The Northern Lehigh and Palmerton girls basketball teams picked up Colonial League victories on Friday night.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Catasauqua-No. Lehigh

Northern Lehigh cruised to a 47-29 Colonial League victory over Catasauqua.

Jill Olewine and Jada Saeger both had 16 points to lead the Bulldogs (4-8, 4-4).

For Catty (3-13, 1-10), Alexis Rushatz had eight points.

CATASAUQUA

Rushatz 3-0-0-8, Bradley 2-2-6-6, DeLucia 1-0-0-2, Brown 1-1-2-4, Emry 1-0-0-2, Greenburg 1-1-2-3, George 2-0-0-4. TOTALS 11-4-10-29.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Olewine 5-2-4-16, Saeger 4-8-8-16, Ziegler 3-0-0-6, D. Hoffman 0-0-0-0, Evans 1-0-0-2, Guelcher 0-2-2-2, L. Hoffman 2-1-2-5, Griffith 0-0-0-0, Keller 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-13-19-47.

Catasauqua 4 9 2 14 - 29

No. Lehigh 8 13 14 12 - 47

Three-pointers: C - Rushatz 2, Brown 1. NL - Olewine 4.

Moravian Acad.-Palmerton

Palmerton edged Moravian Academy, 42-41 in Colonial League action.

Linnaea Leister led the Bombers (6-7, 4-4) with 14 points. Kayla Cincilla added eight points.

For the Lions (4-8, 3-6), Maya Ettle had 20 points.

MORAVIAN ACADEMY

C. Spugnardi 1-0-1-3, Miller 2-0-0-4, Nornik 0-1-2-1, T. Spugnardi 1-1-2-3, Ettle 7-6-6-20, Velez 0-0-0-0, O’Connor 5-0-0-10. TOTALS: 16-8-11-41.

PALMERTON

H. Guedes 0-0-0-0, B. Guedes 3-1-3-7, Hirochek 1-0-0-2, Cincilla 3-1-2-8, Leister 7-0-0-14, Frantz 1-0-0-2, Papay 1-0-0-2, Recker 2-3-4-7. TOTALS: 18-5-9-42

Moravian Acad. 11 11 12 7 - 41

Palmerton 9 14 8 11 - 42

Three-pointers: MA - C. Spugnardi 1. P - Cincilla 1.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Lehighton-Minersville

Minersville posted a 51-49 Schuylkill League overtime victory over Lehighton.

The Miners’ Gehrig Hossler stole the ball on an Indian inbounds play and scored the game-winner at the buzzer.

Bryce Ellinger led the Miners (4-7, 1-3) with 18 points.

Lehighton (2-11, 0-6), which led 40-36 with 15 seconds left in regulation, was led by Stephen Heery (14 points) and Caine Carpenter (12 points).

LEHIGHTON

Heery 4-4-7-14, Troxell 0-2-2-2, Carpenter 5-2-4-12, Bradley-Chambers 1-0-0-2, Howland 3-2-2-8, Venuto 4-1-2-9, Schatz 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 18-11-19-49.

MINERSVILLE

Melochick 0-0-0-0, Ellinger 7-2-2-18, Ladick 2-1-2-6, Hossler 2-7-8-12, Hoffman 1-2-2-4, Wollyung 2-4-4-9, Pizzico 0-2-2-2, Stablum 0-0-0-0, Primeau 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-18-20-51.

Lehighton 7 6 15 12 9 - 49

Minersville 9 11 6 14 11 - 51

Three-pointers: L - Heery 2, M - Ellinger 2, Ladick 1, Hossler 1, Hoffman 1, Wollyung 1

Marian-Tri-Valley

Tri-Valley held off a furious rally from Marian to claim a 74-63 Schuylkill League win.

Ashton Buchanan and Chase Deeter both had 18 points for the Bulldogs. Nick Ziegmont added 10 points.

Tyler Fritz scored 21 of his game-high 33 points in the fourth quarter for the Colts, who trailed 56-34 entering the final frame. Noah Stauffer added 13 points, 11 of which came in the second half.

MARIAN

Stauffer 6-1-4-13, Fritz 11-7-7-33, Agosti 2-1-2-6, Ritsick 1-2-2-5, Tate 0-0-0-0, McLaughlin 0-0-0-0, Sabulsky 0-0-0-0, McCall 1-0-0-3, Goff 1-1-2-3, Latoff 0-0-0-0. McNelis 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-12-17-63.

TRI VALLEY

Buchanan 5-7-16-18, Leedy 1-4-6-7, McGrath 0-0-0-0, Poletti 2-0-0-6, Ziegmont 3-3-6-10, Deeter 7-4-5-18, Smith 4-1-1-9, Yoder 1-4-6-6.

