A pair of big innings set the tone for Marian, as the Colts and Fillies powered their way to decisive wins over Nativity Thursday.

BASEBALL

Nativity-Marian

Marian scored seven runs in the fourth inning, and the Colts went on to an 11-1 victory over Nativity.

Chase Grier went the distance for the Colts, allowing four hits and one run while striking out five and walking one.

The Colts took advantage of six Nativity errors that led to six unearned runs.

Alex Diaz, Roman Bednarek, Jonathan Derr, Cole DeFrancesco and Cole Jordan each drove in a run, while Noah Bauder had two hits for Marian.

Nativity 010 000 x — 1 4 6

Marian 200 702 x — 11 9 3

Examitas, Sullivan (4); Grier. W — Grier. L — Examitas.

Records: Nativity (1-6); Marian (4-1).

Panther Valley-Pottsville

Panther Valley couldn’t provide the necessary offense to back its pitcher, as Pottsville earned a 6-1 Schuylkill League victory.

Danny Wehr went five innings for the Panthers, allowing five hits and one earned run while walking two and striking out nine. However, he was charged with the loss after allowing three runs.

Carson Jones accounted for Panther Valley’s two hits, singling in the second and fifth innings.

Harrison Ciavarella led Pottsville, finishing with a single, a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI.

Landon Trout capped the scoring with a two-run homer in the sixth inning — the same inning Ciavarella also went deep.

Panther Valley 000 010 0 — 1 2 2

Pottsville 002 103 x — 6 7 1

Wehr, Breiner (6) and Koerbler; Trout and Ciavarella. W — Trout. L — Wehr.

HR: Pottsville — Ciavarella (6th, none on), Trout (6th, one on).

Records: Panther Valley (0-5, 0-4 SL); Pottsville (4-2, 2-0 SL).

Blue Mountain-Tamaqua

Blue Mountain pulled away for a 15-4 win over Tamaqua in Schuylkill League play.

The Eagles scored four runs in the first inning and added four more in the seventh, matching Tamaqua’s total output for the game.

Cohen Kirby and Frankie Russo highlighted the third inning, as both homered. Kirby hit a solo shot, while Russo added a two-run homer.

Brady Strause led Blue Mountain with a single, double, two runs scored and two RBIs.

Ryder Holmberg and Luke Frohnheiser each had two hits for Tamaqua. Holmberg had a single and double, while Frohnheiser added two singles and an RBI.

Blue Mountain 413 003 4 — 15 9 0

Tamaqua 000 400 0 — 4 7 7

Russo, Kirby (5) and Sebastian; Witkowski, Kamant (3), Frohnheiser (7) and Frohnheiser, Evans. W — Russo. L — Witkowski.

HR: Blue Mountain — Kirby (3rd, none on), Russo (3rd, one on).

Records: Blue Mountain (5-1, 3-1 SL); Tamaqua (0-5, 0-2 SL).

Minersville-Weatherly

Minersville cruised to a 19-1 Schuylkill League win over Weatherly.

Jason Correll led the Battlin’ Miners with RBI singles in the second and fourth innings, and added a two-run single in the third. He also scored twice.

Nate Halupa contributed a sacrifice fly in the first, drew a bases-loaded walk in the third, and added an RBI single in the fourth. He finished with two runs scored and three RBIs.

Raymond Montz scored Weatherly’s lone run in the third after reaching on a hit by pitch, advancing on an error and scoring on another miscue.

Minersville 348 4 — 19 10 4

Weatherly 001 0 — 1 0 12

Plesnauski, Toth (4) and Rogers, Stine (4); Donadi, Montz (3), Connors (4) and Suarez.

W — Plesnauski. L — Donadi.

Records: Minersville (3-2, 3-1 SL); Weatherly (0-4, 0-4 SL).

SOFTBALL

Marian-Nativity

Deanna Pugh and Emily Upanavage each homered in the first inning to lead Marian to a 13-1 victory over Nativity.

Pugh hit a solo homer, while Upanavage added an inside-the-park two-run shot as part of a five-run first inning.

Pugh finished with three hits, while Upanavage had two hits and three RBIs. Hailey Treskolasky added two hits and an RBI.

Kayla Birrer pitched three innings, allowing three hits, while Malina Letchner allowed one run and struck out five over the final two innings.

Nativity committed eight errors, leading to nine unearned runs.

Marian 541 30x x — 13 14 1

Nativity 000 10x x — 1 3 8

Birrer and Treskolasky; Stankavage and Clark. W — Birrer. L — Stankavage.

HR: Marian — Pugh (1st, none on), Upanavage (1st, one on).

Records: Marian (5-2); Nativity (1-6).

Pleasant Valley-Bangor

Pleasant Valley’s Bella Altemose hit two home runs, but Bangor earned a 13-7 victory.

Altemose had three hits, including a two-run homer in the fourth and a solo shot in the fifth that cut the deficit to 9-5. Bangor answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning.

Emma George and Emma DePalma each added two hits for Pleasant Valley.

The Bears committed six errors and issued eight walks.

Pleasant Valley 220 210 0 — 7 12 6

Bangor 432 031 x — 13 10 0

Abbatiello, Green (5) and Hoffman; Girca and LaBar. W — Girca. L — Abbatiello.

HR: Pleasant Valley — Altemose (4th, one on; 5th, none on).

Records: Pleasant Valley (2-5); Bangor (2-4).

Blue Mountain-Tamaqua

Blue Mountain scored three runs in the second inning and remained undefeated with a 5-1 win over Tamaqua.

Emily Leonard scattered eight hits and struck out eight in a complete-game victory.

Nico Conahan, Sophia Sitlinger and Ceanna Gormley all had two hits for Tamaqua, while pitcher Peyton Faust recorded the 100th strikeout of her career.

Blue Mountain 030 020 0 — 5 5 1

Tamaqua 000 000 1 — 1 8 4

Leonard and Frie; Faust, Knitter (3) and Evans. W — Leonard. L — Faust.

Records: Blue Mountain (7-0, 4-0); Tamaqua (3-3, 1-3).

Panther Valley-Pottsville

Pottsville scored 10 runs in each of the first two innings to roll to a 20-2, three-inning victory over Panther Valley.

Candace Berger hit a grand slam in the first and drove in six runs.

Megan O’Brien, Isabella D’Ancona and Danika Blazosky all had a hit for Panther Valley, while O’Brien and Ava Alabovitz each recorded an RBI.

Panther Valley 011 — 2 3 1

Pottsville (10)(10)x — 20 7 1

Goida, Prudente (1) and Breiner; Eckert, Moyer and Wessner. W — Eckert. L — Goida.

HR: Berger (1st, three on).

Records: Panther Valley (2-4, 0-4); Pottsville (4-2, 3-1).

Weatherly-Minersville

Minersville erupted for nine runs over the first three innings en route to an 18-4 win over Weatherly.

Paige and Cali Lauderman, along with Isabella Rizzardi, each drove in two runs.

Weatherly committed seven errors and issued nine walks.

Madison Makowiec, Rebecca Caldwell and Olivia Marasco all had an RBI for Weatherly. Caldwell added two hits, while Makowiec had three.

Minersville 162 126 — 18 13 2

Weatherly 003 100 — 4 9 7

C. Lauderman and McGrath; Binder and Marasco. W — Lauderman. L — Binder.

Records: Minersville (4-3); Weatherly (1-3).

Northwestern-Kutztown

Kutztown scored six runs in the third inning to break a tie and defeat Northwestern 9-5 in nonleague play.

Felicia Oldt’s two-run single highlighted the inning. Northwestern had tied the game earlier on Emma Freeman’s two-run single.

Freeman, Molly Schloffer and Ella Bressi all had three hits for Northwestern. Sam Boyer added two hits, and Natalie Conner had a solo homer and an RBI groundout.

Northwestern 102 011 0 — 5 13 0

Kutztown 306 000 x — 9 13 1

Freeman, Diehl (3), Behler (4) and Dunstan; Ziegler, Follweiler and Oldt. W — Ziegler. L — Freeman.

HR: Northwestern — Conner (5th, none on).

Records: Northwestern (4-2); Kutztown (4-3).

BOYS TENNIS

Jim Thorpe-Moravian

Moravian Academy remained unbeaten in Colonial League play with a 5-0 win over Jim Thorpe.

Moravian Academy 5, Jim Thorpe 0

SINGLES

Nikhil Skandon (MA) def. Ian Walck 6-0, 6-0; Leonard Anthony (MA) def. Trent Sulphin 6-0, 6-0; Dylan Hammond (MA) def. Alex Plesniarski 6-0, 6-1.

DOUBLES

Camden Luftig/Ayush Jain (MA) def. Jonas Lambert/Maxwell Priore 6-2, 6-0; Jaise Shah/Shiv Patel (MA) def. Drayden Mathurin/Samuel Spang 6-0, 6-1.

Records: Jim Thorpe (1-11, 1-6 CL); Moravian Academy (8-1, 6-0 CL).

TRACK

Breslin Invitational

Jim Thorpe, Lehighton and Panther Valley competed at the Breslin Invitational at Mount Carmel.

Jim Thorpe earned two victories, as the boys 4x100 relay team won in 43.35 and Kayden Spence captured the 400-meter dash in 50.18.

Bodie Hawk of Lehighton placed third in the discus (141-6), and sixth in the shot put (45-9).

Isabella Roman finished second in the javelin (113-0), while Stacy Bos placed third in the 800 (2:34.89).

Elijah Pagotto added a third-place finish in the 1600 (4:45.60).

Clair Strohl (pole vault), Kennedy Quinn (800) and Claudia Pagotto (1600) also placed for Lehighton.

Additional placewinners included Spencer Gothard (300 hurdles), Logan Gillespie (1600), Pierce Gothard (high jump), Kimora Seales-Griffith (high jump) and Vanessa Sadler (discus).

Morgan Orsulak led Panther Valley with an eighth-place finish in the long jump (14-7 1/2).

Jim Thorpe finished eighth in both the boys and girls team standings, while Lehighton placed 11th in the boys and 13th in the girls.