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Four local teams manage boys soccer wins

Northwestern Lehigh, Lehighton, Northern Lehigh and Pleasant Valley all scored boys soccer wins over the weekend.

BOYS SOCCERNorthwestern-Jim ThorpeNorthwestern's Andrew Goodalf and Jonathan Haaf both had hat tricks, as the Tigers defeated Jim Thorpe, 10-0.Haaf added three assists and Goodalf added two himself. Brett Scott had two goals and a pair of assists, while Noah Seng-Delong and Noah Meyers both added goals for the Tigers.Phil Struble had 15 saves in goal for the Olympians, while the tandem of Taylor Wannamaker and Kyle Bellhorn teamed up for five saves.Lehighton-TamaquaLehighton rolled to a 12-1 win over Tamaqua in a Schuylkill League Division I match.Dan Baka scored three goals and added an assist for the Indians.Baka and Frank Bokan both scored hat tricks, while Luke Blisard scored two goals and an assist and Pat Lawler had a goal and two assists.Zach Christoff and Matt Petit-Clair both had a goal and an assist, while Dan Sharp scored the other goal.For the Blue Raiders, Greg Davis scored his team's lone goal.Hunter Banavage had 12 saves for the Raiders, while Tyler Dietz and Greg Venuto both had two saves for Lehighton.LV Christian-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh raced to a four-goal halftime lead, before holding on for a 5-2 win over Lehigh Valley Christian in a non-league match.Dan Belfonti had four goals to lead the Bulldogs' offense, while teammate Anthony Evangelist added the other.Quinton Mack and Jakob Traca both added Bulldog assists.Christian's Seth Mickley stopped 13 shots on goal, while counterpart Nick Miller had three saves.No. Dame ES-PalmertonNotre Dame of East Stroudsburg escaped with a 2-1 non-league win over Palmerton in soccer action.Johnson Francis scored both of the goals for the winners, while Devon Santos scored the locals' goal off an assist from Mike Dreyer.Ryan Yacone had 10 saves for the Blue Bombers.Pleasant Valley-WhitehallPleasant Valley scored two second half goals to pull out the 2-0 shutout over Whitehall.Enes Nikecivic and Malachai Jones scored the Bears' goals, while assists were handed out by Zack Madeira and Devon Woltal.In a game where the Bears had an 11-9 edge in shots on goal, Brad Bickman stopped seven in the feat.Aaron Sierra had five saves to keep the Zephyrs within reach.CROSS COUNTRYNorthwestern-PIAAFoundation InvitationalThe Northwestern Lehigh girls finished in fourth place in the Girls Blue race at the PIAA Foundation Invitational over the weekend.Madeline Consuelos was the first Lady Tiger to cross the finish line. She was 15th with a time of 20:30. Others were Molly Tarvin, 24th, in 21:11; Abigail Supplee, 25th, in 21:23; Hannah Herzon, 40th, in 21:49; Abigail Smith, 45th, in 21:55; 74 Angela Alden, 74th, in 22:59 Rachel Mikols, 81st, in 23:20.The Tiger boys finished 20th with Phillip Castrine having the best finish at 62nd with a time of 18:45.Tamaqua-Pine GroveInvitationalThe Jim Thorpe boys' and Tamaqua girls' captured the team titles at the Cardinal Clash at Pine Grove Area High School.The Olympians' Dylan Bucior crossed the finish line well before any other harrier in the boys' meet, while the Lady Raiders' helped secure the title by taking second, third and fourth respectively thanks to Monica Shimko, Kailee Carroll and Sarah Maue, who followed each other in order across the finish line in the girls' meet.Delana Nalesnik helped make it a sweep of first place finishes for the Olympians as Delana Nalesnik scored a girls' meet best time of 20:40, while teammate Kayley Kovac (5th), along with the Blue Raiders' Nicole Wasserleben (8th) posted top 10 spots on the day.The Blue Raiders' Adam Melnick (4th) and Brad Clemson (8th), the Olympians' Ben Saxon (9th) and Weatherly's Jared Hinkle all secured top 10 finishes in the invitational.FIELD HOCKEYNorthwestern-CatasauquaNorthwestern came out on top with a 3-1 Colonial League win over Catasauqua.Courtney Page paced the Tigers with two goals and an assist, while Camryn Beers posted two assists. Teammate Rachael Koerner recorded the other goal.Whitehall-Pleasant ValleyWhitehall blanked Pleasant Valley for a 3-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference shutout victory.No other information was available.GIRLS SOCCERJim Thorpe-CatasauquaHanashia Jenkins' late tally proved to be the game-winner, as Catasauqua edged out Jim Thorpe 2-1 in the non-league contest.Jenkins scored both goals for the Lady Roughies, while teammate Katelyn Gillespie stopped nine shots on her goal, including a penalty kick.Monae Bullock tallied the Lady Olympians' sole goal, and Rebecca Cressman had 10 saves.Jim Thorpe actually had a 12-11 edge in shots on goal.Lehighton-PalmertonMonica Wood's six goals helped spark Palmerton to a 8-3 non-conference win over Lehighton.Brianna Doherty and Linnaea Leister both chipped in with single scores, while teammates Johanna Matsko (three assists) and Jenna Blynn (two assists) recorded multiple set ups.Rajah Quinones recorded two of the Indians' scores, while Morgan Yurasits added the other.Tamaqua-No. LehighTamaqua's Morgan Boyle scored a hat trick in the second half to lead her team to a 4-3 non-league win over Northern Lehigh.Facing a 2-0 deficit at half, the Lady Raiders rattled off four second-half scores to come from behind for the win. Lynn Kistler scored her team's other goal, and also added three assists to Boyle.Northern Lehigh got two goals from freshman Franki Dibilio, and another from Karlyna Kemery.Tamaqua outshot the Lady Bulldogs 20-18, as Alexa Hromyak stopped 15 and Meghan Handwerk ended 13 shots for the Bulldogs.Whitehall-Pleasant ValleyWhitehall scored early and often, as they built a 3-0 lead in the first, which ended up being the final score in their win over Pleasant Valley.Taylor George, Kylie Saliby and Erica Juiliano all tallied unassisted scores for the Lady Zephyrs.Whitehall held a 12-1 edge in shots.VOLLEYBALLJim Thorpe-Pine GroveThe Cardinals defeated the Olympians, ending their five-match win streak, by scores of 25-20, 19-25, 7-25, 25-19, 15-6/No other information was available.Lehighton, Pleasant Valley-Red Rover InvitationalPleasant Valley finished second in their pool in the Easton Red Rover Invitational.After losing to Mount Olive 23-25 and 18-25, they defeated Saucon Valley 25-16 and 25-18, Northampton 25-18 and 25-20, and Hatboro-Horsham 25-22 and 25-19.Sara Kron finished the tournament with 18 kills, 15 blocks and four aces, Veronica Roberts had 22 kills and six digs, and Noel Kelly totaled 17 kills, four aces, and 13 digs.Alexis Richy dished out 27 assists, four aces, and 13 digs, while Jasmine VanSpanje led the defense with 22 digs and four aces.Catasauqua-Panther ValleyJamey Mikovich broke the Panther Valley record for kills in a 25-7, 25-7, 25-12 non league win over the Rough Riders.Mikovich had 12 kills, 15 service points and 10 aces. She now has 588 career kills. Amy Yusella held the old record with 585.