Bears remain perfect in volleyball

Pleasant Valley's volleyball team got a test, but remain undefeated with a win, while both Palmerton and Northwestern's girls soccer teams triumphed with some huge shutouts.

Northwestern also won in field hockey and boys soccer, while Tamaqua and Marian picked up some down-to-the-wire golf victories.

VOLLEYBALL

Freedom-Pleasant Valley

Pleasant Valley remains undefeated in the early going thanks to a 25-15, 12-25, 25-22, 25-18 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Freedom.

Bridget Lozier paced the Bears with a career-high 20 kills and five blocks, while Alli Markowski dished out 18 assist, nine digs and five kills.

Kiersten Griesback chipped in with 15 assists, while Noel Kelly (9 kills, 4 blocks) and Sara Kron (5 kills, 2 blocks) for the Bears.

JIm Thorpe-Sch. Haven

The Hurricanes handed the Olympians a 3-0 loss by scores of 25-12, 25-13, 25-22 in non-league action.

Tori Pascucci was the big star for Schuylkill Haven wity 22 service points, five blocks and three aces.

Haven also won the JV game.

BOYS SOCCER

Wilson-Northwestern

Northwestern cruised to a 7-1 Colonial League win over Wilson.

Brandon Herb and JD Haaf both scored two goals to lead the Tigers' offense in the win. Daniel Hallingstad, Dominic Mertz and Meyers all added a goal, as well.

Palmerton-Catasauqua

Two first half goals was all Catasauqua needed to score a 2-0 Colonial League win over Palmerton.

Nick Rossnagle and Majed Salama posted the goals for the Roughies, while Dave Wetherhold and Stone Vassa added the assists.

The Bombers' keeper Rich Roselli finished with 11 saves.

Northern Lehigh-Palisades

Palisades blanked Northern Lehigh for a 4-0 Colonial League victory.

Cooper Moyer scored a hat trick for the Pirates, while teammate Jason Gehman added the other score.

Tyler Andre recorded two assists, while Mike Guarino and Colin Marsden both added single assists.

Jim Thorpe-Pottsville

Pottsville scored an unanswered goal in both halves of play to defeat Jim Thorpe, 2-0.

Tyler Wright scored both goals for the Crimson Tide in the winning effort.

Meanwhile, Carter Rodriguez stopped 13 shots on goal for the Olympians.

No. Schuylkill-Tamaqua

The Raiders scored four first half goals and never looked back in winning by a 6-1 score over the Spartans in a Schuylkill League Division I contest.

Josh Delp had two goals and an assist, Ben Miller had two goals, Riley McHugh had a goal and an assist and Roberto Borrero added theother goal for the Raiders.

Hunter Banavage had eight saves in goal for Tamaqua (4-2, 2-2).

Weatherly-Lourdes

The Red Raiders shut out the Wreckers by a 5-0 score in a Schuylkill League Division II game.

No information was reported to The Times News.

GIRLS SOCCER

Northwestern-Wilson

Northwestern cruised to a 8-0 Colonial League win over Wilson.

Rachel Fisher sparked the Tigers' attack with a hat trick and an assist, while Angela Motolese added two goals and two assists.

Sarah Segan recorded two goals and an assist, while Sabrina Mertz posted a goal and an assist. McKenzi Divers and Zoe Strickland both finished with an assist.

No. Lehigh-Palisades

Palisades came out on top with a 4-0 Colonial League victory over visiting Northern Lehigh.

Amanda Nickles posted two goals for the Pirates, while Kayla Reed and Annie Lodwig added singles scores.

Tamaqua-Hazleton

Hazleton scored first and never looked back on its way to a 3-1 win non-conference win over Tamaqua.

Abby Sechse and Nancy Cruz recorded first half goals for the Cougars, while Madison Palumbo finished off the scoring with a goal in the second half.

Monica Shimko scored the Blue Raiders' lone goal.

Carly Sassaman recorded 14 saves in front of the Raiders' net.

Catasauqua-Palmerton

Palmerton scored frequently throughout its 10-0 shutout of Catasauqua in their Colonial League soccer game.

Monica Wood scored four goals and assisted two other scores in a noteworthy performance. Johanna Matsko pulled off a hat trick in the game, as well. Brianna Doherty scored twice and fed two teammates for scores, while Jenna Blynn chipped in a goal, to boot. Kaylee Haskins had an assist, while Jaclyn Wood had two feeds, as well.

Palmerton beat Catasauqua 10-0

GOLF

No. Dame ES-Pleasant Vy.

Ryan Krechel helped spark his Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg squad to a 411-414 victory over Pleasant Valley, which happens to be his father Steve Krechel's squad.

Krechel carded medalist honors with a three-over-par score of 75, while teammate Brendon Murphy followed with a 77 on the day.

Ryan Adamonis led the Bears with a 77.

NOTRE DAME ES (411)

Ryan Krechel 75, Brendon Murphy 77, Matt McGinley 82, Brant Weirich 87, Krista Kissell 90

PLEASANT VALLEY (414)

Ryan Adamonis 77, Ryan McCrowe 81, Craig Roberts 85, Cody Scully 85, Zach Degler 86

Played at Blue Shamrock, par 71

Tamaqua-Lehighton

Tamaqua edged Lehighton for a 407-414 Schuylkill League victory on the links.

The Blue Raiders' Carson Schoener grabbed medalist honors with a score of 94.

Erik Reichard led the Indians with a round of 99.

TAMAQUA (407)

Carson Schoener 94, Nate MacDonald 98, Shane Osty 107, Jon Hadesty 108

LEHIGHTON (414)

Erik Reichard 99, Cody Semmel 103, Gary Higgins 103, Daron Gilbert 109

Played at Mahoning Valley CC, par 72

Mahanoy Area-Marian

Marian pulled off a win over Mahanoy Area to knock them from the undefeated ranks, winning 378-382.

