Article By: The Press
Contests in every high school winter sport were played Thursday, with a big Eastern Pennsylvania Conference wrestling match on the bill as well as several swim meets.
For more about your local teams see this week’s issues of the Lehigh Valley Press.
WRESTLING
Nazareth-Northampton
The Northampton wrestling team fell to Nazareth in a big EPC rivalry matchup on Thursday night in Northampton.
The match got started at heavyweight where the Eagles Mohamed Tounkara won a 6-2 decision over Alex Darabaris.
At 106, the Kids Sam Hanley won 6-4 to tie things up at 3-3. But the Eagles would go up 12-3 after a Sean Pierson decision at 113 and a Ryan O’Grady pin at 120 led into the heart of the Kids order.
Defending state champ Julian Chelbove won 7-2 at 126 followed by a K.J. Fenstermacher pin in 1:36 at 132. Dan Moran followed with a tech fall, 18-3 victory at 138 and that string gave the Kids a 17-12 advantage.
Nazareth’s Sammy Sasso would answer the Kids run with a 20-5, tech fall at 145 to ties things at 17-17.
Northampton looked like it might have momentum after Michael Kistler scored an 11-3 major decision at 152 to give his team a 21-17 lead, but back would come the Eagles as Brock Wilson earned a win by fall to put the Eagles on top 23-21 after the 160 bout.
Cade Moisey would put the Kids back on top, 24-23, with a 11-7 victory at 170, but it would be the last of the night for Northampton.
Cade Wilson’s 7-4 decision at 182 and Travis Stefanik’s pin at 195 put away the match before the Eagles Tucker Klump closed things out at 220 with a 3-1 victory.
Look for an update on the Kids wrestling team from Peter Car in the Jan. 26 edition of the Northampton Press.
Central Catholic-Liberty
The Hurricanes beat the Vikings 71-3.
Four Liberty wrestlers won by fall including Luke Werner, Jasson Morales-Mejia, Joseph Hennessy and Christian Gallagher.
Liberty 71, Central Catholic 3
106: Matthew Maloney (L) tech. fall Christopher Clifford, 23-8
113: Tal-Reese Flemming (L) tech. fall Attikos Clifford, 15-0
120: Luke Werner (L) pinned Renaldo Ronceros in 0:26
126: Travis Brown (L) tech. fall Jacob Roma,18-3
132: Michael Torres (L) tech. fall Dennis, 16-1
138: Jasson Morales-Mejia (L) pinned Ryan Walczak 2:19
145: Jack Yander (CC) dec. Daniel Santiago, 3-1
152: Joseph Hennessy (L) pinned Robert Bernhard in :44
160: Anthony Emig (L) won by fft.
170: Gunner Anglovich (L) won by fft.
182: Damen Moyer (L) won by fft.
195: Carlo Perugini (L) won by fft.
220: Christian Gallagher (L) pinned Kevin Falcon in :21
285: Jaret Figueroa (L) dec. Brian Llyod, 11-4
Palmerton-Salisbury
Palmerton used three pins and four forfeits to cruise to a 45-15 win over Salisbury.
The Falcons’ Michael Murphy picked up six of his team’s points with a pin at 126, while Bailey Marcks earened a 7-1 decision and Devon Alder won by forfeit.
Palmerton 45, Salisbury 15
106: double forfeit
113: Shawn Gardner (P) won by forfeit
120: Devon Alder (S) won by forfeit
126: Michael Murphy (S) pinned Hunter Fierro
132: Matt Lalik (P) pinned Cory Brunner
138: Chase Foulstick (P) won by forfeit
145: Nate Sterner (P) pinned Xavier Ramos
152: Dylan Gonyo (P) won by forfeit
160: double forfeit
170: Riad Kapur (P) won by forfeit
182: Jared Mooney (P) pinned Shane Simononis
195: John Lles (P) dec. Jonah Niesenbaum, 5-2
220: double forfeit
285: Bailey Marcks (S) dec. Dan Nicolo, 7-1
WRESTLING
Palmerton-Salisbury
Palmerton used three pins and four forfeits to cruise to a 45-15 Colonial League win over Salisbury.
Matt Lalik, Nate Sterner and Jared Mooney all recorded pins for the Bombers. John Lles added a decision.
Palmerton 45, Salisbury 15
106: double forfeit
113: Shawn Gardner (P) won by forfeit
120: Devon Alder (S) won by forfeit
126: Michael Murphy (S) pinned Hunter Fierro
132: Matt Lalik (P) pinned Cory Brunner
138:- Chase Foulstick (P) won by forfeit
145: Nate Sterner (P) pinned Xavier Ramos
152: Dylan Gonyo (P) won by forfeit
160: double forfeit
170: Riad Kapur (P) won by forfeit
182: Jared Mooney (P) pinned Shane Simononis
195: John Lles (P) dec. Jonah Niesenbaum, 5-2
220: double forfiet
285: Bailey Marcks (S) dec. Dan Nicolo, 7-1
BOYS BASKETBALL
Northwestern-Moravian A.
Moravian Academy edged Northwestern, 46-40, in Colonial League action.
Callen Messman led the Lions (7-5 in CL) with 14 points.
For Northwestern (5-9, 3-9), Sam Yadush had 14 points and Deven Bollinger added 12.
NORTHWESTERN
Kemmerer 0-0-0-0, Hippensteel 0-0-0-0, Yadush 5-1-2-14, Freeman 2-0-0-4, Bollinger 5-0-2-12, Snyder 0-0-0-0, S. Seyfried 0-0-0-0, Thomas 0-0-0-0, Holmes 0-0-0-0, Hallman 2-0-0-5, R. Seyfried 2-1-1-5, Ruch 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-2-5-40
MORAVIAN ACADEMY
Messman 5-4-8-14, Rodriguez 3-0-0-8, Holmquist 4-1-3-11, Wooley 3-0-0-7, Kruklitis 2-1-2-5, Quainoo 0-0-0-0, Meissner 0-0-0-0, Chiardia 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 17-7-15-46
Northwestern 6 9 12 13 - 40
Moravian Academy 12 10 9 15 - 46
Three-pointers: NW - Yadusah 3, Bollinger 2, Hallman 1. MA - Rodriguez 2, Holmquist 2, Wooley 1.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
MORAVIAN ACADEMY
Ferrari 2-2-4-6, Machinsky 3-1-2-7, Spugnardi 0-0-0-0, Joseph 0-0-0-0, Redfern 3-2-7-8, Ettle 1-2-4-4, O’Conner 3-0-1-7. TOTALS: 12-7-18-32
NORTHWESTERN
Stitzel 2-2-2-6, Lister 5-3-4-13, Chisdak 0-0-0-0, G. Sevrain 2-0-1-4, S. Sevrain 2-0-0-6, Williamson 5-1-3-11, Christopher 3-2-2-8. TOTALS: 19-8-12-48
Moravian Academy 6 11 7 8 - 32
Northwestern 9 8 20 11 - 48
Three-pointers: MA - O’Conner 1. NW - S. Sevrain 2.
SWIMMING
Freedom-Stroudsburg
The Patriots split with the Mountaineers.
Freedom won the boys meet 56-38, while the Stroudsburg girls won 50-44.
Freedom’s Rileigh Ellis And Reilly Ward won two individual events in the girls meet, while Brian Seitz and Tyler Higgins won two events in the boys meet.
GIRLS
Stroudsburg 50, Freedom 44
200 medley relay: 1. Stroudsburg (Hanna Tepper, Morgan Murphy, Julia Delaney, Sasha Persaud) 2:04.08, 2. Freedom, 3. Freedom;
200 freestyle: 1. Rileigh Ellis (F) 2:06.15, 2. Hannah Persaud (S), 3. Emily Justice (F);
200 individual medley: 1. Julia Delaney (S) 2:21.49, 2. Reilly Ward (F), 3. Hannah Tepper (S);
50 freestyle: 1. Sasha Persaud (S) 26.70, 2. Erin Madden (F), 3. Kailey Burns (S);
100 butterfly: 1. Julia Delaney (S) 1:06.73, 2. Linda Mao (F), 3. Emily Justice (F);
100 freestyle: 1. Reilly Ward (F) 58.17, 2. Sasha Persaud (S), 3. Kailey Burns (S);
500 freestyle: 1. Rileigh Ellis (F) 5:30.69, 2. Erin Madden (F), 3. Morgan Murphy (S);
200 freestyle relay: 1. Stroudsburg (Hannah Persaud, Morgan Murphy, Julia Delaney, Sasha Persaud) 1:49.15, 2. Freedom, 3. Freedom;
100 backstroke: 1 Hanna Tepper (S) 1:09.55, 2. Linda Mao (F), 3. Lina Chung (S);
100 breaststroke: 1. Morgan Murphy (S) 1:15.84, 2. Hannah Persaud (S), 3. Hallie Smith (F);
400 freestyle relay: 1. Freedom (Reilly Ward, Sydney Straka, Erin Madden, Rileigh Ellis) 4:04.91, 2. Stroudsburg, 3. Stroudsburg.
BOYS
Freedom 56, Stroudsburg 38
200 medley relay: 1. Freedom (Troy Waltington, Colin Burnette, Spencer Smith, AJ Bell) 1:52.75, 2. Stroudsburg, 3. Freedom;
200 freestyle: 1. Tyler Higgins (F) 1:56.31, 2. Adam Deemer (S), 3. Troy Waltington (F);
200 individual medley: 1. Colin Burnette (F) 2:08,98, 2. Juan Hernandez (S), 3. Jake Liedberg (S);
50 freestyle: 1. Brian Seitz (F) 24.03, 2. Stephem Crikelair (S), 3. Jack Rosen (F);
100 butterfly: 1. AJ Bell (F) 55.07, 2. Juan Hernandez (S), 3. Colin Burnette (F);
100 freestyle: 1. Brian Seitz (F) 51.91, 2. Stephen Crikelair (S), 3. Troy Waltington (F);
500 freestyle: 1. Tyler Higgins (F) 5:11.80, 2. Adam Deemer (S), 3. Anthony Perez (S);
200 freestyle relay: 1. Freedom (Brian Seitz, Spencer Smith, Tyler Higgins, AJ Bell) 1:37.62, 2. Stroudsburg, 3. Freedom;
100 backstroke: 1. Rich Gehring (S) 1:06.34, 2. Dominic Fresoli (F), 3. Tyler Swippenhiser (S);
100 breaststroke: 1. Spencer Smith (F) 1:13.54, 2. Jake Liedberg (S), 3. Igor Wadolkowski (S);
400 freestyle relay: 1. Freedom (Colin Burnette, Tyler Higgins, AJ Bell, Brian Seitz) 3:30.15, 2. Stroudsburg, 3. Freedom.
Northampton-Nazareth
The Blue Eagles swept the Konkrete Kids
Nazareth won the girls meet 109-70.
Northampton’s Gilliam Rogerson and Nicole Somers won individual events for the Kids.
Nazareth won the boys meet 113-70.
Northampton’s Gavin Frankefield and Drew Blair each won two individual events for the Kids.
