Northampton softball wins; Liberty baseball takes 15th straight

The Northampton softball team has bounced back well from its only loss of the season. The Konkrete Kids fell to Emmaus 9-3 on April 26 but have won three in a row since.

The latest Northampton win was a 5-2 win on Tuesday at Parkland as the K-Kids (15-1) rallied from a 2-0 deficit with four runs in the sixth inning. Angela Fisher doubled in a run, Hannah Makovsky singled in one and Devyn Demchak singled home a pair.

Kaira Zamadics, who didn’t pitch in the Emmaus loss, was back in solid form in the pitching circle. She gave one earned run on seven hits, struck out nine, and walked one. Jenna Piatkiewicz, Evelyn Montone, and Cassidy Sweeney had two hits apiece for Parkland (12-5).

EPC SOFTBALL Whitehall 10, ACCHS 0

Kassy Aquino pitched a three-hitter with no walks and four strikeouts and also had two hits and three RBIs at the plate as the Zephyrs won their fifth straight and improved to 14-3. Aubrey Steiner and Mackenzie Laub each had two hits for the Zephs, who host Northampton on Thursday.

Freedom 11, Easton 0

Alexis Acevedo allowed two hits over six innings, struck out three, and walked just two as the Patriots improved to 9-8. Brianna Cole had a double and home run and knocked in three runs and Julia Heineman hit a home run and drove in two runs and Madison Glick had two hits and two RBIs.

In other EPC softball games, Emmaus routed Allen 12-1, Nazareth whipped Dieruff 20-7, Bethlehem Catholic topped Liberty 6-1, Stroudsburg blanked East Stroudsburg North 21-0 and Pocono Mountain West edged East Stroudsburg South 5-4 and Pleasant Valley won for the seventh time in eight games, beating Pocono Mountain

East 14-3.

EPC BASEBALL Liberty 3, Bethlehem Catholic 2

With the score tied 2-2 entering the bottom of the fifth, Tommy Mason reached on a bunt single, stole second and third, and scored on an error as the Hurricanes won for the 15th straight time.

Becahi (7-9) took a 2-0 lead with two runs scoring on an error.

Liberty (16-1) tied it two in the fourth when Ayden Zabala tripled in a run and scored on a single by Jacob Scheirer.

Zabala and Noah Gyauch-Quirk combined on a three-hitter for the Hurricanes.

Emmaus 9, Allen 2

Five Emmaus pitchers combined on a two-hitter and Zach McEllroy hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of the second inning as the Green Hornets won their third in a row. Dom Chiego had two hits and two RBIs for Emmaus (15-3).

Parkland 10, Northampton 5

Michael Cole’s two-run triple highlighted a seven-run third inning that turned a 5-2 deficit into a 5-run lead as the Trojans bounced back from a two-game losing streak and improved to 12-5.

Allan Burgos had an RBI double, Jaiden Wanamaker singled in a run and Matt Razzis had a sacrifice fly in the big inning. Jesse Ruisch, Blake Barthol and Luke Meehan each had two hits for Parkland. Logan Higgins and Vince Santostefano had two hits and two RBIs apiece for the Konkrete Kids (9-7) who had a four-game win streak snapped.

Nazareth 5, Dieruff 3

After back-to-back no-hitters, Dieruff continued to get good pitching but it wasn’t enough to prevent a loss to Nazareth.

The Huskies led 3-2 going to the bottom of the sixth when the Blue Eagles, who were held to four hits, scored three runs. David Bertz singled in a run, Collin Grohotolski

plated the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly and the final run scored on a grounder to second by Max Kochenash. Preston Warne also scored a run and knocked in one for Nazareth, which won for the fourth straight time and improved to 12-5.

Jonathan Brito had a double and RBI for Dieruff (4-12).

Pleasant Valley 3, Poc. Mt. East 0

After being no-hitted by Dieruff earlier in the week, the Bears collected just two hits against the Cardinals but it was enough to improve to 13-5. Andrew Meitzler had two RBIs and Jake Gethen and Jack Smale had the lone Bears hits. Nate Mostosky allowed just one hit, walking one and striking out four.

In other EPC games, Allentown Central Catholic whipped Whitehall 9-1 to even its record at 7-7, Stroudsburg blanked East Stroudsburg North 13-0 and East Stroudsburg South beat Pocono Mountain 7-5.