Tamaqua will be part of a three-way tie-breaker for the Schuylkill League baseball Division 1 wild card berth after defeating Lehighton on Wednesday.

In other baseball action, Panther Valley clinched a District 11 playoff berth.

Lehighton-Tamaqua

Tamaqua defeated Lehighton in Schuylkill League action. 7-4.

The Tamaqua victory, coupled with Pottsville’s victory over North Schuylkill, creates a three-way tie between the Raiders, Crimson Tide and Spartans for second place in Division 1. All three teams finished 7-5 in league. The wild card berth will be settled on Friday in a playoff doubleheader at Pine Grove. Tamaqua received a bye into the playoff final. Pottsville and North Schuylkill will play at 4:30 p.m. Tamaqua faces the winner at 7 p.m.

Against Lehighton, Thad Zuber and Nate Boyle each homered and drove in two runs for the Raiders (9-8, 7-5). Tate Ligenza and Brayden Knoblauch each scored a run.

For the Indians (7-11, 2-10), Chris Whiteman had two hits and Mike Bozilesky smashed a home run.

Lehighton 012 010 0 – 4

Tamaqua 101 131 x – 7

Sensinger, Heery (5) and Wentz; Moyer, Ligenza (5) and Rother. W - Ligenza. L-Sensinger. HR: L - Bozilesky. T - Zuber, Boyle.

Panther Vy.-Mahanoy

Jake Taras fired a two-hitter as Panther Valley rolled to a 15-0 Schuylkill League victory over Mahanoy Area.

Taras struck out six as the Panthers needed just four innings to secure their 10th victory of the season, which clinched a District 11 playoff berth.

Panther Valley (10-7, 6-7) got offensive contributions from Aaron Miller, Josh Robin, Jon Hafer and Wyatt Zimmerman, who all had two hits.

Panther Valley 0(11)1 3 - 15 12 0

Mahanoy Area 000 0 - 0 2 2

Taras and Goida; Andrewsky, Ramos (2), Soult (4) and Jones. W-Taras. L-Andrewsky.

Palmerton-No. Lehigh

Palmerton topped Northern Lehigh in a Colonial League game, 5-2.

No other information was provide to the Times News.

Stroudsburg-Pleas. Vy.

Stroudsburg edged Pleasant Valley 1-0 in the eight innings in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference contest.

Trevor Knappenberger pitched well in a losing effort for Pleasant Valley, allowing just six hits and no earned runs in eight innings of work.

Nick Gattuso had two hits for the Bears.

Benjamin Stokes had two hits to lead the Mounties.

Stroudsburg 000 000 01 – 1 6 1

Pleasant Vy. 000 000 00 – 0 6 1

Livingston, Stokes (7) and Mcawley; Knappenberger and Greenzweig. W-Stokes. L-Knappeberger.

Marian-Minersville

Minersville rallied to edge Marian in a nine-inning Schuylkill League battle, 7-6.

Aaron Mason, Matt Doherty, and Chris Latoff all had three hits for the Colts.

Ryan Cappel tossed six innings and yielded only one run while striking out eight in a no-decision.

The Miners scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game and force extra innings.

Marian 003 011 110 – 6 11 3

Minersville 000 100 411 – 7 11 3

Cappel, Derr (7), Wilson (8); Mahalchick, Hossler (3). W-Hossler. L-Wilson.

SOFTBALL

Lehighton-Tamaqua

Tamaqua scored three runs in the first inning en route to a 5-1 Schuylkill League win over Lehighton.

Miranda Chinchar was 4-for-4 from the dish to lead the Raiders. Brook Zellner cranked a homer and drove in three runs, while Courtney Hoffman had two singles and scored twice.

Emily Greene had a single, a double, and scored a run for the Indians.

Lehighton 000 001 0 – 1 7 2

Tamaqua 300 101 x – 5 11 0

Gruber and B. Serfass; Schellhammer and Zellner. W – Schellhammer. L – Gruber. HR: Zellner (first, one on)

No. Lehigh-Palmerton

Northern Lehigh blanked Palmerton in a Colonial League game, 2-0.

Lauren Hoffman had a triple and scored a run for the Bulldogs. Kaitlin Hoffman earned the shutout win.

Emily Baumgardt and Madison Wenig each had a hit for Palmerton.

No. Lehigh 000 002 0 – 2 7 1

Palmerton 000 000 0 – 0 5 1

Hoffman and O. Toth; Merkel and A. Frantz. W – Hoffman. L – Merkel.

Stroudsburg-Pleas. Vy.

Stroudsburg rolled past Pleasant Valley in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference affair, 7-0.

Lauren Steckel, Tyler Wolatal, Madison Rosenberg, and Grece Vento collected Bears’ hits.

Amber Kishbaugh led Stroudsburg with three hits and two RBIs.

Stroudsburg 601 000 0 – 7 7

Pleasant Vy. 000 000 0 – 0 4

W – Marx. L -Jennings

Pine Grove-Jim Thorpe

Pine Grove had no problem with Jim Thorpe in a three-inning Schuylkill League game, 29-0.

No other information was provided to the Times News.