Local Roundup: Results from April 19
The Lehighton softball team and Pleasant Valley girls lacrosse team each picked up victories on Tuesday.
BASEBALL
Pleasant Vy.-Emmaus
Emmaus rolled to a 13-2 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Pleasant Valley.
Luke Deschenes hit two home runs, including a first-inning grand slam, for the unbeaten Hornets (11-0).
For Pleasant Valley (8-3), Nathan Loch had a pair of hits and also stole two bases, while Dominic Payan had one hit and stole two bases. Andrew Meitzler, Jack Smale and Ryan Kyme both chipped in one hit, while Ben Mostosky added an RBI for the Bears.
Pleasant Valley 000 200 - 2 6 5
Emmaus 810 202 - 13 8 0
Smale, Meitzler (4) and Meitzler, Kymer (4). Foley, LePage (4) and Chiego. W – Foley. L – Smale. HR – Emmaus: Deschenes 2 (1st, three on), (2nd, none on), Merk (6th, none on).
SOFTBALL
Lehighton-Pine Grove
Maggie Pagotto and Addison Chavanic each hit RBI-doubles as Lehighton beat Pine Grove, 7-4, in Schuylkill League action.
Chavanic and Cheyenne Whitman both had multi-hit games for the Indians (3-5), while Anna Laible, Pagotto, Brielle Frable and Abbie Miller all scored runs.
Lehighton 000 040 0 - 4 6 2
Pine Grove 000 520 x - 7 8 2
Miller and Mertz. Wolfe and Dorson. W – Wolfe. L – Miller
Tamaqua-Blue Mountain
Marla Friewald knocked in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as Blue Mountain edged Tamaqua, 2-1, in Schuylkill League play.
Hailey Williams went 2-for-3 with a run scored for Tamaqua (1-7).
Bryn Clifford pitched well in defeat for the Raiders, allowing just six hits and two runs in eight innings, while striking out 10.
Tamaqua 100 000 00 - 1 5 0
Blue Mountain 010 000 01 - 2 6 1
Clifford and Krall. Freiwald and Bergan. W – Freiwald. L – Clifford.
Panther Valley-Mahanoy Area
Mahanoy Area walked away with a 5-3 Schuylkill League win over Panther Valley in a game that was cut short due to Monday’s inclement weather.
Brenna Beschock (single, double, run scored, RBI); Mikayla Yuricheck (double, two runs scored); and Kyla McQuillen (two singles) had strong games for the Panthers (0-7, 0-3).
Panther Valley 000 210 – 3 8 6
Mahaniy Area 002 111 – 5 3 3
Beschock and Yuricheck; Long and Lewandoski. W – Long. L – Beschock.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Pleasant Vy.-Nazareth
Pleasant Valley cruised to a 16-8 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Nazareth.
Brielle McInaw scored five goals for the Bears, while Emily Butler and Alexandra Bush each added three goals apiece. Riley Green and Keylee Dugey both tallied two goals, while Devon Bush added a single score as Pleasant Valley improved to 7-3 on the season.
TENNIS
Stroudsburg-Pleasant Vy.
Stroudsburg capped its regular season with a 5-1 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.
The Bears, who end the season with a 4-14 overall record, got a victory at No. 3 singles from Donovan Rizvic.
The No. 1 doubles match was not played due to the weather.
The Mounties improved their record to 11-5.
Stroudsburg 5, Pleasant Valley 1
SINGLES
John Willis (S) def. Atticus Gordan 6-0, 6-0; Jackson Kozma (S) def. Jack Ertle 6-2, 6-1; Donovan Rizvic (PV) def. Luke Torres 8-7 (proset).
DOUBLES
Matt Lipitz/Noah Dickison (S) def. Roman Stener/Noah Dolan 8-7 (proset); Betsan Torres/Jarod Ruhl (S) def. Chris Weiner/Damon McMartry 8-1 (proset;) Jose Lopez/Adam Aksamit (S) def. Clark Po/Edward Lesnik 8-0 (proset).