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NW, Panther Vy. boys, Marian girls earn wins

The Northwestern and Panther Valley boys and Marian girls earned wins over the weekend in scholastic hardwood action.

BOYS BASKETBALLPanther Valley Tip-Off TournamentConsolation GameJim Thorpe-Panther Vy.Trailing 41-27 after three frames, Panther Valley utilized heavy pressure and aggression to erupt for 27 points in the final frame to come back and eventually prevail, 54-53 over Jim Thorpe in the consolation contest of their own Tip Off Tournament.Sam Stanko grabbed a rebound off his own miss and put back a short jumper for the game-winner, and Thorpe's last-second attempt was thwarted with a steal, sealing the come-from-behind win.Leading the winners in scoring was Rene Figueroa with 17 points, while Matt Hudicka added 12 and Nate Miller followed with 10.For Thorpe (0-2), Brendan Carroll notched 17 of his own, while Chris Micciche and Rayan Green both added 13 apiece.JIM THORPECarroll 5-4-6-17, Forman 0-0-0-0, Elmore 2-2-4-6, Micciche 4-5-6-13, Jefferson 0-2-2-2, Green 6-1-2-13, Lauer 0-0-0-0, Twardzik 0-1-2-1, McElmoyle 0-0-0-0, Rosohac 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 17-16-24-53.PANTHER VY.Figueroa 5-5-9-17, Stanko 1-1-3-3, Micholik 1-1-2-4, Miller 4-2-2-10, Hudicka 3-4-6-12, Blasko 1-6-10-8, Emmert 0-0-0-0, Morgans 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-19-32-54.JT 16 10 15 12 - 53PV 5 11 11 27 - 54Three pointers: JT - Carroll 3; PV - Figueroa 2, Hudicka 2, Micholik 1.Lehighton-NorthamptonNorthampton proved to be too tough for Lehighton, as the K-Kids pulled away for a non-league win, 59-38.The winners had four players reach double figures, as Morgan Heffelfinger scored 14, Tanner Hahn nailed four treys for 12, Mohamed Diakite followed with 11 and Tyler Miller added 10.Hunter Greene had eight points for Lehighton.Lehighton prevailed in the JV contest, 38-34.LEHIGHTONTroxell 0-0-0-0, McDowell 2-0-0-6, Zwetolitz 1-0-0-3, Jackson 3-0-2-6, Mele 3-0-0-7, Howland 0-2-2-2, Chambers 3-0-2-6, Greene 3-2-4-8. TOTALS: 15-4-10-38.NORTHAMPTONAustin 0-0-0-0, Delker 1-2-2-5, Diakite 5-0-0-11, Hahn 4-0-0-12, Heffelfinger 5-4-6-14, Frazier 1-1-1-3, Miller 4-2-3-10, Morris 0-0-0-0, Rindock 1-2-2-4. TOTALS: 21-11-14-59.Lehighton 10 15 12 11 - 38Northampton 11 14 19 15 - 59Three pointers: L - McDowell 2, Zwetolitz 1, Mele 1; N - Hahn 4, Delker 1, Diakite 1.No. Lehigh-Hamburg TournamentNo. Lehigh-OctoraraThe Bulldogs opened up with a 50-49 win over Hamburg on Friday night, but lost to Octorara in the championship on Saturday by a 74-43 score.No other information was available.Northwestern-WilsonNorthwestern erupted for 24 fourth-quarter points to take the consolation game in the Wilson Tip-Off Tournament over the host Wilson, 61-54.Parker Jones led the Tigers with 19 points, while Brady Mengel followed with 14, and Dustin Snyder and Robert Seyfried both scored 13 apiece.Mike Whildin scored 19 for Wilson, while Jaykwon Jefferson and Amir Alexander both added 11 apiece.With the win, the locals improve to 1-1 on the season.NORTHWESTERNYadush 0-0-0-0, Mengel 3-7-8-14, Jones 6-6-14-19, Snyder 5-3-4-13, Fatzinger 0-0-0-0, McCann 0-0-0-0, Seyfried 4-5-5-13, Lobach 0-0-0-0, Hess 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 19-21-31-61.WILSONJefferson 3-0-2-11, M. Smith 2-0-0-4, Alexander 5-1-2-11, Raso 2-2-2-7, Clark 0-0-0-0, Smeltz 1-0-0-2, E. Smith 0-0-0-0, Whildin 9-1-2-19, Williams 0-0-0-0, Gibson 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 24-4-10-54.N'western 9 14 14 24 - 61Wilson 14 11 15 14 - 54Three pointers: NW - Jones 1, Mengel 1; W - Jefferson 1, Raso 1.Pleasant Vy.-NazarethA huge second frame helped Nazareth take a 12-point lead at halftime, before the Blue Eagles cruised to the non-league win over the Bears, 51-33.Kevin Wagner led all scorers in the game with 20 points, while Jahan Dotson added 17.For the locals, Ian Prator scored eight points in the losing effort.Nazareth also won the JV contest, 54-47 to take the evening sweep.PLEASANT VALLEYSmaltz 1-0-0-2, Aulder 0-0-0-0, Barker 1-5-7-7, Brown 1-0-0-2, Neubert 1-0-0-2, Munford 2-3-4-7, Schaffner 1-0-1-2, Gerolimatos 1-0-0-3, Prator 3-2-2-8. TOTALS: 11-10-14-33.NAZARETHWagner 6-4-4-20, Nickischer 0-0-0-0, Bender 1-0-0-2, Dotson 5-5-9-17, Liaci 0-0-0-0, Youngkin 1-1-2-3, Wegfahrt 0-1-4-1, Briggs 0-0-0-0, Facciponti 0-0-0-0, Eddings 0-0-0-0, Horvath 1-0-0-2, Keglovits 3-0-0-6, Mahady 0-0-0-0, Schneebeli 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-11-19-51.PV 10 8 5 10 - 33Nazareth 10 20 17 4 - 51Three pointers: PV - Gerolimatos 1; N - Wagner 4, Dotson 2.GIRLS BASKETBALLNo. Lehigh-Manheim CentralManheim Central prevailed over Northern Lehigh in the consolation game of the Fleetwood Tip-Off Tournament, 54-21.Leading the winners in scoring was Emma Beamesderfer with 18 points, while Sara Ober added nine.For the Bulldogs, Jill Olewine had 14.NO. LEHIGHGuelcher 0-0-0-0, Wilk 0-0-0-0, K. Hoffman 0-2-6-2, Knerr 0-0-0-0, Kemery 0-0-0-0, D. Hoffman 2-1-2-5, Ziegler 0-0-2-0, Thomas 0-0-0-0, Olewine 3-7-12-14. TOTALS: 5-10-22-21.MANHEIM CENTRALL. Doerschuk 1-0-0-2, Ober 4-1-4-9, E. Doerschuk 2-0-0-4, Weaver 0-0-0-0, Hahn 2-0-0-6, Beamesderfer 5-5-6-18, Conde 3-2-4-8, Pabon 2-1-2-5, Green 1-0-0-2, Strazza 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-9-16-54.No. Lehigh 4 2 6 9 - 21Manheim 11 14 18 11 - 54Three pointers: NL - Olewine 1; MC - Beamesderfer 3, Hahn 2.Tamaqua-No. Dame ESTamaqua battled evenly with Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg, before dropping the close decision, 53-48.Krista Kissell led all scorers on the night with 26 points, while Malaika Gerling added 13 in the win.For the Lady Raiders (0-2), Kirsten Jones scored 15 points and amassed 14 rebounds, while Mackenzie McVicker chipped in with 11 points and 15 caroms. Angela Ceci also proved to be a force on the glass, bringing down 11 boards as well.TAMAQUAHoffman 2-1-4-5, Hromyak 0-0-0-0, Sherry 3-1-2-9, Jones 5-3-6-15, Ceci 2-1-2-5, Stauffenberg 1-1-1-3, Amershek 0-0-0-0, McVicker 4-3-6-11, Agosti 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-10-21-48.NOTRE DAME ESGerling 6-1-2-13, Miller 1-0-0-2, Tichy 0-0-0-0, Pipolo 2-1-3-5, Romascavage 3-0-0-7, Kissell 9-6-8-26. TOTALS: 21-8-13-53.Tamaqua 13 9 12 14 - 48NDES 15 13 12 13 - 53Three pointers: T - Jones 2, Sherry 2; NDES - Kissell 2, Romascavage 1.Marian-Lourdes RegionalMarian started and finished strong to defeat Lourdes Regional 35-21 to improve to 2-0 on the young season.Vanessa Whitecavage led the Fillies with 16 points in the winning effort, while teammate Savanna Krushinsky added eight.Meanwhile, Carnella Bickel totaled 14 points in the loss for the Golden Girls.MARIANWhitecavage 5-2-2-16, Correale 2-0-0-4, Agosti 0-0-1-0, Krushinsky 2-4-6-8, Raabe 0-0-0-0, Karnish 0-4-6-4, Stoyer 1-1-1-3. TOTALS: 10-11-16-35.LOURDESKomara 2-0-0-5, Krebs 0-0-0-0, Coleman 0-0-0-0, Milenski 0-0-0-0, C. Bickel 3-7-8-14, L. Bickel 0-0-0-0, Albert 0-0-0-0, Munson 0-0-0-0, Geponis 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 6-7-8-21.Marian 5 12 6 12 - 35Lourdes 0 12 4 5 - 21Three pointers: M - Whitecavage 4; L - C. Bickel 1, Komara 1.Northwestern-WhitehallWhitehall spoiled opening night for Northwestern by handing the local Tigers a 45-31 non-conference setback on Friday.Leighanna Lister was the lone Tiger to hit double figures with 10 points.WRESTLINGLehighton-Bullet InvitationalLehighton participated in the Bullet Invitational at Brandywine Heights and among the 12 teams that took part in the event, the Indians returned home with a fourth-place finish.Powered by several strong individual performances, the Tribe represented well, as Connor Frey proved tough enough to earn a title at the 195-pound weight class.Nate Kemmerer (102), Zach Kemmerer (126), and Cody Scherer (160) all took second place in their brackets, while Tegan Durishin (152) and Dylan Schock (170) managed third place finishes.Palmerton-Rough Rider InvitationalThe Blue Bombers had three champions over the weekend at the Rough Rider Invitational in Catasauqua.Lucas Christman (132 pounds), Jared Mooney (182 pounds) and Jericho Burger (285 pounds) all won gold medals.The Bombers also got a third-place finish from Riad Kapur at 170 pounds.Pleasant Vy.-Saucon Vy. InvitationalTrent Thomas came up with a 10-2 major decision over Nolan Buck of Exeter at 195 pounds to win the lone gold medal for Pleasant Valley on Saturday at the Saucon Valley Invitational.The Bears had two silver medalists in Garrett Gouger at 160 and Trevor Dorn at 182 pounds.Gouger lost an 8-5 decision to Tyler Bagoly of Exeter and Dorn was pinned in 3:09 by Dennis Karas of Exeter in their finals matches.The Bears finished sixth on the day with 114.5 points. Exeter won the championship with 254 points.

Pleasant Valley's Jason Jacobi keeps control of a Wyoming Area wrestler during quarterfinals of the Saucon Valley Invitational on Saturday. NANCY SCHOLZ/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS