Friday’s varsity action featured basketball games in both of the Lehigh Valley’s major high school conferences, along with a some swim meets.

For more about your local teams see this week’s editions of the Lehigh Valley Press.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Whitehall-Pleasant Valley

Pleasant Valley’s late rally came up just short, as the Zephyrs held on for a 42-40 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory. Whitehall utilized an 10-0 run that spanned the final 3:48 of the third quarter and stretched into the fourth period when Alix Buskirk scored with 7:40 remaining to make it 40-28, in what turned out to be the Zephyrs (2-1 overall, 1-1 EPC) only field goal of the quarter.

Pleasant Valley responded with an 11-0 surge that cut the deficit to 40-37 with 2:25 to play when Masani Francis (11 points) nailed a three.

“They got after us,” said Whitehall head coach Dwight Repsher. “They got after us and started putting some pressure on the ball and we started going too fast, and then we didn’t execute stuff. They got into a little bit of a rhythm and made a couple threes and all of a sudden it’s a game.

“We’re a little young, and that’s a part of being a young team. I thought we did a nice job to get the 12 point lead, and I thought PV did a really nice job of coming back and they got after us and we got back on our heels. We got lucky they missed the next to the last three. I thought that was in.”

The Zephyrs’ defense might have bent, but it didn’t break as the Bears were unable to get any closer until the buzzer.

After Kylee Cunningham (13 points) sank both of her free throws to make it 42-37, Joyce Sullivan nailed a three at the buzzer for the final tally.

Sullivan hit two of Pleasant Valley’s four three pointers in the game, as Francis and freshman Cameron Caffrey (seven points) also provided support from the outside, something Gauronsky thought would open up if the Bears could work the ball inside.

WHITEHALL

Cunningham 4-2-2-13, George 2-0-0-4, Smith 2-1-2-6, Buskirk 3-0-2-6, Clary 0-0-0-0, Dietz 0-0-0-0, Rummel 3-1-2-9, Hines 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 16-3-8-42.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Sullivan 2-0-0-6, Clark 0-0-0-0, Covart 0-0-0-0, Miller 0-0-0-0, Rosenberg 0-1-2-1, Francis 5-0-0-11, Borden 0-1-2-1, Caffrey 3-0-0-7, Schwenck 2-2-2-6, Salmon 3-2-2-8. TOTALS: 15-6-8-40.

Whitehall 16 11 11 4 - 42

Pleasant Vy. 11 10 5 14 - 40

Three pointers: Whitehall – Cunningham 3, Rummel 2, Smith 1; Pleasant Valley – Sullivan 2, Francis 1, Caffrey 1.

Stroudsburg-Parkland

The Trojans beat the Mountaineers 53-39.

Parkland used seven three-pointers, all in the first three quarters, to pull out to a 43-28 lead heading into the final stanza.

Emily Piston (12 points), Rachel Medlar and Julia Buchman (11 points) each hit a pair of treys for the Trojans while Devyn Anderson added 10 points.

Stroudsburg’s Tamia Hines had a game-high 14 points.

STROUDSBURG

Hines 4-4-4-14, White 3-0-0-6, Wright 2-0-4-4, Johnson 1-0-0-2, K. Worsley-Wooten 1-1-2-4, M. Worsley-Wooten 0-1-2-1, Fenn 0-0-0-0, Powlette 3-2-4-8. TOTALS: 14-8-16-39.

PARKLAND

Piston 4-2-2-12, Medlar 2-0-0-6, Buchman 3-3-4-11, Nation 0-2-2-2, Cora; 1-0-0-3, Staib 1-2-4-4, Courter 1-1-2-3, Anderson 3-4-6-10, Hlay 0-0-0-0, Coval 0-0-0-0, Fritzinger 0-0-0-0, Yeboah 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-14-20-53.

Stroudsburg 11 4 13 11 - 39

Parkland 10 14 19 10 - 53

Three-pointers: P - Piston 2, Medlar 2, Buchman 2, Coral 1; S - Worsley-Wooten 1.

Central Catholic-Liberty

The Vikettes cruised to a 61-29 win over the Hurricanes.

Central had three players reach double figures with Jess Davis scoring a game-high 18 points.

Tianna Morales led Liberty with 10 points.

CENTRAL CATHOLIC

Faust 0-1-5-1, Martinez 0-0-0-0, Arevalo 0-0-0-0, Wert 1-0-0-3, Davis 7-3-6-18, Kidd 1-0-0-2, Eripret 4-4-5-13, Smizgiel 2-0-0-2, Kocsis 3-0-0-8, Roberts 5-2-2-12, Dietz 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-10-18-61.

LIBERTY

Lee 0-0-0-0, McDonald 0-0-0-0, Morales 4-2-2-10, King 0-0-0-0, Donegan 1-0-0-3, Rosario 0-0-0-0, Kempfer 0-1-2-1, Cruz 0-0-0-0, Bokan 1-0-0-2, Polak 3-0-0-6, Arthur 1-5-6-7, Jetter 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 10-8-10-29.

Central Cath. 26 11 16 8 - 61

Liberty 10 9 8 2 - 29

Three-pointers: CC - Kocsis 2, Wert 1, Davis 1, Eripret 1; L - Donegan 1.

Palmerton-Salisbury

Salisbury rolled to a 49-27 win over Palmerton.

Caylin Meikrantz scored a game-high 26 points for the Falcons (3-2 overall, 2-1 Colonial League).

For Palmerton (0-2, 1-3), Linnaea Leister led the way with 14 points.

PALMERTON

Papay 1 2-2 4, Hirochek 0 0-0 0, Cincilla 2 3-4 7, Leister 3 5-6 14, P. Frantz 0 0-0 0, Wentz 0 0-0 0, Muniz 1 0-0 2, Ruch 0 0-2 0. TOTALS: 7 10-14 27

SALISBURY

McGee 3 2-4 9, Holben 0 1-2 1, Burkhardt 0 1-2 1, Gardus2 2-2 8, VonHolden 0 0-0 0, Meikrantz 11 2-4 26, Hoeing 0 0-1 0, Nicolas 1 0-0 2, Scialla 0 0-0 0, B runs 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 18 8-13 49

Palmerton 3 5 9 10 - 27

Salisbury 17 7 13 12 - 49

Three-pointers: Palmerton - Leister 3. Salisbury - McGee 1, Gardus 2, Meikrantz 2.

Bethlehem Catholic-Pocono Mountain East

The Golden Hawks opened an early lead and cruised to a 55-35 win over the Cardinals.

Taliyah Medina scored a game-high 16 points for Bethlehem Catholic (3-0 overall, 1-0 EPC), while teammate Quintessa Zamolyi added 14 for the Hawks.

BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC

Rhine 0-0-0-0, Lanier 0-0-0-0, Rodriguez 0-0-0-0, H. Brown 1-7-7-9, Zamolyi 6-0-0-14, Orloski 2-1-1-5, Barnard 0-0-0-0, Medina 6-0-0-16, Luma 3-0-0-6, Zambo 2-1-1-5, A. Brown 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-9-9-55.

POCONO MOUNTAIN EAST

Thomas 0-0-0-0, Caldwell 4-1-4-9, Madlanado 4-5-10-13, Newman 1-0-0-2, Harris 0-0-0-0, Yacuboski 0-0-0-0, Ellerbee 2-2-4-6, Berryman 2-0-0-5, Passmore 0-0-0-0, Famularo 0-0-0-0, Richard 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-8-18-35.

Bethlehem Cath. 17 9 14 15 - 55

Poc. Mt. East 8 13 9 5 - 35

Three-pointers: BC - Medina 4, Zamolyi 2; PM - Berryman 1.

Southern Lehigh-Catasauqua

The Spartan routed the Rough Riders 66-18.

Amanda Mobley poured in a game-high 17 points for Southern Lehigh. Catty was led by Gia Moore’s nine points.

