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Marian, Pleasant Vy. roll on diamond

Marian and Pleasant Valley both posted victories in baseball and softball on Wednesday.

Also, the Tamaqua boys and girls track teams picked up a sweep of Minersville.BASEBALLPleasant Valley-PM EastPleasant Valley scored nine runs in the top of the seventh inning to surge past Pocono Mountain East 11-4 in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference contest.Nick Gattuso had a double and two RBIs for the Bears, who trailed 4-2 entering the seventh inning. Justin Stasiak and Joshua Adamski both had a double and an RBI for Pleasant Valley.The Bears' Danny McEvoy recorded eight strikeouts on the mound and earned the win.Pleasant Vy. 000 200 9 - 11 10 4PM East 130 000 0 - 4 11 4W - McEvoy. HR: PME - Peechatka.No. Schuylkill-LehightonCody Scherer hit a two-run triple in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a 1-1 tie and lift Lehighton to a 4-3 Schuylkill League Division 1 victory.Collin Haupt followed Scherer with an RBI single. Zach Crum had two hits for the Indians (6-10, 3-6).Chris Burke and Richie Zahadnick had two hits apiece for the Spartans (9-7, 4-5), who scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning.No. Schuylkill 000 100 2 - 3 7 2Lehighton 000 130 x - 4 6 2Stokes and Rockwell; Whiteman, Heery (7) and Wagner. W - Whiteman. L - Stokes. S - Heery.Marian-ShenandoahMarian built an early lead and added insurance late to down Shenandoah Valley, 10-1, in Schuylkill League action.Danny Keer and Nick Kubishin both had two hits, two RBIs and a run scored to lead the Colts. Gabe Bauer was 1-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Keer's big game helped him achieve a milestone as the hits were the 100th and 101st of his career.Marian's Jared Paisley had a strong game on the mound. Paisley went the distance, yielding seven hits and striking out four.Marian 200 206 0 - 10 10 0Shenandoah 000 010 0 - 1 7 0Paisley and Nolter; Conroy, McCole (6) and Dombrowski. W - Paisley. L - Conroy.Northern Lehigh-BangorBangor jumped on Northern Lehigh early en route to a 7-3 Colonial League win.Seth Benton, Reece Jones and Drew Kluska all had doubles in addition to driving in runs for the Slaters, who led 3-0 after the first inning.Gio Colon and Austin Hemingway had a double and an RBI for the Bulldogs.No. Lehigh 000 002 1 - 3 7 2Bangor 300 220 x - 7 13 1Colon, Evangelist; Benton. W - Benton. L - Colon.Northwestern-Pen ArgylThomas Rissmiller had two RBIs and Pen Argyl handed Northwestern a 6-1 setback in Colonial League action.Chris Billiard (1-for-3), Austin Compano and Joey DePaolo (2-for-3) also drove in runs for the Green Knights.Tyler Schreiner had an RBI for the Tigers.Northwestern 000 010 0 - 1 8 3Pen Argyl 002 202 x - 6 10 1Vogwill, Laudenslaler (5); Hicks, Santiago (7). W - Hicks. L - Vogwill.Palmerton-Notre Dame GPNotre Dame got a walk-off single from Austin Kaulius in the bottom of the seventh to pull off a come-from-behind 4-3 Colonial League win over Palmerton.The Blue Bombers battled back from a 2-0 deficit to score three in the fourth, leading to Kaulius' heroics late.Shane Beyer had an RBI double for the winners.For the Bombers, Jacob Taschler, Ian Silfies and Tanner Burnett all knocked in runs. Taschler also had a double.Palmerton 000 300 0 - 3 6 2Notre Dame 011 000 2 - 4 4 1Perschy, Mooney (7) and Burnett; Moffitt, Herman and Beyer. W - Herman. L - Mooney.Sch. Haven-Panther ValleySchuylkill Haven