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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).

Lehighton’s Brielle Frable tries to move the ball past Southern Lehigh’s Jacquelyn Schoenberger. RICH SMITH/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS