Marian clinches District 11 baseball berth

Marian’s baseball team clinched a district playoff berth with a win over Mahanoy Area on Friday.

Other local winners included Northwestern baseball and Northern Lehigh softball.

BASEBALL

Mahanoy Area-Marian

Marian scored in every inning, including eight runs in the second frame, to cruise to a 13-1 Schuylkill win over Mahanoy Area.

Every Colts player on offense either recorded a hit, scored a run, or collected an RBI.

Matt Doherty finished with two hits and knocked in four runs, while Alex Kubishin collected two doubles and three RBIs. Marian (10-7; 6-5) also received two hits and three runs from Aaron Mason, and a hit and two runs from Quest Wilson.

With the victory, Marian clinched a District 11 playoff berth.

Mahanoy Area 000 10 - 1 3 5

Marian 183 1x - 13 10 0

Lawrence, Sporting (2), Andrewsky (2), Soult (3) and Jones; Cappel and Nolter. W - Cappel. L - Lawrence.

Northwestern-Salisbury

Northwestern scored three runs in the 10th inning to pull out a 10-7 Colonial League win over Salisbury.

Trevor Schreiner had two hits and two RBIs to pace the Tigers (13-5; 12-5), who trailed 6-2 after six innings. Derek Holmes contributed a hit and knocked in three runs.

The Falcons received three hits from Linn and two hits and three RBIs from Miller.

Northwestern 100 010 500 3 - 10 11 1

Salisbury 100 005 100 0 - 7 10 4

White, Vogwill (4), Russo (7), Holmes (8), Vogwill (8) and Wiik; Linn, DuBois (7) and DuBois, Galantini (7). W - Vogwill. L - DuBois.

Pleasant Valley-Freedom

David Smith hit a two-run homer to help power Freedom to a 4-3 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.

Griffen Connelly added two hits and earned the pitching win.

The Bears (9-7) received two hits and a run scored from Nick Gattuso, while Brandon Ratti also collected a pair of hits. Collin Stivala chipped in with a hit and two RBIs.

Pleasant Vy. 100 002 0 - 3 7 2

Freedom 201 100 x - 4 6 0

Knappenberger and Greenzweig; Connelly, Cotto (6) and Throne. W - Connelly. L - Knappenberger. S - Cotto. HR: Freedom - Smith (1st,one on).

SOFTBALL

Northern Lehigh-Notre Dame

Northern Lehigh used a seven-run third inning to pull away from Notre Dame and claim a 13-3 Colonial League victory.

Brianna Schock went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs to pace the Bulldogs (14-4; 12-4). Lauren Hoffman added three hits and knocked in a pair of runs.

Kaitlyn Hoffman allowed just four hits in gaining the pitching win.

No. Lehigh 301 71 - 13 9 0

Notre Dame 300 00 - 3 4 7

K. Hoffman and Toth; Gross, Shields and Coyle, Perna. W - K. Hoffman. L - Gross.

Tamaqua-North Schuylkill

Haley Burd pitched a five-hit shutout to lead North Schuylkill to a 2-0 Schuylkill League victory over Tamaqua.

Burd walked five and struck out four as the Spartans posted victories over the Blue Raiders in back-to-back days.

Joslin Stitzer accounted for the scoring with a two-out, two-run double in the third inning.

Jada Schellhammer pitched well in defeat, walking one and striking out eight. She also walked three times.

Miranda Chinchar had a double for Tamaqua (12-4; 9-3).

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N. Schuylkill 002 000 x - 2 8 2

Schellhammer and Zellner; Burd and Marlow. W - Burd. L - Schellhammer.

Pleasant Valley-Freedom

Freedom’s Glorianne Potenza pitched a five-hit shutout against Pleasant Valley to earn a 6-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory.

Potenza, who walked two and struck out three, benefited from her team’s five-run third inning.

Morgan Frantz had two hits for the Bears (6-10), while the Patriots received two hits from J. Roman and two RBIs from Matison Piripavel and Taylor Resestar.

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Freedom 105 000 x - 6 8 0

W - Potenza. L - Frable.

Northwestern-Salisbury

Salisbury posted a 5-4 Colonial League win over Northwestern.

Peyton Stauffer had two hits and two RBIs to lead Salisbury

Natalie Smith had two hits for the Tigers (10-9, 10-7).

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Salisbury 100 040 x -580

E. Akelaitis and A. Akelaitis. Silberman and Lamana. W-Silberman. L-E. Akelaitis