Pleasant Valley’s Aiden Granda and Tamaqua’s Joey Vidzicki both had hat tricks to lead their respective soccer teams to wins on Monday.

The Bears also triumphed in volleyball action.

BOYS SOCCER

Hazleton-Lehighton

Lehighton battled Hazleton to a 1-1 tie in non-league competition.

Cover Schaffer opened up the goal scoring for the Indians in the second half, but the Cougers tied the game on a penalty kick with three minutes remaining.

Hazleton 1, Lehighton 1

Hazleton 0 1 - 1

Lehighton 0 1 - 1

Goals: Hazleton - N/A; Lehighton - Cover Schaffer 1; Shots: Hazleton - 12; Lehighton - 8.

Records: Hazleton (1-6-3); Lehighton (1-10-2).

Dieruff-Pleasant Valley

Aiden Granda led Pleasant Valley with a hat trick as part of a 9-0 EPC rout over Dieruff.

Among the Bears’ five other goal scorers, Christian Pinheiro added two goals and an assist.

Pleasant Valley 9, Dieruff 0

Dieruff 0 0 - 0

Pleasant Valley 5 4 - 9

Goals: Dieruff - None; Pleasant Valley - Aiden Granda 3, Christian Pinheiro 2, Jasper Porter 1, Michael Powell 1, Dom Chamera 1, Matt Slobodzian 1; Assists: Dieruff - None; Pleasant Valley - Gavin Lewis 1, Nate Thompson 1, Richon Russ 1, Asher Nikoden 1, Michael Powell 1, Christian Pinheiro 1; Saves: Dieruff - Miguel Pasrual-Suarez 3; Pleasant Valley - Nick Springer 4; Shots: Dieruff - 4; Pleasant Valley - 12; Corners: Dieruff - 1; Pleasant Valley - 2.

Records: Dieruff (1-13; 1-13); Pleasant Valley (9-3-2; 9-3-1).

Tamaqua-Pine Grove

Tamaqua came up short against Pine Grove, who secured a 2-0 shutout in Schuylkill League action.

The Cardinals received goals from Terrin Witmer and Carter Hitz, both in the first half.

Jakin Tamagini made 15 saves for the Raiders.

Pine Grove 2, Tamaqua 0

Tamaqua 0 0 - 0

Pine Grove 2 0 - 2

Goals: Tamaqua - None; Pine Grove - Terrin Witmer 1, Carter Hitz 1; Saves: Tamaqua - Jakin Tamagini 15; Pine Grove - Dru Herber 5.

Records: Tamaqua (7-5-2; 2-3-2); Pine Grove (9-3-3; 5-2).

VOLLEYBALL

PM East-Pleasant Valley

Pleasant Valley came out on top with a 3-0 sweep against Pocono Mountain East in EPC play.

The Bears’ team leaders included Kira Hnat with 22 assists, Isabella Slizewski earning 10 kills, and Lila Borger picking up 13 digs.

Pleasant Valley 3, PM East 0

PM East 21 19 19

Pleasant Valley 25 25 25

Statistics: Pleasant Valley - Lila Borger 8 kills, 13 digs, 1 assist; Mya Williams 2 kills, 2 aces, 12 digs, 1 assist; Kira Hnat 1 kill, 3 aces, 1 block, 8 digs, 22 assists; Macey Fette 2 kills, 5 digs, 9 assists; Hunter Farkas 3 kills, 2 aces, 10 digs, 1 assists; Isabella Slizewski 10 kills, 2 aces, 3 blocks; Sasha 8 kills, 7 digs.

Records: PM East (6-7; 6-7); Pleasant Valley (8-7; 8-5).

Blue Mtn.-Lehighton

Lehighton went toe-to-toe against Blue Mountain but just came up short 3-2 in an evenly-matched non-league affair.

Alexa Marshall did most of the damage for the Eagles, as she racked up 18 kills, 5 aces, and 20 digs.

The Indians’ team leaders included Breanna Demage with 28 assists, Aleea Yeakel collecting 21 digs, and Julianna Lucykanish totaling nine kills.

Blue Mountain 3, Lehighton 2

Blue Mountain 23 25 23 25 16

Lehighton 25 23 25 19 14

Statistics: Blue Mountain - Alexa Marshall 18 kills, 5 aces, 20 digs, 1 block; Zoe Leibensperger 11 kills, 6 aces, 15 digs; Tessa Krasnay 8 aces, 3 assists, 16 digs; Lehighton - Breanna Demage 28 assists, 8 digs, 3 aces; Laney Kershner 8 kills, 2 blocks; Julianna Lucykanish 13 kills, 9 digs; Allison Solt 7 kills, 3 blocks; Aleea Yeakel 21 digs.

Records: Blue Mountain (8-6); Lehighton (10-6).

Pottsville-N’western

Pottsville earned a 3-1 non-league victory over Northwestern to remain undefeated.

Anna Edbeling and Lacey Clymer co-led the Tigers with 11 kills, while Kayla Schaffer amassed 21 assists and 23 digs.

Pottsville 3, Northwestern 1

Pottsville 25 18 25 25

Northwestern 15 25 22 18

Statistics: Northwestern - Anna Edbeling 11 kills, 2 blocks; Lacey Clymer 11 kills, 12 digs, 1 block; Kayla Schaffer 21 assists, 23 digs, 2 aces.

Records: Pottsville (14-0); Northwestern (13-5).

Tamaqua-Sch. Haven

Tamaqua was unable to keep up with Schuylkill Haven, who earned a 3-0 sweep.

Stephanie Chen led the Raiders with 15 digs, while Madison Schock tallied 11 digs and nine assists.

Schuylkill Haven 3, Tamaqua 0

Tamaqua 15 17 18

Schuylkill Haven 25 25 25

Statistics: Mackenzie Famularo 5 kills, 3 aces, 6 digs; Madison Schock 3 kills, 9 assists, 1 ace, 11 digs; Naomi Knitter 2 kills, 7 digs, 1 block; Payton Selby 6 kills, 1 assist, 1 ace, 8 digs; Stephanie Chen 15 digs.

Records: Tamaqua (3-14); Schuylkill Haven (6-7).

GIRLS SOCCER

N. Schuylkill-Tamaqua

In a resumed Schuylkill League contest from Sept. 1, Tamaqua scored three unanswered goals in the second half to come back and defeat North Schuylkill 3-1.

All three of the Raider goals came from Joey Vidzicki, while Sophia Sitlinger shut the door in net making 12 saves.

Mylee Bindie had the lone goal for the Spartans which came before the game’s postponement.

Tamaqua 3, North Schuylkill 1

North Schuylkill 1 0 - 1

Tamaqua 0 3 - 3

Goals: North Schuylkill - Mylee Bindie 1; Tamaqua - Joey Vidzicki 3; Assists: North Schuylkill - None; Tamaqua - Shaylee Gormley 1, Alaina Gomez 1; Saves: North Schuylkill - Addie Bilacki 11; Tamaqua - Sophia Sitlinger 12; Shots: North Schuylkill - 13; Tamaqua - 14.

Records: North Schuylkill (7-7-1; 6-2-1); Tamaqua (7-6; 4-4).

Pine Grove-Marian

Pine Grove rallied for five first-half markers and ran away from Marian with a 6-0 Schuylkill League win.

The Cardinals received two goals from Danielle High, along with three other scores in the first half.

Katie Knock made 11 saves for the Fillies, including the 500th of her career.

Pine Grove 6, Marian 0

Pine Grove 5 1 - 6

Marian 0 0 - 0

Goals: Pine Grove - Danielle High 2, Kendra Umbenhauer 1, Kya Wilhelm 1, Zoie Heberling 1; Marian - None; Saves: Pine Grove - N/A; Marian - Katie Knock 11, Esme Petschour 2.

Records: Pine Grove (10-3-2; 5-3-1); Marian (1-14; 0-9).

Palmerton-Jim Thorpe

Aubrey Frable recorded a hat trick on Saturday to help Palmerton roll to a 9-0 Colonial League victory over Jim Thorpe.

The Blue Bombers scored six times in the first half, with Addison Buck contributing two goals and two assists. Harper Lake added a goal and three assists, while Molly Borger, Aliyah Leonard and Taylor Wasilewski also scored.

Wasilewski made two saves to record the shutout.

Palmerton 9, Jim Thorpe 0

Palmerton 6 3 - 9

Jim Thorpe 0 0 - 0

Goals: Palmerton - Aubrey Frable 3, Addison Buck 2, Molly Borger 1, Harper Lake 1, Aliyah Leonard 1, Taylor Wasilewski 1; Jim Thorpe - None; Assists: Palmerton - Harper Lake 3, Addison Buck 2, Rachel Yaroslavsky 1; Jim Thorpe - None; Saves: Palmerton - Taylor Wasilewski 2; Jim Thorpe - N/A.

Records: Palmerton (10-3-2; 7-3-2); Jim Thorpe (1-14; 1-10).