Bulldogs get big baseball victory

Northern Lehigh stunned Northwestern in a baseball game over the weekend.

BASEBALL

No. Lehigh-Northwestern

Gio Colon pitched a four-hitter Sunday to help Northern Lehigh upset Northwestern, 5-2, in a Colonial League contest.

The game was played at PNC park in Moosic, home of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.

Colon walked three and struck out two in his seven innings of work.

The Bulldogs (3-8; 3-7), who scored all five of their runs in the fourth inning, received a hit and RBI from Brandon Hess, Chase Misera, and Zach Long.

Trevor Schreiner had a triple and run scored for the Tigers (10-3; 9-3).

Northwestern 200 000 0 - 2 4 0

No. Lehigh 000 500 x - 5 5 1

Castrine, Vogwill (4) and Wiik; Colon and Rudolph. W - Colon. L - Castrine.

Catasauqua-Lehighton

Lehighton’s offense proved to be too strong, as it defeated non-league opponent Catasauqua 11-1 in five innings.

Zach Crum led the Indians (5-5) with a single, double, triple, two runs scored, and an RBI. Logan Pagotto added a pair of hits, an RBI and run scored.

The tandem of Avery Deem and Mike Bozilesky combined on a two-hitter.

Catasauqua 001 00 - 1 2 3

Lehighton 127 01 - 11 10 1

Kober, June (2), Drummer (3), Dolon (5) and Bilder; Deem, Bozilesky (4) and Wentz. W - Deem. L - Kober.

Nativity-Marian

Max Nolter collected four hits, two of them doubles, as Marian downed Nativity in a non-league game, 8-3.

The contest began Tuesday, but was suspended due to snow squalls.

Brandon Cann had three hits, including a double, while Ryan Cappel and Matt Dougherty both added a pair of hits for the Colts (7-3).

Nativity received two hits from Jake Ferhat.

Nativity 210 000 0 - 3 5 1

Marian 501 002 x - 8 13 2

Kuperavage and Ferhat; Cappel, Fristick (3) and Nolter. W - Fristick. L - Kuperavage.

Jim Thorpe-Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain built an early lead and cruised to a 9-2 Schuylkill League win over Jim Thorpe.

Nate Nabholz collected three hits, two of them doubles, and knocked in a pair of runs for the Eagles. Kaleb Sophy scattered three hits for the mound win.

The Olympians are now 2-10 overall and 1-4 in the league.

Jim Thorpe 000 020 0 - 2 3 2

Blue Mountain 115 020 x - 9 8 1

Schwartz, Marykwas (4) and Mahmde; Sophy and Tidmore. W - Sophy. L - Schwartz.

Pleasant Vy.-Stroudsburg

Owen Christy had two hits and knocked in two runs to help Stroudsburg gain a 12-5 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.

The game was played at Coca-Cola Park, home of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.

For Pleasant Valley (6-4), James Gehr had two hits and scored a run. Brandon Ratti added a hit and two RBIs while Danny McEvoy had a single and scored twice.

Pleasant Valley 022 010 0 - 5 8

Stroudsburg 211 026 x - 12 13

McEvoy, Knappenberger (5) and Greenzweig; Orrego, Stokes (4) and Mcawley. W - Stokes. L-McEvoy.

Moravian A.-Northwestern

Northwestern rolled to a 12-2 Colonial League win over Moravian Academy.

Derek Holmes had two triples and three RBIs for the Tigers, while Trevor Schreiner hit a homer and drove in three. Rafe Perich also knocked in three runs and had a double, and Jake Haas added a triple and an RBI.

Noah Russo gained the pitching win, striking out six.

Moravian Academy 000 02 - 2 6 2

Northwestern 450 21 - 12 12 2

W - Russo. L - Buck.

Salem Christian-Panther Vy.

Panther Valley rolled to a 17-8 non-league win over Salem Christian.

No other information was received by the Times News.

Shenandoah-Weatherly

Weatherly dropped a 9-7 Schuylkill League decision to Shenandoah Valley.