Marian 6 9 19 29 - 63

Tri Valley 15 20 21 18 - 74

Three-pointers: Marian - Fritz 4, Agosti 1, Ritsick 1, McCall 1. Tri Valley - Poletti 2, Buchanan 1, Leedy 1, Ziegmont 1.

No. Lehigh-Catasauqua

A big second quarter lifted Catasauqua to a 54-42 Colonial League victory over Northern Lehigh.

The Rough Riders (10-3, 8-2), who outscored NL 21-6 in the second period, were led by Isiah Graves’ 28 points.

For Northern Lehigh (7-6, 4-5), Brandon Hess led the way with 21 points.

NO. LEHIGH

Kemmery 1-2-2-4, Colon 3-1-3-7, Shoff 0-2-2-2, Seier 1-1-2-3, Seiler 0-0-0-0, Berger 0-0-0-0, Keller 2-0-3-5, Hess 8-3-4-21. TOTALS: 15-9-16-42.

CATASAUQUA

Graves 10-4-9-28, Hernandez 1-0-0-2, A. Martinez 0-0-0-0, Green 1-2-2-5, Bond 2-5-8-9, Brett 1-0-0-3, Ritter 1-0-0-2, De. Troxell 0-0-0-0. Oppedasno 0-5-6-5. TOTALS: 16-16-25-54.

No. Lehigh 7 6 18 11 - 42

Catasauqua 7 21 12 14 - 54

Three-pointers: NL - Hess 2, Keller 1. C - Graves 4, Green 1, Brett 1.

Palmerton-Moravian Acad.

Moravian Academy rolled to a 77-46 Colonial League victory over Palmerton.

The Lions (10-4, 7-4) placed four player sin double figures, led by Jordan Holmqvist’s 22 points.

For Palmerton (5-8, 3-6), Justin Hosier led the way with 11 points and Nate Dougherty added 10.

PALMERTON

Yacone 1-1-2-4, Young 1-0-0-3, Baumgardt 3-1-2-9, Dougherty 3-4-5-10, King 1-0-0-2. Kratzer 1-3-4-5, Hosier 4-1-2-11, Silfies 0-0-0-0, Taschler 1-0-0-2, Quinn 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-10-15-46.

MORAVIAN ACADEMY

Joseph 0-0-0-0, McKay 0-0-0-0, Atiyeh 7-0-0-15, Holmqvist 9-2-2-22, Ferrari 0-0-0-0, Quainoo 2-0-0-5, Surya 6-0-0-13, Ewangkem0-0-0-0, Meissner 0-0-0-0, Saft 2-0-0-6, Trapasso 1-0-0-2, Chiaradia 7-0-0-14, Parent 0-0-0-0, Dubreuil 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 34-2-2-77.

Palmerton 13 15 9 9 - 46

Moravian Acad. 14 27 18 18 - 77

Three-pointers: P - Baumgardt 2, Hosier 2, Young 1, Yacone 1. MA - Holmqvist 2, Saft 2, Quainoo 1, Atiyeh 1, Surya 1.

Panther Valley-Lourdes

Lourdes Regional used a balanced attack to hand Panther Valley a 79-58 setback in a Schuylkill League contest.

Larry Czeponis scored 23 points for the Red Raiders. CJ Reichard and Ty Klembara both added 16 points apiece, while Thomas Schultz scored 14 and Adam Sandri tallied 10.

Tristan Blasko scored 26 points for the Panthers (7-4, 4-1), who suffered their first loss in league play. Rene Figueroa added 15 points, and Allen Perez scored 10.

Lourdes won the JV game, 40-38.

PANTHER VALLEY

Turner 1-0-0-3, Figueroa 7-1-2-15, Distler 0-2-2-2, Blasko 12-1-5-26, Perez 5-0-0-10, Sanchez 1-0-0-2, Marcharo 0-0-0-0, Prudente 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 26-4-11-58.

LOURDES REGIONAL

Reichard 6-1-1-16, Schultz 7-0-3-14, Klembara 5-3-4-16, Sandri 4-0-0-10, Czeponis 10-3-4-23, Williams 0-0-0-0, Getchey 0-0-0-0, Kerris 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 32-7-12-79.

Panther Vy. 13 14 14 17 - 58

Lourdes 21 20 22 16 - 79

Three-pointers: Panther Valley - Turner 1, Blasko 1. Lourdes - Reichard 3, Klembara 3, Sandri 2.

SWIMMING

Salisbury-Tamaqua

Tamaqua hosted Salisbury in a non-league meet.

As of press time, no results were received by the Times News