Northwestern, Palmerton and Tamaqua all posted boys basketball wins on Thursday, while Tamaqua’s swim team earned a sweep.

Also, during Northern Lehigh’s loss to Notre Dame, Brandon Hess reached the 1,000-point plateau.

BOYS BASKETBALL

No. Lehigh-Notre Dame-GP

Northern Lehigh’s Brandon Hess scored his 1,000th career point but it wasn’t enough as the Bulldogs dropped a 75-58 Colonial League decision to Notre Dame.

Hess hit a three-pointer in the fourth quarter to reach his milestone and finished the contest with 13 points. Nolehi (11-7; 7-6) received a team-high 18 points from Preston Kemery.

For the Crusaders, Jozet Korpicz led the way with 18 points.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Keller 4-0-0-12, Mujovic 0-0-0-0, Kemery 6-5-7-18, Moyer 2-0-0-4, Seier 5-1-2-11, Kroll 0-0-0-0, Berger 0-0-0-0, Hess 5-0-0-13, Smith 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-6-9-58.

NOTRE DAME-GP

Boyle 5-3-4-14, Baldo 7-0-=0-17, Cunningham 5-0-0-13, Yurkonich 0-0-0-0, Cornish 4-2-6-10, Domzalski 0-0-0-0, Korpicz 7-4-7-18, Campbell 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 29-10-19-75.

Northern Lehigh 19 8 17 14 - 58

Notre Dame-GP 19 14 25 17 - 75

Three pointers: Northern Lehigh - Keller 4, Hess 3, Kemery 1; Notre Dame - Baldo 3, Cunningham 3, Boyle 1.

Northwestern-Wilson

Northwestern built a lead and then held off Wilson for a 62-59 Colonial League win.

The Tigers’ Devin Thomas led all scorers with 25 points, while Sam Yadush contributed 12 and Deven Bollinger chipped in with 10.

The winners, who led by 11 points at halftime, improved to 9-9 overall and 7-6 in the league.

For the Warriors (11-5, 9-4), Sam Brown scored a team-high 17 points.

NORTHWESTERN

Hebelka 0-2-5-2, Yadush 4-2-4-12, Bollinger 3-4-7-10, McCann 2-0-1-6, Henry 1-5-5-7, Snyder 0-0-0-0, Thomas 9-7-15-25. TOTALS: 19-20-37-62

WILSON

Javier 0-0-0-0, Glovas 1-0-0-2, Swiatek 4-0-0-11, Ghaleb 1-0-0-2, McKinney 3-3-3-9, Range 5-2-2-12, Hindmarch 3-0-0-6, Brown 5-7-8-17. TOTALS: 22-12-13-59.

Northwestern 15 10 18 19 - 62

Wilson 8 6 18 27 - 59

Three pointers: Northwestern - McCann 2, Yadush 2; Wilson - Swiatek 3.

Palmerton-Pen Argyl

Palmerton had two strong middle frames to pull out a 57-44 Colonial League win over Pen Argyl.

Justin Hosier scored a team-high 20 points for the Blue Bombers, who outscored their opponent by a 33-18 margin in the second and third quarters.

Kody Kratzer added 13 points and Nate Dougherty finished with 11.

For the Green Knights, Connor Fehr led all scorers with 21 points.

The win lifted Palmerton to 10-8 overall and 7-6 in the league.

PALMERTON

Christmas 2-0-0-4, Kratzer 5-0-0-13, Young 3-0-0-9, King 0-0-0-0, Dougherty 5-1-2-11, Stuck 0-0-0-0, Hosier 7-3-3-20, Buck 0-0-0-0, Silfies 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-4-5-57.

PEN ARGYL

Barr 4-0-2-8, Fehr 7-3-5-21, Maggipinto 0-2-4-2, Richmond 0-1-2-1, Slaughter 3-0-1-6, DeFelice 1-1-1-3, Dear 1-1-1-3, Betancourt 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-8-16-44.

Palmerton 12 16 17 12 - 57

Pen Argyl 12 5 13 14 - 44

Three pointers: Palmerton - Hosier 3, Young 3, Kratzer 3; Pen Argyl - Fehr 4.

Mount Carmel-Tamaqua

Brayden Knoblauch tallied 30 points to help Tamaqua pull out a 71-66 non-league overtime win over Mount Carmel.

Knoblauch hit five three-pointers in the contest to help the Blue Raiders improve to 12-5 overall.

Lucas Gregoire added 17 points for Tamaqua, who rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit.

For the Tornadoes, Donovan James scored 22 points.

In the JV game, Tamaqua earned a 58-49 victory.

MOUNT CARMEL

Balichik 8-0-0-17, Evert 0-0-0-0, Demko 1-0-0-2, James 9-3-6-22, Ayres 1-2-2-5, Reisinger 8-0-1-16, Hood 2-0-1-4. TOTALS: 29-5-10-66.

TAMAQUA

Bonetsky 3-0-0-8, Stianche 2-1-2-6, Knoblauch 7-11-12-30, Zehner 3-1-2-7, Gutierrez 1-0-0-3, Agosti 0-0-0-0, L. Gregoire 7-3-6-17, Stauffenberg 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-16-22-71.

Mount Carmel 15 14 10 17 10 - 66

Tamaqua 14 6 22 14 15 - 71

Three pointers: Mount Carmel - Balichik 1, James 1, Ayres 1; Tamaqua - Knoblauch 5, Bonetsky 2, Stianche 1, Gutierrez 1.

Pleasant Valley-Nazareth

Trailing by three points after three quarters, Nazareth erupted in the fourth to gain a 66-58 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.

The Blue Eagles outscored the Bears, 21-10, in the final eight minutes to pull out victory.

Stephon Sheard scored a game-high 24 points for Nazareth.

The Bears (0-15) received a team-high 15 points from Andrus Gaddist, while Noah Mitchell and Ashton Smith each chipped in with 10.

Nazareth also posted a 63-38 win in the JV game.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Smith 3-2-2-10, Kearns 0-0-0-0, Gaddist 5-5-7-15, Ammerman 3-2-2-9, Robinson 1-0-0-3, Mitchell 3-4-4-10, Piszczalowski 4-0-0-11. TOTALS: 19-13-17-58.

NAZARETH

Harris 1-1-2-3, Sheard 11-2-5-24, Skrapits 0-0-0-0, Federico 1-0-0-2, Stapert 2-0-0-4, Umar 5-2-2-16, Viva 2-1-2-5, Briggs 4-3-6-12. TOTALS: 26-9-15-66.

Pleasant Valley 9 20 19 10 - 58

Nazareth 15 12 18 21 - 66

Three pointers: Pleasant Valley - Piszczalowski 3, Smith 2, Ammerman 1, Robinson 1; Nazareth - Umar 4, Briggs 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Nativity-Weatherly

Weatherly proved to be too much for Nativity, as the Wreckers posted a 60-49 Schuylkill League win.

The Wreckers (13-4; 6-3) were led by Megan Peifer’s 21 points, while Emily Zoscin contributed 18.

Sam Heenan scored 20 points for Nativity.

NATIVITY

Dexter 1-0-0-2, Stavinski 4-3-5-11, Heenan 6-7-8-20, Fenstermacher 0-0-0-0, Rugh 0-0-0-0, Hunyara 5-2-4-12, Clarke 2-0-1-4. TOTALS: 18-12-18-49.

WEATHERLY

Zoscin 5-8-13-18, Hinkle 0-3-10-3, Hoffman 1-0-0-3, James 4-1-3-9, Peifer 8-1-4-21, Hernandez 2-0-0-4, Miller 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 21-13-30-60.

Nativity 14 17 9 9 - 49

Weatherly 16 23 13 8 - 60

Three pointers: Nativity - Heenan 1; Weatherly - Piefer 4, Hoffman 1.

Blue Mountain-Lehighton

Blue Mountain earned a 43-37 Schuylkill League victory over Lehighton.

Lindsay Kutz netted a game-high 18 points for the Eagles (11-7; 6-4).

The Indians (8-10; 2-8) were led by Emily Miller, who scored 12 points.

BLUE MOUNTAIN

Beam 1-0-0-2, Kutz 8-2-6-18, Zelinsky 0-0-0-0, L. Lukacz 0-0-2-0, Fashnacht 2-4-5-8, Spotts 0-0-0-0, R. Lukacz 3-2-3-8, Pishock 1-5-6-7, Mason 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-13-22-43.

LEHIGHTON

Klotz 0-0-2-0, Brown 3-0-0-7, Long 1-0-0-3, H. Miller 1-2-3-5, Marchessault 0-0-0-0, E. Miller 4-1-2-12, Pantella 2-0-0-4, Fisher 0-0-0-0, Solomon 1-4-4-6. TOTALS: 12-7-11-37.

Blue Mountain 12 7 14 10 - 43

Lehighton 8 11 8 10 - 37

Three-pointers: Blue Mountain - None; Lehighton - E. Miller 3, Brown 1, Long 1, H. Miller 1.

Notre Dame-GP-No. Lehigh

Notre Dame of Green Pond pulled away from Northern Lehigh for a 58-32 Colonial League victory.

