Wednesday, December 16, 2009
WRESTLING
Panther Valley-Halifax-Upper Dauphin
Panther Valley split in Schuylkill League wrestling action, edging Upper Dauphin 41-36 and falling to Halifax 37-30.
Nick O'Donnell was in the center of both outcomes, winning one and dropping the other.
Against Upper Dauphin, his pin in the final bout turned a one-point deficit into a victory. Trailing Halifax by four points, O'Donnell moved up to 112 but lost a tight 2-0 decision to Derek Barber to clinch the victory for the Wildcats.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Pleasant Valley picked up victories in boys and girls basketball on Tuesday night.
Also getting basketball victories were the Northwestern boys and the Northern Lehigh and Palmerton girls.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Northwestern-Pen Argyl
Northwestern held Pen Argyl scoreless in the second quarter and went on to post the 58-47 Colonial League win.
Leading the way in scoring for the Tigers were Kevin Oxley and Trevor German with 13 points apiece. Garrett Lerner chipped in with 10.
For Pen Argyl, Joe Wagner led the way with 15 points.
NORTHWESTERN
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Lehighton did its best to force someone other than Stephen Lepre to carry the Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg offense.
Unfortunately for the Indians, the Spartans had plenty of players capable of doing that.
Tim Mullen dominated play inside and Notre Dame placed four players in double figures to defeat Lehighton, 59-44, in a non-league game on Tuesday.
Lepre's 27-point performance in a season-opening victory over Pen Argyl put him front and center on Lehighton's scouting report.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Three boys and three girls, ages 8-13 yrs, have been named Tamaqua Elks Champions during the first round of competition in the 38th annual Elks National Hoop Shoot Free Throw Contest held in the Tamaqua Elementary School gym on Saturday, Dec. 5. First and second place winners and their parents were invited to the Elks Lodge for refreshments and trophy presentation. Trophies were awarded to the boy and girl champions and runner-ups in each of three categories from ages 8-9, 10-11, and 12-13.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
December 15, 2001 A big game from the Nenstiel brothers help lead Weatherly to a 73-58 victory over Mount Carmel. Ryan Nenstiel pours in a game-high 33 points, including seven three-pointers. Ryan's older brother Bob contributes 26 points and also pulls down seven rebounds. The Wreckers, who lead by just one at halftime before pulling away over the final two frames, also receive seven points from Ken Minnick.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Former Tamaqua boys basketball players are being sought to play in an alumni game sometime over the Christmas holidays.
Alumni are also invited to attend the Jan. 2 home game with Salisbury during which the Tamaqua Boys Basketball Boosters will dedicate a newly purchased banner honoring 1,000-point scorers. Guests of honor will be those players whose names appear on the banner.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Northern Lehigh and Lehighton finished second and fourth respectively in the Bullett Invitation at Brandywine over the weekend.
Palmerton finished seventh at New Hope-Solebury, while Tamaqua ended up seventh at Bloomsburg.
Lehighton, No. Lehigh
in Bullet Invitational
The Bulldogs ended up in second place behind tournament champion Central Dauphin, while the Indians finished fourth.
The Bulldogs crowned three individuals champions and one runner-up, while the Indians wound up with three members falling just short of titles.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Tamaqua head coach Jay Daubert wasn't happy with his team's performance in last week's opener against Weatherly.
In his second year at the helm of the Blue Raider program, it was what he called a "lackluster performance" in what he termed a winnable game.
Daubert liked what he saw from a couple of his seniors on Monday night however, as Tamaqua used it's physical strength to outmuscle Palmerton 52-41 in a non-league contest on the Bombers' floor.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Northern Lehigh's boys and girls both posted tournament victories to highlight area basketball action on Saturday. The Lady Bulldogs win gave them a tourney championship.
Other local winners were the Marian boys and Palmerton girls.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Marian-Panther Vy.
Marian jumped out to a double digit halftime lead and cruised to a 53-42 victory over host Panther Valley in the consolation game of the Panther Valley Tip-Off Tournament.
Chris Barletta led the Colts (1-1) with 16 points. Matt Yaich and Drew Sherkness added 14 and 10 points respectively.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Panther Valley picked up boys and girls basketball victories over Freeland MMI on Monday.
Other local winners were the Marian girls basketball team and the Tamaqua boys swim team.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Panther Vy.-MMI
Eleven different players scored as Panther Valley cruised to a commanding 72-31 non-league victory over MMI Prep.
Logan Stano led the Panthers' prolific offensive attack with a game-high 18 points. Brock Mitchell and Zach Stanko followed with 15 and 13 points respectively.