SOUTHERN LEHIGH

Cyr 2-0-0-4, Mobley 6-1-1-17, Bennett 4-0-0-8, Schaffer 2-2-2-7, Sabram 3-0-0-6, Snyder 6-0-0-12, Rice 1-0-0-2, Cassel 2-0-0-4, Miller 2-2-2-6. TOTALS 28-5-5-66.

CATASAUQUA

Johnson 0-2-4-2, Gillespie 1-0-0-2, Bradley 1-0-0-3, Garner 0-0-0-0, DeLucia 0-0-0-0, Safadi 0-0-0-0, Biviano 1-0-0-2, Brown 0-0-0-0, Emery 0-0-0-0, Harakal 0-0-0-0, Richards 0-0-0-0, Greenburg 0-0-0-0, Moore 4-0-0-9.

So. Lehigh 13 27 18 8 - 66

Catasauqua 6 6 3 3 - 18

Three-pointers: SL - Mobley 1, Schaffer 1; C - Bradley 1.

Freedom-East Stroudsburg South

The Patriots held the Cavalier to just nine field goals in the game en route to a 65-18 win.

Mackenzie Herman and Hailey Silfies led Freedom with 12 points each.

FREEDOM

Herman 6-0-0-12, Swint 3-0-0-6, Wahba 0-0-0-0, Sanchez 4-1-1-9, Silfies 5-1-4-12, Jefferson 1-0-0-2, Norder 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 29-6-10-65.

EAST STOUDSBURG SO.

Akinyi 0-0-0-0, Oliver 0-0-0-0, Vasquez 3-0-0-6, Jackson 0-0-0-0, Albert 4-0-2-8, Davy 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 9-0-2-18.

Freedom 17 18 13 17 - 65

East Stroud. So. 2 10 2 6 - 18

Three-pointers: F - Silfies 1.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Northampton-Emmaus

The Hornets topped the Konkrete Kids 54-48.

Zachary Sabol led a balanced offense for Emmaus, scoring a team-high 11 points as one of nine Hornets to score at least one basket in the game. Daryn Lewis had 10 points for Emmaus (2-0 overall, 2-0 EPC), while Josh Artis scored nine points.

Morgan Heffelfinger led all scorers with 19 points for Northampton (0-2, 0-2)

NORTHAMPTON

Heffelfinger 7-5-9-19, Tocci 1-0-0-3, Elwood 4-2-5-12, Weisenberger 4-0-0-8, Austin 0-4-6-4, Miller 0-0-0-0, Gribb 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 17-11-20-48.

EMMAUS

M. Kachelries 3-2-4-8, D. Kachelries 2-2-5-6, Lewis 3-2-2-10, Cichocki 1-0-0-3, Ross 1-0-0-3, Artis 4-1-2-9, Fergusson 1-0-0-2, Diehl 0-0-0-0, Riegel 1-0-0-2, Smith 0-0-0-0, Sabol 5-1-3-11, Boyd 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-8-16-54.

Northampton 9 14 10 15 - 48

Emmaus 14 14 12 14 - 54

Three-pointers: N - Ellwood 2, Tocci 1; E - Lewis 2, Chichocki 1, Ross 1.

Liberty-Central Catholic

The Hurricanes beat the Vikings 47-46.

Liberty took a four-point lead into the fourth quarter and his 10 of 17 free throw attempts in the final frame to seal the win.

Cameron Hoffman scored a game-high 14 points for Liberty, while Amir Griffin chipped in with 13 as the Hurricanes improved to 2-1 overall and 1-1 in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference games.

The Vikings (2-1, 1-1) were led by Jay Vaughn with 13 points.

LIBERTY

Serrano 3-1-2-9, Griffin 4-5-5-13, Lebree 0-0-0-0, Martinez 0-1-5-1, Erney 2-1-2-5, Heess 1-1-4-3, Zabala 0-0-0-0, Hoffman 4-4-4-14, Cannon 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 15-13-22-47.

CENTRAL CATHOLIC

Ocasio 2-3-6-7, J. Vaughn 5-2-3-13, Lambert 2-4-4-9, S. Vaughn 0-0-0-0, Kellman 3-2-8-8, McChristian 2-2-4-6, Partrigdge 0-0-0-0, Filchner 0-0-0-0, Kern 1-0-2-3, Dana 0-0-0-0, Kratzer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-13-27-46.

