Parkland beats Northampton and a first look at the area's softball standings

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FROM KEITH GROLLER

First up, a game that was reported Monday night, but didn't make the paper.

Parkland remained unbeaten with a 7-0 victory over defending District 11 champion Northampton.

The linescore:

Northampton         0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 ---- 0 - 2 - 4

Parkland                0 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 4 - 0 - x ---- 7 - 7 - 1

Muthard, Rooney (5) and Peters; Rentzheimer, Smerdon (7) and Stibitz, Zubia.

Morgan Rentzheimer pitched a two-hitter over 6 and two-thirds innings and also had two hits and scored two runs on offense to spark Parkland to the Lehigh Valley Conference win over visiting Northampton.

Rentzheimer struck out five, walked one and hit one batter. Rachel Smerdon came on to get the final out for Parkland, which improved to 2-0 overall and in the LVC.

Madi Marshall had a two-run single in the third and knocked in three runs overall. Jordy Augustus, Courtney Miller and Lexi Oakley all knocked in runs for the Trojans.

Taylor Kerbacher and Brianna Dalton had the lone hits for Northampton (2-1, 1-1).

Now the updated standings:

LEHIGH VALLEY CONFERENCE

WEST DIVISION

Team                    LVC        All

Emmaus                1-0        2-0

CCHS                    1-0        1-0

Allen                        0-1        0-1

Dieruff                    0-1         0-1

NORTH DIVISION

Parkland                2-0        2-0

Nazareth                1-1        2-1

Northampton         1-1        2-1

Whitehall                0-2        1-2

EAST DIVISION

Liberty                    1-0        1-0

Freedom                1-0        2-0

Becahi                    0-1        2-1

Easton                    0-1        0-1

COLONIAL LEAGUE

NORTH DIVISION

Team                    CL            All

Pen Argyl            1-0            1-0

Northwestern      1-1            1-2

Catasauqua        0-0            0-0

No.  Lehigh          0-0           0-1

Palmerton            0-1           0-1

SOUTH DIVISION

Salisbury             1-0            1-1

Saucon Valley    1-0             1-1

So. Lehigh          1-0             1-1

Wilson                 0-0             0-0    

Palisades            0-1            0-1

Notre Dame        0-2             0-2

MOUNTAIN VALLEY CONFERENCE

Team                 MVC           All

ES North            0-0            1-0

ES South           0-0             0-1

Lehighton           0-0            0-1

Pleas. Valley     0-0             0-1

Poc Mt East       0-0            0-0

Poc Mt West      0-0            0-0

Stroudsburg       0-0            0-0