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Bombers get baseball, softball, tennis wins

Palmerton had a big day winning baseball, softball and tennis.

BASEBALLCatasauqua-PalmertonPalmerton topped Catasauqua in a Colonial League contest, 4-2.Jonathan Schwartz of Palmerton was two-for-four with a pair of RBIs.Zach Buck spun a complete game for the Bombers, yielding just two runs and striking out six.Catasauqua 002 000 0 - 2 5 1Palmerton 000 022 x - 4 8 1Hawk, Pontician (6) and Bilder; Buck and Mooney. W - Buck. L - Pontician.Panther Vy.-CMVTPanther Valley's Rich Evanko earned his first coaching victory with a 6-5 win over Columbia Montour Vo-Tech.The Panthers took advantage of a four-run fourth inning to take the lead and then held off a late inning rally by CMVT.Anthony Micholik led the Panthers with a 3-for-4 performance, which included two singles, a double, a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base.Teammates Anthony Vavra (single, double, run scored, RBI, two stolen bases) and Darren Goida (two singles, run scored, RBI, stolen base) chipped in with multiple hits.Panther Vy. 001 400 1 - 6 8 6CMVT 102 001 1 - 5 6 2Hafer, D. Goida (7) and M. Goida; Valles and Kramer, Hess (7). W - Hafer. L - Valles. S - D. Goida.No. Lehigh-SalisburySalisbury earned a 5-1 Colonial League win over Northern Lehigh.Austin Lancsak finished with two singles for the Bulldogs. Teammate Evan Meixell scored the local's lone run.Northern Lehigh slips to 1-3 overall and 0-3 in the league.No. Lehigh 000 100 0 - 1 4 1Salisbury 010 400 x - 5 4 1Lancsak, Evangelist (6) and Rudolph; Cooperman and Galantini. W - Cooperman. L - Lancsak.So. Lehigh-NorthwesternNorthwestern's bats came alive in an 18-7 Colonial League win over Southern Lehigh.Jake Augustus (3-for-5, three runs scored), Tyler Schreiner (3-for-3, double, two runs scored) and Isaac Fatzinger (3-for-3, solo homer, three runs scored) paced a Tigers offense that pounded out 20 hits. Augustus also picked up his second win on the mound this season.So. Lehigh 022 03 - 7 7 5Northwestern 276 03 - 18 20 4Barnes, Hendrzak (3) and Amory; Augustus, Hendricks (5) and Wiik. HR - SL: Hoffman (2nd, one on); NW: Fatzinger (2nd, none on). W - Augustus. L - Barnes.Blue Mtn.-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe held off a late Blue Mountain rally to claim a 2-0 Schuylkill League Division I win.The Olympians (2-1) got both of their runs in the third inning, and starter Nick Porembo worked out of bases loaded jams in both the fifth and sixth innings before Brendan Carroll worked a 1-2-3 seventh to close it out.A single by Derek Joyce gave Jim Thorpe its first run, and Carroll came home on a double steal attempt later in the inning.Blue Mtn. 000 000 0 - 0 5 0Jim Thorpe 002 000 x - 2 10 2Oliver, Biever (5) and Freed, Bolinsky (6); Porembo, Carroll (5) and A. Joyce. W - Porembo. L - Oliver.SOFTBALLCMVT-Panther Vy.Columbia Montour Vo-Tech used a quick start to claim a 24-2 non-league victory over Panther Valley.McKenzie Lazar, Sydney Clouser and Cassidy Ryan collected the three hits for the Lady Panthers, who scored their runs in the second and third innings, respectively.CMVT (15)01 8 - 24 7 0Panther Vy. 011 0 - 2 3 7Witchey, Bardo (4) and Hackenberg; Maturana, Markovich (2) and Clouser. W - Witchey. L- Maturana.No. Lehigh-SalisburySalisbury grabbed a 6-2 Colonial League win over Northern Lehigh.Sage Hargreaves and Kaitlin Hoffman both collected two hits for the Lady Bulldogs.No. Lehigh 000 200 0 - 2 8 3Salisbury 200 211 x - 6 7 4Hoffman; Rogers and Costantini. W - Rogers. L - Hoffman.Catasauqua-PalmertonPalmerton escaped with a 3-2 victory over Catasauqua to remain undefeated in the Colonial League.Jordan Boyer paced the Bombers with a single and a triple, while Kendra Pekurney added a single and three RBIs.Teammate Miranda Bellis chipped in with two RBIs.The Bombers' Reese Dugan earned the pitching victory while striking out nine.Catasauqua 000 101 0 - 2 5 0Palmerton 012 000 x - 3 7 0Reichl and Bellesfield; Dugan and Acker. W - Dugan. L - Reichl.Blue Mtn.