Lehighton's Autumn Bickert and Weatherly's Molly Isom both pitched three-inning no-hitters in softball action Saturday.

Baseball winners included Lehighton, Palmerton and Marian.SOFTBALLLehighton-Panther ValleyAutumn Bickert tossed a three-inning no-hitter and helped her cause with two hits at the plate in leading Lehighton to a 15-0 win over Panther Valley.Bickert, who recorded four of the nine outs by strikeout, benefited from her team's 10-run first inning.The Indians (7-4) also received two hits from Kayla Heffelfinger and Saige Miller.The loss dropped the Panthers' record to 2-8.Lehighton (10)50 - 15 10 1Panther Vy. 000 - 0 0 6Bickert and Hunsicker, Hoffman (3); Markovich and Clouser. W - Bickert. L - Markovich.Whitehall-PalmertonGabrielle Molitoris had a big day at the plate to lead Whitehall to an 8-3 non-league win over Palmerton.Molitoris had three hits and knocked in five runs for the Zephyrs, who improved to 11-1. Winning pitcher Ashlee Brosky added three hits and two RBIs.For the Blue Bombers (6-6), Alyssa Olewine had two hits and an RBI, while Jordan Boyer had two hits and a run scored.Whitehall 302 300 0 - 8 14 0Palmerton 100 002 0 - 3 8 0Brosky and Bortz; Dugan and Krome. W - Brosky. L - Dugan.Weatherly-Lincoln LAMolly Isom fired a three-inning no-hitter in the second game of a doubleheader to help Weatherly gain a sweep of Lincoln Leadership Academy.Necarlly Serrata had three hits to back Isom's pitching gem in the 16-0 win. Sam Knepper added two hits.In the first game, Knepper collected four hits and knocked in three runs during an 18-3 rout. The Wreckers (3-7) also received two hits in that first game from Morgan Gower, Shannon Frye and winning pitcher Samantha Kane.Game 1Weatherly 730 53 - 18 11 3Lincoln LA 100 02 - 3 3 2W - Kane.Game 2Weatherly 196 - 16 11 1Lincoln LA 000 - 0 0 2W - Isom.Northwest-MarianMarian dropped its third straight game, suffering a 4-1 non-league defeat to Northwest.Brooke Harvey tossed a four-hitter, allowing just a seventh-inning run, to gain the pitching win.The Fillies (2-7) received an RBI single from Payge Wufsus.Northwest 010 011 1 - 4 6 0Marian 000 000 1 - 1 4 2Harvey and B. Babcock; Joy and Kowker. W - Harvey. L - Joy.BASEBALLJim Thorpe-PalmertonJared Mooney's RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning chased home the tie-breaking and eventual winning run in Palmerton's 4-3 non-league victory over Jim Thorpe.Jon Schwartz had two hits, one a triple, for the Blue Bombers (9-4), while Toby Sander earned the pitching win in relief of Brody Boehler.For the Olympians, who dropped to 5-7, Derek Joyce had a double.Jim Thorpe 101 001 0 - 3 5 0Palmerton 100 021 x - 4 8 1Parembo and A. Joyce; Boehler, Sander (6) and Mooney. W - Sander. L - Porembo.Lehighton-Panther ValleyCody Scherer had three hits and Brody Hydro's RBI single in the top of the ninth inning proved to be the winning run in Lehighton's 5-4 victory over Panther Valley.The Indians (6-4) forced extra innings with a run in the seventh and then tallied two more in the ninth. An error pushed across the first run in the winning frame, and Hydro's hit gave his team some insurance.That insurance was needed when the Panthers (6-5) received a run-scoring hit from Mason Goida in the home ninth.Collin Haupt, however, got the final out to preserve Lehighton's win.The Tribe also received two hits from Haupt and eight innings pitched from winner Damian Mele.For the Panthers, Anthony Vavra collected three hits, while Matt Hudicka and Anthony Micholik each had two.Lehighton 002 000 102 - 5 11 1Panther Vy. 100 002 001 - 4 9 3Mele, Haupt (9) and Wagner; Taras, Micholik (8), Vavra (9) and M. Goida. W - Mele. L - Vavra.Northwest-MarianMarian scored four runs in the first inning and held on to gain an 8-4 non-league win over Northwest.Nick Kubishin collected four hits, one a triple, and scored two runs for the Colts (8-2).The winners also received three hits, three runs and three RBIs from Daniel Keer, who picked up the pitching win. Mason Evitts added a double, triple and two RBIs, while Rob Hinkle scored two runs.Northwest 030 110 0 - 5 5 3Marian 421 001 x - 8 12 2Bran. Hardiman, Campbell (2) and Ford; Evitts, Keer (3), Paisley (6) and Hinkle. W - Keer. L - Hardiman. HR: Northwest - Campbell (5th, none on).Minersville-WeatherlyDillon Bizarre had a double and a triple for Weatherly, but the Wreckers dropped a 7-3 decision to Minersville.Chris Leshko had three hits to pace the Battlin' Miners.Weatherly (3-7) also received two hits from A.J. Knepper, Zach Moon and Jeremy Moser.Minersville 111 201 1 - 7 13 2Weatherly 100 011 0 - 3 11 3W - Fekette. L - Moon.TRACKShippensburg InvitationalFour Times News area athletes achieved a pair of Top-5 finishes at the Shippensburg Jake Roddick High School Invitational.The four were Tamaqua's Morgan Boyle and Allison Pedersen, Marian's Tina Capparell, and Jim Thorpe's Rayan Green.Tamaqua, Marian and Weatherly competed in the Class AA field, while Jim Thorpe participated with the Class AAA schools.Boyle took second in the javelin and fourth in the pole vault, while Pedersen captured fifth in both the discus and shot put.Capparell finished second in the 2000 steeplechase and third in the 800. Green turned in a second-place showing in the triple jump and a fifth in the long jump.Other area athletes to gain at least a fifth place included Tamaqua's Monika Shimko (second in 800), Kayla Holland (fourth in discus), Kailee Carroll (fifth in 3200), and Matt Smarr (fifth in pole vault); Marian's Mark Buchinsky (fourth in triple jump), Camaryn Wheeler (fifth in 200), Natalia Konitzar (fifth in 400), and Dominic Mussoline (fifth in 800); and Jim Thorpe's Autumn Cope (third in javelin).TENNISColonial LeagueChampionshipsPalmerton's two doubles teams both gained wins in the quarterfinal round, but fell in the semifinals during the annual Colonial League Championships, held Saturday at Saucon Valley.The Blue Bombers' No. 1 team of Jacob Brown and Marc Roselli entered as the fourth seed and downed the fifth-seeded duo from Salisbury. Palmerton's No. 2 squad of Logan Miller and Jordan Dopsovic, seeded fifth, upset the fourth-seeded team from Southern Lehigh.The two Palmerton teams lost in the semifinals to the No. 1 seeds, both from Moravian Academy.The Bombers' singles players all dropped their opening-round contests.BOYS LACROSSEPleasant Vy.-Saucon Vy.A big second quarter helped Saucon Valley gain a 19-12 non-league win over Pleasant Valley.The Panthers tallied 12 times in that big frame to take a 16-4 lead.Nick Bracalente scored six goals and added two assists to pace the winners.For PV, Samir Hoxha had six goals. The Bears also received two goals and three assists from Kris Kaye.GIRLS LACROSSESaucon Vy.-Pleasant Vy.Pleasant Valley dropped an 18-6 non-league decision to Saucon Valley.Helen Kreshollect had four goals to lead the Panthers, while Madeline Zyck and Katherine Naiburg each had three.The Bears received a pair of goals from Alyssa Lopez and Jasmine VanSpanje.