Local Sports Roundup: Results of Feb. 5

Northern Lehigh ended a three-year District 11 dryspell with a win over Salisbury on Monday.

The Northern Lehigh girls also posted a victory, as did the Panther Valley boys.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Northern Lehigh-Salisbury

Northern Lehigh clinched a District 11 playoff berth with a 47-40 Colonial League win over Salisbury.

Despite a slow start, the Bulldogs (11-10, 8-9) got their act together and nabbed the victory behind 11 points apiece from Preston Kemery and Brandon Hess. Gio Colon and Robert Shoff both chipped in with eight.

For the Falcons (5-12, 5-16), Kahleel Foster’s 20 points led the way.

Northern Lehigh also prevailed in the JV contest, 53-51.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Kemery 3-5-6-11, Colon 3-2-2-8, Shoff 2-3-4-8, Seier 1-1-2-3, Keller 2-0-0-6, Hess 5-1-2-11. TOTALS: 16-12-16-47.

SALISBURY

Stephens 0-0-0-0, Foster 8-4-6-20, Sylvester 2-2-2-8, Foley 0-2-2-2, Hagadus 0-0-0-0, Weber 0-0-0-0, Frankenfield 4-2-2-10, Warmkessel 0-0-0-0, Snyder 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-10-12-40.

Northern Lehigh 4 13 16 14 - 47

Salisbury 7 4 17 12 - 40

Three pointers: Northern Lehigh - Keller 2, Shoff 1; Salisbury - Sylvester 2.

Panther Valley-Shenandoah

Panther Valley routed Shenandoah Valley for a 55-13 Schuylkill League victory.

The Panthers (14-7, 9-3) put together an incredible first half, building a 50-6 lead and putting the game into the mercy rule for the final two periods.

Leading the Panthers in scoring were Rene Figueroa, with a game-high 22 points, and Tristan Blasko, who added eight.

The victory sets up a showdown between Marian and Panther Valley on Thursday to decide the Schuylkill League Division 3 championship. The Panthers hold a one-game lead heading into the regular season finale and will clinch the title with a victory. The Colts would need to win Thursday to force a playoff for the division title.

Panther Valley also won the JV contest, 60-31.

PANTHER VALLEY

Macharro 1-0-0-2, Stilitino 2-0-0-6, Turner 0-0-0-0, Figueroa 8-3-3-22, Depew 0-0-0-0, Distler 1-2-2-4, White 2-1-1-5, Blasko 4-0-0-8, Perez 1-1-2-3, Sanchez 2-0-0-4, Edwards 0-0-0-0, Prudente 0-0-0-0, Wallace 0-1-2-1, Krapf 0-0-0-0, Brettle 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-8-10-55.

SHENANDOAH VALLEY

Chinchay 2-0-0-4, McNeil 2-1-4-5, Kosar 1-0-0-3, Almonte 0-1-2-1, Rivera 0-0-0-0, Karvois 0-0-0-0, Coyle 0-0-0-0, Uholik 0-0-0-0, Ortiz 0-0-0-0, McCole 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 5-2-6-13.

Panther Valley 29 21 4 1 - 55

Shenandoah Valley 4 2 4 3 - 13

Three pointers: Panther Valley - Figueroa 3, Stilitino 2; Shenandoah Valley - Kosar 1.

Pleasant Valley-Freedom

Freedom edged Pleasant Valley, 60-56, in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference game.

Dylan Arnold tallied a game-high 17 points to lead the Patriots (8-13), who shot a perfect 15-of-15 at the foul line.

For the Bears, Noah Neubert and Andrius Harrison-Gaddist both finished with 16 points. PV (11-10) also received 15 from Isaiah Howard.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Stivala 2-0-0-5, Howard 5-0-0-15, Harrison-Gaddist 7-1-2-16, Neubert 7-0-0-16, Scarboro 0-0-0-0, V. Rosario 0-0-0-0, Duviella 1-2-2-4, Burks 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-3-4-56.

FREEDOM

Arnold 4-6-6-17, Simmons 1-0-0-3, M. Mims 4-2-2-10, C. Mims 0-0-0-0, Duh 2-0-0-5, Muniz 0-4-4-4, Soto 5-3-3-13, Scrafano 4-0-0-8, Harrington 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-15-15-60.

Pleasant Valley 8 17 12 19 - 56

Freedom 14 18 9 19 - 60

Three-pointers: Pleasant Valley - Howard 5, Neubert 2, Stivala 1, Harrison-Gaddist 1; Freedom - Arnold 3, Simmons 1, Duh 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Salisbury-No. Lehigh

Northern Lehigh outlasted Salisbury in Colonial League action, 58-54.

The high-scoring duo of Jada Saeger (30 points) and Jill Olewine (16) paced the Bulldogs (7-14, 7-10).

For the Falcons (8-13, 7-10), Sarah McGee hit four treys en route to a team-high 21 points.

SALISBURY

McGee 7-3-4-21, Holben 1-3-4-5, Burkhart 3-2-2-9, Gardos 1-0-1-2, Bettuccio 2-1-2-5, McNally 1-1-2-4, Stauffer 0-0-0-0, Hoenig 3-0-2-8. TOTALS: 18-10-17-54.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Olewine 4-7-8-16, Saeger 10-7-8-30, Ziegler 0-0-2-0, D. Hoffman 0-0-0-0, Evans 0-0-0-0, Seier 2-0-2-4, Guelcher 0-0-1-0, L. Hoffman 2-4-8-8, Griffith 0-0-0-0, Keller 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-18-29-58.

Salisbury 22 7 10 15 - 54

Northern Lehigh 15 16 11 16 - 58

Three pointers: Salisbury - McGee 4, Hoenig 2, McNally 1, Burkhart 1; NL - Saeger 3, Olewine 1.

Freedom-Pleasant Valley

Freedom was able to withstand Pleasant Valley’s late charge for a 57-51 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory.

Jennifer Kokolus led the Patriots (16-4) with a game-high 19 points.

Masani Francis scored 16 to lead the Bears (12-9), while Brianna Clark followed with 14 and Cameron Caffrey added 11.

FREEDOM

Herrera 1-0-0-2, Ortwein 2-7-10-11, Sanches 0-0-0-0, Gill 1-0-0-2, Wahba 0-0-2-0, Silfies 5-1-2-11, Kokolus 7-5-5-19, Jefferson 4-2-3-10, Norder 0-2-2-2. TOTALS: 20-17-20-57.

PLEASANT VALLEY

R. Wagner 0-0-0-0, Caffrey 4-0-3-11, O’Neil 0-0-0-0, B. Clark 7-0-0-14, A. Clark 1-0-0-2, Rosenberg 4-0-0-8, Francis 7-2-5-16, A. Wagner 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-2-8-51.

Freedom 13 14 11 19 - 57

Pleasant Valley 11 10 13 17 - 51

Three pointers: Freedom - None; Pleasant Valley - Caffrey 3.