Marian rolled past Nativity in softball to clinch the Schuylkill League Division 3 title.

Palmerton, Tamaqua, Jim Thorpe and Weatherly all won softball games, with the Lady Wreckers sweeping a doubleheader.In baseball, Marian and Northern Lehigh were victorious.SOFTBALLMarian-NativityMarian defeated Nativity in a Schuylkill League clash, 10-1, to claim the Division 3 championship.The Fillies' Alex Stroia had four hits, one a home run, four RBIs and three runs scored.Marian's Kaitlin Kowsker had three hits and Lindsay Nemeth and Gabby Cann both had two hits apiece. Pitcher Bethany Shaud struck out six and walked just one.Steph Killian of Nativity had two hits.With the win, Marian improved to 14-3 overall and 9-3 in the Schuylkill League.Marian 020 241 1 - 10 16 2Nativity 001 000 0 - 1 7 1Shaud and Nemeth; Holobetz and Warren. W - Shaud. L - Holobetz. HR - Marian: Stroia (7th, none on).Palmerton-No. LehighPalmerton picked up a 10-5 win over Northern Lehigh in a Colonial League contest.Steph Brinker had three hits, one a home run, scored three runs and knocked in four to lead the Bombers (11-8; 7-8). Trish Connolly added three hits and four RBIs while winning pitcher Kendra Pekurny had three hits and scored twice.For the Bulldogs (7-12; 5-10), Cassie Toth had a hit and scored two runs.Palmerton 240 030 1 - 10 14 4No. Lehigh 021 000 2 - 5 5 2Pekurny and Campbell; Thomas, Pristash (6) and Hargreaves. W - Pekurny. L - Thomas. HR: Palmerton - Brinker (5th, one on).Panther Valley-PottsvillePanther Valley lost to Pottsville in both halves of a Schuylkill League double header by scores of 16-1 and 18-1.Crimson Tide pitcher Jess Porter had six strikeouts in game two. Kendra Boris had three RBIs in the double header.Hannah Hill had a hit in each game for the Panthers (1-17; 0-11).GAME ONEPanther Vy 100 - 1 2 8Pottsville 961 - 16 6 1Tobin and Garland; Beers and Rodriguez. W - Tobin. L - Rodriguez.GAME TWOPottsville 518 4 - 18 8 1Panther Vy 100 0 - 1 2 8Porter, Tobin(4) and Shrift; Goodroe, Beers(3) and Rodriguez. W - Porter. L - Goodroe.Tamaqua-Blue MountainTamaqua scored six runs in the top of the seventh inning to earn a come-from-behind Schuylkill League victory over Blue Mountain, 8-5.Shayna Dietrich and Brianna Wittig each had two-RBI hits in the seventh inning.In the sixth inning, Tamaqua's Carly Sassaman had a two-run triple.Tamaqua 000 002 6 - 8 6 3Blue Mtn 030 020 0 - 5 10 3Tothero and Labe; Pedersen and Sassaman. W - Pedersen. L - Tothero.Shenandoah Valley-WeatherlyWeatherly swept a Schuylkill League twinbill from Shenandoah Valley by scores of 15-5 and 11-3.In the first game, Dominique Adamczyk had four hits and knocked in four runs. In the second contest, Jess Maiello had two hits and drove in four runs while Kelly Parker added a pair of hits and three RBIs.GAME ONEShenandoah 302 000 - 5 8 6Weatherly 053 502 - 15 10 0Johns, Burke (1), Petrushonis (3), C. Harrington (4) and Parker; Polchin and Maiello. W - Polchin. L - Petrushonis.GAME TWOWeatherly 432 011 0 - 11 11 2Shenandoah 000 120 0 - 3 2 3Parker and Maiello; C. Harrington, Petrushonis (3) and Florio. W - Parker. L - Harrington.Lehighton-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe was victorious over Lehighton in a nonleague game, 10-9.The Indians scored seven runs in the final four innings, but Jim Thorpe got the go-ahead run in the top of seventh inning.Amanada Louden crushed a two-run home run for the Indians. Sophia Everett was 3-for-5 in the contest.Jim Thorpe 180 000 1 - 10 10 5Lehighton 200 232 0 - 9 11 1Hoherchak, Holloway (5) and Marzen, Kehrli (5); Bickert, Armbruster (2), Binyon (3) and Andrews. W - Holloway. L - Binyon. HR: Lehighton - Louden (6th inning, one on)BASEBALLMarian-Mahanoy AreaMarian defeated Mahanoy Area in a Schuylkill League battle, 15-7.The Colts' Frank Nietz, Pete Baddick, and Austin Paisley all had two hits apiece. Luke Stawick, Robbie Hinkle and Anthony Agosti each had three RBIs.Nolan Fegley of Mahanoy had three hits and five RBIs, while teammate Ryan Buchman had three hits in the contest.Marian 024 300 6 - 15 16 3Mahanoy 101 010 4 - 7 8 3Hinkle, Kubishin (6), Nietz (7) and Snerr; Davies, Buchman (3), Kimmel (4), Streisel (7), Miller (7) and Fegley. W - Hinkle. L - Davies.Palmerton-Northern LehighNorthern Lehigh defeated Palmerton at home in a Colonial League clash, 3-1.The Bulldogs Matt Egan tossed a complete game while allowing four hits and striking out three.Zach Moll of Northern Lehigh drove in all three runs. Tyler Dibilio had two hits.Palmerton's Jonathan Schwartz had a single. Teammate Nathan DeKorte had two hits and one RBI.Palmerton 000 000 1 - 1 4 0No Lehigh 102 000 x - 3 8 0Weber and Geroge; Egan and Rex. W - Egan. L - Weber.Catasauqua-NorthwesternCatasauqua was victorious over Northwestern by a 4-3 final in a Colonial League match up.The Roughies pushed across a run in the top of the seventh to pull out the win.The loss dropped the Tigers to 11-8 overall and 10-6 in the league.Catasauqua 200 100 1 - 4 9 0Northwestern 000 003 0 - 3 9 2W - Schiffer. L - Rodriguez.Panther Valley-PottsvillePottsville took a Schuylkill League twinbill from Panther Valley by scores of 11-5 and 6-4.The Panthers' Mark Williams had three hits, one a two-run homer, in the first game while Jake Kusko had three hits, two of them doubles, in the second contest. Matt Buss had three hits in the doubleheader while Anthony Vavra finished with two hits in the second game.GAME ONEPottsville 131 600 0 - 11 10 1Panther Vy. 000 201 2 - 5 7 4Toomey and Hinchliffe, Vandermeer (4); Vavra, Hudicka (4) and Buss. W - Toomey. L - Vavra. HR: Panther Vy. - Williams.GAME TWOPanther Vy. 002 002 0 - 4 7 5Pottsville 001 140 x - 6 5 2Goida, Kusko (6) and Buss; McGarry, Moser (5), Blankenhorn (7) and Vandermeer, Hinchliffe (5).Tamaqua-Blue MountainTamaqua fell to Blue Mountain, 10-4 in a Schuylkill League game.Blue Mountain's Sean Grapsy pitched well and had two hits and three RBIs. Fellow Eagle Troy Moyer was three for four with two runs scored.For the Raiders, Bo Rottet was 2for-4 with a double and three runs scored. Matt Roberts had three hits, a double, and two RBIs. Brett Kosciolek contributed two hits and one RBI.Tamaqua 101 020 0 - 4 7 6Blue Mtn 031 105 x - 10 12 1Minchoff, Moll (4), Roberts (6) and Roberts, Bates (6); Grapsy, Greenawalt (7) and Harding. W - Grapsy. L - Minchoff.