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Thorpe gets volleyball, golf wins

Jim Thorpe stunned Pottsville in girls volleyball action, while the golf team also defeated Lehighton on Monday.

VOLLEYBALLPottsville-Jim ThorpeThe Olympians topped the Crimson Tide in Schuylkill League play, 26-24, 16-25, 25-21, 25-22.The Lady Olympians had a few players fill up the stat-sheet during the win.Erin Shigo had 14 kills and 11 digs, Alexandra McGinley had 20 digs, and Kelsey Carroll contributed 21 assists.Blue Mountain-LehightonUnbeaten Blue Mountain swept Lehighton, 25-12, 25-16, 25-12, in Schuylkill League action.The Eagles (4-0) were led by Ashley Snesavage, who had 19 assists, four kills and three aces.For Lehighton (2-2), Tori Eads-Rodriguez led the way with 14 assists and seven digs. Katie Higgins added 12 digs and three kills and Alyssa Jordan had nine kills.GIRLS TENNISES South-Pleasant Vy.Haley White got singles and doubles victories to lead Pleasant Valley to a 4-3 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over East Stroudsburg South. White teamed with Devin Kagel to pull out the deciding win at No. 1 doubles.Massani Francis added a singles win for the Bears.Pleasant Valley 4, ES South 3SINGLESAmanda Jackson (ESS) def. Devin Kagel, 6-3, 6-2; Haley White (PV) def. Lindsay Scerbo, 6-2, 6-1; Massani Francis (PV) def. Nadia Hussein, 6-0, 6-0.DOUBLESKagel/White (PV) def. Jackson/Scerbo, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; Zarya Tom-Wing/Kayla Mercado (ESS) def. Alex Steinmetz/Abby Erbe, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5); Kylie Stever/Eyliena Baker (PV) def. Jennifer Facyson/Ashley Silva, 6-1, 6-3; Sarah Owusu-Afriyie/Rachel Wesselius (ESS) def. Kalleigh Wts/Nicole Moore, 6-0, 6-1.GOLFNorthwestern-Pen ArgylPen Argyl edged Northwestern, 435-439, in a Colonial League match.The Green Knights' Sam Martini took medalist honors with a 77.For the Tigers, Brandon Segan, Tyler Wilk and Chad Kelson all shot rounds in the 80s.Pen Argyl 435,Northwestern 439Pen ArgylSam Martini 77, Ben Firestone 84, Trey Sampson 84, Nick DeJesso 88, Bryce Bartolacci 102.NorthwesternBrandon Segan 83, Tyler Wilk 86, Chad Kelson 89, Mason Vogill 90, Bradley Rex 91.Bangor-PalmertonBangor defeated Palmerton, 415-462, in a Colonial League match.Jon Schwartz finished with a Bombers' low of 80.Bangor 415, Palmerton 463PALMERTONJon Schwartz 80, Johnathan Frace 88, Travis Stroup 97, Joey Suto 97, Kody Kolnik 101BANGORJ.D. Shiner 79, Casey Clark 83, Cody Kuchar 83, Matt Owens 84, Jax Buist 86Jim Thorpe-ES South-LehightonThe Cavaliers' Chris Toleno fired a 77 to take medalist honors in a 333-413 win over Lehighton in non-conference golf on Monday.In a Schuylkill League match, Jim Thorpe wound up beating the Olympians, despite an 83 round shot by the Indians' Cody Semmel.Danny Eggert was low scorer for the Olympians with an 89.ES South 333, Jim Thorpe 385, Lehighton 413JIM THORPEDanny Eggert 89, Carter Wolfe 98, Chris Micciche 99, Jesse Perri 99ES SOUTHChris Toleno 77, Mike Matthews 79, Orhan Barzev 88, Richard Woisin 89LEHIGHTONCody Semmel 83, Haley Haggarty 108, Joe Heery 111, Tyler Ritter 111No. Schuylkill-TamaquaNorth Schuylkill earned a Schuylkill League victory over Tamaqua, 318-369.Hunter Mickatavage of North Schuylkill led all competitors with a 70 during the Spartans' win. Nick Paul chipped in with an 82.Carson Schoener was Tamaqua's low card, with an 86. Tavio Agosti shot a 92.North Schuylkill 318,Tamaqua 369North SchuylkillHunter Mickatavage 70, Nick Paul 82, Jordan Donmoyer 83, Austin Raup 83TamaquaCarson Schoener 86, Fabio Agosti 92, Shane Osty 93, Ryan Frederickson 98Match played at Mountain Valley, par 72BOYS SOCCERPine Grove-Jim ThorpePine Grove scored two goals in the second half to top Jim Thorpe, 2-1.Coyote Acevedo scored the lone Olympians' goal on a Luke Morris assist.Michael Elo and Cameron Shollenberger did the damage for Pine Grove.North Schuylkill-LehightonSeven different players scored goals as Lehighton routed North Schuylkill, 10-0, in Schuylkill League action.Joe Marks, who became Lehighton's career scoring leader over the weekend, had another huge game, scoring four times.Also scoring goals for Lehighton were Zach Christoff, Patrick Lauler, Jake Petit-Clair, Frank Bokan, Zeka Elkhyati and Isiah Everett. Dan Baka added four assists for the Indians and Bokan had two.Lehighton goalie Tyler Dietz made five saves to record the shutout.Tamaqua-WilsonWilson routed Tamaqua, 10-0, in a non-league game.Eight different Warriors scored goals with R. Lindsay's hat trick leading the way.GIRLS SOCCERTamaquaNo. SchuylkillEmma Pester recorded her first career hat trick to lead Tamaqua to a 9-1 Schuylkill League victory over North Schuylkill.The Raiders (2-3, 2-2) also got a pair of goals from both Lynn Kistler and Angela Ceci and single goals from Emma Rago and Morgan Boyle. Boyle added a pair of assists.Taylor Fritz had six saves for Tamaqua, which held a huge 38-11 advantage in shots.FIELD HOCKEYBangor-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh jumped out to an early lead and held on for a 3-2 Colonial League victory over Bangor.Taylor Herman and Kassandra Beller gave the Lady Bulldogs a 2-1 lead at the break, and Britani Pristash added a second half tally. Pristash also assisted on Herman's first half goal.Northwestern-WilsonCourtney Page's hat trick led Northwestern to an 8-1 Colonial League victory over Wilson.Jordon Nielson had two goals for the Tigers while Shaelin deWit, Leighanna Lister and Corin Howanitz all had one goal.Pleasant Valley-NazarethNazareth used a first half scoring brigade to post a 5-1 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.The Bears' Meara Hanyon spoiled the Blue Eagles' chance of a shutout with the lone goal in the second half.MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL8TH GRADETamaqua-Mahanoy AreaTamaqua pulled out a 45-40 win over Mahanoy Area.Emma Kuczynski led the Raiders with 17 points. Emily Titus and Jamie Zuber chipped in with eight apiece.NOTE: All the results in the above roundup have been reported to the Times News, either by email, fax or phone. If you can't find the result of a specific event, it was not received by the Times News. Coaches and scorekeepers are reminded to report their results (home or away) to the TN Sports Department. They can do so by email (tnsports@tnonline.com), fax (610-826-9608) or phone (800-443-0377).

Lehighton's Nick McGeehan hits out of the native grass during Monday's match against East Stroudsburg South and Jim Thorpe. BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS