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Seyfried, Hippensteel lead Northwestern to win

The Northwestern boys' basketball team won a thriller over Catasauqua Tuesday night.

BOYS BASKETBALLCatasauqua-NorthwesternRyan Hippensteel hit a three-pointer with 6.8 seconds remaining to break a 72-72 tie and added two free throws as Northwestern topped Catasauqua 77-73 in Colonial League play.Rob Seyfried dropped 27 points for the Tigers (8-14, 6-12), while Hippensteel finished with 13. Trevor Cunningham and Samuel Yadush scored 12 points apiece.Isaiah Graves scored 26 points for the Rough Riders (8-13, 8-10).Northwestern also won the JV game, 58-46.CATASAUQUAGraves 10-4-7-26, Green 6-1-2-17, Hawk 4-2-2-11, Brett 3-2-2-8, Ritter 2-0-1-4, Bond 0-0-0-0, A. Martinez 2-0-0-4, D. Martinez 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 28-9-14-73.NORTHWESTERNCunningham 4-4-4-12, Hippensteel 4-2-2-13, Freeman 3-1-2-8, R. Seyfried 10-7-10-27, Ruch 0-0-0-0, Yadush 5-0-0-12, Bollinger 1-0-0-2, Hallman 1-0-0-3, S. Seyfried 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 28-14-18-77.Catasauqua 9 18 26 20 - 73Northwestern 10 16 25 26 - 77Three-pointers: Catasauqua - Green 4, Graves 2, D. Martinez 1, Hawk 1; Northwestern - Hippensteel 3, Yadush 2, Hallman 1, Freeman 1.Lehighton-MinersvilleLehighton downed Minersville 60-52 in a Schuylkill League contest.Caine Carpenter poured in 22 points to lead the Indians (16-5; 9-4).Andre McDowell added 15 points to the winning cause, while Damian Mele chipped in with nine.For the Miners (8-12; 3-9), Bryce Ellinger had a team-high 19 points.LEHIGHTONTroxell 1-0-0-3, Carpenter 9-1-2-22, McDowell 3-7-8-15, Buchinsky 2-3-3-7, Mele 3-2-4-9, Howland 2-0-0-4, Venuto 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-13-17-60.MINERSVILLESnyder 1-0-0-2, Ellinger 7-5-9-19, Rinaldo 3-1-3-8, Hosler 1-0-0-3, Landers 0-0-0-0, Wollyung 5-0-0-15, Pizzico 0-0-0-0, Moran 1-0-0-2, Kuehn 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 19-6-12-52.Lehighton 18 12 14 16 - 60Minersville 12 11 13 16 - 52Three-pointers: Lehighton - Carpenter 3, McDowell 2, Troxell 1, Mele 1; Minersville - Wollyung 5, Rinaldo 1, Hosler 1, Kuehn 1.Shenandoah Vy.-Panther Vy.Shenandoah Valley erased an early deficit en route to an 85-53 Schuylkill League Division 3 win over Panther Valley.Joel Santana and Jermaine McNeil scored 17 points apiece for the Blue Devils, who trailed 18-14 after the first quarter.Rene Figueroa posted a game-high 18 points for the Panthers (7-14; 3-9). Tristan Blasko tallied 11 points.Panther Valley won the JV game, 42-40.SHENANDOAH VALLEYSantana 7-0-0-17, Raisner 4-1-5-9, J. McNeil 6-2-2-17, Alvarez 3-2-3-8, Shenoster 3-1-1-7, Uholik 2-2-2-6, Creasy 1-2-2-4, Michalik 3-1-2-7, Allegreta 0-0-0-0, Garcia 2-0-0-4, Kosar 1-0-0-3, I. McNeil 0-0-0-0, Chinchoy 1-0-0-3, McCole 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 32-11-17-85.PANTHER VALLEYRodriguez 1-1-2-3, Micholik 3-0-2-8, Turner 0-0-0-0, Figueroa 6-6-7-18, Depew 0-0-0-0, Distler 2-1-2-5, White 1-2-2-4, Blasko 5-1-1-11, Rohlfing 0-0-0-0, Morgans 1-2-4-4, Stilitino 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 19-13-20-53.Shenandoah Valley 14 23 29 19 - 85Panther Valley 18 9 13 13 - 52Three-pointers: Shenandoah Valley - Santata 3, J. McNeil 3, Kosar 1, Chinchoy 1; Panther Valley - Micholik 2.Lourdes Regional-WeatherlyLourdes rolled to an 80-26 Schuylkill League win over Weatherly.Thomas Schultz paved the way for the Red Raiders with 30 points.Johnny Arthur was Weatherly's leading scorer with