Palmerton's Ben Andrews finished third in the Colonial League Golf Tournament to highlight Wednesday's scholastic sports action.

GOLFCL TournamentBangor's Stani Schiavone, winner of the past three Colonial League girls titles, fired a 1-over par 72 Wednesday at Bethlehem Municipal Golf Course for this year's overall league title.Schiavone finished 19 shots ahead of the next-best girls player in the tournament, Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg's Megan St. Ledger at 90. In a few weeks the Slater senior will compete for her fourth straight District 11 girls title.The top male finisher at the Colonial League Tournament was Saucon Valley's Troy Heffelfinger, who shot 73. Palmerton's Ben Andrews was one shot behind at 74.Andrews, a junior, made three birdies, four bogeys and one double bogey to finish 3-over par."I played well," Andrews said. "I had one or two drives that got away from me and really just hurt my round. I was under trees. I had to punch out. Other than that, I played well. I was hitting my irons solid."Boys played from the 6,206-yard white tees while the girls played 5,175-yard red tees.Southern Lehigh, with a score of 411, won the five-player team match contested between the league's top four regular-season teams. The league tournament team title, which took each team's top four players' scores into account, was a tie between Southern Lehigh and Bangor at 325.Team Title match scores(five player scores)1. Southern Lehigh 411, 2. Bangor 413, 3. Saucon Valley 422, Wilson 441.Championship Tournament scoresTeam (four-player scores)1. tie Southern Lehigh, Bangor 325, 3. Saucon Valley 332, 4. Tie Wilson, Northwestern 346, 6. Notre Dame (Green Pond) 350, 7. Palmerton 359, 8. Moravian Academy 373, 9. Salisbury 377, 10. Notre Dame (East Stroudsburg) 380, 11. Pen Argyl 386.Individuals1. Stani Schiavone (Bang) 72, 2. Troy Heffelfinger (SV) 73, 3. Ben Andrews (Palm) 74, 4. Chad Grandfield (So. Lehigh) 75, 5. Cole Miller (NW) 78, 6. Matt Long (NDES), 7. Eamone Morone (NDGP) 81, 8. James Shaheen (So. Lehigh), 9. Rich Trapp (NDGP) 82, 10. Nick Vicellio (NW) 83.Other local players19. Billy Heinick (Palm) 85, 24. Stephen Reitz (NW) 86, 48. Ke-Koa Mook (Palm) 97, 51. Tyler Kunsman (NW) 99, 59. Alex Raub (Palm) 103, 64. Devin Haddad 108, 67. Brian Quinlan (NW) 110, 71. Cody Peters (Palm) 115Played at par-71 Bethlehem Municipal Golf CourseTamaqua-LourdesLourdes edged Tamaqua, 336-342, in a Schuylkill League match.The Red Raiders' Nick Barr took medalist honors with a 78.Mike Weinert led the Blue Raiders (3-11 overall, 2-9 league) with an 82.LOURDES REGIONAL (336)Nick Barr 78, Al Singh 84, Neil Khanna 85, Chris Loftus 89TAMAQUA (342)Mike Weinert 82, Matt Hadesty 84, Colin Johnson 88, Mike Toth 88Played at Indian Hills, par 72.Lehighton-Pleasant Vy.In a match shortened by thunderstorms, Pleasant Valley recorded an 18-0 Mountain Valley Conference match-play win over Lehighton.The Bears and Indians were only able to complete 14 holes of play thanks to the match being called due to weather.Pleasant Valley 18, Lehighton 0Alex Kaye (PV) def. Nick Mantz 3-0, Andrew Hansen (PV) def. Jake Hoats 3-0, Bryan Baumgarten (PV) def. PJ Salerno 3-0, Kyle Adamonis (PV) def. Derek Heffelfinger 3-0, Brian Denaro (PV) def. Alden Everett 3-0, Elliot Custred (PV) def. Jesse Sabol 3-0Played at Indian Mountain, par 72Panther Vy.-WeatherlyThe Panthers' Rob Knipper took medalist honors with a low round of 88 to lead his team to the 406-498 win over visiting Weatherly.Josh Reiner was low man for Weatherly with a 112.Panther Valley improves to 16-2 on the season.PANTHER VALLEY (406)Rob Knipper 88, Luke Stano 92, Pat Iezzoni 106, JP Heckman 120WEATHERLY (498)Josh Reiner 112, Alexis Berger 122, Derek Fillou 124, Garrett Titus 128Played at Mt. Laurel, Par 72.FIELD HOCKEYLehighton-PM WestSix different players scored as Lehighton cruised to a 10-0 Mountain Valley Conference win over Pocono Mountain West.Jordyn Homyak paced the Indians' with a hat-trick and an assist. Lauren Michalik and Echo Bretz added two goals apiece while Lacey Haldeman, Rachel Werley and Emily Mantz added single scores.Casey Beck was credited with two assists. Courtney Berger, Gwen Remaley, Michalik and Haldeman all had one assist.Lehighton improves to 7-1 overall and 6-0 in the MVC.No. Lehigh-Saucon Vy.Northern Lehigh came away with a huge win, beating powerful Saucon Valley, 1-0, in a Colonial League match.Kristi Sieler's first half goal accounted for the game's only scoring. Kelsey Follweiler had the assist.The hero of the game for the Bulldogs (5-4, 5-2) was sophomore goalie Nicole Horn, who stopped 22 Saucon shots.Saucon outshot NL 22-8 in the game and had a 14-3 edge in corners.N'western-So. LehighSouthern Lehigh rolled to a commanding 9-0 Colonial League victory over Northwestern .Rebecca Lukaszczyk, Heather Smillie and Kendall Weddling led the Spartans' attack with two goals apiece.The Tigers' keeper finished with 11 saves.Northwestern falls to 5-3 overall while Southern Lehigh remains perfect at 7-0.Palmerton-MoravianLucy Pidcock rattled off a hat-trick to spark Moravian Academy to a 4-0 Colonial League win over Palmerton.Lydia Anthony finished with 19 saves in front of the Bombers' net.Palmerton fell to 1-7 on the season while Moravian Academy moves to 6-2.PM East-Pleasant Vy.Pleasant Valley got back to its winning ways by posting a 4-1 Mountain Valley Conference victory over Pocono Mountain East.Felecia Domenici led the Bears' offensive with a hat-trick and an assist. Alura Bellis added a single score. Allison Heckman and Maggie Patterson were credited with assists.Hannah Bard grabbed eight saves between the PV posts.The Bears improved to 5-3 overall and 4-1 in the MVC.GIRLS TENNISTamaqua-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe holds a slim 2-1 lead over Tamaqua in a match that was suspended by thunderstorms.The match will be completed on Oct. 4th.CROSS COUNTRYPalmerton-Pen Argyl-Moravian-Notre Dame (GP)-Catasauqua-Saucon Valley-NorthwesternPalmerton and Northwestern were part of a seven-team Colonial League meet.The Northwestern boys and girls both finished 3-1 while both Palmerton teams were 1-2.Individually, the Tigers' Tyler Stelmack won the boys' event by close to a minute over the second place finisher. NW's Tyler Malay was third while the Bomber's top male was Kevin Seemiller in seventh.For the girls, Northwestern's Emma Kemmerer and Haley Yost led the way with third and fourth place finishes respectively. For Palmerton, Andrea Stevko was 14th.GIRLSNorthwestern Lehigh 19, Moravian Academy 42Palmerton 15, Catasauqua 50Notre Dame GP 26, Northwestern Lehigh 29Northwestern Lehigh 17, Palmerton 46Northwestern Lehigh 15, Pen Argyl 50Saucon Valley 16, Palmerton 471. Elizabeth Greenwood-Chikotas (SV) 19:24, 2. Lainie Smith (SV) 19:39, 3. Emma Kemmerer (NW) 20:36, 4. Haley Yost (NW) 20:41, 5. Rebecca Askins-Gast (MA) 21:00, 6. Colleen Kelly (NDGP), 7. Sarah Kish (SV), 8. Megan Stack (SV), 9. Katie Downing (NDGP), 10. Erika Edwards (NDGP);BOYSPalmerton 16, Catasauqua 46Northwestern Lehigh 17, Moravian Academy 42Notre Dame GP 27, Northwestern Lehigh 28Northwestern 18, Palmerton 39Northwestern 16, Pen Argyl 41Saucon Valley 25, Palmerton 311. Tyler Stelmack (NW) 16:47, 2. Eric Busher (NDGP) 17:40, 3. Tyler Malay (NW) 17:57, 4. Dave Pruszynski (NDGP) 18:06, 5. Adam Scheirer (NDGP) 18:13, 6. Patrick Strobel (NW), 7. Kevin Seemiller (Palm), 8. Andrew Stauffer (SV), 9. Mike Martinsky (NDGP), 10. Ryan Cerrone (NW);Tamaqua-Jim Thorpe-Pine GroveThe Tamaqua girls' team and the Jim Thorpe boys' team walked off the course at Pine Grove with Schuylkill League sweeps.On the other hand, the Blue Raiders' boys' team and the Olympians' girls' team split earned splits.The Lady Raiders were able to sweep thanks to Amber Carroll, Schuyler Schmidt and Colleen Rorke finishing one-two-three. Kayla Susko paced the Lady Olympians with a fourth-place finish.Josh Williams led a pack of Olympians who notched six of the top-10 spots with a third-place finish. Matt Curran was fifth. The Raiders' Philip Christman just beat Williams to the finish line crossing in second place.GIRLSTamaqua 15, Pine Grove 50Tamaqua 17, Jim Thorpe 46Jim Thorpe 21, Pine Grove 341. Amber Carroll (T) 20:43, 2. Schuyler Schmidt (T) 22:08, 3. Colleen Rorke (T) 22:58, 4. Kayla Susko (JT), 5. Dana Ansbach (T), 6. Emily Bumbulsky (T), 7. Jess Leiby (T), 8. Cecily Kohlmeir (T), 9. Erin Bucci (JT), 10. Julie Lesniak (T).BOYSJim Thorpe 20, Pine Grove 42Jim Thorpe 24, Tamaqua 36Tamaqua 27, Pine Grove 281. Kyler Burke (PG) 18:55, 2. Philip Christman (T) 19:51, 3. Joshua Williams (JT) 19:58, 4. Joe Rudy (T), 5. Matt Curran (JT), 6. Christian Fields (JT), 7. Zach Nace (JT), 8. Adam Dachowicz (JT), 9. Johnny Cataldo (PG), 10. Nathaniel Flick (JT).Weatherly-Nativity-MarianMarian played host to two squads in Schuylkill League cross country action and downed both teams in both the boys' and girls' races.Individually, the hosts' Molly Balliet (first) and Phil Marzen (second) represented their teams well.Weatherly's Andy Vack took the top place in the boys' race to help his team to a 1-1 finish on the day.GIRLSMarian Catholic 15, Nativity 50Marian Catholic 15, Weatherly 501. Molly Balliet (MC) 24:03, 2. Sam O'Donnell (MC) 25:54, 3. Emma Boyle (MC) 26:20, 4. Suzanne Reigle (W), 5. Amanda Srinivasin (MC), 6. Shannon Skotek (MC), 7. Brianna Kibishin (MC), 8. Emily Bitterly (MC);BOYSMarian Catholic 22, Weatherly 33Marian Catholic 15, Nativity 50Weatherly 15, Nativity 501. Andy Vack (W) 19:21, 2. Phil Marzen (MC) 19:26, 3. Bobby Kelly (MC) 21:26, 4. Connor Schleicher (MC), 5. Tyler Hunyara (N), 6. Matthew Caccese (W), 7. Nick Hopek (MC), 8. Nick Brutts (N), 9. Phillip Desantis (MC), 10. Alex Sirkot (W);