GIRLS
Nazareth 109, Northampton 70 200 medley relay: 1. Nazareth (Hannah Wasson, Coral McBride, Raquelle Roesch, Victoria Palochik) 1:53.44, 2. Northampton, 3. Nazareth;
200 freestyle: 1. Erika Wong (NZ) 2:09.88, 2. Maddie Shuler (NZ), 3. Nicole Somers (NO);
200 individual medley: 1. Brynne Rockovits (NO) 2:19.04, 2. Emilia Serafin (NZ), 3. Natalie Miller (NZ);
50 frestyle: 1. Victoria Palochik (NZ) 25.33, 2. Raquelle Roesch (NZ), 3. Rebecca Nothstein (NO);
Diving: 1. Gillian Rogerson (NO) 126.05, 2. Natalie Merriwether (NZ);
100 butterfly: 1. Raquelle Roesch (NZ) 1:02.43, 2. Hanna Wasson (NZ), 3. Rebecca Nothstein (NO);
100 freestyle: 1. Victoria Palochik (NZ) 55.67, 2. Erika Wong (NZ), 3. Larisa Calvo (NO);
500 freestyle: 1. Nicole Somers (NO) 6:10.17, 2. Rebekah Livermore (NZ), 3. Brittany Hankee (NO;
200 freestyle relay: 1. Northampton (Brynne Rockovits, Morgan Fehnel, Larisa Calvo, Rebecca Nothstein) 1:50.65, 2. Nazareth, 3. Northampton;
100 backstroke: 1. Hanna Wasson (NZ) 1:01.37, 2. Brynne Rockovits (NO), 3. Trinity Schoenberger (NO;
100 breaststroke: 1. Coral McBride (NZ) 1:17.13, 2. Natalie Miller (NZ), 3. Emily Zuluago (NZ);
400 freestyle relay: 1. Nazareth (Erika Wong, Hannah Wasson, Raquelle Roesch, Victoria Palochik) 4:00.84, 2. Nazareth, 3. Northampton;
BOYS
Nazareth 113, Northampton 70
200 medley relay: 1. Nazareth (Blake Nesbitt, Peter Huleatt, Gabe Laslo, Dew Blair) 1:40.85, 2. Nazareth, 3. Northampton;
200 freestyle: 1. Gavyn Frankenfield (NO) 1:50.33, 2. Gabe Laslo (NZ), 3. Peter Huleatt (NZ);
200 individual medley: 1. Michael Bauer (NO) 2:02.73, 2. Peter Gladstone (NZ), 3. Brendan Alvino (NZ);
50 freestyle: 1. Drew Blair (NZ) 23.52, 2. Seth Peterson (NZ), 3. Joshua Millan (NO);
Diving: 1. Steven Stasolla (NZ) 309.20, 2. Isaac Walton (NO), 3. Benjamin Christy (NO)
100 butterfly: 1. Gavyn Frankenfield (NO) 55.10, 2. Logan Holt (NZ), 3. Blake Nesbutt (NZ);
100 freestyle: 1. Gabe Laslo (NZ) 51.21, 2. Seth Peterson (NZ), 3. Joshua Millan (NO);
500 freestyle: 1. Drew Blair (NZ) 4:58.01, 2. Jarin Gaumer (NO), 3. Jacob Kerchner (NO);
200 freestyle relay: 1. Northampton (Michael Bauer, Joshua Millan, Jarin Gaumer, Gavyn Frankenfield) 1:34.98, 2. Nazareth, 3. Northampton.
Easton-Parkland
Parkland swept a swim meet against Easton.
The Trojan girls team won 125-61, while the Parkland boys team won 128-57.
Courtney Sicinski won a pair of individual events for the Parkland girtls team.Mathew Engler and James Connolly won two individual events each for the Parkland boys team.
GIRLS
Parkland 125, Easton 61
200 medley relay: 1. Parkland (Laurel Krause, Courtney Sicinski, Brian Zaffiro, Nicole Nesland) 2:02.96, 2. Easton, 3. Parkland;
200 freestyle: 1. Grace Kennedy (P) 2:14.73, 2. Adeline Heard (E), 3. Kayleigh Frisch (P);
200 individual medley: 1. Courtney Sicinski (P) 2:12.20, 2. Megan Sicinski (P), 3. Regina DiRenzo (E);
50 freestyle: 1. Laurel Krause (P) 27.75, 2. Lauren Ceh (P), 3. Lucas Ashley (E);
Diving: 1. Kaitlyn Smykowski (P) 226.65, 2. Lexi Lehman (P), 3. Cora Hochstetler (P);
100 butterfly: 1. Ainsley Williams (E) 1:02.96, 2. Rane Sailee (P), 3. Grace Newell (P);
100 freestyle: 1. Lauren Ceh (P) 1:02.82, 2. Rachel Smith (E), 3. Alexandria Scalzo (E);
500 freestyle: 1. Megan Sicinski (P) 5:23.01, 2. Sheilagh Farrell (P), 3. Julia Crawford (P);
200 freestyle relay: 1. Parkland (Kayleigh Frisch, Grace Kennedy, Courtney Sicinski, Megan Sicinski) 1:49.83, 2. Parkland, 3. Easton;
100 backstroke: 1. Ainsley Williams (E) 1:03.96, 2. Grace Kennedy (P), 3. Sheilagh Farrel (P);
100 breaststroke: 1. Courtney Sicinski (P) 1:08.91, 2. Ashley Lucas (E), 3. Adeline Heard (E);
400 freestyle relay: 1. Parkland (Laruen Ceh, Sheilagh Farrell, Kira Colarusso, Briana Zaffiro) 4:12.45, 2. Parkland, 3. Easton.
BOYS
Parkland 128, Easton 57
200 medley relay: 1. Parkland (James Connolly, Bar Maymon, Mathew Engler, Hyunbin Kim) 1:47.89, 2. Easton, 3. Parkland;
200 freestyle: 1. Mathew Engler (P) 1:51.35, 2. James Zhang (P), 3. Benjamin Livingston (E);
200 individual medley: 1. Mathew Ceh (P) 2:07.84, 2. Hyunbin Kim (P), 3. Galen Deery (E);
50 freestyle: 1. Ryan Frasca (E) 23.85, 2. Charles Villano (P), 3. Joseph Frasca (E);
Diving: 1. Christopher Lehman (P) 236.0, 2. Kole Cannon (P), 3. Jonathan Hansell (P);
100 butterfly: 1. Matthew Ceh (P) 56.35, 2. Bailey Bevins (E), 3. Bar Maymon (P);
100 freestyle: 1. Mathew Engler (P) 49.11, 2. Charles Villano (P), 3. Ryan Frasca (E);
500 freestyle: 1. James Connolly (P) 4:57.86, 2. Jason Winters (E), 3. Gavin Webb (P);
200 freestyle relay: 1. Parkland (Matthew Ceh, Adam Kucharczuk, Bar Maymon, Charles Villano) 1:34.04, 2. Easton, 3. Parkland;
100 backstroke: 1. Hyunbin Kim (P) 58.32, 2. Noam Maymon (P), 3. Ezequiel Yaya (P);
100 breaststroke: 1. James Connolly (P) 1:04.38, 2. Jason Winters (E), 3. Adam Kucharczuk (P);
400 freestyle relay: 1. Parkland (Mathew Engler, Charles Villano, Devin Thurber, Hyunbin Kim) 3:30.93, 2. Easton, 3. Parkland.
RIFLE
Emmaus-Liberty
The Hornets clinched first place for the regular season with a win over Liberty.
Emmaus was led by Tucker Danish, who shot a 98.
Liberty’s Delaney Sullivan shot 96 to lead his team.
EMMAUS (484)
Tucker Danish 98, Alex Baksa 97, Jessica Licker 97, Amber Zeigler 96, Sydney Jones 96.
LIBERTY (471)
Delaney Sullivan 96, Seth Bobyak 94, Ethan Derhammer 94, Andrew Malozzi 94, Geoff Baser 93
Salisbury-Freedom
The Patriots beat the Falcons 470-441.
Mackenzie Dudeck shot a meet-high score of 95 to lead Freedom. Matt Staak and Joe Busolits led Salisbury with 89 each.
SALISBURY (441)
Matt Staak 89, Joe Busolits 89, Megan Belzner 88, Rebecca Aungst 88, Katie Gilligan 87.
FREEDOM (470)
Mackenzie Dudeck 95, David Balazs 94, Evan Amatore 94, Ainsley Sauerbrun 94, Justin Szaro 93.