The Northwestern boys basketball team clinched a district playoff berth with a victory on Thursday.

The Tigers also received a win from their girls team.

Elsewhere, both Palmerton squads were victorious, while Tamaqua swept Schuylkill Haven in swimming action.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Northwestern-Pen Argyl

Northwestern clinched a district playoff berth by posting a 52-41 Colonial League victory over Pen Argyl.

Luke Hallman scored a game-high 18 points for the Tigers (11-9; 8-7), who raced out to a 20-9 first-quarter lead.

The winners, who stayed alive for a spot in the leage playoffs, also received nine points from Deven Bollinger.

The Knights (5-14; 1-14) were led by Conor Fehr’s 13 points.

NORTHWESTERN

Hebelka 1-0-0-2, Susnovik 0-0-0-0, Bollinger 2-5-5-9, McCann 2-3-3-9, Castrine 0-0-0-0, Henry 1-5-7-7, Hallman 8-2-6-18, Pleban 0-2-2-2, Zack 2-0-0-5, Stitzel 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-17-23-52.

PEN ARGYL

McKeague 0-0-0-0, Fehr 4-2-6-13, Maggipinto 4-0-0-8, Vargo 1-0-0-3, Rudy 0-0-0-0, Raggozino 1-0-0-2, DeFelice 3-2-2-11, Bettancourt 2-0-2-4. TOTALS: 16-2-10-41.

Northwestern 20 9 9 14 - 52

Pen Argyl 9 9 12 9 - 41

Three-pointers: Northwestern - McCann 2, Zack 1; Pen Argyl - Fehr 3, DeFelice 3, Vargo 1.

Palmerton-Bangor

Palmerton won its fifth game in a row by holding off Bangor for a 54-51 Colonial League victory.

Kody Kratzer poured in a game-high 23 points for the Blue Bombers (15-5; 11-4), who led by nine after three quarters.

The winners also received 16 points from Justin Hosier and 10 from Owen Buck.

The Slaters (10-10; 8-8) were paced by Nate Owens, who tallied 22 points.

PALMERTON

Kratzer 8-7-12-23, King 0-0-0-0, Mooney 0-0-0-0, Christman 0-0-0-0, Stuck 1-3-3-5, Hosier 6-4-4-16, Buck 5-0-0-10. TOTALS: 20-14-19-54.

BANGOR

Colon 2-1-2-5, Saxe 0-0-0-0, Farensbach 0-0-0-0, Miles 6-1-3-15, Zieba 2-4-6-9, Petersen 0-0-0-0, Owens 5-11-12-22. TOTALS: 15-17-23-51.

Palmerton 12 13 11 18 - 54

Bangor 9 12 6 24 - 51

Three-pointers: Palmerton - None; Bangor - Miles 2, Zieba 1, Owens 1.

Northern Lehigh-Wilson

After a close first quarter, Wilson pulled away from Northern Lehigh to earn a 69-36 Colonial League victory.

Zach Moyer finished with a game-high 21 points for the Bulldogs (4-17; 3-13), while Carter Smith chipped in with eight.

The Warriors (14-5; 11-5), who used a 26-10 second frame to extend a one-point lead, received 17 points from Sam Brown.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Hammond 1-3-6-5, Olewine 0-0-0-0, D. Smith 0-0-2-0, Moyer 8-3-4-21, C. Smith 2-4-6-8, Herzog 0-0-0-0, Marlatt 1-0-0-2, Repsher 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-10-18-36.

WILSON

Gibson 1-0-0-2, Sigue 2-0-0-4, Jones 1-0-0-2, Glovas 1-0-0-3, Goldsworth 1-0-0-2, Ghaleb 4-0-0-8, McKinney 5-0-0-13, Stem 1-0-0-2, Buckley 2-0-0-4, Range 5-0-0-10, Kenny 1-0-2-2, Brown 6-5-5-17. TOTALS: 30-5-7-69.

