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Tamaqua boys, girls get hoop wins

Tamaqua picked up victories in boys and girls basketball on Friday.

BOYS BASKETBALLTamaqua-Notre Dame (ES)A quick start helped Tamaqua take a 69-49 non-league victory over Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg.Behind the scoring of Thad Zuber (12 points) and Josh Inama (11), the Blue Raiders placed 11 players into the scoring column in the win.Meanwhile for the Spartans, Luis Bermudez led all scorers with 15 points.With the win, Tamaqua improves to 3-1 overall.TAMAQUABonetsky 1-1-2-4, Stianche 2-0-0-4, Wassell 2-0-0-5, Kurek 1-0-0-2, Zuber 3-4-7-12, Scott 1-0-0-2, Rother 3-2-2-8, Inama 5-0-2-11, G. Gregoire 2-2-4-6, L. Gregoire 2-2-2-6. TOTALS: 25-11-19-69.NOTRE DAME ESBermudez 6-1-2-15, Frazier 1-2-2-4, Saicharoen 2-0-0-4, Jaeder 2-0-0-4, Parris 1-0-0-2, Dembinski 4-3-3-12, Camara 2-0-0-5, Jean 0-0-0-0, McGinley 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 19-6-7-49.Tamaqua 22 19 15 13 - 69Notre Dame ES 11 9 11 18 - 49Three pointers: T - Knoblauch 3, Zuber 2, Bonetsky 1, Wassell 1, Inama 1; NDES - Bermudez 2, Dembinski 1, McGinley 1, Camara 1.Northwestern-BrandywineTrailing by a point at the break, Northwestern erupted in the third frame to take the lead for good and eventually defeat Brandywine Heights, 46-34, in non-league action.For the Tigers, Rob Seyfried tallied a team-high 13 points with Sam Yadush adding 10.For the hosts, Miller led the way with nine.NORTHWESTERNKemmerer 0-2-2-2, Cunningham 2-0-4-4, Hippensteel 0-0-0-0, Yadush 1-7-8-10, Bollinger 3-2-3-9, Fatzinger 0-0-0-0, S. Seyfried 1-0-0-2, Thomas 0-0-0-0, Hallman 2-0-0-6, R. Seyfried 5-3-3-13, Ruch 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-14-20-46.BRANDYWINE HEIGHTSTavaras 1-0-0-2, Tiongson 2-1-2-5, Ludwig 1-0-0-2, Hermany 1-1-2-4, Flicker 2-2-2-7, Harmony 0-0-0-0, Harrison 2-0-0-5, Miller 3-3-4-9. TOTALS: 12-7-10-34.Northwestern 11 2 18 15 - 46Brandywine Heights 5 9 7 13 - 34Three pointers: NW - Hallman 2, Yadush 1, Bollinger 1; BH - Hermany 1, Flicker 1, Harmony 1.GIRLS BASKETBALLNo. Lehigh-Moravian Acad.Moravian Academy outscored Northern Lehigh in each period on its way to a 44-22 Colonial League victory.Cecily Redfern led the Lady Lions in scoring with nine points.For the Lady 'Dawgs, Jill Olewine led the way with eight points.NORTHERN LEHIGHGuelcher 1-0-0-2, Saeger 2-2-2-8, Kemery 0-0-0-0, Hoffman 0-0-0-0, Thomas 0-0-0-0, Mills 2-0-2-4, Snyder 0-0-0-0, Ziegler 0-0-0-0, Olewine 3-0-1-8. TOTALS: 8-2-5-22.MORAVIAN ACADEMYSchellenberg 0-0-0-0, Ferrari 3-0-0-7, Miller 0-0-0-0, Stifel 2-0-0-4, Spagnardi 1-0-2-2, Joseph 1-4-4-6, Redfern 3-3-4-9, Hornek 1-0-0-2, Ettle 3-0-0-6, O'Conner 4-0-0-8. TOTALS: 17-7-8-44.Northern Lehigh 6 4 5 7 - 22Moravian Academy 11 13 12 8 - 44Three pointers: NL - Olewine 2, Saeger 2; MA - Ferrari 1.Palmerton-SalisburySalisbury rolled to a 49-27 Colonial League victory over Palmerton.Caylin Meikrantz had a big game for the Falcons, tossing in a game-high 26 points.For Palmerton (0-2, 1-3)), Linnaea Leister led the way with 14 points.PALMERTONPapay 1 2-2 4, Hirochek 0 0-0 0, Cincilla 2 3-4 7, Leister 3 5-6 14, P. Frantz 0 0-0 0, Wentz 0 0-0 0, Muniz 1 0-0 2, Ruch 0 0-2 0. TOTALS: 7 10-14 27SALISBURYMcGee 3 2-4 9, Holben 0 1-2 1, Burkhardt 0 1-2 1, Gardus2 2-2 8, VonHolden 0 0-0 0, Meikrantz 11 2-4 26, Hoeing 0 0-1 0, Nicolas 1 0-0 2, Scialla 0 0-0 0, B runs 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 18 8-13 49Palmerton 3 5 9 10 - 27Salisbury 17 7 13 12 - 49Three-pointers: Palmerton - Leister 3. Salisbury - McGee 1, Gardus 2, Meikrantz 2.TriValley-TamaquaTamaqua used a strong second half to pull away from pesky TriValley for a 51-38 non-league victory.Kirstin Jones had a double-double to lead the Lady Raiders with 16 points and 18 rebounds on the night. Teammate Emma Kuczynski added 11 points.For the Lady Bulldogs, Kelly Romberger had nine points.Tamaqua won the JV game 41-18 behind nine points from Rebekah Hromyak.TRI VALLEYStewart 3-0-0-6, Romberger 3-3-4-9, A. Maxwell 1-0-0-2, Balsavage 1-0-0-2, M. Maxwell 1-2-2-5, Witmer 2-2-6-6, High 0-2-4-2, Wehry 1-2-2-4, Schnoke 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 13-11-18-38.TAMAQUAHromyak 0-0-0-0, Hoffman 2-1-2-5, Zuber 3-2-3-9, Jones 6-4-10-16, Titus 2-4-6-8, Ceci 0-0-0-0, Frederickson 0-2-2-2, Kuczynski 4-3-12-11. TOTALS: 17-16-35-51.Tri Valley 10 11 4 13 - 38Tamaqua 10 14 8 19 - 51Three pointers: TV - M. Maxwell 1; T - Zuber 1.SWIMMINGMoravian Acad.-TamaquaMoravian Academy swept Tamaqua in a non-league swimming meet. The Lions took the boys meet 117-41, and the girls meet 114-50.Individually for the Blue Raiders, Jeff Letterhouse proved his worth, taking firsts in both the boys 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke. Meanwhile, Tamaqua's Lexi Kerstetter took gold in the girls 200 freestyle and the 100 backstroke.BOYSMoravian Academy 117, Tamaqua 41200 Medley Relay - 1. Moravian Academy (Casey, Young, Bissel, Foran) 2:00.82, 2. MA, 3. Tamaqua.200 Free - 1. Giovanny Sanchez (MA) 2:18.29, 2. Ethan Turrano (T), 3. Casey Shane (MA).200 IM - 1. Noah Young (MA) 2:29.08, 2. Michael Phenneger (MA), 3. Jackson Young (MA).50 Free - 1. James Foran (MA) 25.29, 2. Theo Bissell (MA), 3. Bill Shilko (T).100 Fly - 1. Jeff Letterhouse (T) 1:07.36, 2. Bissell (MA), 3. Raymond Zelada (MA).100 Free - 1. Foran 57.35, 2. Bill Frederick (T), 3. Aaron Salen (MA).500 Free - 1. Bill Lam (MA) 6:31.68, 2. Young (MA), 3. Naveen Ailawadi (MA).200 Free Relay - 1. Moravian Academy (Young, Lam, Austin Debski, Sanchez) 1:48.34, 2. Tamaqua, 3. MA.100 Back - 1. Letterhouse (T) 1:10.88, 2. Connor Casey (MA), 3. Zelada (MA).100 Breast - 1. Young (MA) 1:16.06, 2. Chris Miller (T), 3. Shane (MA).400 Free Relay - 1. Moravian Academy (Sanchez, Foran, Lam, Bissell) 4:07.37, 2. MA, 3. Tamaqua.GIRLSMoravian Academy 114, Tamaqua 50200 Medley Relay - 1. Moravian Academy (Lopez, Posh, Davis, Cui) 2:04.80, 2. MA, 3. Tamaqua.200 Free - 1. Lexi Kerstetter (T) 2:15.58, 2. Sydney Posh (MA), 3. Lauren Gerber (MA).200 IM - 1. Kaylee Davis (MA) 2:@1.00, 2. Rebecca Kanaskie (T), 3. McKayla Blazure (MA).50 Free - 1. Aileen Cui (MA) 27.05, 2. Abigail Brickler (T), 3. KayLynn Weikel (MA).100 Fly - 1. Valentina Lopez (MA) 1:06.20, 2. Blazure (MA), 3. Brianna Drummond (T).100 Free - 1. Cui (MA) 59.40, 2. Brickler (T), 3. Grace Cowen (MA).500 Free - 1. Davis (MA) 5:49.68, 2. Kanaskie (T), 3. Gerber (MA).200 Free Relay - 1. Moravian Academy (Posh, Cowen, Blazure, Weikel) 1:55.99, 2. MA, 3. Tamaqua.100 Back - 1. Kerstetter (T) 1:05.80, 2. Lopez (MA), 3. Sam Wagner (T).100 Breast - 1. Posh (MA) 1:17.69, 2. Sarah Maue (T), 3. Nikki Pearce (MA).400 Free Relay - 1. Moravian Academy (Cowen, Lopez, Cui, Davis) 4:04.76, 2. Tamaqua, 3. MA.

Palmerton's Paige Frantz (13) dribbles the ball up the court ahead of Salisbury's Caylin Meikrantz. NANCY SCHOLZ/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS