WRESTLING

Saturday, Dec. 15

Northwestern at Randy Zigarski Memorial Tournament

Northwestern placed fifth as a team in the Randy Zigarski Memorial Tournament held at Mt. Carmel.

Mike Ortiz (170 pounds) won his weight class and earned the Most Outstanding Wrestler award. Teammate Mitchell Evans (160) also took first place at the tournament.

The Tigers' Jarrett White (106) and Quinn Bernard (113) earned second-place honors, while Andrew Sorensen (152) finished third.

District 5's Chestnut Ridge won the team title as it crowned six individual champs.

Wednesday, Dec. 12

Notre Dame (GP)-Northwestern

Notre Dame (Green Pond) won the final and deciding bout of the match by forfeit for a 37-32 victory.

The Tigers had 17-0 lead early and a 32-21 lead with four matches to go. The Crusaders took advantage of bonus points and a Dennis Atiyeh pin to pull out the win.

The Tigers' Jarrett White (120), Mitchell Evans (160) and Mike Ortiz (170) all scored pins for wins. Quentin Bernhard added a tech fall at 113.

Notre Dame (GP) 37, Northwestern 32

106 - Anthony DiCataldo (NW) won by forfeit

113 - Quentin Bernhard (NW) tech. fall Dominic Fonte in 5:28

120 - Jarrett White (NW) pinned Jordan Belisaire in 1:04

126 - Preston Wiedner (ND) dec. Jason Hottinger, 7-5

132 - David Reif (ND) pinned Hanny Awadallah in 1:44

138 - Seever Hoyak (ND) won by forfeit

145 - Reese Cornish (ND) pinned Cole Moyer in 4:20

152 - Andrew Sorensen (NW) dec. Michael Reif, 5-3

160 - Mitchell Evans (NW) pinned Scott Maldanado in 2:26

170 - Mike Ortiz (NW) pinned Dean Fedrizzi in :55

182 - Sean Williams (ND) major dec. Alex Russo, 10-0

195 - Double forfeit

220 - Dennis Atiyeh (ND) pinned Jacob Murray in :30

285 - Mike Williams (ND) won by forfeit

BOYS BASKETBALL

Tuesday, Dec. 18

Palmerton-

Northwestern

The Tigers beat Palmerton, 68-35.

Jarred Binder scored a career-high and game-high 23 points as the Tigers recorded their largest margin of victory since beating Kutztown 56-23 in last season's opener.

For more about the game see story on Page 11.

PALMERTON

Hay 1-2-2-4, Shigo 0-0-0-0, Lesher 1-5-6-6, Pereira 0-3-4-3, Leaver 1-1-2-4, Quinn 2-0-5-4, Shivone 0-0-0-0, Koma 0-0-0-0, Buck 3-0-0-6, Frey 1-0-0-3, Luers 0-0-0-0, Achterman 1-0-0-3. TOTALS 10-11-19-35.

NORTHWESTERN

Wagner 2-0-0-4, Williamson 0-1-2-1, Schuler 1-0-0-2, T. Richardson 3-2-2-9, Betz 0-0-0-0, C. Breidinger 1-2-2-5, Perry 1-1-2-3, C. Richardson 5-0-0-10, Binder 9-5-9-23, Mengel 0-0-0-0, Jones 1-0-0-2, Deutsch 0-0-0-0, McCann 1-1-2-3, Schwartz 2-1-3-6. TOTALS: 26-13-22-68.

Palmerton 9 8 7 11 - 35

Northwestern 15 22 15 16 - 68

Three-pointers: P - Lesher 1, Leaver 1, Frey 1, Achterman 1; T. Richardson 1, C. Breidinger 1, Schwartz 1.

Saturday, Dec. 15

Northwestern-Hamburg

The Tigers jumped out to an early lead and then held on for a 51-45 non-league win over Hamburg.

Jarred Binder led the Tigers with 15 points and Ty Richardson added 10. Pat Barter scored a game-high 18 points for Hamburg.

Northwestern also won the JV game

NORTHWESTERN

Wagner 1-5-8-7, Williamson 1-1-2-3, T. Richardson 3-2-2-10, Breidinger 2-2-2-6, Perry 1-0-0-2, C. Richardson 1-6-8-9, Binder 4-6-8-14. TOTALS: 13-22-30-51.

HAMBURG

Barter 7-3-3-18, Barr 2-4-4-9, Schlottman 0-3-4-3, Saggi 1-0-0-2, Preston 2-2-4-6, Kisha 2-0-0-5, Peacock 0-0-0-0, Monroe 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 15-12-15-45.

