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Area cross country teams shine

Area cross country teams had a strong showing on Wednesday. The Northwestern, Jim Thorpe and Lehighton boys all had perfect days while the Northwestern, Tamaqua and Lehighton girls were also unbeaten.

CROSS COUNTRYJim Thorpe, Shenandoah, Minersville at Pine GroveJim Thorpe participated in a Schuylkill League quad meet at Pine Grove.The Olympians went 3-0 on the boys' side. The Thorpe girls earned a win over Shenandoah Valley.JT's Ben Saxon finished first with a time of 19:10. Samuel Hydro followed behind in fifth place.Emma Gavornik finished in 10th for the girls.BOYSJim Thorpe 27, Pine Grove 28Jim Thorpe 21, Shenandoah Valley 34Jim Thorpe 17, Minersville 461. Ben Saxon (JT) 19:10, 2. Anderson (PG) 19:26, 3. Wissinger (PG) 19:36, 4. Reilly (TV) 20:01, 5. Samuel Hydro (JT) 20:04, 6. Stasulli (SV), 7. Noah Rogers (JT), 8. O. Wissinger (PG), 9. Lengle (PG), 10. Schwartz (JT), 11. Wagner (M), 12. Tietsworth (SV), 13. Bowers (SV), 14. Uholik (SV), 15. Blake Killmer (JT).GIRLSPine Grove 17, Jim Thorpe 38Jim Thorpe 27, Shenandoah Valley 28Minersville 15, Jim Thorpe 431. Lally (PG) 23:47, 2. Wessner (PG) 24:09, 3. Raczka (M) 24:26, 4. Boyer (PG) 25:18, 5. Cory (M) 25:21, 6. Teaschenko (SV), 7. Pedron (M), 8. Schoffstall (M), 9. Lowe (M), 10. Emma Gavornik (JT), 11. Tice (PG), 12. Donovan (SV), 13. Kroznuskie (M), 14. Spatz (PG), 15. Williams (M).Lehighton-Sch. HavenLehighton swept Schuylkill Haven in a Schuylkill League meet.The Indians scored a 15-48 win on the boys' side, as the Lady Indians recorded a 18-44 victory.Michael Blacketter and Cera Gaston both grabbed top honors with first-place finishes in both meets.Anthony Tavella and Blade McCabe finished second and third, respectively, for the Tribe in the boys' meet. Piper DeMatte earned a top-three finish on the girls' side.Lehighton 15, Schuylkill Haven 481. Michael Blacketter (L) 18:44, 2. Anthony Tavella (L) 20:19, 3. Blade McCabe (L) 20:26, 4. Lucykanish (L) 20:49, 5. Zhang (L) 21:27, 6. Jewett (SH) 21:43, 7. Sherer (L) 21:51, 8. Eckman (L) 21:56, 9. Howland (L) 22:14, 10. Schwab (L) 22:47Lehighton 18, Schuylkill Haven 441. Cera Gaston (L) 22:48, 2. Piper DeMatte (L) 24:46, 3. Pascucci (SH) 25:09, 4. Laible (L) 27:04, 5. Cressley (L) 28:08, 6. Ahner (L) 28:24, 7. Klotz (L) 28:30, 8. McBreen (SH) 28:57, 9. Jacobs (L) 29:50, 10. Steber (L) 30:17No. Lehigh, Northwestern, Palmerton, Pen Argyl,Wilson at BangorThe Northwestern boys and girls both managed a perfect 5-0 record in a five-team Colonial League meet at Bangor.The Northern Lehigh boys and girls both finished 2-3 on the day.Northwestern's Madeline Consuelos topped the field, while Molly Tarvin followed in second. The top local finisher in the boys' race was Northwestern's Robert Leiser. Palmerton's Jake Martinez came in fourth.BOYSNorthwestern 27, Bangor 28Bangor 16, Northern Lehigh 46Bangor 19, Palmerton 44Northwestern 18, Wilson 39Northwestern 15, Pen Argyl 50Northwestern 15, Northern Lehigh 43Northwestern 19, Palmerton 44Wilson 21, Palmerton 37Wilson 21, Northern Lehigh 35Pen Argyl 28, Palmerton 28Northern Lehigh 19, Pen Argyl 36Northern Lehigh 22, Palmerton 331. Morgan O'Brien (B) 17:36, 2. Robert Leiser (NW) 18:17, 3. A. Ders (NDES) 18:25, 4. Jake Martinez (Palm) 18:30, 5. Phil Castrine (NW) 18:40, 6. Shane Houghton (W) 18:47, 7. M. Bubba (B) 18:58, 8. Kavan Fitzpatrick (NW) 19:10, 9. Hunter Kish (B) 19:15, 10. B. Gemboski (B) 19:47, 11. Anthony Vennera (NW), 12. Matt Grim (NW), 13. Dylan Corriere (W), 14. Jason Dutt (W), 15. Preston Kemery (NL), 16. Sabre Singleton (B), 17. Edward Hay (B), 18. Kyle Kremasky (NL), 19. Aiden Quinn (W), 20. A. Schwartz (B).GIRLSWilson 15, Palmerton 50Wilson 20, Northern Lehigh 35Northern Lehigh 15, Pen Argyl 50Northern Lehigh 15, Palmerton 50Northwestern 18, Bangor 43Bangor 21, Northern Lehigh 34Bangor 15, Palmerton 50Northwestern 18, Wilson 41Northwestern 15, Pen Argyl 50Northwestern 15, Northern Lehigh 48Northwestern 15, Palmerton 501. Madeline Consuelos (NW) 21:01, 2. Molly Tarvin (NW) 21:16, 3. Jillian Pote (W) 21:29, 4. Martina Sell (B) 21:51, 5. Hannah Herzon (NW) 22:31, 6. Brooke Devers (NW) 22:56, 7. Alyssa Zack (NW) 23:15, 8. E. Labar (B) 23:22, 9. Lillie Altonen (W) 23:47, 10. Abby Rustay (W) 24:04, 11. Elizabeth Fornauf (NW), 12. Reagan Pender (NW), 13. (NDES), 14. (NDES), 15. Cayden Rex (NW), 16. A. Frankfield (B), 17. S. Altonen (W), 18. Alison Lorah (NL), 19. Kristen Brown (NW), 20. Meghan Barone (B).Marian, Blue Mountain,Mahanoy Area at TamaquaThe Tamaqua girls picked up three wins in Schuylkill League action, while the Blue Raider boys notched a sole team win.Monika Shimko nabbed a first place finish in the girls' race. Marian's Nicole Capparell finished second.Tamaqua's Brad Clemson led the boys with a second-place finish. The Colts' Aaron Srinvasan finished in 12th.BOYSBlue Mountain 22, Tamaqua 36Mahanoy Area 22, Tamaqua 36Tamaqua 21, Marian 40Blue Mountain 15, Marian 46Mahanoy Area 16, Marian 461. Cole Streisel (MA) 19:24, 2. Brad Clemson (T) 19:39, 3. Thomas Levkulic (BM) 19:53, 4. Christian Menuchak (BM) 19:55, 5. Jacob Kluge (BM) 19:58, 6. Willie Streisel (MA), 7. Adam Melnick (T), 8. Kevin Haas (BM), 9. Adam Soriano (MA), 10. Seth Soriano (MA), 11. Coltin Albitz (BM), 12. Aaron Srinvasan (Mar), 13. Marcus Crespo (MA), 14. Justin Riveria (MA), 15. Eddie Pulaski (Mar).GIRLSTamaqua 16, Blue Mountain 41Tamaqua 16, Mahanoy Area 43Tamaqua 19, Marian 44Blue Mountain 21, Marian 34Mahanoy Area 25, Marian 321. Monika Shimko (T) 22:22, 2. Nicole Capparell (Mar) 22:43, 3. Sarah Maue (T) 22:46, 4. Kailee Carroll (T) 24:03, 5. Grace Scheidel (BM) 25:30, 6. Cierra Abrachinsky (MA), 7. April Gerber (T), 8. Rebekah Dolbin (BM), 9. Nevach Mitchell (BM), 10. Caitlyn Albitz (BM), 11. Megan Bisco (MA), 12. Megan Babinsky (MA), 13. Lottie Mateyak (T), 14. Melanie Shimko (T), 15. Carolyn Mehallo (Mar).Weatherly, PottsvilleNativity at No. SchuylkillWeatherly picked up a total of three wins during a Schuylkill League quad-meet.Megan Peifer led the Lady Wreckers with a 13th place finish (30:38).Hinkle led the Weatherly boys with an 11th place finish.GIRLSWeatherly 15, Nativity 50Pottsville 15, Weatherly 50North Schuylkill 15, Weatherly 501. DeAngelo (NS) 23:20, 2. Rushannon (N) 24:06 24:06, 3. Stravinsky (NS) 24:34, 4. Nagle (P) 24:46, 5. Najunas (N) 27:28, 6. Ryman (NS) 27:38, 7. Nelson (P) 27:48, 8. Myers (P) 27:52, 9. Clews (NS) 28:08, 10. Locke (NS) 29:55, 11. Covely (P), 12. Cook (P), 13. Megan Peifer (W), 14. Newton (N), 15. Hinkle (W).BOYSWeatherly 15, Nativity 50Weatherly 15, Pottsville 50North Schuylkill 15, Weatherly 501. A. Roseberry (NS) 18:33, 2. McCabe (NS) 18:40, 3. Bolinsky (NS) 18:53, 4. C. McCormick (NS) 19:28, 5. Nahas (NS) 19:29, 6. M. McCormick (NS) 19:32, 7. R. Roseberry (NS) 19:58, 8. Anthony (NS) 20:11, 9. Russell (NS) 20:50, 10. Ahrensfield (NS) 20:55, 11. Joel Hinkle (W), 12. Anthony Maguschak (W), 13. Nick Berger (W), 14. Haslam (P), 15. Guenther (NS).GIRLS SOCCERNorthwestern-PalmertonNorthwestern cruised to a 9-1 Colonial League win over Palmerton.Izabel Ruzica scored the Bombers' lone goal.Pottsville-LehightonPottsville cruised to an 8-0 Schuylkill League Division 1 win over Lehighton.Julia Frey made 20 saves for the Lady Indians.No. Lehigh-Saucon ValleySaucon Valley defeated Northern Lehigh in a Colonial League game, 8-0.Brooke Riefenstahl, Mack Dickey, and Ashleigh Nagy all finished with a goal and an assist for the Panthers.Jim Thorpe-Pine GrovePine Grove blanked Jim Thorpe for a 5-0 Schuylkill League victory.Mariah Lesh led the Cardinals with two goals.BOYS SOCCERSaucon Valley-No. LehighSaucon Valley blanked Northern Lehigh in Colonial League action, 3-0.Zachary Harvey, Zach Nicholas, and Khoa Nguyen all tallied goals for the Panthers.Nick Miller had eight saves for the Bulldogs.ES North-Pleasant ValleyPleasant Valley earned a 6-0 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over East Stroudsburg North.PV's Randy Vicente recorded a hat trick.Logan Mackes scored twice for the Bears. Ryan Wolff added one goal.Mirza Sabovic, River Marks, Malichai Jones, Ryan Keller and Zion Moore all contributed with assists.The Bears held a 18-1 edge on shots and 8-0 on corners.GOLFBlue Mountain-Jim ThorpeBlue Mountain defeated Jim Thorpe in Schuylkill League golf action, 327-386.Blue Mountain's Kaleb Sophy was the medalist on the day with a score of 80.Mason Farnell led the Olympians with an 89.Blue Mountain 327, Jim Thorpe 386BLUE MOUNTAINKaleb Sophy 80, Vito Valenti 81, Kevin DiLorenzo 82, Austin Boyer 84.JIM THORPEMason Farnell 89, Carter Wolfe 98, Danny Eggert 99, Jacob Schwartz 100.Played at Split Rock Golf Course, Par 72.Pen Argyl-NorthwesternNorthwestern earned itself a 437-462 Colonial League win over Pen Argyl.Tyler Wiik and Luke Hallman both led the Tigers with scores of 84.Northwestern 437, Pen Argyl 462PEN ARGYLS. Martini 74, B. Firestone 93, L. Hoover 93, T. Sampson 95, M. Kukla 107NORTHWESTERNTyler Wiik 84, Luke Hallman 84, Julius Mittl 87, Brian Garbacik 90, Colin Rex 92Played at Olde Homestead Golf Club, par 72.Palmerton-BangorBangor topped Palmerton in a Colonial League contest, 405-460.Owen Reis paced the Bombers with a team-low 87.Bangor 405, Palmerton 460BANGORJax Buist 78, Matt Owens 79, JD Shiner 81, Casey Clark 82, Bake McNew 85PALMERTONOwen Reis 87, John Frace 89, Kody Kolnik 90, Eric Baumgardt 94, Logan Kresge 100Played at Shawnee Country ClubWeatherly-NativityNativity was victorious in Schuylkill League competition over Weatherly, 378-452.The Hilltoppers' Tyler Cole carded a 76 for medalist honors.Devin Berger paced the Wreckers with a team-low score of 95.Nativity 378, Weatherly 452WEATHERLYDevin Berger 95, A.J. Knepper 108, Kevin Osifat 120, Chris Martens 129NATIVITYTyler Coyle 76, Mike Wollyung 79, Ty Daubert 102, Abby Bolich 121, Joe Manus 121Played at Schuylkill Country Club, par 71.Marian-Pine GroveMarian remained undefeated in the Schuylkill League with a 315-332 win against Pine Grove.Albert McFadden shot a one-under round of 70 to earn medalist honors for the Colts. Jarod Paisley followed with a 79.Marian 315, Pine Grove 332MARIANAlbert McFadden 70, Jarod Paisley 79, Nick Kurzinsky 80, Mike Latoff 86.PINE GROVEBrandon Houston 75, Nate Hartman 77, Karson Felty 90, Luke Rieter 90.Played at Blue Mountain View Golf Course, Par 71.TENNISJim Thorpe-Allentown CCAllentown Central Catholic blanked Jim Thorpe, 7-0.Each of the matches were decided in straight sets.ACC 7, Jim Thorpe 0SINGLESOlivia Luchetti (ACC) def. Brittney Marzen 6-1, 6-0; Maddy Hess (ACC) def. Marni Quevedo 6-0, 6-0; Hallie Niechwiadowizz (ACC) def. Caitlin Holt 6-1, 6-1.DOUBLESFlora Adohu/Katelyn Wang (ACC) def. Evelyn Flores/Triselle Samuels 8-1; Margaret Fleck/Emma Giordano (ACC) def. Angelica Uzar/Leanne VanEssendelft 6-2, 6-1; Christina Cochrane/Erin Skibbens (ACC) def. Ellan Adames/Kaitlyn O'Neil 6-0, 6-0; Irene Clee/Jess Davis (ACC) def. Chloe Getz/Christina Thieling 6-0, 6-0.PM West-TamaquaPocono Mountain West swept Tamaqua in a non-league match, 5-0.PMW 5, Tamaqua 0SINGLESMave Corrigan (PMW) def. Keyla Saez 6-3, 6-0; Grave Fruauff (PMW) def. Brooke Williams 6-2, 6-3; Amanda Ciarlante (PMW) def. Carmen Gonzalez 6-1, 6-2.DOUBLESCamile Teajman/Kelly Tyler (PMW) def. Alexis Breiner/Samantha Farley 6-1, 7-5; Ajee Collins/Natalie Castillo (PMW) def. Allison Miller/Adiah Balliet 6-1, 6-1.

Margaret Motolese (17) of Northwestern and Kennedy Malsch of Palmerton go after the ball. BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS