Pleasant Valley opened its volleyball season in impressive fashion Friday, sweeping East Stroudsburg South in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference matchup.

VOLLEYBALL

Pleasant Valley-ES South

Pleasant Valley opened its season with a 3-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over East Stroudsburg South.

The Bears posted 25-16 victories in the first and third sets and pulled out a 29-27 win in the second.

Isabella Slizewski led Pleasant Valley at the net with eight kills and three blocks, while Lila Borger added seven kills and six digs. Kira Hnat dished out 19 assists to go along with four digs and two aces, and Ella Rothrock finished with eight digs. Hunter Farkas added five kills, three digs and two blocks in the win, while Sasha Slozina finished with five kills and one dig.

Pleasant Valley 3, ES South 0

Pleasant Valley 25 29 25

ES South 16 27 16

PLEASANT VALLEY STATS - Aces: Jessica Tartamella 3, Mya Williams 2, Sasha Slozina 2, Kira Hnat 2, Hunter Farkas 1. Assists: Hnat 19, Williams 2, Slozina 1, Macy Fette 1. Kills: Slizewski 8, Lila Borger 7, Slozina 5, Farkas 5, Hnat 1, Harley Durant 1. Blocks: Slizewski 3, Farkas 2, Durant 1. Digs: Ella Rothrock 8, Borger 6, Hnat 4, Emmerson Deluna 3, Farkas 3, Durant 3, Williams 2, Tartamella 2, Slozina 1, Slizewski 1.

Records: Pleasant Valley 1-0; East Stroudsburg South 0-1.

GOLF

Jim Thorpe-Bangor

Bangor extended its winning streak to four matches with a 410-520 Colonial League victory over Jim Thorpe.

Landon Romanczuk earned medalist honors for the Slaters with a 74, while Beau Thomas followed with a 78.

Cooper Kresge paced the Olympians with a team-low round of 96.

Bangor 410, Jim Thorpe 520

JIM THORPE

Cooper Kresge 96, Bryce McElmoyle 98, Kade Levan 102, Blake Skrimkovski 110, Alex Bittle 114.

BANGOR

Landon Romanczuk 74, Beau Thomas 78, Chase Nasatka 86, Brady Schab 86, Nolan Flyte 86.

Played at Shawnee Golf Course.

Records: Jim Thorpe 0-6; Bangor 5-4.

GIRLS TENNIS

Pleasant Valley-Liberty

Liberty swept Pleasant Valley for a 6-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory.

The Hurricanes won all three singles matches and swept the three doubles contests.

Liberty 6, Pleasant Valley 0

SINGLES

Corinne Newman (L) def. Avery Cogan 6-0, 6-1; Sarah Wang (L) def. Amanda Davis 6-3, 6-2; Paulina Dorman (L) def. Averie Acevedo 6-1, 6-1.

DOUBLES

Naomi Dumia/Kaylin Zhang (L) def. Alayana Boland/Marissa Hauck 6-2, 6-0; Stella Georgalas/Diya Rana (L) def. Emma Kish-Brooke Serfass 6-7 (8-10), 6-1, 1-0 (10-3); Addison Poindexter/Ainsley Kutz (L) def. Eloise Rice/Khloe Dooner 6-4, 6-3.

Records: Liberty 2-1; Pleasant Valley 1-2.

FIELD HOCKEY

Palmerton-Hamburg

Hamburg handed Palmerton a 4-0 setback in the season opener for both teams.

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Hamburg 4, Palmerton 0

Records: Palmerton 0-1; Hamburg 1-0.

GIRLS SOCCER

Pleasant Valley-Bangor

Bangor scored four second-half goals in a 4-1 nonleague win over Pleasant Valley.

The Slaters’ D. Bristol had hat trick to open the season.

Pleasant Valley’s goal was scored by Amelia Gutierrez with an assist from Marta Perry. Bears goal keeper Halley Ott stopped 26 Bangor shots.

Bangor 4, Pleasant Valley 1

Pleasant Valley 0 1 - 1

Bangor 0 4 - 4

Goals: Bangor - D. Bristol 3, W. Paige 1; Pleasant Valley - Amelia Gutierrez. Assists: Pleasant Valley - Marta Perry. Saves: Bangor - 4; Pleasant Valley - Haley Ott 26

Records: Bangor 1-0; Pleasant Valley 0-1

BOYS SOCCER

ES South-Palmerton

East Stroudsburg South topped Palmerton 5-0 in a nonleague season opener.

The Cavaliers put up four first-half goals and added another in the second.

Grady Hendricks-McGee scored a pair of goals while the other three were spread out among three different players. Bryce Rydner assisted on a pair of the goals.

Colin Himelright made three saves for East Stroudsburg South. Palmerton’s Tomad stopped five shots.

ES South 5, Palmerton 0

ES South 4 1 - 5

Palmerton 0 0 - 0

Goals: ES South - Jayden Guarino 2, Grady Hendricks-McGee, Sam Kidwell. Assists: ESS South - Brycer Rynder 2, Mamadou Ndiaye, Michael Hickson, David Funjoh. Saves: ES South - Colin Himelright 3; Palmerton - Tomas 5.

Records: Bangor 1-0; Pleasant Valley 0-1