Nolehi girls qualify for district playoffs

Northern Lehigh's Aimee Oertner moved within three points of the 1,000-point mark in her career as the Lady Bulldogs rolled over Saucon Valley in Colonial League play on Tuesday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Saucon Valley-No. Lehigh

Four players hit double figures as Northern Lehigh rolled to a 56-19 Colonial League win over the Panhers.

Aimee Oertner led the Bulldogs' offensive with a 17-point performance, while Sonya Josephson followed right behind with 15 points. Teammates Tina Bastardi and Kristi Seiler both hit double digits with 10 points.

Karine Polgar, Danielle Van Buren and Kelly Feher all finished with five points for the Panthers.

Northern Lehigh improved to 11-1 overall and 6-1 in the league, qualifying for the District 11 2A playoffs.

In the JV game, Saucon Valley came out on top with a 27-18 win over Northern Lehigh.

SAUCON VALLEY

Polgar 2-0-0-5, Weeks 0-0-0-0, Evans 0-0-0-0, Schreder 0-0-0-0, Marri 0-0-0-0, Van Buren 1-3-4-5, Feher 1-2-2-5, Peffer 0-0-0-0, Szemenyei 0-1-2-1, Laub 0-0-0-0, Mowrey 1-0-0-3, Binn 0-0-0-0, Martin 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 5-6-8-19.

NO. LEHIGH

Follweiler 0-2-2-2, Hams 0-0-0-0, Bastardi 4-1-2-10, Moore 0-0-0-0, Stauffer 0-0-0-0, Werley 0-0-0-0, Tarafas 0-0-0-0, L. Oertner 1-0-2-2, Josephson 5-5-5-15, A. Oertner 7-3-3-17, Seiler 5-0-0-10. TOTALS: 22-11-14-56.

Saucon Valley 5 5 5 4 - 19

Northern Lehigh 14 13 12 17 - 56

Three-pointers: SV - Polgar 1, Feher 1, Mowrey 1; NL - Bastardi 1.

So. Lehigh-Northwestern

Southern Lehigh finished as strong as it started to post a 57-41 Colonial League victory over Northwestern.

The Spartans' Katelyn Arnold keyed a prolific first half by scoring 13 of her 15 points, while Bridgette Dougherty scattered her double figures of 11 throughout the game.

The Tigers' Sara Jones led all scorers with a game-high 17 points.

Northwestern slipped to 3-8 overall and 2-5 in the CL.

SO. LEHIGH

Dimou 1-2-2-5, Nemeth 0-3-4-3, Sullivan 2-2-3-6, Carciello 1-0-0-2, Arnold 6-0-0-15, Dougherty 5-1-2-11, Amery 0-0-0-0, McDonald 0-0-0-0, Petehl 3-0-0-6, Doell 4-1-2-9. TOTALS: 22-9-13-57.

NORTHWESTERN

Gulick 1-0-0-3, Landrigan 0-0-0-0, Groller 0-0-0-0, Jones 5-7-10-17, Suter 2-3-6-7, Kemmerer 0-0-2-0, Nemes 0-0-0-0, MacLaughlin 2-0-0-5, Cunningham 2-2-4-6, Everett 1-1-4-3, Albright 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-13-26-41.

Southern Lehigh 11 18 9 19 - 57

Northwestern 8 7 15 11 - 41

Three-pointers: SL - Arnold 3, Dimou 1; NW - Gulick 1, MacLaughlin 1.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Pottsville-Jim Thorpe

Pottsville cruised to a 66-32 Schuylkill League Division I win over Jim Thorpe.

Bobby Schappel propelled the Tide with 18 points, while Nick Schlizter chipped in with double figures with 13 points.

Dane Ciavarella led the Olympians with seven points.

Jim Thorpe dropped to 4-8 on the season.

POTTSVILLE

Adams 0-0-0-0, Comfort 1-0-0-2, Schappel 7-0-0-18, Whitman 0-2-2-2, Heffner 1-0-0-2, Korrubin 0-0-0-0, Cuall 0-0-0-0, Guers 3-1-1-7, Britty 2-0-0-6, Misk 1-0-0-2, Tobin 1-0-0-2, Thomas 1-2-4-4, Schlitzer 3-6-7-13, Weil 3-0-0-8. TOTALS: 23-11-14-66.

JIM THORPE

DiBonifazio 0-0-0-0, Pontnicki 2-0-0-6, Morenta 0-0-0-0, Moore 0-0-0-0, Munoz 0-0-0-0, Lynch 1-1-2-4, Ciavarella 2-2-2-7, McGill 2-0-0-4, Brown 0-0-0-0, Clark 1-1-2-3, Johnson 2-1-2-6, Valentin 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 11-5-8-32.

Pottsville 19 27 14 6 - 66

Jim Thorpe 2 4 16 10 - 32

Three-pointers: Pottsville - Schappel 4, Britty 2, Weil 2, Schlitzer 1; JT - Pontnicki 2, Lynch 1, Ciavarella 1, Johnson 1.

No. Lehigh-Saucon Valley

Saucon Valley took advantage of a Northern Lehigh slump and a 20-point second quarter of its own to post a 67-41 Colonial League victory.

Figueroa paced the Panthers with a 23-point performance, while Clark and Franks followed with 14 and 11 points respectively.