Mahanoy's Colin Casserly took medalist honors with a 87.

However, Marian placed four players in the nineties to pull out the win. Mike Latoff's 92 proved to be the best round by a Colt golfer.

MAHANOY AREA (382)

Colin Casserly 87, Nick Scicchitano 95, Trey Maceiunus 97, Noah Noon 103.

MARIAN (378)

Mike Latoff 92, Albert McFadden 94, Jarod Paisley 94, Nick Kurzinsky 98.

Played at Mahoning Valley Country Club, Par 72

Jim Thorpe-No.Schuylkill

Hunter Mickatavage fired a 62 to take medalist honors as the Spartans kept the Olympians winless by a 281-342 score in Schuylkill League golf.

Luke Eggert had an 81 to led he Olympians.

JIM THORPE (342)

Luke Eggert 81, James Marks 85, Josh Abbott 86, Will Kovolenko 90.

NO. SCHUYLKILL (281)

Hunter Mickatavage 62, Nick Paul 71, Ryan Hillbish 72, Austin Raup 76.

Played at Rolling Meadows Golf Course

FIELD HOCKEY

Northwestern-Palmerton

Courtney Page's second half goal was all Northwestern needed to score a 1-0 victory over Palmerton.

The Tigers and Bombers were tied with 10 shots apiece during the Colonial League matchup.

CROSS COUNTRY

Tamaqua-Mahanoy Area-CMVT

Tamaqua pulled off a sweep in both boys and girls non-league action.

In the boys race the Raiders edged the Bears 27-29 and Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech 21-38.

Andrew Tite (19:13) and Raymond Kinder (19:33) finished third and fifth, respectively for the Raiders on the boys side.

Adam Bahrey won the race in 18:59 to give the Golden Bears a 24-31 victory over the Rams.

On the girls side, the Raiders won by scores of 21-34 over Mahanoy and 15-50 over CMVT.

Tamaqua's Nicole Wasserleben finished first with a time of 22:09.

BOYS

Tamaqua 27, Mahanoy Area 29

Tamaqua 21, CMVT 38

1. Bahrey (MA) 18:59, 2. Streisel (MA) 19:00, 3. Tite (T) 19:13, 4. Joline (CMVT) 19:28, 5. Kinder (T) 19:33, 6. Melnick (T) 19:36, 7. Heintz (CMVT) 19:49, 8. Nortavage (T) 21:14, 9. Derr (MA) 21:22, 10. Barraza (MA) 21:26, 11. Boyer (T) 22:02, 12. Miller (T) 22:14, 13. Pitonyak (CMVT) 22:15, 14. Rivera (MA) 22:16, 15. Cool (CMVT) 22:40.

GIRLS

Tamaqua 21, Mahanoy Area 34

Tamaqua 15, CMVT 50

1. Wasserleben (T) 22:09, 2. Babinsky (MA) 22:49, 3. Carroll (T) 23:01, 4. Kabana (T) 23:11, 5. Frantz (T) 24:46, 6. M. Bisco (MA) 24:48, 7. Pitts (MA) 25:08, 8. Kostecky (T) 25:09, 9. LaBar (T) 25:39, 10. Ryan (T) 26:12, 11. Levy (MA) 26:32, 12. L. Bisco (MA) 27:01, 13. Lawrence (MA) 27:24, 14. Beck (T) 27:28, 15. P. Bernardyn (MA) 27:57.

Weatherly-Marian-

No. Schuylkill

The Spartans finished 1-2 as Chris McCormick and Lenny Bolinsky lead the pack in a 18-42 win over Marian and a 15-50 win over Weatherly in a boys non-league tri-meet.

Aaron Srinivasan led the Marian runners with a third place finish in 18:45 as the Colts scored a 17-38 win over Weatherly.

In the girls race, Marian's Tina Capparell finished first with a time of 19:54 as the Fillies beat North Schuylkill 25-31 and Weatherly 15-50.

BOYS

No. Schuylkill 18, Marian 42

No. Schuylkill 15, Weatherly 50

Marian 17, Weatherly 38

1. C. McCormick (NS) 18:23, 2. Bolinsky (NS) 18:42, 3. Srinivasan (Mar) 18:45, 4. Anthony (NS) 19:01, 5. Sokoloski (NS) 19:09, 6. Kessler (NS) 19:35, 7. Pulaski (Mar) 19:41, 8. M. McCormick (NS) 19:44, 9. Z. Roberts (Mar) 19:56, 10. Kelly (Wea) 19:57, 11. Ahrensfield (NS) 20:06, 12. Kauffman (NS) 20:47, 13. Witczak (NS) 21:26, 14. Kreisl (Mar) 21:27, 15. Garaway (NS) 21:37.

GIRLS

Marian 25, North Schuylkill 31

Marian 15, Weatherly 50

North Schuylkill 21, Weatherly 34

1. Capparell (Mar) 19:54, 2. Yeneskie (NS) 22:13, 3. Stravinski (NS) 22:56, 4. Pulaski (Mar) 24:18, 5. Metunis (Mar) 25:32, 6. Ferraiolo (NS) 26:02, 7. Reinoehl (Mar) 26:59, 8. Wheeler (Mar) 27:02, 9. Bartel (Wea) 27:46, 10. Shuman (Wea) 28:41, 11. Kergick (NS) 28:56, 12. Craver (Wea) 28:57, 13. Harrison (Wea) 30:12, 14. Blozusky (Mar) 32:15, 15. Huber (NS) 32:42.