No other information was received by the Time News.

SOFTBALL

Mahanoy Area-Tamaqua

Tamaqua posted another decisive win, beating Mahanoy Area, 11-1, in a non-league game.

Kaitlyn Stauffenberg led the Blue Raiders (9-1) with a pair of home runs and five RBIs. Jen Frederickson added two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored; Miranda Chinchar had a double, walked twice and scored twice; and Brooke Zellner had a hit, an RBI, and two runs scored.

Jada Schellhammer added another pitching gem for Tamaqua, tossing a one-hitter and striking out nine.

Mahanoy Area 001 00 - 1 1 1

Tamaqua 204 5x - 11 8 1

Lawrence and Bruce; Schellhammer and Zellner. W-Schellhammer, L-Lawrence. HR: T - Stauffenberg 2 (3rd, one on; 4th, two on); MA - McGroarty (3rd, none on).

Weatherly-MMI Prep

Weatherly split a doubleheader with Freeland MMI, as it dropped a 17-5 decision in the opener, before turning things around for a 18-12 win in its second game.

Alexis Colecio and Kelly Royer both had a double and single in the second game to lead the Wreckers to redemption. The Wreckers (3-5) actually led 11-0 in the game, before the Preppers mounted a comeback.

FIRST GAME

MMI 286 01 - 17 12 1

Weatherly 400 01 - 5 7 4

Kapsho and Gallagher; Wilkinson, Cichon (5) and Colechio. W - Kapsho, L - Wilkinson.

SECOND GAME

Weatherly 614 031 3 - 18 14 6

MMI 006 402 0 - 12 8 1

Wenner and Colechio; Perchak, McGran (3), Delasandro (4) and Altmiller. W - Wenner. L - Perchak.

Jim Thorpe-Blue Mountain

Rylee Clifford pitched a perfect game against Jim Thorpe, leading Blue Mountain to a 19-0, three-frame shutout.

Clifford retired all nine of the batters she faced, including four strikeouts.

Jim Thorpe 0 00 - 0 0 3

Blue Mountain 9(10)x - 19 9 0

W-Clifford. L-Gehris.

TENNIS

Blue Mountain-Jim Thorpe

Blue Mountain swept through their individual opponents in straight sets down the line, to defeat Jim Thorpe, 5-0.

Blue Mountain 5, Jim Thorpe 0

SINGLES

Kyle Rien (BM) def. John Fedora 6-2, 6-0; Andrew Choulk (BM) def. Emilio Mercado 6-2, 6-4; Cole Hatter (BM) def. Ray O’Neill 6-2, 6-4.

DOUBLES

Vincent Caruso/Jon Wolfgang (BM) def. Daniel Teets/Matt Widdicombe 6-0, 6-0; Daniel Kim/Chase Hatter (BM) def. Nolan Rehrig/Erik McLain-Walter 6-2, 6-2.

PM West-Pleasant Vy.

Pleasant Valley rolled to a 6-1 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Pocono Mountain West.

The Bears (12-5) continued to get impressive production from their singles players as Josh Schaffner, Jake Ammermann and Najja Francis all posted straight set victories, dropping a total of just six games in the three matches.

Pleasant Vy. 6, PM West 1

SINGLES

Josh Schaffner (PV) def. Joe Romano, 6-2, 6-1; Jake Ammermann (PV) def. Tom Gaudette, 6-2, 6-0; Najja Francis (PV) def. Sadah Teajhan, 6-1, 6-0.

DOUBLES

Romano/Gaudette (PMW) def. Caleb Jacoby/ Dela Cruz, 8-2; Jason Allesch/Brian Kagel (PV) def. Luke Meyer/Roull Pena, 6-3, 6-3; Mike Tauer/John Beery (PV) def. Andres Peratta/Luis Brauman, 6-1, 6-2; Evan Thomas/Nathan Va (PV) def. K-Shawn Ballard/Ryan Whittaker, 6-0, 6-0.