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Indian boys, Lady Bombers win again

SCHOLASTIC ROUNDUP

Lehighton boys' basketball and Palmerton girls' both continued their impressive seasons with strong showings over non-league opponents to highlight local scholastic action.BOYS BASKETBALLLehighton-NorthwesternTied at 24-all in the second frame, Lehighton went on a 13-2 run to end the first half, and eventually defeat Northwestern, 67-61.The Tribe placed four players in double figures, as Tyler Crum's five treys and 17 points led the way. Tommy Ruzicka and Jordan Knappenberger followed with 12 apiece, while Tyler Williams added 11.Parker Jones's 17 points paced the Tigers (4-6), while Taylor Breininger added 13 and Josh Williamson added 11.Lehighton improves to 9-1 overall with the win.The Indians also prevailed in the JV game, 71-32.LEHIGHTONRuzicka 2-7-13-12, Crum 6-0-1-17, Zwetolitz 3-1-2-8, Chambers 2-3-9-7, Knappenberger 2-7-8-12, Williams 4-2-2-11, Buchinsky 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 19-20-35-67.NORTHWESTERNWilliamson 4-0-0-11, Mengel 3-0-0-9, Jones 4-5-7-17, Breininger 3-7-8-13, Richardson 3-0-4-6, Dangello 1-0-2-3, Haddad 0-0-0-0, Archer 1-0-0-2, McCann 0-0-0-0, Dy. Snyder 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 19-12-21-61.Lehighton 17 20 20 10 - 67Northwestern 16 10 15 20 - 61Three pointers: L - Crum 5, Ruzicka 1, Williams 1, Zwetolitz 1, Knappenberger 1; NW - Jones 4, Williamson 3, Mengel 3, Dangello 1.Pleasant Valley-William AllenIn triple-overtime, William Allen held on long enough to defeat Pleasant Valley, 70-66.The Canaries (8-2 overall, 5-1), who actually trailed 32-14 at the intermission, got 18 points apiece from Talek Williams and Koi Kostic, while teammate Bryson Walton added 15.For the Bears, Eric Marbury led the way with 14 points, while Bryan Sharpe added 13. Ron Moore's 11 also played a factor.PLEASANT VY.Mikulski 3-0-0-6, Nevarez 3-2-2-8, Marbury 5-2-4-14, Moore 5-1-2-11, Wisser 3-1-2-9, Barker 0-1-2-1, Sharpe 5-1-3-13, Shaffer 2-0-2-4. TOTALS: 26-8-17-66.WILLIAM ALLENWalton 5-4-4-15, Kostic 6-2-4-18, Polanco 0-0-0-0, Myers 2-3-4-7, Morales 0-0-0-0, Hinton-Gray 3-3-7-9, Feliciano 0-1-2-1, Williams 5-8-12-18, Martin 0-2-6-2. TOTALS: 21-23-39-70.Pleasant Vy. 17 15 7 11 10 3 3 - 66William Allen 11 3 21 15 10 3 7 - 70Three pointers: PV - Marbury 2, Wisser 2, Sharpe 2; WA - Kostic 4, Walton 1.GIRLS BASKETBALLPanther Vy.-PalmertonPalmerton jumped out to a 16-0 lead and never looked back, defeating non-league opponent Panther Valley, 44-25.The Bombers (10-1), got 12 points apiece from Madison Mummey and Jade Farquhar to lead the winners, offensively.Meanwhile, the Lady Panthers (3-7), got 11 points from Christina Dacey.Palmerton pulled off the sweep with a 42-14 win in the JV game.PANTHER VY.Kerestes 0-0-0-0, Marouchoc 1-0-0-2, Weaver 0-0-0-0, Vance 0-0-0-0, Picht 0-0-0-0, Corby 0-0-0-0, Smith 1-0-0-2, M. Markovich 3-0-0-8, Dacey 5-1-2-11, C. Markovich 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 11-1-2-25.PALMERTONMissal 0-0-0-0, Smale 0-0-0-0, Reimer 4-0-0-8, Mummey 6-0-0-12, Leister 2-0-0-4, Farquhar 6-0-0-12, Wentz 1-0-0-2, Sterling 1-0-0-2, Beers 1-0-0-2, Nemeth 0-0-0-0, Goodhile 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 