Marian and Tamaqua golfers get wins
Marian and Tamaqua golf teams came away with Schuylkill League wins on Wednesday.
GOLFSo. Lehigh-PalmertonPalmerton had its hands full with Southern Lehigh visiting, as they dropped a 402-474 Colonial League golf decision.Brian Zinman proved to be medalist on the day, firing a three-over 74 to lead the Spartans, while teammate Derek Barnes followed with a 81.The Blue Bombers' Jon Schwartz recorded an 88 in his team's losing effort.SO. LEHIGH (402)Brian Zinman 74, Derek Barnes 81, Will Hagan 82, Derek Muller 82, Garret Cwalina 83.PALMERTON (474)Jon Schwartz 88, Casey Cook 96, Charles Debski 96, John Frace 93, Nate Dekorte 101.Played at Blue Shamrock, Par 71.Lehighton-Blue Mtn.Blue Mountain defeated Lehighton in a Schuykill League golf match by a 329-368 final score.Bailey Sohpie was the medalist as he shot a 76 for Blue Mountain. Austin Boyer wasn't far behind him with a total of 80.Jordan Knappenberger was the low man for the Indians with a score of 87. Deron Gilbert and Nick McGeehan each shot a 93.BLUE MOUNTAIN (329)Bailey Sophie 76, Austin Boyer 80, Lyle Luckenbill 82, Austin Krammes 91LEHIGHTON (368)Jordan Knappenberger 87, Deron Gilbert 93, Nick McGeehan 93, Cody Semmel 95Played at Schuylkill Country Club, par 72.Marian-WeatherlyMarian defeated Weatherly in a Schuylkill League clash by a 331-410 final score.Albert McFadden and Mike Latoff each had the match-low score in the contest, as both Marian golfers finished with a score of 80.Ryan Hoffman was the low card for the Wreckers, as he shot a 96.MARIAN (331)Albert McFadden 80, Mike Latoff 80, Nicholas Kruzinsky 85, Jared Paisley 86Weatherly (410)Ryan Hoffman 96, Kyle Osifat 99, Luke Figas 105, Sami Despirito 110Played at Mt. Laurel, par 72.Jim Thorpe-TamaquaTamaqua proved too much for Jim Thorpe on the links, as they prevailed 382-423.Leading the way for the Blue Raiders were the tandem of Carson Schoener and Anthony Lewis, both with 94.Meanwhile, for the Olympians, James Marks fired a low round 97.JIM THORPE (423)James Marks 97, Jessi Persi 107, Will Kovolenko 108, Luke Eggert 111.TAMAQUA (382)Carson Schoener 94, Anthony Lewis 94, Jon Hadesty 96, Ryan Frederickson 98.Played at Mountain Valley Course.GIRLS SOCCERLourdes-WeatherlyLourdes defeated Weatherly by a 9-1 final score in a Division II contest.Krissy Komara had three goals to lead the way for Lourdes. Her temmate Bailey Trell chipped in with two goals of her own.Jackie Henry of Weatherly scored the lone goal for the Lady Wreckers on an assist from Clana Gomez.Pine Grove-Jim ThorpeUndefeated Pine Grove pulled off an easy 7-0 shutout win over Jim Thorpe.Rachel Edge maneuvered a hat trick for the Lady Cardinals to lead the offensive output, while teammate Mackenzie Lesh had two scores.Pine Grove outshot the Lady Olympians 22-3 in the contest, with goalie Alyssa Smith stopping 15 attempts in the losing effort.Jim Thorpe prevailed in the JV contest, 3-0.Moravian-N. LehighMoravian Academy defeated Northern Lehigh 5-2 in a nColonial League match.Despite the loss, the Lady 'Dawgs Jill Olewine had two goals in the contest.DePaulo and Machinski had goals for Moravian.Lehighton-Blue Mtn.Blue Mountain used a big second half to claim a 5-2 Schuylkill League win over Lehighton.The Lady Indians started the game with two