Local Sports Roundup: Games of Jan. 5

The Northern Lehigh boys and Northwestern girls both earned Colonial League victories in action Friday night.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Palmerton-Northwestern

A balanced attack helped Northwestern roll to a 58-18 Colonial League victory against Palmerton.

Abigail Chisdak and Jessica Williamson scored nine points apiece to lead the Tigers, who didn’t have a player in double figures. Leighanna Lister tallied all eight of her points in the first half as Northwestern built a commanding 33-7 advantage at the intermission.

Linnaea Leister had seven points for the Bombers, while Kayla Cincilla added five.

PALMERTON

H. Guedes 0-0-0-0, B. Guedes 0-1-2-1, Hirochek 0-0-0-0, Cincilla 1-3-4-5, Leister 3-0-2-7, Frantz 1-0-0-2, Molchan 0-0-0-0, Beahm 0-0-0-0, Oldt 0-0-0-0, Recker 1-0-0-3, Mihalko 0-0-0-0, Morgan 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 6-4-8-18.

NORTHWESTERN

A. Lister 3-0-2-6, L. Lister 2-4-4-8, Chisdak 4-1-1-9, G. Sevrain 2-2-2-6, S. Sevrain 3-0-0-6, Hess 1-0-0-2, E. Sekerak 1-1-2-3, Williamson 4-0-0-9, Christopher 3-0-0-6, S. Sekerak 0-1-4-1, Sisco 0-0-0-0, Giese 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 24-9-15-58.

Palmerton 4 3 6 5 - 18

Northwestern 19 14 15 10 - 58

Three-pointers: Palmerton - Leister 1, Recker 1; Northwestern - Williamson 1.

Panther Valley-Pottsville

Pottsville pulled away from Panther Valley en route to a 63-37 Schuylkill League victory.

Three Tide players — Lexi Plachko, Olivia Eckert and Sadie Comort — each finished with a team-high 10 points.

The Panthers (5-7) received a game-high 17 points from Erika Dubosky, while Christina Dacey and Megan Pascoe both tallied nine. OF PV’s 12 field goals, 10 of them were three-pointers.

In the JV game, Pottsville gained a 59-12 win.

PANTHER VALLEY

Pascoe 3-0-0-9, E. Dubosky 6-1-3-17, Hoben 0-0-0-0, Sheridan 0-1-2-1, C. Dacey 3-0-0-9, Filer 0-1-2-1, Miller 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-3-7-37.

POTTSVILLE

Skosnick 1-0-0-2, Plachko 4-0-0-10, Tarconish 1-5-7-7, Conrad 3-0-0-8, Cesari 0-2-2-2, Eckert 2-6-6-10, Comfort 4-0-0-10, Coyle 3-1-4-7, Schaeffer 0-0-1-0, Yoder 0-1-2-1, Shrom 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 21-15-22-63.

Panther Vy. 6 6 12 13 - 37

Pottsville 12 20 22 9 - 63

Three-pointers: PV - E. Dubosky 4, Pascoe 3, C. Dacey 3; P - Plachko 2, Conrad 2, Comfort 2.

Easton-Pleasant Valley

Easton jumped out to an early lead and cruised to a 60-31 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.

Kyla Smith scored 15 points for the Red Rovers, who led 20-6 after the first quarter. Leanna Deegan added 11 points in the victory.

Cameron Caffrey scored eight points to pace the Bears, while Madison Rosenberg tallied seven points.

EASTON

Oliver 3-0-0-7, Barna 1-0-0-2, Roach 1-1-2-3, Morse 2-0-0-5, Grundhauser 2-0-0-4, Altobelli 0-2-2-2, Smith 7-0-0-15, Saylor 1-0-0-2, Violante 0-0-0-0, Doerner 3-0-0-9, Finell 0-0-0-0, Weathers 0-0-1-0, Deegan 5-1-1-11. TOTALS: 25-4-6-60.

PLEASANT VALLEY

R. Wagner 0-0-0-0, Caffrey 3-1-2-8, O’Neil 0-0-0-0, K. Thourot 0-0-0-0, B. Clark 0-3-6-3, Miller 2-0-0-4, A. Thourot 0-0-0-0, A. Clark 1-2-2-5, Rosenberg 3-0-0-7, Francis 1-0-2-2, A. Wagner 0-0-0-0, Schwenck 1-0-0-2.

Easton 20 14 8 18 - 60

Pleasant Vy. 6 10 12 3 - 31

Three-pointers: Easton - Doerner 3, Morse 1, Oliver 1, Smith; Pleasant Valley - A. Clark 1, Rosenberg 1, Caffrey 1.

BOYS BASKETBALL

So. Lehigh-No. Lehigh

Brandon Hess scored a game-high 23 points to lead Northern Lehigh to a 65-48 win over Southern Lehigh.

Gio Colon scored 13 points for the Bulldogs, while Preston Kemery and Nick Seier added 11 points apiece.

Chris Andrews scored 13 points for the Spartans.

SOUTHERN LEHIGH

Trevis 1-1-1-3, Grewel 0-1-2-1, Welsh 0-0-0-0, Schmidt 0-2-4-2, Coleman 2-0-0-5, Andrews 5-1-1-13, Hoff 4-0-0-9, Dougherty 1-0-1-2, Blondell 3-0-0-6, Hoff 1-0-0-2, Coyle 1-2-2-5. TOTALS: 18-7-11-48.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Kemery 5-0-0-11, Colon 4-5-6-13, Schoff 2-0-0-5, Seier 4-2-2-11, Seiler 1-0-0-2, Olewine 0-0-0-0, Berger 0-0-0-0, Hess 8-5-6-23, Kroll 0-0-0-0, Richards 0-0-0-0, Moyer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 24-12-14-65.

So. Lehigh 8 9 12 19 - 48

No. Lehigh 8 19 19 19 - 65

Three-pointers: Southern Lehigh - Andrews 2, Coleman 1, Hoff 1, Coyle 1; Northern Lehigh - Hess 2, Kemery 1, Schoff 1, Seier 1.

Pleasant Valley-Easton

Easton edged Pleasant Valley 58-51 in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference play.

Ryan Boylan scored 21 points to lead the Red Rovers (7-3, 3-2). Jake Herres added 19 points.

Deshawn Scarboro and Isaiah Howard both scored 15 points for the Bears (4-4, 1-3). Michael Duviella added 10 points.

Easton also won the JV game, 60-30.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Stivala 1-0-2-2, Howard 5-2-2-15, Harrison-Gaddist 4-1-2-9, Neubert 0-0-0-0, Scarboro 5-5-6-15, Duviella 4-2-2-10. TOTALS: 19-10-14-51.

EASTON

D. Jacobs 2-3-3-8, Davila 1-1-2-3, Boylan 5-8-8-21, Brown 1-2-4-4, Hewey 0-0-0-0, Foreman 0-0-0-0, Herres 6-7-8-19, J. Jacobs 0-0-0-0, Quezada 1-1-2-3, Magee 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-22-27-58.

Pleasant Vy. 6 14 10 21 - 51

Easton 13 14 15 16 - 58

Three-pointers: PV - Howard 3; E - Boylan 3, D. Jacobs 1.

9TH GRADE BOYS

Tamaqua-Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain downed Tamaqua by a 59-30 score.

Miller led the Eagles with 13 points.

For the Blue Raiders (2-3), Nate Gregoire scored a team-high nine points.