Ryan Cappel threw a four-inning perfect game and Dan Keer launched a home run during Marian's 21-0 rout of Mahanoy Area on Thursday.

BASEBALLMarian-Mahanoy AreaMarian exploded for 21 runs and Ryan Cappel threw a four-inning perfect game during a 21-0 Schuylkill League rout of Mahanoy Area.Cappel struck out seven on the mound and added two RBIs at the plate for the Colts. Dan Keer hit a two-run homer and scored three times; Jarod Paisley added four hits and three runs; Nick Kubishin had three hits, three runs scored and four RBIs; Billy Derr had two hits, two runs and three RBIs; and Aaron Mason contributed two hits, a triple, and three RBIs.Marian 00(11)(10) - 21 16 1Mahanoy 000 0 - 0 0 3Cappel and Nolter; Loughin, Yanchuck (3), Andrewsky (3), Brennan (4) and Jones. W - Cappel. L - Loughin. HR: Marian - Keer.Palmerton-So. LehighSouthern Lehigh defeated Palmerton in Colonial League play, 8-2.Stephen Hoyer had three RBIs for Southern Lehigh.No other information was provided to the Times News.Palmerton 000 002 0 - 2 5 1So. Lehigh 111 140 x - 8 12 2Boehler, Mooney; Murtaugh, Miller. W - Murtaugh. L - Boehler.Weatherly-Panther ValleyPanther Valley earned a 10-7 Schuylkill League win over Weatherly.Aaron Miller was 3-for-3 with two doubles for the Panthers (9-8, 6-3 SL), while Ronnie Distler had two hits and two RBIs.Lou Mastroddi led Weatherly with a two-run homer in the third inning.Weatherly 502 000 0 - 7 9 3Panther Vy. 000 910 x - 10 8 4Knepper, Fairchild (5) and Osifat; Hafer, Miller (3) and Goida. W - Miller. L - Knepper. HR: Weatherly - Mistroddi (first inning, one on)Freedom-Pleasant ValleyFreedom edged Pleasant Valley in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference game, 2-1.Kieran Kearns had two hits for the Bears. He also tossed over six innings, yielded just two runs, and struck out five. Connor Pandolfo had an RBI.Freedom 100 001 0 - 2 5 0Pleasant Vy. 010 000 0 - 1 3 0Huertas; Kearns, Guzman (7). W - Huertas. L - Kearns.Blue Mountain-Jim ThorpeBlue Mountain cruised by Jim Thorpe in a Schuylkill League contest, 10-0.Brent Kaunas led Blue Mountain with a double, and triple, and two runs sored.Justin Marykwas had two hits for the Olympians, while Luis Valdez recorded a single in his first varsity at bat.Blue Mtn. 032 122 - 10 15 1Jim Thorpe 000 000 - 0 6 1Hammer, Sophy (5) and Bobbin, Barr (4); Marykwas, Porembo (4), A. Joyce (6) and A. Joyce, Schwartz (6). W - Hammer. L - Marykwas.SOFTBALLFreedom-Pleasant ValleyFreedom rolled by Pleasant Valley an in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference game, 16-5.Cami Spina and Jana Boksan had three hits each for Freedom.Cameron Caffrey had two RBIs for PV, while Alyssa Kotzmann contributed two hits and two runs.Freedom 041 524 - 16 15 0Pleasant Valley 002 021 - 5 8 10Potenza, Presto (6) and Boksan; McKeever, Diabo (4) and Steckel. W - Potenza. L - McKeever.Blue Mountain-Jim ThorpeBlue Mountain defeated Jim Thorpe in a Schuylkill league softball game, 12-0.Peightyn Schwartz had four RBIs, and struck out six in the circle for Blue Mountain.Maggie Holloway, Jillian Kamienicki, Lauren Donati, and Samantha Sterner supplied the Thorpe hits.Blue Mtn. 340 014 - 12 12 4Jim Thorpe 000 000 - 0 4 4Schwartz and Skoff; Holloway and Marzen. W - Schwartz. L - Holloway.Salisbury-NorthwesternNorthwestern squeaked by Salisbury in a Colonial League game, 10-9.Brooke Wehr paved the way for the Tigers with a two-run homer in the fifth inning. Cassidy Lentz added a double and a pair of RBIs. Avery George had two hits and two RBIs, while Jessica Badman had two hits and an RBI.Emily Silberman hit a two-run home run for Salisbury.Salisbury 401 202 0 - 9 17 3Northwestern 040 240 x - 10 14 2Silberman, Rogers (5) and Crouthamel; Akelaitis, Lentz (1) and Wehr. W - Lentz. L - Silberman.