Local sports roundup: results from April 11

Northwestern picked up a baseball win over Palmerton on Wednesday.

BASEBALL

Northwestern-Palmerton

Northwestern topped Palmerton 5-1 in Colonial League action.

Jake Haas was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored for the Tigers. Mason Vogwill was 2-for-4 with two runs scored.

Tyler Roe, Ben Serfass, Devyn Rehrig and Brody Boehler collected hits for the Blue Bombers.

Northwestern 120 002 0 - 5 9 0

Palmerton 000 010 0 - 1 4 3

Castrine; Haydt. W - Castrine. L - Haydt.

Pleasant Valley-PM East

Pleasant Valley dropped an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference game against Pocono Mountain East, 7-5.

Nick Gattuso drove in a pair of runs for the Bears. Jacob Keane drove in three runs for East.

Pleasant Vy. 000 500 0 – 5 5 2

PM East 010 051 x – 7 9 1

McEvoy, Horton (5), Kappenberger (6); Balogh. W – Balogh. L – McEvoy.

So. Lehigh-No. Lehigh

Southern Lehigh cruised to a 20-5 Colonial League rout of Northern Lehigh.

Southern Lehigh leadoff hitter Chris Andrews paced his team with four hits, five runs, and three RBIs. Niko Amory added three hits, three runs, and four RBIs.

Luke Eitner had two hits and a run for Northern Lehigh. Brandon Hess drove in a run and reached base twice, while Mason Seiler had an RBI.

So. Lehigh 430 49 – 20 14 3

No. Lehigh 131 0 – 5 2 9

Glad, Lievendag (3); Hess, Lorrah (3), Misera (4). W – Glad. L – Hess.

Blue Mountain-Tamaqua

Blue Mountain rallied past Tamaqua for a 6-4 Schuylkill League Division 1 win.

Jack McKivigan (2-for-3) had a solo homer in the top of the sixth inning for the Eagles (4-2).

Thad Zuber was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI for the Blue Raiders (2-2), who led 3-1 after the first inning. Cody Hamm also had two hits.

Blue Mtn. 110 121 0 - 6 11 1

Tamaqua 300 100 0 - 4 10 2

Grace, Gerlott (5) and Tidmore; Moyer, Boyle (5) and Rother. W - Gerlott. L - Boyle. HR: McKivigan (6th, none on).

SOFTBALL

So. Lehigh-No. Lehigh

Northern Lehigh earned a 4-1 Colonial League win over Southern Lehigh.

Shyanna William led Northern Lehigh with two hits and two RBIs, while Lauren Hoffman and Olivia Toth both added a pair of hits.

Winning pitcher Kaitlin Hoffman yielded only three hits to the Spartans, two of them by Cydney Stine.

So. Lehigh 001 000 0 – 1 3 0

No. Lehigh 220 000 0x – 4 9 2

Beltz and Binder; K. Hoffman and Schuck. W – Hoffman. L – Beltz.

Blue Mountain-Tamaqua

Tamaqua fended off Blue Mountain for a 3-1 Schuylkill League victory.

Brooke Zellner had two hits and two RBIs for the Raiders, while Jada Schellhammer added two hits and an RBI.

Schellhammer was also impressive on the mound as she scattered three hits, walked none, and struck out six en route to a win.

Blue Mtn. 001 000 0 – 1 3 2

Tamaqua 100 020 x – 3 8 0

Schwartz and Hartman; Schellhammer and Zellner. W – Schellhammer. L – Schwartz.

Pleasant Valley-PM East

Pleasant Valley collected five runs in the seventh inning en route to a 9-4 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pocono Mountain East.

Skyler Jennings pitched a complete game and had six strikeouts to get the pitching win.

Madison Rosenberg had two hits for the Bears. Taylor Steckel, Meara Hanyon, Tyler Woltal, and Rosenberg all smashed doubles.

BOYS TENNIS

Lehighton-Notre Dame ES

Notre Dame swept Lehighton in a non-league doubleheader, 4-1, 4-1.

Mark Solt earned both of Lehighton’s victories in No. 2 singles.

Match No. 1

Notre Dame ES 4, Lehighton 1

SINGLES

Robert Smolyansky (ND) def. Maura Phelan 6-0, 6-0; Mark Solt (L) def. Bradley Medina 6-1, 7-6; Colin Kissell (ND) def. Tyler Steigerwalt 6-7, 6-4, 10-6

DOUBLES

Sebastian Neistepski/Connor Romes (ND) def. Gavin Cressley/Bryce Smith 6-1, 6-3; Christian Wolfe/Jonathan Torres (ND) def. Sarah Bradley/Miranda Pettit 7-5, 6-2.

Match No. 2

Notre Dame ES 4, Lehighton 1

SINGLES

Robert Smolyansky (ND) def. Maura Phelan 6-0, 6-0; Mark Solt (L) def. Bradley Medina 8-4; Colin Kissell (ND) def. Tyler Steigerwalt 8-6.

DOUBLES

Sebastian Neistepski/Connor Romes (ND) def. Gavin Cressley/Bryce Smith 8-3.

Dieruff-Pleasant Valley

Pleasant Valley didn’t lose a game in any of the individual matches en route to a dominant 6-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Dieruff.

Josh Schaffner, Jake Ammermann and Najja Francis helped the Bears sweep singles’ play.

Pleasant Valley 6, Dieruff 0

SINGLES

Josh Schaffner (PV) def. Jamie O’Neill 6-0, 6-0; Jake Ammermann (PV) def. Adam Berke 6-0, 6-0; Najja Francis (PV) def. John Castro 6-0, 6-0.

DOUBLES

Brian Kagel/Mike Tauer (PV) def. Adam Berke/John Castro 8-0; John Berry/Ben Jacoby (PV) def. Logan Fair/Chris Balbuena 6-0, 6-0; Evan Thomas/Nathan Vo (PV) def. Fernando Celis/Glenn Patterson 6-0, 6-0.

GIRLS LACROSSE

Emmaus-Pleasant Valley

Emmaus rolled by Pleasant Valley in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference contest, 16-5.

Julianna Lopez scored three times for the Bears. Alyssa Lopez and Alyssa Greice added the other scores for PV.