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LEHIGH VALLEY WEATHER

Varsity roundup: Trojans knock Emmaus

A full slate of games were contested in both of the Lehigh Valley’s High School basketball leagues on Tuesday.

The Emmaus boys team took it’s first league loss of the season, while the Northampton girls team beat Central Catholic behind a 30-plus-point effort from Aja Blount.

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

BOYS BASKETBALL

Parkland-Emmaus

The Trojans handed the Hornets their first loss in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference play, 76-63 Tuesday night at Emmaus.

Sam Iorio led all scored with a 31-point effort. Jake Bartholomew added 25 points for Parkland.

PARKLAND

Zeky 1-1-3-3 Bross 1-0-2-3 Rindock 1-0-0-2 Iorio 8-14-17-31, Bartholomew 9-2-2-25 Ruisch 4-3-3-12. TOTALS: 24-20-27-76.

EMMAUS

Diehl 0-0-0-0, M. Kachelries 5-3-3-15, D. Kachelries 10-3-5-24, Lewis 0-2-2-2, Cichocki 1-3-4-6, Artis 4-1-2-9, Riegel 0-0-0-0, Sabol 3-1-4-7. TOTALS: 23-13-20-63.

Parkland 14 22 21 19 - 76

Emmaus 24 9 12 18 - 63

Three-pointers: P - Bartholomew 5, Bross 1, Iorio 1, Ruisch 1; E - M. Kachelries 2, D. Kachelries 1, Cichocki 1.

Dieruff-Bethlehem Catholic

The Golden Hawks beat the Huskies 58-55.

Bethlehem Catholic was led by Justin Paz with a game-high 26 points.

CJ Richardson scored 17 points for Dieruff.

DIERUFF

Davis 1-0-0-2, Wilson 0-1-2-1, Rockmore 1-1-2-3, Franklin 1-1-2-3, Paniaqua 2-2-3-6, Whyte 2-0-1-5, Perkins 1-0-1-2, Hernandez 7-3-5-19, Richardson 7-3-4-17. TOTALS: 21-10-18-55.

BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC

Gardner 0-0-0-0, Melson 4-2-2-10, Thomas 0-0-0-0, Pettiford 2-2-2-7, Olde 3-0-0-6, Young 0-0-0-0, Paz 11-1-3-26, Robinson 2-3-3-9. TOTALS: 22-8-10-58.

Dieruff 13 13 19 10 - 55

Beth. Cath. 17 12 16 13 - 58

Three-pointers: D - Hernandez 2, Whyte 1; Paz 3, Pettiford 1.

Northampton-Central Catholic

The Konkrete Kids beat the Vikings 53-34.

Northampton got a balanced scoring effort with Jahmari Austin and Aidan Ellwood scoring 12 points each, while Morgan Heffelfinger and Michael Torres has 10 points apiece.

Dat Lambert led Central Catholic with 12 points.

NORTHAMPTON

Heffelfinger 4-2-2-10, Tocci 1-0-0-3, Ellwood 5-0-2-12, Weisenberger 1-0-0-2, Austin 5-1-1-12, Miller 0-0-0-0, Baird 1-0-0-2, Grib 1-0-0-2, Torres 5-0-0-10, Smith 0-0-0-0, Gula 0-0-0-0, Rodriguez 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-3-5-53.

CENTRAL CATHOLIC

Walsh 2-0-0-4, Ocasio 1-0-4-2, J. Vaughn 4-0-2-10, Lambert 3-6-8-12, S. Vaughn 0-0-0-0, Kellman 0-0-2-0, McChristian 0-0-0-0, Patridge 0-0-0-0, Filchner 1-0-0-2, Kern 0-0-2-0, Dana 0-0-0-0, Kratzer 0-4-4-4, Barry 0-0-0-0, Lynch 0-0-0-0, Csensits 0-0-0-0, Mickley 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 11-10-22-34.

Northampton 15 19 9 10 - 53

Central Cath. 6 17 7 10 - 34

Three-pointers: N - Ellwood 2, Tocci 1, Austin 1; CC - J. Vaughn 2.

Notre Dame-Northwestern

Notre Dame rallied to defeat Northwestern in Colonial League action, 66-62.

Greg Lauray dropped a game-high 26 points for Notre Dame, who trailed by three at the half.

Robert Seyfried had 21 for the Tigers (5-8; 3-8), while Samuel Yadush poured in 19.

