The Northwestern cross country teams flexed their muscles as both the boys and girls swept multi-team Colonial League meets on Wednesday.

CROSS COUNTRYNorth Schuylkill-TamaquaNorth Schuylkill swept Tamaqua in a Schuylkill League meet.The Spartan boys captured four of the top five places en route to a 19-38 victory. Brendan Shearn crossed the tape in 17:08, over two minutes ahead of second-place Devin Mashack.The Lady Spartans rolled to an 18-43 victory. North Schuylkill finished 1-2-3 with Abby Warner crossing first in a time of 22:25.BOYSNorth Schuylkill 19, Tamaqua 381. Brendan Shearn (NS) 17:08, 2. Devin Mashack (NS) 19:21, 3. Andrew Tite (T) 20:57, 4. Evan Brouse (NS), 5. Alex Weisbeck (NS), 6. Zach Oliveria (T), 7. Tyler Budnavage (NS), 8. Dustin Sabol (T), 9. Trent Kaufman (NS), 10. David Frederick (T).GIRLSNorth Schuylkill 18, Tamaqua 431. Abby Warner (NS) 22:25, 2. Vanessa Zimmerman (NS) 24:06, 3. Allison Cantwell (NS) 24:27, 4. Chelsea Frantz (T), 5. Maura Gownley (NS), 6. Maria Streisel (T), 7. Jessica Yeneskie (NS), 8. Brooke Ennis (NS), 9. Kayla Bolinsky (NS), 10. Eliza Schally (NS).Blue Mountain-Pottsville-Jim ThorpeIn a Schuylkill League tri-meet, the Pottsville boys and girls swept Blue Mountain and Jim Thorpe.The Jim Thorpe boys managed a 16-44 victory over Blue Mountain behind a third-place finish from Christian Fields (19:02). The Olympians placed four runners in the top seven including Jonathan Condly, Jake Saxon and Zach Nace. Pottsville defeated Jim Thorpe 24-31.In the girls meet, Pottsville defeated Jim Thorpe 16-47, while Blue Mountain posted a 17-46 victory over the Lady Olympians. Courtney Capper (eighth place) was the lone Olympian to place.BOYSJim Thorpe 16, Blue Mountain 44Pottsville 24, Jim Thorpe 311. Codi Wood (P) 18:08, 2. Jake Plachko (P) 18:16, 3. Christian Fields (JT) 19:02, 4. Dominick Direnzio (P) 19:34, 5. Jonathan Condly (JT) 19:36, 6. Jake Saxson (JT), 7. Zach Nace (JT), 8. Stewart Blair (BM), 9. Justin Welkie (P), 10. Ryan Scanlan (P), 11. Jian Gentile (JT), 12. Derek Mosteller (BM), 13. William Hossler (P), 14. Jake McGeehan (JT), 15. Danny Challenger (BM).GIRLSBlue Mountain 17, Jim Thorpe 46Pottsville 16, Jim Thorpe 471. Paige Stoner (P) 19:51, 2. Gabrielle Direnzo (P) 21:51, 3. Courtney Dukmen (BM) 22:09, 4. Sarah Brooks (BM) 22:48, 5. Grace Casey (P) 23:20, 6. Jessie Setlock (BM), 7. Shamira Watkins (P), 8. Courtney Capper (JT), 9. Brielle Nagle (P), 10. Jackie Boran (BM), 11. Bailey Nagle (P), 12. Madeline Boyer (BM), 13. Jessica Kelly (BM), 14. Jill Heffner (BM), 15. Olivia Shpakovsky (BM).Palmerton-Catasauqua-NDES-Palisades-Saucon Vy.-Wilson-BangorPalmerton struggled in yesterday's seven-team Colonial League meet.In the boys meet, Palmerton defeated Palisades 25-30, but lost to Bangor, Wilson, Catasauqua, Saucon Valley and Notre Dame (E.S.). Sean Seiler finished in 16th place for the Bombers.The Lady Bombers defeated Palisades (25-30) and Catasauqua (15-50), but suffered setbacks to Bangor, Wilson, Saucon Valley and Notre Dame (E.S.). Janel Tracy paced Palmerton with an 18th place finish.BOYSPalmerton 25, Palisades 30Bangor 15, Palmerton 47Wilson 17, Palmerton 46Catasauqua 19, Palmerton 37Saucon Valley 19, Palmerton 39Notre