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Local Roundup: Results from May 15

Tamaqua punched its ticket to the district playoffs with a non-league victory over Notre Dame East Stroudsburg on Monday.

In other games, Marian baseball and Weatherly softball suffered losses.

BASEBALL

Notre Dame ES-

Tamaqua

Tamaqua clinched a district playoff berth by rolling past Notre Dame East Stroudsburg, 15-1, in a non-league contest.

Luke Kane, Cian McLaughlin and Ryan Vecolitis all had two hits and two RBIs for the Blue Raiders, now 10-8. One of Kane’s hits was a home run.

McLaughlin added three runs, while Kane scored twice. The winners also received a pair of hits and two runs from Lucas Kamant.

Parker Oswald contributed a hit and three runs, and Wyatt Steigerwalt ended with a hit and two runs.

Mason Ligenza pitched all five innings for Tamaqua, allowing just two hits and one walk while striking out 11.

N. Dame-ES 000 10 - 1 2 6

Tamaqua 418 2x - 15 13 0

Naughton and Andino; Ligenza and Kane. W - Ligenza. L - Naughton. HR: Tamaqua - Kane (4th, one on).

Minersville-Marian

Minersville received multiple hits from seven different players to gain a 14-4 victory over Marian in the consolation game of the Rothermel Tournament.

Connor Beck paced the Miners with a single, triple and four RBIs, while Lorenzo Yourey added a single, double and knocked in three runs. The winners, now 10-10, also received a single, double and two RBIs from Brock Polinsky.

For the Colts, who dropped to 10-9, Michael Gelatko homered and scored two runs. Joey Walko also chipped in with two hits, one a double, a run and an RBI, while Chase Petrilyak added a double and a run scored.

The victory clinched a district playoff berth for Minersville.

Minersville151 310 3 - 14 16 2

Marian 012 010 0 - 4 5 6

Hutsko, Plesnarski (6) and Schultz; Bobish, Baran (2), Davidovich (4), Zullo (7) and Walko, Segedy (5). W - Hutsko. L - Bobish. HR: Marian - Geltako (5th, none on).

SOFTBALL

Lourdes-Weatherly

Lourdes scored three runs in the first inning and held on to post a 6-2 non-league victory over Weatherly.

Makayla Adams and Gabby Dusendschine both had two hits and a run scored for the Red Raiders. Dusendschine also had an RBI, while Cassidy Grimes chipped in with a hit and two runs.

Hailee Brown pitched the first three innings, striking out six, to earn the win.

For the Wreckers, Ava Sahaida reached base all three times with a hit and two walks, and also scored a run. Abigail Teodorescu also contributed a hit and an RBI.

Madisyn vonFrisch tossed all seven innings, allowing just two earned runs while striking out 12.

The loss dropped Weatherly to 12-7.

Lourdes 300 210 0 - 6 6 0

Weatherly 001 100 0 - 2 3 5

Brown, Adams (4) and Adams, Wills (4); vonFrisch and Paulino-Diaz. W - Brown. L - vonFrisch.

Lehighton-Pen Argyl

Jillian Bradley pitched a two-hit shutout Saturday to lead Pen Argyl to an 8-0 non-league victory over Lehighton.

Bradley only walked one and struck out 14 as the Green Knights finished regular-season play with a 17-3 record.

Haley Frey had two hits for the winners, while Grace Weaver and Andrea Black both had a hit and two RBIs.

The Indians’ two hits both came off the bat of Maggie Pagotto.

The loss ended Lehighton’s regular season at 8-12.

Pen Argyl 104 030 0 - 8 9 2

Lehighton 000 000 0 - 0 2 3

W - Bradley. L - Craig.