Palmerton and Northwestern both picked up baseball and softball wins on Tuesday.

BASEBALLWilliams Vy.-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe convincingly defeated Williams Valley in a non-league contest, 18-8.Both Brendan Carroll and Max Pompa of Jim Thorpe reached base five times and drove in three runs during the lopsided win. Pompa also swiped two bags. Nick Porembo chipped in with two RBIs and scored twice.Williams Vy 030 140 - 8 9 6Jim Thorpe 330 552 - 18 10 3Maurer, Whitcomb (1), O.Maurer (4), Uosh (4), Joseph (6) and Rabuck; Carroll, Fayocavitz (5) and Joyce. W - Carroll. L - Whitcomb.Northwestern-Saucon Vy.A four-run fourth inning sparked Northwestern to a 6-4 Colonial League win over Saucon Valley.Brady Mengel paced the Tigers with two singles and a RBI, while Tyler Schreiner added a triple.Teammate Tyler Wiik finished with two RBIs.Northwestern 011 040 0 - 6 6 2Saucon Vy. 101 002 0 - 4 8 3Augustus, White (5), Haas (7) and Wiik; Wildrick, Sneed (6) and Haas. W - Augustus. L - Wildrick.No. Lehigh-Moravian AcademyAustin Lancsak didn't allow a hit, but Northern Lehigh suffered a heart-wrenching 2-1 Colonial League loss to Moravian Academy because of two errors.Lancsak was the lone Bulldog to be able to collect a hit off the Lions' pitcher Tanner Shane. In fact, Lancsak posted two hits, which one of them was a triple.Lancsak finished with seven strikeouts and four walks, while Shane recorded nine K's and one walk in the pitchers' duel.No. Lehigh 100 000 0 - 1 2 3Mor. Academy 100 010 x - 2 0 2Lancsak, Bevans (6) and Kistler; Shane and Loughlin. W - Shane. L - Lancsak.Palmerton-PalisadesPalmerton topped Palisades in a Colonial League clash, 6-2.Zach Buck of Palmerton drove in two runs with a triple. Toby Sander picked up the win and struck out eight batters for the Blue Bombers.Teammates Jonathan Schwartz and Kole Rodriguez both chipped in with two hits.Palmerton 002 030 1 - 6 11 0Palisades 200 000 0 - 2 6 4Sander and Mooney; McGrath, Pursell (6) and Marsh. W - Sander. L - McGrath.Marian-MMI PrepMarian defeated MMI Prep in a non-league affair, 11-1.Daniel Keer did damage out of the cleanup spot for the Colts with three hits and four RBIs.Teammate Dante Salerno and K.J. Snerr both scored twice and supplied a pair of hits. Joe Nahas drove in three runs and also scored twice.Marian 110 320 4 - 11 11 2MMI 001 000 0 - 1 1 6Evitts, Paisley (5) and Snerr; Herbener, Labitz (5), Patel (5) and Stish. W - Evitts L - Herbener.SOFTBALLNorthwestern-Saucon ValleyA nine-run opening inning propelled Northwestern to a 12-1 Colonial League victory.Lydia Danner finished with two singles and three runs scored for the Tigers, while teammates Avery George and Brooke Wehr both had two singles apiece.Northwestern improves to 2-1 overall and 2-1 in league play.Northwestern 900 03 - 12 9 1Saucon Valley 010 00 - 1 2 5Akelaitis and Wehr; Gubish and Messenlehner. W - Akelaitis. L - Gubish. HR: SV - Gubish (2nd, none on).Palmerton-PalisadesPalmerton took advantage of two solid innings to run away with an 18-3 Colonial League victory over Palisades.Paige Frantz led the Bombers with a single, double and three RBIs, while Miranda Bellis added two singles and three RBIs.Teammate Alyssa Olewine finished with a single, triple and two RBIs.Palmerton 01(11) 6 - 18 13 1Palisades 300 0 - 3 5 4Dugan and Acker; Albrecht and Giovino. W - Dugan. L - Albrecht.Panther Vy.