The Tamaqua softball team rallied to top Northwestern in non-league action Wednesday. The Northern Lehigh and Panther Valley baseball teams also earned victories.

SOFTBALLTamaqua-NorthwesternTamaqua scored five runs in the final two innings to rally past Northwestern and secure a 5-2 non-league win.Starting pitcher Jada Schellhammer hit a two-run homer to highlight a four-run sixth inning for the Raiders. Brooke Zellner added a double and an RBI.Brooke Wehr was 1-for-3 with two runs scored for the Tigers. Emily Akelaitis was 1-for-3 with an RBI.Tamaqua 000 004 1 - 5 6 2NW Lehigh 000 101 0 - 2 6 2Schellhammer and Zellner; E.Akelaitis, (Lentz (6) and Wehr. W-Schellhammer. L-Akelaitis.Jim Thorpe-N. SchuylkillNorth Schuylkill's Haley Burd held Jim Thorpe to one hit and notched 12 strikeouts in an 11-0 Schuylkill League Division 1 win.Schuyler Ossman hit two home runs and had four RBIs for the Spartans.Jada Hoherchak had the Olympians' only hit.Jim Thorpe 000 000 - 0 1 2North Schuylkill 610 004 - 11 14 0Holloway and Marzen; Burd and Marlow. W - Burd. L - Holloway. HR: NS - Ossman.Pine Grove-LehightonPine Grove scored three runs in the final two innings to edge Lehighton 4-1 in Schuylkill League Division 1 play.Caitlyn Becher, Liv Lehman and Casey Kershner all had two hits for the Cardinals (11-2, 7-1).Emily Greene and Nicole Salerno had two hits apiece for the Indians (6-8, 4-6).Pine Grove 010 002 1 - 4 8 1Lehighton 000 100 0 - 1 5 1Lehman and Kopinetz; Armbruster and Salerno. W - Lehman. L - Armbruster.Tri-Valley-MarianTri-Valley scored runs in each inning to defeat Marian, 13-3, in Schuylkill League action.Kortney Heim belted two hits, including a triple, to lead the Lady Bulldogs' offense.The Fillies' Mackenzie Joy had two hits, including a double.Tri Valley 141 322 - 13 12 1Marian 101 001 - 3 5 6Roth and Klinger; Reinoehl and Joy. W - Roth, L - Reinoehl.Emmaus-Pleasant ValleyEmmaus topped Pleasant Valley 6-0 in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference action.Cayley Grabowski and Maddy Clark had three hits apiece for the Green Hornets.Jenna Scheller tallied two hits for the Bears.Emmaus 012 300 0 - 6 11 0Pleasant Vy. 000 000 0 - 0 4 4Palinkas, Clark (4); Diabo, McKeever (6). W - Palinkas. L - Diabo.Minersville-WeatherlyMinersville rolled to an 18-0 win over Weatherly in a Schuylkill League contest.Adrienne Kroznuskie pitched a three-inning no-hitter for the Battlin' Miners (11-0, 6-0). Emily Kriston provided the offense for Minersville, with two triples and four RBIs.Minersville 783 - 18 14 0Weatherly 000 - 0 0 5Ad. Kroznuskie and Polinsky; Wenner and Frye. W - Ad. Kroznuskie. L - Wenner.Panther Valley-NativityAn 11-run fourth inning powered Nativity to a 19-7 Schuylkill League win.Mykenzie Malacusky and Briana Kenton had three hits and three RBIs for Nativity (3-5, 3-3).The Panthers had five singles.Panther Valley 031 21 - 7 5 4Nativity 701 (11)x - 19 11 2Pascoe, Beers (2) and Drumbore; Rushannon, Malacusky (3) and Bria. Kenton, A. Clarke (4). W - Rushannon. L - Pascoe. HR: N - Malacusky.BASEBALLJim Thorpe-N. SchuylkillNorth Schuylkill erupted for six runs in the fourth inning and went on to post a 10-0 Schuylkill League win over Jim Thorpe.Zack Stokes tossed a no-hitter against the Olympians while the Spartans backed him with 15 hits.In the fourth, the Spartans sent 12 batters to the plate and scored six runs on six hits to break the game open.North Schuylkill's Mike Little had three hits and two RBIs, while Aaron Bolinsky and Chris Burke both chipped in two hits.Jim Thorpe 000 000 0 - 0 0 1North Schuylkill 