Northwestern 16 12 9 14 - 51

Hamburg 5 13 12 15 - 45

Three pointers: NW - T. Richardson 2, C, Richardson 1; H - Barter 1, Barr 1, Kisha 1.

Friday, Dec. 14

Northwestern-Northern Lehigh

Northern Lehigh cruised to a 53-27 win over Northwestern.

Josh Eden scored a game-high 14 points for the Bulldogs. The Tigers were led by Jarred Binder with six.

NORTHWESTERN

Wagner 1-0-2-2, Williamson 0-5-6-5, T. Richardson 1-0-0-3, Perry 0-1-2-1, Binder 2-2-5-6, C. Richardson 0-0-1-0, Breidinger 0-0-0-0, Betz 1-0-0-2, Breininger 0-0-0-0, Schwartz 1-0-0-2, Mengel 0-1-2-1, Jones 1-2-2-5, McCann 0-0-0-0, Deutsch 0-0-0-0. Totals 7-11-20-27.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Egan 3-0-0-6, Eden 6-2-2-14, Landsberger 0-7-10-7, Johnson 2-2-5-6, Pierce 3-1-2-7, Dibilio 2-6-6-11, Hofmann 1-0-0-2, Scheetz 0-0-0-0, Hoffer 0-0-0-0, Taylor 0-0-0-0. Totals 17-18-25-53.

Northwestern 5 4 9 9 - 27

No. Lehigh 15 12 19 7 - 53

Three-pointers: NW T. Richardson 1, Jones 1; NL - Dibilio 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Tuesday, Dec. 18

Northwestern-Palmerton

Sarah Segan and Sara Jones combined for 35 of Northwestern's points in a 51-33 win over Palmerton.

Segan scored 17 points while guarding the Bombers top scorer Jade Farquhar. Jones put up a game-high 18 to push her career total to 965.

Trista Cunningham had eight points and eight rebounds for Northwestern (5-0 overall, 3-0 Colonial League) and Kaleen Suter pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds.

NORTHWESTERN

Mertz 0-2-2-2, Landrigan 0-0-0-0, Day 0-0-0-0, Jones 9-0-2-18, Suter 2-0-0-4, Segan 7-2-3-17, Koenig 0-0-0-0, Bennett 0-0-0-0, Thomas 1-0-0-2, Cunningham 3-2-2-8. TOTALS: 22-6-9-51.

PALMERTON

Krupa 0-1-2-1, Ma. Mummey 2-0-0-4, Farquhar 4-0-0-9, Mo. Mummey 3-0-0-7, Tracy 0-0-0-0, Meinhart 4-2-2-10, Solt 1-0-5-2, Reimer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-3-9-33.

Northwestern 8 14 19 10 - 51

Palmertron 6 6 14 7 - 33

Three-pointers: NW - Segan 1. Palmerton - Farquhar 1, Mo. Mummey 1.

Thursday, Dec. 13

No. Lehigh-Northwestern

Northwestern jumped out to a 35-point first-half lead and ran away from Northern Lehigh, 67-20, in Colonial League play.

Sara Jones led the Lady Tigers with 15 points. Teammate Sabrina Mertz was close behind with 14. Erika Thomas added 11.

Northwestern (4-0) connected for eight three-pointers on the night.

The Bulldogs' leading scorer was Shannon Weil with seven points.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Follweiler 1-4-4-6, Mozzoche 0-0-0-0, Weil 2-2-2-7, Stauffer 0-0-0-0, Olewine 1-1-4-3, Tarafas 0-0-0-0, Bevans 2-0-0-4, Harlan 0-0-0-0, Horwath 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 6-7-10-20.

NORTHWESTERN

Mertz 6-0-2-14, Landrigan 0-0-0-0, Day 0-0-0-0, Jones 6-1-1-15, Suter 0-0-2-0, Segan 3-0-0-7, Gawelko 1-0-0-2, Koenig 1-0-0-2, Bennett 2-0-0-6, Shupp 0-0-0-0, Thomas 5-0-0-11, Cunningham 3-0-0-6, Anderson 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 29-1-5-67.

No. Lehigh 2 11 2 5 - 20

Northwestern 18 28 14 7 - 67

Three-Pointers: NL - Weil 1; NW - Mertz 2, Jones 2, Bennett 2, Segan 1, Thomas 1.