Liberty 6 13 14 14 - 47

Central Catholic 11 9 9 17 - 46

Three-pointers: L - Serrano 2, Hoffman 2; L - Vaughn 1, Lambert 1, Kern.

Northwestern-Brandywine

The Tigers beat the Bullets in a nonleague game, 46-34.

After shooting 0-for-11 in the second quarter and seeing a 6-point lead turn into a one-point halftime deficit, Northwestern came out on fire in the third quarter to take control of the game.

For the Tigers (2-1 overall), Rob Seyfried tallied a team-high 13 points with Sam Yadush adding 10.

Drew Miller led the Bullets (0-5) with nine points.

NORTHWESTERN

Kemmerer 0-2-2-2, Cunningham 2-0-4-4, Hippensteel 0-0-0-0, Yadush 1-7-8-10, Bollinger 3-2-3-9, Fatzinger 0-0-0-0, S. Seyfried 1-0-0-2, Thomas 0-0-0-0, Hallman 2-0-0-6, R. Seyfried 5-3-3-13, Ruch 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-14-20-46.

BRANDYWINE HEIGHTS

Tavaras 1-0-0-2, Tiongson 2-1-2-5, Ludwig 1-0-0-2, Hermany 1-1-2-4, Flicker 2-2-2-7, Harmony 0-0-0-0, Harrison 2-0-0-5, Miller 3-3-4-9. TOTALS: 12-7-10-34.

Northwestern 11 2 18 15 - 46

Brandywine Heights 5 9 7 13 - 34

Three pointers: NW - Hallman 2, Yadush 1, Bollinger 1; BH - Hermany 1, Flicker 1, Harmony 1.

Catasauqua-Southern Lehigh

The Spartans outscored the Rough Riders 73-59.

Southern Lehigh (3-2 overall; 3-0 Colonial League)had five players reach double figures, with Sean Welsh and Jack Zamichieli scoring 15 points apiece.

Catty (1-3; 0-3) was led by Isaiah Graves with a game-high 20 points.

CATASAUQUA

Graves 7-3-4-20, Green 6-0-0-15, D. Martinez 0-0-0-0, Hawk 1-0-0-2, Bond 3-1-2-10, Brett 5-0-0-10, Ritter 1-0-0-2, A. Martinez 0-0-0-0, Sparacello 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-4-6-59.

SOUTHERN LEHIGH

Patel 4-0-0-10, Miller 1-1-6-3, Grewal 0-0-0-0, Schmidt 0-0-0-0, Murtaugh 2-0-0-5, Hoff 0-2-2-2, Hudson 3-4-6-11, Dougherty 6-0-0-12, Welsh 6-2-6-15, Zamicheieli 7-0-0-15. TOTALS: 29-9-20-73.

Catasauqua 17 13 13 16 - 59.

So. Lehigh 16 21 16 20 - 73

Three-pointers: C - Graves 3, Green 3, Bond 3; SL - Patel 2, Murtaugh 1, Hudson 1, Welsh 1, Zamichieli 1.

Stroudsburg-Parkland

The Trojans beat the Mountaineers 53-39.

Parkland used seven three-pointers, all in the first three quarters, to pull out to a 43-28 lead heading into the final stanza.

Emily Piston (12 points), Rachel Medlar and Julia Buchman (11 points) each hit a pair of treys for the Trojans while Devyn Anderson added 10 points.

Stroudsburg’s Tamia Hines had a game-high 14 points.

STROUDSBURG

Hines 4-4-4-14, White 3-0-0-6, Wright 2-0-4-4, Johnson 1-0-0-2, K. Worsley-Wooten 1-1-2-4, M. Worsley-Wooten 0-1-2-1, Fenn 0-0-0-0, Powlette 3-2-4-8. TOTALS: 14-8-16-39.