first half goals by Rajah Quinones.But the Lady Eagles scored four times in the second half to put the game out of reach.Lehighton's Erica Koutch made 10 saves.Kutztown-TamaquaKutztown pulled away from Tamaqua for a 3-1 soccer win.Early on, the Lady Raiders' Lynn Kistler tied the game temporarily at 1-1, however the winners recorded two unanswered goals the rest of the way.Ashley Donat, Megan Parks and Adeena Woodard all scored goals for Kutztown, who outshot the Raiders 20-9 in the game.Kistler's goal in the first half was assisted by teammate Julianna Wagner.Carly Sassaman had 13 saves in goal for Tamaqua.Kutztown also won in the JV game by a 2-1 final score.CROSS COUNTRYBangor-Pen ArgylNorthwestern-Palmerton-No. Lehigh-WilsonOn the boys side, Brayden Heller of Northwestern was the top local finisher with a time of 16:45. Gavin Kemery of Northern Lehigh finished sixth with a time of 16:55. Not far behind was Northwestern's Josh Kromer finishing in tenth place with a 17:23 time.Northwestern had five girl runners which finished in the top ten. Carly Pierce and Molly Tarvin were two of the girls, whom finished third and fifth respectively in the contest.BOYSNorthwestern 28, Wilson 28Wilson 19, Palmerton 42,Wilson 19, Northern Lehigh 42Bangor 24, Northwestern 31Bangor 18, Palmerton 43Bangor 18, Northern Lehigh 38Northwestern 22, Pen Argyl 39Pen Argyl 27, Palmerton 29Northern Lehigh 23, Pen Argyl 34Northwestern 18, Palmerton 45Northwestern 19, Northern Lehigh 44Northern Lehigh 23, Palmerton 321. J. Espinal (W) 16:25, 2. B. Docket (B) 16:34, 3. B. Heller (NW) 16:45, 4. M. McCoy (B) 16:49, 5. M. Sheptuck (ND) 16:51, 6. G. Kemery (NL) 16:55, 7. C. Sell (B) 16:59, 8. A. Kace (W) 17:17, 9. T. Smith (PA) 17:18, 10. J. Kromer (NW) 17:23, 11. C. King (PA), 12. Z. Svetick (P), 13. A. Consuelos (NW), 14. K. Zingales (W), 15. C. Naughton (ND), 16. S. Muff (W), 17. J. McCoy (B), 18. C. Waible (P), 19. Z. Hancharik (NW), 20. A. Bauer (B).GIRLSNorthwestern 26, Wilson 31Wilson 15, Palmerton 50Wilson 15, Northern Lehigh 48Northwestern 15, Bangor 50Bangor 15, Palmerton 50Bangor 26, Northern Lehigh 33Northwestern 20, Pen Argyl 42Pen Argyl 15, Palmerton 50Pen Argyl 20, Northern Lehigh 35Northwestern 15, Palmerton 50Northwestern 15, Northern Lehigh 50Northern Lehigh 15, Palmerton 501. A. Biondo (PA) 19:44, 2. G. Vega (W) 19:46, 3. C. Pierce (NW) 19:55, 4. S. Brannon (W) 19:57, 5. M. Tarvin (NW) 20:15, 6. B. Michaels (NW) 20:21, 7. A. Rustay (W) 20:30, 8. P. Stitzel (NW) 20:41, 9. A. Smith (NW) 20:53, 10. D. Losco (W) 20:56, 11. A. Supplee (NW), 12. B. Biondo (PA), 13. R. Cerrone (NW), 14. H. Herzon (NW), 15. A. Alden (NW), 16. K. Jackett (ND), 17. M. Peery (NW), 18. O. Miller (ND), 19. M. Casciole (W), 20. A. Wewaver (PA).Tamaqua-WeatherlyTamaqua swept through Weatherly in both the boys' and girls' races of this dual meet. The Blue Raider boys had runners finish in the top four places on their way to a 19-36 win, with Andy Tite winning the race in a new course record time of 19:29.Meanwhile, the Weatherly girls were unable to field a team, as the Blue Raider girls took that race, 15-50. Kailee Carroll also finished the race in a new course record in 23:06.BOYSTamaqua 19, Weatherly 361. Andy Tite (T) *19:29, 2. Joe Nortavage (T) 19:48, 3. Adam Melnick (T) 19:54, 4. Raymond Kinder (T), 5. Brett Kelly (W), 6. Dillan Bizarre (W), 7. Jacob Sirkot (W), 8. Shane Coll (W), 9. Isaac Miller (T), 10. Joel Hinkle (W).GIRLSTamaqua 15, Weatherly 501. Kailee Carroll (T) *23:06, 2. Janette Kabana (T) 24:01, 3. Chelsea Frantz (T) 26:14, 4. Melanie Kostecky (T), 5. Victoria LaBar (T), 6. Arianna Ryan (T), 7. Abby Fiorilla (T), 8. Genny Beck (T), 9. Ericka Shuman (W), 10. Kimberly Harrison (W).