NORTHWESTERN

R. Seyfried 9-3-3-21, Yadush 8-1-3-19, Bollinger 3-2-3-8, S. Seyfried 3-0-0-7, Hallman 2-0-1-4, Ruch 1-1-1-3, Freeman 0-0-0-0, Kemmerer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 26-7-11-62.

NOTRE DAME

Lauray 13-0-1-26, Wilkins 8-2-3-18, Anthony 7-1-3-15, Daniel 2-0-0-4, Omick 1-0-0-3, Peapos 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 31-3-7-66.

Northwestern 13 18 17 14 - 62

Notre Dame 8 20 22 16 - 66

Three-pointers: Northwestern - Yadush 2, S. Seyfried 1; Notre Dame - Omick 1.

Freedom-Allen

The Patriots beat Allen 50-42.

Freedom’s Hailey Silfies scored 15 points in the win.

FREEDOM

Herman 1-1-2-3, Swint 4-1-2-9, Sanchez 0-0-0-0, Pheiffer 2-0-0-4, Silfies 5-3-4-15, Herera 0-0-0-0, Atiyeh 1-0-0-2, Coyne 1-0-0-2, Jefferson 1-1-2-3, Kokolus 1-0-0-2, Norder 5-0-0-10.

ALLEN

Andrews 4-0-0-9, Troche 6-0-2-15, Hiller 1-2-4-4, Russell 2-2-2-6, Rodriguez 0-2-2-2, Talib 2-2-2-6. TOTALS: 15-8-12-42.

Freedom 18 12 12 8 - 50

Allen 11 9 14 8 - 42

Three-pointers: F - A - Troche 3, Andrews 1.

Whitehall-Nazareth

The Zephyrs beat the Blue Eagles 82-61.

Whitehall was led by Mike Esuilin with 19 points. Kasai Harrison added 17 for the Zephs, while Logan McGinley added 12 points and Zach Bradley scored 11.

Nazareth’s Kevin Wagner had 19 points.

WHITEHALL

Hudson 3-3-3-9, Buskirk 0-0-0-0, Esquilin 7-4-4-19, Gilbert 4-0-0-11, Walschburger 1-0-0-2, Harrison 7-2-3-17, Martinez 3-0-0-6, McGinley 5-2-4-12, Lisicky 0-0-0-0, Virgo 1-0-0-2, Johnson 2-0-0-4, Herman 0-0-0-0, Smith 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 33-11-14-82.

NAZARETH

Wagner 6-5-7-19, Nickischer 0-0-0-0, Harris 0-0-0-0, Ramin 5-0-1-10, Clark 5-0-0-14, Eldridge 0-0-0-0, Umar 0-0-0-0, Viva 2-0-0-4, Wickman 3-0-0-6, Briggs 3-0-0-8, Patton 0-0-0-0, Bachik 0-0-0-0, Stoner 0-0-0-0, Mahady 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 24-5-8-61.

Whitehall 17 26 22 17 - 82

Nazareth 9 19 23 10 -61

Three-pointers: N - Clark 4, Wagner 2, Briggs 2; W - Gilbert 3, Esquilin 1, Harrison 1.

Liberty-Easton

The Hurricanes cruised to a win over the Red Rovers 61-46.

Liberty’s Jeremy Johnson scored a game-high 20 points while teammate Alexander Serrano added 19 points and Cameron Hoffman chipped in with 14 points.

Easton was led by Jake Herres with 12 points.

LIBERTY

Serrano 7-0-0-19, Griffin 1-2-2-4, Johnson 5-10-12-20, Legree 0-0-0-0, Martinez 0-0-0-0, Pacheco 0-0-0-0, Erney 0-0-0-0, Hess 0-0-2-0, Harper 1-0-0-2, Hoffman 7-0-0-14, Cannon 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 22-12-22-61.

EASTON

Koch 0-0-0-0, Boylan 3-5-5-11, Olsen 0-0-0-0, Foreman 0-0-2-0, Herres 3-5-6-12, Hyppolite 0-0-0-0, Lewis 5-0-1-11, Dumbuya 3-0-0-6, Nimeh 0-0-0-0, Quezada 0-1-2-1, Fahie 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 15-13-16-46.

Liberty 16 13 19 13 - 61

Easton 6 14 13 13 - 46

Three-pointers: L - Serrano 5; E - Herres 1, Lewis 1, Fahie 1.

Catasauqua-Pen Argyl

The Green Knights edges the Rough Riders 44-42.

Tim Brunstetter scored a team-high 15 points for Pen Argyl.

Catty was led by 19 points from Isaiah Graves and 16 from Jaynel Green.

CATASAUQUA

Graves 6-4-5-19, Green 6-0-2-16, Martinez 0-0-0-0, Hawk 0-0-0-0, Bond 1-0-0-3, Brett 1-2-4-4, Ritter 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-6-11-42.

PEN ARGYL

Strouse 2-3-4-7, T. Cleary-Kojo 1-0-0-2, Scott 2-0-0-6, Barr 0-0-0-0, Brunstetter 6-3-3-15, Sampson 2-0-0-5, J. Cleary-Kojo 2-0-0-6, Robischeau 0-0-0-0, Messerschmidt 0-0-0-0, Hicks 0-0-0-0, Kukla 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 16-7-9-44.

Catasauqua 13 12 7 10 - 42

Pen Argyl 15 4 11 14 - 44.

Three-pointers: PA - Scott 2, J. Cleary-Kojo 2, Sampson 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Central Catholic-Northampton

Aja Blount scored a game-high 32 points to lead the Konkrete Kids past Central Catholic 46-29.

Margaux Eripret led the Vikettes with 17 points.

CENTRAL CATHOLIC

Martinez 0-0-0-0, Arevalo 2-0-0-4, Wert 0-0-0-0, Davis 2-0-0-5, Kidd 0-0-0-0 Eripret 5-6-8-17, Szmigiel 0-1-2-1, Kocsis 1-0-0-2, Dietz 0-0-0-0, Graglia 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 10-7-10-29.

NORTHAMPTON

Yeaw 0-0-0-0, Weindl 0-0-0-0, VanHorn 1-0-0-2, Rindock 2-0-0-5, Rogers 3-0-0-6, Devitt 0-0-0-0, Meixner 0-0-0-0, Rigo 0-1-2-1, Filchner 0-0-0-0, Blount 13-4-4-32. TOTALS: 19-5-6-46.

Central Cath. 9 10 3 7 - 29

Northampton 14 10 11 9 - 46

Three-pointers: CC - Davis 1, Eripret 1; N -

Emmaus-Parkland

The Trojans got balanced scoring in a 37-33 win over Emmaus.

Parkland’s Emily Piston and Kassidy Stout scored nine points each, while teammate Devyn Anderson added eight points.

Emmaus was led by a game-high 17 points from Kiyea White.

EMMAUS Grabowski 0-3-4-2, Stein 2-0-0-4, White 7-3-6-17, Vasquez 0-0-0-0, O’Brien 0-0-0-0, Hart 3-0-0-6, Ciara Wippel 1-1-2-3, DeJohn 0-0-0-0, Navitsky 0-0-0-0. TOTALS 13-7-12-33.

PARKLAND

Piston 3-1-2-9, Medlar 1-0-1-2, Buchman 1-0-0-2, K. Coval 1-0-0-2, Stain 2-1-2-5, Courter 0-0-0-0, Stout 3-3-4-9, Anderson 4-0-0-8. TOTALS: 15-5-9-37.

Emmaus 11 7 11 4 - 33

Parkland 12 3 14 8 - 37

Three-pointers: P - Piston 2.

Notre Dame (Green Pond)-Northwestern

The Crusaders’ Cailie Murphy made a free throw with two second left to lift the Crusaders to a 45-44 win over Northwestern.

The Tigers’ Leighanna Lister had 17 points in the game.

NOTRE DAME

Gorman 3-1-3-8, Galle 1-2-2-5, Maslonka 2-0-0-5, Carlin 0-0-0-0, Small 0-0-0-0, Kelly 1-4-5-6, Brandt 2-1-2-5, Cai. Murphy 1-4-5-6, Esposito 1-0-0-2, Cas. Murphy 4-0-0-8. TOTALS: 15-12-17-45.

NORTHWESTERN

Stitzel 1-0-0-2, Lister 7-3-3-17, Chisdak 2-0-0-4, G. Sevrain 0-0-0-0, S. Sevrain 2-0-0-6, Williamson 1-7-10-9, Christopher 3-0-2-6. TOTALS: 16-10-15-44.

Notre Dame 12 13 12 8 - 45

Northwestern 10 13 7 14 - 44

Three-pointers: ND - Gorman 1, Galle 1, Maslonka 1; NW - S. Sevrain 2.

Wilson-Salisbury

The Falcons beat the Warriors 42-37.

Salisbury’s Caylin Meikrantz scored 14 points in the win, while teammate Sarah McGee added 13 points.