PARKLAND

Piston 4-2-2-12, Medlar 2-0-0-6, Buchman 3-3-4-11, Nation 0-2-2-2, Cora; 1-0-0-3, Staib 1-2-4-4, Courter 1-1-2-3, Anderson 3-4-6-10, Hlay 0-0-0-0, Coval 0-0-0-0, Fritzinger 0-0-0-0, Yeboah 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-14-20-53.

Stroudsburg 11 4 13 11 - 39

Parkland 10 14 19 10 - 53

Three-pointers: P - Piston 2, Medlar 2, Buchman 2, Coral 1; S - Worsley-Wooten 1.

Central Catholic-Liberty

The Vikettes cruised to a 61-29 win over the Hurricanes.

Central had three players reach double figures with Jess Davis scoring a game-high 18 points.

Tianna Morales led Liberty with 10 points.

CENTRAL CATHOLIC

Faust 0-1-5-1, Martinez 0-0-0-0, Arevalo 0-0-0-0, Wert 1-0-0-3, Davis 7-3-6-18, Kidd 1-0-0-2, Eripret 4-4-5-13, Smizgiel 2-0-0-2, Kocsis 3-0-0-8, Roberts 5-2-2-12, Dietz 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-10-18-61.

LIBERTY

Lee 0-0-0-0, McDonald 0-0-0-0, Morales 4-2-2-10, King 0-0-0-0, Donegan 1-0-0-3, Rosario 0-0-0-0, Kempfer 0-1-2-1, Cruz 0-0-0-0, Bokan 1-0-0-2, Polak 3-0-0-6, Arthur 1-5-6-7, Jetter 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 10-8-10-29.

Central Cath. 26 11 16 8 - 61

Liberty 10 9 8 2 - 29

Three-pointers: CC - Kocsis 2, Wert 1, Davis 1, Eripret 1; L - Donegan 1.

Palmerton-Salisbury

Salisbury rolled to a 49-27 win over Palmerton.

Caylin Meikrantz scored a game-high 26 points for the Falcons (3-2 overall, 2-1 Colonial League).

For Palmerton (0-2, 1-3), Linnaea Leister led the way with 14 points.

PALMERTON

Papay 1 2-2 4, Hirochek 0 0-0 0, Cincilla 2 3-4 7, Leister 3 5-6 14, P. Frantz 0 0-0 0, Wentz 0 0-0 0, Muniz 1 0-0 2, Ruch 0 0-2 0. TOTALS: 7 10-14 27

SALISBURY

McGee 3 2-4 9, Holben 0 1-2 1, Burkhardt 0 1-2 1, Gardus2 2-2 8, VonHolden 0 0-0 0, Meikrantz 11 2-4 26, Hoeing 0 0-1 0, Nicolas 1 0-0 2, Scialla 0 0-0 0, B runs 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 18 8-13 49

Palmerton 3 5 9 10 - 27

Salisbury 17 7 13 12 - 49

Three-pointers: Palmerton - Leister 3. Salisbury - McGee 1, Gardus 2, Meikrantz 2.

SWIMMING

Northampton-Saucon Valley

The Konkrete Kids swept the Panthers, winning the boys meet 106-65 and taking the girls meet 113-52.

Brynne Rockovits, Gavyn Frankenfield, Joshua Millan and Michael Bauer all won two individual events for Northampton, while teammates Nicole Somers, Larisa Calvo and Morgan Thomas all one individual event each.

GIRLS

Northampton 113, Saucon Valley 52

200 medley relay: 1. Northampton (Alexis Frey, Brynne Rockovits, Nicole Somers, Lauren Carey) 2:15.03, 2. Northampton, 3. Saucon Valley;

200 freestyle: 1. Nicole Somers (N) 2:20.08, 2. Madison McCloskey (N), 3. Lauren Pietrzak (SV);

200 individual medley: 1. Brynne Rockovits (N) 2:20.0, 2. Trinity Shoeneberger (N), 3. Morgan Thomas (N);

50 freestyle: 1. Larisa Calvo (N) 30.31, 2. Seran Goudsouzian (SV), 3. Lauren Carey (N);

100 butterfly: 1. Lauren Pietrzak (SV) 1:18.99, 2. Nicole Somers (N), 3. Madison McCloskey (N);