benefited from several miscues to take a 3-1 Schuylkill League victory over Panther Valley.The tandem of Dillon Dress and Jake Pothering combined to give up one run off one hit from the Panthers' Tristan Blasko, who drilled an RBI double in the bottom of the fourth to get his team off the schnide.With the loss, the Panthers fall to 8-8 overall and 5-5 in league on the season.Schuylkill Haven 011 001 0 - 3 5 1Panther Valley 000 100 0 - 1 1 4Dress, Pothering (3) and A. Clauser; Goida, Miller (6) and Taras. W - Dress. L - Goida.Pottsville-TamaquaPottsville combined some strong hitting with some errors from Tamaqua to post a 6-0 Schuylkill League win.In the third frame, a double by Gavin Hinchliffe began the scoring, and two errors on one play yielded a 3-0 Tide lead.In the seventh, Eric Wapinsky's single and Sam Siminitus' double accounted for the other three tallies to produce the shutout win.The pitching duo of Hinchliffe and Noah Nabholtz yielded just one hit to the Blue Raiders (11-5, 6-4).Tamaqua's Nate Boyle had a third-inning single.Pottsville 003 000 3 - 6 8 0Tamaqua 000 000 0 - 0 1 3Hinchliffe, Nabholtz (4) and Herndon; Zuber, Rother (7) and Rother, Knoblauch (7). W - Hinchliffe. L - Zuber.Mahanoy Area-WeatherlyWeatherly scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge Mahanoy Area 10-9 in a Schuylkill League Division 3 contest.Gary Buck and Andrew Ray drew bases-loaded walks with two outs in the final frame to give the Wreckers (5-9, 2-7) the win. Louis Mastroddi had three hits for Weatherly, while A.J. Knepper, Jeremy Moser and Chris MacNeal each tallied two hits.Mahanoy 311 013 0 - 9 7 5Weatherly 330 101 2 10 11 5W - Knepper. L - Andrewsky.SOFTBALLPleasant Valley-PM EastPleasant Valley erupted for 18 hits to defeat Pocono Mountain East 16-4 in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference outing.The Bears' Jenna Scheller and Alyssa Kotzmann both had stellar showings at the plate as they finished 4-for-5. Scheller hit a home run and Kotzmann had a triple among their hits. Taylor Steckel, Lauren Steckel and Janelle Frable all chipped in with doubles for PV.Pleasant Valley 103 024 6 - 16 18 2Pocono Mt East 102 010 0 - 4 12 4Frable, McKeever (6) and Morales; Franco, Smith (3) and Bucci. W - Frable. L - Franco. HR: PV - Scheller.No. Schuylkill-LehightonHaley Burd struck out five and allowed just four hits as North Schuylkill shutout Lehighton 7-0 in a Schuylkill League Division 1 contest.Burd also had two hits for the Spartans. Schuyler Ossman had two hits and four RBIs.Haley Steigerwalt was 2-for-3 for the Indians.No. Schuylkill 230 002 0 - 7 10 0Lehighton 000 000 0 - 0 4 3Burd and Marlow; Armbruster, Engle (2), Kunkle (7) and Salerno. W - Burd. L - Armbruster.Palmerton-NDGPPalmerton built an early lead and held on for a 6-4 Colonial League victory.Baylee Guedes had three RBIs for the Blue Bombers (13-5, 11-5), who led 4-0 after the second inning. Kailah Altemose was 2-for-3 with two doubles. Starting pitcher Paige Shupp struck out eight and collected two hits.Cailee Murphy had two RBIs for the Crusaders (6-10, 5-9), who scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.Palmerton 130 020 0 - 6 7 1Notre Dame GP 000 004 0 - 4 13 2P. Shupp and S. Shupp; S. Gross and C. Murphy. W - P. Shupp. L - S. Gross.Mahanoy Area-WeatherlyMahanoy Area rolled to a 17-9 Schuylkill League Division 3 win over Weatherly.Emily Lawrence pitched a two-hitter and hit two doubles for the Bears (8-8, 5-5).Necarly Serrata