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Good day for area tennis teams

Lehighton, Pleasant Valley and Palmerton all posted tennis wins in action Tuesday.

The Indians gained two victories over Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg while the Bears downed Pocono Mountain West. The Bombers blanked Notre Dame-Green Pond and then lost to Southern Lehigh.Other area winners included Marian baseball, Lehighton softball, Pleasant Valley softball and Northwestern softball.TENNISPalmerton-Notre Dame GPPalmerton blanked Notre Dame of Green Pond in a Colonial League contest, 5-0.The Bombers' Rich Roselli and Sal Melo of Palmerton both shut out their respective opponents in singles play.Palmerton 5, Notre Dame-GP 0SINGLESRich Roselli (P) def. Matt Hidalgo, 8-0; Seth Adams (P) def. Shyam Mehta, 8-4; Sal Melo (P) def. Anthony Melhem, 8-0.DOUBLESJacob Brown/Marc Roselli (P) def. Sam MacDonald/Will Hoey, 9-7; Gavin Scott/Jordan Dopsovich (P) def. Evan Gerlach/Eben Prostak, 9-7Palmerton-So. LehighThe Bombers dropped a 4-1 decision to the Spartans with Rich Roselli scoring the only triumph for the locals in singles.So. Lehigh 4, Palmerton 1SINGLESRich Roselli (P) def. Billy Flynn (S) 6-3, 6-3, Austin Piel (S) def. Seth Andress (P) 6-2, 6-2, Tomais Peoples (S) def. Marc Roselli (P) 6-0, 6-4.DOUBLESWill Hagan and Adrian Reiters (S) def. Jacob Brown and Sal Melo (P) 1-6, 6-3, 6-1, Dominic Russo and Karl Finkbeiner (S) def. Jordan Dopsovic and Gavin Scott (P) 8-3.Lehighton-Notre Dame ESLehighton closed out a victory over Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg in a suspended match and then defeated the Crusaders in the regularly-scheduled contest.Tegan Durishin and Josh Knappenberger earned singles wins and all four Indian doubles teams were victorious in a 6-1 decision.Durishin and Knappenberger again posted wins in the second match to help register a 4-1 triumph and lift Lehighton's season record to 9-4.Lehighton 6, Notre Dame-ES 1(suspended match)SINGLESTegan Durishin (L) def. Grant Klinger 6-0, 6-4; Jan Carlo Perez (ND) def. Spence David 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (8-6), 6-3; Josh Knappenberger (L) def. Zach Acosta 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.DOUBLESTegan Durishin/Josh Knappenberger (L) def. Grant Klinger/Zach Acosta 8-5; Thomas Phelan/Mike Pados (L) def. Jose Bordas/Mike Worjtanowish 6-2, 6-2; Emily Cerimele/Andrea Schafer (L) def. Justin Hilario/Joe Snyder 7-6 (9-7), 6-0; Maura Phelan/Elise Johnston (L) def. Andrew McCarthy/Adrian Kudryk 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.Lehighton 4, Notre Dame-ES 1(schedule match)SINGLESTegan Durishin (L) def. Grant Klinger 2-6, 6-2, 6-4; Brand Weirich (ND) def. Spence David 6-2, 6-0; Josh Knappenberger (L) def. Jan Carlo Perez 6-2, 6-2.DOUBLESThomas Phelan/Mike Pados (L) def. Zach Acosta/Mike Worjtanowish 6-4, 6-3; Emily Cerimele/Andrea Schafer (L) def. Justin Hilario/Jose Bordas 6-3, 7-5.Pleasant Valley-PM WestPleasant Valley defeated Pocono Mountain West in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference match, 5-2.The Bears swept the singles matches, as Jon White, Erik Ammermann, and Steven Nale all posted victories.Pleasant Valley 5, PM West 2SINGLESJon White (PV) def. Jason Horvath 6-0, 6-0; Erik Ammermann (PV) def. Christian Horvath 6-1, 6-1; Steven Nale (PV) def. Tim Gaudette 6-3, 6-3.DOUBLESJason Horvath/Christian Horvath (PMW) def. Steven Nale/Alac Herman, 8-2; Anthony Taldone/Jacob Rohrbach (PV) def. Nick Frincetta/Owen Orlowski 4-6, 6-4, 6-0; Bryan Saunders/Joe Torres (PMW) def. Austin Williams/Patrick Falnnery 7-5, 6-1; Naija