Tiger wrestlers win pair
Northwestern opened its Colonial League wrestling season with a pair of easy victories on Wednesday night.
WRESTLING
Notre Dame-Salisbury-
Northwestern
In a Colonial League tri-meet in New Tripoli, Northwestern walked off the mat with a pair of victories.
The Tigers posted a 51-29 win over Notre Dame of Green Pond and a commanding 78-6 victory over Salisbury.
Levi Veppert led the Tigers with pins in both matches, while Joseph Walker scored a pin as well as a tech fall in his two bouts.
Cole Miller, Michael Ortiz, Dustin Badesso, Bobby Clymer and Alec Eidelman all recorded pins in contested matches against the Crusaders.
Northwestern 51, Notre Dame 29 *
189 - Joseph Walker (NW) tech. fall Sean Williams in 4:00, 17-1
215 - Dennis Atiyeh (NDGP) pinned Jeff Tobash in 2:59
285 - Alec Eidelman (NW) pinned Michael Williams in 5:02
103 - Cole Miller (NW) pinned Dominic Fonte in 1:13
112 - Seaver Hoak (NDGP) pinned Brendon Lutton in 1:34
119 - Thomas Mazzante (NDGP) pinned David Grace in :53
125 - Ethan Keichel (NW) won by forfeit
130 - Michael Ortiz (NW) pinned Mark Boehm in 4:41
135 - Dustin Badesso (NW) pinned Jesus Alejandro in 4:14
140 - Michael Hontz (NW) major dec. John Jennings, 10-2
145 - Victor Embardind (NDGP) pinned Mitchell Evans in :26
152 - Bobby Clymer (NW) pinned Tanner Thomas in 1:50
160 - John Blank (NDGP) pinned Kyle Sorensen in :47
171 - Levi Veppert (NW) pinned Adam Stoerrle in 5:08
* One team point deducted for unsportsmanlike conduct on NDGP
Northwestern 78, Salisbury 6
103 - Cole Miller (NW) won by forfeit
112 - Anthony Dee (S) pinned Brendon Lutton in 2:35
119 - David Grace (NW) won by forfeit
125 - Ethan Keichel (NW) won by forfeit
130 - Michael Ortiz (NW) won by forfeit
135 - Dustin Badesso (NW) won by forfeit
140 - Michael Hontz (NW) won by forfeit
145 - Mitchell Evans (NW) pinned Trent Stump in 2:45
152 - Bobby Clymer (NW) won by forfeit
160 - Kyle Sorensen (NW) won by forfeit
171 - Levi Veppert (NW) pinned Trevor Meyer in 3:10
189 - Joseph Walker (NW) pinned Tyler Waterman in 2:57
215 - Jeff Tobash (NW) won by forfeit
285 - Alec Eidelman (NW) won by forfeit
BOYS BASKETBALL
MMI Prep-Weatherly
In a roller coaster of a non-league battle, Freeland MMI escaped with a 44-42 victory over Weatherly.
Aaron Kollar and Ryan Forte led MMI as both finished with 14 points.
George Wallish paced the Wreckers with a 11-point performance. Joe Haganey chipped in 10 points.
In the JV game, Weatherly cruised to a 46-25 win. Josh Reiner and Brett Stallone led the Wreckers with 12 and 10 points respectively.
MMI PREP
Kollar 5-2-2-14, Forte 4-4-4-14, Gera 2-1-2-5, Swankoski 4-3-6-11, Olszewski 0-0-0-0, Karchner 0-0-0-0, Marchetti 0-0-0-0, Kupsho 0-0-0-0, Connors 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-10-14-44.
WEATHERLY
Ormiston 2-1-2-5, Stallone 2-0-0-4, Hollrigl 0-2-2-2, Haganey 5-0-0-10, Walton 1-0-0-2, Wallish 4-3-5-11, Harris 4-0-0-8, Weichman 0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-6-9-42.
MMI Prep 8 16 5 15 - 44
Weatherly 12 11 8 11 - 42
Three-pointers: MMI - Kollar 2, Forte 2; Weatherly - none.
JR. HIGH BASKETBALL
8TH GRADE
Tamaqua-Mahanoy Area
Brett Kosciolek scored 15 points and Zach Wargula added nine to lead Tamaqua to a 41-23 victory over Mahanoy Area.
7TH GRADE
Tamaqua-Mahanoy Area
Tamaqua fell to Mahanoy Area, 36-26. Russell Blaker and Matt Minchhoff had seven points apiece for the Blue Raiders (0-1).
