Andrews places third in Colonial golf meet

Palmerton's Ben Andrews finished third in the Colonial League Golf Tournament to highlight Wednesday's scholastic sports action.

GOLF

CL Tournament

Bangor's Stani Schiavone, winner of the past three Colonial League girls titles, fired a 1-over par 72 Wednesday at Bethlehem Municipal Golf Course for this year's overall league title.

Schiavone finished 19 shots ahead of the next-best girls player in the tournament, Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg's Megan St. Ledger at 90. In a few weeks the Slater senior will compete for her fourth straight District 11 girls title.

The top male finisher at the Colonial League Tournament was Saucon Valley's Troy Heffelfinger, who shot 73. Palmerton's Ben Andrews was one shot behind at 74.

Andrews, a junior, made three birdies, four bogeys and one double bogey to finish 3-over par.

"I played well," Andrews said. "I had one or two drives that got away from me and really just hurt my round. I was under trees. I had to punch out. Other than that, I played well. I was hitting my irons solid."

Boys played from the 6,206-yard white tees while the girls played 5,175-yard red tees.

Southern Lehigh, with a score of 411, won the five-player team match contested between the league's top four regular-season teams. The league tournament team title, which took each team's top four players' scores into account, was a tie between Southern Lehigh and Bangor at 325.

Team Title match scores

(five player scores)

1. Southern Lehigh 411, 2. Bangor 413, 3. Saucon Valley 422, Wilson 441.

Championship Tournament scores

Team (four-player scores)

1. tie Southern Lehigh, Bangor 325, 3. Saucon Valley 332, 4. Tie Wilson, Northwestern 346, 6. Notre Dame (Green Pond) 350, 7. Palmerton 359, 8. Moravian Academy 373, 9. Salisbury 377, 10. Notre Dame (East Stroudsburg) 380, 11. Pen Argyl 386.

Individuals

1. Stani Schiavone (Bang) 72, 2. Troy Heffelfinger (SV) 73, 3. Ben Andrews (Palm) 74, 4. Chad Grandfield (So. Lehigh) 75, 5. Cole Miller (NW) 78, 6. Matt Long (NDES), 7. Eamone Morone (NDGP) 81, 8. James Shaheen (So. Lehigh), 9. Rich Trapp (NDGP) 82, 10. Nick Vicellio (NW) 83.

Other local players

19. Billy Heinick (Palm) 85, 24. Stephen Reitz (NW) 86, 48. Ke-Koa Mook (Palm) 97, 51. Tyler Kunsman (NW) 99, 59. Alex Raub (Palm) 103, 64. Devin Haddad 108, 67. Brian Quinlan (NW) 110, 71. Cody Peters (Palm) 115

Played at par-71 Bethlehem Municipal Golf Course

Tamaqua-Lourdes

Lourdes edged Tamaqua, 336-342, in a Schuylkill League match.

The Red Raiders' Nick Barr took medalist honors with a 78.

Mike Weinert led the Blue Raiders (3-11 overall, 2-9 league) with an 82.

LOURDES REGIONAL (336)

Nick Barr 78, Al Singh 84, Neil Khanna 85, Chris Loftus 89

TAMAQUA (342)

Mike Weinert 82, Matt Hadesty 84, Colin Johnson 88, Mike Toth 88

Played at Indian Hills, par 72.

Lehighton-Pleasant Vy.

In a match shortened by thunderstorms, Pleasant Valley recorded an 18-0 Mountain Valley Conference match-play win over Lehighton.

The Bears and Indians were only able to complete 14 holes of play thanks to the match being called due to weather.

Pleasant Valley 18, Lehighton 0

Alex Kaye (PV) def. Nick Mantz 3-0, Andrew Hansen (PV) def. Jake Hoats 3-0, Bryan Baumgarten (PV) def. PJ Salerno 3-0, Kyle Adamonis (PV) def. Derek Heffelfinger 3-0, Brian Denaro (PV) def. Alden Everett 3-0, Elliot Custred (PV) def. Jesse Sabol 3-0

Played at Indian Mountain, par 72

Panther Vy.-Weatherly

The Panthers' Rob Knipper took medalist honors with a low round of 88 to lead his team to the 406-498 win over visiting Weatherly.

Josh Reiner was low man for Weatherly with a 112.

Panther Valley improves to 16-2 on the season.

PANTHER VALLEY (406)

Rob Knipper 88, Luke Stano 92, Pat Iezzoni 106, JP Heckman 120

WEATHERLY (498)

Josh Reiner 112, Alexis Berger 122, Derek Fillou 124, Garrett Titus 128

Played at Mt. Laurel, Par 72.

FIELD HOCKEY

Lehighton-PM West

Six different players scored as Lehighton cruised to a 10-0 Mountain Valley Conference win over Pocono Mountain West.

Jordyn Homyak paced the Indians' with a hat-trick and an assist. Lauren Michalik and Echo Bretz added two goals apiece while Lacey Haldeman, Rachel Werley and Emily Mantz added single scores.

Casey Beck was credited with two assists. Courtney Berger, Gwen Remaley, Michalik and Haldeman all had one assist.

Lehighton improves to 7-1 overall and 6-0 in the MVC.

No. Lehigh-Saucon Vy.

Northern Lehigh came away with a huge win, beating powerful Saucon Valley, 1-0, in a Colonial League match.

Kristi Sieler's first half goal accounted for the game's only scoring. Kelsey Follweiler had the assist.

The hero of the game for the Bulldogs (5-4, 5-2) was sophomore goalie Nicole Horn, who stopped 22 Saucon shots.

Saucon outshot NL 22-8 in the game and had a 14-3 edge in corners.

N'western-So. Lehigh

Southern Lehigh rolled to a commanding 9-0 Colonial League victory over Northwestern .

Rebecca Lukaszczyk, Heather Smillie and Kendall Weddling led the Spartans' attack with two goals apiece.

The Tigers' keeper finished with 11 saves.

Northwestern falls to 5-3 overall while Southern Lehigh remains perfect at 7-0.

Palmerton-Moravian

Lucy Pidcock rattled off a hat-trick to spark Moravian Academy to a 4-0 Colonial League win over Palmerton.

Lydia Anthony finished with 19 saves in front of the Bombers' net.

Palmerton fell to 1-7 on the season while Moravian Academy moves to 6-2.

PM East-Pleasant Vy.

Pleasant Valley got back to its winning ways by posting a 4-1 Mountain Valley Conference victory over Pocono Mountain East.

Felecia Domenici led the Bears' offensive with a hat-trick and an assist. Alura Bellis added a single score. Allison Heckman and Maggie Patterson were credited with assists.

Hannah Bard grabbed eight saves between the PV posts.

The Bears improved to 5-3 overall and 4-1 in the MVC.

GIRLS TENNIS

Tamaqua-Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe holds a slim 2-1 lead over Tamaqua in a match that was suspended by thunderstorms.

The match will be completed on Oct. 4th.

CROSS COUNTRY

Palmerton-Pen Argyl-Moravian-Notre Dame (GP)-Catasauqua-Saucon Valley-Northwestern

Palmerton and Northwestern were part of a seven-team Colonial League meet.

The Northwestern boys and girls both finished 3-1 while both Palmerton teams were 1-2.

Individually, the Tigers' Tyler Stelmack won the boys' event by close to a minute over the second place finisher. NW's Tyler Malay was third while the Bomber's top male was Kevin Seemiller in seventh.

For the girls, Northwestern's Emma Kemmerer and Haley Yost led the way with third and fourth place finishes respectively. For Palmerton, Andrea Stevko was 14th.