Northern Lehigh 11 10 9 6 - 36

Wilson 12 26 11 20 - 69

Three-pointers: Northern Lehigh - Moyer 2; Wilson - McKinney 3, Glovas 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Shenandoah Valley-Marian

Marian shut out Shenandoah Valley in the second quarter to help lead to a 39-31 Schuylkill League victory.

Emily Shaud scored a game-high 11 points for the Fillies (11-8; 8-3), while Abbey Digris chipped in with eight points.

The Blue Devils (8-12; 3-8) received nine points from both Victoria Donovan and Abby Conroy.

SHENANDOAH VALLEY

Sosna 1-0-0-2, Hysock 0-0-0-0, Donovan 3-3-4-9, Gottshal 1-0-0-2, Rodnick 1-1-2-3, Conroy 3-0-0-9, Buchanan 3-0-2-6. TOTALS: 12-4-8-31.

MARIAN

Kreisl 3-0-0-6, Shaud 2-7-11-11, Walsh 0-0-0-0, A. Digris 3-1-3-8, Nemeth 1-0-0-2, Plean 2-0-0-6, Possessky 0-1-4-1, Alansky 1-2-3-5, K. Digris 0-0-0-0, Reinoehl 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-11-21-39.

Shenandoah 8 0 8 15 - 31

Marian 5 11 9 14 - 39

Three-pointers: Shenandoah - Conroy 3; Marian - Pleban 2, A. Digris 1, Alansky 1.

Jim Thorpe-Panther Valley

Leila Hurley scored a career-high 32 points as Jim Thorpe rolled to an 82-40 Schuylkill League win over Panther Valley.

The Olympians (19-1; 12-0), who have already clinched a league playoff berth, also received 14 points from Olivia Smelas, while Skyler Searfoss added 13.

Erika Dubosky finished with 18 points to lead the Panthers (5-15; 0-12).

JIM THORPE

Cinicola 0-0-0-0, Scott 0-2-2-2, Snisky 2-0-2-4, Berger 0-0-0-0, Yuhas 4-2-4-10, Leight 0-0-0-0, Hurley 11-5-8-32, S. Searfoss 6-1-2-13, O. Smelas 7-0-0-14, Solt 0-0-0-0, Rosahac 0-0-0-0, H. Smelas 1-0-0-3, Craigie 1-2-2-4. TOTALS: 32-12-20-82.

PANTHER VALLEY

Shreffler 0-0-0-0, Pascoe 3-0-0-8, Steber 0-0-0-0, Robin 1-2-2-5, Wehr 1-0-0-2, Vermillion 2-0-0-5, Dubosky 6-4-6-18, Jones 1-0-0-2, Knoblauch 0-0-0-0, White 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-6-8-40.

Jim Thorpe 33 19 24 6 - 82

Panther Valley 9 13 7 11 - 40

Three-pointers: Jim Thorpe - Hurley 5, H. Smelas 1; Panther Valley - Pascoe 2, Dubosky 2, Robin 1, Vermillion 1.

Lehighton-Pine Grove

Pine Grove pulled away from Lehighton in the second half to claim a 39-30 Schuylkill League victory.

Alli Butler scored 12 points for the Cardinals (9-10; 4-8), who led by just one point at halftime.

The Indians (8-12; 4-8) received a game-high 14 points from Hailey Miller, while Tinaya Klotz finished with eight.

LEHIGHTON

Klotz 2-4-6-8, Marchessault 1-1-2-3, Miller 7-0-1-14, Bowman 0-0-0-0, Fisher 2-0-0-5, Gaston 0-0-0-0, Schappell 0-0-0-0, Hauser 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-5-9-30.

PINE GROVE

Wolff 0-0-0-0, Donmoyer 1-6-7-8, Felty 2-0-0-6, Butler 4-4-7-14, Schollenberger 0-0-0-0, M. Sarge 0-0-0-0, Brown 0-2-2-2, Dawson 2-5-7-9. TOTALS: 9-17-23-39.

