The Marian, Palmerton and Northwestern girls’ basketball teams all recorded victories Wednesday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

No. Lehigh-Palmerton

Palmerton rolled to a 52-24 Colonial League win over Northern Lehigh.

The Bombers (6-0 overall; 5-0 CL) opened with an 18-5 edge in the first quarter and held the Bulldogs to single digits in each quarter the rest of the way.

Brianna Moore finished with a game-high 14 points for Palmerton. Bethie Morgan and Sydney Frantz both finished with 11 points.

Emma Niebell scored 12 points for Northern Lehigh (3-3, 2-3).

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Steckel 0-0-0-0, Whalen 0-5-6-5, D. Barthold 0-0-2-0, Lear 2-0-0-5, K. Barthold 0-0-0-0, Dougherty 0-0-0-0, Peters 1-0-2-2, Richards 0-0-0-0, Niebell 5-0-1-12, Klimek 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 8-5-11-24.

PALMERTON

Baumgardt 0-0-0-0, Frantz 4-1-2-11, Barry 3-0-0-6, Matsko 2-1-2-5, Balliet 0-0-0-0, Nemeth 2-0-0-5, Andrews 0-0-2-0, Morgan 4-3-4-11, Moore 6-2-2-14. TOTALS: 21-7-12-52.

No. Lehigh 5 7 7 5 – 24

Palmerton 18 10 11 13 – 52

Three-pointers: NL – Niebell 2, Lear 1. Palmerton – Frantz 2, Nemeth 1.

Marian-Notre Dame ES

A strong first half helped Marian take control and cruise to a 52-13 nonleague victory over Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg.

The Fillies (5-1) opened with a 14-3 run in the first quarter, and led 38-5 at halftime. Fatikha Tikhtova led all scorers with 14 points, while Ashley Pleban followed with 12 points.

Carly Minchoff added 10 points.

MARIAN

A. Tikhtova 3-0-0-6, Nunez 0-0-0-0, Minchoff 5-0-0-10, Walsh 0-0-2-0, Pleban 5-0-0-12, Martinelli 1-0-1-2, Digris 1-2-2-4, F. Tikhtova 7-0-1-14, Lombardo 0-0-0-0, Pikitus 1-0-0-2, Corrado 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 24-2-7-52.

NDES

Wirlenheiser 2-1-1-5, VandeLoecht 1-0-0-3, Gonzalez 1-0-0-2, G. Florentino 1-1-4-3, Belau 0-0-0-0, Craig 0-0-0-0, Siciliano 0-0-0-0, Assegio 0-0-0-0, D. Florentino 0-0-0-0, O’Donnell 0-0-0-0, Ems 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 5-2-5-13.

Marian 14 24 6 8 – 52

NDES 3 2 5 3 – 13

Three-pointers: Marian – Pleban 2. NDES – VandeLoecht 1.

Northwestern-Catasauqua

A quick start helped Northwestern cruise to a 53-16 Colonial League victory over Catasauqua.

Cara Thomas netted seven of her game-high 19 points in the Tigers’ (5-2, 4-1) 24-point opening quarter. Paige Sevrain Brooke Balliet followed with 13 and 10 points, respectively, helping Northwestern build a 40-10 lead at halftime.

NORTHWESTERN

Brooke Balliet 4-0-0-10, Minnich 0-0-0-0, Bissell 0-0-0-0, Brynn Balliet 0-0-0-0, McGinley 1-0-0-2, Thomas 7-2-2-19, Fenstermaker 0-1-2-1, Nyce 0-0-0-0, Fisher 2-0-0-4, Dorney 1-1-2-4, Sevrain 6-1-2-13. TOTALS: 21-5-8-53.

CATASAUQUA

Gonzalez 0-0-1-0, Bear 0-0-0-0, Troxell 2-2-5-6, J. Martinez 0-0-0-0, R. Martinez 0-0-0-0, Weidan 0-0-0-0, C. Soltis 0-2-2-2, J. Soltis 2-0-0-4, Becker 1-2-4-4, Miranda 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 5-6-12-16.

Northwestern 24 16 10 3 – 53

Catasauqua 5 5 2 4 – 16

Three-pointers: NW – Thomas 3, Brooke Balliet 2, Dorney 1. Catty – None.

WRESTLING

Jim Thorpe-N. Schuylkill

North Schuylkill recorded a 45-22 Schuylkill League victory over Jim Thorpe.

After the Olympians took a 22-21 lead late in the match, the Spartans gained the momentum thanks to back-to-back-to-back pins to end the match.

After trailing 21-3 earlier in the match, Gabe Heaney (152) and Camron Tinajero (160) scored consecutive pins to bring the Olympians back to only a three-point deficit.

North Schuylkill 45, Jim Thorpe 22

120 – Tyler Slotterback (NS) pinned Tanner Yurchak in 1:23; 126 – Ridge Snyder (JT) dec. Nate Sterner, 10-3; 132 – Jaden Meyer (NS) pinned Max Pfeiffer in 3:15; 138 – Jimmy Weikel (NS) pinned Richard Kenna in 0:31; 145 – Brayden Kessler (NS) dec. Nikolas Schwartz, 7-0; 152 – Gabe Heaney (JT) pinned Aiden Engleman in 3:06; 160 – Camron Tinajero (JT) pinned Patrick Cooney in 4:53; 172 – Jared Newhall (JT) dec. Dawson Kleeman, 11-5; 189 – Caleb McDermott (JT) major dec. Trevor Minalda, 11-3; 215 – Jared Tinari (NS) won by forfeit; 285 – Carey Wahalec (NS) pinned Blake Carroll in 0:25; 106 – Noah Gilgore (NS) pinned Henry Snyder in 1:15; 113

– Kaden Casey (NS) pinned Noah Geiser in 1:31.

JR. HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL

9TH GRADE

Lehighton-Mahanoy Area

Lehighton came away with a 63-26 victory over Mahanoy Area.

Blake Roberts had 17 points for the Tribe, while Cole Dietz contributed 15 points. John Light chipped in with 14 points.

Brian Gallagher paced the Golden Bears with 12 points.

8TH GRADE

Weatherly-Panther Valley

Weatherly posted a 34-26 victory over Panther Valley.

Corbin Wagner had 11 points for the Wreckers. Nico Saldukas added 10 points, while Jacob Tom scored nine.

D. Wehr had 10 points for the Panthers, and C. Lozada scored eight.

JR. HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL

8TH GRADE

Weatherly-Panther Valley

Weatherly edged Panther Valley for a 32-28 win.

DeAnna Pugh paced the Wreckers with 15 points, while Kelly Reiner added 11 points.

Morgan Orsulak had 13 points for the Panthers.

7TH GRADE

Weatherly-Panther Valley

Weatherly picked up a 33-26 victory over Panther Valley.

DeAnna Pugh finished with 23 points for the Wreckers.

Lucianna Kocha scored 14 points for the Panthers.