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Tribe's Bowman wins pole vault at ASD Invitational

Lehighton's Aaron Bowman won the pole vault at the annual ASD Invitational.

Many other locals finished in the top three.TRACKASD InvitationalNorthern Lehigh, Northwestern, Palmerton, Pleasant Valley, and Lehighton competed at the ASD Invitational on Friday.Pleasant Valley was the highest finishing team in both the girls (fifth) and the boys (sixth) competitions.Five girls finished in the top-three of their respective events.Pleasant Valley's Jalurah Moore finished second in the 100 and third in the 200. Chloe Oldt (Palmerton) finished third in the high jump, Mary Michael (Pleasant Valley) took third in the pole vault, Jada Whiteman (Lehighton) placed third in the 400, and Jill Olewine (Northern Lehigh) was third in the long jump.The boys side had 10 locals within the top-three of their events.Lehighton had Aaron Bowman win the pole vault at 13-0. Tanner Haydt finish third in the 400 and Shae Blasiak take second in the high jump.Northwestern's Trevor Cunningham placed third in the 200 and third in the 300 hurdles.Chris Fredericks (Palmerton) took second in the javelin, while teammate Michael Ekchart was second in the triple jump.Pleasant Valley saw Ben Bard finish second in discus, Seth Slavin place third in the 1600, and Michael Mitchell take third in the triple jump.Jackie Ni placed third in the shot put for Northern Lehigh, as Nick Miller was also a third-place finisher in the pole vault.BASEBALLCatasauqua-Northern LehighCatasauqua earned a Colonial League win over Northern Lehigh, 10-1.Brandon Hess had two hits, including a double for the Bulldogs. Gio Colon and Adam Evangelist supplied the other two NL hits. Michael Berger drove in the Bulldogs' run.Catasauqua 107 200 0 - 10 8 0Northern Lehigh 010 000 0 - 1 5 3Berger; Eitner, Hess (3). W - Berger. L - Eitner.SOFTBALLCatasauqua-Northern LehighNorthern Lehigh blanked Catasauqua in a Colonial League contest, 4-0.Lauren Hoffman hit a triple and drove in a run for the Bulldogs. Paige Hude had two RBIs, while Kaitlin Hoffman had an RBI. Alicia Horn contributed a triple and a run.Catasauqua 000 000 0 - 0 2 1Northern Lehigh 300 010 0 - 4 7 0Towich and Bellesfield; Williams, K. Hoffman (6) and Schuck, D. Hoffman (6). W - Williams. L - Towich.Northwestern-Southern LehighNorthwestern defeated Southern Lehigh in a Colonial League game, 6-3.No other information was provided to the Times News.Moravian Academy-PalmertonPalmerton cruised to a three-inning Colonial League win over Moravian Academy, 15-0.Madison Wenig supplied four hits, four runs, and three RBIs for the Bombers. Sam Shupp added three hits, three runs, and three RBIs.Moravian Academy 000 - 0 1 4Palmerton 555 - 15 18 0L. Barnes and G. Cohen; P. Shupp and S. Shupp. W - P. Shupp. L - Barnes.Pleasant Valley-NorthamptonNorthampton enjoyed an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley, 12-2.Heather Ailch and Hallie Muffley each hit a home run for Northampton.Jenna Sheller had two RBIs to lead the Bears.Pleasant Valley 002 00 - 2 2 2Northampton 316 11 - 12 22 3Diabo, McKeever and Morales; Perl an Alich. W - Perl. L - Diabo.Tamaqua-Pine GrovePine Grove dealt Tamaqua its first loss in a Schuylkill League game, 3-0.Kaitlin Hoffman, Miranda Chinchar, and Jada Schellhammer supplied the hits for the Raiders.Pine Grove's Olivia Lehamn spun a three-hit shutout, which included six strikeouts.Tamaqua 000 000 0 - 0 3 3Pine Grove 100 200 x - 3 8 0Schellhammer and Zellner; Lehman and Kopinetz. W - Lehman. L - Schellhammer.TENNISBlue Mountain-LehightonBlue Mountain swept Lehighton in a non-league match, 5-0.Blue Mountain 5, Lehighton 0SINGLESKyle Rich (BM) def. Michael Pados 6-4, 6-1; Chase Weizer (BM) def. Maura Phelan 6-0, 6-0; Cole Hatter (BM) def. Elise Johnston 6-0, 6-2.DOUBLESAndrew Chawluk/Easton Weizer (BM) def. Gavin Cressley/Olivia Freundt 6-0, 6-1; Chase Hatter/Dan Kim (BM) def. Cheyenne Pettit/Michael Bongiorno 6-2, 6-2.GIRLS LACROSSEPleasant Valley-Saucon ValleySaucon Valley defeated Pleasant Valley in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference action, 15-8.Savannah Bauman had four goals and an assists to lead the Bears. Alyssa Grieco and Jules Lopez each had two goals.BOYS LACROSSESaucon Valley-Pleasant ValleySaucon Valley defeated Pleasant Valley in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference battle, 10-7.Zach Petiet led the Panthers with four goals and two assists. Erik Sundlof and Kory Kemmerer each chipped in two.

Pleasant Valley's Seth Slavin competes in the 1600 at the ASD Invitational. NANCY SCHOLZ/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
Lehighton's Michael Pados returns a shot during Friday's tennis match. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS