The Northwestern wrestling team earned a narrow victory over Wilson on Wednesday night, while Lehighton posted a win against Blue Mountain.

WRESTLING

Wilson-Northwestern

Northwestern edged Wilson for a 37-36 Colonial League victory.

The Tigers (1-2) won on Criteria D, as the team having won the greater number of matches, including forfeits, 7-6.

Eli Dellicker (138) and Mason Brensinger (152) had pins for Northwestern, while Buck Miller (172) and Isaiah Johri (285) won by decision.

Northwestern 37, Wilson 36*

106 - Giovannie DiBiagio won by forfeit; 113 - Jon Wohlbach (W) pinned Ryan Bergenstock in :27; 120 - Rider Heckman (W) pinned Josie Wehr in :16; 126 - Tristen Minnich (W) won by forfeit; 132 - Eli Rogers (W) pinned Katie Brensinger in :26; 138 - Eli Dellicker (NW) pinned Scott Horton in 1:22; 145 - Gunner Scheetz (W) pinned Braxton Hoffman in 1:16; 152 - Mason Brensinger (NW) pinned Ian Feckete in 3:43; 160 - Ben Griffith (NW) won by forfeit; 172 - Buck Miller (NW) dec. Owen Pelonero, 3-1; 189 - Dart DeLillo (NW) won by forfeit; 215 - Hunter Flaherty (NW) won by forfeit; 285

- Isaiah Johri (NW) dec. Roger Russell, 3-0.

* - Meet decided on Criteria D, team having won the greater number of matches (including forfeits).

Blue Mountain-Lehighton

Lehighton took advantage of a handful of forfeits to cruise to a 54-18 Schuylkill League victory over Blue Mountain.

The Indians (2-1) got pins by Nicholas Zeigenfuss (126) and Richard Fronheiser (189).

Lehighton 54, Blue Mountain 16

106 – Collin Seefeldt (BM) pinned Andrew Versuk in 1:15; 113 – Aiden Gruber (L) major dec. Kader Brish, 9-1; 120 – Reese Scaturro (L) won by forfeit; 126 – Nicholas Zeigenfuss (L) pinned Anthony Zeplin in 2:51; 132 – Lukas Ferguson (L) dec. Harry Bowers, 4-3; 138 – Steven Fritzinger (L) won by forfeit; 145 – Jon Ahner (L) won by forfeit; 152 – Chance Neeb (L) won by forfeit; 160 – James Traylor (L) won by forfeit; 172 – Kai Phillips (L) won by forfeit; 189 – Richard Fronheiser (L) pinned Dawson Schaeffer in 4:28; 215 – Toby Renniger (BM) pinned Gage Hartney in 1:16; 285

– Logan Holland (BM) won by injury over Michael Yeakel in 1:39.

Palmerton-Notre Dame-GP

Notre Dame of Green Pond dropped Palmerton for a 73-0 Colonial League win.

The Crusaders won all six contested bouts and utilized the bonus points from plenty of Bomber forfeits to earn a shutout victory.

The Bombers’ (0-2) Dennis Lombardi (145) and Jeremy Mooney (189) gave it their all to force their Crusader opponents to settle for three-point decision wins.

Notre Dame GP 73, Palmerton 0

106 – Ayden Smith (ND) won by forfeit; 113 – Adam Schweitzer (ND) won by forfeit; 120 – Tanner McQueen (ND) won by forfeit; 126 – Evan Maag (ND) won by forfeit; 132 – Brandan Chletsos (ND) pinned Aaron Gardner in 0:18; 138 – Joshua Bauman (ND) pinned Westin Horn in 0:30; 145 – Tony Morello (NDHG) dec. Dennis Lombardi, 10-4; 152 – Joseph Lapenna (ND) pinned Colton Stroup in 1:13; 160 – Holden Garcia (ND) pinned Colyn Mertz in 0:33; 172 – Garrett Tettemer (ND) won by forfeit; 189 – Jared Blobe (ND) major dec. Jeremy Mooney, 20-10; 215 – Jason Sine (ND) won by forfeit; 285

– Josh Hoffert (ND) won by forfeit.