Jordan Waylen led the Bulldogs with a team-high 18 points.

NO. LEHIGH

Landsberger 0-0-0-0, Waylen 6-3-4-18, Malaska 2-0-0-4, Pierce 2-5-6-9, Glose 1-0-0-2, Johnson 3-2-2-8, Pristash 0-0-0-0, Thatcher 0-0-0-0, Middaugh 0-0-0-0, Williams 2-0-0-6, Hoffmann 0-0-0 0, Rankin 0-1 0-0-0. Totals 16-10-12-47.

SAUCON VALLEY

Figueroa 8-1-2-23, Remlay 0-0-0-0, Frans 5-1-2-11, Redding 1-0-0-2, Clark 5-4-4-14, Okken 1-0-0-2, Mosher 2-0-0-5, Redding 0-0-0-0, Kennedy 2-0-0-4, Kowalski 0-0-0-0, Robinson 0-0-0-0. Totals 24-6-8-61.

Northern Lehigh 18 4 12 13 - 47

Saucon Valley 14 20 11 16 - 61

Three-pointers: NL - Waylen 3, Williams 2; SV - Figueroa 6, Mosher 1.

Northwestern-Southern Lehigh

Southern Lehigh awarded Head Coach Bob Shaffer with his 350th career coaching victory with a 58-27 Colonial League win over Northwestern.

The Spartans' Chris Mobley and Alen Rockel both finished with 10 points.

The Tigers' Payton Bachman recorded a team-high five points.

In the JV game, Southern Lehigh escaped with a 45-43 win over Northwestern.

NORTHWESTERN

L. Rivera 0-0-0-0, Snyder 0-0-0-0, A. Rivera 1-0-0-2, Bachman 2-1-2-5, Ettl 1-1-2-3, Maher 1-1-3-3, Dorney 0-0-0-0, M. Rivera 0-0-0-0, Williams 1-1-2-4, Cunningham 2-0-0-4, Richardson 2 -0-0-4, Danner 0 2-2 2, Binder 0-0-0-0, Roth 0-0-0-0, Storm 0-0-0-0. TOT: 10-6-10-27.

SOuthern LEHIGH

Lee 1-0-0-2, Gerhard 0-0-0-0, McCroroy 4-0-0-8, Anderson 3-1-1-8, Shaateen 0-0-0-0, Festa 2-0-4-4, Mobley 4-0-0-10, Terlingo 1-2-2-4, Leddy 3-2-2-8, Stout 2-0-0-4, Rockel 5-0-0-10, Wagner 0-0-0-0, Amory 0-0-0-0. TOT: 25-5-9-58.

Northwestern 6 6 7 8 - 27

Southern Lehigh 14 16 20 8 - 58

Three-pointers: NW: Williams 1; SL: Mobley 2, Anderson 1.

Blue Mountain-Panther Valley

Matt LaScala's 25-point performance highlighted Blue Mountain's 57-42 Schuylkill League win over Panther Valley.

The Blue Eagles' Jake Cryts added a double figure's performance with 11.

Joe Revell led a trio of Panthers in double figures with 17 points. Teammates Zach Stanko and Nate Mathewson finished with 12 and 11 respectively.

BLUE MOUNTAIN

Yost 1-0-1-2, Donovan 0-2-2-2, Hartranft 4-1-2-9, LaScala 8-6-8-25, Cryts 2-6-6-11, Schafer 0-0-0-0, Tobash 0-2-2-2, Laughlin 2-0-0-4, O'Brien 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 18-17-21-57.

PANTHER VALLEY

Hadesty 0-0-0-0, Stanko 5-1-2-12, McArdle 1-0-0-2, Ogozalek 0-0-0-0, Dalessio 0-0-0-0, Revell 6-1-2-17, Mathewson 5-1-2-11. TOTALS: 17-3-6-42.

Blue Mountain 12 14 8 23 - 57

Panther Valley 9 6 6 21 - 42

Three-pointers: BM - LaScala 3, Cryts 1; PV - Revell 4, Stanko 1.

Williams Valley-Weatherly

Williams Valley held off a Weatherly second half surge to escape with a 50-40 win.

The Vikings' Michael Fortune netted a game-high 19 points, while Owen Daniel just hit double digits with 10.

George Wallish led the Wreckers with 13 points, while teammate Kyle Harris just missed a double-double with eight points and 12 rebounds.

WILLIAMS VALLEY

Harrison 4-0-0-8, Daniel 4-1-1-10, Miller 2-1-2-5, Jansen 0-0-0-0, Sedesse 0-0-0-0, Fortune 9-1-3-19, Birchfield 1-0-0-2, Imboden 2-2-2-6. TOTALS: 21-5-9-50.

WEATHERLY

Wallish 6-1-6-13, Reiner 3-0-0-8, Harris 3-2-6-8, Ormiston 3-1-1-7, Haganey 2-0-0-4, Rowan 0-0-0-0, Coll 0-0-0-0, Weichman 0-0-0-0, Stallone 0-0-0-0, Holrigil 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-4-13-40.

Williams Valley 10 17 11 12 - 50

Weatherly 4 9 11 16 - 40

Three-pointers: WV - Daniel 1; Weatherly - Reiner 2.