Local Sports Roundup: Games of Feb. 2

The Palmerton boys earned an important win, while a Palmerton girl reached an individual milestone in basketball action Friday night.

The Blue Bomber boys topped Southern Lehigh to move within one win of clinching a district playoff berth. In the girls contest, Linnaea Leister reached the 1,000-point plateau.

BOYS BASKETBALL

So. Lehigh-Palmerton

Palmerton kept its hopes alive of clinching a district playoff berth by pulling out a 55-47 Colonial League win over Southern Lehigh.

Nate Dougherty poured in a game-high 21 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter, to lead the Blue Bombers (10-11; 8-9). Justin Hosier added 12 points, while Eric Baumgardt netted 10.

With a win in its regular season finale against Northern Lehigh, Palmerton would assure itself a district playoff berth for the first time since 2002.

For the Spartans (9-11; 9-7), Daryl Coleman and Chris Andrews both finished with 15 points.

SOUTHERN LEHIGH

Trevis 1-0-1-3, Welsh 0-0-0-0, Schmidt 0-0-0-0, Coleman 5-1-1-15, Andrews 5-3-4-15, C. Hoff 2-0-1-4, Dougherty 1-0-0-2, Blondell 3-0-0-6, K. Hoff 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 18-4-7-47.

PALMERTON

Yacone 2-3-4-8, Baumgardt 4-1-2-10, Dougherty 6-8-10-21, King 0-0-0-0, Kratzer 1-1-2-4, Hosier 5-0-0-12, Silfies 0-0-1-0, Taschler 0-0-0-0, Beahm 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-13-19-55.

So. Lehigh 7 11 13 16 - 47

Palmerton 12 12 11 20 - 55

Three-pointers: Southern Lehigh - Coleman 4, Andrews 2, Trevis 1; Palmerton - Hosier 2, Yacone 1, Baumgardt 1, Dougherty 1, Kratzer 1.

N’western-Salisbury

Jack Frankenfield scored a game-high 18 points to help Salisbury upset Northwestern in Colonial League action.

The Falcons (5-14; 5-10), who used a 13-7 third quarter to offset a halftime deficit, also received 13 points from Sean Snyder.

Deven Bollinger tallied a team-high 12 points for the Tigers (12-9; 9-8), while Sam Yadush added 10. Devin Thomas and Sam Seyfried chipped in with nine.

Northwestern won the JV game, 68-51.

NORTHWESTERN

Hebelka 0-0-0-0, Seyfried 4-0-0-9, Yadush 4-0-0-10, Mengel 2-4-4-8, Bollinger 4-2-4-12, McCann 0-0-0-0, Rebert 0-0-0-0, Snyder 0-0-0-0, Thomas 4-1-3-9, Holmes 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-7-11-48.

SALISBURY

Stephens 0-1-2-1, Foster 6-0-6-12, Sylvester 1-0-0-2, Foley 1-2-4-5, Hagadus 0-0-0-0, Frankenfield 7-4-4-18, Warmkessel 1-0-0-2, Snyder 4-1-2-13. TOTALS: 20-8-18-53.

N’western 8 18 7 15 - 48

Salisbury 16 9 13 15 - 53

Three-pointers: Northwestern - Yadush 2, Bollinger 2, Seyfried 1; Salisbury - Snyder 4, Foley 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Salisbury-N’western

Northwestern cruised to a 55-23 Colonial League victory over Salisbury.

Leighanna Lister scored 11 of her game-high 13 points in the first half for the Tigers, who improved to 17-4 overall and 15-2 in the league.

Gabrielle Sevrain and Sydney Sevrain each contributed 10 points to the victory.

SALISBURY

Stauffer 0-0-0-0, McGee 1-2-7-4, Holben 1-0-0-2, Burkhardt 2-1-3-5, Gardus 1-0-0-3, Koutch 0-0-0-0, Bishop 0-2-2-2, Hoeing 1-1-2-4, Scialla 0-0-0-0, Bettuccio 1-0-0-2, McNally 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 7-7-16-23.

NORTHWESTERN

Jones 1-0-0-2, A. Lister 1-0-0-3, L. Lister 6-1-1-13, Chisdak 0-0-0-0, G. Sevrain 5-0-0-10, S. Sevrain 3-2-2-10, E. Sekerak 1-0-0-2, Williamson 3-0-0-7, Christopher 2-1-2-5, Giese 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 23-5-7-55.

Salisbury 5 6 3 9 - 23

N’western 14 19 10 12 - 55

Three-pointers: Salisbury - Gardus 1, Hoeing 1; Northwestern - S. Sevrain 2, Williamson 1, A. Lister 1.

Palmerton-So. Lehigh

Palmerton’s Linnaea Leister scored her 1,000th career point, but Southern Lehigh remained perfect in the Colonial League with a 57-38 victory.

Leister, who finished with 12 points, reached her milestone by hitting a three-pointer in the second quarter. The Blue Bombers (8-13; 7-10) also received 12 points from Casi Papay.

