The Northwestern girls’ soccer team picked up a win over Pen Argyl on Wednesday, while Tamaqua rolled to a victory over North Schuylkill.

In cross country action, the Tamaqua boys and girls earned a sweep in a Schuylkill League meet. The Weatherly boys accomplished the same feat to move into a tie for the Schuylkill League Division 2 lead.

Elsewhere, Lehighton and Northwestern grabbed victories in field hockey action, while the Marian volleyball team defeated rival Nativity.

GIRLS SOCCER

Pen Argyl-Northwestern

Four different players scored as Northwestern posted a 4-1 Colonial League victory over Pen Argyl.

Maggie Motolese, Sara Hathaway, Hallie Bleam and Kayla Bardonner all scored for the Tigers.

Motolese, Bleam, Jenna Lowthert and Lexi Bleam all contributed with assists.

Tamaqua-North Schuylkill

A quick start helped Tamaqua register an 11-5 Schuylkill League Division 1 win over North Schuylkill.

Sophia Boyle’s hat trick highlighted an eight-goal first half for the Raiders. Jamie Zuber scored twice, while Emma Kuczynski added two goals and an assist. Kayla Sherry, Katelyn Rudy, Sarah McCabe and Maura Walker also found the back of the net.

Tamaqua took the JV game, 3-0, with Caitlin Smith scoring twice. Terra Steigerwalt also had a goal.

Notre Dame GP-Northern Lehigh

Notre Dame of Green Pond blanked Northern Lehigh for a 5-0 Colonial League win.

Abby Wachter led the Crusaders with two goals and an assist, while Lexi DiSora was credited with two assists.

The Crusaders’ Mikayla Bates, Julene Crespo and Isabella Giamoni also scored.

Bulldogs’ keeper Erica Detwiler finished with 25 saves.

Salisbury-Palmerton

Salisbury cruised to a 6-0 Colonial League win over Palmerton.

Quinn Wittmann scored twice for the Falcons.

GOLF

EPC Championship

Northampton edged Emmaus for the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference team title, while Central Catholic’s Ian Arnold and Emmaus’ Michelle Cox earned boys and girls EPC individual gold medals at Woodstone Golf Club.

Arnold shot a 77 and came up two shots clear of the next-best boys players. Emmaus’ Mitch Machulsky (79) took second place by a match of cards.

Cox fired a 79 to take first place in the girls tournament, the second-straight league crown for the Green Hornet sophomore. Stroudsburg’s Olivia Patrow (84) was second.

Northampton and Emmaus tied at 327 in four-player team scores. Their fifth players’ scores were counted as a tiebreaker, which went to Northampton.

Pleasant Valley’s Alex Markowski shot 110 in the event, while teammates Steven Ottman and Harrison Hanyon both shot 111, and Henry Lui had a 115.

CROSS COUNTRY

Lehighton, Pine Grove,

Pottsville at Tamaqua

The Tamaqua boys and girls ran away with a Schuylkill League meet sweep, while Lehighton went 2-1 on both sides.

Brandon Fogarty and Derian Stianche finished second and third, respectively, for the Blue Raiders, while Evan Beers followed right behind in fourth for the Indians’ best finish.

The Blue Raiders’ Frances Kabana, Brianna Dumond, Sarah Maue and Grace Stegmerten rounded out the top five with second, third, fourth and fifth-place results.

The Indians’ Kelsey Gaston (sixth), April Gerber (seventh), Madison Cresseley (eighth) and Paige Wehr (ninth) all recorded top 10 finishes.

BOYS

Tamaqua 20, Pottsville 39

Tamaqua 25, Pine Grove 34

Tamaqua 25, Lehighton 31

Lehighton 28, Pine Grove 33

Lehighton 23, Pottsville 38

1.Travis Anderson (PG) 18:21, 2. Brandon Fogarty (T), 3. Derian Stianche (T), 4. Evan Beers (L), 5. Ivan Wissinger (PG), 6. Zach Haslam (P), 7. Christopher Osenbach (T), 8. James Bell (P), 9. Ben Mathisen (L), 10. Maximus Hoffman (L), 11. Owen Wiisinger (PG), 12. Detrick Borden (T), 13. Addison Howland (L), 14. Alex Schwab (L), 15. Michael Rodriguez (L), 16. Alec Humes (T), 17. Tait Ehrig (T), 18. Gavin Sheher (L), 19. Tyler Peletsky (P), 20. Preston Hunter (P).

