Armitage kicks Mounties to victory
STROUDSBURG — Katie Armitage had two goals and an assist as Stroudsburg defeated Freedom Monday in girls non-conference soccer.
Emila Zabaldo had 20 saves in net for the Mounties. Sarah Effross had the other goal, while Nicole Reincke and Christina Paulin added helpers for Stroudsburg (4-1-1).
Freedom1-0 — 1
Stroudsburg1-2 — 3
Goals — F, Kayla Herman; S, Sarah Effross, Katie Armitage 2. Assists — F, Alyssa Green; S, Katie Armitage, Nicole Reincke, Christina Paulin. Shots — F, 21; S, 15. Saves — F, Rachel Leotti 10; S, Emila Zabaldo 20. Corners — F, 3; S, 6.
Records — Freedom 3-3, Stroudsburg 4-1-1.
Pleasant Valley 4, Easton 0
BRODHEADSVILLE — Amanda Hrbek scored at 18:50 and Pleasant Valley never looked back in a 4-0 win over Easton in non-league girls soccer Monday.
Lindsay Foder notched a goal and an assist, while Jill Yetter had two helpers. Pleasant Valley upped its record to 6-1 with the win.
Easton0-0 — 0
Pleasant Valley2-2 — 4
Goals — P, Amanda Hrbek, Katie Schmelz, Lindsay Foder, Amanda Fulcomer. Assists — P, Jill Yetter 2, Jennie Huber, Lindsay Foder. Shots — E, 5; P, 21. Saves — E, Julia Holup 14; P, Stephanie Stollenwerk 3/ Becky Roberts 1. Corners — E, 3; P, 12.
Records — Easton 5-1, Pleasant Valley 6-1.
Notre Dame ES 4 Pen Argyl 3
EAST STROUDSBURG — Maylee Johnson put on a clinic as Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg toppled previously undefeated Pen Argyl 4-0 in Colonial League girls soccer.
Johnson scored all four goals for the Lady Spartans, while Kate Chambers, Sam Kramer, Rita LaBadie and Christine Clark tallied the assists. Notre Dame is now 4-2 overall with a 3-2 Colonial League mark.
Pen Argyl3-0 — 3
Notre Dame ES1-3 — 4
Goals — P, Stephanie Smith, Kate Dishman, Kelly Muller; N, Maylee Johnson 4. Assists — P, Stephanie Smith, Kate Dishman; N, Kate Chambers, Sam Kramer, Rita LaBadie, Christine Clark. Shots — P, 9; N, 13. Saves — P, Carly Staples 3; N, Hannah Farda 5. Corners — P, 5; N, 3.
Records — Pen Argyl 6-1 (6-1 CL); Notre Dame ES 4-2 (3-2 CL).
PM West 2, Allen 1
ALLENTOWN — Meghan O'Grady scored two goals in the second half to lead Pocono Mountain West to a 2-1 win over William Allen Monday in girls soccer.
Khadija Bates had to make just two saves in the net for Pocono West (2-4).
PM West0-2 — 2
Allen0-1 — 1
Goals — P, Meghan O'Grady 2; A, Martha Lutz. Shots ?P, 22; A, 3. Saves — P, Khadija Bates 2; A, Anequa Robinson 16. Corners — P, 7; A, 6. Records — PM West 2-4.
Liberty 2, PM East 0
BETHLEHEM — Pocono Mountain East was outscored 2-0 by Liberty in non-league girls soccer Monday.
Nina Wise made six saves in net for the Cardinals.
PM East0-0 — 0
Liberty1-1 — 2
Goals — L, Carly Sedlock, Alex Schlener. Assists — L, Emily Rodriguez, Laura Bauman. Shots — P, 9; L, 9. Saves — P, Nina Wise 6; L, Morgan McCormick 9. Corners — P, 1; L, 1.
Records — Liberty 4-2, PM East 2-2-1.
Baseball
PM West 8, ES North 4
BUSHKILL — Despite a late East Stroudsburg North surge, Pocono Mountain West took home an 8-4 win in MVC baseball Monday.
