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Tams win pair on diamond

Tamaqua picked up wins in both Schuylkill League baseball and softball on Wednesday afternoon.

BASEBALLTamaqua-Blue Mtn.Tamaqua capitalized on a three-run ninth inning to gain a 3-0 Schuylkill League victory over Blue Mountain.Nate McDonald knocked in the first run with a triple, while Casey Rother (RBI single) and Connor Hartung (RBI double) added insurance.McDonald paced the Blue Raiders (10-4; 5-4) with a single, triple, run scored and RBI, while Bo Rottet added a single and run scored.Rottet earned the pitching victory with a three-hit shutout. Rottet finished with 15 strikeouts on the night.Tamaqua 000 000 003 - 3 7 1Blue Mtn. 000 000 000 - 0 3 0Rottet and Rother; Stramara and Kyslinger. W - Rottet. L - Stramara.Mah. Area-WeatherlyDillon Bizarre worked a suicide squeeze bunt to perfection in the bottom of the 12th inning to help Weatherly post a 4-3 Schuylkill League victory over Mahanoy Area.Robert Gillott scored the winning run on Bizarre's bunt. Bizarre led the Wreckers with two singles, a run scored and RBI, while Luke Figas added a single, double and run scored.Mah. Area 000 110 000 100 - 3 7 1Weatherly 002 000 000 101 - 4 9 1Richmond, Middleton (10) and Fegley; Osifat, Hoffman (10) and Hoffman, Osifat (10). W - Hoffman. L - Middleton.Pleasant Valley-PM EastRyan Pena hit two doubles and had two RBIs to lead Pocono Mountain East to a 9-6 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.The Cardinals' Mike Ferrara also finished with two hits.Pleasant Vy. 200 400 0 - 6 9 2PM East 241 00 2 x - 9 11 2Hardy, George (2) and Wentzler; Hohenstein and Coyle. W - Hohenstein. L - Hardy.Palmerton-So. LehighSouthern Lehigh scored a pair of runs in the fourth and fifth innings to pull away from Palmerton for a 9-6 Colonial League win.Zach Buck drove in two runs for Palmerton.Jacob Cassel got the win, while Zach Zvetik suffered the loss.Palmerton 510 000 0 - 6 5 1So. Lehigh 500 220 x - 9 14 1W - Cassel. L - Svetik.Salisbury-No. LehighSalisbury earned a 5-0 Colonial League victory over Northern Lehigh.Jacob Kistler, Austin Lancsak and Carlos Figueroa had hits for the Bulldogs.Salisbury 000 400 1 - 5 6 3No. Lehigh 000 000 0 - 0 3 3Kulig and Rogers; Cederberg, Moll (6) and Kistler. W - Kulig. L - Cederberg.SOFTBALLJim Thorpe-LehightonLehighton scored the final eight runs of the game to pull out a 10-3 Schuylkill League win over Jim Thorpe.Kayla Hefflefinger led the Indians (8-8; 5-6) with four singles and a run scored, while Cammie Nalesnik (three singles, two RBIs, run scored), Kelsey Andrews (two singles, a double, RBI), Jocelyn Hunsicker (two singles, two runs scored) and Amanda Loudon (single, double, run scored, two RBIs) aided the Lehighton cause.Ciana Miranda paced the Olympians (3-14; 0-11) with three singles, while Jocelyn Day added two singles and a run.Jim Thorpe 000 300 0 - 3 6 4Lehighton 110 224 x - 10 16 3Day, Halloway (6) and Marzen; Binyon and Andrews. W - Binyon. L - Day.Marian-Panther Vy.Marian clinched a district playoff berth with a 14-2 win over Panther Valley.Bryianna Pearson led the Fillies (10-5) with two singles, a triple and three RBIs, while Mackenzie Joy added a single, double, three runs scored and two RBIs.Karlee Gimeno (two singles, three runs scored) and Nicole Salerno (two singles, two runs scored, two RBIs) also contributed to the win.For the Lady Panthers (2-12), Brianna Picht had a double.Marian 104 63 - 14 10 1Panther Vy. 200 00 - 2 5 3Lencovich, Shaud (3) and Salerno; Maturna and Rodriguez.Pleasant Vy.-PM EastKiersten Griesback threw a no-hitter to lead Pleasant Valley to a 8-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pocono Mountain East.Griesback relied heavily on her defense as she finished with three strikeouts and no walks.Madison Shaneberger led the Bears' attack with a double.Pleasant Vy. 301 011 2 - 8 6 1PM East 000 000 0 - 0 0 6Griesback and Hill; Beyers and Bucci. W - Griesback. L - Beyers.Tamaqua-Blue Mtn.Tamaqua started off with a solid opening first two innings to cruise to a 10-4 Schuylkill League win over Blue Mountain.Shayna Dietrich sparked the Blue Raiders' attack with two singles, a double, two runs scored and two RBIs, while Cailyn Joseph chipped in with a single, double, two runs scored and a RBI.Lynn Kistler added two singles, a run scored and an RBI while Courtney Hoffman added two singles, two runs scored and an RBI.Tamaqua 450 000 1 - 10 12 6Blue Mtn. 100 111 0 - 4 9 3Pedersen and Sassaman; Gerace and Skoff. W - Pedersen. L - Gerace.Mah. Area-WeatherlyTamara Tunstall had two hits and drove in a pair of runs as Mahanoy Area defeated Weatherly by a 10-0 score in Schuylkill League softball.The Bears took advantage of eight Weatherly errors.Mah. Area 312 120 1 - 10 7 0Weatherly 000 000 0 - 0 2 8E. Bruce and H. Bruce; Parker, Kane (4), Isom (7) and Maiello. W - E. Bruce. L - Parker.Palmerton-So. LehighDanielle Barnes held the Palmerton bats in check on her way to leading Southern Lehigh to an 8-0 Colonial League victory.Barnes tossed a two-hit shutout and struck out 13 as the Spartans improved to 13-3 overall (12-2 in the league).Palmerton slips to 11-4 (10-3 CL).Palmerton 000 000 0 - 0 2 2So. Lehigh 000 404 x - 8 9 0Dugan, Gower (7) and Campbell; Barnes and Siffel. W - Barnes. L - Dugan.

Bob Ford/Times News Marian's Kaitlin Kowker slides into second base ahead of the tag of Panther Valley's Megan Marouchoc.