Tigers rally for win at buzzer
Northwestern earned a thrilling win in boys' basketball action Wednesday night.
BOYS BASKETBALLMoravian-N'westernA Rob Seyfried put-back as time expired gave Northwestern a critical 54-52 Colonial League win over Moravian Academy.Seyfried finished with 20 points for the Tigers (5-6, 3-6), who stormed back from a 14-point third quarter deficit. Trevor Cunningham tallied 11 points and Samuel Yadush added 10.MORAVIANMessman 4-2-2-10, J. Rodriguez 5-0-0-12, Holmqvist 5-0-0-11, Wooley 1-2-2-4, Kruklitis 3-2-4-8, Quainoo 0-0-0-0, Chiardia 2-0-0-4, Meissner 1-1-1-3, Durrani 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-7-9-52.NORTHWESTERNCunningham 4-3-6-11, Yadush 4-0-0-10, S. Seyfried 2-2-2-6, Hallman 1-2-2-5, R. Seyfried 6-8-10-20, Bollinger 0-0-3-0, Freeman 1-0-0-2, Kemmerer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-15-23-54.Moravian 17 12 18 5 - 52Northwestern 13 17 13 11 - 54Three pointers: Moravian Academy - J. Rodriguez 2, Holmqvist 1; Northwestern - Yadush 2, Hallman 1.Northampton-LehightonNorthampton held Lehighton scoreless in the first quarter and cruised to a 68-39 non-league victory.Aidan Ellwood scored a game-high 24 points for the Konkrete Kids (5-6).Addison Howland led the Indians (9-2) with 14 points, while Andre McDowell finished with 10.NORTHAMPTONGilliard 0-0-0-0, Heffelfinger 3-1-2-7, Tocci 3-0-0-9, Ellwood 9-0-2-24, Weisenberger 5-2-2-13, Austin 0-1-2-1, Miller 1-0-0-3, Baird 1-0-0-2, Gribb 0-0-0-0, Torres 1-0-0-2, Smith 1-0-0-2, Grube 1-0-0-3, Rodriguez 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 26-4-8-68.LEHIGHTONTroxell 1-0-0-2, Carpenter 2-4-4-8, McDowell 3-2-2-10, Crum 0-0-1-0, Buchinsky 1-1-1-3, Mele 0-0-0-0, Howland 6-1-2-14, Venuto 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 14-8-13-39.Northampton 12 18 21 17 - 68Lehighton 0 13 12 14 - 39Three pointers: Northampton - Ellwood 6, Tocci 3, Weisenberger 1, Miller 1, Grube 1; Lehighton - McDowell 2, Howland 1.GIRLS BASKETBALLN'western-MoravianA big third quarter helped Moravian Academy pull away from Northwestern for a 52-45 Colonial League triumph.Gabrielle Sevrain paced the Tigers with 12 points. Sydney Sevrain added 11 points.NORTHWESTERNStitzel 1-0-0-2, Hambrick 0-0-0-0, Lister 4-0-0-8, Chisdak 2-0-0-4, G. Sevrain 6-0-0-12, S. Sevrain 3-3-5-11, Hess 0-0-0-0, Williamson 1-2-2-4, Christopher 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 19-5-7-45.MORAVIANFerrari 1-0-2-3, Machinsky 1-2-2-4, Joseph 3-2-6-10, Redfern 6-4-4-16, Ettle 3-2-2-8, O'Conner 4-3-4-11. TOTALS: 18-13-20-52.Northwestern 12 8 8 17 - 45Moravian 9 12 16 15 - 52Three pointers: Northwestern - S. Sevrain 2; Moravian - Joseph 2, Ferrari 1.WRESTLINGBlue Mtn.-TamaquaBlue Mountain ran off eight wins in a nine-match span en route to a 54-27 Schuylkill League Division I win over Tamaqua.The Eagles had six pins during their run to erase a 15-6 deficit after the first four matches.Tanner McHugh (138) and Bronson Strouse (220) had pins for the Blue Raiders, while Caleb Sell (106) won by decision.Blue Mountain 54, Tamaqua 27285 - Erech Noecker (BM) won by forfeit106 - Caleb Sell (T) dec. Saul Blankenhorn, 8-2113 - Pierce Demetriades (T) won by forfeit120 - Joey Minehan (T) won by forfeit126 - Josh Mason (BM) pinned Brandon Mader in 0:50132 - Danile Farrell (BM) pinned Daulton Eberts in 0:34138 - Tanner McHugh (T) pinned Patrick Seefeldt in 1:31145 - Chase Sincavage (BM) pinned Khalid Holland in 0:56152 - Ben McQuillen (BM) pinned Brandon Eberts in 0:56160 - Tyler Noecker (BM) pinned Anthony Gogel in 1:50170 - Nate Stine (BM) pinned Anthony Pagan-Martinez in 0:32182 - Nick Nye (BM) won by forfeit195 - Thomas Seaman (BM) won by forfeit220 - Bronson Strouse (T) pinned Kevin Croley in 4:40No. Lehigh-CatasauquaCatasauqua made the most of its six pins to take down Northern Lehigh 48-28 in a Colonial League contest.Tyler Melendez (120), Oscar Cordon (138), Alec Hartranft (145), Ryan Greene (152), Tyler Youssef (195) and Ben Nosal (220) all picked up pins for the Rough Riders.Preston Bauer (106) and Jason Schaffer (285) picked up pins, while Brandon Belfonti won by major decision for the Bulldogs. Dan Belfonti (113) and Seth Fronheiser (126) earned decision victories.Catasauqua 48, No. Lehigh 28145 - Alec Hartranft (C) pinned Tyler Hargreaves in 3:05152 - Ryan Greene (C) pinned Dale Wannamaker in 1:28160 - Brandon Belfonti (NL) maj. dec. Daniel Dailey, 10-2170 - Shane Brader (C) won by forfeit182 - Bradley Panto (C) won by forfeit195 - Tyler Youssef (C) pinned Austin Rudolph in 3:54220 - Ben Nosal (C) pinned Dom Bandle in 1:12285 - Jason Schaffer (NL) pinned LaVonte Bouie in 1:32106 - Preston Bauer (NL) pinned Bradshaw Henning in 1:42113 - Dan Belfonti (NL) dec. Malik Sharif, 5-2120 - Tyler Melendez (C) pinned Brent Nierer in 0:24126 - Seth Fronheiser (NL) dec. Derrick Rodriguez, 5-0132 - Ezra Neff (NL) won by forfeit138 - Oscar Cordon (C) pinned Austin Rudolph in 1:009TH GRADEBASKETBALLMarian-Mahanoy A.Marian defeated Mahanoy Area, 61-37Nick Goff and Chris Latoff led a balanced Colts' attack, scoring 12 and 11 points, respectively.