Tigers impressive in win over Catty
The Lady Tigers were the only Times News area team to post a victory Wednesday night.
GIRLS BASKETBALLCatasauqua-NorthwesternNorthwestern posted a dominant 57-18 Colonial League win over Catasauqua.Sage Christopher scored 20 points for the Tigers, who led 37-11 at halftime. Leighanna Lister and Gabrielle Sevrain each finished with seven points.CATASAUQUAJohnson 1-0-1-2, Gillespie 1-0-0-2, Bradley 1-0-0-3, Garner 1-0-0-2, DeLucia 0-0-0-0, Safadi 0-0-0-0, Biviano 1-1-2-3, Brown 0-0-0-0, Emery 1-0-0-2, Harakal 0-0-0-0, Richards 0-0-0-0, Greenberg 0-0-0-0, George 0-0-0-0, Moore 1-2-2-4. TOTALS: 7-3-5-18.NORTHWESTERNStitzel 1-0-0-2, Hambrick 1-0-0-2, Lister 3-1-2-7, Chisdak 0-0-0-0, G. Sevrain 3-1-2-7, S. Sevrain 1-2-2-5, Hess 0-0-0-0, Williamson 2-0-0-4, Christopher 8-4-6-20, Sekerak 3-0-1-6, Sisco 0-0-0-0, Smith 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 24-8-13-57.Catasauqua 5 6 5 2 - 18Northwestern 15 22 8 12 - 57Three pointers: Catasauqua - Bradley 1; Northwestern - S. Sevrain 1.Mahanoy Area-TamaquaMahanoy Area held Tamaqua to just 11 first half points and cruised to a 55-37 non-league victory.Megan Bisco scored 19 points for the Golden Bears, who led 31-11 at the intermission. Megan Babinsky added 14 points, and Abbey McGee contributed 13.Emily Titus led the Raiders (3-1) with 12 points, while Emma Kuczynski tallied 10.Mahanoy also won the JV game, 27-25.MAHANOY AREABabinsky 6-0-0-14, Bisco 7-2-4-19, Miller 0-0-0-0, Lawrence 0-0-0-0, McGee 6-1-1-13, Byrne 3-1-2-7, Dewitt 0-0-0-0, Scalamonti 0-0-0-0, Yakimovich 0-0-0-0, Bernardyn 0-0-0-0, Cavenis 1-0-0-2, Scheeler 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-4-7-55.TAMAQUAHoffman 0-4-6-4, Zuber 3-0-0-9, Hromyak, A. 0-0-0-0, Sherry 0-0-0-0, Jones 1-0-0-2,Titus 5-2-2-12, Ceci 0-0-0-0, Frederickson 0-0-0-0, Kuczynski 4-2-4-10, Agosti 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-8-12-37Mahanoy 17 14 17 7 - 55Tamaqua 6 5 22 4 - 37Three pointers: Mahanoy Area - Bisco 3, Babinsky 2; Tamaqua - Zuber 3.BOYS BASKETBALLNorthern Lehigh-SalisburySalisbury rode a 25-point first quarter to down Northern Lehigh 68-48 in Colonial League play.Jaxon Costello led four Falcons in double figures with a game-high 22 points. Jack Reichenbach and Ryan Slutsky each scored 15 points, while Blake Jones added 13.Brandon Hess and Joe Egan each scored 14 points for the Bulldogs.NORTHERN LEHIGHKemery 0-0-0-0, Egan 7-0-2-14, Seier 1-2-2-4, Seiler 1-0-0-2, Shaff 3-2-2-9, Long 0-0-0-0, Hess 5-1-2-14, Keller 2-0-0-5, Colon 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 19-5-8-48.SALISBURYGalantini 0-1-1-1, Reichenbach 5-5-6-15, Stewart 0-0-0-0, Slutsky 7-1-2-15, Costello 10-2-2-22, Frankenfield 1-0-0-2, Jones 4-2-2-13, S. Snyder 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 27-10-12-68.No. Lehigh 7 17 13 11 - 48Salisbury 25 12 13 18 - 68Three pointers: Northern Lehigh - Hess 3, Shaff 1, Keller 1; Salisbury - Jones 3, Slutsky 1.Northwestern-CatasauquaCatatasauqua used the long ball to erase an early deficit and top Northwestern 71-69 in double overtime Colonial League action.Andrew Brett scored 22 points and hit six of the Rough Riders' 15 three-pointers. Colin Hawk and Cullen Bond both scored 15 points for Catty, which trailed 24-16 after the first quarter.Robert Seyfried had 24 points for the Tigers, while Samuel Yadush finished with 21 points, hitting five three-pointers.NORTHWESTERNKemmerer 0-0-0-0, Cunningham 3-0-2-6, Yadush 6-4-4-21, Bollinger 1-3-4-5, Fatzinger 1-0-0-2, S. Seyfried 1-0-2-2, Thomas 0-0-0-0, Hallman 2-2-2-7, R. Seyfried 11-2-3-24, Ruck 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 26-11-17-69.CATASAUQUAGreen 4-2-4-13, D. Martinez 1-0-0-3, Hawk 5-3-8-15, Bond 6-1-3-15, Brett 8-0-0-22, Ritter 1-0-0-3, A. Martinez 0-0-0-0, Sparacello 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 25-6-15-71.Northwestern 24 16 8 10 7 4 -69Catasauqua 16 15 1611 7 6 -71Three pointers: Northwestern - Yadush 5, Hallman 1; Catasauqua - Brett 6, Green 3, Bond 2, Hawk 2, Martinez 1, Ritter 1.WRESTLINGPleasant Vy.-Delaware Vy.Delaware Valley rolled to a 66-9 non-league win over Pleasant ValleyTrevor Dorn (170) and James Gehr (132) posted victories for the Bears.Delaware Valley 66, Pleasant Valley 9160 - Hayden Thompson (DV) dec. Craig Choynowski, 8-3170 - Trevor Dorn (PV) pinned Colin Walters in 2:49182 - Andrew Kidd (DV) pinned Anthony Mazzella in 2:40195 - Troy Moore (DV) maj. dec. Colby Frey, 11-4220 - Shane Fagan (DV) pinned Spencer Mease in 3:12285 - John McCarthy (DV) pinned Alex Anderson in 0:35106 - Travis Norman (DV) pinned Hannah Hunter in 3:59113 - Joey Porco (DV) pinned Daniel Valdner in 4:53120 - Machias Magill (DV) won by forfeit126 - Mick McKinney (DV) pinned Jonathan Klein in 3:08132 - James Gehr (PV) dec. Jack Dardia, 5-2138 - Damien Lobello (DV) pinned Wayne Blizzard in 0:35145 - Kyle Stoll (DV) won by forfeit152 - Tyler Riker (DV) won by forfeitJR HIGH BASKETBALL8TH GRADEPottsville-TamaquaPottsville defeated Tamaqua, 43-10.Luke Verta led the Raiders with four points.Weatherly-TamaquaWeatherly topped Tamaqua, 48-24.Nate Gregoire had eight points for the Raiders.7TH GRADEWeatherly-TamaquaTamaqua defeated Weatherly, 43-11.Joey Coleman had 11 points and Parker Coleman added 10 points to lead the Raiders.Weatherly's leading scorer was Frank Willis with six points.