WILSON

Vega 4-3-4-11, Casciole 0-2-2-2,Dreyer 2-1-2-6, Gillen 2-0-0-6, Errico 1-0-0-3, Camillo 0-0-2-0, Quinn 3-0-0-9, Veres 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 12-6-12-37

SALISBURY

McGee 3-7-12-13, Gardus 2-1-2-5, Meikrantz 4-4-4-13 14, Hoeing 1-1-4-3,Nicholas 1-1-2-3,Bruns 1-1-2-4. TOTALS: 12-15-35-42

Wilson 11 10 7 9 - 37

Salisbury 15 15 6 6 - 42

Three-pointers: W - Quinn 3, Gillen 2, Dreyer 1, Errico 1; S - Meikrantz 2, Bruns 1.

Nazareth-Whitehall

The Blue Eagles beat the Zephyrs 48-36.

Nazareth’s Jessica Durnin scored a game-high 22 points.

Kylee Cunningham led Whitehall with 12 points.

NAZARETH

Deangelo 0-0-0-0, Brugler 7-2-6-17, Duignam 0-2-2-2, Youngkin 1-1-2-3, Durnin 9-0-2-22, Ma. Amy 0-0-0-0, Mo. Amy 1-0-0-2, Stevens 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 19-5-12-48.

WHITEHALL

Cunningham 4-0-0-12, George 0-0-0-0, Due 2-2-2-6, Buskirk 4-1-2-9, Clary 0-0-0-0, Dietz 0-0-0-0, Hines 4-0-0-9. TOTALS: 14-3-4-36.

Nazareth 12 13 13 10 - 48

Whitehall 9 2 8 17 - 36

Three-pointers: N - Durnin 4, Brugler 1; W - Cunningham 4, Hines 1.

Pen Argyl-Catasauqua

The Rough Riders came back from a first-quarter deficit to beat the Green Knights.

Amaila Johnson scored a team-high 17 points for Catty, while teammates Jade Biviano added 12.

Megan Lilly had a game-high 21 points for Pen Argyl.

PEN ARGYL

Campbell 0-1-2-1, O’Brien 0-3-4-3, Calabrese 0-0-0-0, Sampson 1-3-4-5, Lehman 0-1-2-1, Lilly 9-1-2-21, Weaver 0-2-4-2, R. Sutton 2-0-2-4, E. Sutton 1-3-4-5. TOTALS: 13-14-24-42.

CATASAUQUA Johnson 5-6-10-17, Gillespie 1-0-0-3, Bradley 2-2-3-6, Garner 1-2-3-4, Safadi 0-0-0-0, Biviano 4-4-4-12, Brown 0-0-0-0, Richards 0-0-0-0, George 2-0-0-5. TOTALS: 15-14-20-47.

Pen Argyl 12 9 11 10 - 42

Catasauqua 4 16 16 11 - 47

Three-pointers: PA - Lilly 2; C - Johnson 1, Gillespie 1.

RIFLE

Freedom-East Stroudsburg North

The Timberwolves beat the Patriots 481-470.

East Stroudsburg North had three shooters (Lisa Cantor, Daniel Ernst and George Gerhart) shoot 97 to lead the team to victory.

Lleyton Herb and Ainsley Saverbrun shot 95 each for Freedom.

FREEDOM (470)

Lleyton Herb 95, Ainsley Saverbrun 95, Evan Amatore 94, Justin Szaro 93, Omar Koury 93.

ES NORTH (481)

Lisa Cantor 97, Daniel Ernst 97, George Gerhart 97, Brianna Soule 96, Hunterdon Watts 94.

North Pocono-Emmaus

The Hornets beat North Pocono 479-464.

The Hornets’ Lindsey Miller and Alex Baksa shot 97 each to lead their team.

NORTH POCONO

Stephen Hineline 95, Missy Shaffer 93, Zach Redmond 93, Chris Kakareka 92, Giovanna Gabello 91.

EMMAUS

Lindsey Miller 97, Alex Baksa 97, Tucker Danish 96, Amber Zeigler 95, Jessica Licker 94.

Salisbury-Berwick

The Bulldogs beat the Falcons 478-443.

Salisbury was led by 90s from Matt Staack and Bryce Erdman.

Berwicks Jared Knorr led all shooters with a 98.

SALISBURY (443)

Rebecca Aungst 88, Joe Busolits 88, Bryce Erdman 90, Matt Staack 90, Conor Zamora 87.

BERWICK (478)

Jared Knorr 98, Shane Levan 94, Airlia Martz 95, Kylie Lewis 95, Hunter Bobesky 96.

PRESS FILE PHOTO Aja Blount scored 32 points in Northampton's win over Central Catholic Tuesday evening. Copyright - DON HERB