NL boys get impressive win over SL

Northern Lehigh's outstanding season continued on Friday night as it posted a double figure victory over Southern Lehigh.

BOYS BASKETBALL

No. Lehigh-So. Lehigh

The Spartans jumped out to a 10-point first quarter lead, but the Bulldogs fought back to tie it at the half and then owned the third quarter en route to a 58-47 Colonial League win.

Lucas Pierce finished with a game-high 26 points for the Bulldogs, while Caleb Johnson and Josh Landsberger each added 12. Alex Anderson led the Spartans with 18 points.

NO. LEHIGH

George 0-0-0-0, Shupp 0-0-0-0, Dibilio 0-2-2-2, Pristash 2-0-0-4, Glose 2-5-7-9, Eden 1-1-2-3, Landsberger 5-2-4-12, Johnson 5-2-4-12, Pierce 10-5-8-26. Totals: 21-15-23-58

SO. LEHIGH

Mobley 1-3-4-5, Anderson 6-3-5-18, Wagner 0-0-2-0, Brown 2-1-2-6, Zellner 1-0-0-2, Shaheen 1-0-1-2, Reppert 2-0-0-4, Amory 3-4-6-10. Totals: 16-11-20-47

No. Lehigh 8 18 19 13 - 58

So. Lehigh 18 8 7 14 - 47

Three-Pointers: NL - Pierce 1; SL - Anderson 3, Brown 1.

Palmerton-Salisbury

The Falcons ran their record to 15-0 overall with their 10th straight Colonial League win, handing the Blue Bombers a 74-46 setback.

Lloyd Irons finished with a game high 22 points and Terrance Bond backed him up with 11 for Salisbury. Tyler Svetik was the lone Bomber in doubles with 11.

PALMERTON

Snyder 3 0-0 8, Geist 2 2-2 6, Svetik 3 2-3 10, Leon 0 0-0 0, Horvath 1 1-1 3, Leaver 3 2-3 8, Luers 0 0-0 0, Shigo 0 0-0 0, Lesher 1 0-0 3, Quinn 0 0-3 0, Ruch 3 0-0 8. TOTALS: 16 7-12 46.

SALISBURY

Maron 1 1-3 3, Cooperman 0 0-0 0, Brown 2 0-0 5, Aungst 4 1-3 9, Reichenbach 2 0-0 6, Vangeli 0 0-0 0, Simon 3 0-0 6, Caraballo 1 0-0 2, Uhl 4 0-0 8, Newhard 0 2-2 2, Irons 11 0-0 22, Sanchez 0 0-0 0, Bond 4 1-1 11. TOTALS: 32 5-9 74.

Palmerton 13 10 18 5 - 46

Salisbury 20 24 22 8 - 74

Three-Pointers: P - Ruch 2, Snyder 2, Svetik 2, Lesher 1; S - Reichenbach 2, Bond 2, Brown 1.

Northwestern

-Saucon Vy.

Northwestern jumped out to a big first quarter lead but Saucon Valley rallied for a 38-27 Colonial League win.

Sean Redding and Matt Laub led the Panthers in scoring with 10 points apiece.

For the Tigers, who led by nine points after the opening quarter, Matt Maher led the way with eight points.

Northwestern falls to 2-13 overall and 1-9 in the league.

NORTHWESTERN

Wagner 1 0-0 2, Schuler 0 0-0 0, Richardson 3 0-0 7, Maher 0 3-8 8, Rivera 2 0-1 4, Bidner 1 2-2 4, DeAngelo 2 0-0 5, Bachman 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 10 5-11 27. rec. 2-11 1-8.

SAUCON VALLEY

Martin 1 0-0 2, Weeks 1 0-1 2, Sinko 1 0-0 2, Hough 1 0-1 2, Redding 5 0-1 10, Mosher 0 3-4 3, Laub 4 2-2 10, Kennedy 3 1-2 7. TOTALS: 16 6-9 38. rec. 5-9 4-5.

Northwestern 13 1 7 6 - 27

Saucon Vy. 4 10 14 10 - 38

Three-pointers: NW: DeAngelo 1, Richardson 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Pleasant Vy.-ES North

Arden Cisluycis led a balanced scoring attack as Pleasant Valley rolled to a 57-38 Mountain Valley Conference victory over East Stroudsburg North.

Cisluycis finished with 14 points for the Bears (9-6, 5-2) while Kelecia Harris chipped in 11 and Jordan Meckes added eight points.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Meckes 3-0-0-8, Cisluycis 4-4-4-14, Dekmar 1-0-0-2, Aldinger 1-0-0-2, Chieffo 2-0-0-6, Morales 0-0-0-0, Harris 5-1-1-11, Sharley 0-0-0-0, Miller 1-2-2-4, Krcic 0-0-0-0, Dorney 2-0-0-4, Frigiola 0-0-0-0, Craig 3-0-0-6, Fields 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-7-7-57.

