Marian and Northwestern each picked up baseball victories on Wednesday.

Other local winners were the Palmerton softball team and the Lehighton tennis team.

BASEBALL

Mahanoy Area-Marian

Brian Hinkle went 3-for-4 with two runs scored to lead Marian to a 7-3 Schuylkill League win over Mahanoy Area.

Jake Bobish also had a couple of hits for the Colts (5-3), while Mason Gibson and Joey Walko added one hit each.

Gibson was the winning pitcher, striking out four batters in four solid innings of relief work for Marian.

Mahanoy Area 001 000 2 - 3 12 4

Marian 150 100 x - 7 7 2

Zilker, Soult (2), Burke (5), Sendatch (6) and Fisher. Hinkle, Gibson (4) and Walko, W - Gibson. L - Zilker.

Northwestern-Bangor

Benjamin Boyer’s two-run single in the seventh inning broke a 1-1 tie and Northwestern went to post a 4-1 Colonial League victory over Bangor.

Boyer also picked up the pitching win, striking out six batters. Tanner Romig’s RBI-single put the Tigers on the board in the sixth.

Northwestern moves to 4-6 on the season.

Northwestern 000 001 3 - 4 6 4

Bangor 001 000 0 - 1 5 2

Boyer, Witkowski (7) and Augustus. Rudely, Buist (7) and Godshalk. W: Boyer, L: Rydell.

Weatherly-Shenandoah Valley

Shenandoah Valley rolled to a 15-0 Schuylkill League win over Weatherly in a three-inning mercy-rule game.

Bernando Cruz pitched three hitless innings for the Devils, while Owen Kosar went 3-for-3 with two RBIs.

Jack James stole a base for Weatherly, which falls to 1-4 on the season.

Weatherly 000 - 0 0 1

Shenandoah Vy. (10)32 - 15 14 0

Tripp, Hinkle (3) and Klaus. Cruz and Vevasis. W - Cruz. L - Tripp.

North Schuylkill-Jim Thorpe

North Schuylkill defeated Jim Thorpe, 9-2, in Schuylkill League play.

Rich Strack had two hits for the Olympians, while Garrett Lienhard, Drew Wimmer, Jack Edwards and Tanner Yurchak all had one hit. Evan Murphy added a sacrifice fly.

James Lordi started the game on the mound for the Olympians (2-4) and threw four innings of two-hit, one-run ball.

No. Schuylkill 100 043 1 - 9 8 0

Jim Thorpe 000 200 0 - 2 6 2

O’Neill, Keninitz (5) and Cooney. Lordi, Henkels (5), McArdle (6), Schwartz (7) and Wimmer. W - O’Neill. L - Henkels

Blue Mountain-Lehighton

Blue Mountain rolled to a 15-6 Schuylkill League victory over Lehighton.

Austin Greene had two hits and two RBIs for the Indians, while Noah Barndt and Michael Yeakel both knocked in runs. Ian Rarick closed the game for Lehighton with one-hit ball over two innings of relief.

The loss drops the Indians to 5-2 on the season.

Blue Mountain. 373 002 0 - 15 12 3

Lehighton 010 050 0 - 6 7 3

Grace, Gustitus (2), Gormley (7). Sensinger, A. Rarick (2), Kesier (2), Albert (4), I. Rarick (6). W - Gustitus. L - Sensinger. HR: Blue Mtn. - Guers (1st, two on), Faust (2nd, two on) and (6th, none on).

Pleasant Valley.-ES South

A four-run seventh inning that included a Ross Huffman game-winning sacrifice fly lifted East Stroudsburg South past Pleasant Valley 8-7 in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference play.

Andrew Meitzler and Ryan Kymer each had RBIs for the Bears (6-2). Jack Smale scored three runs for Pleasant Valley, while James Syracuse and Austin Ratti each had a hit.

Pleasant Vy. 200 101 10 - 5 7 2

ES South 000 010 41 - 6 10 4

Walters, Smale (7) and Meitzler. Huffman, Hufman (7) and Johnson. W - Hufman. L - Smale.

SOFTBALL

Palmerton-Panther Valley

Palmerton needed only three innings to come away with a 17-0 non-league victory over Panther Valley.

Bomber pitcher Carly Gaffney tossed a no-hitter in the mercy-rule shortened game, striking out seven batters.

Sydney Frantz led off the game with a solo home run for the Palmerton. She also added a single and an RBI. Kelsey Balliet added a single, double and two RBIs. Gaffney contributed a double, a triple and three RBIs.

Palmerton improves to 6-3 overall, while Panther Valley slips to 0-5 on the season.

Palmerton 368 – 17 9 0

Panther Vy. 000 – 0 0 8

Gaffney and Balliet; Beshock, O’Brien (3) and Yuricheck. W – Gaffney. L – Beshock. HR: Palmerton – Frantz (1st, none on).