Lehighton 7 6 18 9 - 30

Pine Grove 8 6 13 12 - 39

Three-pointers: Lehighton - Fisher 1; Pine Grove - Felty 2, Butler 2.

Pen Argyl-Northwestern

Sydney Sevrain scored a game-high 22 points as Northwestern cruised to a 64-16 Colonial League win over Pen Argyl.

The Tigers (16-4; 13-2), who have clinched the league’s West Division title, also received 12 points from Tess Ledeboer.

The Green Knights are now 5-14 overall and 4-12 in the league.

PEN ARGYL

Weber 0-0-0-0, LaBarre 1-0-0-2, Hendershot 1-0-0-3, Vargo 1-0-1-2, Guthrie 1-0-2-2, Wagner 0-0-0-0, Cisson 0-2-2-2, Morro 1-0-0-2, Sutton 0-3-4-3, Williams 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 5-5-9-16.

NORTHWESTERN

Lister 3-0-0-6, Miller 1-0-0-2, Jones 3-0-0-8, Ledeboer 6-0-0-12, S. Sevrain 10-0-0-22, Hess 1-0-0-2, Dorney 0-2-2-2, Funk 1-0-0-2, Giese 1-0-0-2, P. Sevrain 3-0-1-6. TOTALS: 29-2-3-64.

Pen Argyl 4 7 0 5 - 16

Northwestern 18 20 16 10 - 64

Three-pointers: Pen Argyl - Hendershot 1; Northwestern - Jones 2, S. Sevrain 2.

Bangor-Palmerton

Reagan Nemeth scored all eight of her points in the fourth quarter to help Palmerton rally for a 41-35 Colonial League victory over Bangor.

The Blue Bombers (13-7; 10-5) trailed by eight points after three frames, but outscored their opponent 17-3 in the final period.

Brianna Moore finished with 14 points for the winners.

The Slaters (15-5; 11-5) were led by Casey Walsh’s 15 points.

BANGOR

Walsh 5-0-0-15, Hendricks 0-0-4-0, Karasek 2-6-6-10, Stont 0-0-0-0, Karner 3-0-2-6, Hess 1-0-0-2, Holland 0-0-0-0, Baker 1-0-0-2, Schiavone 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-6-12-35.

PALMERTON

Guedes 0-0-0-0, Papay 2-0-0-5, Cincilla 3-0-0-6, Recker 0-0-0-0, Nemeth 2-2-2-8, Morgan 3-2-5-8, Moore 4-5-6-14, Nothstein 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-9-13-41.

Bangor 9 13 10 3 - 35

Palmerton 9 7 8 17 - 41

Three-pointers: Bangor - Walsh 5; Palmerton - Nemeth 2, Papay 1, Moore 1.

Weatherly-Schuylkill Haven

Weatherly couldn’t hold a first-half lead as Schuylkill Haven rallied for a 35-28 Schuylkill League victory.

The Wreckers held a 15-13 lead advantage at the break, but the Hurricanes (2-18; 1-10) used an 11-4 third quarter to take control of the game.

Emma Kane scored a game-high 16 points for Weatherly (2-16; 0-11), while Brooke Siket led Haven with 15 points.

WEATHERLY

Kane 4-8-16-16, Kislan 2-0-1-5, Lowman 1-0-0-2, Cichon 0-0-0-0, von Frisch 1-0-2-2, Paisley 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 9-9-21-28.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN

Kramer 0-1-2-1, Philips 2-0-0-4, Roshannon 3-1-4-7, Scott 1-0-0-3, Clark 2-0-0-5, Siket 7-1-7-15, Kline 0-0-0-0, Minnick 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-3-13-35.

Weatherly 9 6 4 9 - 28

Sch. Haven 7 6 11 11 - 35

Three-pointers: Weatherly - Kislan 1; Schuylkill Haven - Scott 1, Clark 1.

SWIMMING

Tamaqua-Schuylkill Haven

Tamaqua swept Schuylkill Haven in a Schuylkill League meet.

