LOCAL SPORTS ROUNDUP: Games from April 14

Northwestern posted baseball and softball victories on Saturday.

BASEBALL

Northwestern-Saucon Vy.

Northwestern rolled to a 14-0 Colonial League victory over Saucon Valley.

The Tigers continued to get excellent pitching as Drew White went the distance in the five-inning, mercy-rule shortened game. White tossed a three-hitter and struck out four.

Offensively for the Tigers, Nathan Goodolf and Derek Homes both finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two doubles. Rafe Perich was 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored, and Brandon Mengel was 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs and two runs scored.

Northwestern 931 10 - 14 13 1

Saucon Valley 000 00 - 0 3 3

White and Wiik; Millets, Beatty (1), Spirk (3) and Morrissey; W-White. L-Millets.

LLA-Lehighton

Lehighton benefited from eight walks in the first inning to build a big lead and went on to defeat Lincoln Leadership Academy, 16-1, in a non-league game.

Michael Bozilesky picked up the mound win with a two-hitter for the Indians.

Bozilesky also had a strong game at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs. Randy Bongiorno added two hits and an RBI.

LLA 000 1 - 1 2 3

Lehighton 922 3 - 16 7 1

Montero, Rosa (1), Pagan (3) and Martinez; Bozilesky and Wentz. W-Bozilesky, L-Montero.

Northampton-Pleasant V.

Pleasant Valley used a big third-inning to defeat Northampton, 7-6, in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference game.

The Bears, who scored six times in the third, were led by Colin Stivala who had a single, two RBIs and a run scored. Nick Ciszak and Danny McEvoy both added a hit, an RBI, and a run scored. Dallas Greenzweig knocked in two runs.

Northampton 001 030 2 - 6 8 4

Pleasant Vy. 016 000 x - 7 5 5

Ettl, Rodgers (2), Sawarynski (3), Hunsberger (4) and Vooz; Knappenberger, Tyler (5), McEvoy (7) and Greenzweig. W-Knappenberger. L-Rodgers.

Northwest-Marian

Marian used two big innings to take this five-frame, 11-1 non-league decision.

Alex Kubishin led the Colts with a double, two runs scored and a pair of stolen bases. Max Nolter had a RBI-double, Brandon Cann had a RBI-double and scored twice, while Mason Miller had a two-run single.

Hunter Fristick went the distance to gain the pitching victory. He struck out three and allowed just three hits.

Northwest 100 00 - 1 3 4

Marian 600 5x - 11 6 1

Ridgely, Wilson (2) and Hazlet; Fristick and Nolter. W- Fristick, L-Ridgely.

Tamaqua-Dieruff

Matt Minchhoff belted a pair of home runs to lead Tamaqua to an 11-3 non-league victory over Dieruff.

Minchhoff finished the game with three hits and four RBIs for the Raiders.

Boyle and Fannock both added extrabase hits for Tamaqua (4-3).

The Raiders’ Brayden Knoblauch blanked Dieruff through the first five innings and got the pitching win.

Dieruff 000 003 0 - 3 6 2

Tamaqua 010 154 x - 11 9 0

Rodriguez, Rondolora (5), Titus (6), Jimenez (6) and Cerda-Liz; Knoblauch, Ligenz (6) and Zuber. W-Knoblauch. L-Rodriguez. HR - Dieruff: Cerda-Liz (6th, two on). Tamaqua: Minchhoff 2 (4th, none on; 5th, two on).

SOFTBALL

Northwestern-Saucon Vy.

Northwestern pulled away from Colonial League foe Saucon Valley for a 10-1 decision.

Anna Akelaitis finished the day 4-for-5 at the plate, with three RBIs to lead the Tigers. Ashley Sisco was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.

For the Lady Panthers, Rachel Schoch was 2-for-2 with a double.

Northwestern 044 002 0 - 10 14 1

Saucon Valley 000 010 0 - 1 5 2

W-Lentz, L-Okken.

Northampton-Pleasant Vy.

Northampton used some power hitting to take out Pleasant Valley, 16-4, in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference action.

Madison Fraley led the K-Kids, going 4-for-4 with a solo home run. Hannah Boggs added a three-run shot in the third.

