week in review NW girls still unbeaten with three games left
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Tuesday, Jan. 29
Northwestern-
Northern Lehigh
The Lady Tigers beat Northern Lehigh, 56-30.
Sara Jones and Sabrina Mertz scored 14 points apiece in the win, which keeps the Lady Tigers unbeaten at 19-0 overall and 13-0 in the Colonial League.
Kelsey Follweiler scored 10 points for the Lady Bulldogs.
Northwestern won the JV game, 29-17.
NORTHWESTERN
Mertz 6-0-0-14, Landrigan 1-0-0-2, Day 1-0-0-2, Jones 6-1-1-14, Suter 1-0-0-2, Gawelko 1-0-0-2, Koenig 0-0-0-0, Bennett 3-0-0-6, Shupp 0-0-0-0, Thomas 3-0-1-7, Cunningham 3-1-3-7, Kemmerer 0-0-0-0, Anderson 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 25-2-5-56.
NO. LEHIGH
Follweiler 4-1-2-10, Mazzocha 0-0-0-0, Schlegel 0-0-0-0, Weil 0-5-10-5, Stauffer 2-0-0-4, Olewine 4-1-2-9, Tarafas 0-2-6-2, Gallimore 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 10-9-20-30.
N'western 14 17 19 6 - 56
No. Lehigh 6 4 10 10 - 30
Three pointers: NW - Mertz 2, Thomas 1, Jones 1; NL - Follweiler 1.
Thursday, Jan. 24
Pen Argyl-Northwestern
Northwestern beat Pen Argyl, 49-38.
Sara Jones paced the Tigers with a team-high 17 points, while Erika Thomas chipped in with 10 points.
The Green Knights' Samm Firestone led all scorers with 20 points.
PEN ARGYL
Baker 0-0-0-0, Presby 0-0-0-0, Strouse 0-0-0-0, Zanette 1-0-0-3, Firestone 5-8-8-20, Cinelli 4-3-3-11, Frey 1-0-0-3, Bender 0-0-0-0, Vough 0-0-0-0, Smull 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 11-12-13-38.
NORTHWESTERN
Mertz 3-1-2-7, Landrigan 0-0-0-0, Day 0-0-0-0, Jones 4-9-13-17, Suter 1-3-4-6, Koenig 0-0-0-0, Bennett 1-0-0-2, Thomas 3-2-4-10, Cunningham 3-1-4-7, Anderson 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-16-27-49.
Pen Argyl 11 10 9 8 - 38
Northwestern 15 15 10 9 - 49
Three-pointers: Pen Argyl - Firestone 2, Zanette 1, Frey 1; Northwestern - Thomas 2, Suter 1.
WRESTLING
Wednesday, Jan. 23
N'western-No' Lehigh
The Tigers won just three contested bouts in falling to Northern Lehigh, 45-21.
Northwestern's Michael Ortiz (170) pinned Jayden Peters in 53 seconds. Tiger Teammate Jarrett White (106) showed Colton Rex the lights in 1:45.
Mitchell Evans (160) earned a win by decision, while David VanBlargan picked up a forfeit victory.
No. Lehigh 42, Northwestern 21
106 - Jarrett White (NW) pinned Colton Rex in 1:45
113 - David VanBlargan (NW) won by forfeit
120 - Matt Schmall (NL) maj. dec. over Quintin Bernhard, 11-0
126 - Zach Leiby (NL) maj. dec. over Jason Hottinger, 12-4
132 - Ryan Rubio (NL) dec. over Hanny Awadallah, 7-3
*138 - CJ Young (NL) dec. over Joseph Collucci, 6-0
145 - Nate Farber (NL) dec. over Cole Moyer, 8-3
152 - Ty Herzog (NL) maj. dec. over Andrew Sorensen, 12-2
160 - Mitchell Evans (NW) dec. over Austin Arnold, 6-0
170 - Michael Ortiz (NW) pinned Jayden Peters in :53
182 - Cody Bowman (NL) won by forfeit
195 - Theo Young (NL) dec. over Alex Russo, 7-2
220 - Stephen Scheib (NL) pinned Jacob Murray in 5:09
285 - Tom Nesfeder (NL) won by forfeit
* - Match started at 138.