and Khadijah Zuberi singled for the Wreckers (5-8, 2-8).Mahanoy 472 22 - 17 12 2Weatherly 201 02 - 5 2 8Lawrence and Bruce; Wilkinson, Wenner (5) and Frye. W - Lawrence. L - Wilkinson.Marian-Shenandoah Vy.Marian stormed ahead early and put an end to Shenandoah Valley in five frames, prevailing 13-0.Miranda Antiga had three hits and scored four times for the Fillies (12-5, 7-3), while Karlee Gimeno had two hits and four RBIs. Mackenzie Joy added two hits for the winners.For the Devils, Smulligan had both hits in the loss.Marian 333 31 - 13 10 0Shenandoah 000 00 - 0 2 6Reinoehl and Joy; Stevens and Selbi. W - Reinoehl. L - Stevens.Northern Lehigh-BangorBangor used a big fourth inning to top Northern Lehigh 3-0 in Colonial League action.Hannah England had two RBIs for the Slaters, who pushed across all three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Olivia Groller had a triple and RBI, while Dani Frey added a double.Kaitlin Hoffman recorded five strikeouts in the circle for the Bulldogs.No. Lehigh 000 000 0 - 0 1 0Bangor 000 300 x - 3 6 1Hoffman; Gannon. W - Gannon. L - Hoffman.Northwestern-Pen ArgylNorthwestern utilized a big three-run fifth frame to defeat Pen Argyl in a critical Colonial League contest, 6-4.Brooke Wehr led the Lady Tigers offensively, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs. Teammate Avery George was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.For the Green Knights, Rebecca Fulmer was 2-for-4 with a double.Northwestern 200 130 0 - 6 9 2Pen Argyl 001 200 1 - 4 9 2Akelaitis, Nicholas (5) and Wehr; LaBarre, DePalma (5) and Kutz. W - Nicholas. L - LaBarre.Sch. Haven-Panther ValleySchuylkill Haven cruised to a 19-0 Schuylkill League win over Panther Valley.Kassidy Svenson, who also had a single, recorded four strikeouts in the game without surrendering a hit or a walk. Alyssa Gerber added two hits and four RBIs and Sarah Personette collected two doubles with three RBIs for the Hurricanes, who scored 13 runs in the first inning.Sch. Haven (13)15 - 19 12 0Panther Vy. 000 - 0 0 5Svenson and Personette; Markovich, Beers (1) and Drumbore. W - Svenson. L - Markovich.Tamaqua-PottsvilleIt took 11 innings for Pottsville to upend Tamaqua in a hard-fought Schuylkill League contest, 6-5.The Lady Raiders took a 5-4 lead in the top of the 10th inning, but the Tide stubbornly tied it back up in the bottom of the frame, before taking the win in the next inning to end it.Olivia Moran was the standout for Pottsville, striking out five, while also going 2-for-4 at the plate with a double. Madison Garland was 3-for-5 with two singles and an RBI double for the Tide, while Jessie Porter was 2-for-5 with a run scored.For the Lady Raiders, Jada Schellhammer struck out 10, while Brooke Zellner finished 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored. Miranda Chinchar was 2-for-5 with a triple and scored twice, while Cailyn Joseph added two singles and an RBI.Tamaqua 000 201 100 10 - 5 9 2Pottsville 001 012 000 11 - 6 10 0Schellhammer and Zellner; O. Moran and Marx. W - Moran. L - Schellhammer.TRACKMinersville-TamaquaTamaqua swept Minersville in a Schuylkill League Division 1 meet.Brad Clemson (200, 400) and Nathaniel Davidson (110H, 300H) had big days to lead the Blue Raiders (1-5) to a 112-37 win in the boys' meet.The Tamaqua girls posted a 95-55 victory. Shanna Brinkworth (long jump, pole vault) and Kayla Holland (shot put, discus) were multiple event winners for the Blue Raiders (3-3).BOYSTamaqua 