-PM WestPocono Mountain West rolled to a 11-1 non-league victory over Panther Valley.Cassidy Ryan, Chloe Miller, Danielle Maturana and Mckenzie Lavar recorded the Panthers' four hits with all singles.Panther Vy. 001 00 - 1 4 5PM West 350 03 - 11 2 0Maturana, Markovich (2) and Clauser; Robinson, Masker (3) and Buckstein. W - Robinson. L - Maturana.Hamburg-TamaquaTamaqua scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to defeat Hamburg in a non-league game, 5-3.Cailyn Joseph of Tamaqua finished with a single, homerun and two RBIs, while Lynn Kistler also had one RBI. Kaitlyn Stauffenberg added two hits.Hamburg 100 101 0 - 3 10 3Tamaqua 000 140 x - 5 5 3Lesher and Shollenberger; Pedersen and Stauffenberg. W - Pedersen. L - Lesher. HR - H: Blatt (4th, none on); T: Joseph (4th, none on).Marian-MMI PrepMarian came up short against MMI Prep in a non-league meeting, 12-7.Despite the loss, Miranda Antiga, Paige Wufsus, and Toni Galasso each recorded two hits.Marian 110 022 1 - 7 8 6MMI 051 240 x - 12 10 2Joy and Wimmer; Dinko and Kupsho. W - Dinko. L - Joy.TENNISPottsville-Jim ThorpePottsville scored a 4-1 victory over Jim Thorpe.Matt Widdicombe posted the Olympians' lone team points with a win in singles' play.Jim Thorpe slips to 0-6 on the season.Pottsville 4, Jim Thorpe 1SINGLESRyan Buchanan (P) def. Luke Carter 6-2, 6-1; Colin Williams (P) def. Shaun DiCostanzo 7-5, 6-4; Matt Widdicombe (JT) def. Cody Gemmell 6-2, 6-4.DOUBLESBrent Gauntlet/Tyus Jones (P) def. John Fedora/Matt Green 6-1, 6-4; Mike Motto/Chris Ott (P) def. Emilio Mercado/Erik McLean/Walter 6-0, 6-2.Palisades-PalmertonPalmerton recorded a 5-0 Colonial League victory over Palisades.Sal Melo, Seth Andress and Nate Andress swept singles' play for the Bombers.Palmerton 5, Palisades 0SINGLESSal Melo (Palm.) def. Jack Salva 6-2, 6-4; Seth Andress (Palm.) def. Carter Pason 6-2, 6-3; Nate Andress (Palm.) def. Jamie Terry 6-0, 6-0.DOUBLESJacob Brown/Marc Roselli (Palm.) def. Michael Swope/Arden Taylor 6-1, 6-0; Logan Miller/Jordan Dopsovic (Palm.) def. Neal Guarino/Jack Stuckey 6-1, 6-1.Pleasant Vy.-BecahiBethlehem Catholic toppled Pleasant Valley in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference competition, 5-2.The PV duo of Antonio Carbone and Adam Jetty was victorious, as well as the tandem of Tyler Fahrenkopf and Brian Kagel.Becahi 5, Pleasant Valley 2SINGLESJack Jiang (BC) def. Steven Nale 6-4, 6-0, Henry Gao (BC) def. Najia Francis 7-6, 6-3, Colby Treadwell (BC) def. Jake Ammerman 6-3, 6-1DOUBLESAntonio Carbone/Adam Jetty (PV) def. Sean Van Ormer/John Grifone 8-3; David Napierkowski/Grant Hicks (BC) def. Nick Vo/Youssef Elmantacir 6-1. 6-4; Tyler Fahrenkopf/Brian Kagel (PV) def. Hesshanth Jeyaranghan/Blues Xu 6-0, 3-6, 7-6; Matt Falteich/Dan Deshler (BC) def. Alec Herman/Matt Schmitt 6-1, 6-2.