Saturday, Jan. 26
Pen Argyl-Northwestern
The Green Knights routed Northwestern, 60-15.
The Tigers got wins from Michael Ortiz and Alex Russo, who earned pins, while teammate Quentin Bernhard won an overtime decision, 12-10.
Pen Argyl 60, Northwestern 15
106 - Philip Myers (PA) pinned Jarrett White in 1:19
113 - Quintin Bernhard (NW) dec Pat Guerro, 12-10 in OT
120 - Matt Williams (PA) won by forfeit
126 - Andrew Sutton (PA) pinned Jason Hottinger in 2:16
132 - Steve Burriesci (PA) pinned Hanny Awadallah in 1:53
138 - Jacob Holden (PA) pinned Joe Colucci in 2:59
145 - Ryan Lobb (PA) dec Cole Moyer, 16-4
152 - Philip Ruggiero (PA) dec Andrew Sorenson, 3-1
160 - Mikey Racciato (PA) tech. fall Mitch Evans in 3:08
170 - Michael Ortiz (NW) pinned Jeff Holden in 2:54
182 - Alex Russo (NW) pinned Marc Buckley in :47
195 - Nathan Black (PA) won by forfeit
220 - Alex Bartleson (PA) pinned Jacob Murray in 3:02
285 - Brady Mutton (PA) won by forfeit
BOYS BASKETBALL
Tuesday, Jan. 30
No. Lehigh-N'western
The Bulldogs jumped out to an early lead and beat the Tigers, 57-32.
Northern Lehigh out-rebounded Northwestern 22-6 in the first half to build a 19-point lead.
Josh Eden scored a game-high 21 points for the Bulldogs.
Northwestern falls to 6-13 overall and 3-10 in the Colonial League.
For more about the game see boys basketball story on Page 9.
NORTHERN LEHIGH
Hoffer 0-0-0-0, Egan 4-3-5-11, Dibilio 1-2-4-4, Taylor 0-0-0-0, Eden 10-0-0-21, Hofmann 1-0-0-2, Landsberger 3-0-0-6, Johnson 4-1-2-9, Pierce 1-2-2-4. TOTALS: 24-8-13-57.
NORTHWESTERN
Wagner 1-3-6-6, Williamson 1-0-0-3, Schuler 0-0-0-0, T. Richardson 4-0-2-9, Betz 0-0-0-0, Breidinger 2-0-0-5, Perry 1-0-0-2, C. Richardson 0-2-2-2, Binder 1-3-4-5, Megnel 0-0-0-0, Jones 0-0-0-0, Schwartz 0-0-0-0, T. Breidinger 0-0-0-0, Shuey 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 10-8-14-32.
Northern Lehigh 14 15 16 12 - 57
Northwestern 8 2 12 10 - 32
Three-pointers: NL - Eden 1; NW - Wagner 1, Williamson 1, T. Richardson 1, C. Breidinger 1.
Thursday, Jan. 24
N'western-Pen Argyl
Down by nine heading into the fourth quarter, Northwestern rallied to gain a 42-39 Colonial League win.
Josh Williamson scored 11 of his game-high 18 points in the fourth quarter. Fellow Tiger Jarred Binder added six of his 10 in the final frame to help spark the comeback.
NORTHWESTERN
Wagner 0-4-7-4, Williamson 5-5-6-18, Schuler 0-0-0-0, T. Richardson 0-0-0-0, Breidinger 0-1-2-1, Perry 0-0-0-0, C. Richardson 4-1-2-9, Binder 4-2-5-10. TOTALS: 13-13-22-42.
PEN ARGYL
Bender 2-3-4-9, Hoffman 3-3-4-9, Muller 2-4-7-8, Oyer 3-1-2-9, Wenkzell 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 11-11-17-39.
Northwestern 8 6 6 22 - 42
Pen Argyl 7 13 9 10 - 39
Three-pointers: Northwestern - Williams 3; Pen Argyl - Bender 2, Oyer 2.