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Lehighton and Tamaqua grab big baseball wins

Lehighton and Tamaqua pulled out big baseball wins over the weekend.

BASEBALLLehighton-Pleasant Vy.Lehighton used some Pleasant Valley errors to outlast the Bears, winning 8-7 in a non-league contest.Holding on to an 8-0 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth, the Bears put up four in the bottom of the inning and three more in the seventh, before running out of time.Cody Scherer led the winners going 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two doubles, Collin Haupt was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a double, while Chris Whiteman finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored.Justin Stasiak was 3-for-5 for the Bears, Kieran Kearns was 3-for-3 with two runs scored, Brendan Kearns was 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBIs, while Brent Beck was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.Ben Cordova picked up the pitching win, striking out five.Lehighton 040 031 0 - 8 9 3Pleasant Vy. 000 004 3 - 7 13 5Cordova, Haupt (7) and Wagner; George, Guzman (6) and Stasiak. W - Cordova, L - George.No. Schuylkill-No. LehighNorth Schuylkill slowly pulled away from Northern Lehigh in a non-league outing, for a 7-1 win.Tevin Murray led the Spartans with two hits and two RBIs, while Jordan Marlow also had two hits and drove in a run.For the Bulldogs, Zach Rex finished 3-for-3 and scored his team's only run.No. Schuylkill 001 222 0 - 7 9 1No. Lehigh 000 001 0 - 1 5 2Steinhilber and Burke; Colon, Evangelist (7) and Kistler. W - Steinhilber, L - Colon.Tamaqua-Tri-ValleyTamaqua had a strong all-around game to outlast Tri-Valley in this non-league battle for the 7-0 shutout win.Russell Blaker gave up only four hits for the Blue Raiders, while teammates Zach Coleman and Owen Bates both smacked two hits. Casey Rother and Coleman added doubles for the winners, who saw eight of their nine batters produce at least one hit.With the win, Tamaqua improves to 10-4 on the season to clinch a District 11 playoff berth..Tamaqua 111 110 2 - 7 10 1Tri-Valley 000 000 0 - 0 4 1Blaker and Rother; Schwalm, Buchanan (6) and Poletti. W - Blaker, L - Schwalm.No. Dame GP-MarianNotre Dame used too much offense to oust Marian 12-1 in five innings in non-league action.Kevin Dadio finished the outing 2-for-4 with three RBIs to lead the Crusaders (14-3), while Austin Kaulius went 3-for-4 with a run batted in.For the Colts (11-3), Daniel Keer and Brett Foulke both had doubles.No. Dame GP 035 22 - 12 10 0Marian 010 00 - 1 4 0Basenese, Luke (3), Herman (5) and Beyer; Keer, Evitts (3), Michalesko (5) and Snerr. W - Luke, L - Keer.SOFTBALLNo. Dame GP-MarianThe Crusaders rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh for a 5-4 win over the Fillies in a non-league contest.Kaitlyn Kowker had two hits and Mackenzie Jpy had a two-run triple for the Fillies.No. Dame (GP) 110 000 3 - 5 5 1Marian 000 013 0 - 4 5 6Gross and Fagan; Joy and Kowker. W - Gross. L - Joy.Lehighton-Saucon Vy.Saucon Valley rallied for a 7-6 non-league win over Lehighton..With two outs and two strikes in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Panthers' Courtney Spengler delivered an RBI hit to tie the game and send it to extra innings. Nicole Barberra attempted to steal third in the bottom of the eighth and scored on the overthrow for the victory.Kayla Pritchard and Jamie Lesko each had three hits for Saucon.For the Indians (8-6), Rachel Serfass had three hits. Lehighton also received two hits, one a double, and two RBIs from Haley Steigerwalt. Emily Greene also collected two hits.Lehighton 210 102 00 - 6 10 1Saucon Vy. 000 031 21 - 7 16 4Bickert and Hunsicker; Okken and Messenlehner. W - Okken, L - Bickert.