Franklin Township captured the West Hazleton 7-8 year-old Little League Tournament championship over the weekend.

BLUE MTN. LEAGUENorthern-BerlinsvilleThe Northern Yankees scored three runs in the top of the eighth to top Berlinsville, 7-4, in a Blue Mountain League game.Cody Krupa led the Braves (14-17) with a two-run homer in the first inning. Jake Augustus added two hits and a pair of stolen bases, as Kyle Buchman supplied two hits and a run.Northern's Rick Seltzer slugged a two-run home run in the second inning.Northern 021 010 03 - 7 7 1Berlinsville 300 000 10 - 4 8 2Stramara, Zerff (7) and Rogers; Svetik, Wildrick (6) and Friebolin. W - Zerff. L - Wildrick. HR - Northern: Seltzer (second, one on); Braves: Krupa (first inning, one on).Roseto-BerlinsvilleBerlinsville defeated Roseto, 4-1, in Blue Mountain League action.Josh Kern of Berlinsville went six innings, allowing no runs and struck out three during his win. Cody Krupa had a double and a run.Roseto 000 000 1 - 1 3 1Berlinsville 200 200 x - 4 5 1Kern, Hudock (7) and Webb; Agosto and Young. W - Kern. L - Agosto.LITTLE LEAGUEPV 11-12 TournamentFranklin Twp.-JT RedFranklin Township defeated Jim Thorpe Red, 13-3, in the Panther Valley 11-12 year-old Little League Tournament.Nate Armbruster and Brayden Lutz led FT with three hits. Jacob Neeb was the winning pitcher.Fausolino and Dart each had two hits for Jim Thorpe.Tamaqua-Tri-CountyTamqua's Zander Coleman hit a thee-run homer in the bottom of the fifth inning that propelled his team to a 6-5 victory over Tri-County in the Panther Valley 11-12 year-old Little League Tournament.Mason Moyer, Ryan Vecolitis, and Stephen Hoffman did the pitching work for Tamaqua.PV 9-10 TournamentJT Blue-FT MaroonJim Thorpe Blue earned a 15-4 win over Franklin Township Maroon in the Panther Valley 9-10 year-old Little League Tournament.Jack Edwards collected three hits and three runs to lead Jim Thorpe. Ian Henkels and Noah Roshac both had a pair of hits.John Light led Franklin Township with two doubles and two runs scored. Dawson Keiser had two singles.FT White-Anthracite BlueFranklin Township White defeated Anthracite Blue 15-3 in the Panther Valley 9-10 year-old Little League Tournament.Michael Yeakel had five RBIs for Franklin Township. Dylan Greene scored three runs.Franklin 327 3 - 15 8 1Anthracite 001 2 - 3 3 2Greene and Yeakel; Bochiccia, Tessitore (3), Yuricheck (3) and Nunemacher. W - Greene. L - Bochiccia.FT White-JT RedFraknklin Twp. White topped JT Red 16-2 in the Panther Valley 9-10 year-old Little League Tournament.Franklin's Dominick Angelus drove in three runs. Michael Bowman and Brady O'Donnell each had two RBIs. Michael Yeakel had three hits.Jim Thorpe 000 2 - 2 2 5Franklin Twp. 484 x - 16 18 3Klitsch, Sterling (2) and Kenna; Serfass and Yeakel, O'Donnell. W - Serfass. L - Klitsch.W. Hazleton 7-8 TournamentFranklin Twp.-Hazle Twp.Franklin Township defeated Hazle Township 2-1 in the West Hazleton 7-8 year-old Little League Tournament semifinal.CJ Dietz led Franklin with three hits and pitched two scoreless innings. Aiden Solt, Jayse Lawrence, and Austin Greene had two hits each.Franklin Twp.-TowamensingFranklin Township posted a 14-3 victory over Towamensing in the West Hazleton 7-8 year-old Little League Tournament championship game,.Carter Bellis led Franklin with four hits, as Franklin had six multi-hitters. Jayse Lawrence pitched two innings and struck out five.Jared Grammes, Luke Matsko, Jason Carrelli, and Cameron Pengelly had two hits apiece for Towamensing.