North Schuylkill-Jim Thorpe

A 10-run third inning sparked North Schuylkill in a 12-1 Schuylkill League victory over Jim Thorpe.

Johannah Taylor’s solo home run put the finishing touches on the Spartans’ third inning. Morgan Dinger got it started with a two-run double, which scored Shiana DeAngelo and Taylor Ferrari.

Kristin Pompa, Tara McLean and Allie Skrimcovsky all had singles for the Olympians (3-4 overall; 1-3 SL). Skrimcovsky’s base hit also accounted for JT’s lone run, as Carson Rosenberger scored after reaching base on an error.

North Schuylkill moves to 3-1 overall, and 2-1 in the league.

No. Schuylkill 20(10) 00 – 12 13 0

Jim Thorpe 010 00 – 1 4 2

Dinger and Taylor; Goodchild and Mahmde. W – Dinger. L – Goodchild. HR: NS – Taylor (3rd, none on).

Pleasant Valley-Stroudsburg

Stroudsburg added some insurance in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull away with a 4-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.

Bears’ pitcher Kailyn Getz kept things close in the circle, as she allowed just two hits and one run until the Mounties pushed across three runs on five hits in the sixth.

Brianca Pridham recorded two singles for the Bears. Hailey Krock and Getz also had hits for PV.

The Bears drop to 3-4 overall (2-4 EPC), while Stroudsburg improves to 5-3 (4-3).

Pleasant Vy. 000 000 0 – 0 4 1

Stroudsburg 100 003 x – 4 7 0

Getz, Dorshimer (6) and Ratti; Guthy, Berwick (7) and Crawford. W – Guthy. L – Getz.

Tamaqua-Lourdes Regional

Lourdes Regional took advantage of a two-run fifth inning to come away with a 2-0 Schuylkill League win over Tamaqua.

Katelyn Elgin and Makayla Adams scored the decisive runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, while Hailee Brown struck out eight and walked one in a two-hit shutout victory.

Bryn Clifford struck out seven and walked two for the Blue Raiders. Clifford (single, walk) and Kaziah Streisel (single) recorded hits for Tamaqua.

Tamaqua falls to 0-6 overall, while Lourdes moves to 3-2 on the season.

Tamaqua 000 000 0 – 0 2 2

Lourdes 000 020 x – 2 6 0

Clifford and Krall; Brown and McHugh. W – Brown. L – Clifford.

Weatherly-Shenandoah Valley

Shenandoah Valley knocked off Weatherly in six innings for an 11-1 Schuylkill League win.

The Blue Devils (3-3 overall; 3-1 SL) built a 10-1 lead after three innings.

Ava Mejivar sparked Shenandoah with a single, triple and three runs scored, while DeAngelo added two singles and two runs scored.

Kelly Michaels led the Wreckers (1-1; 0-1) with a single and a run scored, while Madisyn Vonfrisch added the other hit.

Weatherly 001 000 – 1 2 2

Shenandoah 424 001 – 11 10 3

Vonfrisch and Diaz; Davis and Coyle. W – Davis. L – Vonfrisch.

TENNIS

Pen Argyl-Lehighton

Lehighton won its seventh-straight match, sweeping Pen Argyl, 5-0.

Aaron Miller, Luke Blauch and Daniel Hoppes scored singles’ victories for the Tribe (8-3), while the teams of Ben Slaw and Bayto Cokrlija, and Skyy Steber and Zane Smith swept doubles’ action.

Lehighton 5, Pen Argyl 0

SINGLES

Aaron Miller (L) def. Fred Blasi 6-0, 6-2; Luke Blauch (L) def. John Vanic 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 (tiebreaker); Daniel Hoppes (L) def. Andrew Kondisco 6-0, 6-2.

DOUBLES

Ben Slaw/Bayto Cokrlija (L) def. Mason Beers/Matthew Oakley 7-6, 6-1; Skyy Steber/Zane Smith (L) def. Evan Frable/Johnathan Hauspurg 6-0, 6-1.

Southern Lehigh-Palmerton

Southern Lehigh remained unbeaten in Colonial League action after earning a 5-0 victory over Palmerton.

The Spartans improved to 10-1 overall (8-0 CL), while the Bombers fell to 2-5 (1-5).

Southern Lehigh 5, Palmerton 0

SINGLES

Spencer Goodman (SL) def. Justin Sebelin 6-0, 6-0; Harrison Clark (SL) def. Riley Fallon 6-0, 6-0; Thijs Immerzeel (SL) def. Tyler Shollenberger (P) 6-0, 6-0.

DOUBLES

Cooper Kline/Kishore Anombhotta (SL) def. Tyler Hager and Colby Chadwick 6-0, 6-1; Jadon Trackim/Bryson Davis (SL) def. Logan Connelly and Ethan Jones 6-0, 6-0.