Northwestern opened its Colonial League wrestling season with a pair of easy victories on Wednesday night.

WRESTLINGNotre Dame-Salisbury-NorthwesternIn a Colonial League tri-meet in New Tripoli, Northwestern walked off the mat with a pair of victories.The Tigers posted a 51-29 win over Notre Dame of Green Pond and a commanding 78-6 victory over Salisbury.Levi Veppert led the Tigers with pins in both matches, while Joseph Walker scored a pin as well as a tech fall in his two bouts.Cole Miller, Michael Ortiz, Dustin Badesso, Bobby Clymer and Alec Eidelman all recorded pins in contested matches against the Crusaders.Northwestern 51, Notre Dame 29 *189 - Joseph Walker (NW) tech. fall Sean Williams in 4:00, 17-1215 - Dennis Atiyeh (NDGP) pinned Jeff Tobash in 2:59285 - Alec Eidelman (NW) pinned Michael Williams in 5:02103 - Cole Miller (NW) pinned Dominic Fonte in 1:13112 - Seaver Hoak (NDGP) pinned Brendon Lutton in 1:34119 - Thomas Mazzante (NDGP) pinned David Grace in :53125 - Ethan Keichel (NW) won by forfeit130 - Michael Ortiz (NW) pinned Mark Boehm in 4:41135 - Dustin Badesso (NW) pinned Jesus Alejandro in 4:14140 - Michael Hontz (NW) major dec. John Jennings, 10-2145 - Victor Embardind (NDGP) pinned Mitchell Evans in :26152 - Bobby Clymer (NW) pinned Tanner Thomas in 1:50160 - John Blank (NDGP) pinned Kyle Sorensen in :47171 - Levi Veppert (NW) pinned Adam Stoerrle in 5:08* One team point deducted for unsportsmanlike conduct on NDGPNorthwestern 78, Salisbury 6103 - Cole Miller (NW) won by forfeit112 - Anthony Dee (S) pinned Brendon Lutton in 2:35119 - David Grace (NW) won by forfeit125 - Ethan Keichel (NW) won by forfeit130 - Michael Ortiz (NW) won by forfeit135 - Dustin Badesso (NW) won by forfeit140 - Michael Hontz (NW) won by forfeit145 - Mitchell Evans (NW) pinned Trent Stump in 2:45152 - Bobby Clymer (NW) won by forfeit160 - Kyle Sorensen (NW) won by forfeit171 - Levi Veppert (NW) pinned Trevor Meyer in 3:10189 - Joseph Walker (NW) pinned Tyler Waterman in 2:57215 - Jeff Tobash (NW) won by forfeit285 - Alec Eidelman (NW) won by forfeitBOYS BASKETBALLMMI Prep-WeatherlyIn a roller coaster of a non-league battle, Freeland MMI escaped with a 44-42 victory over Weatherly.Aaron Kollar and Ryan Forte led MMI as both finished with 14 points.George Wallish paced the Wreckers with a 11-point performance. Joe Haganey chipped in 10 points.In the JV game, Weatherly cruised to a 46-25 win. Josh Reiner and Brett Stallone led the Wreckers with 12 and 10 points respectively.MMI PREPKollar 5-2-2-14, Forte 4-4-4-14, Gera 2-1-2-5, Swankoski 4-3-6-11, Olszewski 0-0-0-0, Karchner 0-0-0-0, Marchetti 0-0-0-0, Kupsho 0-0-0-0, Connors 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-10-14-44.WEATHERLYOrmiston 2-1-2-5, Stallone 2-0-0-4, Hollrigl 0-2-2-2, Haganey 5-0-0-10, Walton 1-0-0-2, Wallish 4-3-5-11, Harris 4-0-0-8, Weichman 0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-6-9-42.MMI Prep 8 16 5 15 - 44Weatherly 12 11 8 11 - 42Three-pointers: MMI - Kollar 2, Forte 2; Weatherly - none.JR. HIGH BASKETBALL8TH GRADETamaqua-Mahanoy AreaBrett Kosciolek scored 15 points and Zach Wargula added nine to lead Tamaqua to a 41-23 victory over Mahanoy Area.7TH GRADETamaqua-Mahanoy AreaTamaqua fell to Mahanoy Area, 36-26. Russell Blaker and Matt Minchhoff had seven points apiece for the Blue Raiders (0-1).