100 603 x - 10 15 2Day, Marykwas (4), Edwards (4) and A. Joyce; Stokes and Burke. W - Stokes, L - Day.Pine Grove-LehightonPine Grove jumped out to an early lead and posted a 9-3 Schuylkill League Division 1 victory over Lehighton.Jacob Leininger, Emory Herb, Tanner Levan and Jacob Bohr all had two hits for the Cardinals, who led 7-1 after two innings.Noah Sensinger went 2-for-3 for the Indians.Pine Grove 340 110 0 - 9 13 1Lehighton 100 020 0 - 3 8 0Leininger and Bohr; Whiteman, Deem (7) and Wagner. W - Leininger. L - Whiteman.No. Lehigh-Moravian Acad.Northern Lehigh dispatched Moravian Academy 11-0 in five innings in a Colonial League contest.Anthony Evangelist and Caleb Wanamaker both went 3-for-3 with two RBIs for the Bulldogs. Zach Long had two hits and drove in two runs, while Jacob Kistler also had two hits. Luke Eitner struck out 10 while allowing just four hits.Moravian 000 00 - 0 4 2No. Lehigh 207 2x - 11 13 0Rodriguez; Eitner. W - Eitner. L - Rodriguez.Nativity-Panther ValleyA strong start helped Panther Valley secure a 6-2 non-league win over Nativity.Tristan Blasko was 2-for-3 with two RBIs for the Panthers (7-5, 5-2), who led 5-0 after two innings. Aaron Miller and Ronnie Distler each went 2-for-3 with a double.Nativity 000 020 0 - 2 9 5Panther Vy. 140 001 x - 6 7 2White, Dostick (3) and Ferhat; Micholik, Goida (7) and Goida, Taras (7). W - Micholik. L - White.Blue Mountain-TamaquaBlue Mountain defeated Tamaqua 8-1 in a Schuylkill League Division 1 matchup.Brent Kaunas smacked a three-run double for the Eagles in the top of the first to get his team started. In the fifth, Vince Bobbin laced a two-run homer to maintain momentum for Blue Mountain, en route to the win.With the win, Blue Mountain improves to 10-3, while Tamaqua falls to 8-4.Blue Mountain 400 020 2 - 8 7 2Tamaqua 000 001 0 - 1 2 2Nabholz and Bobbin; Rother, Moyer (4) and Knoblauch, Rother (4). W - Nabholz, L - Rother. HR: BM - Bobbin (5th, one on).Minersville-WeatherlyMinersville posted an 11-4 Schuylkill League win.Lou Mastroddi had a two-run double for the Wreckers (3-8, 0-6).Minersville 002 223 2 - 11 9 2Weatherly 010 030 0 - 4 7 5Fekette, Rinaldo (6) and Andruchek; Buck, Mastroddi (5), Polanco (6) and Osifat. W - Fekette. L - Buck.GIRLS LACROSSEPhillipsburg-Pleasant Vy.Pleasant Valley took the early lead and never gave it up, posting a 16-12 victory over Phillipsburg.Following a 8-4 halftime score, things picked up for the offense, as Savannah Bauman and Juliana Lopez both notched six scores.Alyssa Lopez scored twice and assisted twice for the Bears.TENNISPottsville-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe split a non-league doubleheader with Pottsville, dropping the first match 3-2, before winning the second contest 5-0.Matt Green and John Fedora won both of their singles' matches for the Olympians, who finished the season 4-11.Pottsville 3, Jim Thorpe 2 (First Match)SINGLESChris Ott (P) def. Shaun DiCostanzo 7-6 (7-3), 6-4; Matt Green (JT) def. Ryan Buchanan 6-4, 2-6, 6-2; John Fedora (JT) def. Brent Gauntlett 6-0, 6-2.DOUBLESTyrus Jones/John Mason (P) def. Emilio Mercado/Raymond O'Neil 7-6 (7-1), 6-4; Eli Doyle/Owen Golden (P) def. Matt Widdicombe/Erik McLain-Walter 6-3, 6-4.Jim Thorpe 5, Pottsville 0 (Second Match)SINGLESMatt Green (JT) def. Charles Bechlel 6-2, 6-1; Shaun DiCostanzo (JT) def. Max Kelly 6-0, 6-1; John Fedora (JT) def. Jamie McCabe 6-1, 6-3.DOUBLESEmilio Mercado/Raymond O'Neil (JT) def. Andrew Welke/Brent Gauntlett 7-5, 6-3; Matt Widdicombe/Erik McLain-Walter (JT) def. Alex Albertini/Alec Gorrzalez 6-0, 6-0.