112, Minersville 37100- 1. Connor Moran (M) 11.60, 2. Billy Shilko (T), 3. Dair Miller (T);200- 1. Brad Clemson (T) 24.10, 2. Zachary Davidson (T), 3. Raymond Kinder (T);400- 1. Brad Clemson (T) 54.00, 2. Raymond Kinder (T), 3. Casey Woodford (M);800- 1. Wayne Reilly (M) 2:12.50, 2. Derian Stianche (T), 3. Connor Moran (M);1600- 1. Wayne Reilly (M) 4:52.40, 2. Adam Melnick (T), 3. Alec Roseland (T);3200- 1. Detrick Borden (T) 12:09.00, 2. Matthew Reilly (M), 3. Kenneth Yurkonis (M);110 H- 1. Nathaniel Davidson (T) 17.30, 2. Zeno Zukovich (T);300 H- 1. Nathaniel Davidson (T) 44.50, 2. Gabriel Kuehn (M), 3. Zeno Zukovich (T);400 relay- 1. Tamaqua (Zeke Wassell, Adam Rex, Billy Shilko, Dair Miller) 46.50;1600 relay- 1. Tamaqua (Adam Melnick, Nathaniel Davidson, Zeke Wassell, Brad Clemson) 3:46.20;3200 relay- 1. Tamaqua (Jaylen Smith, Zaccary Reppert, Logan Brezner, Isaac Miller) 10:17.30;Shot put- 1. Kenneth Yurkonis (M) 40-0.75, 2. Matthew Amodea (T), 3. Jacob Rudy (T);Discus- 1. Tyler Disbrow (T) 112-09, 2. Nathaniel Noftz (T), 3. Gavin Seip (T);Javelin- 1. Kenneth Yurkonis (M) 132-6, 2. Raven Lockner (M), 3. Adam Klatka (T);Long jump- 1. Zeke Wassell (T) 19-3.5, 2. John Franko (T), 3. Barron Stauffenburg (T);Triple jump- 1. John Franko (T) 36-7.5, 2. Barron Stauffenburg (T), 3. Dominick Bandetelli (T);High jump- 1. Billy Shilko (T) 5-6, 2. Adam Rex (T), 3. John Franko (T);Pole vault- 1. Khalid Holland (T) 11-6, 2. Pierce Demetriades (T), 3. Patrick Burns (T).GIRLSTamaqua 95, Minersville 55100- 1. Jada Williams (M) 13.20, 2. Monika Shimko (T), 3. Kayla Sherry (T);200- 1. Kayla Sherry (T) 28.40, 2. Isabella Lentini (M), 3. Olivia Stanek (T);400- 1. Isabella Lentini (M) 1:06.30, 2. Marlena Purcell (M), 3. Nicole Wasserleben (T);800- 1. Monika Shimko (T) 2:20.00, 2. Sarah Maue (T), 3. April Gerber (T);1600- 1. Kaylene Raczka (M) 5:41.40, 2. Kailee Carroll (T), 3. Katelyn Rudy (T);3200- 1. Kailee Carroll (T) 12:39.00, 2. Brooke Adams (M), 3. Kristen Lowe (M);100 H- 1. Emily Bartashus (M) 19.30, 2. Emma Rago (T), 3. Lisa Conshue (M);300 H- 1. Brooke Adams (M) 54.40, 2. Emily Bartashus (M), 3. Paige Studlack (M);400 relay- 1. Tamaqua (Shanna Brinkworth, Paige Eltringham, Logan Hartney, Kayla Sherry) 54.20;1600 relay- 1. Tamaqua (Lottie Mateyak, Olivia Stanek, April Gerber, Monika Shimko) 4:21.00;3200 relay- 1. Tamaqua (Nicole Wasserleben, Olivia Stanek, Sarah Maue, Monika Shimko) 10:06.50;Shot put- 1. Kayla Holland (T) 28-04.25, 2. Angela Ceci (T), 3. Emily Titus (T);Discus- 1. Kayla Holland (T) 101-01, 2. Meghan McArdle (T), 3. Brynn Gigli (T);Javelin- 1. Alyssa Campomizzi (T) 115-03, 2. Emily Titus (T), 3. Savannah Kostishak (M);Long jump- 1. Shanna Brinkworth (T) 15-6, 2. Logan Hartney (T), 3. Reiley Lonergan (M);Triple jump- 1. Jada Williams (M) 31-6.0, 2. Reiley Lonergan (M), 3. Shanna Brinkworth (T);High jump- 1. Kate Canfield (M) 4-10, 2. Deidra Ressler (T), 3. Maddie Mace (T);Pole vault- 1. Shanna Brinkworth (T) 9-0, 2. Genevieve Beck (T), 3. Paige Eltringham (T).GIRLS LACROSSEPleasant Vy.-NorthamptonNorthampton pulled out a close 18-15 lacrosse win over Pleasant Valley.For the Bears, Savannah Bauman led the way with five tallies and an assist, while Juliana Lopez added three scores and a feed, with Danielle Butler adding one score and three assists in the loss.

Lehighton shortstop Rachel Serfass looks to first after forcing out North Schuylkill's Molly Yuschock at second base. BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS