Local Baseball Roundup: Results from June 24
Jim Thorpe knocked off first-place Coplay in Connie Mack action on Monday.
Elsewhere, the Birches gained a walk-off win over East Stroudsburg.
LV CONNIE MACK
Coplay-Jim Thorpe
Jared Joyce had three hits and knocked in three runs to help Jim Thorpe cruise past first-place Coplay, 12-4.
Ian Hubbard and Spencer Hunsicker each added two hits, while Brandon Fasolino delivered a two-run triple.
Michael Cadugan-Daugherty earned the pitching win for Thorpe, who tallied five runs in the opening inning. Cadugan-Daugherty allowed just four hits and one earned run in six innings while striking out 10.
Coplay 100 003 0 - 4 4 3
Jim Thorpe 511 014 x - 12 10 3
Bashore, Kaintz (4), Lindenmuth (6) and Bernhardt; Cadugan-Daugherty, Sompel (7) and Hubbard. W - Cadugan-Daugherty. L - Bashore.
Moore Township-Palmerton
Moore Township posted multiple runs in four different innings en route to a 13-4 victory over Palmerton.
Wolfe had two hits and two RBIs for the winners, while Menio added two hits and two runs.
For Palmerton, James Denicola finished with two hits and a run. Branden Kocher chipped in with a triple, run and RBI.
Moore Township 332 004 1 - 13 11 1
Palmerton 010 020 1 - 4 9 5
Kovach, Angstadt (4), DaRoja (7), Corrow (7) and Ellis; Steinmetz, Eitner (3), Denicola (3), Reph (6) and Klotz. W - Angstadt. L - Steinmetz.
Emmaus-Northern Valley
A dominant pitching performance by Luke Deschenes lifted Emmaus to a 6-0 victory over Northern Valley.
Deschenes finished with a one-hitter and struck out 18 batters.
Morgan LaBuda had the only hit for the Chargers. Jared Snyder paced the winners with two hits and three RBIs.
Emmaus 003 030 0 - 6 7 0
Northern Valley 000 000 0 - 0 1 4
Deschenes and Beidler; Chamberlain, Hammond (4), LaBuda (5), Romig (7) and Kensinger. W - Deschenes. L - Chamberlain.
LV LEGION
Northern Vy.-S. Parkland
Northern Valley collected more hits, but South Parkland came away with a 5-1 victory.
Colten Hagadus, Derek Holmes and Justin Holmes each had two hits for the Chargers, while Nick Henry added a hit and a run.
The winners received two hits, one a triple, and four RBIs from Matthew Ervolina.
Northern Valley 000 100 0 - 1 8 0
South Parkland 100 013 x - 5 5 0
Nothstein, D. Holmes (6) and Rudolph; Miller, Oliver (6) and Viola. W - Miller. L - Nothstein.
NORCO LEGION
East Stroudsburg-Birches
Jake Gethen collected three hits, three RBIs and scored a run as the Birches recorded an 7-6 walk-off win over East Stroudsburg.
Tied at 5-5 after seven frames, Eastburg pushed across a run in the top of the eighth to take a lead. But the Birches countered with two runs in the home eighth.
The winners received RBIs from Kory Kearns, Mychal Kearns, Steve Olizarowicz and Adam McConnel.
East Stroudsburg 111 010 11 - 6 5 2
Birches 020 003 02 - 7 7 2
Mitchel, Fusina (8), Gregory (8) and Marte; M. Kearns, Ciszak (6), Ratti (7) and Gethen. W - Ratti. L - Fusina.
BLUE MTN. LEAGUE
Limeport Bulls-Berlinsville
Limeport scored early and often to hand Berlinsville a 17-3 defeat.
Gianni Sinatore had a double, homer and scored three runs for the winners, while Ryan Seiz and Pat Rhoads also went deep.
The Braves (5-10) received three hits from Jake Schuster.
Limeport Bulls 443 110 4 - 17
Berlinsville 000 010 2 - 3
Cooper, Dobeck (7) and Muth; Balogh, Buchman (4), Breithaupt (6), Horvath (7) and Christy, Jenkins (4). W - Cooper. L - Balogh. HR: Limeport - Sinatore, Seiz, Rhoads.
DISTRICT 18 LL
Jim Thorpe defeated Hazleton, 12-5, to stay alive in the winner’s bracket of the District 18 Little League tournament.
Anthracite/Lansford dropped to the loser’s bracket after suffering a 6-3 loss to Valley West.
No results from either game were reported to the Times News.