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Palmerton cruises past Northern Lehigh

Palmerton routed Northern Lehigh in girls basketball action on Wednesday.

GIRLS BASKETBALLNo. Lehigh-PalmertonPalmerton ended its regular season with a 60-24 Colonial League win over Northern Lehigh.The Bombers' Jade Farquhar led all scorers with 17 points. Madison Mummey chipped in with double figures with 11.Jill Olewine finished with a Bulldogs' high eight points.Palmerton jumps its record to 19-3 overall (14-3 in the CL), while Northern Lehigh ends at 2-20 (1-16).NORTHERN LEHIGHCsandi 0-0-0-0, Knerr 0-0-0-0, Kemery 1-0-0-2, Je. Olewine 0-1-4-1, Handwerk 0-0-0-0, Bevans 3-1-2-7, Gallimore 0-0-0-0, Thomas 3-0-0-6, Ji. Olewine 3-1-2-8. TOTALS: 10-3-8-24.PALMERTONMissal 1-0-0-2, Smale 3-0-0-6, Reimer 4-0-0-9, Mummey 4-0-0-11, Leister 1-3-4-5, Farquhar 5-7-7-17, Wentz 0-0-0-0, Sterling 2-0-0-4, Beers 1-0-0-2, Nemeth 1-0-0-2, Goodhile 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 23-10-11-60.No. Lehigh 5 1 11 7 - 24Palmerton 16 9 16 19 - 60Three-pointers: NL - Ji. Olewine 1; Palmerton - Mummey 3, Reimer 1.BOYS BASKETBALLPM West-Pleasant Vy.Pleasant Valley came up short in an overtime Eastern Pennsylvania Conference thriller against Pocono Mountain West, 83-81.Isaiah Wiggins of West had a game-high 27 points. Teammate Lancelot Singh chipped in 25.Pleasant Valley's Eric Marbury led the way with 17. Nyiem Nevarez had 15. Eric Mikulski and Bryan Sharpe scored 14 points apiece. Ron Moore tallied 12.The loss eliminates the Bears from District 11 competition.POCONO MOUNTAIN WESTVaughns 1-0-0-2, Wiggins 11-3-6-27, Singh 9-5-6-25, Jenkins 0-0-0-0, Simon 2-1-2-5, Alvarado 2-0-1-4, Olivieri 6-6-9-18, Quiteh 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 32-15-24-83.PLEASANT VALLEYMikulski 5-1-2-14, Nevarez 7-0-0-15, Marbury 6-5-6-17, Moore 5-2-2-12, CWisser 2-2-3-8, Barker 0-0-0-0, Fludd 0-0-0-0, Sharpe 5-3-4-14. TOTALS: 30-13-17-81.PM West 15 18 16 22 12 - 83Pleasant Valley 18 20 14 19 10 - 81Three-pointers: PMW - Wiggins 2, Singh 2; PV - Mikulski 3, Nevarez 1, Marbury 1, Wisser 2, Sharpe 1.Northwestern-WilsonWilson defeated Northwestern in a Colonial League contest, 67-60.Phil Pierfy scored 27 points to lead Wilson.Taylor Breininger led Northwestern with 17 points. Cam Richardson had 13.NORTHWESTERNArcher 3-0-0-8, Williamson 0-1-3-1, Mengel 4-0-0-11, Jones 2-0-0-6, Snyder 0-0-0-0, Breininger 6-3-4-17, Richardson 4-4-5-13, Shuey 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 21-8-12-60.WILSONJohnson 0-0-0-0, Herbert 0-2-2-2, Cooper 8-7-10-26, Cintron 2-4-5-8, Beamon 0-0-0-0, Whilden 2-0-1-4, Alexander 0-0-1-0, Pierfy 12-3-6-27. TOTALS: 24-16-25-67.Northwestern 7 23 13 17 - 60Wilson 21 13 19 14 - 67Three-pointers: NW - Archer 2, Mengel 3, Jones 2, Breininger 2, Richardson 1; W - Cooper 3WRESTLINGSch. Haven-Jim ThorpeSchuylkill Haven defeated Jim Thorpe, 42-28.Kevan Gentile, Chalil Smalls, Cameron Condly, Robbie Geisinger, and Caleb Campbell all had individual Olympian wins.Schuylkill Haven had five wins by fall during the victory.Schuylkill Haven 42, Jim Thorpe 28106 - John Newhall (JT) won by forfeit113 - Kevan Gentile (JT) pin Matthew Mykut in :41120 - Cedrick Fessler (S) won by forfeit126 - Austin Engle (S) won by forfeit132 - Preston Gehring (S) pin Dalton Feer in 1:38138 - Chalil Smalls (JT) dec. Blake handling, 7-5145 - Cameron Condly (JT) dec. Wolfgang hafer, 8-4152 - Trevyn Fessler (S) pin Pollux Fisher in 3:36160 - Nate Batz (S) pin Justin Mahmde in :58170 - Robbie Geisinger (JT) maj. dec. Kross houck, 13-3182 - Double forfeit195 - Thaddeus Schantzenbach (S) pin Steven Counterman in 2:45220 - Caleb Campbell (JT) pin Ben Hower in 1:07285 - Max Motko (S) pin Ryan O'Rourke in 4:43Blue Mountain-LehightonBlue Mountain was on the winning side of a Schuylkill League match