Bombers, Panthers lose on diamond
Both Palmerton and Panther Valley's baseball teams ran into some stellar pitching Tuesday.
The Bombers were no-hit by Bangor's Tanner Brescancine while the Panthers went hitless against North Schuylkill's Tevin Murray.BASEBALLPalmerton-BangorThe Slaters managed to score in every inning en route to a 10-0 win over the Blue Bombers in Colonial League action behind a no-hitter from Tanner Brescancine.Brescancine fanned 11 Palmerton batters, walked none and hit one by a pitch.Ty Achtermann took the loss.Palmerton 000 00 - 0 0 4Bangor 312 31 - 10 11 1Achtermann, Weber (4) and Cook. W - Brescancine. L - Achtermann.Panther Vy.-No. SchuylkillThe Spartans used a perfect game by Tevin Murray and the big bat of Matt Smarkanic to score a 15-0 victory over the Panthers in Schuylkill Division I action.Smarkanic hit a three-run homer to highlight a 10-run fourth inning and also doubled.Luke Stano took the loss.Panther Vy. 000 00 - 0 0 2No. Schuylkill 401 (10)x - 15 11 0Stano and Black; Murray and Burke. W - Murray. L - Stano.SOFTBALLPanther Vy.-No. SchuylkillThe Spartans needed just three innings to score a 15-0 victory over the Lady Panthers.Scoring 11 runs in the second inning, Zierra Treshock hit a three-run triple followed by a three-run homer from Chase Stokes in the inning.Kelly Damiter and Tiff Lapotsky added two hits each for the Spartans.Kylie Catena had a single in the first inning for the lone PV hit.Panther Vy. 000 - 0 1 7No. Schuylkill 1(11)3 - 15 12 0Hill and Rodriguez; Hutira and Peleschak. W - Hutira. L - Hill.Palmerton-BangorThe Slaters scored 12 runs in the top of the seventh for a come-from-behind 15-11 Colonial League win over the Lady Bombers.Samantha Zeruth had three hits and three RBI's and Kiley Kuchar also drove in three runs for Bangor.Steph Brinker, Kendra Pekurny, Lauren Campbell and Jordan Boyer had three hits each for Palmerton.Bangor 003 000 (12) - 15 11 2Palmerton 002 401 4 - 11 20 1Happel, Langdon (5) and Smith; Pekurney, Gower (7) and Campbell. W - Langdon. L - Pekurney.TENNISJim Thorpe-PottsvilleJim Thorpe dropped a Schuylkill League match by a score of 5-2 on Tuesday.Pottsville swept the doubles competition 2-0, and took three out of five in singles play to earn the victory.Jim Thorpe's No. 4 singles player Brett Luicana and No. 5 singles player Austin Faylor were the lone victors on the day for the Olympians.Pottsville 5, Jim Thorpe 2SINGLESAndres Enriquez (P) def, Matt Miller (JT) 6-1, 6-0; Austin Stupp (P) def. John Lowin (JT) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (10-8); Nick Mason (P) def. Luke Eggert (JT) 7-6 (8-6), 0-6, 7-6 (10-5); Brett Luicana (JT) def. Austin Womer (P) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10-6); Austin Faylor (JT) def Pat Coyle (P) 6-0, 6-1.DOUBLESAndres Enriquez/Austin Stump (P) def Brett Luicana/Austin Faylor (JT) 8-5; Nick Mason/Brendan Kessick (P) def. Luke Eggert/John Lowin (JT) 6-0, 6-0.Stroudsburg-LehightonStroudsburg defeated Lehighton in a Mountain Valley match up, 6-1.Peter Phelan earned the lone victory for the Indians as he defeated his singles opponent 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.Stroudsburg 7, Lehighton 1SINGLESBrady Wyatt (S) def. Tegan Durishin 6-0, 6-2; Peter Phelan (L) def. Nadir Nannaa 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Danny Trtuccino (S) def. Spenc David 6-1, 6-1DOUBLESBryson Butz/Brady Wyatt (S) def. Michael Perkins/Alyssa Jordan 8-0; Will Lynch/Brian Smith (S) def. Chris Windbeck/Josh Knappenberger 6-2, 6-2; Connor Cassidy/Luke Artzt (S) def. Emily Cerimele/Andrew Schaeffer 6-1, 6-0; Corbin Buff/Jake Rubin (S) def. Kurt Heideck/Thomas Phelan 6-0, 6-0.ES South-Pleasant ValleyPleasant Valley improved to 9-1 on the season with a 7-0 victory over East Stroudsburg South in a Mountain Valley Conference clash.The Bears, who also are now 6-1 in the MVC, were impressive from top to bottom. Anthony Taldone and Stephen Nale were victorious in their doubles match, 6-0, 6-0.Pleasant Valley 7, ES South 0SINGLESJon White (PV) def. Aki Moilevthiel 6-0, 6-2; Jon Walmach (PV) def. Patrick Dyluiert 6-0, 6-3; Stephen Berry (PV) def. Bobby Jaycox 6-2, 6-1.DOUBLESEric Schmidt/Davis Reiss (PV) def. Jon Williams/Damien Nyguen 8-1; Erik Ammermann/Brandon Perrey (PV) def. Mitchel James/DJ Van Solkema 6-1, 6-2; Kevin Bantel/Eric Galante (PV) def. Logan Zucchino/Bobby Rutherford 6-2, 6-3; Anthony Taldone/Stephe Nale (PV) def. Theo Winslett/Tommy Mao 6-0, 6-0.