Pleasant Valley and Palmerton both picked up tennis wins on Friday, while the Northwestern boys lacrosse team also earned a victory.

BOYS TENNIS

Palmerton-Pottsville

Palmerton received straight-set wins from three of its singles players, as well as both doubles teams, to gain a 5-2 non-league victory over Pottsville in its season opener.

Levi Johnson, Colton Ruzicka and Chase Sebelin all triumphed for the Blue Bombers in singles action, with Johnson holding off Everett Walters in a tightly-contested match at No. 1.

Palmerton cruised to victory in doubles play, as the teams of Hadlee Lake and Andrea Bettini, and Matt Breiner and Helena Moyzan dominated their matches.

Palmerton 5, Pottsville 2

SINGLES

Levi Johnson (Palm) def. Everett Walters 7-5, 6-4; Colton Ruzicka (Palm) def. Eli Gerhart 6-2, 6-1; Tyler Sibbett (Potts) def. Anderson Garcia-Escobar 6-2, 3-6 (10-8); Spence Prestelio (Potts) def. Kevin O’Neill 4-6, 6-3 (7-5); Chase Sebelin (Palm) def. Jake Powers 6-1, 6-3.

DOUBLES

Hadlee Lake/Andrea Bettini (Palm) def. Spencer Prestelio/Isaac Seiger 6-1, 6-3; Matt Breiner/Helena Moyzan (Palm) def. Cole Hoke/Jerome Urban 6-0, 6-3.

Records: Palmerton (1-0); Pottsville (1-2).

ES North-Pleasant Vy.

Pleasant won its first match of the season, blanking East Stroudsburg North 6-0 in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference action.

The trio of John Hargrave, Issac Klein and Liam Angell all won in straight sets for the Bears and also lost seven games in the process.

Pleasant Valley 6, ES North 0

SINGLES

John Hargrave (PV) def. Diego Cano 6-1, 6-0; Isaac Klein (PV) def. Liam Imhoff 6-0, 6-4; Liam Angell (PV) def. Ashton Peregrin 6-0, 6-2.

DOUBLES

Logan Krock/Noah Conklin (PV) def. Antoin Hambrick/Edwin Serrano 6-0, 6-0; Gavin Tonkay/Ben Jochen (PV) won by forfeit; Hayden Byrnes/Preston Snyder (PV) won by forfeit.

Records: ES North (0-2); Pleasant Valley (1-2).

Jim Thorpe-Pen Argyl

Jim Thorpe dropped its season-opening match, falling to Colonial League foe Pen Argyl by a 5-0 score.

The Olympians’ doubles team of Alex Plesnarski and Jonas Lambert won a second-set battle to force a third, but lost in the deciding set.

Pen Argyl 5, Jim Thorpe 0

SINGLES

Mason Soos (PA) def. Ian Walck 6-1, 6-4; Evan Johnson (PA) def. Trent Sutphin 6-3, 6-1; Cole Lobb (PA) won by forfeit.

DOUBLES

Mike Stein/Fletcher Marsh (PA) def. Alex Plesnarski/Jonas Lambert 6-2, 6-7 (12-9), 6-2; Dillon McMahon/Jace Pittenger (PA) def. Maxwell Priorie/Drayden Mathurin 6-2, 6-2.

Records: Jim Thorpe (0-1); Pen Argyl (1-0).

BOYS LACROSSE

Northwestern-

Northampton

Kendall Wikert had four goals to help Northwestern edge Northampton 9-8 in a non-league matchup.

The Tigers, playing their season opener, also received three goals and an assist from Ty Kaas.

Grayson Christman added a pair of goals, while Trey Snyder and Braydon Uricchio each chipped in with an assist.

The winners also received five saves from goalie Dane Kauker.