six.LOURDESReichard 1-1-1-3, Schultz 13-4-5-30, Klembara 4-0-0-10, Czepnis 5-1-2-11, Williams 1-0-0-2, Sandri 3-0-0-7, Maneval 2-0-0-4, Nguyen 3-0-0-7, Kerris 0-0-0-0, Gelchy 2-0-0-4, Rees 0-0-0-0, Reiner 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 35-6-10-80.WEATHERLYMoser 2-0-0-4, Knepper 0-2-2-2, Buck 1-0-0-2, Koslop 2-0-0-4, Gerhart 1-0-0-2, Houser 1-0-0-3, Scheutrumpf 1-0-0-2, Arthur 2-0-0-6, Montalvo 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 10-3-4-26.Lourdes 35 17 18 10 - 80Weatherly 11 5 9 1 - 26Three-pointers: Lourdes - Klembara 2, Sandri 1, Nguyen 1; Weatherly - Arthur 2, Houser 1.GIRLS BASKETBALLMarian-Lake LehmanMarian topped Lake Lehman 55-39 in non-league action.Emily Shaud had 20 points for the Fillies (15-6), while Macy Alansky added 13.MARIANShaud 9-0-0-20, Erbe 1-0-0-3, Digris 0-0-0-0, Correale 3-0-0-8, Schwabe 0-0-0-0, Alansky 5-1-2-13, McClafferty 0-2-2-2, Raabe 0-0-0-0, Karnish 3-0-0-9, Murray 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-3-4-55.LAKE LEHMANKubiski 0-0-0-0, S. Salus 2-2-2-7, J. Salus 0-0-0-0, Salansky 1-0-0-2, Scoblick 2-3-3-7, Cawley 1-0-2-2, Henniger 0-0-0-0, Purdy 2-3-4-8, Kline 0-0-0-0, Borum 6-1-2-13. TOTALS: 14-9-13-39.Marian 15 13 14 13 - 55Lake Lehman 8 9 10 12 - 39Three-pointers: Marian - Karnish 3, Shaud 2, Alansky 2, Correale 2, Erbe 1; LL - S. Salus 1, Purdy 1.Northwestern-CatasauquaNorthwestern cruised to a 54-27 Colonial League win over Catasauqua.Leighanna Lister scored 13 points to lead the Tigers, who held a 27-10 edge at halftime. Paige Stitzel added 11 points.MaKenzie Bradley tallied 14 points for the Rough Riders.NORTHWESTERNStitzel 5-0-0-11, Hambrick 2-0-1-4, Lister 5-3-3-13, Chisdak 2-0-0-4, G. Sevrain 1-1-2-3, S. Sevrain 0-0-0-0, Williamson 2-2-2-6, Christopher 2-2-2-6, Sekerak 2-0-0-5, Smith 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 22-8-10-54.CATASAUQUAGillespie 1-0-0-2, Bradley 4-3-6-14, Garner 0-3-6-3, Biviano 2-1-3-5, Brown 0-1-2-1, Emery 1-0-0-2, Harakal 0-0-0-0, Richards 0-0-0-0, Lacey 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 8-8-17-27.Northwestern 11 16 14 13 - 54Catasauqua 4 6 5 12 - 27Three-pointers: Northwestern - Stitzel 1, Sekerak 1; Catasauqua - Bradley 3.WRESTLINGPalmerton-WhitehallWhitehall earned a 48-21 non-league win over Palmerton.Kyle Kralik (170) and Jared Mooney (182) won by fall for the Blue Bombers, while Riad Kapur (160), John Iles (195) and Dylan Gonyo (152) earned decision wins.Whitehall 48, Palmerton 21160 - Riad Kapur (P) dec. John Kaintz, 5-4.170 - Kyle Kralik (P) pinned Jesiah Davis in 4:46.182 - Jared Mooney (P) pinned Michael Ajami in 3:36.195 - John Iles (P) dec Marwan Rajha, 9-4.220 - Izak Bright (W) dec Daniel Nicolo, 2-1.285 - Marino Collazo (W) won by forfeit.106 - Luke Rex (W) won by forfeit.113 - Caleb Staub (W) tech. fall Shawn Gardner, 18-3.120 - Jovany Belman (W) won by forfeit.126 - Jaden Youwakim (W) pinned Devin Rivera in :39.132 - Noah Rex (W) pinned Matt Lalik in :42.138 - Kai Clark (W) pinned Chase Faulstick in 1:29.145 - Nikitas Davis (W) major dec. Nate Sterner, 19-6.152 - Dylan Gonyo (P) dec. Luis Arzola, 9-3.9TH GRADE BASKETBALLTamaqua-NativityTamaqua downed Nativity, 47-32.Nathaniel Noftz had a game-high 18 points for Tamaqua. Barron Stauffenberg added nine.JR HIGH BASKETBALLTamaqua-NativityTamaqua defeated Nativity 25-20.Nate Gregoire led Tamaqua with 11 points.

Northwestern's Ryan Hippensteel tries to keep the ball away from Andrew Brett of Catasauqua. NANCY SCHOLZ/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS