Franklin Township and Tamaqua both earned key wins Thursday in the District 18 9-10 Little League tournament.

In other summer baseball action, Northern Valley and Carbon each suffered Legion losses, while Palmerton and Franklin Township dropped Connie Mack games.

DISTRICT 18 9-10 LL

Weatherly-Franklin Twp.

Myles Meek and Miles Mann combined on a four-inning no-hitter as Franklin Township blanked Weatherly 11-0 to move one win away from the District 18 9-10 Little League South Division championship.

Mann started and went 1 2/3 innings, striking out three. Meek tossed the final 2 1/3 frames and finished with four strikeouts.

Both pitchers also contributed offensively, as Meek went 2-for-2 with two runs and an RBI, and Mann also finished 2-for-2 with one run and an RBI.

The winners also received two runs from both Christian Snyder and Jake Kistner, while Jakoby Andrews added a double and a run.

Franklin will play either Tamaqua or Weatherly on Sunday in hopes of gaining the South title.

Weatherly 000 0 - 0 0 3

Franklin Twp. 524 x - 11 5 0

Bender, Gilbert (2), Gerhard (3) and Gilbert, Titus (2); Mann, Meek (2) and Brungard, Hunsicker. W - Mann. L - Bender.

Tamaqua-Jim Thorpe

Brayden Schultz collected six RBIs to help power Tamaqua to a 13-5 victory over Jim Thorpe in a District 18 9-10 Little League loser’s bracket contest.

Schultz had two hits, one a double, to lead the winners - who jumped out to an early advantage with four runs in the first inning.

Tamaqua put the game away with a five-run fifth frame. Schultz, Abram Graver, Aiden Barrett and Kody Tirpak all knocked in runs during the big inning.

Starting pitcher Graver struck out three in 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Jackson Faust tossed the final three frames, fanning seven.

Grayson Smith added a double and two RBIs, while Evan Shannon and Brady Bartczak both ended with a hit and two runs.

Tamaqua will now face Weatherly Saturday in the South Division loser’s bracket final.

Tamaqua 402 052 - 13 8 0

Jim Thorpe 000 203 - 5 5 3

LV CONNIE MACK

So. Lehigh Grey-

Franklin Township

Southern Lehigh Grey rallied multiple times to gain a 14-10 Lehigh Valley Connie Mack victory over Franklin Township.

FT used a five-run first inning to grab an early lead, but Solehi countered that with a five-run fifth frame.

Pierce Goida paced Franklin with three hits and an RBI, while Chase Llwellyn added two hits (one a double), scored twice and knocked in two.

The winners received three hits and five RBIs from B. Barone. Joey Kloiber, Lucas Sutyak and Jack Fistner all finished with two hits.

So. Lehigh Grey 222 151 1 - 14 13 2

Franklin Twp. 512 010 1 - 10 8 2

Trembler, Fistner (2), Barone (4), Kloiber (6), Aspen (7) and Aspen, Fistner (7); Cordes, Llwellyn (4), Hettler (6) and Ulshafer. W - Barone. L - Llwellyn.

Nazareth-Palmerton

Nazareth scored six times in both the first and second innings and cruised to an 18-1 Lehigh Valley Connie Mack win over Palmerton.

Max Zellers had two hits and four RBIs for Nazareth, while Chase Skutsches added a pair of hits (one a double), two runs and three RBIs.

Palmerton’s two hits were both doubles, one each from Nate Frantz and Dillon Uhnak.

Nazareth 664 02 - 18 8 0

Palmerton 001 00 - 1 2 4

McCartney, Trach (3), Rasley (5) and Golinsky, Dillard (4); Strohl, Frantz (2), Becker (4) and Becker, Uhnak (4). W - McCartney. L - Strohl.

LV LEGION

S. Parkland-C. Monarchs

South Parkland rallied for four runs in the seventh inning to erase a deficit and gain a 9-6 Lehigh Valley Legion victory over the Carbon Monarchs.

Carbon led by a run heading into the final frame, but two errors and an RBI single by Brady Derr allowed South Parkland to take the lead.

The Monarchs (2-10) received four hits - two of them doubles - from Ian Henkles, who also scored a run and knocked in one. Aiden Rarick chipped in with a double, two runs and an RBI.

For the winners, now 12-2-1, Kurt Meehan had two hits and a pair of runs. Sean Superka and Jack Streeter both finished with two hits, a run and an RBI.

South Parkland 301 100 4 - 9 13 2

C. Monarchs 002 400 0 - 6 6 4

Wanamaker, Friday (3), Superka (5), Klotz (7) and Streeter; Strack, Birnbaum (7) and Henkles. W - Superka. L - Strack.

Northern Valley-Salisbury

Salisbury held off Northern Valley for a 6-5 Lehigh Valley Legion victory.

The Chargers, down by three runs in the seventh inning, received a two-out, two-run double from Trey Sterling. But Salisbury pitcher Thomas Lovelidge recorded a strikeout one batter later to close out the game.

Sterling finished with two hits, while Jacob Fagan also collected a pair of hits and two RBIs. Nicklaus Buskirk added a pair of runs, and Robert Croneberger chipped in with a hit and an RBI.

For Salisbury, now 7-6, Matt Nunez and Michael Stauffer both had a double and an RBI.

Northern Valley dropped to 7-8.

Northern Valley 100 020 2 - 5 6 2

Salisbury 300 111 x - 6 6 2

Fenstermaker, Druckenmiller (5) and Hausman; Lovelidge and Stauffer. W - Lovelidge. L - Fenstermaker.