The Northwestern and Tamaqua boys basketball teams opened their seasons with victories on Monday night.

BOYS BASKETBALLN’western-PalisadesA big third period by Northwestern produced a 47-42 Colonial League win over Palisades.Leading the Tigers in their season debut was Rob Seyfried with a game-high 22 points, while Samuel Yadush followed with 17.For the Pirates (0-3, 0-2), Tom Eichlin totaled 10 points.NORTHWESTERNKemmerer 0-0-0-0, Cunningham 1-1-10-3, Yadush 2-12-18-17, Freeman 0-0-0-0, Bollinger 0-1-2-1, Fatzinger 0-0-0-0, S. Seyfried 0-1-2-1, Thomas 0-1-2-1, Hallman 0-2-2-2, R. Seyfried 9-4-7-22, Ruch 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-22-43-47.PALISADESDeiley 3-0-0-8, Salva 3-1-2-7, Armitage 0-0-2-0, Marshall 0-0-0-0, Newton 2-0-2-4, Snyder 2-2-2-7, McClintock 1-1-4-3, Lodwig 1-1-4-3, Jones 0-0-0-0, Eichlin 3-4-6-10. TOTALS: 15-9-22-42.Northwestern 10 6 19 12 - 47Palisades 11 6 8 17 - 42Three pointers: Northwestern - Yadush 1; Palisades - Deiley 2, Snyder 1.Tamaqua-NativityTamaqua opened up its season with a non-league win over Nativity, 57-48.Thad Zuber led all scorers with a game-high 21 points, while Brayden Knoblauch followed with 16 for the winners.The Blue Raiders also took the JV game, 75-36.TAMAQUABonetsky 0-0-0-0, Stianche 2-0-0-5, Wassell 1-0-0-2, Zuber 5-10-11-21, Knoblauch 5-4-5-16, Scott 0-0-0-0, Rother 2-0-1-4, Inama 2-0-5-4, Gregoire 2-1-6-5. TOTALS: 19-15-28-57.NATIVITYC. Matlock 2-1-2-6, Walker 1-0-0-2, Muldrow 2-0-0-6, A. Matlock 1-0-0-2, Winter 1-1-2-3, Shatalsky 6-1-2-13, White 0-0-2-0, Szeliga 7-0-0-16. TOTALS: 20-3-8-48.Tamaqua 15 15 7 20 - 57Nativity 12 10 8 18 - 48Three pointers: Tamaqua - Knoblauch 2, Stianche 1, Zuber 1; Nativity - Muldrow 2, Szeliga 2, C. Matlock 1.Palmerton-WilsonDespite holding a 24-21 lead at the half, Palmerton’s offense sputtered in the second as it dropped a 54-35 Colonial League contest to Wilson.The Warriors (2-1, 1-0) received a game-high 17 points from Peter Rivera.For the Bombers (0-2), freshman Justin Hosier led the way with 12 points.PALMERTONYacone 2-0-0-4, Dougherty 3-1-2-7, Baumgardt 2-0-0-4, Nelson 0-0-0-0, Frace 0-0-1-0, Suto 3-0-2-6, Hosier 4-4-6-12, Yaindl 0-0-0-0, Silfies 1-0-2-2, Taschler 0-0-0-0, Geigle 0-0-0-0, King 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-5-13-35.WILSONQuinn 0-0-0-0, Clark 1-1-1-3, Rivera 8-0-0-17, Glovas 2-1-2-5, Swiatek 2-0-0-5, Smeltz 0-0-0-0, Smith 3-0-0-8, Kozemchek 0-0-0-0, Barnes 4-0-2-8, McKinney 0-0-0-0, Williams 4-0-0-8. TOTALS: 24-2-5-54.Palmerton 12 12 6 5 - 35Wilson 11 10 20 13 - 54Three pointers: Palmerton - None; Wilson - Smith 2, Swiatek 1, Rivera 1.GIRLS BASKETBALLPalisades-N’westernNorthwestern used a quick start to take down Palisades in Colonial League action, 55-33.For the Tigers, Gabrielle Sevrain led a balanced attack with 11 points, while Sydney Sevrain added eight.For the Pirates, Alexa Parks and Katie King each had nine points.PALISADESDavenport 0-2-2-2, King 2-5-9-9, Glovino 0-0-4-0, Benner 0-1-2-1, Parks 4-0-0-9, Olmstead 1-3-4-6, B. Johnson 0-0-0-0, Cavallaro 2-1-2-6, Caraballo 0-0-0-0, H. Johnson 0-0-2-0, Carr 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 9-12-25-33.NORTHWESTERNStitzel 2-0-0-4, Hambrick 0-0-0-0, Lister 1-5-6-7, Chisdak 2-0-1-4, G. Sevrain 4-3-4-11, S. Sevrain 3-0-0-8, Hess 0-0-0-0, Williamson 2-3-3-7, Christopher 1-4-6-6, Sekerak 3-0-0-6, Sisco 0-0-0-0, Smith 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 19-15-20-55.Palisades 4 12 11 6 - 33Northwestern 13 18 11 13 - 55Three pointers: Palmerton - Parks 1, Olmstead 1, Cavallaro 1; Northwestern - S. Sevrain 2.Wilson-PalmertonPalmerton dropped a 40-37 Colonial League decision to Wilson.Ally Quinn’s 14 points and Gaby Vega’s 13 led the Warriors.For the Bombers (0-2), Kayla Cincilla led all scorers with 15 points, and teammate Casi Papay added eight.WILSONVega 4-4-10-13, Casciole 2-0-3-4, Dreyer 0-0-0-0, Gillen 0-0-0-0, Errico 1-3-4-5, Camilo 2-0-1-4, Quinn 4-4-9-14, Deres 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-11-27-40.PALMERTONPapay 3-1-3-8, Hirochek 2-0-1-4, Cincilla 4-7-9-15, Leister 2-1-2-7, Frantz 0-1-2-1, Wentz 1-0-2-2, Recker 0-0-0-0, Muniz 0-0-0-0, Ruch 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-10-19-37.Wilson 7 12 10 11 - 40Palmerton 10 4 10 13 - 37Three pointers: Wilson - Quinn 2, Vega 1; Palmerton - Leister 2, Papay 1.7TH GRADEBASKETBALLPottsville-TamaquaPottsville defeated Tamaqua, 36-20.Nate Gregoire led the Raiders with 12 points.