* - denotes new course record.Lehighton-Mahanoy AreaLehighton grabbed a Schuylkill League sweep of Mahanoy Area, with the boys winning 24-35 and the girls posting a 27-30 victory.Michael Blacketter won the boys' race in 19:20. Jennifer Beers triumphed in the girls' race, winning in 23:32. Cera Gaston and Cassie Rehnert finsihed second and fourth, respectively, for the Lady Indians.BOYSLehighton 24 Mahanoy Area 351. Michael Blacketter (L) 19:20; 2. Adam Bahrey (M) 19:23; 3. Willie Streisel (M) 19:23; 4. Luke Fisher (L) 20:36; 5. Trent Frey (L) 20:40; 6. Ethan Dubble (L) 20:53; 7. Matt Derr (M) 21:06; 8. Josh Johnson (L) 22:01; 9. Blade McCabe 23:02; 10. Anthony Tavella (L) 23:04.GIRLSLehighton 27 Mahanoy Area 301. Jennifer Beers (L) 23:32; 2. Cera Gaston (L) 25:11; 3. Megan Babinsky (M) 25:18; 4. Cassie Rehnert (L) 25:53; 5. Jacqui Pitts (M) 27:07; 6. Megan Bisco (M) 27:24; 7. Maddison Lawrence(M) 27:50; 8. Mary Grace Collins (L) 28:44; 9. Laura Bisco (M) 29:16; 10. Noel Bernardyn (M) 30:42.Nativity-Pottsville-Jim ThorpeThe Jim Thorpe boys and girls earned Schuylkill League sweeps of Nativity and Pottsville.In the boys race, the Olympians defeated Pottsville 19-38 and claimed a 15-49 win against Nativity. Jim Thorpe's Jonathan Condly took first in 17:29, while teammate Jacob Saxon came in second at 18:43.In the girls race, the Lady Olympians grabbed a narrow 25-30 victory against Pottsville while dispatching Nativity 15-50. Jim Thorpe's Kayley Kovac took first with a time of 23:01, while Robbyn Lloyd and Linsay Capper took second and fifth, respectively.BOYSJim Thorpe 19, Pottsville 38Jim Thorpe 15, Nativity 491. Jonathan Condly (JT) 17:29, 2. Jacob Saxon (JT) 18:43, 3. Justin Welkie (P) 19:01, 4. Ben Saxon (JT) 19:30, 5. Jian Gentile (JT) 19:38, 6. Josh Howell (P) 19:57, 7. Chris Valdez (JT) 20:05, 8. Ryan Scandlen (P) 20:36, 9. Kalyie McCullum (P) 20:41, 10. Nathan Fields (JT) 20:51, 11. Brett Rushannon (N), 12. Prince Simmonds (JT), 13. Daniel Young (N), 14. DiMarcus Vilchack (P), 15. Corey Saluster (P).GIRLSJim Thorpe 25, Pottsville 30Jim Thorpe 15, Nativity 501. Kayley Kovac (JT) 23:01, 2. Robbyn Lloyd (JT) 23:47, 3. Brenna Nagle (P) 24:52, 4. Baley Nagle (P) 25:21, 5. Lindsay Capper (JT) 26:13, 6. Rebecca Sites (P) 26:44, 7. Victoria Asbrock (JT) 27:22, 8. Keelie McMullin (P) 27:31, 9. Ashley Pagash (P) 28:17, 10. Payton Kovac (JT) 29:27, 11. Sophia Moonbousin (JT), 12. Kailee Romanchik (JT), 13. Hanna Kostick (P), 14. Kylee Graham (JT), 15. Stephanie Zemaitaitis (JT).Blue Mtn.