Heading into their toughest meet of the season, a tri-meet that included an undefeated Southern Lehigh team, the Northwestern girls' track and field athletes reminded themselves of the number 18 all week.

That number was symbolic of the Lady Tigers' consecutive victories, a streak that began in 2013 when they went a perfect 11-0 in the Colonial League.

The Lady Tigers added numbers 19 and 20 to that list last week before finishing off their undefeated season Tuesday at Salisbry.

During Thursday's tri-meet at Southern Lehigh High School, the Lady Tigers defeated Southern Lehigh (87-73) and Bangor (116-34) to keep Northwestern perfect at 9-0.

"We knew this was our biggest meet of the year," Trista Cunningham said, "and same with the guys. We really all came into this meet with the mentality that we really need to focus, work hard, and get done what we needed to get done."

The nine wins to begin the season have the Lady Tigers in control of another Colonial League championship. That was their goal at the beginning of the season, and wins against Pen Argyl and Salisbury during next week's tri-meet will give them that coveted undefeated season.

Haley Yost, who normally doesn't run the four events she did on Tuesday, had first-place finishes in all of her races.

Yost ran the 800-meter run in 2:28.4, the 1600 -meter run in 5:33.7 and the 3200-meter run in 11:52.2. She also helped the girls' 4x800 relay team secure first with a time of 10:31.3. Those times may not have been season-bests, but she continues to do whatever it takes to make this team as successful as possible.

"I just did what I had to to win each one," Yost said. "I didn't kill myself in any of them really. I tried to save myself for the next event and just kind of kept focusing on one event at a time."

Dave Kerschner, head coach of the girls' side, knew the importance of topping the Lady Spartans. That helped sway his decision to use Yost to pull away from the Lady Spartans in the distance events.

"Probably early to the middle stages, it looked like they were going to give us a run and thought we were going to be in a dog fight," Kerschner said. "But then our distance people really closed out the meet."

Trista Cunningham continues to put up high marks in her events, particularly in the discus. She set a personal best on Thursday with a mark of 111-10 in the discus. She also finished first in the long jump (16-1 [1/2]) and triple jump (32-2 [1/2]), while placing third in the shot put (32-0 [3/4]).

"That was a big part of my day," Cunningham said. "I was really, really excited to do that because I was worried about the wind, and my previous meet wasn't too good."

The boys' side also kept its perfect season alive with victories over Southern Lehigh (118.5-31.5) and Bangor (99-51). The Tigers and Spartans both entered the meet with identical 7-0 marks, but Northwestern's depth was a deciding factor.

"I did think it was going to be a closer meet than this," boys' head coach Tim Cunningham said. "And we started walking away with some points in the two-mile and then the high jump. Then it started really taking off in our favor."

Cam Richardson broke his season personal best in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.3, four-tenths of a second faster this his previous mark. To go along with that, he tied his season best time in the 100 meter dash (10.9) and anchored the 4x100 meter relay team's victory.

"It definitely feels nice running better times consistently, which is a good thing," Richardson said. "I'm looking forward to improving and looking to get good times in leagues and districts against very good competition."

While many of the Tigers' regular top performers had solid days, there were also a number of pleasant surprises that had impressed Cunningham.

One of those was Alec Fixl, who used a 41.9-second finish in the 300 meter hurdles to capture first place and add to the Tigers' point total.

"Him and [Austin] Weiss are very good at the 300 hurdles," Cunningham said. "And a lot of times he [Fixl] falls in like third place or fourth place and just misses. Today, he had a heck of a run."

BOYS

Northwestern 99, Bangor 51

Northwestern 118 [1/2], So.Lehigh 31 [1/2]

100 - 1. Cam Richardson (NW) 10.9, 2. Harry Hall (NW), 3. Cole Miller (NW), 4. Steffen Lindsay (SL), 5. Ethan Price (SL); 200 - 1. Cam Richardson (NW) 22.3, 2. Jihad Hereba (NW), 3. Harry Hall (NW), 4. Phillip Vass (B), 5. Steffen Lindsay (SL); 400 - 1. Jihad Hereba (NW) 52.0, 2. Zacary Kantz (B), 3. Justin Kosman (B), 4. Issac Mosebrook (SL), 5. Trevor DeCastro (SL); 800 - 1. Noah White (SL) 2:07.3, 2. Ryan Cerrone (NW), 3. Evan Ippolito (B), 4. Collin Furchner (NW), 5. Justin Kosman (B); 1600 - 1. Brandon Tockett (B) 4:46.0, 2. Noah White (SL), 3. Matthew McCoy (B), 4. Collin Furchner (NW), 5. Brayden Heller (NW); 3200 - 1. Brayden Heller (NW) 10:56.2, 2. Austin Bauer (B), 3. Zach Hancharik (NW), 4. Alessandro Consuelos (NW), 5. Mason Pellegrini (SL); 110 H - 1. Shavaughn Morris (B) 15.1, 2. Austin Weiss (NW), 3. Daniel Fulmer (SL), 4. Alec Fixl (NW), 5. Greg Thompson (SL); 300 H - 1. Alec Fixl (NW) 41.9, 2. Greg Thompson (SL), 3. Shavaughn Morris (B), 4. Austin Weiss (NW), 5. Dylan Snyder (NW); 400 relay - Northwestern 43.6; 1600 relay - Southern Lehigh (Daniel Fulmer, Trevor DeCastro, Issac Mosebrook, Zach McGill) 3:43.5; 3200 relay - Northwestern (Ryan Cerrone, Collin Furchner, Brayden Heller, Zach Hancharik) 8:41.2; Shot put - 1. Alex Partington (NW) 46-7 [3/4], 2. Shawn Green (B), 3. Matthew Pysher (B), 4. Chet Karpyn (NW), 5. Peter Martin (SL); Discus - 1. Shawn Green (B) 151-8, 2. Alex Partington (NW), 3. Jared Pysher (B), 4. Andrew Rochon (SL), 5. Josh Masters (NW); Javelin - 1. Austin Kobordo (NW) 151-7, 2. Justin Betz (NW), 3. Dylan Snyder (NW), 4. Matthew Pysher (B), 5. Shawn Green (B); Long jump - 1. Jryi Davis (B) 20-11, 2. Cole Miller (NW), 3. Steve Schoeniger (NW), 4. Ethan Price (SL), 5. Jonathan Encavascion (B); Triple jump - 1. Jryi Davis (B) 42-7, 2. Steve Schoeniger (NW), 3. Shavaughn Morris (B), 4. Austin Kobordo (NW), 5. Jonathan Encavnscion (B); High jump - 1. Harry Hall (NW) 5-8, 2. Rob Seyfried (NW), 3. Shavaughn Morris (B), 4. Alex Bobbyn (NW) and Matthew Watkins (SL); Pole vault - 1. Cole Miller (NW) 13-6, 2. Brandon Tockett (B), 3. Jacob Steidinger (NW), 4. Anthony Colasurdo (SL), 5. Charlie Sell (B).

GIRLS

Northwestern 116, Bangor 34

Northwestern 87, So. Lehigh 63

100 - 1. Allison Schroy (SL) 12.5, 2. Lauren Anderson (NW), 3. Robyn Somers (SL), 4. Emily Renner (NW), 5. Katelyn Bergey (SL); 200 - 1. Robyn Somers (SL) 26.2, 2. Lauren Anderson (NW), 3. Allison Schroy (SL), 4. Sarah Segan (NW), 5. Crystal Lucena (B); 400 - 1. Sarah Segan (NW) 1:01.5, 2. Sabrina Mertz (NW), 3. Isamarie Ramos (SL), 4. Emily Renner (NW), 5. Dana Maugnung (SL); 800 - 1. Haley Yost (NW) 2:28.4, 2. Rachele Cerrone (NW), 3. Sabrina Mertz (NW), 4. Brianna VandeBunte (SL), 5. Isamarie Ramos (SL); 1600 - 1. Haley Yost (NW) 5:33.7, 2. Meredith Colton (B), 3. Allyson Yanega (SL), 4. Paige Stitzel (NW), 5. Rachele Cerrone (NW); 3200 - 1. Haley Yost (NW) 11:52.2, 2. Meseret Hart (SL), 3. Paige Stitzel (NW), 4. Rachel Mikols (NW), 5. Allyson Yanega (SL); 100 H - 1. Alexis Gawelko (NW) 15.8, 2. Caroline Dimaio (B), 3. Lauren Bertucci (SL), 4. Lauren Zangulis (B), 5. Sarah Defranco (B); 300 H - 1. Alexis Gawelko (NW) 48.5, 2. Lauren Bertucci (SL), 3. Caroline Dimaio (B), 4. Stacy Everett (NW), 5. Elizabeth Iobst (NW); 400 relay - Southern Lehigh (Kylie Schmitt, Katelyn Bergey, Allison Schroy, Robyn Somers) 52.0; 1600 relay - Southern Lehigh (Dana Musgnung, Robyn Somers, Nina DeLuna, Isamarie Ramos) 4:23.8; 3200 relay - Northwestern (Rachele Cerrone, Haley Yost, Sarah Segan, Sabrina Mertz) 10:31.3; Shot put - 1. Brianna Prince (SL) 36-4 [1/2], 2. Hana Masenheimer (NW), 3. Trista Cunningham (NW), 4. Felicia Wieder (SL), 5. Jasmine Vass (B); Discus - 1. Trista Cunningham (NW) 111-10, 2. Jasmine Vass (B), 3. Racael Ferry (SL), 4. Erin Gollie (SL), 5. Brianna Prince (SL); Javelin - 1. Jasmine Vass (B) 115-6, 2. Rachael Ferry (SL), 3. Hanna Masenheimer (NW), 4. Brianna Prince (SL), 5. Lauren Zengulis (B); Long jump - 1. Trista Cunningham (NW) 16-1 [1/2], 2. Mary Patterson (SL), 3. Cheyanne Dailey (B), 4. Crystal Lucena (B), 5. Stacy Everett (NW); Triple jump - 1. Trista Cunningham (NW) 32-2 [1/2], 2. Cheyanne Dailey (B), 3. Raegan Axt (NW), 4. Sarah Defranco (B) and Mary Patterson (SL); High jump - 1. Alexis Gawelko (NW) 4-10, 2. Brianna VandeBunte (SL), 3. Taylor Slack (NW), 4. Lauren McMahon (SL), 5. Stacy Everett (NW); Pole vault - 1. Jenna Forrester (SL) 9-6, 2. Kari Schultheis (NW), 3. Mallory Brinley (NW), 4. Emma Daly (B), Rebbeca Dertinger (B) and Shauna Bauer (SL).