Pleasant Valley recorded baseball and tennis wins on Thursday.

BASEBALL

Whitehall-Pleasant Vy.

A three-run first inning helped Pleasant Valley gain a 5-4 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Whitehall.

Trevor Knappenberger paced the Bears with two singles and two RBIs. Nick Gattuso added a single, a double and a run scored.

Whitehall 102 001 0 - 4 5 1

Pleasant Vy. 310 100 x - 5 9 5

Snyder, Paashaus (5), Fischl (6) and Hoderewski; Burnett, Knappenberger (4), McEvoy (6) and Greenweig. W - Burnett. L - Snyder.

Palmerton-Bangor

Palmerton opened the season with an 8-4 Colonial League win over Bangor. No other information on the game was received the Times News.

Northwestern-Southern Lehigh

Southern Lehigh posted a 7-4 Colonial League victory over Northwestern.

The Tigers scored all their runs in the seventh as Tyler Wiik had a two-run double in the inning, while Dylan Heckendorn added an RBI single.

SOFTBALL

Tamaqua-Pine Grove

Tamaqua rallied to secure a 6-5 Schuylkill League win over Pine Grove.

Courtney Hoffman paced the Blue Raiders with a single, two walks, two runs scored and a stolen base. Madison Matsago chipped in with a single and two runs scored.

With the game tied at 4-4 in the sixth, Tamaqua pushed across what turned out to be the winning runs on RBI singles by Miranda Chinchar and Brooke Zellner.

Tamaqua 001 302 0 – 6 7 5

Pine Grove 031 000 1 – 5 9 3

Schellhammer and Zellner; O. Lehman and Kopinetz. W – Schellhammer. L – O. Lehman. HR: Pine Grove – Becher (7th, none on).

Palmerton-Salisbury

Salisbury used a pair of three-run innings to record an 8-1 Colonial League win over Palmerton.

Kailah Altemose had two hits for the Bombers.

Palmerton 000 001 0 – 1 6 1

Salisbury 311 003 x – 8 13 1

Merkel, Serfass (4) and Frantz, Green (4); Silberman and Crouthamel. W – Silberman. L – Merkel.

Whitehall-Pleasant Valley

Whitehall rolled to a 17-9 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Pleasant Valley.

The Bears plated eight runs in the third inning, but still couldn’t rally against the Zephyrs.

Nicole Hoch led the Bears with a single, a double, a run scored and a RBI, while Morgan Frantz recorded two runs and a RBI.

Whitehall 273 401 – 17 16

Pleasant Valley 008 001 – 9 7

M. Cunningham and Yolcum; Frable, McKeever (4) and Steckel, Vento (7). W – Cunningham. L – Frable. HR: Whitehall – M. Cunningham (2nd, one on), C. Cunningham (2nd, three on).

Northwestern-Southern Lehigh

Southern Lehigh pulled out a 3-2 Colonial League win over Northwestern. No other information on the game was received the Times News.

Northern Lehigh-Wilson

Northern Lehigh rolled to a 14-3 Colonial League win over Wilson. No other information on the game was received the Times News.

BOYS TENNIS

Pleasant Vy.-Easton

Pleasant Valley breezed to a 6-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Easton.

Josh Schaffner and Najja Francis posted straight set victories at No. 1 and No. 3 singles.

Pleasant Valley 6, Easton 0

SINGLES

Josh Schaffner (PV) def. Ethan Gabay, 6-0, 6-2; Jake Ammermann (PV) def, Neal Gilbert, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Najja Francis (PV) def. Dominic Visconni, 6-2, 6-4.

DOUBLES

Jason Allesch/Brian Kagel (PV) def. Jake Carbrera/Kyle Donner, 6-0, 6-1; Mike Tauer/John Berry (PV) def. Ryan Lukacheck/Jack Joseph, 6-2, 6-2; Evan Thomas/Nathan Vo (PV) def. Dante Delechio/Asani Dorner, 8-0.

Lehighton-Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain blanked Lehighton, 5-0.

Blue Mountain 5, Lehighton 0

SINGLES

Kyle Rich (BM) def. Maura Phelan 6-1, 6-0; Chase Weiser (BM) def. Mark Solt 6-0, 6-0;

Easton Weiser (BM) def. Olivia Frendt 6-0, 6-0.

DOUBLES

Andrew Chawluk/Vince Caruso (BM) def. Tyler Steigerwalt/Nate Petit-Clair 6-1, 6-3; John Wolfgang/ Dan Kim (BM) def. Gavin Crossley/Miranda Pettit 6-3, 6-2.

Jim Thorpe-Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain blanked Jim Thorpe, 5-0.

Blue Mountain 5, Jim Thorpe 0

SINGLES

Kyle Rich (BM) def. John Fedora 6-0, 6-0; Chase Weiser (BM) def. Emilio Mercado 6-0, 6-0; Easton Weiser (BM) def. Raymond O’Neil 6-0, 6-4.

DOUBLES

Andrew Chawluk/Vince Caruso (BM) def. Matt Widdicombe/Connor Rogers 6-0, 6-1; Jon Wolfgang/Chase Hatter (BM) def. Erik McLain-Walters/Noal Rehrig 6-1, 6-1.

Moravian Academy-Palmerton

Moravian Academy posted a 5-0 Colonial League win over Palmerton.

Moravian Academy 5, Palmerton 0

SINGLES

Daniel Elmi (MA) def. Nate Andress 6-3, 6-1; Robbie Shaff (MA) def. Mattis Willhuhn 6-2, 3-1 (forfeit); Cyrus Elmi (MA) def. Marc Roselli 6-1, 6-1.

DOUBLES

Ryan Hoffman/Ben Wax (MA) def. Taylor Hirochek/Erica Messics 6-0, 6-0; Matt Barnes/Jule Bemporad (MA) def. Jon Hillanbrand/Kory Kratzer 6-2, 6-1.

GIRLS LACROSSE

Pleasant Valley-Moravian Academy

Libby Michaelis’ seven goals helped spark Moravian Academy to a 12-8 win over Pleasant Valley.

The Bears’ duo of Alyssa Lopez and Alyssa Grieco both finished with three goals.