Lehighton and No.Lehigh get big softball wins
Lehighton and Northern Lehigh picked up big softball wins in local sports action on Tuesday.
SOFTBALLLehighton-TamaquaAmanda Loudon delivered what turned out to be the game-winning RBI in the top of the 12th inning to lift Lehighton to a 3-2 Schuylkill League win over Tamaqua.The Indians' Rachel Greene scored the go-ahead run.After the Indians scored to go up by one in the top of the 10th on an Ally Armbruster fielder's choice RBI, the Blue Raiders' Lynn Kistler ended up extending the game another inning with an RBI double, scoring Merranda Zehner,The Blue Raiders' Cailyn Joseph (two singles) and Miranda Chinchar (single, double) had multiple hitters.Lehighton 100 000 000 11 - 3 4 4Tamaqua 000 100 000 10 - 2 8 2Bickert and Hunsicker; Pedersen and Stauffenberg. W - Bickert. L - Pedersen.Pine Grove-Jim ThorpePine Grove defeated Jim Thorpe in Schuylkill League competition, 13-2.Maggie Holloway, Brittney Marzen, Fiducia Miranda, and Alyssa Stamets each supplied hits for the Lady Olympians.Pine Grove 111 037 - 13 16 2Jim Thorpe 100 010 - 2 5 2Schach and Kopinetz; Holloway and Marzen. W - Schach. L - Holloway.Becahi-Pleasant Vy.A 10-run opening inning sparked Bethlehem Catholic to a 21-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.The Golden Hawks' Elyse Cuttic tossed a one hit shutout, as she finished with six strikeouts and allowed two walks.Becahi (10)47 - 21 13 0Pleasant Vy. 000 - 0 1 2Cuttic and Sledz; Diabo, Frable (1) and Hill. W - Cuttic. L - Diabo.Bangor-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh handed Bangor its first loss of the season with a 2-0 victory.Kaitlin Hoffman paced the Bulldogs with a perfect 2-for-2 performance at the plate, which included a single and a solo homerun in the third inning.Teammate Sagan Schaffer chipped in with a single and an RBI.Northern Lehigh improves to 5-3 overall and 3-3 in the CL, while Bangor falls to 5-1 overall and 4-1 in the CL.Bangor 000 000 0 - 0 7 1No. Lehigh 001 001 x - 2 5 1Constable and Caleen; Ziegler and D. Hoffman. W - Ziegler. L - Constable. HR: NL - K. Hoffman (3rd, none on).BASEBALLBecahi-Pleasant Vy.Pleasant Valley used a five-run second inning to post an 8-1 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Bethlehem Catholic.Brendan Kearns paced the Bears with a single, double and three RBIs, while Matthew Konopke added two singles, two runs scored and a stolen base.PV's Brett Hardy chipped in with two singles and a run scored.Kearns was also the winning pitcher.Becahi 100 000 0 - 1 1 2Pleasant Vy. 150 020 x - 8 11 2Morrow, Super (2), Indelicato (5) and Stuard; K. Kearns, George (7) and Pandolfo. W - K. Kearns. L - Morrow.Bangor-No. LehighBangor jumped on Northern Lehigh early and never looked back on its way to a 15-0 Colonial League win.Evan Meixsell and Luke Eitner collected the Bulldogs' lone hits off Slaters' pitcher Landon Labar.Josh Field led the Slaters with two singles, three runs scored and three RBIs.Bangor 346 2 - 15 11 2No. Lehigh 000 0 - 0 2 5Labar and Field; Colon, Evangelist (3) and Kistler. W - Colon. L - Labar.TENNISPM West-Jim ThorpePocono Mountain West recorded a 5-0 non-conference win over Jim Thorpe.Jim Thorpe slips to 0-11 on the season.PM West 5, Jim Thorpe 0SINGLESTim Gaudette (PMW) def. Shaun DiCostanzo 6-3, 6-0; Owen Orlowski (PMW) def. Luke Carter 4-6, 6-2, 6-0; Bryan Saunders (PMW) def. Matt Widdicombe 6-0, 6-1.DOUBLESTroy Anderson-Roih/Juwan Victor (PMW) def. Chris Widdicombe/John Fedora 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Joe Romano/Tom Gaudette (PMW) def. Matt Green/Emilio Mercado 6-0, 6-3.Easton-Pleasant Vy.Easton walked off the courts with a 5-2 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Pleasant Valley.Najja Francis recorded the Bears' lone singles win, while Tyler and Brian Kagel posted a win in doubles.Easton 5, Pleasant Vy. 2SINGLESLezaad Addison (E) def. Steven Nale 6-0, 6-2; Najja Francis (PV) def. Jake Cabreza 6-0, 6-0; Karl Kinney (E) def. Jake Ammerman 6-2, 6-0.DOUBLESAddison/Kinney (E) def. Nale/Francis 8-1 proset; Keith Greza/Thomas Berg (E) def. Nick Vo/Youseff Elmontacir 6-2, 6-7 (5-7tb), 7-5; Tyler Fahrenkopf/Brian Kagel (PV) def. Dominic Viscom/Tyler Fitch 6-1, 3-6, 6-0; Ethan Gabay/Zach Stengio (E) def. Alec Herman/Antonio Carbone 7-5, 6-2.BOYS LACROSSEEmmaus-Pleasant ValleyEmmaus ran away with a 14-2 victory over Pleasant Valley.Chris Kaye and Santana scored the Bears' lone goals.PV's keeper Tucker Anglemyer finished with 14 saves.