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Blynn's hat trick leads Bombers

Jenna Blynn's three goals lifted Palmerton to a non-league win in girls' soccer action on Thursday. In another girls soccer match, Aubrey Blasiak's overtime goal propelled Lehighton past Tamaqua.

In volleyball, Jim Thorpe and Northwestern won five-set thrillers, while Marian and Panther Valley cruised to straight set victories.GIRLS SOCCERPalmerton-Jim ThorpePalmerton built an early lead and dispatched Jim Thorpe 5-2 in a non-league contest.Jenna Blynn scored two of her three goals in the first half for the Blue Bombers, who led 4-1 at the intermission. Lauren Rehrig and Carissa Fallon also scored for Palmerton.Jackie Condly scored twice - including a penalty kick in the first half - for the Olympians.Tamaqua-LehightonAubrey Blasiak found the back of the net with 7:44 remaining in overtime to lift Lehighton to 2-1 Schuylkill League Division 1 win over Tamaqua.Blasiak gave the Indians a 1-0 lead in the first half, scoring the game-winner on an assist from Katie Aaron. Julia Frey made 10 saves.Kayla Sherry's score on an assist from Kaitlyn Rudy in the second half pulled the Blue Raiders even at 1-1.Pleasant Valley-PM WestPleasant Valley posted a 3-1 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pocono Mountain West.Alexa Clark, Teah Cardoza and Morgan Covart scored for the Bears. Brianna Clark had two assists, while Cardoza assisted once.VOLLEYBALLJim Thorpe-LehightonJim Thorpe pulled out a 26-24, 22-25, 26-24, 24-26, 15-13 win over Lehighton in a Schuylkill League Division 1 thriller.Kelsey Carroll had 29 assists and 15 kills for the Olympians (3-2). Alex McGinley added 25 digs, while Emma Dunbar chipped in with 19. Mackenzie Rosenberger contributed 13 kills.Emily Haberman had 40 assists and Lillian Brown 39 digs for the Indians (2-1, 2-1), while Samantha Banning added 23 digs and four aces. Emily Miller had 15 kills.Jim Thorpe also won the JV match, 25-13, 25-14.Panther Vy.-N. SchuylkillPanther Valley took care of North Schuylkill 25-3, 25-19, 25 in Schuylkill League Division 2 action.Rachelle Filer had eight kills, three service points and two blocks for the Panthers (3-0). Olivia Dacey added six kills and five service points, while Erika Dubosky tallied 13 service points and Emilee Kwaak recorded 13 service points to go along with eight assists.Panther Valley also won the JV match, 25-4, 25-1.Beth. Cath.-Pleasant Vy.Bethlehem Catholic swept Pleasant Valley 25-19, 25-14, 25-13 in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference match.Cameron Caffrey had 11 digs and nine assists for the Bears (0-2). Renee Mapa had six blocks and four kills, while Des Powell added six kills and four digs.Northwestern-TamaquaNorthwestern knocked off Tamaqua 25-7, 16-25, 25-17, 23-25, 15-8 for a non-league victory.Ashley Bennicoff led the Tigers with 29 assists, 10 digs and 14 service points. Emily Corke added 35 digs, 17 service points and one kill; Leila Toth had 16 digs and 10 service points; and Katie Smith recorded 11 kills, seven digs and one block.Kaitlyn Stauffenberg had 20 assists, 14 digs and eight kills for the Blue Raiders. Emily Amershek added 16 kills and 10 digs, and Ella McLaughlin recorded 14 digs.Northwestern won the JV match, 2-0.Weatherly-MarianMarian breezed past Wetherly, 25-8, 25-15, 25-14, for a Schuylkill League Division 4 win.Jasmine Mooney had 10 kills, seven aces and two digs for the Fillies. Gianna Agosti had 21 assists, five aces, three kills and two digs, and Toni Galasso added six aces and four digs.BOYS SOCCERPalmerton-NorthwesternNorthwestern posted a 12-0 Colonial League win over Palmerton.No other information from this game was provided to the Times News.PM West-Pleasant Vy.Pleasant Valley scored four goals in each half en route to an 8-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pocono Mountain West.Ryan Wolff, Kyle Dooner, Ryan Keller, Timmy Covart, Alex Mertz, Matt Erhardt, Brian Kagel and Evan Thomas all had goals for the Bears. Malichai Jones had two assits, and Noah Neubert made four saves to preserve the shutout.Pleasant Valley outshot the Panthers 25-4.Blue Mountain-TamaquaBlue Mountain scored twice in the second half to claim a 2-1 Schuylkill League Division 1 win over Tamaqua.Ian Davis scored on an assist from Derian Stianche late in the second half for the Blue Raiders to set the final tally.Blue Mountain also won the JV game, 5-0.FIELD HOCKEYLehighton-ES SouthDanielle Tyson scored four goals to lead East Stroudsburg South past Lehighton 4-3 in non-league action.Elexes Strube, Lexis Girard-Cutaio and Genni Martenelli had Cavalier assists.No stats for Lehighton were provided.Northwestern-CatasauquaNorthwestern cruised to a 9-0 Colonial League win over Catasauqua.No other information from this game was provided to the Times News.TENNISFreedom-Pleasant ValleyFreedom rolled to a 6-1 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.Riley Wagner picked up a win at No. 3 singles for the Bears.Freedom 6, Pleasant Valley 1SINGLESNatalie Sinai (F) def. Masani Francis 6-1, 6-1; Rebecca Packo (F) def. Haley White 7-5, 6-2; Riley Wagner (PV) def, Christina Chen 6-2, 6-0.DOUBLESAlyssa Kapcsos/Natasha Katchur (F) def. Rebecca Burger/Sabrina Heath 8-6; Anjali Chhugani/Olivia Chhugani (F) def. Alyssa Wagner/Rebecca Makrides 6-1, 6-3; Twinkle Gupta/Megan Smith (F) def. Grace Vento/Cambry Galler 6-1, 6-4; Margaret Cavanaugh/Hanna Nicholls (F) def. Kalleigh West/Arielle Holding 6-1, 6-1.GOLFLehighton-WeatherlyWeatherly picked up its first win of the season with a 410-458 non-league triumph against Lehighton.Ryan Fairchild shot a match-low 101 to lead the Wreckers (1-6).Luke David's 105 paced the Indians (0-7).Weatherly 410, Lehighton 458WEATHERLYRyan Fairchild 101, Kevin Osifat 102, Ashton Gerhard 103, AJ Knepper 104.LEHIGHTONLuke David 105, Stephen Heery 113, Sam Maholick 115, Mason Barndt 125.Tamaqua-NorthwesternNorthwestern topped Tamaqua 393-444 in a non-league match.Tyler Wiik and Joe Frey both shot a 77 to lead the Tigers, who had four players finish with rounds under 80.Carson Schoener and Ryan Frederickson both carded an 84 for the Blue Raiders.Northwestern 393, Tamaqua 444NORTHWESTERNTyler Wiik 77, Joe Frey 78, Mason Vogwill 78, Luke Hallman 78, Jake Dellicker 82.TAMAQUACarson Schoener 84, Ryan Frederickson 84, Tyler Disbrow 85, Tavio Agosti 95, Brandon Kemmery 96.Match played at Old Homestead.Emmaus-NDES-Pleasant Vy.Emmaus swept a tri-match against Pleasant Valley and Notre Dame East Stroudsburg.The Green Hornets (407) earned an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win against the Bears (496) and a non-league triumph against the Spartans (542).William Mirams grabbed medalist honors for Notre Dame with a 73.Nick Gattuso paced Pleasant Valley with an 86.Emmaus 407, Pleasant Valley 496, Notre Dame 542EMMAUSSean Jaeger 80, Connor Wambold 80, Luke Lanzone 80, Tristan Koepraseut 83, Jake Caverly 84.PLEASANT VALLEYNick Gattuso 86, Josh Schilling 92, Harrison Hanyon 102, Andrew Stewart 108, Alex Markowski 109NOTRE DAMEWilliam Mirams 73, Anthony Nostro 92, Jordan Smith 95, Sam Matrisciano 140, Pat Carney 142.Bangor-PalmertonBangor edged Palmerton 449-461 in a Colonial League match.Jake Shiner earned medalist honors for the Slaters with an 85.Owen Reis carded an 88 to lead the Bombers, while Matt Lalik finished with an 89.Bangor 449, Palmerton 461BANGORJake Shiner 85, Noah Berger 89, Ethan Saxe 91, Adam Beck 91, Henry Bacon 92.PALMERTONOwen Reis 88, Matt Lalik 89, Eric Baumgardt 92, Logan Kresge 92, Mason Kistler 100.JR HIGH BASKETBALLPottsville-TamaquaPottsville picked up two wins against Tamaqua.The Tide took the A game, 36-7, and won the B game, 23-8.Serena Jones led the Blue Raiders in the A game with four points.In the B game, Robb scored four points for Tamaqua.

Jim Thorpe goalie Monae Bullock (right) deflects a shot from Palmerton's Jenna Blynn. BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS