Local Sports Roundup: Results from Sept. 18
Five area volleyball teams earned victories on Tuesday.
Wins were recorded by Northwestern, Jim Thorpe, Panther Valley, Pleasant Valley, and Marian.
VOLLEYBALL
Jim Thorpe-Tamaqua
Jim Thorpe knocked off Tamaqua for a 25-8, 25-17, 25-9 Schuylkill League victory.
Brandy Montemuro led the Olympians with seven kills, five assists and four digs, while Autumn Snyder finished with seven digs, four kills and two blocks. Kelsey Carroll had 17 assists, seven digs, and six aces and Abbey McGinley chipped in 10 digs.
Ella McLaughlin paced the Raiders with 18 digs, while Brynn Gigli followed with four assists and two kills.
Panther Valley-Lehighton
Panther Valley defeated Lehighton for a 25-7, 25-18, 25-19 Schuylkill League victory over Lehighton.
Erika Dubosky paced the Panthers with 10 kills, eight digs and four aces, while Olivia Dacey chipped in with 14 digs, three kills and three aces. Emily Kwaak (nine kills, four digs), Rachelle Filer (six kills, six blocks, four digs), Sarah Zabroski (four kills, 14 assists) and Jenna Dubosky (15 assists) played their part in the win.
Alyssa Frey led the Indians with 10 assists and five aces, while Lillian Brown followed with 16 digs and two kills. Samantha Banning chipped in with 17 digs.
Pine Grove-Marian
Marian earned a 23-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-17 Schuylkill League win over Pine Grove.
Tatianna Zeleniak led the Fillies with 27 assists and nine digs, while Macie Mazaluski chipped in with 12 kills and four aces.
Alivia Karchner had nine kills and Jamison Wheeler had seven, while Antonina Zeleniak had 10 digs.
Palmerton-Northwestern
Northwestern knocked off Palmerton for a 25-14, 25-13, 25-13 Colonial League victory.
Ashley Bennicoff paced the Tigers with nine assists and three aces, while Sam McGinley followed with five kills, two blocks and two assists.
Stroudsburg-Pleasant Vy.
Pleasant Valley remained unbeaten with a 26-24, 25-21, 23-25, 25-19 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Stroudsburg.
Cameron Caffrey led the Bears’ offense with 28 assists, 17 digs and two kills, while Desi Powell added 15 kills and 15 digs.
Desi Beade contributed 18 digs.
FIELD HOCKEY
Lehighton-ES North
Lehighton cruised to a 9-1 non-league victory over East Stroudsburg North.
Alison Miller scored twice to lead Lehighton. Makenzie Hoats and Brooke Schleicher each added a goal and an assist.
Gabriella Szozda and Aleah Nothstein both chipped in scores, while Kara Slaw contributed an assist.
BOYS SOCCER
Bangor-Palmerton
Corlan Wood’s penalty kick lifted Palmerton to a 3-2 Colonial League victory over Bangor.
Josh Long and Johnny Perloni added the other Bomber goals, while Bryce Yacone was credited with an assist.
Yacone, the Bombers’ keeper, grabbed 11 saves.
Gabe Lawler scored the Slaters’ two goals.
Salisbury-Northern Lehigh
Salisbury cruised to a 5-0 Colonial League win over Northern Lehigh.
No other information was provided to the Times News before press time.
GIRLS TENNIS
Jim Thorpe-Pottsville
Jim Thorpe defeated Pottsville, 4-1.
Leanne Van Essendelft rebounded from a first-set loss to post a singles win for the Olympians. Christy McLean and Kaitlyn O’Neil also rolled to victories.
Jim Thorpe improves to 10-1 on the season.
Jim Thorpe 4, Pottsville 1
SINGLES
Leanne Van Essendelft (JT) def. Victoria Oswald 5-7, 6-3, 10-7 tiebreaker; Christy McLean (JT) def. Ayva Strauss 6-0, 6-4; Kaitlyn O’Neil (JT) def. Samara Major 6-1, 6-0.
DOUBLES
Angelica Uzar/Evelyn Flores (JT) def. Brigia Kane/Lene Alexander 6-1, 6-1; Khadijah Saunders/Mattaina Ritschell (P) def. Trista Gehris/Sophia Samoleski 6-1, 7-5.
Pleasant Valley-ES South
Pleasant Valley blanked East Stroudsburg South for a 7-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win.
Alyssa Wagner, Riley Wagner and Rebecca Makrides all swept singles play for the Bears.
