Marian, Tamaqua and Northwestern all posted wins in both baseball and softball Friday.

BASEBALLKutztown-TamaquaHarold Moll and Russell Blaker combined on a five-hitter to lead Tamaqua to a 2-1 non-league victory over Kutztown.Moll tossed five shutout innings and struck out six while Blaker earned the save by striking out three over the final two innings.Casey Rother led the Tamaqua offense with three hits and an RBI. Daylon Barron scored a pair of runs.The Blue Raiders' victory caps an exhausting stretch of games during which they went 7-1 over a nine-day span, improving their overall record to 11-5.Kutztown 000 000 1 - 1 5 2Tamaqua 000 101 x - 2 4 0Angstadt and Shurr; Moll, Blaker (6) and Rother. W - Moll. L - Angstadt. S - Blaker.Mahanoy Area-MarianMarian pounded out 14 hits and cruised to an 11-3 Schuylkill League win over Mahanoy Area.Dan Keer collected three hits, one a homer, and knocked in three runs. Robbie Hinkle added three hits and three runs scored, while Dante Salerno finished with three hits, including a triple, and a pair of runs. The Colts (15-1; 12-0) also received two hits from Teague Schmidt.Mahanoy Area 100 020 0 - 3 8 3Marian 430 211 0 - 11 14 3Kimmel, Middleton and Fegly; Kubishin, Keer (5) and Snerr. W - Kubishin. L - Kimmel. S - Keer.Wilson-Northern LehighWison used two big innings in posting a 12-6 Colonial League win over Northern Lehigh.The Warriors opened the contest with four runs in the first inning and used a six-run fifth frame to seal the victory.Phil Pierfy hit a triple and grand slam for the winners while Tyler Heft had three hits and scored two runs.For the Bulldogs (4-14, 3-12), Jacob Kistler and Austin Hemingway each had three hits. Kistler knocked in two runs while Jeremie Tomkins scored twice.Wilson 401 060 1 - 12 11 3No. Lehigh 002 001 3 - 6 14 2W - Bergstresser. L - Hamm. HR: Wilson - Pierfy.Pen Argyl-NorthwesternNorthwestern jumped out to a four-run lead and went on to a 7-4 victory over Pen Argyl in Colonial League play.Brady Mengel had two hits, including a solo home run, stolen base and hit by a pitch for the Tigers (12-5, 11-4). Jake Augustus also had two hits, one RBI, scored a run, was hit by a pitch and stole two bases and Tyler Schreiner had two hits and two stolen bases.Devin Messerschmidt had two hits, a walk and scored a run for the Knights.Jordan Storm was the winning pitcher.Pen Argyl 000 200 2 - 4 8 1N'western 031 111 x - 7 11 2Santiago and Black; Storm and Wiik. W - Storm. L - Santiago. HR: NW - Mengel (3rd, none on).Pottsville-Jim ThorpePottsville pulled away from Jim Thorpe for a 9-2 Schuylkill League victory.The Crimson Tide (12-4, 9-1) got two hits apiece from Darion Jacoby, Eli Nabholz and Brandon Daubert. Jacoby also had two RBIs and scored a pair of runs. Nabholz scored twice and Daubert knocked in two runs.For Jim Thorpe (4-12, 1-9), Brendan Carroll, Dave Everitt and Derek Joyce all had two hits. One of Joyce's hits was a double and he also scored a run.Pottsville 300 121 2 - 9 14 1Jim Thorpe 000 200 0 - 2 8 1Spehrley and Hinchliffe; Everitt, D. Joyce (7) and A. Joyce. W-Spehrley. L-Everitt.Tri-Valley-WeatherlyHunter Bordner had three hits and scored three runs to help lead Tri-Valley to an 11-0 Schuylkill League win over Weatherly.Hunter Herb added two hits, one a triple, while Jacob Mosser scored two runs. Border also gained the pitching win, striking out seven batters over four innings.The Wreckers (1-10; 1-9) only had one hit, that coming off the bat of Chris MacNeal.Tri-Valley 011 072 - 11 8 0Weatherly 000 000 - 0 1 7W - Bordner. L - Kelly.North Schuylkill-LehightonNorth Schuylkill put up eight runs in the third inning and rolled over Lehighton, 