Francis/Kurt Ammermann (PV) def. Kyle Leiogh-Manuel/Brian Sorensen 6-1, 2-6, 6-1.BASEBALLWilliams Valley-MarianMarian outscored Williams Valley, 15-10, in a Schuylkill League contest.The Colts trailed after three innings of play but tallied the final seven runs of the game to gain the victory.Joe Nahas led Marian with three hits, one a double, three runs scored and an RBI,. KJ Snerr added two singles, two RBIs, a stolen base and a run scored. Dante Salerno, who earned the pitching win, also had a good day at the plate with a double, two runs scored, two stolen bases and three RBIs.Dawson Mauer led the Vikings with a two hits, two runs scored and three RBIs.Marian 152 403 0 - 15 11 2Williams Vy. 361 000 0 - 10 12 2Hinkle, Salerno (2) and Snerr; Mauer, Shutt (3), Graff (4) and Whitcomb. W - Salerno. L - Graff.Pleasant Valley-ES NorthPleasant Valley fell to East Stroudsburg North in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference contest, 4-1.Will Kazura threw a complete game for North, allowing just one run on four hits.Travis VanHouten, Thomas Aruta, Nicholas Domenici, and Dakota George each picked up hits for the Bears (4-7; 4-6).Pleasant Vy. 100 000 0 - 1 4 2ES North 100 300 x - 4 6 1Domenici, George (6), and Pandolfo; Kazura and Williams. W - Kazura. L - Domenici.Saucon Valley-PalmertonSaucon Valley blanked Palmerton in a Colonial League game, 7-0.Zach Thatcher tossed six scoreless innings for the winners, while Nate Herka, Adam Hough, and Brian Wildrick each had two hits for the Panthers (10-1; 9-1).For the Bombers (3-7), Isaac George finished 2-for-3.Palmerton 000 000 0 - 0 8 1Saucon Vy. 201 202 x - 7 12 4Perschy, Sander (5), and Mooney; Thatcher, Meyers (7), and Kologie. W - Thatcher. L - Perschy.SOFTBALLBlue Mountain-Jim ThorpeBlue Mountain scored nine runs in the third inning and pulled away for a 15-2 Schuylkill League win over Jim Thorpe.The Eagles pounded out 19 hits during the victory. Jess Kowalski led the winners with three doubles and a single.Joclyn Day and Anna Fiducia each hit doubles for the Olympians.Jim Thorpe 000 11 - 2 4 4Blue Mountain 049 11 - 15 19 1Hoherchak, Day (3), and Marzen; Washko and Labe. W - Washko. L - Hoherchak.Lehighton-LourdesLehighton defeated Lourdes in a Schuylkill League contest, 6-4.The Indians' Saige Miller and Amanda Louden each had two hits. Lehighton finished the contest with a dozen hits.Shaylee Miller of Lourdes had two hits and drove in a run.Lehighton 020 400 0 - 6 12 3Lourdes 000 310 0 - 4 7 2Bickert, Binyon (5), and Andrews; Miller and Funk. W - Bickert. L - Miller.ES North-Pleasant ValleyPleasant Valley earned an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory against East Stroudsburg North, 7-2.PV's Kiersten Griesback earned the pitching win, striking out four batters.Brittney Bonser and Madison Kymer each had two hits apiece for the Bears (7-4).North's Shae Marx led the team with two hits and a run scored.ES North 100 001 0 - 2 8 2Pleasant Vy. 302 101 x - 7 7 4Marx and Slate; Griesback and Hill. W - Griesback. L - Marx.Sasucon Vy.-NorthwesternNorthwestern posted an 8-3 win over Saucon Valley in a Colonial League contest.The Tigers' Brooke Wehr collected two extra-base hits and drove in four runs. Emily Bennett was the winning pitcher, allowing just one earned run.Saucon Valley's Elyssa Okken and Meghan Okken both had two hits apiece.Saucon Vy. 010 020 0 - 3 8 4Northwestern 001 034 x - 8 10 3Okken and Pritchard; Bennett, Smith (7), and Wehr. W - Bennett. L - Okken.

ron gower/special to the times news Marian's Nick Kubishin waits for a throw as the Williams Valley runner slides safely into second base.