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Tigers' Miller wins CL golf title

Cole Miller won the Colonial League golf championship to highlight Wednesday scholastic sports action.

GOLFCL ChampionshipsCole Miller won his third consecutive Colonial League individual title and helped spark the Northwestern golf team to a third-place finish at the league championship tournament.The senior Tiger fired an even-par 71, while teammate Nick Vecellio carded an 81 for a 12th-place finish.Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg's Krista Kissell captured the girls' individual championship, while Southern Lehigh grabbed the team title yesterday.Championships ResultsIndividual Results1. Cole Miller (NW, Male Champion) 71; 2. Colin Hagenbuch (Wilson) 73; 3. Kody Long (Salisbury) 75; 4. Jack Reilly (Moravian Academy) 78; 5. Kyle Buchman (NDGP) 78; 6. Conor Lamb (Southern Lehigh) 79; 7. Christian Haldeman (Moravian Academy) 79; 8. Ryan Krechel (NDES) 80; 9. Niko Milios (Southern Lehigh) 80; 10. Paul Roth (NDGP) 80; 11. Clayton Hagenbuch (Wilson) 81; 12. Nick Vecellio (NW) 81; 13. (tie) Tim Wolak (Moravian Academy), John Albenzi (Southern Lehigh), Luke Chassard (Salisbury) 82.Other local TIMES NEWS finishers30. (tie) Zach Caruso (NW); 40 (tie) Charles Debski 101; 46. (tie) Brandon Eden (NW) 103; 48. (tie) Brandon Segan (NW), Kevin Shuey (NW) 104; 52. (tie) Patrick Brannan (NW) 109; 53. Zach Tadesco (NW) 112.Played at Bethlehem Municipal Golf Course, par 71BOYS SOCCERPM West-LehightonLehighton scored three first half goals, en route to a 3-1 Mountain Valley Conference victory over Pocono Mountain West.Anthony Rossino scored the Indians' first two goals of the game and Zach Christoff scored on a direct kick to put Lehighton ahead 3-0 at halftime.Lehighton (4-4) outshot Pocono Mountain West 15-8.Tyler Dietz made six saves in goal for the Indians.Tamaqua-Pine GrovePine Grove scored four second-half goals en route to a 5-3 Schuylkill League victory over Tamaqua.The Blue Raiders received goals from Roberto Borrero, Matt Sweigart and Josh Delp.Tamaqua goal keeper Dylan Rynekiewicz tallied 10 saves.Jim Thorpe-Blue MountainBlue Mountain beat Jim Thorpe, 3-0 in a Schuylkill League game.Olympian goal keper Zach Nace made eight saves.CROSS COUNTRYPine Grove-Schuylkill Haven-TamaquaThe Tamaqua boys and girls cross country teams posted a Schuylkill League sweep over Pine Grove and Schuylkill Haven.In the boys meet, Tamaqua captured the top four times with Dustin Sabol leading the pack (19:53). Adam Melnick, Joe Nortavage and Andrew Tite finished second, third and fourth, respectively.Pine Grove's McKayla Lally won the girls race with a time of 22:42. Tamaqua's Chelsea Frantz finished 16 seconds back for second place, while teammates Victoria LaBar and Nicole Wassererleben finished in third and fourth respectively.BOYSTamaqua 16, Pine Grove 47Tamaqua 17, Schuylkill Haven 44Schuylkill Haven 21, Pine Grove 361. Dustin Sabol (T) 19:53, 2. Adam Melnick (T), 3. Joe Nortavage (T) , 4. Andrew Tite (T), 5. Sam Brennan (SH), 6. Nick Cataldo (PG), 7. Connor James (SH), 8. Zach Oliveria (T), 9. Dakota Boyer (T), 10. Rayond Kinder (T), 11. Billy Sieck (SH), 12. Todd Shiffer (PG), 13. Nick Digiglio (T), 14. Greg Gehman (T), 15. Ethan Garvey (SH).GIRLSTamaqua 20, Pine Grove 37Tamaqua 19, Schuylkill Haven 40Pine Grove 25, Schuylkill Haven 301. McKayla Lally (PG) 22:42, 2. Chelsea Frantz (T), 3. Victoria LaBar (T), 4. Nicole Wasserleben (T), 5. Chelsea Slappey (SH), 6. Emily Daniels (SH), 7. Stefanie Gensure (T), 8. Melanie Kostecky (T), 9. Elisa Seip (PG), 10. Courtney Herring (PG), 11. Casey Renninger (SH), 12. Courtney Miller (T), 13. Julia Zhu (PG), 14. Kristin Bichteman (PG), 15. Katelynn Wisler (T).Weatherly-Mahanoy AreaMahanoy Area swept Weatherly in a Schuylkill League meet.Brett Kelly paced the Wreckers with a second place finish, while Dillon Bizarre finished third.Kayla Craver led the Lady Wreckers finishing in ninth.BOYSMahanoy Area 25, Weatherly 301. Adam Bahrey (MA) 20:36, 2. Brett Kelly (W) 20:43, 3. Dillon Bizarre (W) 21:58, 4. Bill Fazio (MA), 5. Gianni Versace (MA), 6. Shane Starkey (MA), 7. Shane Coll (W), 8. Jacob Sirkot (W), 9. Joey Hullihan (MA), 10. Chris MacNeal (W).GIRLSMahanoy Area 15, Weatherly 501. Noel Bernardyn (MA) 25:55, 2. Erin Noon (MA) 26:19, 3. Jacqui Pitts (MA) 26:22, 4. Laura Bisco (MA), 5. Courtney Levy (MA), 6. Maddison Lawrence (MA), 7. Annie Stramara (MA), 8. Kelly Walinchus (MA), 9. Kayla Craver (W), 10. Melissa Mormondo (MA).GIRLS TENNISJim Thorpe-PalisadesPalisades got the best of Jim Thorpe for a 4-1 victory.Haley Cope recorded the Olympians' lone in singles' play.Jim Thorpe slips to 6-7 overall on the seasons.Palisades 4, Jim Thorpe 1SINGLESLizzy Sessinger (P) def. Gabby Binder 6-0, 6-2; Emma Spies (P) def. Bryanna Kehrli 6-1, 6-3; Haley Cope (JT) def. Lucia Garzon 6-1, 7-6.DOUBLESChristy Eichlin/Julie Samuels (P) def. Maria Donati/Minke Pheiffer 6-3 (7-6), 6-2; Celia LaPorta/Alice Caughey (P) def. Hope Damian/Thirzita Buell 6-0, 6-0.Pleasant Valley-ESNorthPleasant Valley rolled to a 6-1 Mountain Valley Conference win over East Stroudsburg North.The Bears' Madison Olexson, Emily Thek and Mackie Caffrey all notched singles play victories.Pleasant Valley improves to 10-4 overall and 5-3 in the MVC.Pleasant Valley 6, ES North 1SINGLESMadison Olexson (PV) def. Stephanie Lima 6-2, 6-0; Emily Thek (PV) def. Carlee Haase 3-1, won by default; Mackie Caffrey (PV) def. Kate McConnell 6-2, 6-4DOUBLESLima/McConnell (ESN) def. Ashley Coleman/Devin Kagel 8-2 proset; Sarina Tufano/Paula Mieles (PV) def. Emily Lima/Karen Hernandez 6-1, 6-2; Emily Borger/Andrea Nale (PV) def. Annie Marchesani/Celina Berrios 6-2, 6-3; Amanda Hoag/Monica Jaroy (PV) def. Emily Becker/Jessica Schoan 6-3, 6-0FIELD HOCKEYPM West-LehightonLehighton scored six first half goals and cruised to a 7-0 Mountain Valley Conference victory over Pocono Mountain West.Riley Durishin and Ally Rossino scored two goals apiece for Lehighton. Sage Miller, Emma Sawyer and Tia Brownmiller accounted for the Indians other goals.Lehighton (5-4, 4-2) had a 15-2 advantage on shots.Saucon Vy.-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh used two second-half goals to edge Saucon Valley for a 3-2 Colonial League victory.The Bulldogs' Julie Knerr and Shannon Weil both recorded with a goal and an assist, while Erika McKay added one score. Teammate Kelsey Follweiler was credited with an assist.Chelsea Harlan posted four saves in front of the NL cage.So. Lehigh-NorthwesternSouthern Lehigh posted a 3-0 Colonial League victory over the Tigers.Southern Lehigh outshot the Tigers, 20-0.Moravian A.-PalmertonMoravian Academy posted a 6-0 Colonial League shutout over Palmerton.The Lady Lions outshot Palmerton 17-3, while Bombers goalie Candace Keck made 11 stops.GIRLS SOCCERLehighton-PM WestPocono Mountain West posted a 6-2 Mountain Valley Conference win over visiting Lehighton.Allison Andrews scored both of the Indians' goals, while Morgan Yurasits was credited with both assists.Jen Plocinik grabbed 15 saves in front of the Indians' net.PM East-Pleasant Vy.Gabby Lucchese scored three goals and led Pleasant Valley to a 5-0 Mountain Valley Conference victory over Pocono Mountain East.Ema Sabovic also factored in with two goals, while Nicole Dudkewic dished off two assists.Pleasant Valley (8-1 overall, 5-0 MVC) outshot Pocono Mountain East 14-2.GIRLS VOLLEYBALLPleasant Vy.-LehightonPleasant Valley remained undefeated in Mountain Valley Conference play with a 25-10, 25-20, 25-20 victory over Lehighton.MacKenzie Dorney tallied six kills and 10 digs for Pleasant Valley, while Ashley Rivera added five kills and eight digs. Courtney Miller (six kills), Kiersten Griesback (12 assists) and Katie Lenart (18 digs) also contributed for the Lady Bears.Taylor Yurasits led the Indians with 20 assists, 10 digs and one kill, while Jackie Jordan finished with 14 kills, nine digs and two aces.Northwestern-MarianMarian cruised to a 25-6, 25-17, 25-9 non-conference victory over Northwestern.The Fillies' Grace Boyle had with 10 kills, nine digs and four aces, while Emily Pilla followed with eight aces, seven kills and four digs. Teammate Abby O'Donnell ended up with 23 assists, seven aces and three digs.Marian improves to 6-1 overall.Tamaqua-PM WestTamaqua captured a hard-fought 25-18, 26-24, 25-19 nonconference win over Pocono Mountain West.Carly Trovinger paced the Blue Raiders with 14 service points, 13 assists, seven aces and five kills. Jaclin Valasek seven service points, five kills, two digs, one ace and one assist.Teammate Rylee Devlin added six service pts, six kills and four digs.Pius X-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe beat Pius X 25-16, 25-22, 25-16 in a nonleague meeting.Jocelyn DeMarco had 13 kills, a block and two aces for Jim Thorpe. Teammate Makenzie Walck had seven kills.Olympians Erin Shigo (four kills, six digs, three aces) and Riley Carroll (20 assists, three kills, one ace) also contributed.

Northwestern's Cole Miller follows through after hitting a drive during Wednesday's Colonial League golf championships. Miller won the individual title.