Lehighton's Armbruster perfect
Allison Armbruster pitched a perfect game in the Lehighton softball team's win over Panther Valley on Saturday. The Northern Lehigh, Northwestern and Palmerton softball teams also earned victories over the weekend.
SOFTBALLPanther Valley-LehightonAllison Armbruster hurled a perfect game and Lehighton cruised to a 15-0 non-league win over Panther Valley in four innings.Armbruster recorded six strikeouts in the victory. Kyle Mertz had two hits and drove in four runs for the Indians (6-6), while Lyssa Pantella collected three hits and scored three runs. Heidi Greene added two hits and two runs scored for Lehighton.Panther Valley 000 0 - 0 0 0Lehighton 345 3 - 15 13 5Armbruster and Salerno; Pascoe and Drumbore. W - Armbruster. L - Pascoe.No. Lehigh-Saucon Vy.Kaitlin Hoffman struck out 12 and drove in three runs as Northern Lehigh rolled to a 15-0 Colonial League win in five innings over Saucon Valley.Kaitlin Hoffman had two hits, including a triple, while allowing just one hit. Lauren Hoffman went 2-for-4 with a triple and drove in three runs.Northern Lehigh 031 47 - 15 10 0Saucon Valley 000 00 - 0 1 2K. Hoffman; Okken. W - K. Hoffman. L - Okken.Northwestern-No. Dame GPNorthwestern dispatched Notre Dame GP 15-2 in five innings in Colonial League action.Brooke Wehr and Bree Bliss had two hits and two RBIs apiece for the Tigers (8-4, 8-3). Emily Akelaitis recorded five strikeouts while allowing just two walks and three hits in the circle.Northwestern 241 17 - 15 9 1Notre Dame-GP 000 11 - 2 3 6E. Akelaitis and Wehr; Gross and Coyle, Cooper (3). W - E. Akelaitis. L - Gross.Palmerton-PalisadesPalmerton jumped on Palisades early and rolled to an 11-1 Colonial League win.Alyssa Olewine went 4-for-4 with a double and three RBIs for the Blue Bombers (9-3, 7-3), who led 4-0 after the first inning. Paige Shupp earned the win in the circle also contributed two doubles and three RBIs at the plate.Palisades 000 01 - 1 2 0Palmerton 401 33 - 11 14 1Koeing and Skibo; Shupp and Frantz. W - Shupp. L - Koeing.BASEBALLPanther Valley-LehightonLehighton broke a 2-2 tie with a run in the bottom of the fifth inning to edge Panther Valley 3-2 in a non-league contest.Chris Whiteman had two hits and drove in a run for the Indians (5-6, 2-3). Cody Scherer went 1-for-2 with an RBI, while Zach Crum went 1-for-3 with a double. Donovan Buchinsky added a hit and scored two runs.Aaron Miller doubled for the Panthers (6-4, 4-1). Mason Goida struck out seven and didn't surrender a walk in six innings of work.Panther Vy. 000 200 0 - 2 8 2Lehighton 110 010 x - 3 6 2Sensinger and Scherer; Goida and Taras. W - Sensinger. L - Goida.Susq. Twp.-TamaquaA big second inning propelled Tamaqua to an 11-3 non-league win over Susquehanna Township.Daylon Barron finished 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs for the Blue Raiders (7-3), who pushed across five runs in the second inning. Nate Boyle also scored three times and collected two hits while driving in a run. Josh Inama had two RBIs and scored a run, while Casey Rother and Michael Minchhoff finished with one RBI apiece.Susquehanna Twp. 200 010 0 - 3 5 5Tamaqua 150 032 x - 11 9 1Merlina, McGraw and Leisey; Evans, Moyer (5) and Burns, Rother (5). W - Evans. L - Merlina.Marian-CrestwoodCrestwood handed Marian a 10-4 non-league setback.Brandon Brozena and Michael Bafunno had two hits and two RBIs for the Comets.Chris Latoff was 2-for-2 with a walk and two runs scored for the Colts. Daniel Keer went 1-for-3 with two RBIs, while Adam Salazar and Ryan Cappel both tallied hits and scored runs.Marian 000 030 1 - 4 7 5Crestwood 430 021 x - 10 12 0Salazar, Wilson (3), Keselicka (5), Cann (6); Morra, Kaminski, Brozena and Rozitski. W - Morra. L - Salazar.No. Lehigh-Saucon ValleySaucon Valley scored four unanswered runs en route to a 4-1 Colonial League win against Northern Lehigh.Austin Hemingway drove in a run to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning.Kyle Petsch had two RBIs for the Panthers, who scored all four of their runs in the fourth and fifth innings.No. Lehigh 001 000 0 - 1 3 3Saucon Vy. 000 130 x - 4 10 1Evangelist, Kistler; Smith. W - Smith. L - Evangelist.Northwestern-No. Dame GPNotre Dame GP held off Northwestern for a 3-2 Colonial League victory.Shane Beyer had a double and RBI for the Crusaders.Tyler Schreiner and Tyler Wiik drove in runs for the Tigers in the top of the seventh inning. Mason Vogwill recorded six strikeouts.Northwestern 000 000 2 - 2 7 3Notre Dame GP 003 000 x - 3 8 1Vogwill; Boyer, Luke. W - Boyer. L - Vogwill.Palmerton-PalisadesPalisades topped Palmerton 2-1 in Colonial League play.Matt McGrath struck out four and added a triple for the Pirates.Brody Boehler had a double and RBI in the top of the seventh inning for the Blue Bombers.Palmerton 000 000 1 - 1 5 1Palisades 100 001 x - 2 3 0McGrath and Oechsle; Silfies and Mooney. W - McGrath. L - Silfies.Salem Christian-WeatherlyWeatherly swept Salem Christian Academy in a non-league doubleheader.Lou Mastroddi recorded five hits for the Wreckers, who won the first game 11-1 and posted a 6-0 victory in Game 2.Mastroddi finished with three hits in Game 1 before collecting two more in the second game. Chris MacNeal got the win in the first game for Weatherly (3-6) and contributed three hits and two RBIs in the second contest.Game 1Salem Christian 100 00 - 1 2 3Weatherly 251 21 - 11 13 2Rosak, Brooks and Zelinger; MacNeal and Kalinowski. W - MacNeal. L - Rosak.Game 2Salem Christian 000 000 0 - 0 4 0Weatherly 102 210 x - 6 9 0German, Landis and Brooks; Buck and Osifat. W - Buck. L - German.TRACKTamaqua, Marian atShippensburg InvitationalMarian's team of Nicole Capparell, Tina Capparell, Natalia Konitzer and Camaryn Wheeler won the girls 1600-relay Saturday at the Shippensburg Invitational at Shippensburg University.The Fillies won the event with a time of 4:19.60. Fairfield was second (4:23.57).Tamaqua's Olivia Stanek, Nicole Wasserleben, April Gerber and Monika Shimko finished second in the 3200-relay with a time of 10:20.70.Tina Capparell was also second in the 1600 (5:23.24) and third in the 800 (2:29.40). Shimko was second in the 800 (2:25.17).Wheeler placed third in the 200 with a time of 27.29, and Brenna Karnish gave Marian a third place result in the shot put (33-8). The Raiders' Alyssa Campomizzi was also third in the javelin (104-3).Sarah Maue was fourth in the 1600 (5:31.56) for Tamaqua.Matt Smarr grabbed a runner-up finish in the pole vault (13-0) for the Blue Raiders in the boys' competition.Marian's Jarrin Geisinger was fourth in the 100 (11.44), as was Tamaqua's Brad Clemson in the 800 (2:06.50).