Cassie Murphy poured in a game-high 29 points for the Crusaders, who built a 17-point halftime lead.

The Bulldogs (7-11; 5-8) received a team-high 17 points from Jada Saeger.

NOTRE DAME-GP

Medei 1-0-0-2, DeFranco 1-2-2-4, Wachter 1-0-0-3, Micklos 0-0-0-0, Cooper 4-0-0-9, Santos 0-0-0-0, B. Hezel 0-0-0-0, Nehme 0-0-0-0, G. Hezel 1-0-0-2, Altmire 4-0-0-9, Murphy 11-7-7-29. TOTALS: 23-9-9-58.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Guelcher 2-0-0-4, Mack 0-0-0-0, Lear 0-0-0-0, Hoffman 0-0-0-0, Saeger 6-5-5-17, Seier 2-2-3-6, Kilmek 0-0-0-0, Niebell 2-0-0-5. TOTALS: 12-7-8-32.

Notre Dame-GP 13 21 10 14 - 58

Northern Lehigh 7 10 13 2 - 32

Three pointers: Notre Dame - Wachter 1, Cooper 1, Altmire 1; Northern Lehigh - Niebell 1.

North Schuylkill-Panther Valley

Mya Wetzel netted a game-high 21 points to lead North Schuylkill to a 71-27 Schuylkill League victory over Panther Valley.

The Spartans, who jumped out to a 13-point first-quarter lead, also received 18 points from Sarah Wagner.

Rachelle Filer led the Panthers (6-12; 0-10) with nine points, while Megan Pascoe contributed eight.

NORTH SCHUYLKILL

Himes 5-0-0-15, Wetzel 7-3-4-21, Creasy 1-2-2-4, Wagner 6-5-5-18, Fetterolf 0-0-0-0, Mogan 4-0-0-8, Stitzer 2-1-2-5. TOTALS: 25-11-13-71.

PANTHER VALLEY

Pascoe 3-1-2-8, Steber 1-0-0-2, Vermillion 1-0-0-2, Markovich 1-0-0-3, Flier 3-3-4-9, Jones 0-1-2-1, Iudicello 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 10-5-8-27.

North Schuylkill 23 17 18 13 - 71

Panther Valley 10 9 4 4 - 27

Three-pointers: North Schuylkill - Himes 5, Wetzel 4, Wagner 1; Panther Valley - Pascoe 1, Markovich 1.

Nazareth-Pleasant Valley

Nazareth used a big third quarter to pull away from Pleasant Valley en route to a 56-27 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win.

Madison Amy led the Blue Eagles, who outscored PV 20-1 in the third frame, with 16 points.

The Bears (10-5) received a team-high 10 points from Cameron Caffrey.

NAZARETH

Leszcynski 0-1-2-1, Mulhearn 0-2-2-2, Zelasko 1-0-0-3, Masel 0-0-0-0, Brugler 5-5-6-15, Kresge 1-0-0-3, Paulson 1-0-2-2, Ma. Amy 5-1-2-16, Mo. Amy 2-4-4-8, Fortner 2-2-26, Maholick 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-15-20-56.

PLEASANT VALLEY

R. Wagner 1-1-3-3, Caffrey 3-3-4-10, O’Neil 1-0-0-2, A. Wagner 0-1-2-1, B. Clark 1-4-6-7, K. Thourot 0-0-0-0, A. Clark 0-0-0-0, Morgan 0-0-0-0, Rosenberg 0-2-4-2, Schwenk 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 7-11-19-27.

Nazareth 8 11 20 17 - 56

Pleasant Valley 6 11 1 9 - 27

Three-pointers: Nazareth - Ma. Amy 5, Kresge 1, Zelasko 1; Pleasant Valley - Caffrey 1, B. Clark 1.

WRESTLING

Northern Lehigh-Palmerton

Brenden Smay recorded a pin in the final match to lift Northern Lehigh to a 42-39 Colonial League win over Palmerton.

With the Blue Bombers up 39-24 with three matches to go, the Bulldogs registered falls in all of them to pull out the victory. Dominic Bandle (220) and Josh Schaffer (285) posted the other two pins.

Earlier in the match, the Bulldogs’ Preston Bauer (126), Joe Abidelli (152) and Damion Rodriguez (182) also scored falls.

Lucas Christman (138) had the only pin for Palmerton.

