Jack Cresci’s home run in the fourth and final inning was the exclamation point in Lehigh Little League 12U All-Stars’ shutout over North Bethlehem on June 29 at Northeast.

Caleb Yoder was the winning pitcher with three straight strikeouts in the second inning, leading to a no-hitter in the 14-0 victory.

Lehigh jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning on Noah Domitrovits’ 2 RBI single to center and Marcus Stuart’s sacrifice fly.

Lehigh scored two runs on North Bethlehem errors in the third inning and doubled its 7-0 lead in the fourth.

Lehigh and Southern Lehigh, both undefeated, will face off on July 2 at Southern Lehigh.

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Northwest 12U All-Stars bowed out of the tournament with a second straight loss on June 29 against Pennridge.

Northwest pitcher Elias Zimpfer forced a strikeout and a ground out with a Pennridge runner on second base to end the fourth inning.

Northwest had a 5-4 lead heading to the bottom of the fifth when Zimpfer was replaced after throwing 85 pitches.

Pennridge tied the game on a ground rule double and scored eight additional runs for the 13-5 win.