Local Sports Roundup: Games of Dec. 14

The Northwestern boys basketball team earned a win over Catasauqua in overtime.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Catasauqua-Northwestern

Northwestern won a Colonial League thriller over Catasauqua in overtime, 76-73.

Deven Bollinger tallied a team-high 28 points to lead the Tigers (3-1; 3-0), while Sam Yadush had 19 and Devin Thomas finished with 10.

Isaiah Graves poured in a game-high 38 points and reached the 1,000-point in his mark for Catasauqua (1-2; 1-1).

CATASAUQUA

Graves 14-8-16-38, Hernandez 2-1-2-5, Green 4-0-0-9, Bond 2-3-4-7, Brett 3-0-0-7, Ritter 1-0-0-2, Oppidasano 1-0-0-2, A. Martinez 0-0-0-0, Troxell 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 28-12-22-73

NORTHWESTERN

Seyfried 2-0-0-4, Yadush 6-4-5-19, Bollinger 10-8-14-28, Thomas 5-0-3-10, Hallman 3-0-0-7, Holmes 2-0-0-4, McCann 1-0-0-3, Hebelka 0-0-0-0, Mengel 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 29-13-24-76.

Catasauqua 18 12 19 20 4 - 73

Northwestern 22 18 10 19 7 - 76

Three-pointers: Catasauqua - Graves 2, Bret 1, Green 1, Troxell 1; Northwestern - Yadush 3, McCann 1, Hallman 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Northern Lehigh-Salisbury

Salisbury posted a 53-44 Colonial League win over Northern Lehigh.

For the Falcons, Sarah McGee scored 18 points.

For the Bulldogs’ Jada Saeger poured in a game-high 23 points. No. Lehigh (0-3) also received 12 points from Jill Olewine.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Olewine 5-0-0-12, Saeger 7-8-11-23, Ziegler 0-0-2-0, D. Hoffman 0-2-2-2, Evans 0-0-0-0, Seier 1-1-2-3, Guelcher 1-0-0-3, L. Hoffman 0-1-2-1. TOTAL: 14-12-19-44.

SALISBURY

McGee 6-5-9-18, Holben 1-2-4-4, Buckhart 1-0-0-2, Gardsos 2-1-2-5, Bettuccio 7-0-0-14, McNally 1-2-2-5, Stauffer 2-0-0-5. TOTAL: 20-10-17-53

No. Lehigh 5 9 21 9 - 44

Salisbury 11 11 14 17 - 53

Three-pointers: No. Lehigh - Olewine 2, Saeger 1, Guelcher 1; Salisbury - McGee 1, McNally 1, Stauffer 1.

Lehighton-Lincoln LA

Lehighton cruised to a 72-39 non-league victory over Lincoln Leadership Academy.

Skylynn Faust tallied a game-high 25 points for the Indians, who improved to 3-0, while Aubrey Blasiak finished with 23.

LEHIGHTON

Klotz 1-0-0-2, Brown 1-0-0-2, Frey 1-0-0-2, Long 1-0-0-2, Hibbler 3-0-0-6, Blasiak 8-3-3-23, Marchessault 0-0-0-0, Miller 3-0-0-6, Solt 0-0-0-0, Pantella 1-0-0-2, Faust 10-4-7-25, Gaston 0-0-0-0, Buchinsky 1-0-0-2, Solomon 0-0-0-0, Schappell 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 30-7-10-72.

LINCOLN LA

Hess 5-1-3-11, Rodriguez 5-2-2-13, Villanueva 0-0-0-0, Smith 0-0-0-0, Cobeza 0-1-2-1, Gonzalez 0-0-0-0, Tomas 1-4-8-6, Ramos 3-2-4-8, Watkins 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-10-19-39.

Lehighton 22 17 20 13 - 72

Lincoln LA 13 11 7 8 - 39

Three-pointers: Lehighton - Blasiak 4, Faust 1; Lincoln LA - Rodriguez 1.

Jim Thorpe-Bentonville

Jim Thorpe’s Payton Kovac scored a game-high 19 points, but the Olympians dropped a 64-48 decision to Bentonville (Arkansas) at a game played in Florida at the ESPN Wide World of Sports arena.

Kayley Kovac finished with 16 points for Thorpe (2-1), who are playing in the KSA Events’ Holiday Classic Tournament.

The Olympians face Oley Valley today.

JIM THORPE

Richards 1-0-0-2, P. Kovac 4-7-12-19, McGinley 0-1-4-1, Condly 0-0-0-0, Scott 0-1-2-1, Montemuro 2-0-0-4, Skrimcovsky 1-0-0-2, K. Kovac 7-2-2-16, Cellini 0-0-0-0, Lignore 0-0-4-0, Gabel 1-1-2-3, Craigie 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-12-26-48.

BENTONVILLE

Wilson 6-5-8-18, Clifton 1-0-0-2, Mahone 1-3-4-6, Wood 1-0-0-2, Kash 4-2-4-12, Henry 2-1-2-5, Reid 0-1-2-1, Kultgen 1-0-0-2, Montgomery 7-0-0-14, Vaughan 0-0-0-0, Curtis 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 24-12-20-64.

Jim Thorpe 11 9 17 11 - 48

Bentonville 18 13 17 16 - 64

Three-pointers: Jim Thorpe - P. Kovac 4; Bentonville - Kash 2, Wilson 1, Mahone 1.

Northwestern-Catasauqua

Northwestern shut out Catasauqua in two different quarters en route to a 56-15 Colonial League victory.

The Tigers (3-1) received 10 points from three different players — Leighanna Lister, Gabrielle Sevrain, and Sydney Sevrain.

NORTHWESTERN

A. Lister 2-0-0-4, L. Lister 4-2-4-10, Chisdak 2-0-0-4, G. Sevrain 4-2-2-10, S. Sevrain 4-0-0-10, Hess 1-1-2-3, E. Sekerak 2-1-2-5, Williamson 1-0-0-2, Christopher 1-3-4-5, S. Sekerak 0-1-4-1, Sisco 0-0-0-0, Giese 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 22-10-18-56.

CATASAUQUA

Rushatz 1-0-0-2, Bradley 2-0-0-5, DeLucia 1-0-0-2, Huber 0-2-2-2, Lacey 0-0-0-0, Hicks 1-0-0-2, Brown 1-0-0-2, Greenberg 0-0-0-0, George 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 6-2-2-15.

Northwestern 20 10 12 14 - 56

Catasauqua 0 7 0 8 - 15

Three-pointers: Northwestern - S. Sevrain 2; Catasauqua - Bradley 1.