GIRLS

Northwestern Lehigh 19, Moravian Academy 42

Palmerton 15, Catasauqua 50

Notre Dame GP 26, Northwestern Lehigh 29

Northwestern Lehigh 17, Palmerton 46

Northwestern Lehigh 15, Pen Argyl 50

Saucon Valley 16, Palmerton 47

1. Elizabeth Greenwood-Chikotas (SV) 19:24, 2. Lainie Smith (SV) 19:39, 3. Emma Kemmerer (NW) 20:36, 4. Haley Yost (NW) 20:41, 5. Rebecca Askins-Gast (MA) 21:00, 6. Colleen Kelly (NDGP), 7. Sarah Kish (SV), 8. Megan Stack (SV), 9. Katie Downing (NDGP), 10. Erika Edwards (NDGP);

BOYS

Palmerton 16, Catasauqua 46

Northwestern Lehigh 17, Moravian Academy 42

Notre Dame GP 27, Northwestern Lehigh 28

Northwestern 18, Palmerton 39

Northwestern 16, Pen Argyl 41

Saucon Valley 25, Palmerton 31

1. Tyler Stelmack (NW) 16:47, 2. Eric Busher (NDGP) 17:40, 3. Tyler Malay (NW) 17:57, 4. Dave Pruszynski (NDGP) 18:06, 5. Adam Scheirer (NDGP) 18:13, 6. Patrick Strobel (NW), 7. Kevin Seemiller (Palm), 8. Andrew Stauffer (SV), 9. Mike Martinsky (NDGP), 10. Ryan Cerrone (NW);

Tamaqua-Jim Thorpe-Pine Grove

The Tamaqua girls' team and the Jim Thorpe boys' team walked off the course at Pine Grove with Schuylkill League sweeps.

On the other hand, the Blue Raiders' boys' team and the Olympians' girls' team split earned splits.

The Lady Raiders were able to sweep thanks to Amber Carroll, Schuyler Schmidt and Colleen Rorke finishing one-two-three. Kayla Susko paced the Lady Olympians with a fourth-place finish.

Josh Williams led a pack of Olympians who notched six of the top-10 spots with a third-place finish. Matt Curran was fifth. The Raiders' Philip Christman just beat Williams to the finish line crossing in second place.

GIRLS

Tamaqua 15, Pine Grove 50

Tamaqua 17, Jim Thorpe 46

Jim Thorpe 21, Pine Grove 34

1. Amber Carroll (T) 20:43, 2. Schuyler Schmidt (T) 22:08, 3. Colleen Rorke (T) 22:58, 4. Kayla Susko (JT), 5. Dana Ansbach (T), 6. Emily Bumbulsky (T), 7. Jess Leiby (T), 8. Cecily Kohlmeir (T), 9. Erin Bucci (JT), 10. Julie Lesniak (T).

BOYS

Jim Thorpe 20, Pine Grove 42

Jim Thorpe 24, Tamaqua 36

Tamaqua 27, Pine Grove 28

1. Kyler Burke (PG) 18:55, 2. Philip Christman (T) 19:51, 3. Joshua Williams (JT) 19:58, 4. Joe Rudy (T), 5. Matt Curran (JT), 6. Christian Fields (JT), 7. Zach Nace (JT), 8. Adam Dachowicz (JT), 9. Johnny Cataldo (PG), 10. Nathaniel Flick (JT).

Weatherly-Nativity-Marian

Marian played host to two squads in Schuylkill League cross country action and downed both teams in both the boys' and girls' races.

Individually, the hosts' Molly Balliet (first) and Phil Marzen (second) represented their teams well.

Weatherly's Andy Vack took the top place in the boys' race to help his team to a 1-1 finish on the day.

GIRLS

Marian Catholic 15, Nativity 50

Marian Catholic 15, Weatherly 50

1. Molly Balliet (MC) 24:03, 2. Sam O'Donnell (MC) 25:54, 3. Emma Boyle (MC) 26:20, 4. Suzanne Reigle (W), 5. Amanda Srinivasin (MC), 6. Shannon Skotek (MC), 7. Brianna Kibishin (MC), 8. Emily Bitterly (MC);

BOYS

Marian Catholic 22, Weatherly 33

Marian Catholic 15, Nativity 50

Weatherly 15, Nativity 50

1. Andy Vack (W) 19:21, 2. Phil Marzen (MC) 19:26, 3. Bobby Kelly (MC) 21:26, 4. Connor Schleicher (MC), 5. Tyler Hunyara (N), 6. Matthew Caccese (W), 7. Nick Hopek (MC), 8. Nick Brutts (N), 9. Phillip Desantis (MC), 10. Alex Sirkot (W);