100 freestyle: 1. Rebecca McCabe (SV) 1:04.11, 2. Alexis Frey (N), 3. Morgan Fehnel (N);

500 freestyle: 1. Morgan Thomas (N) 6:43.68, 2. Brittany Hankee (N), 3. Hanna Novobilski (N);

200 freestyle relay: 1. Northampton (Alexis Frey, Jadyn Fehnel, Morgan Fehnel, Morgan Thomas) 1:58.82, 2. Saucon Valley;

100 backstroke: 1. Alexis Frey (N) 1:10.80, 2. Trinity Schoeneberger (N), 3. Sydney Oskin (SV);

100 breaststroke: 1. Brynne Rockovits (N) 1:13.67; 2. Morgan Fehnel (N), 3. Lindsay Bortic (SV);

400 freestyle relay: 1. Northampton (Morgan Thomas, Trinity Schoeneberger, Madison McColskey, Brynne Rockovits) 4:18.44.

BOYS

Northampton 105, Saucon Valley 65

200 freestyle relay: 1. Northampton (Michael Bauer, Dominick Fragano, Gavyn Frankenfield, Joshua Millan) 1:50.61, 2. Saucon Valley, 3. Saucon Valley;

200 freestyle: 1. Gavyn Frankenfield (N) 1:54.29, 2. John Kennedy (N), 3. Austin Till;

200 individual medley: 1. Madigan Thomas (SV) 2:12.07, 2. Dominick Fragano (N), 3. Jarin Gaumer (N);

50 freestyle: 1. Joshua Millan (N) 24.77, 2. Jared Iasiello (N), 3. Jarred Reccek (SV);

100 butterfly: 1. Gavyn Frankenfield (N) 56.78, 2. Ryan Kerr (SV), 3. Dominick Fragano (N);

100 freestyle: 1. Joshua Millan (N) 55.39; 2. Jarin Gaumer (N), 3. Daniel Keats (SV);

500 freestyle: 1. Michael Bauer (N) 5:20.08, 2. John Kennedy (N), 3. Jacob Kerchner (N);

200 freestyle relay: 1. Northampton (Jared Iasiello, Jarin Gaumer, John Kennedy, Jacob Kerchner) 1:45.24, 2. Saucon Valley, 3. Northampton;

100 backstroke: 1. Michael Bauer (N) 57.46, 2. Ryan Kerr (SV), 3. William Steirer (N);

100 breaststroke: 1. Madigan Thomas (SV) 1:07.02, 2. Jared Iasiello (N), 3. Samuel Ward (SV);

400 freestyle relay: 1. Northampton (Michael Bauer, Joshua Millan, Jarin Gaumer, Jared Iasiello) 3:42.48, 2. Saucon Valley, 3. Northampton.

Blue Mountain-Salisbury

The Falcons boys and girls team lost to Blue Mountain by scores of 107-65 (girls) and 106-72 (boys).

First place winners from the Salisbury girls team include a tie in the 200 Freestyle between Madaket Chassard and a Blue Mountain swimmer with a time of 2:15.23; Sarah Bobeck in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.61; Brooke Rogers in the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:03.32; Sarah Bobeck in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:29.71; and the 400 freestyle relay of Madaket Chassard, Brooke Rogers, Cathryn Fitzimmons, and Sarah Bobeck with a time of 4:15.77.

First place winners from the Salisbury boys team include the 200 medley relay of Daniel Bonge, AJ Oliver, Mahlon Reihman and Ben Wiener; Ben Wiener in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:13.87; Mahlon Reihman in the 50 freestyle; Tyler Keller in diving; Daniel Bonge in the 100 butterfly with a time of 53.40; the 200 freestyle relay of Ben Wiener, AJ Oliver, Daniel Bonge and Mahlon Reihman with a time of 1:31.26; AJ Oliver in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:09.37; and the 400 freestyle relay of Tim Sechler-Stone, Ben Wiener, Daniel Bonge, and Mahlon Reihman with a time of 3:25.59.

Complete results of the meet were not received by the Press.