18-4, in a Schuylkill League contest.Ryan Hillbish was the winning pitcher, while Taylor David suffered the loss.No. Schuylkill 338 40 - 18 17 2Lehighton 010 30 - 4 5 2Hillbish, Murray (5) and Burke. Taylor, Buchinski (3), Heery (3), Bocan (5) and Wagner. W - Hillbish. L - David.SOFTBALLPen Argyl-NorthwesternNorthwestern scored two runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth to pull away from Pen Argyl for a 6-2 Colonial League victory.Jessica Badman had a double, triple and drove in three runs for the Tigers (9-8, 8-7). Alyssa Weaver had two hits and one RBI for the Green Knights (12-6, 10-6).Lydia Danner was the winning pitcher, striking out six. Corrine Ashmore took the loss.Pen Argyl 010 100 0 - 2 6 4N'western 010 023 x - 6 8 1Ashmore and Kresch; Danner and Wehr. W - Danner. L - Ashmore.North Schuylkill-LehightonLehighton forced extra innings by rallying in the bottom of the seventh, but North Schuylkill eventually pulled out an 8-7 Schuylkill League win in 10 innings.Trailing 6-4, Emily Greene's RBI single and Autumn Bickert's run-scoring grounder allowed the Indians to tie the score in the home seventh. Lehighton fell behind by two again in the 10th, but pulled within a run on Snyder's fielder's choice. The game ended shortly after on a flyout.Saige Miller had two hits for the Tribe (8-9; 5-7) while Kelsey Andrews had a hit and two runs scored.For the Spartans, Tiffany Lapotsky had four hits and scored three runs while Chase Stokes hit a home run. Winning pitcher Christie Hutira struck out 15 batters.N. Schuylkill 200 003 100 2 - 8 11 5Lehighton 000 121 200 1 - 7 8 4Hutira and Peleschak; Bickert and Andrews. W - Hutira. L - Bickert. HR: N. Schuylkill - Stokes.Lourdes-TamaquaTaylor Fritz had three hits, one a double, and knocked in five runs to lead Tamaqua to a 16-1 Schuylkill League win over Lourdes.Courtney Hoffman added two hits, three runs and two RBIs while Lynn Kistler contributed a pair of double and three runs scored. The Blue Raiders (14-3; 11-1) also received two hits and two RBIs from Shayna Dietrich.Bailey Pedersen struck out four in gaining the pitching win.Lourdes 001 0 - 1 4 2Tamaqua 515 5 - 16 10 1Miller, Giles (3) and Funk, Komara (3); Pedersen and Sassaman.Pottsville-Jim ThorpePottsville scored all its runs in the second inning in handing Jim Thorpe a 4-0 Schuylkill League defeat.Leah Detweiler had two hits for the Olympians (3-15; 0-12) while Maggie Holloway had a triple.For the Division 1 leading Tide, Katie Deegan and Kendra Boris had triples while Jess Porter pitched a five-hit shutout.Pottsville 040 000 0 - 4 8 1Jim Thorpe 000 000 0 - 0 5 3Porter and Marx; Holloway and Marzen. W - Porter. L - Holloway.Mahanoy Area-MarianMarian took control of the Schuylkill League Divsion III race with a 10-0 victory over Mahanoy Area.The Fillies, who entered the game tied in the loss column with the Golden Bears, rode the two-hit pitching of Bethany Shaud to the mercy-rule win. Shaud struck out 10 and didn't walk a batter.Alex Stroia led Marian offensively with three hits and three runs scored. Mackenzie Joy, Nicole Salerno and Miranda Antiga all had two hits for the Fillies. Joy knocked in three runs while Salerno and Antiga both drove in a pair.The win improves Marian's record to 11-6 overall and 8-3 in the league. Mahanoy Area falls to 7-8 overall and 5-4 in league play.Mahanoy Area 000 00 - 0 2 2Marian 204 4x - 10 10 1E. Bruce and H. Bruce; Shaud and Joy. W - Shaud. L - E. Bruce.Wilson-Northern LehighNorthern Lehigh cruised to an 11-1 Colonial League win over Wilson.The victory was the fifth in a row for the Bulldogs (13-5; 10-5).No other information was received by the Times News.