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Marian and Tamaqua scored baseball wins, while Northern Lehigh, Palmerton and Pleasant Valley were all softball winners on Monday.

BASEBALLMarian-WeatherlyMarian rattled off six runs in the top of the seventh to put an end to a Schuylkill League game against Weatherly, 15-0.Teague Schmidt struck out ten Wreckers on the mound for the pitching win for the Colts, while Daniel Keer had two doubles and four RBIs on the day with the bat. Dante Salerno finished 2-for-5 from the plate, scored two runs and also brought in two, while Aaron DeAngelo also brought in two runs as well.For the Wreckers, Kyle Osifat, Brett Kelly and Steph Yurchak all had a sole hit in the losing effort.Marian 421 200 6 - 15 9 1Weatherly 000 000 0 - 0 3 12Schmidt and Salerno; Figas, Kelly (5) and Hoffman. W - Schmidt, L - Figas.Lehighton-TamaquaTamaqua earned a Schuylkill League victory over Lehighton, 10-0.Connor Hartung tossed a complete game shutout and struck out two batters for Tamaqua.Owen Bates led the Raiders with two hits, two runs scored, and one RBI. Casey Rother smacked a double and drove in three runs.Tamaqua improves to (8-4, 4-4 SL) overall, as Lehighton is now (3-10, 1-7 SL).Lehighton 000 00 - 0 2 3Tamaqua 004 51 - 10 8 0Mele, Heery (5), and Wagner; Hartung and Rother. W - Hartung. L - Mele.Palmerton-SalisburySalisbury earned a Colonial League victory against Palmerton, 8-2.Although Palmerton racked up seven hits, it couldn't manafacture enough runs yesterday.Mark Quinn led the Bombers with a double and two RBIs.Salisbury's Michael Palmer had two hits, two RBIs, and scored a run. Evan Kulig added in two hits and two runs.Palmerton is now 5-8 overall, (4-8 CL).Palmerton 020 000 0 - 2 7 2Salisbury 260 000 0 - 8 6 0Buck, Mooney (5), and Mooney; Cooperman, Kulig (6), and Rogers. W - Cooperman. L - Buck.Nativity-Panther ValleyNativity edged Panther Valley in a Schuylkill League crossover game, 3-1.Panther Valley out-hit Nativty by a 6-4 margin, but left two runners on base in the final inning.Sam Stanko of Panther Valley led the Panthers with two hits from the dish. Matt Hudicka had a single and one RBI. Hudicka also tossed a complete game, striking out three.Nativity 111 000 0 - 3 4 1Panther Vy 100 000 0 - 1 6 1Yordy and Belding; Hudicka and Mazzie. W - Yordy. L - Hudicka.ES South-Pleasant ValleyPleasant Valley came up short against East Stroudsburg South in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference matchup, 5-3.The Bears had a three-run rally in the top of the seventh inning, but couldn't overcome the large deficit.Pleasant Valley falls to 7-8, (6-7 EPC), as ES South imrpoves to 6-7, (4-6 EPC).Pleasant Vy. 000 000 3 - 3 8 2ES South 000 311 x - 5 8 1Furst, Laureano (7), and Boushell; Domenici and Pandolfo. W - Furst. L - Domenici.MMI Prep-MarianIn a game played over the weekend, Marian upended MMI Prep, 10-1 in a non-league contest.For the Colts, KJ Snerr led the offensive charge with two singles and three RBIs, while Daniel Keer finished 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs. Jarred Paisley also added a RBI-single for the winners.For the Preppers, Kyle Rogers had two of his team's three hits in the losing effort.MMI Prep 000 010 0 - 1 3 3Marian 024 220 x - 10 9 1Smith, Colati (4) and Harman, Badamo (4); Keer, Inama (3) and Salerno. W - Keer, L - Smith.SOFTBALLPalmerton-SalisburyPalmerton edged out Salisbury in a Colonial League contest, 4-2.Darion Jacoby led Palmerton with two RBIs. Alyssa Acker went two for two from the plate with a run scored during the