Tamaqua split a pair of Legion baseball games over the weekend while Anthracite's 10-12 year-old team and Franklin Township's 8-10 year-old team posted Little League victories.

S-B LEGIONOley Valley-TamaquaOley Valley cruised past Tamaqua in a Schuylill Berks Legion game, 12-1, on Saturday.Josh Inama had a hit and an RBI for the Blue Sox. Mike Minchoff had two hits.Oley Vy. 305 13 - 12 11 0Tamaqua 000 01 - 1 4 2Blankenbill, Wolfe (4), Flicker (5); Evans, Kurke (3), Fannock (4), Bonetsky (4). W - Blankenbill. L - Evans. HR: O - Flicker.Tamaqua-TulpehockenTamaqua scored five runs in the fifth inning to help beat Tulpehocken in a Schuylkill Berks Legion contest, 8-1, on Sunday.Isaiah Kupchinsky tossed a complete game, scattering four hits and striking out seven.Josh Inama had two hits and an RBI, while Brady Moyer and Casey Rother each drove in a pair of runs.Tamaqua 010 051 1 - 8 8 5Tulpehocken 100 000 0 - 1 4 6Kupchinsky; Kiebach, Carles (6). W - Kupchinsky. L - Kiebach.LV LEGIONSalisbury-Northern ValleyIn a battle between the top two teams in the Lehigh Valley Legion standings, Salisbury swept Northern Valley in a doubleheader on Saturday.In the opener, the Falcons scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull out a 5-4 victory.Zach Stanley went 2-for-3 with three RBIs for Northern Valley. Jacob Haas was 2-for-3 and Justin Welch was 3-for-4 with an RBI for the Chargers.In the second game, the Falcons posted a 6-2 win.Dakota Laudenslager pitched all six innings for the Chargers. He allowed just five hits and had to pitch around four errors by the Northern Valley defense.Game 1Salisbury 020 020 1 - 5 8 0Northern Valley 201 001 0 - 4 8 2Warmkessel, Wagner (4), Sukanick (7), and Mailander; Cordova and Wiik. W- Wagner. L - Cordova. S - Sukanick.Game 2Northern Valley 010 000 1 - 2 6 4Salisbury 005 100 - 6 6 0Laudenslager and Wiik; Sukanick and Dubois. W - Sukanick. L - Laudenslager.Coplay-Northern ValleyThe Chargers rebounded from Saturday's sweep to beat Coplay 13-0 on Sunday.No other information about the game was received by the Times News.D-18 10-12 LITTLE LEAGUEAnthracite-FreelandAnthracite used five home runs to roll to a 12-4 win over Freeland in its District 18 double-elimination tournament opener on Saturday.Brad Hood hit two home runs for Anthracite. Michael Pascoe launched a three-run shot in the first, and Cody Orsulak hit a grand slam in the sixth. Stephen Hood hit a solo homer in the first.Brad Hood earned the pitching win. He went five innings, allowing one earned run while striking out four.Anthracite 501 006 - 12Freeland 100 201 - 4W - B. Hood. L - Yakubowski. HR: Anthracite - Pascoe (1st, two on), B. Hood (1st, none on; 3rd, none on), S. Hood (1st, none on), Orsulak (6th, three on); F - Yakubowski (1st, none on)D-18 8-10 LITTLE LEAGUEFranklin-Tri-County.Franklin Township rolled by Tri County, 38-5, in a South Division game in the double-elimination tournament on Saturday.Mike Gelatko paved the way with five hits for Franklin. John Light, Jake Lewis, and Jayse Lawrence each had four hits. Cole Dietz, Dylan Greene, and Carter Bellis all recorded hits.Franklin-TamaquaFranklin Township defeated Tamaqua, 19-9, in the winner's bracket semifinal of the South Division tournament on Sunday .Mike Gelatko had four hits for Franklin. John Light and Cole Dietz each had three, while Aiden Albert chipped in two.Danny Krell and Zach Breiner had two hits apiece for Tamaqua.CONNIE MACKEmmaus-Jim ThorpeEmmaus defeated Jim Thorpe, 6-1.Evan Dart drove in the Jim Thorpe run. Zach Searfoss had two hits.Emmaus 201 102 0 - 6 9 0Jim Thorpe 000 100 0 - 1 4 0Hottzhafer and Cherhit; Lordi, Joyce (5) and Hubbard. W - Hottzhafer. L - Lordi.CARBON COUNTY BRThe top-seeded Jim Thorpe Bruins will battled the third-seeded Pocono Mountain Orioles in the championship game of the Carbon County Babe Ruth League at 6 p.m. tonight at Christman Field in Franklin Township.The Bruins defeated the Franklin Nationals 9-5 in one semifinal on Sunday. The Orioles topped the Franklin Falcons, 15-2, in the other semifinal.