WRESTLING

Saturday, Feb. 2

N'western-Schuylkill Haven

Northwestern got its first team win of the season, beating Schuylkill Haven 61-15 in a nonleague match.

The Tigers used four pins and four forfeits to improve to 1-12 this year.

Quentin Bernhard (120 pounds) and Andrew Sorensen (160) both registered first-period falls for Northwestern, while Jarrett White and Joe Colucci also pinned their Hurricane opponents.

Mitchell Evans added a major decision at 170.

Northwestern 61, Sch. Haven 15

106 - Jarret White (NW) pinned Dalton Werley in 3:09.

113 - David VanBlargan (NW) won by forfeit.

120 - Quentin Bernhard (NW) pinned Ray Whah in 1:53.

126 - Trevyn Fessler (SH) dec. Jason Hottinger, 9-2.

132 - Shay Mattern (SH) pinned Hanny Awadallah in 1:28.

138 - Joseph Colucci (NW) pinned Wolfgang Hafer in 3:13.

145 - Cole Moyer (NW) pinned Christopher Seiler in 1:29.

152 - Zach Hunsberger (NW) won by forfeit.

160 - Andrew Sorensen (NW) pinned Brandon Edelman in 1:37.

170 - Mitchell Evans (NW) major dec. Jack Hower, 14-4.

182 - Michael Ortiz (NW) dec. Todd Zimmerman, 8-6.

195 - Alexander Russo (NW) won by forfeit.

220 - Jacob Murray (NW) won by forfeit.

285 - Nathaniel Kramer (SH) won by forfeit.

BOYS BAKSETBALL

Tuesday, Feb. 5

Bangor-Northwestern

Bangor beat Northwestern, 51-18.

The Slaters' Alex Colton led the team with a game-high 18 points.

The Tigers were led by Ty Richardson's seven points.

BANGOR

Albinson 0-0-0-0, Freeman 1-0-0-2, Martino 0-2-2-2, Reider 4-2-6-10, Owens 2-0-0-4, Pearson 2-2-2-6, Kosman 0-0-0-0, Ringland 2-0-0-5, Davis 0-0-0-0, Morris 0-2-2-2, Jones 0-0-0-0, Colton 6-5-7-18, Plummer 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 18-13-19-51.

NORTHWESTERN

Wagner 0-0-1-0, Williamson 1-0-0-2, Schuler 0-0-0-0, T. Richardson 3-0-0-7, Betz 1-0-0-2, Breidinger 0-0-0-0, Perry 0-0-0-0, C. Richardson 1-0-0-2, Binder 1-1-4-3, Mengel 0-0-0-0, Jones 0-0-0-0, Snyder 0-0-0-0, Breininger 1-0-0-2, Deutsch 0-0-0-0, McCann 0-0-0-0, Schwartz 0-0-0-0, Mauren 0-0-0-0, Storm 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 8-2-5-18.

Bangor 11 11 14 15 - 51

Northwestern 7 5 4 2 - 18

Three-pointers: B - Ringland 1, Colton 1; NW - T. Richardson 1.

Friday, Feb. 1

Northwestern-Palmerton

Northwestern beat Palmerton, 55-44.

Cam Richardson scored 15 points for Northwestern. David Wagner added nine and Collin Breidinger scored eight.

Mark Quinn led all scorers with 17 points for the winless Bombers.

NORTHWESTERN

Wagner 4-1-2-9, Williamson 0-7-10-7, Schuler 1-1-2-3, T. Richardson 3-0-2-6, Breininger 0-0-0-0, Betz 0-0-0-0, Breidinger 2-4-6-8, Perry 1-0-0-2, C. Richardson 4-7-12-15, Binder 1-3-4-5. TOTALS: 16-23-41-55.

PALMERTON

Hay 2-2-4-6, Achterman 2-8-10-12, Lesher 2-0-7-5, Pereira 0-0-0-0, Quinn 5-7-12-17, Shivone 1-0-0-2, Koma 0-0-2-0, Buck 0-0-0-0, Frey 0-0-1-0, Luers 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 13-17-36-44.

Northwestern 11 17 16 11 - 55

Palmerton 7 11 14 12 - 44

Three pointers: NW - none; P - Lesher 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Tuesday, Feb. 5

N'western-Bangor

Bangor handed Northwestern its first loss of the season, 50-40.

The Slaters (17-4 overall, 13-2 Colonial League) were led by Morgan McCollian's 12 points.

The Tigers (20-1, 14-1) got 12 points from Erika Thomas.

For more about the game see story on Page 7.

NORTHWESTERN

Mertz 1-2-4-5, Landrigan 1-0-0-2, Day 0-0-0-0, Jones 3-2-2-9, Suter 1-1-6-3, Koenig 0-0-0-0, Bennett 0-0-0-0, Thomas 4-0-0-12, Cunningham 3-3-5-9, Anderson 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-8-17-40.

BANGOR

Smith 0-0-0-0, Vass 0-0-0-0, Renna 1-0-0-3, Domenech 2-1-2-6, McNew 0-0-0-0, Livingston 0-0-0-0, N. Baker 0-1-2-1, Green 0-0-0-0, Zungolo 2-5-7-9, Colton 1-7-10-9, Bisci 3-3-5-10, C. Baker 0-0-0-0, Zoe Kallus 0-0-0-0, Wilkins 0-0-0-0, McCollian 5-2-5-12, King 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-19-31-50.

Northwestern 2 14 7 17 - 40

Bangor 14 12 9 15 - 50

Three-pointers: NW - Thomas 4, Mertz 1, Jones 1; B - Renna 1, Domenech 1, Bisci 1.

Friday, Feb. 1

Palmerton-

Northwestern

After a close game for 30 minutes, Tigers secured a 52-47 late in the game against Palmerton.

The teams exchanged leads 17 times in the game and neither ever led by more than four points.

Northwestern's Sara Jones scored a game-high 16 points and pulled down a team-high 12 rebounds. Trista Cunningham added 10 points and nine rebounds.

Sabrina Mertz went 6 for 6 from the foul line in the fourth quarter, scoring 11 points in the game. Northwestern shot 10 for 22 from the foul line in the first three quarters, but went 9 for 10 in the fourth.

The Bombers were led by Emilie Meinhart's 13 points. Jade Farquhar had 11.

PALMERTON

Krupa 0-0-2-0, Ma. Mummey 4-0-0-9, Farquhar 5-0-0-11, Mo. Mummey 1-0-0-2, Tracy 4-1-2-9, Meinhart 6-1-4-13, Solt 0-0-0-0, Reimer 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 21-2-8-47.

NORTHWESTERN

Mertz 1-8-9-11, Landrigan 3-0-1-6, Jones 6-4-8-16, Suter 2-2-4-6, Bennett 0-0-0-0, Thomas 0-2-4-2, Cunningham 4-2-4-10, Anderson 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 16-19-32-52.

Palmerton 12 11 9 15 - 47

Northwestern 10 14 9 19 - 52

Three-pointers: P - M. Mummey 1, Farquhar 1, Reimer 1; NW - Mertz 1.