No. Lehigh 42, Palmerton 39

113 - Gabriel Ramos (P) won by forfeit; 120 - Ian Molina (NL) won by forfeit; 126 - Preston Bauer (NL) pinned Grant Scott in 1:41; 132 - Dennis Lombardi (P) dec. Trevor Amorim, 9-3; 138 - Lucas Christman (P) pinned Nathan Ellan in 1:20; 145 - Colton Stroup (P) won by forfeit; 152 - Joe Abidelli (NL) pinned Shawn Gardner in 2:28; 160 - Hunter Fierro (P) won by forfeit; 170 - Dylan Gonyo (P) won by forfeit; 182 - Damion Rodriguez (NL) pinned Aiden Melber in 3:48; 195 - Chris Lucykanish (P) won by forfeit; 220 - Dominic Bandle (NL) pinned Jeremy Mooney in 1:33; 285 - Josh Schaffer (NL) pinned Michael Stepp in 1:58; 106

- Brenden Smay (NL) pinned Aaron Gardner.

Panther Vy.-Williams Vy.

Aaron Eidem registered a pin for Panther Valley in a 33-12 win over Williams Valley.

The Panthers also received a win from Colby Newton in a match where only two bouts were wrestled.

Panther Valley 33, Williams Valley 12

106 - Double forfeit; 113 - Double forfeit; 120 - Mikey Myers (WV) won by forfeit; 126 - Colby Newton (PV) dec. Tanner Talmadge, 11-10; 132 - Kyle Rusnak (PV) won by forfeit; 138 - Double forfeit; 145 - Lamar Easley (PV) won by forfeit; 152 - Double forfeit; 160 - Chett Pesta (WV) won by forfeit; 170 - Eric Moyer (PV) won by forfeit; 182 - Double forfeit; 195 - De’Antay Alston (PV) won by forfeit; 220 - Double forfeit; 285

- Aaron Eidem (PV) pinned Faizan Ali in :48.

SWIMMING

Mahanoy Area-Tamaqua

Tamaqua earned a Schuylkill League sweep over Mahanoy Area.

The Blue Raider boys swam away with a 86-12 win, while the girls posted a 94 ½-23 ½ victory.

Brianna Dumond (100, 200 Free) and Nathaniel Kovalchick (200, 500 Free) were multiple winners for Tamaqua.

GIRLS

Tamaqua 94 ½, Mahanoy Area 23 ½

200 Medley Relay - 1. Tamaqua 2:16.36; 200 Free - 1. Brianna Dumond (T) 2:11.90, 2. Kendall Bernardyn (MA), 3. Kayla Sherry (T); 200 IM - 1. Madelyn Jones (T) 2:44.73; 50 Free - 1. Kendall Bernardyn (MA) 27.18, 2. Maddison Quick (MA), 3. Logan Hartney (T); Diving - 1. Ashley Jones (T) 180.45, 2. Bria Gigli (T); 100 Free - 1. Brianna Dumond (T) 59.72, 2. Maddison Quick (MA), 3. Nicole Aguero-Ramirez (T); 500 Free - 1. Sarah Maue (T) 6:19.14; 200 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua 2:04.78; 100 Back - 1. Nicole Aguero-Ramirez (T) 1:21.81, 2. Logan Hartney (T), 3. Tori Markiewicz (T); 100 Breast - 1. Kayla Sherry (T) 1:16.79, 2. Maura Walker (T), 3. Caitlin Honus (MA); 400 Free Relay

- 1. Tamaqua 4:16.06.

BOYS

Tamaqua 86, Mahanoy Area 12

200 Medley Relay - 1. Tamaqua 2:24.11; 200 Free - 1. Nathaniel Kovalchick (T) 2:25.20, 2. John Paceley (T), 3. Gauge Hartney (T); 50 Free - 1. Caleb Snyder (MA) 23.51, 2. Bill Frederick (T), 3. Zeno Zukovich (T); Diving - 1. Billy Shilko (T) 256.40, 2. Bill Frederick (T); 100 Fly - 1. Gauge Hartney (T) 1:16.27; 100 Free - 1. Zeno Zukovich (T) 1:00.04, 2. John Paceley (T), 3. Billy Cardwell (T); 500 Free - 1. Nathaniel Kovalchick (T) 6:43.52; 200 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua 1:51.92; 100 Breast - 1. Alexander Barron (T) 1:19.37, 2. Cole Soult (MA); 400 Free Relay

- 1. Tamaqua 4:16.44.

JR. HIGH BASKETBALL

8TH GRADE

Panther Valley-Weatherly

Panther Valley cruised to a 35-18 victory over Weatherly.

Brad Hood led the Panthers with 13 points.

Tanner Hinkle scored five points for the Wreckers.

7TH GRADE

Panther Valley-Weatherly

Stephen Hood had 16 points to lead Panther Valley to a 53-13 win.

The Panthers also received 12 points from Chase Weaver.

For Weatherly, Jack James scored a team-high 10 points.