with Lehighton, 46-21.Zach Kemmerer, Cody Scherer, Tegan Durishin, and Conner Frey all had individual wins for the Indians despite the team loss.Blue Mountain 46, Lehighton 21106 - Nate Kemmerer (L) won by forfeit113 - Hunter Blankenhorn (B) dec. Antonio Lorenzo, 8-0120 - Zach Kemmerer (L) dec. Ben McQuillen, 3-2*126 - Chase Sincavage (B) pin Grant Wetzel in 3:27132 - Cody Scherer (L) dec. Colton Bender, 9-3138 - Cody Semmel (L) won by forfeit145 - Tegan Durishin (L) dec. Christian Gosch, 4-2152 - Lucas Forbes (B) pin Dustin Koons in 5:52160 - Ian Cagle (B) dec. Tyler Cann, 5-2170 - Chris Seaman (B) won by forfeit182 - Conner Frey (L) maj. dec. Devon Krammes, 16-5195 - Mitchell Rice (B) dec. Kyle Strohl, 8-1220 - Erik Noeckes (B) dec. Erik Skrincosky, 5-0285 - Kirk Dougherty (B) pin Alex Smith in 3:57*Match started at 126Palmerton-LibertyLiberty defeated Palmerton in a non-league match, 72-11.Zachary Graver and Jarred Mooney were the individual winners for Palmerton.Liberty 72, Palmerton 11106 - Luke Werner (L) won by forfeit113 - KJ Fenstermacher (L) by forfeit120 - Dominic Rosario (L) won by forfeit126 - Josaiah Vasquez (L) pin Daniel Russo in 5:07132 - Sam Mass (L) won by forfeit138 - John Ritter (L) pin Brandon Traugher in 2:33145 - Gunner Anglovich (L) won by forfeit152 - Anthony Emig (L) pin Mathew Wolfe in 3:39160 - Peyton Bates (L) pin Cowan Unger in :31170 - Zachary Graver (P) tech. fall. Joshua Erney, 16-1182 - Jarred Mooney (P) pin Chris Gallagher in 2:36195 - Kevin Deak (L) pin John Iles in 3:21220 - Andrew Gunning (L) pin Tre Nelson in 3:24285 - Kyle Gilder (L) won by forfeitPanther Valley-PottsvillePottsville held on against Panther Valley in a thrilling Schuylkill League battle, 36-33Despite the loss, Hunter Kennedy, Ali Capobianco, Hunter Davidyock, Grant Lorkowski, and Rian Shubeck of Panther Valley all had wins by fall. Shubeck pinned his opponent in just 1:39.Pottsville 36, Panther Valley 33106 - Ryan Green (P) pin Justin Ogozalek in :35113 - Mike Lazar (PV) won by forfeit120 - Richard Bentz (P) dec. Tanner Kennedy, 5-0126 - Luke Gardner (P) dec. Darren Goida, 10-5132 - Hunter Kennedy (PV) pin Brian Farrell in 2:32138 - Ali Capobianco (PV) dec. Nathan Cromyak, 5-3145 - Hunter Davidyock (PV) dec. Cole Painter, 5-2152 - Tyler Dieter (P) pin Zachary Glassic in 1:43160 - Grant Lorkowski (PV) pin Kyle Brennan in 3:05170 - Brandon Kessock (P) pin Hunter Kerestes in 5:28182 - Mike Sahui (P) won by forfeit195 - Dylan Moyer (PV) dec. Kolby Kleckner, 4-2220 - Rian Shubeck (PV) pin Cyle Hinson in 1:39285 - Mike Saint Juste (P) won by forfeitTri-Valley-TamaquaTri-Valley defeated Tamaqua in Schuylkill League action, 54-9.Kyle Stephen, Sammy Hepler, and Anthony Snyder all had wins by pin for Tri-Valley during the win.Tyler Calkins had the only Raider victory during the match.Tri-Valley 54, Tamaqua 9106 - Dawson Boltz (TV) dec. Brandon Mader, 7-3113 - Double forfeit120 - Kyle Stephen (TV) pin Jasper Stocker in :49126 - Caleb Bordner (TV) maj. dec. Tanner McHugh, 8-0132 - Sammy Hepler (TV) pin Jordan Smith in 1:16138 - Dylan Rynkiewicz won by forfeit145 - Chase Schaeffer (TV) tech. fall Ty Hinkle, 21-6152 - Anthony Snyder (TV) pin Chance Szabo in 1:20160 - Hunter Harner (TV) won by forfeit170 - Shykir Bethea (TV) won by forfeit182 - Tyler Calkins (TAM) dec. Cole Smeltz, 10-8195 - Dan Scheib (TV) won by forfeit220 - Alan Renninger (TV) won by forfeitBOYS BASKETBALL9TH GRADETamaqua-LehightonTamaqua defeated Lehighton, 33-28.Aaron Wargula led the Raiders (8-3-1) with 15 points and Nate Davison added 10.8TH GRADETamaqua-LehightonTamaqua picked up a 42-29 win over Lehighton.Greg Davis had 13 points to lead Tamaqua (9-3-2). Michael Bonetsky followed with 11. For Lehighton, Hiester had 17 points.

RON GOWER/TIMES NEWS Madison Mummey takes a shot over the outstretched arm Jill Olewine.