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Lehighton qualifies for D-11 playoffs with walk-off win

Lehighton's baseball team clinched a berth in the district playoffs with a win in their regular-season finale against Catasauqua.

BASEBALLCatasauqua-LehightonAfter watching a six-run lead disappear, Lehighton tallied in the bottom of the seventh inning to gain a 12-11 walk-off win over Catasauqua and a berth in the District 11 playoffs.Donovan Buchinsky had two hits and knocked in four runs for the Indians (10-10), who led by an 11-5 score after four frames.Brody Hydro collected four hits, scored two runs, and knocked in a pair for the winners, while Joe Heery added two hits and two runs. Cody Scherer also chipped in with a pair of hits.Catasauqua 011 311 4 - 11 12 8Lehighton 106 400 1 - 12 13 6Pontician, Berger (4) and Bilder; Whiteman, Mele (5), Haupt (7), Cordova (7) and Wagner. W - Cordova. L - Berger.Weatherly-Mahanoy AreaAn RBI single by Trey Macienes in the bottom of the eighth inning gave Mahanoy Area a 2-1 Schuylkill League walk-off win over Weatherly.Mason Ryan tossed a four-hitter and struck out seven to outduel Gary Buck. The Weatherly hurler allowed seven hits in his eight innings of work, striking out two.Jeremy Moser had a pair of hits for Weatherly (6-14; 1-12).Weatherly 100 000 00 - 1 4 1Mahanoy Area 010 000 01 - 2 7 1Buck and Kalaninski; Ryan and Jones. W - Ryan. L - Buck.SOFTBALLMarian-Central CatholicAbby Webb and Meghan Carbone each had two hits and an RBI to help Allentown Central Catholic gain a 5-0 non-league win over Marian.Casey Scheuren earned the pitching win, tossing three innings of shutout ball.For the Fillies (6-13), Karlee Gimeno had two hits, including a triple.Marian 000 000 0 - 0 5 6Central Catholic 100 031 x - 5 9 1Lencovich, Joy (5) and Joy, Wufsus (5); Scheurer, Sverna (4) and Evans. W - Scheurer. L - Lencovich.Williams Valley-WeatherlyWeatherly only had one hit and dropped a 27-0 Schuylkill League decision to Williams Valley.Caitlyn Pinchorski had four hits and earned the pitching win for the Vikings (18-2), the Division 2 champions.Morgan Updegrove added three hits, two of them doubles, while Rayanne Hawk and Tianna Yanoscak also had three hits.Shannon Frye had the only hit for the Wreckers (5-13; 3-10).Williams Valley (14)(11)2 - 27 22 0Weatherly 0 0 0 - 0 1 4Pinchorski and Hoffman; Kane and Frye. W - Pinchorski. L - Kane.