Dame (E.S.) 24, Palmerton 331. J. Flank (W) 17:40, 2. W. White (B) 17:50, 3. A. Brinkley (C) 18:10, 4. S. Reider (B) 18:35, 5. K. Wells (C) 18:49, 6. N. Fritzinger (SV) 18:52, 7. A. Mitchell (B) 18:53, 8. C. Sell (B) 18:57, 9. B. Tocket (B) 19:01, 10. Z. Fritzinger (SV) 19:37, 11. A. Calanti (W), 12. J. Rusnock (C), 13. M. Chorazak (W), 14. N. Leies (ND), 15. J. Leidich (SV), 16. S. Seiler (PALM), 17. G. Lerch (PALI), 18. T. Miller (C), 19. M. Handley (W), 20. R. Lindsay (B).GIRLSPalmerton 25, Palisades 30Palmerton 15, Catasauqua 50Bangor 15, Palmerton 46Wilson 15, Palmerton 44Saucon Valley 18, Palmerton 41Notre Dame (E.S.) 24, Palmerton 311. E. Chikotas (SV) 20:02, 2. M. Colton (B) 20:23, 3. S. Brannon (W) 21:51, 4. J. Sjodahl (W) 22:39, 5. J. Figuccio (B) 23:06, 6. S. Hallet (B) 23:11, 7. V. Crowley (B) 23:38, 8. A. Evangelista (SV) 23:39, 9. A. Bertola (ND) 24:03, 10. C. Kreshel (ND) 24:20, 11. B. McAtee (W), 12. V. Cobb (B), 13. A. Pazzaglia (SV), 14. E. Hoff (SV), 15. C. Carl (W), 16. A. Peeney (ND), 17. H. Calantoni (W), 18. J. Tracy (PALM), 19. K. Rodrigues (?), 20. A. Flack (PALI).Northern Lehigh-Pen Argyl-Salisbury-NDGP-Moravian -So. Lehigh-NorthwesternThe Northwestern cross country team had plenty of success in a seven-team Colonial League meet. The Tigers swept Moravian Academy, Notre Dame, Pen Argyl, Salisbury, Southern Lehigh and Northern Lehigh.Northwestern's Tyler Stelmack won the boys race with a time of 16:47.27. Six Northwestern runners finished in the top nine.For the Lady Tigers, Haley Yost led the way with a second-place finish, which paced three Lady Tigers that finished in the top five.The Northern Lehigh boys defeated Notre Dame, Pen Argyl and Salisbury, but suffered losses to Northwestern, Southern Lehigh and Moravian Academy. Matt Pender led the Bulldogs with a 13th place finish.The Lady Bulldogs didn't finish with enough runners to score.BOYSNorthwestern 15, Moravian A. 49Northwestern 15, Notre Dame (G.P.) 50Northwestern 15, Pen Argyl 50Northwestern 21, Salisbury 39Northwestern 16, Southern Lehigh 46Northwestern 15, Northern Lehigh 49Northern Lehigh 23, NDGP 34Northern Lehigh 16, Pen Argyl 47Northern Lehigh 18, Salisbury 37Southern Lehigh 20, Northern Lehigh 37Moravian A. 24, Northern Lehigh 331. Tyler Stelmack (NW) 16:47.27, 2. Kyle Gonoude (S) 17:37.7, 3. Ryan Cerrone (NW) 17:41.1, 4. Brayden Heller (NW) 17:45.3, 5. Garrett Collins (S) 18:03.82, 6. Patrick Strobel (NW) 18:13.4, 7. Ryan McGinty (SL) 18:17.5, 8. Thomas Duffy (NW) 18:18.3, 9. Jarett White (NW) 18:33.32, 10. Jared Przelomski (SL) 18:41.1, 11. Coery Husic (MA), 12. Gregory Fry (S), 13. Matt Pender (NL), 14. Collin Furchner (NW), 15. Sinjon Bartel (S), 16. Collin Bergey (SL), 17. Gavin Kemery (NL), 18. Josh Aurand (MA), 19. Michael DeLuna (SL), 20. Devon Fogel (ND).GIRLSNorthwestern 22, NDGP 35Northwestern 15, Pen Argyl 50Northwestern 15, Salisbury 50Northwestern 23, Southern Lehigh 36Northwestern 16, Moravian A. 46Northwestern 15, Northern Lehigh 50Moravian A. 15, Northern Lehigh 50NDGP 15, Northern Lehigh 50Salisbury 15, Northern Lehigh 50Southern Lehigh 15, Northern Lehigh 501. Shelby White (SL) 19:51.07, 2. Haley Yost (NW) 20:00.82, 3. Rachel Cerrone (NW) 20:01.4, 4. Erika Edwards (ND) 20:19.92, 5. Carly Pierce (NW) 20:31.5, 6. Katherine Downing (ND) 20:44.31, 7. Meseret Hart (SL) 21:00.58, 8. Erin Ondush (NW) 21:24.67, 9. Isamarie Ramos (SL) 21:28.28, 10. Christina Scartellia (ND) 21:37.72, 11. Ashleigh Lesko (ND), 12. Emily Smith (MA), 13. Lauren Alden (NW), 14. Katrina Hartman (MW), 15. Kieran Madden (MA), 16. Zoe Strickland (NW), 17. Isabelle MacMillian (ND), 18. Katherine Garofalo (ND), 19. Abigail Smith (NW), 20. Marie Mikols (NW).GIRLS SOCCERPine Grove-Jim ThorpePine Grove blanked Jim Thorpe, 5-0, in a Schuylkill League game.Zimmerman scored a pair of goals to lead the Cardinals.Olympian goalie Rebecca Cressman made 25 saves.Jim Thorpe won the JV match, 4-0 as Galvin scored a pair of goals.BOYS SOCCERPottsville-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe posted a 3-0 Schuylkill League shutout over Pottsville.Corey Ligenza got the Olympians on the board late in the first half, while Steven Principe and Matt Rich added goals in the second half. Anthony Pavia and Principe had one assist apiece.Jim Thorpe's Justin Kaminski made four saves in goal for the Olympians.FIELD HOCKEYPM East-LehightonHaylee Murtha scored her second goal of the game with 2:42 left in overtime, as she led Pocono Mountain East to a 3-2 Mountain Valley Conference victory over Lehighton.Lehighton scored the first two goals of the game. Sage Terembula got the Indians on the board off a Sarah Keer assist, while Keer tacked on a goal of her own.The Cardinals tied it up at 2-2 with Murtha's first goal late in regulation (4:04) before her eventual game-winner late in overtime.Pocono Mountain East outshot Lehighton 12-11. Lauren Burrows made 11 saves for the Tribe.In the JV game, Pocono Mountain East was a 2-0 winner.GIRLS TENNISES North-Pleasant ValleyIn a rescheduled match from Tuesday night, Pleasant Valley defeated East Stroudsburg North 4-3.Madison Olexson and Emily Thek posted straight-set singles victories for the Bears. The duo later teamed up for a 6-4, 6-3 victory in doubles play.The doubles tandem of Cass Snook and Ellie Heron also scored a victory for Pleasant Valley.Pleasant Valley 4, East Stroudsburg North 3SINGLESMadison Olexson (PV) def. Erin McConnell 6-0, 6-2; Kristen Lassell (ESN) def. Kara Urland 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-0; Emily Thek (PV) def. Tarah Williams 6-2, 6-4.DOUBLESMadison Olexson/Emily Thek (PV) def. Erin McConnell/Tarah Williams 6-4, 6-3; Stephanie Lima/Emily Lima (ESN) def. Sarina Tufano/Mackenzie Caffrey 7-5, 6-4; Syeda Chillious/Angela Cantor (ESN) def. Amanda Hoag/Nyiah Navarez 7-6 (7-5), 6-3; Cass Snook/Ellie Heron (PV) def. Angelica Santana/Jasmine Paulino 6-0, 6-4.GOLFMarian-Pine GroveMarian improved to 7-1 on the season with a 304-366 victory over Pine Grove at Blue Mountain View Golf Course.All four Colts finished sub-80, with Mike Gottstein carding a two-over-par 73. Nick Kweder finished with a 75, while Eric Mason and Josh Green shot 77 and 79 respectively.Jake Wolf's 83 paced Pine Grove.Marian 304, Pine Grove 366MARIANMike Gottstein 73, Nick Kweder 75, Eric Mason 77, Josh Green 79.PINE GROVEJake Wolf 83, Zeph Zerbe 85, Brett Krieser 95, Matt Troxell 103.Played at Blue Mountain View Golf Course, Par 71.