Marian, Panther Valley, Lehighton, Northwestern and Tamaqua all earned baseball wins yesterday, while Tamaqua and Marian picked up wins in softball.

BASEBALLMarian-Shenandoah Vy.Marian defeated Shenandoah Valley in a Schuylkill League game, 12-1.Daniel Keer smacked a two-run double in a three-run first inning and the Colts never trailed in the game.Aaron DeAngelo's hit a three-run homerun in the fifth inning for Marian (16-2, 12-1).Marian 310 26 - 12 14 3Shenandoah 000 10 - 1 2 2Schmidt and Snerr; McCole, Grutza (5), and Urbanavage. W - Schmidt. L - McCole. HR - DeAngelo (fifth, two on)Weatherly-Panther ValleyPanther Valley beat Weatherly in Schuylkill League action, 8-2.Freshman John Hafer was 2-for-2 with a run scored. Fellow freshman Zach Kindt drove in a pair of runs in his first career start. Anthony Vavra added two RBIs for the Panthers (6-13, 4-9).Bobby Gillotte had two hits for Weatherly, as Louis Mastroddi drove in both Wreckers' runs.Weatherly 000 200 0 - 2 5 2Panther Vy 103 400 x - 8 6 0Osifat, Figas (3), Mastroddi (5), and Hoffman; Goida and Mazzie. W - Goida. L - Hoffman.Jim Thorpe-No. SchuylkillJim Thorpe lost to Schuylkill League Division 1 squad North Schuylkill, 6-5.The Olympians had the tying run on third base in the top of the seventh inning with one out, but couldn't bring the runner in.In the seventh inning, Thorpe's Jake Burkhart and Derek Joyce each had two-run doubles to get the Olympians within a run.Jordan McEmoyle had two hits and two RBI for JT.For North Schuylkill, Tevin Murray had two hits and an RBI.Jim Thorpe 100 000 4 - 5 6 1No. Schuylkill 040 020 x - 6 9 1Porembo and Joyce; Hillbish and Burke; W - Hillbish L - Porembo.Pottsville-LehightonLehighton kept a Schuylkill League contest with Pottsville close, but came up short, 3-0.Travis Blankenhorn went 2-for-4 for Pottsville (15-4). Connor Hinchcliffe scored two of the Tides' three runs.Pitcher Hunter Green of Lehighton (3-16) allowed two earned runs over seven innings during the loss.Pottsville 000 111 0 - 3 7 0Lehighton 000 000 0 - 0 3 1Spehrley and Hinchliffe; Greene and Scherer. W - Spehrley. L - Greene.Catasauqua-NorthwesternA four-run sixth inning helped propel Northwestern over Catasauqua in a Colonial League contest, 5-3.Jordan Storm was the winninger pitcher for the Tigers, tossing a complete game with six strikeouts and no walks.Catasauqua's Joe Rothrock had a double and two RBIs.Northwestern impoves to 14-6 overall, 12-5 Colonial League. The Tigers earn the No. 3 seed in the Colonial League and will take on No. 6 Bangor Saturday at 2 p.m. at Limeport.Catasauqua 000 012 0 - 3 6 1Northwestern 100 004 x - 5 5 1Shutta, Pontician (3), Shiffer (6), and Gehringer; Storm and Wiik. W - Storm. L - Shiffer.Pine Grove-TamaquaTamaqua scored four runs in the first inning and it never looked back, defeating Schuylkill League Division 1 opponent Pine Grove 10-0.Nate MacDonald came through with two hits and Brett Kosciolek added two hits and an RBI.Casey Rother also chipped in with a hit and two RBIs to help Tamaqua gain some momentum, heading into their regular season finale against North Schuylkill on Friday.Tim Leman drove in a Raider run in the fifth inning to end the game.Pine Grove 000 00 - 0 2 4Tamaqua 410 23 - 10 9 0Brown, Joper (3), and Lavan; Kosciolek and Rother; W- Kosciolek L-Brown.SOFTBALLJim Thorpe-North SchuylkillNorth Schuylkill scored five runs in the first inning to help top Jim Thorpe in a Schuylkill League game, 9-1.Rachel Gricoski of North Schuylkill hit a first-inning a grand slam.Jim Thorpe's (4-16, 1-13) Brittney Marzen and Talia Valentini had both of the Lady Olympians' hits.Jim Thorpe 100 00 - 1 2 3No. Schulkill 520 2x - 9 8 0Holloway and Marzen; Burd and Peleschak. W - Burd. L - Holloway. HR - Gricoski (first, three on), Morgan (first, none on)Pottsville-LehightonPottsville earned a Schuylkill League victory against Lehighton, 7-1.The Tide had a six-hit, five-run second frame and never trailed after that.Rachel Setlock led Pottsville with a triple and a run scored.Lehighton's (8-12, 6-9 SL) Jocelyn Hunsicker collected two hits during the loss.Pottsville 050 010 1 - 7 15 1Lehighton 000 001 0 - 1 4 3Tobin and Catcher; Bickert and Andrews. W - Tobin. L - Bickert.Marian-Shenandoah ValleyMarian scored 13 runs in the first inning en route to a 19-1 bashing of Schuylkill League Division 3 foe Shenandoah Valley.The Fillies (13-6, 10-3) were led by Nicole Salerno's four hits and four RBIs.Bethany Shaud had three hits and three RBIs to go along with nine strikeouts from the circle.Briana Wimmer added three hits and Miranda Antiga also chipped in with two hits for Marian.Marian (13)01 5 - 19 18 0Shenandoah Vy. 000 1 - 1 1 3Shaud and Salerno; Bonk and Parker; W - Shaud L - Bonk.Catasauqua-NorthwesternNorthwestern came up short on senior night at Pates Park against Catasauqua, 6-3.Abby Preletz led Catasauqua with two RBIs, as Alexa Reichl had two hits, two runs, and one RBI.Avery George was Northwestern's standout with two hits and two RBIs.Catasauqua 001 020 3 - 6 8 3Northwestern 020 000 1 - 3 7 5Danner, Bennett (7) and Wehr; Ayache and Bellesfield. W - Ayache. L - Danner.Pine Grove-TamaquaTamaqua stayed tied atop the Schuylkill League Division 1 standings with a 3-2 victory over Pine Grove.The Lady Raiders were held scoreless for the first five innings until they scored three runs between the sixth and seventh inning.Joseph got the Lady Raiders back into the mix with a two-run homer in the sixth inning. Hoffman added two hits, while Bailey Hartung added a hit as well.Sleva led the Cards with two hits, including a home run.Tamaqua will now take on Pottsville in a tiebreaker game for the division title at 6 p.m. on Friday at Blue Mountain.Pine Grove 001 010 0 - 2 7 5Tamaqua 000 002 1 - 3 5 1Schach and Wolff; Pedersen and Sassaman; W- Pedersen L- Schach; HR - PG - Sleva (fifth inning, one on); T - Joseph (sixth inning, one on)