win.Palmerton is now 10-3 overall on the season.Palmerton 001 003 0 - 4 7 0Salisbury 000 001 1 - 2 7 2W - Dugan. L - Costello.Pine Grove-Jim ThorpePine Grove swept Jim Thorpe in a Schuylkill League double-header, 12-3, 12-2.Game one was continued from a rain delay on April, 7th.Brittney Marzen had two singles for Jim Thorpe. Caitlyn Becher was a multi-hitter for Pine Grove.The Cardnials scored 11 runs in the second inning of the second game. McKenzie Warner and Emily Hindman both had multi-hits for Pine Grove.Jim Thorpe's Anna Fiducia contributed two singles in the losing effort.Jim Thorpe 001 011 - 3 5 4Pine Grove 203 026 - 13 13 1Day and Marzen; Becher and Wolff. W - Becher. L - Day.Jim Thorpe 000 11 - 2 6 7Pine Grove 0 (11)1 00 - 12 12 2Holloway and Marzen; Schach and Wolff. W - Schach. L - Wolff.Northwestern-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh continued its hot streak, as the Bulldogs downed rival Northwestern, 4-1 in Colonial League action.Riding the strength of Amber Thomas' pitching, who struck out 16 batters in the game and gave up two hits, en route to the win.For the Lady Bulldogs' offense, Sage Hargreaves led the way with a 2-for-3 performance with two RBIs, a run scored and a stolen base. Kaitlin Hoffman also had two RBIs and Taylor Herman chipped in a hit and two runs scored for the victory.For the Tigers (8-8), Lydia Danner attempted helping her own pitching effort by garnering a hit and scoring her team's only run.Northern Lehigh improves to 11-5 overall and 9-5 in the Colonial.Northwestern 000 100 0 - 1 2 1Northern Lehigh 030 001 x - 4 6 0Danner and Wehr; Thomas and D. Hoffman. W - Thomas, L - Danner.Nativity-Panther ValleyNativity defeated Panther Valley in a Schuylkill League crossover contest, 10-0.Maddyson Melochick and Jocelyn Holobetz of Nativity each had solo homeruns during the win. Rachel Souchak added a two-run shot of her won. Dez Riegel added three RBIs as well for Nativity.The loss brings Panther Valley to (2-10, 0-7 SL), as Nativity imrpoves to (6-6, 3-5 SL).Panther Vy 000 00 - 0 3 1Nativity 102 43 - 10 8 0Hoffman, Manturana (5), and Rodriguez; Walaconis, Miske (5) , and Melochick. W - Walaconis. L - Hoffman. HR - Nativity: Holobetz, Melochick, Soushak.ES South-Pleasant ValleyPleasant Valley defeated East Stroudsburg South in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference clash, 7-2.Cassie Hill of Pleasant Valley crushed a home run that helped propel the Lady Bears to victory.Kiersten Griesback had a double at the dish, and was also the winning pitcher.Pleasant Valley 011 131 0 - 7 8 1ES South 000 020 0 - 2 4 4Griesback and Hill; Snyder and DelCorso. W - Griesback. L - DelCorso.BOYS TENNISLiberty-Pleasant ValleyDespite two wins in the singles competition, Pleasant dropped a heart-breaker to Liberty in EPC tennis action, 4-3.Jon White and Erik Ammerman both notched straight-set wins, while the tandem of Nick Vo and Tony Klapatch grabbed a pro set victory at number one doubles, 8-7.With the loss, the Bears drop to 8-7 on the season.Liberty 4, Pleasant Vy. 3SINGLESJon White (P) def. Dan Lynn 6-2, 6-1; Erik Ammerman (P) def. Milind Jagota 6-1, 7-6 (4); Julian Mark (L) def. Steven Nale 6-0, 6-1.DOUBLESNick Vo/Tony Klapatch (P) def. Gavin Snyder/Marc Burritt 8-7(4); Evan Burlew/Alex Burlew (L) def. Davis Reiss/Anthony Taldone 6-0, 6-1; Luke Conrad/Jesse Claudio (L) def. Jacob Rohrbach/Austin Williams 6-0, 6-2; Duke Jin/Colin Bokan (L) def. Najja Francis/Kurt Ammerman 6-2, 6-1.

bob ford/times news Weatherly's Kyle Osifat puts the tag on Marian's Angelo Maskornick at second base.