Pleasant Valley 7, ES South 0
SINGLES
Alyssa Wagner (PV) def. Kaitlyn Semon 6-2, 6-2; Riley Wagner (PV) def. Madison Malsch 6-3, 6-0; Rebecca Makrides (PV) def. Hannah Owusu-Afriyie 6-2, 6-1.
DOUBLES
Soukaina Rezqui/Julia Polank (PV) def. Trinity Flores/Cyara Wimmer 8-5 proset; Grace Vento/Amelia Baker (PV) def. Klaudia Antoniak/Elena Boyer 6-2, 6-0; Camby Galler/Kelli Reagan (PV) def. Jodi Chen/Valeria Osorio 6-1, 6-1; Hope Hoppe/Kara Thourot (PV) def. Marlena Bompane/Grace Doolittle 6-4, 6-0.
GOLF
Tamaqua-Pottsville
Tamaqua posted a 354-404 Schuylkill League win over Pottsville.
The Raiders’ Colin Krieg and Nate Shellhamer tied for medalist honors with an 86.
Noah Fredericks shot a team- low 92 for the Crimson Tide.
Tamaqua 354, Pottsville 404
TAMAQUA
Colin Krieg 86, Nate Shellhamer 86, Tyler Disbrow 90, Bill Shilko 92.
POTTSVILLE
Noah Fredericks 92, Pete Zwiebel 96, Dylan Johns 118.
Played at Hidden Valley.
Jim Thorpe-Lourdes
Lourdes defeated Jim Thorpe for a 326-512 Schuylkill League victory.
Lourdes’ Thomas Schultz grabbed medalist honors with a 74.
Lourdes 326, Jim Thorpe 512
JIM THORPE
Ed Weaver 120, Hunter Buskirk 122, Michael Carroll 134, Matt Fezenko 136.
LOURDES
Thomas Schultz 74, Ryan Ciocco 74, Brock Every 88, Garrett Timco 90.
CROSS COUNTRY
Allentown Central Cath., PM East, PM West,
Emmaus, Whitehall at Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley hosted a six-team Eastern Pennsylvania Conference cross country meet on Tuesday.
The PV girls and boys both finished 1-2.
Allentown Central Catholic’s Sydney Harris won the girls race with a time of 19:50. Pleasant Valley’s Juliana Lopez finished sixth.
On the boys side, it was Jacob Brown of Emmaus who won with a time of 18:00. Pleasant Valley’s Evan Fisher-Perez finished sixth, while Nathan Borger came in 18th.
GIRLS
Emmaus 18, Pleasant Valley 45
Whitehall 22, Pleasant Valley 34
ACC 18, Pleasant Valley 43
1. Sydney Harris (ACC) 19:50, 2. Kera Reinhard (E), 3. Isabella Lees (E), 4. Autumn Dragovits (W), 5. Isabel DeVos (ACC), 6. Juliana Lopez (PV), 7. Abigail Heilenman (E), 8. Julia Roth (ACC), 9. Devon Roberts (W), 10. Paige Egan (ACC), 11. Kaia Berrio (E), 12. Juanita Flores (W), 13. Madison Torretta (E), 14. Edna Creelman (E), 15. Gabrielle Haring (ACC), 16. Olympia Curley-Katrishen (E), 17. Bethany Brown (E), 18. Paris Hayden (PME), 19. Ashleigh McNellis (E), 20. Rachel Herr (W).
BOYS
Emmaus 17, Pleasant Valley 46
Pleasant Valley 21, Whitehall 35
ACC 26, Pleasant Valley 29
1. Jacob Brown (E) 18:00, 2. Rocco Polimeni (PME), 3. Brendan Christ (ACC), 4. Keshav Shankar (E), 5. Paul Petre (E), 6. Evan Fisher-Perez (PV), 7. Tyler Christian (PME), 8. Mark Magee (E), 9. Mason Brown (E), 10. Colin Schaffer (E), 11. Geoffrey Kleinberg (E), 12. Jack Hollar (PME), 13. Kyle Ryan (E), 14. Cameron Carter (E), 15. Tristan Schmidt (E), 16. Ryan Todd (E), 17. Caleb Staub (W), 18. Nathan Borger (PV), 19. Arthur Schmidt (E), 20. Marco Polimeni (PME).
JR HIGH BASKETBALL
7TH GRADE
Weatherly-Shenandoah
Shenandoah edged Weatherly, 20-18.
Isabella Maiello led the Wreckers with eight points.
8TH GRADE
Weatherly-Shenandoah
Weatherly defeated Shenandoah 39-15.
Ashley Pleban led Weatherly with 17 points. Jackie Guth chipped in with six points.