Northwestern cruised to a non-league win while Marian dropped its league opener in boys basketball action on Friday.

BOYS BASKETBALLHamburg-NorthwesternNorthwestern jumped out to an early lead and cruised to a 73-51 non-league win over Hamburg.Brady Mengel and Rob Seyfried each scored a game-high 18 points for the Tigers, who held a 42-20 halftime advantage. Dustin Snyder also contributed to the victory by adding 10 points.For the Hawks, Jacob Barr hit for 14 points.Northwestern, who improved to 2-2, also won the JV game by a 52-38 score.HAMBURGConrad 2-2-2-8, Evangelista 3-0-0-7, Adams 3-2-6-8, Lesher 3-1-2-7, Nabozny 3-1-2-7, Barr 5-0-0-14, Hauck 0-0-0-0, Adam 0-0-0-0, Hartman 0-0-0-0, Graham 0-0-2-0, Missimer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 19-6-14-51.NORTHWESTERNMengel 6-3-6-18, Jones 3-0-0-8, Du. Snyder 5-0-2-10, Seyfried 7-4-4-18, Hess 2-0-2-4, Lobach 0-1-2-1, McCann 1-0-0-2, Fatzinger 2-0-0-4, Fager 0-1-2-1, Yadush 0-0-0-0, Fenstermaker 3-0-0-6, Hippensteel 0-0-0-0, Kemmerer 0-1-2-1, Ruch 0-0-1-0. TOTALS: 29-10-21-73.Hamburg 10 10 14 17 - 51Northwestern 25 17 20 11 - 73Three-pointers: Hamburg - Barr 4, Conrad 2, Evangelista 1; Northwestern - Mengel 3, Jones 2.Shenandoah Vy.-MarianJoel Santana scorched the nets for 30 points as the Blue Devils gained a 56-44 victory over the Colts in a Schuylkill League contest.Shenandoah Valley led by eight points at halftime and widened the spread to 13 points entering the final eight minutes.Jermaine McNeal backed up Santana with 10 points.Marian was led by Ethan Kuczynski with 13.Shenandoah Valley also won the JV game by a 44-40 score. Marian was led by Ian Myers with 10 points.SHENANDOAH VY.Santana 12-1-2-30, McCole 2-0-0-5, Alvarez 0-0-0-0, Chagolla-Rojas 3-0-0-6, McNeal 4-0-0-10, Ryan 0-0-0-0, White 1-3-7-5. TOTALS: 22-4-9-56.MARIANCortese 0-0-0-0, Woitko 3-0-0-7, Puza 0-0-0-0, Karcaver 2-1-4-5, Paisley 1-1-2-3, Kuyczynski 4-5-5-13, Mohammed 2-4-7-8, Inama 2-4-6-8, Collevechio 0-0-0-0, TOTALS: 14-15-24-44.Shen. Vy. 7 13 18 18 - 56Marian 4 8 13 19 - 44Three-pointers: SV - Santana 5, McNeal 2, McCole 1; M - Woitko 1.Pleasant Valley-Central CatholicCentral Catholic rolled to an 82-38 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over visiting Pleasant Valley.Zay Jennings poured in a game-high 24 points for the Vikings, who raced out to a 27-8 first-quarter lead.For the Bears, who dropped to 0-3, Isaiah Howard tallied a team-high nine points.PLEASANT VALLEYDuviello 1-0-2-2, Aulder 1-2-3-4, Smaltz 0-0-0-0, Barker 1-2-4-5, Munford 2-1-2-5, Howard 3-1-1-9, Neubert 0-0-0-0, Schaffer 1-0-0-2, Mitchell 2-0-4-4, Gerolimatos 2-0-0-6, Prator 0-0-0-0, Beck 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 13-7-8-38.CENTRAL CATHOLICJennings 8-5-6-24, DeZonie 3-5-7-12, Ocasio 2-1-2-5, Vaughan 2-0-0-5, Lambert 4-0-1-8, Ellwood 3-0-0-7, Patridge 0-0-0-0, Susko 3-0-0-6, Kern 2-0-0-4, Dana 0-4-4-4, Fenstermaker 2-0-1-4, McChristian 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 30-15-21-82.Pleasant Valley 8 9 8 13 - 38Central catholic 27 13 21 21 - 82Three-pointers: PV - Howard 2, Gerolimatos 2, Barker 1; ACC - Jennings 3, DeZonie 1, Vaughan 1, Ellwood 1, McChristian 1.WRESTLINGNolehi in King of the Mountain TourneyNorthern Lehigh junior Jason Schaffer pinned Josh Kennedy of Greater Latrobe in 51 seconds in a prelim and edged No. 4 seed Max Mason of Jersey Shore 7-5 in the round of 16. The Buylldogs' 220-pounder will take on unseeded Connor Mitchell of Owen J. Roberts in the quarterfinals today.Northwestern, Pleasant Vy. at Blue Mountain's The GauntletNorthwestern and Pleasant Valley both participated in The Gauntlet at Blue Mountain.The Tigers posted wins over the Bears, Hughesville, Allen and Blue Mountain.PV went 2-3 at the tournament, defeating Crestwood and Hughesville while falling to Northwestern, Blue Mountain and Allen.In the head-to-head matchup, the Tigers trimmed the Bears by a 39-33 margin.Matt Peters, Quentin Bernhard, David VanBlargan and Jackson Bernhard all went 4-0 for Northwestern. Van Blargan and J. Bernhard both had three pins while Peters had a pair of falls.For Pleasant Valley, Jason Jacobi, Trevor Dorn and Trent Thomas each finished 5-0 at the tourney. Thomas registered four falls while Jacobi had three pins. Tyler Dorn added a 4-1 showing.