Local roundup: Results from Sept. 11
The Jim Thorpe, Lehighton and Northwestern volleyball teams all secured wins on Wednesday.
Elsewhere, the Tamaqua boys and girls posted a sweep in cross country action, while the Tigers stayed unbeaten in field hockey play.
VOLLEYBALL
Jim Thorpe-Catasauqua
Jim Thorpe won in straight sets over Catasauqua.
Jim Thorpe 25 25 25
Catasauqua 5 7 14
Stat Leaders: Jim Thorpe – Brooke Mitzen 12 kills, Kelsey Patton 10 assists, Maura Malaska 16 assists.
Records: Jim Thorpe (5-1); Catasauqua (0-9).
Lehighton-Pen Argyl
Lehighton downed Pen Argyl, 3-1, in Colonial League play.
Lehighton 23 26 25 25
Pen Argyl 25 24 14 16
Stat Leaders: Lehighton – Lyla Kershner five aces, 20 digs; Makenna Snyder five aces, nine kills, 11 digs; Lorah Thomas 20 kills, three blocks; Autumn Clewell 32 assists, 11 digs; Vera Hartsell two aces, 14 digs; Aleea Yeakel 11 digs; Timara Klotz two blocks, three digs.
Records: Lehighton (4-3); Pen Argyl (4-3).
Northwestern-Palmerton
Northwestern captured a Colonial League win over Palmerton in straight sets.
Elyse Browning paced the Tigers with nine kills and two blocks.
Hailey Barry had seven kills and eight digs for Palmerton.
Northwestern 25 25 25
Palmerton 9 9 16
Stat leaders: Northwestern – Elyse Browning 9 kills, 2 blocks; Lexi George 11 digs, 5 aces; Shannon Green 19 assists, 2 aces; Palmerton – Hailey Barry 7 kills, 8 digs; Sadie Gair 8 assists; Kylie Mattrazzo 5 digs.
Records: Northwestern (4-3; 4-3 CL); Palmerton (2-9; 1-6 CL).
CROSS COUNTRY
Panther Valley, Tamaqua,
Mahanoy Area, Pine Grove
at Minersville
The Tamaqua boys and girls swept a meet at Minersville.
Ava Jones ran to a runner-up finish for the Blue Raider girls, who also had Isabella Jones (fourth) and Samantha Plasha (fifth) in the top five and improved to 5-1.
Tony Marchetti and Levi Kunkel were third and fourth for the Blue Raiders in the boys race as the team moved to 6-0 on the season.
BOYS
Tamaqua 22, Minersville 39
Tamaqua 16, Mahanoy Area 47
Tamaqua 18, Pine Grove 43
Tamaqua 27, Northern Lebanon 38
(top-three plus other locals in the top-15)
1. Kolin Long (Min) 17:44, 2. Luke Hentz (NL) 17:54, 3. Tony Marchetti (T) 18:00, 4. Levi Kunkel (T) 18:38, 8. Aidan Elston (T) 19:18, 10. Abraham Cabrera (Panther Valley) 19:26, 11. Adam Schock (T) 19:30, 14. Brody Boyce (T) 20:11.
GIRLS
Tamaqua 20, Minersville 44
Tamaqua 30, Mahanoy Area 43
Tamaqua 16, Pine Grove 47
Tamaqua 15, Northern Lebanon 50
(top-three plus other locals in the top-15)
1. Felicia Bro (MA) 23:37, 2. Ava Jones (T) 24:03, 3. Lillian Harris (Min) 24:45, 4. Isabella Jones (T) 25:04, 5. Samantha Plasha (T) 25:52, 6. Bailey Pliska (T) 25:59, 9. Kiely Kunkel (T) 26:51, 10. Madelyn Schaeffer (T) 27:02, 11. Gia Clemson (T) 27:11.
FIELD HOCKEY
Northwestern-Saucon Valley
Northwestern remained unbeaten on the season, cruising to a 6-0 Colonial League win over Saucon Valley.
Olivia Costa finished with four goals and an assist for the Tigers.
Goals: Northwestern – Olivia Costa 4, Cora Thomas, Hayley Kershner; Saucon Valley – None.
Assists: Northwestern – Hayley Kershner, Olivia Costa; Saucon Valley – None.
Records: Northwestern (7-0; 7-0 CL); Saucon Valley (3-4; 3-3 CL).
Palisades-Palmerton
Palmerton blanked Palisades for a 2-0 victory in Colonial League action.
The Bombers’ Mackenzie Long scored a second-period goal, while teammate Madeline Thomas added one in the third period.
Palisades 0 0 0 0 – 0
Palmerton 0 1 1 0 – 2
Goals: Palisades – None; Palmerton – Mackenzie Long, Madeline Thomas.
Assists: Palisades – None; Palmerton – Alisyn Green.
Shots on goal: Palisades – 3; Palmerton – 19.
Penalty corners: Palisades – 4; Palmerton – 11.
Goalies (Saves): Palisades – O’Donnell 10; Palmerton – Sarah Sabo 2.
Records: Palisades (1-5-1; 0-5-1 CL); Palmerton – (6-2-1; 6-1 CL).
Southern Lehigh-Lehighton
Delaney Mack scored a pair of goals to lead Southern Lehigh to a 6-0 shutout of Lehighton in Colonial League play.
Southern Lehigh 1 2 3 0 – 6
Lehighton 0 0 0 0 – 0
Goals: Southern Lehigh – Mack 2, Kramer, Bartosz, Clausnitzer, Bausher; Lehighton – None.
Assists: Southern Lehigh – Bartosz; Lehighton – None.
Shots on goal: Southern Lehigh – 28; Lehighton – 3.
Corners: Southern Lehigh – 16; Lehighton – 2
Goalies (Saves): Southern Lehigh – Scheblein 2; Lehighton – Klotz 16
Records: Southern Lehigh (5-1); Lehighton (3-3-1).
Nazareth-Pleasant Valley
Nazareth rolled to a 10-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.
Nazareth 1 4 2 3 – 10
Pleasant Valley 0 0 0 0 – 0
Goals: Nazareth – Kunkle 2, Koch 2, Ricci 2, DePietro 2, Wortmann, Dressler; Pleasant Valley – None.
Assists: Nazareth – Kunkle 2, Koch, McIntire, Wortmann, Seidel; Pleasant Valley – None.
Shots on goal: Nazareth – 35; Pleasant Valley – 0.
Penalty corners: Nazareth – 14; Pleasant Valley – 0.
Records: Nazareth (6-1; 5-1 EPC); Pleasant Valley (0-6; 0-5 EPC).
Catasauqua-Northern Lehigh
Shelby Haldeman scored the game’s lone goal in the third period to lift Catasauqua to a 1-0 Colonial League victory over Northern Lehigh.
Catasauqua 0 0 1 0 – 1
Northern Lehigh 0 0 0 0 – 0
Goals: Catasauqua – Haldeman
Shots on goal: Catasauqua -5; Northern Lehigh 5
Goalies (Saves): Catasauqua –Hess 5; Husack 5
Corners: Catasauqua – 6; Northern Lehigh 11
Records: Catasauqua (4-3); Northern Lehigh (0-8).
GIRLS SOCCER
Whitehall-Pleasant Valley
Whitehall cruised to a 5-1 win over Pleasant Valley in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference action.
Peyton Foder scored on an assist from Marta Perry for the Bears.
Goals: Pleasant Valley - Peyton Foder
Assists: Pleasant Valley - Marta Perry
Shots on goal: Pleasant Valley 6, Whitehall 25
Saves (goalies): Sadie Rizzo (Pleasant Valley) 16
Corners: Pleasant Valley - 2; Whitehall 2.
Records: Pleasant Valley (3-4); Whitehall (5-2)
Pottsville-Tamaqua
Pottsville erupted for six goals in the opening half and went on to a 9-1 drubbing of Tamaqua.
Pottsville 6 3 - 9
Tamaqua 1 0 - 1
Goals: Tamaqua – Robb
Assists: Tamaqua – Rudy
Goalie (Saves): Tamaqua – Scott 15
Records: Pottsville (5-2); Tamaqua (1-7).
GOLF
Pen Argyl-Pleasant Valley
Lydon Patascher shot a four-under par 68 to help lead Pleasant Valley to a 391-410 non-conference victory over visiting Pen Argyl.
Drew Patascher shot a career low for the Bears, as he posted an even par 72.
Teammate Blake Regina also recorded a career low with a score of 85 on the day.
Pleasant Valley 391, Pen Argyl 410
PEN ARGYL
Shane Moser 74, Joey Dos Santos 75, Jake Martini 85, Lincoln Kuster 88, Jake Hockman 88.
PLEASANT VALLEY
Lydon Patascher 68, Drew Patascher 72, Austin Balanca 83, Cole Speicher 83, Blake Regina 85.
Played at par 72, Indian Mountain
Records: Pen Argyl (7-4); Pleasant Valley (10-5).
N. Schuylkill-Weatherly
Jude Maziekas fired a 68 to highlight North Schuylkill’s 318-376 win over Weatherly to close out the regular season.
Matt Adler’s 86 led the Wreckers.
North Schuylkill 318, Weatherly 376
NORTH SCHUYLKILL
Jude Maziekas 68, Cody Osenbach 78, Andrew Dziczek 84, Mya Conti 88.
WEATHERLY
Matt Adler 86, Brad Connors 92, Kolton Reiner 98, Jacob Hinkle 100.
Match played at White Birch
Records: Weatherly (0-13); North Schuylkill (5-6)
GIRLS TENNIS
Southern Lehigh-
Jim Thorpe
Southern Lehigh defeated Jim Thorpe for a 5-0 Colonial League win.
Southern Lehigh 5, Jim Thorpe 0
SINGLES
Megan Woods (SL) def. Keira Reese 6-0, 6-2; Kinley Kirk (SL) def. Chloe Tantala 6-0, 6-0; Victoria Rizzo (SL) def. Noelani Sepulveda 6-3, 6-2.
DOUBLES
Claire Stever/Caroline Brown (SL) def. Anjali Chiulli/Diamond Alvear 6-2, 6-0; Paige Pawloski/Katherine Crum/Lila DeJessa/Amanda Martelli 6-2, 6-0.
Records: Southern Lehigh (7-3; 7-0 CL); Jim Thorpe (3-8; 2-8 CL).
Northampton-
Pleasant Valley
Northampton downed Pleasant Valley, 4-2, in East Penn Conference play.
Brianca Pridham posted a win in singles play for PV, while doubles’ team of Arianna Moscoso and Amanda Davis paired up for a win themselves.
Northampton 4, Pleasant Valley 2
SINGLES
Brianaca Pridham (PV) def. Ava Ausilkio 6-2, 6-2; Gianna Lorenz (N) def. Shannon Price 7-5, 6-1; Claire Lack (N) def. Avery Cogan 6-2, 6-4.
DOUBLES
Arianna Moscoso/Amanda Davis (PV) def. Mya Cruz/Emilee Gaughan 6-4, 6-3; Lea Fornarotto/Emily Kemmerer (N) def. Breslin Beck/Marissa Hauck 6-1, 6-1; Olivia Hayes/Hayden Nagy (N) def. Devon Bush/Averie Acevdeo 6-4, 6-1.
Records: Northampton (3-8; 3-8 EPC); Pleasant Valley (2-10; 2-9 EPC).