North Schuylkill-Tamaqua

North Schuylkill won the last two contested bouts to seal a 36-31 Schuylkill League win over Tamaqua.

The Blue Raiders (1-2) won six out of 10 contested bouts, but surrendering a few forfeits helped the Spartans escape with a five-point victory.

Aaron Coccio (160), Reese Szabo (172), John Buday (215) and Nate Wickersham (285) all posted pins for Tamaqua, while Gabe Erbe added a major decision at 106 pounds.

North Schuylkill 36, Tamaqua 31

145 – Pat Cooney (NS) dec. Devin Schlier, 8-1; 152 – Hayden Frasch (NS) pinned Randy Steigerwalt in 4:34; 160 – Aaron Coccio (T) pinned Ricky Halford in 3:32; 172 – Reese Szabo (T) pinned Bradlee Smith in 2:35; 189 – Cole Eberts (T) dec. Jared Tinari, 10-4; 215 – John Buday (T) pinned Neekoli Caraballo in 2:45; 285 – Nate Wickersham (T) pinned Carey Wahalec in 1:39; 106 – Gabe Erbe (T) major dec. Noah Gilgore, 13-1; 113 – Kaden Casey (NS) won by forfeit; 120 – Danny Grigas (NS) won by forfeit; 126 – Ethan Miernicki (NS) won by forfeit; 132 - Zander McElhenny (NS) pinned Zaidyn Walker in 2:30; 138

– Michael Sterner (NS) dec. Jacob Schlier, 5-3.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Tamaqua-Mahanoy Area

Claudia Clark’s 20-point performance helped spark Mahanoy Area to a 57-40 victory over Tamaqua.

Allyson Babinsky poured in 14 points for the Golden Bears, while Hayley Moss hit double digits with 11 points.

Mckenna Meckes recorded a Blue Raiders’ high with 14 points.

Tamaqua drops to 2-1 on the season, while Mahanoy Area moves to 2-1.

TAMAQUA

Streisel 0-2-2-2, Kane 1-0-0-3, S. Hope 0-0-0-0, Fannock 0-0-0-0, Jones 0-1-2-1, Meckes 6-0-0-14, Boyle 3-1-2-7, Robb 0-0-0-0, Wingler 2-2-2-6, E. Hope 3-1-2-7. TOTALS: 15-7-11-40.

MAHANOY AREA

Babinsky 6-0-0-14, Kromer 0-0-0-0, Clark 7-4-5-20, Quick 1-0-0-2, Moss 4-0-0-11, Kessock 1-0-0-3, Macleary 1-1-2-3, Cavenas 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 22-5-7-57.

Tamaqua 8 12 13 7 – 40

Mahanoy Area 12 17 16 12 – 57

Three-pointers: Tamaqua – Meckes 2, Kane 1; MA – Moss 3, Babinsky 2, Clark 2, Kessock 1.

Riverside-Jim Thorpe

Riverside got the best of Jim Thorpe for a 54-43 non-league win.

The Panthers’ Kylie Lavelle led all scorers with 23 points, while Kayla Rose and Emily Taylor followed with 12 and 11, respectively.

Leila Hurley led a trio of Olympians (2-2 overall) in double figures with 17 points. Teammates Leah Snisky and Skyler Searfoss both finished with 11 points.

RIVERSIDE

Lavelle 7-7-9-23, Rose 3-6-9-12, Taylor 4-0-0-11, McKeefery 3-0-0-6, Antoniacci 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-15-20-54.

JIM THORPE

Snisky 4-3-5-11, Hurley 6-0-4-17, Searfoss 4-2-4-11, O. Smelas 2-0-1-4, Fiorito 0-0-0-0, H. Smelas 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-5-14-43.

Riverside 16 9 17 12 - 54

JT 10 8 13 12 - 43

Three-pointers: Riverside – Taylor 3, Lavelle 2; JT – Hurley 5, Searfoss 1.

SWIMMING

Tamaqua-Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain scored a Schuylkill League sweep against visiting Tamaqua.

In the boys’ meet, the Blue Eagles earned a 113-58 victory, while in the girls’ meet, the hosts posted a 127-55 win.