-Jim ThorpeBlue Mountain pulled away from Jim Thorpe to a claim a 12-2 Schuylkill League Division I victory.Maggie Holloway led the Lady Olympians (1-2) with two hits, a run scored, and five strikeouts on the mound, while Brittney Marzen had a double and an RBI.Blue Mtn. 250 41 - 12 18 0Jim Thorpe 001 10 - 2 5 2Grace, Holler (5) and Skoff; Holloway and Marzen. HR - BM: Umbenhauer (4th). W - Grace. L - Holloway.Tamaqua-No. SchuylkillTamaqua defeated North Schuylkill in Schuylkill League play, 4-0.Taylor Fritz of Tamaqua was 2-for-3 from the plate during the win.Allison Pedersen led the Lady Raiders on the mound. She tossed a complete game, scattered three hits, and struck out five Spartans.Tamaqua 012 100 0 - 4 6 1No. Schuy. 000 000 0 - 0 3 4Pedersen and Stauffenberg; Burd and Peleschak. W - Pedersen. L - Burd.Liberty-Pleasant Vy.Pleasant Valley kept close to Liberty for the first four innings, but the Hurricanes exploded for nine runs late for a 12-1 win.Cassie Hill had an RBI double to drive in the Bears lone run.Liberty 012 042 3 - 12 16 0P. Valley 100 000 0 - 1 4 5Schmidt and Donegan. Diabo and Hill. W - Schmidt, L - Diabo.TENNISNo. Dame GP-PalmertonThe Bombers swept the three singles matches and won one of two doubles matches for a 4-1 win over the Crusaders.Palmerton 4, No. Dame 1SINGLESSal Melo (P) def. Matt Hidalgo (N) 7-6 (7-5), 7-5, Seth Andress (P) def. Shyam Mehta (N) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4, Nate Andress (P) def. Pat Bassil (N) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4,DOUBLESSam MacDonald and Kyle Snyder (N) def. Jacob Brown and Marc Roselli (P) 6-4, 6-1, Logan Miller and Jordan Dopsovic (P) def. Will Hoey and Austin Gregg (N) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2Dieruff-Pleasant Vy.Pleasant Valley had little trouble in posting a 7-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Dieruff.The Bears were especially dominant in singles play, as the trio of Steven Nale (6-1, 6-0), Najja Francis (6-0, 6-0) and Jake Ammermann (6-0, 6-1) dropped just a combined two games in their three victories.Pleasant Vy. 7, Dieruff 0SINGLESSteven Nale (PV) def. Jose Perez 6-1, 6-0; Najja Francis (PV) def. Joseph Nee 6-0, 6-0; Jake Ammermann (PV) def. Ihop Conover 6-0, 6-1.DOUBLESAdam Taylor/Matt Schmitt (PV) def. Nevada Taylor/Anthony Hazel 8-0; Nick Vo/Youseff Elmontacir (PV) def. Zach Shiffert/Dario Rodriguez 6-1, 6-0; Tyler Fahrenkopf/Brian Kagel (PV) def. Adam Berke/Martin Mevmann 6-0, 6-2; Antonio Carbone/Alec Herman (PV) def. Oneill Jamie/Josh Flores 6-1, 6-4.Jim Thorpe-No. Dame ESNotre Dame of East Stroudsburg blanked Jim Thorpe for a 5-0 win.Brandt Weirich, Jan Carlo Perez and Jose Bordas swept singles' play for the Spartans.Notre Dame ES 5, Jim Thorpe 0SINGLESBrandt Weirich (NDES) def. Shaun DiCostanzo 6-0, 6-0; Jan Carlo Perez (NDES) def. Luke Carter 6-0, 6-0; Jose Bordas (NDES) def. Matt Widdicombe 6-2, 6-5.DOUBLESJustin Hilario/Liam King (NDES) def. Chris Widdicombe/John Fedora 6-2, 6-3; Adrian Kouldrick/Bradley Medina (NDES) def. Matt Green/Emilio Mercado 6-1, 6-2.

Pleasant Valley third baseman Carissa DeSimone tags out a Liberty runner. MIKE FEIFEL/TIMES NEWS