-Sch. Haven, MarianTina Capparell broke the Marian school record with a time of 20:27 as the Fillies earned a split with a win over Schuylkill Haven and a loss to Blue Mountain.The Eagles had nine runners finish in the top 10 all behind Capparell in the non-league meet.Blue Mtn. 20, Marian 43Marian 19, Sch. Haven 361. Capparell (M) 20:27, 2. Henninger (BM) 21:23, 3. Thompson (BM) 21:51, 4. Dukmen (BM) 21:56, 5. Brooks (BM) 22:05, 6. Rickard (BM) 21:18; 7. Krause (BM) 23:02, 8. Leymeister (BM) 23:43, 9. Laughlin (BM) 23:52, 10. Dolbin (BM) 24:22, 11. Pulaski (M) 24:45, 12. Renninger (SH) 25:24, 13. Heffner (BM) 25:35, 14. Reinohl (M) 25:54, 15. Matunis (M) 26:05.FIELD HOCKEYNorthwestern-SalisburyNorthwestern defeated Salisbury by a 4-2 final in a Colonial League clash.The Northwestern offense compiled 19 shots on goal in the contest.Haley Dietrich, Amery George, Grace Horn, and Courtney Page all scored goals for the Lady Tigers.Lindsay Baur and Molly Carbon each scored the Salisbury goals in the losing effort.No. Lehigh-CatasauquaNorthern Lehigh scored all three goals in the first half of action to shutout Catasauqua.Jessica Olewine scored both of her goals to begin the Lady Bulldogs' offense, while Taylor Hoffman rounded out the game's scoring unassisted. Julie Knerr assisted Olewine on one of her scores, as well.The winners had 12 shots on goal in the game, while the Rough Riders managed just seven. Ronnie Green stopped all seven of those shots for the Bulldog shutout.Palmerton-So. LehighThe Spartans got a hat trick from Meghan Reese and two more goals from Lizzie Thorn in a 7-0 Colonial League win over Palmerton.Paige Gehman and Sophie Boyle scored the other twoi Soutner Lehigh goals.The Spartans outshot the Lady Bombers 20-4. Candice Keck had 13 saves for Palmerton.GIRLS TENNISMMI-Jim ThorpeMMI swept through both doubles matches and two of the three singles matches to pull off a 4-1 non-league win over Jim Thorpe.The sole win for the Olympians came at number one singles, where Gabbie Binder made quick work of Gaby Becker in a 6-2, 6-2 victory.Jim Thorpe drops to 1-6 on the season with the loss.MMI 4, Jim Thorpe 1SINGLESGabbie Binder (JT) def. Gaby Becker 6-2, 6-2; Jessica Smith (F) def. Hope Damian 6-1, 6-2; Libby Pinto (F) def. Brittney Marzen 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 (final set tiebreak).DOUBLESClaire Sheen/Kelsy Donaldson (F) def. Emily Layden/Jessica Lauer 6-2, 6-1; Katie Maguire/Annika Fisk (F) def. Marni Quevedo/Ellana Adames 6-0, 6-1.VOLLEYBALLJim Thorpe-Williams Vy.Despite dropping the first game, Williams Valley battled back for the next three games to defeat Jim Thorpe, 3-1.The Lady Olympians took the tight first game, 25-23, then Williams Valley won 25-19, 25-16, 25-12.Riley Carroll led the Olympians with 20 assists and three kills, while Makenzie Walck contributed nine kills, five aces and three blocks. Erin Shigo finished the day with six kills, six aces and 14 digs, while teammate Jill Peterson's five kills and Mackenzie Rosenberger's four kills rounded out the team effort.Lehighton-Saucon ValleySaucon Valley needed four games to hand Lehighton a 25-14, 25-20, 19-25, 25-13 setback in a non-league match.Vanessa Frans led the Lady Panthers with six blocks and 14 Kills.Tori Eads-Rodriguez led the Lady Indians with 16 assists, five digs and two aces. Katie Higgins had 16 digs, three kills and one ace, while Andrea Schafer chipped in seven kills, one dig and one ace.Tamaqua-Sch. HavenSchuylkill Haven was victorious over Tamaqua in a Schuylkill League contsest, 25-9, 25-13, 25-10.Vanessa Solt of Tamaqua had 16 digs and four kills. Alexis Baddick also contributed eight digs and six kills.