The Marian baseball team plated a run in the top of the ninth inning to post a huge victory over Minersville, while the Tamaqua softball team rallied with three runs in the top of the seventh to defeat Pine Grove.

BASEBALLMarian-MinersvilleTrailing 3-1 heading into the top of the seventh, Marian plated two runs to force extra innings. In the top of the ninth, the Colts scored the game winner to take home a 4-3 Schuylkill League victory over Minersville (8-2).Daniel Keer had two of Marian's six hits, while Robbie Hinkle scored two runs.Marian's Joe Nahas struck out eight in the no-decision, as the Colts improved to 5-1 (5-0 league).Marian 100 000 201 - 4 6 5Minersville 001 200 000 - 3 5 5Nahas, Schmidt (8), Salerno (9) and Snerr; Nettles, Brown (7) and Bettinger. W - Schmidt. L - Brown. S - Salerno.North Schuylkill-Jim ThorpeNorth Schuylkill's Tevin Murray fired a five-innnig no-hitter to lead his Spartans to a 10-0 Schuylkill League victory over Jim Thorpe.Murray struck out six, while allowing one walk.The loss drops Jim Thorpe to 3-6 on the season.North Schuylkill 060 04 - 10 9 0Jim Thorpe 000 00 - 0 0 1Murray and Burke; Porembo, Burkhart (5), Bykas (5) and Micciche. W - Murray. L - Porembo.Panther Valley-Tri-ValleyTri-Valley used ten hits to help defeat Panther Valley in a Schuylkill League contest, 6-1.Panther Valley's Darren Goida continued his strong season with three hits in four at-bats.The Panthers are now 3-5 overall, (2-3 SL).Panther Valley 000 010 0 - 1 6 3Tri-Valley 203 001 x - 6 10 0Micholik and Mazzle; Bordner, Kimmel (6), and Yoder. W - Bordner. L - Micholik.Tamaqua-Pine GroveTamaqua came up short on the road against Pine Grove, 5-1.Kobe D'Agostino of Pine Grove limited the Raidres to just one run over seven strong innings. He also went two for four at the plate with an RBI and one run scored. Tamaqua's Zach Coleman contributed a double and a run scored despite the loss.With the loss, Tamaqua falls to 3-4 overall, (2-4 SL).Tamaqua 000 010 0 - 1 5 1Pine Grove 300 110 x - 5 10 0Minchoff, Hartung (4), and Bates; D'Agostino and Levan. W - D'Agostino. L - Minchoff.SOFTBALLPleasant Valley-StroudsburgPleasant Valley scored all five of its runs within the first three innings to help defeat Stroudsburg, 5-3.Kiersten Giesback of Pleasant Valley tossed a complete game and struck out two baters during her winning performance.The Lady Bears accumulated nine hits en route to victory.Pleasant Valley 203 000 0 - 5 9 2Stroudsburg 010 000 2 - 3 6 5Griesback and Hill; Molinaro and Prisco.W - Griesback. L - Molinaro.Tamaqua-Pine GroveTamaqua rallied with three runs in the top of the seventh inning in impressive fashion to defeat Pine Grove in a Schuylkill League game, 3-2.Lynn Kistler, Shaina Dietrich, and Taylor Fritz each drove in runs in the final frame to earn the big win.The Lady Raiders improve to 7-1 overall, (6-1 SL).Tamaqua 000 000 3 - 3 6 0Pine Grove 002 000 0 - 2 10 3Pedersen and Sassaman; Schach, Hatter (7) and Wolff. W - Pedersen. L - Schach.North Schuylkill-Jim ThorpeNorth Schuylkill continued its impressive start to the season with a 13-0 five-inning shutout of Jim Thorpe.Brittney Marzen (double) and Leah Detweiler (single) had the lone Olympians hits.The loss drops Jim Thope to 0-8 on the season.North Schuylkill 122 44 - 13 12 0Jim Thorpe 000 00 - 0 2 6Hutira and Deleschak; Day, Hoherchak (4), Holloway (5) and Marzen. W - Hutira. L - Day. HR: North Schuylkill - Lapotsky 2.No. Lehigh-So. LehighTied at 2-2, Courtney Herr delivered a game-winning RBI in the bottom of the seventh inning to propel Southern Lehigh to a 3-2 Colonial League victory.Herr's hit scored Hanna Dorsey, who scored the winning run for the Spartans in the final inning for the second consecutive game.Herr, Dorsey and Danielle Barnes all had two hits apiece for the Spartans (6-2).For Northern Lehigh (5-4), Kaitlin Hoffman accounted for three hits and a run, while Tiffany Yesik added two hits.No. Lehigh 000 000 2 - 2 7 0So. Lehigh 000 011 1 - 3 8 3Thomas and Hoffman; Barns and Siffle. W - Barns. L - Thomas.Lehighton-PottsvillePottsville convincingly defeated Lehighton in a Schuylkill League contest, 10-0.The Tide scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning thanks to Kendra Boris's two-run home run.Sage Miller of Lehighton contributed two of the team's four hits in the game.Pottsville imrpoves to 7-2 (6-0 SL), as Lehighton falls to 4-6 (3-5 SL).Lehighton 000 000 - 0 4 4Pottsville 310 204 - 10 9 2Bickert and Andrews; Tobin, Moran (4), and Garland. W - Tobin. L - Bickert. HR: Pottsville - Boris (sixth inning, one on).Marian-MinersvilleMinersville swatted four home runs and the Big Blue Machine made easy work of Marian by a final score of 15-0.Meg Schwalm belted two homers for Minersville and tallied four RBI. Allison Polinsky and Adrienne Kroznuskie tacked on solo home runs in the second inning. Polinsky finished the night 3-for-3, including a triple in addition to the round-tripper.Marian's lone hit came off the bat of Mackenzie Joy (double).The Fillies (5-3) host Weatherly (11:00 a.m.) and Allentown Central Catholic (2:00 p.m.) in a double-header today.Marian 000 - 0 1 2Minersville 861 - 15 14 0Shaud, Joy (2) and Salerno; Bentz and Polinsky. W - Bentz. L - Shaud. HR: Minersville - Schwalm 2 (1st, two on; 2nd, none on), Polinsky (2nd, none on), Kroznuskie (2nd, none on).