Palmerton, Northwestern and Pleasant Valley all picked up girls basketball wins on Thursday.

GIRLS BASKETBALLPalmerton-No.LehighPalmerton jumped out to a 22-7 first-quarter lead and never looked back, as the Bombers topped Northern Lehigh 54-26 in Colonial League play.Emelie Meinhart led Palmerton with 12 points. Fellow Bomber Madison Mummey added 11.The Lady Bulldogs were led by Jessica Olewine's nine points.PALMERTONPaulinho 0-0-0-0, Alban 1-0-0-2, Krupa 3-1-3-7, Ma. Mummey 5-1-1-11, Farquhar 3-0-0-6, Mo. Mummey 1-2-2-4, Tracy 2-1-2-6, Meinhart 3-6-6-12, Solt 2-0-0-4, Reimer 0-2-2-2, Nemeth 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-13-16-54.NORTHERN LEHIGHFollweiler 1-1-4-3, Mazzocha 0-0-1-0, Schlegel 0-0-0-0, Weil 1-0-2-2, Stauffer 3-2-4-8, Olewine 3-3-4-9, Tarafas 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 10-6-15-26.Palmerton 22 8 18 6 - 54No. Lehigh 7 5 13 1 - 26Three-pointers: P - Tracy 1.Catasauqua-N'westernNorthwestern took a 37-7 lead into the break and went on to defeat Catasauqua with ease, 60-20 in Colonial League action.Sabrina Mertz led the Lady Tigers with 11 points, while Kaleen Suter and Trista Cunningham each added ten points apiece.CATASAUQUAFalko 0-0-0-0, Reiss 0-0-0-0, Suydam 1-0-0-3, Matos 0-0-0-0, Moten 1-0-0-2, Preletz 0-0-0-0, Sziy 4-1-3-9, Schnabel 2-1-2-6. TOTALS: 8-2-5-20.NORTHWESTERNMertz 4-1-1-11, Landrigan 1-0-0-2, Day 1-0-0-2, Jones 4-0-1-8, Suter 3-3-6-10, Gawelko 0-0-0-0, Koenig 1-0-0-2, Bennett 2-0-0-4, Shupp 3-0-0-7, Thomas 1-1-1-4, Cunningham 4-2-2-10, Kemmerer 0-0-0-0, Anderson 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 24-7-11-60.Catasauqua 4 3 3 10 - 20Northwestern 18 19 14 9 - 60Three-pointers: C - Suydam 1, Schnabel 1; NW - Mertz 2, Suter 1, Shupp 1, Thomas 1.Easton-Pleasant Vy.Pleasant Valley rebounded from a slow start to beat Easton in non-league play, 52-42.The Bears were led by Courtney Miller's 11 points. Mackenzie Dorney added 10.Maggie Melhem was the Rovers' top scorer with 11 points.EASTONTransue 3-1-4-8, Krause 0-1-2-1, Fehnel 1-0-0-2, Accordino 1-0-0-2, M. Latourette 1-0-0-2, B. Latourette 2-4-7-10, Melhem 4-2-5-11, Berg 2-0-0-4, Bechtel 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 15-8-18-42.PLEASANT VALLEYMeckes 0-8-10-8, Cisluycis 2-0-0-5, Dekmar 3-2-3-9, Krcic 1-0-0-2, Fields 0-0-0-0, Sharpe 0-0-0-0, Miller 5-1-2-11, Russell 3-1-2-7, Dorney 5-0-0-10. TOTALS: 19-12-17-52.Easton 13 6 15 8 - 42Pleasant Vy 8 18 13 13 - 52Three-pointers: E - B. Latourette 2, Transue 1, Melhem 1; PV - Cisluycis 1, Dekmar 1.Pottsville-Jim ThorpePottsville defeated Jim Thorpe, 41-26.The Tides' Taylor Eckley led all scorers with 13 points.Nikki Ennis paced the Olympians with 12 points, all of which came on three-pointers.POTTSVILLESpece 1-0-0-2, N. Eckley 1-0-0-2, Moser 1-2-4-4, Ryan 1-0-0-2, Boran 4-0-0-8, T. Eckley 5-3-4-13, Bulino 4-2-4-10, Burnhauser 0-0-0-0, Cleary 0-0-0-0, Kondrack 0-0-0-0, Connors 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-7-12-41.JIM THORPEDoughty 2-0-2-4, Cope 1-0-0-2, Ennis 4-0-0-12, Rusbarsky 0-0-0-0, Cressman 0-0-0-0, Becker 1-3-6-5, Bush 0-3-4-3. TOTALS: 8-6-12-26.Pottsville 