The Palmerton baseball team helped its cause for a postseason bid with a key Colonial League win while Northwestern earned a non-league victory. In softball, Panther Valley routed Shenandoah.

BASEBALLBangor-PalmertonAfter watching its lead disappear in the top of the seventh, Palmerton answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning to claim a 4-3 Colonial League victory over Bangor.Jonathan Schwartz led the Blue Bombers (7-9), going 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored. Jared Mooney also had two hits, one of which was a triple.Ben Weber went the distance to earn the win, striking out 10 while allowing only six hits.Bangor 000 010 2 - 3 6 4Palmerton 000 020 2 - 4 7 0Freeman, Jones (6) and Field; Weber and Mooney. W - Weber. L - Jones.Blue Mt.-NorthwesternNorthwestern scored in the bottom of the seventh inning to slip past Blue Mountain, 6-5, in non-league play.Josh Williamson and Tyler Wiik led the Tigers (11-5, 10-4) with two hits apiece, with each driving in a run. Prior to scoring the winning run in the seventh, Northwestern tied the game in the fifth.Adam Hull paced the Eagles (13-4, 7-3) with three hits and three runs scored.Blue Mountain 120 200 0 - 5 9 5Northwestern 200 210 1 - 6 9 3Hammer, Oliver (4), Moyer (6) and Kyslinger; Augustus and Wiik. W - Augustus. L - Moyer. HR: BM - Stramara (2nd, one on).Shenandoah-Panther Vy.Shenandoah held off a Panther Valley rally to earn a 3-2 Schuylkill League Division III win.Clarence Grutza got the Blue Devils on the board with an RBI in the second inning, and Jeremy Urbanavage padded the advantage in the fourth with a sacrifice fly.The Panthers (4-12) responded in the bottom of the fifth when Sam Stanko and Darren Goida got on base with singles. Stanko and Goida scored on groundouts by Tristan Blasko and Anthony Vavra.Shenandoah Vy. 100 200 0 - 3 3 2Panther Valley 000 020 0 - 2 5 2McCole and Urbanavage; Goida and Mazzie. W - McCole. L - Goida.Daniel Boone-TamaquaDaniel Boone used a late home run to top Tamaqua 2-1 in a non-league contest.Trailing 1-0 entering the top of the sixth inning, Brendan Rivoli connected for a two-run shot to give the Blazers the lead and ultimately win.Brett Kosciolek and Owen Bates each had two hits for the Blue Raiders (10-5, 5-4).Daniel Boone 000 002 0 - 2 3 1Tamaqua 000 100 0 - 1 5 0Goodrich and Rivoli; Kosciolek, Minchhoff (6) and Bates. W - Goodrich. L - Minchhoff. HR: DB - Rivoli (6th, one on).SOFTBALLShenandoah-Panther Vy.Behind 16 hits, Panther Valley cruised to an 11-1 Schuylkill League Division III win over Shenandoah Valley.Cassidy Ryan led the Lady Panthers (3-12) with two singles, a double and a triple. Lexi Rodriguez added two doubles and two singles. Cara Hoffman earned the win.Shenandoah Vy. 000 010 0 - 1 7 0Panther Valley 302 402 X - 11 16 0Bonk and Mentusky; Hoffman and Rodriguez. W - Hoffman. L - Bonk.Marian-NorthwestNorthwest scored early and pulled away from Marian for an 8-3 non-league victory.Olivia Piestrak led the Rangers with three hits.Brianna Wimmer paced the Fillies with two hits and two RBIs. Bryianna Pearson, Alex Stroia, Nicole Salerno and Karlee Gimeno all had one hit.Marian 000 030 0 - 3 6 3Northwest 013 301 X - 8 9 3Shaud, Joy (6) and Salerno; Hasay and Piestrak. W - Hasay. L - Piestrak.