ES NORTH

McEneany 0-0-0-0, Durant 1-0-0-2, Arnst 0-0-0-0, Almodovas 7-0-0-14, Talley 4-1-1-9, Jones 0-0-0-0, Person 0-0-0-0, LoCascio 5-3-4-13. TOTALS: 17-4-5-38.

Pleasant Vy. 10 18 20 9 - 57

ES North 6 15 5 12 - 38

Three-pointers: PV - Meckes 2, Cicluycis 2, Chieffo 2.

Marian-Tri-Valley

Unbeaten Tri-Valley flexed its muscles against Marian, rolling to a 54-21 Schuylkill League victory.

The Fillies (11-4, 7-1) trailed by just three points after one quarter, but were blanked in the second period and never recovered.

Tara Nahodil led the Bulldogs with 14 points.

Danielle Tristani's seven points topped Marian.

MARIAN

Green 0-2-4-2, Faust 1-0-2-4, McLaughlin 1-0-0-2, Sofranko 0-0-0-0, Nemeth 0-0-0-0, Shaud 0-0-0-0, Wilson 0-0-2-0, Shober 1-1-2-4, Holman 0-4-4-4, Tristani 2-2-3-7. TOTALS: 5-9-17-21.

TRI-VALLEY

Weber 3-2-2-10, Deibert 0-2-2-2, Newswanger 2-0-0-4, Spickler 1-0-0-2, Smeltz 1-1-2-3, Troutman 2-8-8-12, Ney 1-1-1-3, Stutzman 1-2-2-4, Nahodil 5-4-4-14. TOTALS: 16-20-21-54.

Marian 7 0 2 12 - 21

Tri-Valley 10 11 18 15 - 54

Three-pointers: M - Shober 1, Tristani 1. TV - Weber 2.

Tamaqua

-No. Schuylkill

The Lady Raiders used a team effort placing four girls in double figures, including a double-double by Amanda Solt (11 points, 12 rebounds) and nine rebounds from Kori Kabilko coupled with only six turnoversto turn back the Spartans 50-44 for Joe Berezwick's 250th win.

Maria Streisel led all scorers with 17 points, followed by Kayla Hope and Solt with 11 each and Christine Streisel with 10 for Tamaqua (9-6).

North Schuylkill pulled out a 49-23 win in the JV game.

TAMAQUA

Hope 3-5-8-11, Trainer 0-0-0-0, Kabilko 0-1-2-1, M. Streisel 3-11-15-17, C. Streisel 4-1-2-10, Valasek 0-0-0-0, Solt 3-5-8-11. TOTALS: 13-23-35-50.

NO. SCHUYLKILL

Deeter 4-3-3-12, Grasso 0-1-2-1, Paul 4-1-2-10, Reinoehl 1-0-3-2, Bolinsky 0-0-0-0, Spotts 6-2-4-14, Marone 1-0-0-2, Li. Damiter 0-0-0-0, La. Damiter 1-0-0-3, Semanchik 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-7-14-44.

Tamaqua 9 12 14 15 - 50

No. Schuylkill 7 14 11 12 - 44

Three-pointers: T - C. Streisel 1; NS - Deeter 1, Paul 1, Lauren Damiter 1.

Lehighton-PM East

Pocono Mountain East raced to an early lead and cruised to a 49-18 Mountain Valley Conference win over visiting Lehighton.

Ally Roth scored a game-high 12 points for the Cardinals, who took a 22-2 first-quarter advantage. Tristen Wicks also tallied 11 for the winners.

For the Indians, Taylor Yurasits scored 10 points.

LEHIGHTON

Blasiak 0-0-0-0, Shelly 0-1-2-1, Green 0-0-0-0, Barclay 0-0-0-0, Nagyar 0-0-0-0, Yurasits 4-2-4-10, Dorishin 1-0-1-2, Smith 0-1-2-1, Pell 0-0-0-0, Daniels 0-0-0-0, Thompson 0-0-2-0, Rehrig 0-0-0-0, Cordova 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 7-4-11-18.

PM EAST

McCain 0-0-0-0, Andrews 1-0-0-2, Haller 0-0-0-0, Lavelle 1-0-0-2, Ruggiero 2-0-0-6, Lalin 1-0-0-3, Parker 4-0-0-8, Roth 5-0-0-12, Wicks 5-1-1-11, Smith 0-0-0-0, Ingram 2-1-5-5. TOTALS: 21-2-6-49.

Lehighton 2 2 6 8 - 18

PM East 22 8 7 12 - 49

Three-pointers: Lehighton - None; PM East - Ruggiero 2, Roth 2, Lalin 1.

WRESTLING

Catasauqua

-Northwestern

Catasauqua won five of the eight bouts wrestled and also gained six forfeit wins to cruise to a 63-11 Colonial League victory over host Northwestern.

The Tigers managed major decision from Dylan Faust (126 pounds) and Mike Ortiz (152) while Levi Veppert earned a decision over Luke Garner in a marquee matchup at 195.