15 8 11 7 - 41Jim Thorpe 4 5 6 11 - 26Three-pointers: JT - Ennis 4.BOYS BASKETBALLWeatherly-MoravianMoravian outscored Weatherly in every quarter en route to a 55-36 victory.Luke Gutekunst tallied a game-high 18 points for Moravian and scored his 1,000th career point in the process.The Wreckers were paced by Joe Haganey and Charlie Wallish's nine points.WEATHERLYStallone 1-2-2-5, Haganey 2-4-5-9, Wallish 4-1-3-9, L. Reiner 2-2-2-6, J. Reiner 0-0-0-0, Miller 3-0-0-7, Figas 0-0-0-0, Busher 0-0-0-0, Kelly 0-0-0-0, Bizarre 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-9-12-36.MORAVIANTownsend 2-0-0-4, Ender 2-0-1-4, Loughlin 0-1-2-1, Anderson 6-3-3-18, Malik 2-0-0-6, Evans 1-0-0-2, Hurley 0-0-0-0, Gutekunst 4-10-14-18, Fynn 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 18-14-20-55.Weatherly 8 4 10 14 - 36Moravian 14 8 15 18 - 55Three-pointers: W - Stallone 1, Haganey 1, Miller 1; M - Anderson 3, Malik 2.Northwestern-CatasauquaZac Edwards burried five three-pointers and helped lead Catasauqua past Colonial League foe Northwestern, 52-44.The Tigers' Jarred Binder finished with 11 points.NORTHWESTERNWagner 0-1-2-1, Williamson 2-0-0-5, Schuler 2-0-0-5, T. Richardson 0-0-0-0, Betz 0-0-0-0, Breidinger 0-0-0-0, Perry 2-0-0-4, C. Richardson 3-1-3-7, Binder 4-3-5-11, Jones 0-0-0-0, Breininger 2-2-3-6, Schwartz 0-0-0-0, Shuey 0-0-0-0, Mengal 2-0-0-5. TOTALS: 17-7-13-44.CATASAUQUAEdwards 5-0-0-15, Burton 0-0-0-0, Wetherhold 0-0-0-0, Purrone 4-0-0-8, Wells 0-0-0-0, Bond 0-0-0-0, Marshall 2-0-1-4, Biviano 0-0-0-0, Brinkley 5-2-2-12, Parker 1-0-0-2, Strong 5-1-3-11, Labezius 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-3-6-52.Northwestern 10 4 6 24 - 44Catasauqua 11 11 13 17 - 52Three-pointers: NW - Williamson 1, Schuler 1, Mengal 1; C - Edwards 5.Jim Thorpe-PottsvilleBrandon Bridy's 24-point performance helped spark Pottsville to a 65-33 Schuylkill League victory over visiting Jim Thorpe.Ryan Coyle chipped in with 11 points for the Tide.Khazir Lindsey led the Olympians with eight points.In the JV game, Pottsville rolled to a 46-21 win over Jim Thorpe. Lindsey finished with an Olympian high of six points.JIM THORPEHartleson 3-0-0-7, Lindsay 3-2-4-8, McElmoyle 1-0-0-3, Micciche 2-0-0-6, Brown 3-1-5-7, Everitt 1-0-0-2, Heydt 0-0-0-0, M. Principe 0-0-0-0, S. Principe 0-0-0-0, Green 0-0-0-0, J. Smith 0-0-0-0, Snisky 0-0-0-0, Luciano 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-3-9-33.POTTSVILLEBlankenhorn 3-0-0-8, Moser 1-0-0-2, Platchko 1-0-0-2, Whitman 3-3-5-9, Bridy 9-4-4-24, Coyle 4-2-2-11, Hinchcliffe 2-0-0-5, Wylie 1-1-2-4, Painter 0-0-0-0, Dunkel 0-0-0-0, Doyle 0-0-0-0, Toomey 0-0-0-0, Kuperavage 0-0-0-0, Melochik 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 24-10-13-65.Jim Thorpe 7 8 11 7 - 33Pottsville 11 23 16 15 - 65Three-pointers: JT - Micciche 2, McElmoyle 1, Hartleson 1; Pottsville - Blankenhorn 2, Bridy 2, Coyle 1, Hinchcliffe 1, Wylie 1.JUNIOR HIGHBASKETBALLFRESHMENTamaqua-MarianMarian defeated Tamaqua, 53-33.Swetz had 13 points for Marian. Zac Coleman led Tamaqua with seven points.The Blue Raiders finish their season with a 7-12 record.