Northwestern’s softball team won its third game in a row, riding a big offensive day by Rylee McGinley to a win over Hamburg on Friday.

SOFTBALL

Northwestern-Hamburg

Rylee McGinley’s huge day at the plate highlighted Northwestern’s 13-2 non-league win over Hamburg.

McGinley drove in five runs for the Tigers, collecting a three-run double in the fifth inning and delivering a single that scored a pair of runs in the third. Northwestern, which won its third straight game, piled up 13 hits in the win. Ainsley Behler was 3-for-4 with a double, while Abby Dunstan (three RBIs), Emma Freeman (double, two RBIs) and Sam Boyer (RBI) each had two hits. Freeman struck out four in five innings to earn the win.

Five different plays collected hits for the Hawks.

Northwestern 123 07 - 13 13 0 Hamburg 001 10 - 2 5 3

Freeman and Dunstan; Krick and Morales. W - Freeman. L - Krick.

Records: Northwestern (4-1).

Palmerton-

Southern Lehigh

Delaney Young pitched a five-hit shutout and struck out 12 to lead Southern Lehigh to a 9-0 Colonial League victory over Palmerton.

Young, who only walked one, also helped her own cause with a hit and an RBI.

I German had two hits and scored two runs for the winners, while L Padden added a pair of hits and two RBIs. L Kelly also had two hits, one a triple.

For the Bombers, Hailey Barry reached base twice with a hit and a walk.

Palmerton 000 000 0 - 0 5 4

So. Lehigh 131 211 x - 9 13 0

Barry, Wolfe (4) and Delgado; Young and Padden. W - Young. L - Barry.

Records: Palmerton (2-3); Southern Lehigh (5-1).

BASEBALL

Palmerton-

Southern Lehigh

Southern Lehigh secured a 6-1 Colonial League win over Palmerton.

The Spartans piled up 10 hits - four of which went for extra bases - in the win. Chris Fritts led the way with three hits in three at-bats. Logan Kessler earned the win, giving up four hits and one run over five innings, striking out six and walking three.

Cameron Pengelly was 1-for-2 with an RBI for the Bombers. Luke Matsko was 3-for-4, while Pengelly also had two walks.

Palmerton 000 010 0 - 1 5 0 Southern Lehigh 003 300 x- 6 10 0

Reph, Borger (5) and Ahner; Kessler, Woodring (6). W - Kessler. L - Reph.

Records: Palmerton (2-3); Southern Lehigh (3-3)

Central Catholic-

Pleasant Valley

A strong pitching performance helped unbeaten Central Catholic claim a 2-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.

Matthew Rader earned the win on the mound for the Vikings, giving up just one hit and striking out eight with one walk in seven shutout innings. Patrick Cahill had two hits in three at-bats for the winners, including an RBI single in the fourth to open the scoring.

Braydon Green had a hit for the Bears.

Central Catholic 000 110 0 - 2 6 3

Pleasant Valley 000 000 0 - 0 1 1

Rader and Martinez; King, Borger (5) and Green. W - Rader. L - King.

Records: Central Catholic (5-0); Pleasant Valley (1-4)

Weatherly-MMI Prep

A pair of big innings powered MMI Prep to an 11-0 non-league win over Weatherly.

Mikie Kranyak, Caleb Skuba and Thomas Pantages each had two hits for MMI, which scored six runs in the bottom of the third and five in the fourth. Kranyak and Skuba each drove in a pair of runs for the winners.

Trent Higgins and Corbin Wagner each had a hit for the Wreckers. Higgins also stole two bases.

Weatherly 000 00 - 0 2 6

MMI Prep 006 5x - 11 8 0

Donadi, Connors (4) and Saurez.

Records: Weatherly (1-3); MMI Prep (2-2)

TENNIS

Pleasant Valley-Easton

Easton picked up a 5-2 win over Pleasant Valley in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference match.

The teams of Roman Steuer and Jens Hansen and Logan Krock and Liam Angell were victorious in doubles action.

Easton 5, Pleasant Valley 2

SINGLES

Aarush Makwanna (E) def. John Hargrave 6-2, 6-3; Nick Ressler (E) def. Isaac Klein 6-3, 6-0; Alex Jin (E) def. Noah Dolan 7-5, 6-1.

DOUBLES

Aiden Morris/Richard Chen (E) def. Preston Snyder/Hayden Byrnes 8-3; Roman Steuer/Jens Hansen (PV) def, Ben Wallitsch/Kobe Cheng 6-3, 6-7 (7-5), 8-6; Logan Krock/Liam Angell (PV) def. Sean Gallagher/Kalani Luo 5-7, 6-1, 7-5; James Henry/Ryan Ritter (E) def. Noah Conklin/Zach Prator 1-6, 7-5, 10-2.

Records: Easton (5-2); Pleasant Valley (4-6).

Pleasant Valley-Emmaus

Emmaus didn’t drop a set in earning a 7-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Pleasant Valley Wednesday.

The Hornets’ three singles players — Nick Stone, Chris Stone and Caleb Brown — only lost two games combined in their wins.

Emmaus 7, Pleasant Valley 0

SINGLES

Nick Stone (E) def. John Hargrave 6-0, 6-0; Chris Stone (E) def. Isaac Klein 6-0, 6-0; Caleb Brown (E) def. Noah Dolan 6-1, 6-1.

DOUBLES

Caleb Brashear/Ayden Kegley (E) def. Roman Steuer/Jens Hansen 6-1, 6-1; Cole Stuchko/Sai Uppiretia (E) def. Logan Krock/Liam Angell 7-6 (7-4), 6-1; Quinn Durkin/Aarya Sevak (E) def. Noah Conklin/Zach Prator 6-3, 6-2; Aba Diop/Ben Brooks (E) won 8-0.

GIRLS LACROSSE

Central Catholic-Northwestern

Eight different players scored as Northwestern rolled to a 14-4 non-league win over Central Catholic Thursday.

Olivia Costa had three goals for the Tigers, while Sydney Wright scored three times and Cara Thomas added two goals and a pair of assists.

Ella Collins (one assist), Liv Fagan (two assists), Skyler Dion, Olivia Spatz, and Amanda Breidinger each scored once in the win, while Ashley Yacynych made six saves and allowed just one goal in each quarter.

Records: Central Catholic (3-2); Northwestern (2-3).