Catasauqua 63,

Northwestern 11

106 - Spencer Phillips (C) won by forfeit

113 - Ty Kern (C) won by forfeit

120 - Michael Shutta (C) won by forfeit

126 - Dylan Faust (NW) major dec. Nick Almonti, 12-4

132 - Casey Simmons (C) pinned Cole Moyer in :25

138 - Vinny Pellechia (C) pinned Ethan Keichel in 3:05

145 - Rhaine Sziy (C) pinned Tag Vogels in 1:21

152 - Mike Ortiz (NW) major dec. Eric Matz, 14-4

160 - Zach Bradley (C) dec. Mitch Evans, 12-8

170 - Tyler Trobetsky (C) pinned Alex Russo in 3:16

182 - Jared Nosal (C) won by forfeit.

195 - Levi Veppert (NW) dec. Luke Garner, 5-2.

220 - Anthony Harris (C) won by forfeit.

285 - Jacob Schlinkman (C) won by forfeit.

SWIMMING

Salisbury-Tamaqua

Tamaqua split its swim meet with visiting Salisbury.

The Blue Raider girls cruised to a 119-40 victory while the Falcon boys gained an east 135-30 win.

Five different Tamaqua girls earned a first place finish. They included Miranda Amey (200 IM), Danielle DeCindio (100 Fly), Joann Butkus (500 Free), Carolina Kanaskie (100 Back) and Carly Trovinger (100 Breast).

Boys

Salisbury 135, Tamaqua 30

200 Medley Relay - 1. Salisbury (Nathan Borak, Tristan Collins, Joe Skibbens, Dylan Bonge) 1:58.19; 2. Tamaqua; 3. Salisbury.

200 Free - 1. Jon Anderson (S) 1:54.06; 2. Connor Harrison (S); 3. Jason Carne (S).

200 IM - 1. Tim Costantini (S) 2:13.89; 2. Garrett Collins (S); 3. Patrick Golden (S).

50 Free - 1. Eric Tatum (S) 22.83; 2. Tyler Butkus (T); 3. Nathan Borak (S).

100 Fly - 1. Connor Harrison (S) 1:01.71; 2. Tim Costantini (S); 3. Tyler Lesko (S).

100 Free - 1. Eric Tatum (S) 50.46; 2. Jesse Herczeg (S); 3. Dylan Bonge (S).

500 Free - 1. Garrett Collins (S) 5:23.08; 2. Ian Carey (S); 3. Pat Golden (S).

200 Free Relay - 1. Salisbury (Jon Anderson, Tim Costantini, Connor Harrison, Garrett Collins) 1:36.21; 2. Salisbury; 3. Salisbury.

100 Back - 1. J. Anderson (S) 1:02.11; 2. Nathan Borak (S); 3. Gavin Carey (S).

100 Breast - 1. Tristan Collins (S) 1:07.24; 2. Jason Carne (S); 3. Tyler Butkus (T).

400 Free Realy - 1. Salisbury (Eric Tatum, Connor Harrison, Tim Costantini, Anderson) 3:27.02 (new Tamaqua pool record); 2. Salisbury; 3. Salisbury.

Girls

Tamaqua 119, Salisbury 40

200 Medley Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Carolina Kanaskie, Joann Butkus, Emily Bumbulsky, Danielle DeCindio) 2:06.23; 2. Tamaqua; 3. Salisbury.

200 Free - 1. Katie Cialkowski (S) 2:02.30; 2. Joann Butkus (T); 3. Alyssa Sipos(S).

200 IM - 1. Miranda Amey (T) 2:30.77; 2. Emily Bumbulsky (T); 3. Liz Updegrove (S).

50 Free - 1. Katie Cialkowski (S) 27.49; 2. Danielle DeCindio (T); 3. Makayla Boyle (T).

100 Fly - 1. Danielle DeCindio (T) 1:07.95; 2. Carolina Kanaskie (T); 3. Carly Trovinger (T).

100 Free - 1. Alyssa Sipos (S) 1:01.28; 2. Amber Gulick (T); 3. Megan Wagner (T).

500 Free - 1. Joann Butkus (T) 5:44.11; 2. Andrea Whitley (T); 3. Makayla Boyle (T).

200 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Megan Wagner, Amber Gulick, Makayla Boyle, Miranda Amey) 1:53.77; 2. Salisbury; 3. Tamaqua.

100 Back - 1. Caroline Kanaskie (T) 1:09.68; 2. Miranda Amey (T); 3. Ashley VanBuren (T).

100 Breast - 1. Carly Trovinger (T) 1:16.00; 2. Meredith Heydt (S); 3. Nichelle Pucklavage (T).

400 Free Realy - 1. Tamaqua (Danielle DeCindio, Carolina Kanaskie, Miranda Amey, Joann Butkus) 4:06.67; 2. Tamaqua; 3. Salisbury.