Tamaqua swept Allentown Central Catholic in swimming and Northwestern cruised to an easy wrestling victory in scholastic sports action on Monday.

SWIMMINGACC-TamaquaTamaqua swept Allentown Central Catholic in swimming action.The Lady Raiders dominated the Vikettes, 118-66, while the Blue Raider guys pulled out a close, one-point decision, 93-92.In the boys meet, the 400 freestyle relay event proved to be the decider as the team of Ben Turrano, Matt Stanek, Jake Wenzel and Jake Kropp prevailed under pressure. Matt Stanek managed two individual firsts on the day for the Raiders, taking the 200 and 500 freestyle.Individually, for the Lady Raiders, Rebecca Kanaskie (100 breaststroke, 200 IM), Joann Butkus (50 freestyle, 100 butterfly), and Miranda Amey (500 freestyle and 200 freestyle) all gathered two individual wins in the pool.BOYSTamaqua 93, ACC 92200 Medley Relay - 1. ACC (JJ Apostolico, Dan Holobeny, Jimmy Gallagher, James Arndt) 1:54.34; 2. Tamaqua, 3. ACC;200 Free - 1. Matt Stanek (T) 2:07.47, 2. Craig Peoples (ACC), 3. Jake Wenzel (T);200 IM - 1. Gage Whalen (T) 2:32.08, 2. Patrick McMullen (T), 3. John Miller (ACC);50 Free - 1. Ethan Eberts (T) 25.18, 2. Ben Turrano (T), 3. James Arndt (ACC);1 Meter Diving - 1. Nicholas Crouse (ACC), 2. Thorn Devlin (T), 3. Nicolle Chickerscky (ACC);100 Fly - 1. Apostolico (ACC) 1:01.96, 2. Turrano (T), 3. Holobeny (ACC);100 Free - 1. Gallagher (ACC) 53.97, 2. Jake Kropp (T), 3. Wenzel (T);500 Free - 1. Stanek (T) 5:43.62, 2. Peoples (ACC), 3. Gabe Castano (ACC);200 Free Relay - 1. ACC (Conner Miller, Peoples, Arndt, Gallagher) 1:45.00, 2. ACC, 3. Tamaqua;100 Back - 1. Kropp (T) 1:01.04, 2. Apostolico (ACC), 3. Eberts (T);100 Breast - 1. Holobeny (ACC) 1:11.97, 2. Whalen (T), 3. McMullen (T);400 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Turrano, Stanek, Wenzel, Kropp) 3:45.81, 2. ACC, 3. Tamaqua.GIRLSTamaqua 119, ACC 66200 Medley Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Makayla Boyle, Carly Trovinger, Joann Butkus, Danielle DeCindio) 2:01.66, 2. ACC, 3. Tamaqua;200 Free - 1. Miranda Amey (T) 2:07.60, 2. Maria Holstrom (ACC), 3. Nichelle Pucklavage (T);200 IM - 1. Rebecca Kanaskie (T) 2:27.45, 2. Trovinger (T), 3. Amber Gulick (T);50 Free - 1. Butkus (T) 25.22, 2. Colleen Daday (ACC), 3. DeCindio (T);1 Meter Diving - 1. Nicole Sage (ACC), 2. Emmy Geis (ACC), 3. Bri Gurniak (ACC);100 Fly - 1. Butkus (T) 1:04.21, 2. DeCindio (T), 3. Kayla Apostolico (ACC);100 Free - 1. Boyle (T) 1:02.55, 2. Gulick (T), 3. Grace Johnson (ACC);500 Free - 1. Amey (T) 5:48.95, 2. Pucklavage (T), 3. Julia Fritz (ACC);200 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Amey, Trovinger, Gulick, Kanaskie) 1:53.06, 2. ACC, 3. ACC;100 Back - 1. Daday (ACC) 1:03.84, 2. Boyle (T), 3. Abby Brickler (T);100 Breast - 1. Kanaskie (T) 1:16.18, 2. Trovinger (T), 3. Apostolico (ACC);400 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Amey, DeCindio, Kanaskie, Butkus) 4:02.89, 2. Tamaqua, 3. ACC.WRESTLINGN'western-NDGPNorthwestern took care of Notre Dame of Green Pond in Colonial League wrestling, pulling out a 60-16 win.Picking up pins for the Tigers were Matt Dunaway, Jacob Murray, Quentin Bernhard, Jarrett White and Andrew Sorensen. Cole Moyer earned a tech fall, while teammate Alex Russo grabbed a major decision.Northwestern 60, NDGP 16285 - Jacob Murray (NW) pin Ron Johnson in 3:36106 - Matt Shetay (NW) won by forfeit113 - Ryan Dengler (NW) won by forfeit120 - Quentin Bernhard (NW) pin Mario Gordon in 4:49126 - Dalton Webster (NW) won by forfeit132 - Jarrett White (NW) pin Hoon Park in 1:31138 - David Reis (ND) maj. dec Hanny Awadallah, 10-1145 - Cole Moyer (NW) tech fall Preston Widener, 4:00152 - Reese Cornish (ND) pin Zach Hunsberger in 3:35160 - Michael Reis (ND) pin Alex Schneck in 1:08170 - Andrew Sorensen (NW) pin Shawn Ball in 1:24182 - Alex Russo (NW) maj. dec. Zach Johnson, 12-3195 - Anthony Fillis (NW) dec. Scott Maldenado, 6-3;220 - Matt Dunaway (NW) pin Elijah Lyons in 1:52GIRLS BASKETBALLTamaqua-Mahanoy AreaMahanoy Area held off Tamaqua for a 41-37 win.Macey Brown's game-high 18 points was hard to top as she led her team to the win.Meanwhile, Jaclin Valasek's 16 and Paige Demetriades' 15 were an impressive one-two punch in the losing effort for the Raiders. Valasek also pulled down nine rebounds.Mahanoy won the JV game, 37-8.TAMAQUAHartung 0-0-0-0, Demetriades 5-3-8-15, Wittig 0-0-0-0, Solt 2-2-2-6, Pratka 0-0-0-0, Valasek 7-2-4-16. TOTALS: 14-7-14-37.MAHANOY AREABrown 6-4-6-18, Lawrence 2-0-0-4, Bisco 1-1-2-3, Babinsky 0-0-0-0, Van Horn 1-2-2-4, Neifert 0-0-0-0, Byrne 1-1-2-3, Davidson 1-0-0-2, Leshko 3-0-0-7, Rodgers 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-8-12-41.Tamaqua 6 9 8 14 - 37Mahanoy Area 7 11 10 13 - 41Three pointers: T - Demetriades 2; MA - Brown 2, Leshko 1.FRESHMANBASKETBALLTamaqua-No. SchuylkillTamaqua defeated North Schuylkill, 41-22.Zeke Wassell led the Blue Raiders with eight points.7th and 8th GradeBASKETBALLTamaqua-No. SchuylkillTamaqua 8th grade boys opened the season with a 36-34 win over North Schuylkill.Thad Zuber had 16 points, while Nick Breiner and Derian Stianche added six apiece.Tamaqua 7th grade boys dropped their season opener to North Schuylkil 24-18.Mitch Wagner led North Schuylkill with 10 points while Nick Breiner led Tamaqua with 10 points.