On what was the opening night of action inthe Colonial League, the Palmerton girls' basketball team got off to a good start with a victory over Palisades.

Defending league champion Northwestern, on the other hand, came up short against Saucon Valley in its opener.GIRLS BASKETBALLPalisades-PalmertonPalmerton used a fourth quarter surge to pull away from Palisades and claim a 52-40 Colonial League triumph.Leading 38-37 after the third quarter, the Lady Bombers (2-0, 1-0) outscored the Pirates 14-3 in the fourth quarter for the final tally.Abby Reimer and Jade Farquhar paced Palmerton with 16 points apiece.Karlee Krchnavi led Palisades (0-1, 0-1) with 16 points.PALISADESMcClintock 2-2-3-6, Odle 0-0-0-0, King 1-2-2-4, Reed 4-1-5-9, Parks 0-0-0-0, Krchnavi 6-4-9-16, Reiman 1-0-0-2, Sessinger 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 15-10-21-40.PALMERTONReimer 5-6-9-16, Mummey 3-1-4-7, Leister 1-4-6-7, Farquhar 6-4-4-16, Sterling 0-0-0-0, Tracy 1-0-0-2, Beers 1-0-1-2, Nemeth 0-2-4-2. TOTALS: 17-17-28-52.Palisades 8 16 13 3 - 40Palmerton 8 16 14 14 - 52Three-pointers: Palisades - none; Palmerton - Leister 1.Northwestern-Saucon Vy.Saucon Valley put together a complete effort to stun defending Colonial League champion Northwestern, 58-47.Bridgett O'Donnell paced the Lady Panthers (2-1, 1-0) with 16 points, while Abby Omdahl contributed 15.Sarah Segan scored a game-high 19 points for the Lady Tigers (2-1, 0-1), who were outscored by at least three points in all four quarters. Sabrina Mertz chipped in with 10 points.NORTHWESTERNStitzel 0-1-1-1, Mertz 4-1-2-10, Landrigan 2-0-0-5, Divers 0-0-0-0, Segan 5-8-11-19, Koenig 1-1-2-3, Thomas 2-1-2-6, Allison 1-2-2-4, Sevian 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-14-20-47.SAUCON VALLEYOkken 4-0-4-8, Small 3-2-4-11, Omdahl 5-3-5-15, Spirk 1-2-4-4, Williams 1-2-4-4, O'Donnell 5-5-10-16. TOTALS: 19-14-31-58.Northwestern 10 10 9 14 - 47Saucon Vy. 14 14 12 18 - 58Three-pointers: NW - Mertz 1, Landrigan 1, Segan 1, Thomas 1; SV - Small 3, Omdahl 2, O'Donnell 1.No. Lehigh-Moravian AcademyMoravian Academy grabbed a 41-32 Colonial League victory over Northern Lehigh.The Lions (1-0, 1-0) were paced by Neelam Ferrari and Cecily Redfern, who scored 16 and 10 points, respectively.Jess Olewine and Jill Olewine scored nine points apiece for the Lady Bulldogs (1-2, 0-1).NORTHERN LEHIGHHoffman 1-0-1-2, Je. Olewine 2-3-4-9, Handwerk 1-0-0-2, Bevans 3-2-2-8, Gallimore 0-2-2-2, Ji. Olewine 2-4-7-9. TOTALS: 9-11-16-32.MORAVIAN ACADEMYOnesto 1-2-4-4, Shunk 0-0-0-0, Fynn 1-5-6-7, Ender 0-0-0-0, Burcaw 0-0-0-0, Ferrari 6-3-9-16, Redfern 4-2-9-10, Spugnardi 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 14-12-28-41.Northern Lehigh 3 9 2 18 - 32Moravian Acad. 4 7 14 16 - 41Three-pointers: NL - Jess Olewine 2, Jill Olewine 1; MA - Ferrari 1.BOYS BASKETBALLSaucon Valley-NorthwesternSaucon Valley used a big second period to pull away from Northwestern for a 73-40 win in the Colonial League action.The Panthers (2-1, 1-0) outscored the Tigers 24-10 in the second period and placed three in double figures, with Matt Smith leading the way with 19 points.Taylor Breininger led the Tigers (1-2, 0-1) with 12 points.Saucon Valley also won the JV game, 63-36.SAUCON VALLEYSmith 6-7-9-19, Magan 1-0-0-2, Simpson 5-0-0-12, Kane 4-4-7-12, Ja. Snead 1-1-4-3, Jo. Snead 3-0-0-8, Callahan 3-0-1-6, Troyan 1-2-2-4, Pizzaglia 0-0-0-0, Carvis 0-0-0-0, Kuba 2-0-0-4, Gilmore 0-0-0-0, K. Cyphers 1-0-0-3. Totals 27-14-23-73.NORTHWESTERNWilliamson 0-0-0-0, Jones 1-0-0-3, Breininger 4-2-2-12, Storm 3-0-0-6, Richardson 1-2-6-4, Mengel 0-0-0-0, McCann 1-2-4-4, Shuey 1-0-0-2, Archer 1-0-0-2, Du. Snyder 1-0-0-2, Hess 0-1-2-1, Seyfried 1-2-2-4, Haddad 0-0-0-0, Maurer 0-0-0-0. Totals 14-9-16-40.Saucon Valley 13 24 16 20 - 73Northwestern 10 10 13 7 - 40Three-pointers: SV - Jo. Snead 2, Simpson 2, K. Cyphers 1; NW - Breininger 2, Jones 1.Palmerton-PalisadesPalisades jumped out to an early lead to turn back Palmerton, 51-38, in a Colonial League contest.The Pirates (1-1, 1-0) were led by Jason Gehman's 14 points, while Nate Newborg scored 10 in the win.Mark Quinn paced the Blue Bombers (0-2, 0-1) with 10 points.Palisades also won the JV game by a 49-45 score, despite a 20-point performance from the Bombers' Mason Stahler.PALMERTONHay 1-3-6-5, Blose 0-0-0-0, Svetik 0-0-0-0, Weber 1-1-2-3, Papay 0-0-0-0, Suto 1-0-0-2, Quinn 4-2-2-10, Rodrigues 0-1-2-1, Andress 0-0-0-0, Buck 1-0-0-3, Stasko 2-4-6-8, Stahler 2-2-2-6. TOTALS: 12-13-20-38.PALISADESNewborg 2-6-6-10, Gehman 7-0-0-14, Wilkins 4-0-2-8, Krauss 0-0-0-0, Fleck 0-0-0-0, B. Caraway 0-0-0-0, McClintock 0-1-2-1, Odle 4-1-2-9, Mueller 2-5-5-9, Chambers 0-0-0-0, T. Caraway 0-0-0-0, Noonan 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 19-13-17-51.Palmerton 9 12 8 9 - 38Palisades 14 14 14 9 - 51Three-pointers: Palmerton - Buck 1; Palisades - none.