Nicole Aguero-Ramirez (200 Free), Ashley Jones (Diving), Brianna Dumond (500 Free) and Logan Hartney (100 Breast) all finished first to lead the girls to a 110-20 victory. The Raiders also captured all three relay events.

In the boys meet, Tamaqua posted an 81-61 win behind firsts from Nathaniel Kovalchick (200 Free), Joey Lescavage (500 Free), Brandon Long (100 Back) and Alexander Barron (100 Breast).

GIRLS

Tamaqua 110, Schuylkill Haven 20

200 Medley Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Mia Jones, Madelyn Jones, Ally Frederick, Hailey Toth) 2:32.18; 200 Free - 1. Nicole Aguero-Ramirez (T) 2:22.38, 2. Ally Frederick (T); 50 Free - 1. Mya Smith (SH) 29.78, 2. Logan Hartney (T), 3. Jocelyn Clause (T); Diving - 1. Ashley Jones (T) 171.40, 2. Hailey Toth (T), 3. Katelyn Rudy (T); 100 Free - 1. Mya Smith (SH) 1:07.34, 2. Rylee Wenzel (T), 3. Mia Jones (T); 500 Free - 1. Brianna Dumond (T) 6:05.78, 2. Madelyn Jones (T), 3. Olivia Brown (T); 200 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Logan Hartney, Morgan McGuinnes, Katelyn Jones, Hailey Toth) 2:22.00; 100 Back - 1. Olivia Lang (SH) 1:12.60, 2. Maura Walker (T), 3. Mia Jones (T); 100 Breast - 1. Logan Hartney (T) 1:28.71, 2. Rylee Wenzel (T), 3. Tori Markiewicz (T); 400 Free Relay

- 1. Tamaqua (Brianna Dumond, Ally Frederick, Olivia Brown, Tori Markiewicz) 5:08.50.

BOYS

Tamaqua 81, Schuylkill Haven 61

200 Medley Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Brandon Long, Alexander Barron, Nathaniel Kovalchick, Zeno Zukovich) 2:08.42; 200 Free - 1. Nathaniel Kovalchick (T) 2:19.49, 2. Ethan Amershek (T), 3. Joshua Tuite (SH); 200 IM - 1. Reese Felty (SH) 2:23.20, 2. Joey Lescavage (T), 3. Alexander Barron (T); 50 Free - 1. Jamyn Turner (SH) 25.35, 2. Zeno Zukovich (T), 3. Alexander Nattress (T); 100 Fly - 1. Reese Felty (SH) 1:05.82, 2. Nathaniel Kovalchick (T); 100 Free - 1. Bryce Sisko (SH) 54.88, 2. Zeno Zukovich (T), 3. Brandon Long (T); 500 Free - 1. Joey Lescavage (T) 6:25.58, 2. Joshua Tuite (SH), 3. Sean Wall (T); 200 Free Relay - 1. Schuylkill Haven 1:44.61; 100 Back - 1. Brandon Long (T) 1:08.73, 2. Bryce Sisko (SH), 3. Enoch Bolles (T); 100 Breast - 1. Alexander Barron (T) 1:17.45, 2. Ethan Amershek (T), 3. Jamyn Turner (SH); 400 Free Relay

- 1. Schuylkill Haven 4:13.05.

JR. HIGH BASKETBALL

9TH GRADE

Tamaqua-Weatherly

Tamaqua rolled past Weatherly, 49-22.

Cian Lewis finished with 11 points for the Blue Raiders, while Connor Dillon added 10.

Tanner Hinkle led the Wreckers with nine points.

8th GRADE

Tamaqua-Panther Valley

Tamaqua posted a 42-32 win over Panther Valley.

Spencer Dennis led the Blue Raiders with 15 points, while Connor Dillon and Micheal Styka both finished with 10 points.

Stephen Hood paced the Panthers with 17 points.

Tamaqua-Weatherly

Tamaqua cruised to a 41-10 win over Weatherly.

Spencer Dennis finished with a game-high 12 points for the Raiders. Ian McKeegan led the Wreckers with six points.