Nolehi, Tamaqua, Palmerton nab wins
Northern Lehigh picked up wins in both boys and girls basketball, while Palmerton and Tamaqua also notched wins on the girls side on Monday night.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Pen Argyl-No. Lehigh
The Bulldogs jumped out to an early 10-point first frame lead and eventually kept the Green Knights at bay for the 80-38 win.
NL (3-2, 2-1), received 24 points from Nick Pappas and 21 from Jordan Waylen to cruise.
Kyle Muller tallied 15 for the winless Green Knights, with Joey Wagner adding ten.
The 'Dawgs pulled out the JV win, 64-26.
PEN ARGYL
Wagner 4-2-2-10, Crossen 2-0-0-4, Muller 6-2-2-15, Stecz 3-0-0-8, Heard 0-0-0-0, Borger 0-1-2-1, Shelly 0-0-0-0, Nasatka 0-0-0-0, Bender 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-5-6-38.
NORTHERN LEHIGH
Seremula 3-0-0-6, Hahn 2-0-0-5, Waylen 7-6-6-21, Biegley 2-0-0-4, Pappas 11-2-2-24, Everhart 0-2-2-2, Glose 3-1-3-7, Malaska 0-0-0-0, Pierce 1-0-2-2, Johnson 2-0-0-4, George 0-0-0-0, Bender 0-2-2-2, Rankin 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 32-13-17-80.
Pen Argyl 9 13 7 9 - 38
No. Lehigh 19 18 20 23 - 80
Three pointers: PA - Stecz 2, Muller 1; NL - Waylen 1, Hahn 1, Rankin 1.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pine Grove
-Jim Thorpe
The Cardinals defeated the Olympians by a 64-34 score.
No boxscore was submitted to THE TIMES NEWS.
Panther Valley-
No. Schuylkill
The Lady Spartans struck early and often to upend the Panthers 59-19 in Schuylkill action.
Kendall Devaney led the Spartan offense with 15 points, while Abby Noble chipped in with nine.
For Panther Valley, Abbey Markovich tallied seven.
North Schuylkill won the JV game, 51-20.
PANTHER VALLEY
Gates 0-0-0-0, McFadden 1-2-2-4, A. Markovich 1-5-6-7, O. Markovich 0-0-0-0, Ogozalek 1-0-0-2, Cunfer 1-1-2-3, Zlock 1-1-2-3, Thomas 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 5-9-12-19.
NORTH SCHUYLKILL
Deeter 2-3-4-7, D. Rupinski 1-0-0-2, Noble 3-3-4-9, Devaney 7-1-1-15, Snyder 3-0-0-7, Temple 2-0-0-4, Weikel 2-0-0-4, Kramer 3-1-2-7, Damiter 0-0-0-0, McSurdy 0-0-0-0,Yesalusky 0-0-0-0, C. Rupinski 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 25-8-11-59.
Panther Valley 0 8 10 1 - 19
No. Schuylkill 20 16 13 10 - 59
Three pointers: PV - none; NS - Snyder 1.
Tamaqua-Pottsville
The Lady Raiders utilized a strong 18-7 fourth period to pull away and seal the win over Pottsville, 57-42.
Amy Zehner led the charge for the locals with 19 points. Elissa Streisel hit for 13, while Cassie Eroh added 11.
For the Crimson Tide, Elizabeth Lurwick led with 15 points.
Tamaqua won the preliminary contest, 43-35 with Christine Streisel scoring 16.
TAMAQUA
Hope 2-0-0-4, Berezwick 1-0-0-3, M. Streisel 0-0-0-0, Fedor 0-0-0-0, E. Streisel 5-0-0-13, Eroh 4-3-6-11, Zehner 7-5-5-19, Chrush 0-0-0-0, Updike 3-0-0-7, Hankins 0-0-0-0, Weinburger 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-8-11-57.
POTTSVILLE
Gerchak 2-5-8-9, Cicero 0-0-0-0, Williams 1-2-2-4, Cresswell 0-0-0-0, Parsons 0-1-2-1, Lurwick 6-0-0-15, Snowell 1-0-0-3, Sweat 4-0-2-8, Thomas 1-0-0-2, Fleischut 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-8-14-42.
Tamaqua 11 17 11 18 - 57
Pottsville 13 11 11 7 - 42
Three pointers: T - E. Streisel 3, Berezwick 1, Updike 1; P - Lurwick 3, Snowell 1.
Northern Lehigh
-Pen Argyl
The Lady Knights made things interesting as they challenged the Lady 'Dawgs down the stretch, before eventually faling by a 56-44 loss.
Northern Lehigh's Sonya Josephson poured in 23 points to lead the locals, while Aimee Oertner added 15.
For PA, Laura Cinelli dropped 19.
NO. LEHIGH
Levan 1-0-0-2, Bastardi 2-4-6-8, Josephson 7-8-11-23, A. Oertner 5-5-8-15, L. Oertner 3-2-2-8. TOTALS: 18-19-27-56.
PEN ARGYL
Vough 3-3-4-9, Young 5-1-1-13, Ashworth 1-1-2-3, Cinelli 4-9-10-19, Zanetti 0-0-0-0, Oyer 0-0-0-0, Waberski 0-0-0-0, Firestone 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-14-17-44.
No. Lehigh 14 14 9 19 - 56
Pen Argyl 9 10 13 12 - 44
Three pointers: NL - Josephson 1; PA - Young 2, Cinelli 2.
Palmerton
-Northwestern
Palmerton's Kelsey Hay had 14 of her team's 26 second half points to help the Lady Bombers to the 58-53 Colonial League win.
Hay finished the night with 24 points. Teammate Kristen Romano's 11, and eight apiece from Casey Rinfret and Katie Reimer provided a well-rounded effort.
Northwestern was led by 26 points from Sara Jones.
PALMERTON
Reimer 4-0-4-8, Romano 4-0-1-11, Em Meinhart 1-0-0-2, Rinfret 3-2-2-8, Farquhar 2-1-3-5, Snyder 0-0-0-0, Hay 7-9-16-24. TOTALS: 21-12-26-58.
NORTHWESTERN
Gulick 1-0-0-3, Landrigan 0-0-0-0, Groller 3-0-0-6, Jones 7-11-16-26, Suter 0-2-6-2, MacLaughlin 2-2-2-6, L. Gimbel 0-0-0-0, A. Gimbel 0-0-0-0, Everett 3-0-0-6, Hill 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 18-15-24-53.
Palmerton 16 16 13 13 - 58
Northwestern 7 24 7 15 - 53
Three pointers: P - Romano 3, Hay 1; NW - Gulick 1, Jones 1.