The Spartans (18-2; 16-0) were paced by Olivia Snyder’s 20 points.

PALMERTON

H. Guedes 0-0-0-0, B. Guedes 2-1-7-5, Hirochek 0-0-0-0, Cincilla 1-2-2-4, Leister 4-3-6-12, Frantz 0-0-0-0, Papay 3-4-4-12, Recker 2-0-0-5, Mihalko 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-10-19-38.

SOUTHERN LEHIGH

Walter 0-0-0-0, A. Mobley 4-0-0-9, Chase 0-0-2-0, Bennett 4-0-0-8, Wilkins 1-0-0-3, Moncman 2-1-2-5, Snyder 9-1-1-20, Minguillon 0-0-0-0, Rautureau 0-0-0-0, Schmitt 0-0-0-0, Rice 2-1-4-5, Cassel 3-1-1-7, K. Mobley 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 25-4-10-57.

Palmerton 2 13 7 16 - 38

So. Lehigh 15 16 20 6 - 57

Three-pointers: Palmerton - Papay 2, Leister 1, Recker 1; Southern Lehigh - A. Mobley 1, Wilkins 1, Snyder 1.

Marian-Shenandoah

Reese Erbe scored all nine of her points in the second half to help Marian pull away from Shenandoah Valley for a 45-30 Schuylkill League victory.

The Fillies (15-5; 9-2) led by just two points at halftime, but outscored their opponent by a 30-17 margin over the final two frames.

Emma McClafferty paced Marian with a game-high 10 points, while Gianna Agosti chipped in with seven.

MARIAN

Kreisl 2-0-0-6, Shaud 1-3-6-5, Erbe 4-0-0-9, Agosti 3-0-0-7, Alansky 3-0-0-6, Murray 0-0-0-0, Schwabe 1-0-0-2, McClafferty 5-0-1-10. TOTALS: 19-3-7-45.

SHENANDOAH

Demalis 2-1-2-6, Kowalick 0-0-0-0, Donovan 4-1-4-9, Monaghan 1-0-0-2, Conroy 1-1-2-3, Buchanon 1-2-2-4, Stevens 0-0-0-0, Wargo 2-1-2-6. TOTALS: 11-6-12-30.

Marian 6 9 17 13 - 45

Shenandoah 7 6 7 10 - 30

Three-pointers: Marian - Kreisl 2, Erbe 1, Agosti 1; Shenandoah - Demalis 1, Wargo 1.

N. Schuylkill-Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe kept it close for a quarter, but North Schuylkill pulled away after that to post a 70-47 Schuylkill League victory.

The Olympians (6-15; 1-12), which trailed by just a 16-12 score after one frame, received a team-high 15 points from Natalia Richards. Payton Kovac contributed 13 points and nine rebounds, while Taylor Craigie added eight boards and two blocks.

Averi Jordan tallied a game-high 17 points for the Spartans (18-1; 12-0), who clinched the District 1 title with the win.

NORTH SCHUYLKILL

Wetzel 3-0-0-9, Shinkus 7-2-2-17, Koutch 0-0-0-0, Wagner 1-0-2-2, Wittig 0-0-2-0, Guerrero 2-3-4-7, Mogish 0-0-0-0, Green 2-4-8-8, Jordan 11-4-6-27, Stitzer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 26-13-24-70.

JIM THORPE

Richards 7-1-2-15, P. Kovac 3-6-13-13, McGinley 2-0-0-4, Condly 1-0-0-2, Scott 0-0-0-0, Montemuro 0-0-0-0, Skrimcovsky 2-0-0-6, K. Kovac 1-0-0-2, Gabel 1-0-0-2, Craigie 1-1-6-3. TOTALS: 18-8-21-47.

N. Schuylkill 16 19 21 14 - 70

Jim Thorpe 12 4 8 23 - 47

Three-pointers: North Schuylkill - Wetzel 3, Shinkus 1, Jordan 1; Jim Thorpe - Skrimcovsky 2, P. Kovac 1.

Panther Valley-

Pine Grove

Pine Grove rolled to a 61-29 Schuylkill League victory over Panther Valley.

Christina Dacey had 16 points to lead the Panthers (6-15, 1-12).

For Pine Grove (15-5, 8-3), Rachel Edge had 17 points.

PANTHER VALLEY

Pascoe 1-0-0-3, Dubosky 1-3-4-5, C. Dacey 5-2-2-16, Filer 2-1-3-5, Hoben 0-0-2-0, Sheridan 0-0-0-0, Miller 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 9-6-11-29.

PINE GROVE

Conrad 2-5-6-9, Edge 7-2-4-17, Butler 0-1-2-1, Sleva 5-2-2-12, Betz 0-5-6-5, Frew 4-0-0-8, Boyer 3-3-7-9, Jacoby 0-0-0-0, Brown 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-18-27.61.

Panther Vy. 15 6 2 6 - 29

Pine Grove 16 23 12 10 - 61

Three-pointers: Panther Valley - C. Dacey 4, Pascoe 1. Pine Grove - Edge 1.