Matt Taylor led Pocono West, going 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Blake Knecht went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI for the Panthers (1-3, 1-1 MVC).
Rick Zelinski went 2-for-3 and Rob Schuett went 2-for-4 with a double for Eastburg North 1-3 (0-2 MVC).
PM West231 200 0 — 8 10 3
ES North000 011 2 — 4 7 3
Ryan Broderick, Luis Santiago (7) and Blake Knecht. Dan Dieter and Andrew Diaz.
SO-BB — P, Broderick 4-5, Santiago 1-0; E, Dieter 1-7.
2B — P, Blake Knecht, Matt Taylor, Kedwin Rivera, Aaron White; E, Rob Schuett.
Records — PM West 1-3 (1-1 MVC); E North 1-3 (0-2 MVC).
Stroudsburg 12, Lehighton 2
STROUDSBURG — Bryan Mery came up big for Stroudsburg in a 12-2 win over Lehighton Monday in boys MVC baseball.
Mery was 3-for-4 with three RBIs, while Greg Kress was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a triple.
Lehighton200 000 — 2 4 1
Stroudsburg204 24X — 12 14 2
Corey Smith, Tony Koder (1), Kyle Zeigler (4) and Jon Venarchick, Corey Smith (1); Brendan O'Malley and Greg Kress.
SO-BB — L, Smith 0-2, Koder 0-0, Zeigler 1-2; S, O'Malley 3-1.
2B — L, Jon Venarchick, Dave Versuk; S, Brendan O'Malley, Nick Tilwick, Bryan Mery, Willie LaRose.
3B — S, Greg Kress, Bryan Mery.
Records — Lehighton 2-3 (1-1 MVC); Stroudsburg 6-1 (2-0 MVC).
Pleasant Valley 11 ES South 0
EAST STROUDSBURG — Pleasant Valley's Aaron Fuhrman had a solid outing to pick up the win in an 11-0 rout of East Stroudsburg South Monday in MVC baseball.
Fuhrman pitched three innings and struck out seven Eastburg South batters.
Pleasant Valley's offense put up 10 runs in the first three innings with the help of Joe Andrews' three RBIs and Jake Griesemer's two RBIs
Pleasant Valley334 10 — 11 10 1
ES South000 00 — 0 2 4
Aaron Fuhrman, Dominick Toscano (4) and Brendan O'Connor, Ken Serfass (4). Brandon Hodakoski, Gus Perez (3) and Andrew Boorse.
SO-BB — P, Fuhrman 7-4, Toscano 2-1; E, Hodakoski 0-3, Perez 0-3.
2B — P, Jake Griesemer, Steve Hic.
3B — P, Paul Smith.
Records — ES South 1-6 (0-1 MVC).
Boys tennis
ES North 4, ES South 3
EAST STROUDSBURG — East Stroudsburg North won three of four doubles matches as it edged East Stroudsburg South 4-3 in MVC boys tennis Monday.
Tim Mathew easily won North's lone singles match over Josh Grubb 6-2, 6-0 at the No. 2 spot.
Singles
Shaan Lodi (S) def. Rich Aponte 6-1, 6-4.
Tim Mathew (N) def. Josh Grubb 6-2, 6-0.
Christian Dorflinger (S) def. Gerard Pietrofere 6-2, 6-3.
Doubles
Chris Ross/Bob Lim (S) def. Arthur Meyer/Dan Kloski 8-0.
Juan Milian/Nick Trama (N) def. Paul London/Jeff Althouse 7-5, 6-2.
DeVaughn Moore/Mike Spadola (N) def. Chris Moyer/Chad Jaggard 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.
Eddie Zecchino/Mike Miranda (N) def. Doug McGowan/Chris Boutillier 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
Record — ES South 5-3.
PM East 5, PM West 2
SWIFTWATER — Blake Bonser and Travis Klein won singles matches as Pocono Mountain East downed Pocono Mountain West 5-2 in MVC boys tennis Monday.
Bonser defeated William Weber 6-2, 6-1 at No. — singles and Klein beat Kyu Lee 6-1, 6-3 at No. — singles.
The Cardinals are 7-3 (4-2 MVC).
Singles
Blake Bonser (E) def. William Weber 6-2, 6-1.
Peter Braun (W) def. Mike Mulholland 6-0, 6-4.
Travis Klein (E) def. Kyu Lee 6-1, 6-3.
Doubles
Joe Cefali/Chris Dilger (E) def. Bob Zarelli/Jason Benjamin 8-7 (7-3).
Matt Klein/Ryan VanSchwedler (E) def. Dan Mafia/Paul Yoon 6-2, 6-3.
Ben Fennell/Jesse Strubert (W) def. Shawn Suchy/Craig Collier 6-1, 1-6, 6-4.
Ben Grassi/Vinny Sciandra (E) def. Chris Norton/Mike Ferraoli 1-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Records — PM East 7-3 (4-2 MVC).
Pleasant Valley 6 Stroudsburg 1
STROUDSBURG — Pleasant Valley swept singles matches en route to a 6-1 victory over Stroudsburg Monday in MVC boys tennis.
Jarrett Siwiec, Salah Chafik and Joey Zarelli won at Nos. 1, 2 and — singles, respectively.
Singles
Jarrett Siwiec (P) def. Brett Osswald 6-3, 6-1.
Salah Chafik (P) def. Ashley Aldinger 6-4, 6-1.
Joey Zarelli (P) def. Michael Kane 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.
Doubles
Dom Biller/Chris Dickison (S) def. Jackie Wong/Jason Gilleece 8-5.
Giles Santomauro/Jeremiah Rinehart (P) def. Michael Baxter/Troy Kominiak 6-2, 6-3.
Greg Piechota/Corey Siwiec (P) def. Bruce Eaton/Chris Jose 6-2, 6-0.
Mike Giampapa/Dean Lovewell (P) Greg Lewis/Jon Sherman 6-4, 7-6 (7-1).
Record — Stroudsburg 1-6 (0-4 MVC).
Southern Lehigh — Notre Dame ES 2
MARSHALLS CREEK — Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg was edged 3-2 by Southern Lehigh in Colonial League boys tennis Monday.
Jonathan Maula of Notre Dame ES dropped Doug Morrow 6-3, 7-5 at No. — doubles. Notre Dame is 5-2 with a 5-2 Colonial League record.
Singles
Jonathan Maula (N) def. Doug Morrow 6-3, 7-5.
Eric Pecuch (S) def. Dan Drago 6-0, 6-4.
Ron Peters (S) def. Mario Bermeo 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Doubles
Scott Walker/Eric Wright (S) def. Tim Moore/Colin Nolan 6-1, 6-1.
John Darsinos/Thomas Casey (N) def. Bruce Carmona/Marcus Giordano 6-4, 6-4.
Records — Southern Lehigh 8-2 (6-2 CL) 5-2 (5-2).
ES North 7 Central Catholic 0
BUSHKILL — Tim Mathew came up with a win as East Stroudsburg North shut out Allentown Central Catholic 7-0 on Saturday in boys tennis.
Mathew beat Robert Episcopo in two sets (6-0, 6-4).
Singles
Rich Aponte (E) def. James Conroy 7-6, 6-0.
Tim Mathew (E) def. Robert Episcopo 6-0, 6-4.
Gerarg Piertofere (E) def. Brandon Kistler 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles
Arthur Meyer/Dan Koski (E) def. Dan Duffy/Greg Scarloto 8-2.
Juan Milian/Nick Trama (E) def. Joey Alfier/Connor Topper 6-3, 6-4.
Mike Spadola/DeVaughn Moore (E) def. Casey McCloskey/Derek Teay 6-1, 1-6, 7-5.
Eddie Zecchino/Mike Miranda (E) def. Chris Kassay/George Harmony 6-1, 6-1.
What's on Tap
ES SOUTH FOOTBALL PARENTS CLUB
The East Stroudsburg South Football Parents Club will hold its first meeting of the 2005 season on Wednesday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Fund-raising ideas will be discussed. Future meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of every month. Anyone with questions should call 570-476-0449.