LEHIGHTON — The race for Division I became even tighter Tuesday night.
Zach Christoff scored twice and assisted on a strike by Joe Marks to hand Lehighton a 4-0 victory over Blue Mountain to move into a tie with the Eagles for first place in the division.
Last season, the Indians lost both regular-season meetings to Blue Mountain before claiming the Division I wild card and beating the Eagles in the league championship.
Christoff scored both goals in the first half. Marks and Frank Bokan scored in the second to pull away. Tyler Dietz made five saves in goal for Lehighton.
Blue Mtn. (9-3, 6-1) 0 0 — 0
Lehighton (9-2, 6-1) 2 2 — 4
Leh — Christoff (Marks), 1st half
Leh — Christoff (unassisted), 1st half
Leh — Marks (Christoff), 2nd half
Leh — Bokan (unassisted), 2nd half
Shots on goal: Blue Mountain 5, Lehighton 12. Saves: Blue Mountain (Albertini) 8, Lehighton (Dietz) 5.
Schuylkill Haven 3
Lourdes 0
COAL TOWNSHIP — Owen Pothering and Dawson Evitts scored early for the Hurricanes in their Division II victory over the Red Raiders to keep two points behind Nativity for first place.
Pothering struck in the 10th minute and Evitts’ goal came in the 20th. Blake Handling made it a three-goal game in the 76th minute.
Haven (6-5-1, 4-1) 2 1 — 3
Lourdes (1-6-1, 0-4-1) 0 0 — 0
SH — Pothering (unassisted), 10:27
SH — Evitts (unassisted), 20:17
SH — B. Handling (unassisted), 76:12
Shots on goal: Schuylkill Haven 13, Lourdes 4. Corner kicks: Schuylkill Haven 5, Lourdes 4. Saves: Schuylkill Haven (C. Handling 2, McGee 2) 4, Lourdes (Reiner) 10.
Pine Grove 8
Tamaqua 1
TAMAQUA — David Snedden had two goals and three assists to lead the Cardinals to a Division I rout of the Blue Raiders.
Alex Witmer also scored twice for Pine Grove, while Cameron Shollenberger had a goal and an assist.
Pine Grove (9-2, 5-2) 3 5 — 8
Tamaqua (0-10, 0-7) 0 1 — 1
PG — Snedden (unassisted), 23:19
PG — Shollenberger (Snedden), 34:59
PG — Witmer (unassisted), 39:35
PG — Weaver (Snedden), 41:26
PG — Elo (Snedden), 48:23
PG — Snedden (unassisted), 49:39
PG — Witmer (Shollenberger), 60:53
PG — Kull (Lengle), 72:17
Tm — Rudy (McHugh), 76:11
Shots on goal: Pine Grove 26, Tamaqua 5. Saves: Pine Grove (Soper) 4, Tamaqua (Banavage) 14.
JV: Pine Grove 1-0
Upper Dauphin 7
Line Mountain 1
MANDATA — Trevor Hoffman scored twice to lead the Trojans’ Tri-Valley League rout of the Eagles.
Upper Dauphin got on the board first with a Line Mountain own goal from a throw-in. Jordan Gessner, Cameron Crum and Alex Uhler then scored before Hoffman’s back-to-back goals in the final 10 minutes of the first half.
Blake Messner converted a penalty in the second for the Trojans.
Up. Dauphin (8-4, 5-3) 6 1 — 7
Line Mountain 0 1 — 1
UD — Line Mtn. OG, 4th minute
UD — J. Gessner (Reigner), 7th minute
UD — Crum (Reigner), 27th minute
UD — Uhler (unassisted), 29th minute
UD — Hoffman (Stoneroad), 31st minute
UD — Hoffman (unassisted), 39th minute
UD — B. Messner (PK), 44th minute
LM — Latsha (unassisted), 56th minute
Shots on goal: Upper Dauphin 18, Line Mountain 12. Corner kicks: Upper Dauphin 3, Line Mountain 4. Saves: Upper Dauphin (Smith) 12, Line Mountain (Renn) 12.
Boys’ Cross Country
Tamaqua 15
Pottsville 50
TAMAQUA — Adam Melnick won the race in 19:31 as Tamaqua (6-1, 2-1 D-I) cruised to a Division I win over Pottsville (1-6, 0-3).
1. Melnick (T) 19:31, 2. Clemson (T) 20:02, 3. Tite (T) 20:36, 4. Kinder (T) 20:58, 5. Stianche (T) 22:01, 6. N. Davidson (T) 22:02, 7. Miller (T) 22:03, 8. Haslam (P) 22:15, 9. Roseland (T) 22:49, 10. Nevadomsky (P) 23:16
Girls’ Cross Country
Tamaqua 16
Pottsville 47
TAMAQUA — Sarah Maue’s victory in 22:41 lifted Tamaqua (7-0, 3-0 D-I) to a Division I triumph over Pottsville.
Brenna Nagle finished fifth to lead the Crimson Tide (3-4, 0-3).
1. Maue (T) 22:41, 2. Mo. Shimko (T) 22:49, 3. Carroll (T) 23:15, 4. Wasserleben (T) 23:27, 5. Nagle (P) 23:52, 6. LaBar (T) 24:25, 7. Me. Shimko (T) 24:46, 8. Frantz (T) 25:03, 9. Beck (T) 25:27, 10. Gerber (T) 25:57