GIRLS

Tamaqua 15, Pottsville 48

Tamaqua 15, Pine Grove 50

Tamaqua 16, Lehighton 40

Lehighton 17, Pottsville 43

Lehighton 15, Pine Grove 50

1.Christina Difalco (PG) 20:26, 2. Frances Kabana (T), 3. Brianna Dumond (T), 4. Sarah Maue (T), 5. Grace Stegmerten (T), 6. Kelsey Gaston (L), 7. April Gerber (T), 8. Madison Cresseley (L), 9. Paige Wehr (L), 10. Adra Schell (P), 11. Asia Ahner (L), 12. Madelyn Jones (T), 13. Tinaya Klotz (L), 14. Lottie Mateyak (T), 15. Alyssa Williams (L), 16. Elizabeth Donovan (P), 17. Emma Motto (P), 18. Paige Mervine (P), 19. Sarah Laible (L), 20. Melanie Shimko (T).

Nativity, Shenandoah Valley, Tri-Valley at Weatherly

The Weatherly boys swept a Schuylkill League meet, while the Lady Wreckers finished 2-1 on the day.

Scotty Zoscin crossed the finish line in first place for the Wrecker boys, who are now tied for the Division 2 lead. Teammates Frank Willis (fifth), Anthony Maguschak (sixth) and Ricky Ray (eighth) all grabbed top 10 finishes.

Abigail Hernandez led the Lady Wreckers with a fifth-place finish, while Nicole Gordon, Makenna Bankes and Elizabeth Marshman ended up in sixth, seventh and 10th, respectively.

BOYS

Weatherly 26, Shenandoah Valley 29

Weatherly 28, Tri Valley 38

Weatherly 19, Nativity 41

1.Scotty Zoscin (W) 18:11, 2. Brandon Stasulli (SV), 3. Wayne Reilly (TV), 4. Luis Velazquez (SV), 5. Frank Willis (W), 6. Anthony Maguschak (W), 7. Educ Zamudio (SV), 8. Ricky Ray (W), 9. Connor Stasulli (SV), 10. Matthew O (N), 11. Mason Kline (N), 12. Brady Walters (W), 13. Ty Bowers (SV), 14. Hunter Davis (SV), 15. Ivan Monjarte (SV), 16. Diego Olago (SV), 17. Gabe Hepler (SV), 18. Matt Reilly (TV), 19. Aiden Cassidy (N), 20. Bobby Boris (SV).

GIRLS

Weatherly 17, Shenandoah Valley 41

Tri-Valley 21, Weatherly 35

Weatherly 22, Nativity 33

1.S. Masser (TV) 22:59, 2. B. Adams (TV), 3. P. Mitchell (TV), 4. I. Stewart (TV), 5. Abigail Hernandez (W), 6. Nicole Gordon (W), 7. Makenna Bankes (W), 8. J. Najunas (N), 9. J. Najunas (N), 10. Elizabeth Marshman (W), 11. R. Cassidy (N), 12. M. Onea (N), 13. A. Donovan (SV), 14. V. Newton (N), 15. I. Chagolla (SV), 16. Elizabeth Knight (W), 17. Megan Pfeiffer (W), 18. K. Hysock (SV), 19. A. Buchanan (SV), 20. K. Hepler (SV).

FIELD HOCKEY

ES South-Lehighton

Alison Miller’s two goals highlighted Lehighton’s 3-1 non-league win over East Stroudsburg South.

The Indians’ Karissa Hough was credited with an assist.

Angelina Ramito finished with two saves, while her counterpart Jessica Gort posted seven saves.

Lehighton improves to 8-2-1 on the season.

Northwestern-Pen Argyl

Tess Ledebor’s first-half goal was all Northwestern needed to score a 1-0 Colonial League victory over Pen Argyl.

The Tigers’ Sydney Derr was credited with the assist.

NW keeper Taylor Page finished with two saves to preserve the shutout.

VOLLEYBALL

Marian-Nativity

Marian came out on top with a 25-23, 25-13, 25-19 Schuylkill League victory over Nativity.

Tatianna Zeleniak paced the Fillies’ attack with 14 assists, 12 digs and four aces, while Antonina Zeleniak followed with 14 digs.

Alivia Karchner (five kills) and Macie Mazaluski (11 digs) also contributed to the win.

BOYS SOCCER

No. Lehigh-Notre Dame GP

Notre Dame of Green Pond rolled to a 10-0 Colonial League win over Northern Lehigh.

No other information was provided to the Times News prior to press time.

JR. HIGH BASKETBALL

7TH GRADE

Tamaqua-Weatherly

Tamaqua defeated Weatherly, 39-22.

Carly Minchoff finished with a Blue Raiders’ high of 15, while Lorelei Plasha chipped in with 12.

Bethany Houser led the Wreckers with 11 points. Isabella Maiello added five.