22-0-0-44.Panther Vy. 0 3 6 16 - 25Palmerton 16 10 12 6 - 44Three pointers: PV - M. Markovich 2; P - none.WRESTLINGNo. Lehigh,Northwestern-Zephyr DualsNorthern Lehigh picked up a pair of wins, while Northwestern Lehigh managed one win at the Zephyr Duals in Whitehall.The Bulldogs defeated Quakertown 36-27 and Pocono Mountain East 42-17. Emmaus handed Northern Lehigh its lonbe loss by a 47-24 score.Against Emmaus, the Bulldogs got falls from Cameron Kates (285), Colton Rex (113) and Stephen Scheib (220) and decisions from Ryan Farber (145) and Conrad Young (152).Seth Fronheiser (106), Rex and Matt Schmall (138) won by falls against Quakertown, while Conrad Young scored a technical fall and Chad Cederberg (182) a major decision. Kates, Ryan Farber and Nate Farber added decisions.Against PM East, the Bulldogs added four more falls from Fronheiser, Rex, Young and Schaffer. Schmall, Ryan Farber, Nate Farber, Austin Arnold (170), Scheib and Kates all won by decision.Northwestern edged Souderton 34-33, but lost to Quakertown 44-21 and Emmaus 43-18.Jarret White (126) won by a fall, while Baily Wehr added a 12-1 major decision at 120. Matt Peters (106) and Dalton Webster (132) won by decisions. Jason Hottinger, Alexander Russo and Jacob Murray won by forfeit.Peters Wehr and White won by falls against Quakertown and Webster wonby decision.Against Emmaus, Peters won by a fall, while Quin Moyer (220), Murray, Wehr and Caleb Clymer (138) picked up wins by decision.Liberty-Pleasant Vy.Liberty took advantage of five Pleasant Valley forfeits and some strong individual efforts to prevail, 48-21.The Bears got pins from Antonio Santana, Brody Keefe and Jason Jacobi, while teammate Garrett Gouger maneuvered a decision, as well.Liberty 48, Pleasant Vy. 21106 - Luke Werner (L) pin James Gehr in :11.113 - Ben Rosario (L) dec. Daniel Valdner, 8-3.120 - KJ Fenstermacher (L) won by forfeit.126 - Jason Jacobi (PV) pin Drew Appleman in 3:21.132 - Sam Mass (L) won by forfeit.138 - John Ritter (L) won by forfeit.145 - Gunner Anglovich (L) dec. Tyler Dorn, 8-1.152 - Peyton Bates (L) dec. Trevor Dorn, 5-4 (TB-1).160 - Garrett Gouger (PV) dec. Anthony Emig, 8-6.170 - Brody Keefe (PV) pin Joshua Erney in 1:15.182 - Antonio Santana (PV) pin Chris Gallagher in 3:39.195 - Kevin Deak (L) won by forfeit.220 - Andrew Gunning (L) won by forfeit.285 - Kyle Gildner (L) dec. Ahmad Curtis, 4-3.Tamaqua-Hamburg DualsTamaqua took part in the Hamburg Duals and returned home without a team win, but plenty of individual performances of note.Tanner McHugh and Dylan Rynkiewicz both impressed with 5-0 showings in the event, while teammate Mader finished 4-1.The Blue Raiders faced off against host Hamburg, Bangor, West Perry, Muhlenburg and Catasauqua in the Duals.SWIMMINGTamaqua-SchuylkillSprint MeetTamaqua's Rebecca Kanaskie picked up wins in the 50 breaststroke and 100 IM on Saturday in the Schuylkill Sprint Meet at Pottsville.Kanaskie won the breaststroke in 33.88 and the 100 IM in 1:06.53.Danielle DeCindio won the 50 butterfly for the Raiders in 29.82.Marian's Katie Kurzinsky also finished first with a time of 29.72 in the 50 backstroke.

Mike Feifel/TIMES NEWS Palmerton's Erika Beers (32) dribbles near the basket as Panther Valley's Brianna Picht defends.