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Bulldogs earn baseball, softball wins

Northern Lehigh knocked off Southern Lehigh in both baseball and softball. Pleasant Valley also picked up a win on the diamond, while Tamaqua, Lehighton and Weatherly all earned softball wins.

Lehighton also picked up a victory in tennis action.BASEBALLPleasant Vy.-NorthamptonPleasant Valley scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning to rally past East Penn Conference foe Northampton, 11-9.Dakota George led the Bears with four hits and two RBIs. Thomas Aruta and Nicholas Domenici each had three RBIs apiece.Ian Csencsits went 3-for-4 with three RBIs for Northampton.Pleasant Valley improves to 3-3 overall (3-2 EPC).Pleasant Vy 111 310 4 - 11 15 3Northampton 123 001 2 - 9 11 2Kearns, Domenici (4) and Konopke; Davidson, Stackhouse (3) and Stackhouse. W - Domenici. L - Konopke.Blue Mountain-TamaquaBlue Mountain rallied to defeat Tamaqua in a Schulkill League game, 4-3.Sean Greenawalt was the winning pitcher for the Eagles. Greenawalt hit the go-ahead home run in the top of the fifth inning. Danny Greenawalt added two RBIs.Nate MacDonald, Owen Bates, Casey Rother and Connor Hartung supplied the Tamaqua offense. Hartung crushed a double in the fourth inning which drove in two runs.Tamaqua falls to 2-2 overall (2-2 SL) on the year.Blue Mtn 003 010 0 - 4 3 0Tamaqua 000 300 0 - 3 4 2Greenawalt and Kyssingler; Kosciolek, Rottet (3), and Bates. W - Greenawalt. L - Rottet. HR - Greenawalt (5th inning, none on)So. Lehigh-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh defeated Southern Lehigh in a Colonial League game, 5-4.The 'Dawgs scored all of their runs in the first inning.Austin Lancsak led the 'Dawgs with two RBIs. John Taylor laid down an effective squeeze bunt to drive in a run.Josh Hamm was the winning pitcher and went the distance for the 'Dawgs.So Lehigh 100 030 0 - 4 9 0No Lehigh 113 000 0 - 5 7 2Hook, Niedbalski(2) and Amory; Hamm and Kistler. W - Hamm. L - Niedbalski.SOFTBALLLehighton-Jim ThorpeLehighton pounded out 22 hits en route to a 17-3 Schuylkill League win over Jim Thorpe.Joclyn Hunsicker led the Lady Indians with a three-run homer, three singles and five RBIs. Kelsey Andrews added a triple.Joclyn Day paced the Lady Olympians with a single, double and two RBIs. Gianna Bucci had two singles.Lehighton 222 032 6 - 17 22 2Jim Thorpe 000 300 0 - 3 6 6Binyon and Andrews; Holloway, Day (3) and Marzen. W - Binyon. L - Holloway. HR: L - Hunsicker (5th, two on).Pleasant Valley-NorthamptonNorthampton scored early and surged past Pleasant Valley for a 7-1 East Penn Conference victory.Samantha Frey led the Konkrete Kids (3-3) with a triple and RBI while Jillian Muthard added a triple and two RBIs.Pleasant Valley 010 000 0 - 1 3 3Northampton 200 050 x - 7 7 1Griesback and Hill; Keeney and Reed. W - Keeney. L - Greisback.Blue Mountain-TamaquaTamaqua rallied for five runs in the fifth inning to top Blue Mountain 6-4 in a Schuylkill League Division I contest.Trailing 3-1 entering the bottom of the fifth inning, the Lady Raiders (4-0) got a two-run single from Shayna Dietrich, a two-run homer from Carly Sassaman and an RBI single from Bailey Pedersen to complete the comeback.Dietrich finished 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored. Sassaman went 2-for-3, and Lynn Kistler also recorded two hits and a run scored.Blue Mountain 021 000 1 - 4 9 2Tamaqua 001 050 x - 6 9 3Gerace and Skoff; Pedersen and Sassaman. WP - Pedersen. LP - Gerace. HR: T - Sassaman (5th, one on).Weatherly-Shenandoah Vy.Weatherly defeted Shenandoah Valley in a Schuylkill League contest, 6-0.Jess Polchin pitched a shutout to lead the Lady Wreckers (2-0).Jess Maiello crushed a home run, while Jasmine Rivera contributed three singles.Skye Parker and Caitlin Bonk each had two hits despite Shenandoah's loss.Weatherly 030 300 0 - 6 9 0Shenandoah 000 000 0 - 0 5 2Polchin and Maiello. Bonk and Mentusky.W - Polchin. L - Bonk. HR: Weatherly - Maiello.So. Lehigh-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh used clutch hitting to defeat Southern Lehigh 3-1 in Colonial League action.With the score tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Taylor Herman smashed a two-run homer to give the Lady Bulldogs (4-2, 3-2) a two-run advantage. Herman finished 2-for-3 with three RBI.Samantha Tankred was 1-for-3 with an RBI for the Lady Spartans (3-2, 3-1).Southern Lehigh 000 001 0 - 1 5 2Northern Lehigh 001 002 x - 3 3 1Barnes and Siffel; K. Hoffman, Thomas (5) and D. Hoffman. W - Thomas. L - Barnes. HR: NL Herman (6th, one on).TENNISPalmerton-BangorBangor swept Palmerton in a Colonial League double-header, 5-0, 5-0.Garret Nelson of Bangor defeated Seth Andress in the No. 2 singles match, 6-0, 6-0.Match No. 1Bangor 5, Palmerton 0SINGLESTyler Learn (B) def. Rich Roselli 6-3, 6-1; Garret Nelson (B) def. Seth Andress 6-0, 6-0; Paxton Ramsey (B) def. Marc Roselli 6-1, 6-2.DOUBLESChris Csencsits/Mike Mazzella (B) def. Jacob Brown/Sal Melo 6-4, 6-3; Jon Absalom/Derek Kaiser (B) def. Jordan Dopsovic/Gavin Scott 8-3.Match No. 2Bangor 5, Palmerton 0SINGLESTyler Learn (B) def. Rich Roselli 8-2; Garret Nelson (B) def. Seth Andress 6-2, 6-2; Paxton Ramsey (B) def.Marc Roselli 6-1, 6-1DOUBLESChris Csencsits/Mike Mazzella (B) def. Jacob Brown/Sal Melo 6-0, 6-2; Quinn Becker/Jake Lyon (B) def. Bruce Hettler/Kristen Ahner 8-1.ES South-Pleasant ValleyEast Stroudsburg South used a well-rounded effort to down Pleasant Valley, 5-2, in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference play.The Cavaliers took two of the three singles matches while also winning three of the four doubles contests.Erik Ammermann picked up a 6-2, 6-3 win over Bobby Rutherford in the No. 2 singles match. Kurt Ammermann and Narjja Francis earned a victory in doubles action.With the loss, the Bears fall to 5-2 on the season.ES South 5, Pleasant Valley 2SINGLESAki Molenthiel (ESS) def. Patrick Flannery, 6-0, 6-0; Erik Ammermann (PV) def. Bobby Rutherford 6-2, 6-3; Cory Cox (ESS) def. Steven Nale 6-1, 6-3.DOUBLESKhriss West/Theo Winslett (ESS) def. Alec Herman/Anthony Romano 8-1; DJ VanSolkena/Mike Cavanaugh (ESS) def. Davis Reiss/Anthony Taldone 6-4, 6-4; Logan Zucchino/Mitchell James (ESS) def. Austin Williams/Nick Vo 7-5, 7-5; Kurt Ammermann/Narjja Francis (PV) def. Tommy Mao/Seamus Fitzpatrick 6-1, 6-1.Jim Thorpe-LehightonLehighton took advantage of solid doubles play to earn a 5-2 win over Jim Thorpe.The Indians got a win from No. 1 singles player Tegan Durishin, and swept all four doubles matches.Brett Luciana and Luke Eggert picked up singles victories for the Olympians (3-6).Lehighton 5, Jim Thorpe 2SINGLESTegan Durishin (L) def. John Lowin 6-0, 6-1; Brett Luciana (JT) def. Spence David 6-3, 6-1; Luke Eggert (JT) def. Josh Kanppenberger 5-7, 7-5, 7-5.DOUBLESMaura Phelan/Elise Johnston (L) def. Jen Fedora/Matt Widdicombe 6-1, 6-1; Thomas Phelan/Mike Pados (L) def. Matt Miller/Luke Carter 6-3, 6-4; Emily Cerimele/Andrea Schafer (L) def. Chris Widdicombe/Shaun DiCostanzo 6-3, 6-3; Kurt Heideck/Gavin Cressley (L) def. Mike Huntzberry/Mike Boeres 6-4, 6-1.

Bob Ford/Times News Jim Thorpe catcher Brittany Marzen tags out a sliding Joclyn Hunsicker of Lehighton during a play at the plate Thursday.