Mia Jones recorded the Lady Raiders’ lone first-place finish in diving, while the Blue Raiders’ relay team of Jathan Krall, Nathaniel Kovalchick, Joey Lescavage and Ethan Amershek together won the 400-freestyle relay.

GIRLS

Blue Mountain 127, Tamaqua 55

200 Medley Relay – 1. Blue Mountain 2:04.00; 200 Freestyle – 1. Katherine Sarnes (BM) 2:06.57, 2. Victoria Elle (BM), 3. Mollie Sarnes (BM); 200 IM – 1. Paige Bensinger (BM) 2:27.10, 2. Morgan Yuengling (BM), 3. Gabby Blasko (T); 50 Freestyle – 1. Victoria Ellex (BM) 26.82, 2. Hannah Magdeburg (BM), 3. Laura Laughlin (BM); Diving – 1. Mia Jones (T) 147.50, 2. Hailey Toth (T), 3. Sophia Knorr (BM); 100 Butterfly – 1. Maria Lopez (BM) 1:08.00, 2. Sarah Magdeburg (BM), 3. Megan Lavine (T); 100 Freestyle – 1. Hannah Magdeburg (BM) 59.47, 2. Raysa Kelly (BM), 3. Lexi Buchala (T); 500 Freestyle – 1. Katherine Sarnes (BM) 5:32.78, 2. Sarah Megdeburg (BM), 3. Gabby Blasko (T); 200 Freestyle Relay – 1. Blue Mountain 1:55.05; 100 Backstroke – 1. Maria Lopez (BM) 1:10.40, 2. Andie Zeplin (BM), 3. Megan Lavine (T); 100 Breaststroke – 1. Paige Bensinger (BM) 1:16.34, 2. Madelyn Jones (T), 3. Hailey Toth (T); 400 Freestyle Relay

– 1. Blue Mountain 4:15.38.

BOYS

Blue Mountain 113, Tamaqua 58

200 Medley Relay – 1. Blue Mountain 1:51.67; 200 Freestyle – 1. Logan Stein (BM) 2:04.53, 2. Kyan Mitchell (BM), 3. Nathaniel Kovalchick (T); 200 IM – 1. Derrick Yuengling (BM) 2:22.12, 2. Mikolas Barbe (BM), 3. Joey Lescavage (T); 50 Freestyle – 1. Sean Sopko (BM) 22.88, 2. Matheson Bair (BM), 3. Tabor Perry (BM); Diving – 1. Michael Levkulic (BM) 185.50; 100 Butterfly – 1. Matheson Bair (BM) 1:06.47, 2. Nathaniel Kovalchick (T), 3. Jack Tharp (T); 100 Freestyle – 1. Sean Sopko (BM) 52.10, 2. Derrick Yuengling (BM), 3. Stephen Behun (T); 500 Freestyle – 1. Logan Stern (BM) 5:37.47, 2. Gregory Rautzhan (BM), 3. Joey Lescavage (T); 200 Freestyle Relay – 1. Blue Mountain 1:36.92; 100 Backstroke – 1. Mikolas Barbe (BM) 1:04.04, 2. Gregory Rautzhan (BM), 3. Brandon Long (T); 100 Breaststroke – 1. Tabor Perry (BM) 1:12.95, 2. Ethan Amershek (T), 3. Christian Fisher (BM); 400 Freestyle Relay

– 1. Tamaqua (Jathan Krall, Nathaniel Kovalchick, Joey Lescavage, Ethan Amershek) 4:02.78.

JR. HIGH BASKETBALL

Girls 8th Grade

Jim Thorpe-Tamaqua

Tamaqua rolled to a 35-7 victory over Jim Thorpe.

Samantha Plasha had 10 points for the Raiders, while Veronica Scott and Kolbe Robb added nine and eight, respectively.

B. Snisky paced the Olympians with three points.

Girls 7th Grade

Jim Thorpe-Tamaqua

Tamaqua posted a 19-6 victory over Jim Thorpe.

Leah Black paced the Raiders with eight points, while Kendel Miller added six.