Tamaqua posted baseball and softball victories on Thursday.

BASEBALL

Lehighton-Tamaqua

Tamaqua used a four-run fourth inning to grab the lead and then staved off a late Lehighton rally for an 8-7 Schuylkill League win.

The Indians scored twice in the top of the seventh inning and left the tying run on second base.

Nick Breiner led the Blue Raiders with a double, two singles, a run scored and three RBIs. Tate Ligenza delivered a three-run home run, and Brayden Knoblauch added two singles.

Zach Crum paced the Indians with two singles and two runs scored. Mike Bozilesky and Randy Bongiorno both added two singles, a run scored and an RBI.

Lehighton 400 010 2 – 7 12 0

Tamaqua 300 401 x – 8 12 0

Crum, Wentz (4), Whiteman (6) and Whiteman, Wentz (6); Ligenza, Boyle (6) and Minehan. W – Ligenza. L – Crum. HR – Tamaqua: Ligenza (1st, two on).

Northampton-Pleasant Valley

Northampton posted an 11-5 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Pleasant Valley .

Matt Burnett led the Bears with a single, double, a run scored and two RBIs. Chris Frable added two singles and an RBI, while Brandon Ratti recorded a single, a double and a run scored.

Northampton 225 011 0 - 11 14 1

Pleasant Vy. 300 002 0 – 5 10 1

Vooz, Ca. Cooper (2), Graver (5) and Cu. Cooper; Knappenberger, Burnett (3), Horton (7) and Greenzweig. W – Ca. Cooper. L – Knappenberger. HR – Northampton: Clark (3rd, two on).

Jim Thorpe-North Schuylkill

North Schuylkill started off strong and never looked back on its way to a 14-1 Schuylkill League victory over Jim Thorpe.

Noah Snisky recorded the Olympians’ lone hit with an RBI single in the third inning. Jared Joyce scored the lone run.

Jim Thorpe 001 00 – 1 1 2

N. Schuylkill 328 1x – 14 13 3

Binder, Rosahac (4), Hunsicker (4) and Schwartz; Rockwell, Green (5) and Little. W – Rockwell. L – Binder. HR: JT – none; NS: Crawford (2)(1st, one on, 3rd, two on).

Mahanoy Area-Weatherly

Weatherly got the best of Mahanoy Area for an 8-2 Schuylkill League win.

No other information was provided to the Times News.

SOFTBALL

Lehighton-Tamaqua

Jada Schellhammer tossed a three-hit shutout to lead Tamaqua to an 8-0 Schuylkill League victory over Lehighton.

Schellhammer earned the pitching win, striking out six and walking one.

Jen Frederickson led the Blue Raiders with two doubles, a single, three runs scored and an RBI. Schellhammer finished with a single, double, a run scored and four RBIs.

The Indians’ Heidi Greene had two singles and a walk.

Lehighton 000 000 0 – 0 3 3

Tamaqua 210 401 x – 8 10 0

Kunkle, Gruber (5) and Serfass; Schellhammer and Frederick. W – Schellhammer. L – Kunkle.

Marian-Shenandoah

Lyndsey Reinoehl’s 4-for-4 performance at the plate highlighted Marian’s 19-0 Schuylkill League victory over Shenandoah Valley.

Reinoehl finished with three doubles, a homerun, four runs scored and four RBIs. The Fillies’ Abbey Joy added two singles, a double, two runs scored and three RBIs, while Emily Shaud had three singles and two runs scored.

Marian 741 07 – 19 18 0

Shenandoah 000 00 – 0 3 3

Reinoehl and Shaud; Kozlosky and Roguskic. W – Reinoehl. L – Kozlosky. HR – Marian: Reinoehl (1)

Stroudsburg-Pleasant Valley

Stroudsburg rolled to an 18-3 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.

Madison Rosenberg led the Bears with a two-run home run.

Stroudsburg 392 4 – 18 15 1

Pleasant Vy. 001 2 – 3 5 5

Gioglio and Longo, Cramer (4); Jennings, Frable (4) and Steckel. W – Gioglio. L – Jennings. HR – PV: Rosenberg (4th, one on).

Jim Thorpe-North Schuylkill

North Schuylkill cruised to a 19-0 Schuylkill League win over Jim Thorpe in a game that was called after two-and-a-half innings by the mercy rule.

Kristin Pompa collected the Olympians’ lone hit with a single.

Jim Thorpe 000 – 0 1 4

N. Schuylkill 8(11)x – 19 9 0

Day and McLean; Ossman, Koutch (3) and Sacco. W - Ossman. L - Day.

TENNIS

Jim Thorpe-Pottsville

Jim Thorpe swept Pottsville, 5-0.

Ray O’Neill, Emilio Mercado and Connor Rodgers all prevailed in straight sets in singles action for the Olympians (4-4).

Jim Thorpe 5, Pottsville 0

SINGLES

Raymond O’Neill (JT) def. Owen Golden 6-2, 6-2; Emilio Mercado (JT) def. Nashori Key 6-0, 6-0; Connor Rodgers (JT) def. Kevin Devine 6-2, 6-0

DOUBLES

Nolan Rehrig/Daniel Teets (JT) def. Jarett McCabe/Brendan Smith 6-2, 6-4; Erik McCLain-Walter/Robert Renode (JT) def. Peter Zweibel/Clayton Demcher 6-4, 6-3.

Palmerton-Moravian Academy

Palmerton dropped a 4-1 loss to Moravian Academy in Colonial League action.

Despite the loss, Nate Andress picked up a straight-set win at No. 1 singles for the Blue Bombers.

Moravian Academy 4, Palmerton 1

SINGLES

Nate Andress (P) def. Deepak Shankar, 6-2,6-2; Michael Phenneger (MA) def. Lucas Christmas, 6-2,6-1; Ravi Manne (MA) won by forfeit

DOUBLES

Ryan Hoffman/Archie Debbage (MA) def. Hunter Conrell/Tim Hillanbrand, 6-0,6-0; Nik Surya/Milan Mahesh (MA) def. Hailey Hatzis/Lauren Rehrig. 6-0, 6-0.

BOYS LACROSSE

Pleasant Valley-Parkland

Parkland cruised to a 14-3 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Pleasant Valley.

James Cipolla scored three goals and had three assists for Parkland.