference shutout win over Pocono Moutain West.The Bears ace struck out seven. He also came up with a crucial hit during his team's two-run sixth inning. Brett Hardy and Nick Domenici (RBI, run) aided the Bears' offense.PV is now 1-3 overall (1-2 EPC).PM West 000 000 0 - 0 2 1Pleasant Vy. 000 002 x - 2 6 1Smith and Denig; VanHouten and Konopke. W - VanHouten. L - Smith.Lehighton-DieruffDieruff's offense proved to be too much for Lehighton, as it pulled away for a 12-3 non-league win.Shane Siebert picked up the mound win for the Huskies, while Gilbert Carrasco finished 3-for-3 with an RBI and run scored. Justin Hernandez also had two RBIs and scored three runs.For the Indians (0-2; 0-1), Hunter Greene finished the day with a double and run scored.Lehighton 020 010 0 - 3 6 0Dieruff 004 035 x - 12 9 0Cordova and Scherer; Siebert and Ahoai. W - Siebert. L - Cordova.Tamaqua-No. SchuylkillTamaqua fell to North Schuylkill in a Schuylkill League contest, 8-4.Bobby Grigas had two hits and two RBIs for the Spartans.Daylon Barron smacked a bases-clearing double in the second inning for the Raiders (1-1; 1-1) and finished with three RBIs.Tamaqua 031 000 0 - 4 5 2No. Schuylkill 032 300 0 - 8 13 4Moll, Hartung (4), Kosciolek (5), Rottet (6), and Bates; Grigas, Murray (6), and Burke. W - Grigas. L - Moll.Salisbury-PalmretonSalisbury defeated Palmerton in a Colonial League contest, 7-4.The Falcons' Evan Kluig had three doubles and two RBIs while Nick Sikora added three RBIs.Zach Buck led the Bombers (0-2; 0-2) with three hits and one run.Salisbury 202 102 0 - 7 10 0Palmerton 011 002 0 - 4 7 1Kluig and Rogers; Svetik, Kocis (5), Weber (6), and George. W - Kluig. L - Svetik.Marian-Pius XPius X scored nine runs in the first inning and wound up beating Marian, 12-2, in a non-league game.Hunter Beck struck out six in a complete-game effort for Pius X.No other information was available.SOFTBALLSalisbury-PalmertonSalisbury's five-run fifth inning gave the Falcons a 7-2 Colonial League win over Palmerton.Rachel Constantini was 3-for-4 with a homer, double, two runs and five RBIs for Salisbury.For the Bombers (2-1; 2-1), Megan Peck finished 2-for-3 with a two-run homer the second inning.Salisbury 001 150 0 - 7 7 2Palmerton 020 000 0 - 2 9 2Costello and Creswell; Dugan and Campbell. W - Costello. L - Dugan. HR: S - Constantini (5th); P - Peck (2nd, one on).PM West-Pleasant Vy.Pleasant Valley won in convincing fashion against Pocono Mountain West in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference contest, 13-3.Kiersten Griesback was the winning pitcher for the Bears (2-1) and recorded six strikeouts. Cassie Hill and Madison Kymer each had three hits for PV.PM West 210 00 - 3 2 2PleasantVy. 044 32 - 13 10 2Robson and Gomez; Griesback and Hill. W - Griesback. L - Robson.Weatherly-MillvilleWeatherly put up 13 runs in the first three innings during its 16-6 non-league rout of Millville.The Wreckers' Kelly Parker had two hits and three RBIs. Jenna Bartal knocked in three RBIs, and Tea Heister had three hits.Jess Polchin was the winning pitcher for Weatherly (1-0).Weatherly 436 03 - 16 12 1Millville 004 02 - 6 5 2Polchin, Isom (3), Kane (4) and Maiello, Frye (3); Young and Whiteknight. W - Polchin. L - Young.Marian-Pius XMarian convincingly defeated Pius X in a non-league tilt, 16-1.Brianna Wimmer launched a two-run homer in the Fillies' big seven-run second inning. Marian (3-0) also received a double, triple, and two RBIs from Nicole Salerno.Kelly Franza had the lone Pius X hit.Marian 370 6 - 16 8 1Pius X 100 0 - 1 1 2Lencovich, Joy (3), and Salerno; Rosenberg, Kessler (4), and Edwards. W - Lencovich. L - Rosenberg. HR - M: Wimmer (2nd, one on).Lourdes-LehightonLehighton used a strong fourth frame to pull away from Lourdes for a 10-0 Schuylkill League win.Hannah Binyon allowed only two hits in picking up the pitching win. Jill Guzenski (2-for-2, two RBIs, two runs), Joclyn Hunsicker (two RBIs), and Kayla Heffelfinger (2-for-3, two RBIs) all spear-headed the Tribe's offensive attack.Lourdes 000 00 - 0 2 5Lehighton 010 711 - 10 8 2Miller and Funk; Binyon and Andrews. W - Binyon. L - Miller.Panther Vy.-Lincoln LAPanther Valley scored in every inning but one to hand Lincoln Leadership a 16-8 non-league loss.Hannah Hill and Lexi Rodriguez both had five hits and two RBIs for the Panthers (1-1).PV's Cara Hoffman and Brandi Beers combined to strike out 14 batters over five innings.Panther Vy. 430 63 - 16 21 2Lincoln Lead. 003 23 - 8 9 4Hoffman, Beers (4) and Rodriguez; Vazquez and Richetti. W - Hoffman. L - Vazquez.BOYS TENNISLehighton-PM WestLehighton made easy work of Pocono Mountain West in a non-league match, winning 6-1.All three singles players (Tegan Durishin, Spence David and Josh Knappenberger) breezed to wins for the Indians (3-2).Lehighton 6, PM West 1SINGLESTegan Durishin (L) def. Troy Anderson 6-0, 6-0; Spence David (L) def. Rohan James 6-0, 6-0; Josh Knappenberger (L) def. Tim Gaudette 6-3, 6-0.DOUBLESKurt Heideck/Cheyenne Pettit (L) def. Jason Alden-Brown/Raull Pena 6-1, 6-1; Nick Princetta/Owen Orlowski (P) def. Thomas Phelan/Mike Pados 6-2, 6-4; Andrea Schafer/Emily Cerimele (L) def. Bryan Saunders/Kyle Leigh-Manuell 6-1, 3-6, 6-1; Maura Phelan/Elise Johnston (L) def. Brian Sorenson/Joe Torres 6-2, 6-3.Jim Thorpe-NorthamptonJim Thorpe was defeated by Northampton, 4-3.John Lowin, Luke Eggert, and Brett Luicana posted singles wins for the Olympians, but JT dropped all four doubles matches.Northampton 4, Jim Thorpe 3SINGLESJohn Lowin (JT) def. Tom Reinhard 6-4, 6-4; Luke Eggert (JT) def. Carter Test 6-4, 6-0; Brett Luicana (JT) def. Nick Walker 6-3, 6-4.DOUBLESTom Reinhard/Carter Test (N) def. John Lowin/Brett Luicana 7-6, 4-6, 7-6; Ethan Schusartz/Kevin Trinkle (N) def. Luke Carter/Shaun DiCostanzo 7-5, 6-0; Dom Jackson/Troy Adams (N) def. Chris Widdicombe/Matt Widdicombe 6-0, 6-1; Cory Croy/James Marsh (N) def. Matt Widdicombe/Jon Fedora 6-0, 6-1.

RON GOWER/Special to The Times News Lehighton's Sophia Everett makes a play of a ground ball during Monday's game against Lourdes.