For the Bears, Meara Hanyon was 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles and a RB. Tyler Woltal and Morgan Frantz both had RBI singles.

Northampton 304 45 - 16 12 1

Pleasant Valley 000 22 - 4 4 4

Biechy, Perl (5) and Fraley; Jennings, Frable (4), McKeever (5) and Steckel. WP - Biechy, LP - Jennings. HR: N - Boggs (3rd, two on), Fraley (4th, none on).

LLAPanther Valley

Panther Valley scored early and often to post a 15-4 non-league victory Lincoln Leadership Academy in four innings.

Claire Kokinda drilled a three-run homer for the winners, and also added a triple as she finished the day with four RBIs. Sydney Clouser had a triple and a single for the Panthers.

Lincoln Leadership 001 3 - 4 6 4

Panther Valley 626 1 - 15 12 4

Soto and Alieca; Nunemacher, Moser (4) and Drumbore. WP - Nunemacher, LP - Soto. HR: PV - Kokinda (two on).

Tamaqua-Whitehall

Whitehall held off Tamaqua for a 6-4 non-league win.

The Zephyrs got a strong game from Arner, who finished 4-for-4 with a pair of runs scored.

For the Blue Raiders, Maxine Beers was 2-for-3 with a RBI and a run scored. Courtney Hoffman and Kaitlyn Stauffenberg both added two hits and a run scored.

Tamaqua 020 000 2 - 4 10 2

Whitehall 400 002 x - 6 12 4

Schellhammer and Zellner; Cunningham and Yocum. WP - Cunningham, LP - Schellhammer.

Jim Thorpe-NDES

Jim Thorpe struggled to get its offense going, dropping an 18-1 non-league decision to Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg.

Despite the loss, the Olympians’ Trista Gehris had six strikeouts on the mound.

Jim Thorpe 000 10 - 1 1 4

Notre Dame (ES) 461 16 - 18 9 0

Gehris and Sterner; Tichy and Schnatter. W-Tichy, L-Gehris.

TENNIS

Pottsville-Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe swept the three singles matches in both of their matches against Pottsville in a Saturday double-header, to pick up two team wins, both by the score of 3-2.

John Fedora, Emilio Mercado and Matt Widdicombe all took both of their matches against their opponents in straight sets.

With the pair of wins, the Olympians stand at 5-6 on the season.

FIRST MATCH

Jim Thorpe 3, Pottsville 2

SINGLES

John Fedora (JT) def. Chris Ott 6-2, 6-0; Emilio Mercado (JT) def. Luke Stoner 6-1, 6-2; Matt Widdicombe (JT) def. Kevin Devine 6-1, 6-2.

DOUBLES

Eli Doyle/Max Kelly (P) def. Connor Rodgers/Nolan Rehrig 6-2, 6-2; Noah Shellhammer/Owen Golden (P) def. Robert Renode/Erik McClain-Walter 6-3, 7-6 (7-3).

SECOND MATCH

Jim Thorpe 3, Pottsville 2

SINGLES

John Fedora (JT) def. Chris Ott 7-5, 6-2; Emilio Mercado (JT) def. Luke Stoner 6-1, 6-3; Matt Widdicombe (JT) def. Kevin Devine 6-4, 6-4.

DOUBLES

Eli Doyle/Max Kelly (P) def. Connor Rodgers/Nolan Rehrig 6-0, 6-2; Noah Shellhammer/Owen Golden (P) def. Robert Renode/Erik McClain-Walter 6-4, 6-2.

Saucon Valley-Palmerton

Palmerton dropped a Colonial League outing to Saucon Valley, 4-1.

Picking up the sole win for the locals was their number three singles player, Marc Roselli, who battled in a decisive tiebreaker, to prevent the team shutout.

SINGLES

Tej Laliwala (SV) def. Nate Andress 6-0, 6-1; Joel Thompson (SV) def. Mattis Willuhn 6-2, 6-2; Marc Roselli (P) def. Ofori Ohene 5-7, 6-3, 10-7 (tiebreak).

DOUBLES

Damian Dziadowicz/ (SV) def. Taylor Hirochek/Erica Messics 6-0, 6-2; Keegan Maykat/Matthew Wagner (SV) def. Jon Hillanbrand/Kory Kratzer 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.