LEHIGHTON — The Lehighton boys’ soccer program finished its inaugural season in the Schuylkill League last year with a league championship.
The encore so far has been pretty good as well.
The Indians locked up the Division I title Thursday night with a 9-3 victory over Tamaqua as Patrick Lawler had a hand in the first four goals of the game.
Lawler scored twice and assisted on goals by Dan Baka and Zach Christoff. Christoff also scored twice and assisted on Joe Marks’ tally, while Jake Petit-Clair added a pair of goals for the Indians, who will face Division II runner-up Schuylkill Haven in next Wednesday’s league semifinals at 7 p.m. at Pine Grove.
Tamaqua (1-16, 1-11) 0 3 — 3
Lehighton (15-2, 11-1) 7 2 — 9
L — Lawler (unassisted), 3:51
L — Baka (Lawler), 6:13
L — Lawler (unassisted), 11:57
L — Christoff (Lawler), 19:19
L — Marks (Christoff), 21:56
L — Christoff (unassisted), 22:20
L — J. Petit-Clair (unassisted), 32:32
L — Marks (Baka), 40:48
L — J. Petit-Clair (M. Petit-Clair), 69:02
T — McGuire (unassisted), 70:39
T — Stidham (Verta), 77:05
T — Miller (unassisted), 79:48
Shots on goal: Tamaqua 6, Lehighton 19. Saves: Tamaqua (Banavage) 10, Lehighton (Dietz) 3.
Schuylkill Haven 7
Lourdes 2
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Owen Pothering registered a hat trick as the Hurricanes defeated the Red Raiders in Division II action.
Hunter Romberger added a pair of goals for Schuylkill Haven, while Mike Padula scored twice for Lourdes.
Lourdes (6-9-1, 2-7-1) 1 1 — 2
Haven (11-6-1, 8-2) 5 2 — 7
SH — Pothering (McClintock), 11:11
Lrd — Padula (unassisted), 16:56
SH — Evitts (Connors), 21:27
SH — Romberger (Evitts), 28:27
SH — Pothering (Griffiths), 33:46
SH — Pothering (unassisted), 35:11
SH — Romberger (Hower), 47:55
SH — Griffiths (PK), 62:20
Lrd — Padula (unassisted), 77:57
Shots on goal: Lourdes 3, Schuylkill Haven 16. Corner kicks: Lourdes 1, Schuylkill Haven 4. Saves: Lourdes (Reiner) 9, Schuylkill Haven (Handling 1, McGee 0) 1.
Pottsville 3
Pine Grove 1
Jake DiCello scored the game’s first two goals as the Crimson Tide defeated the Cardinals in a Division I match at Alumni Field.
Tobias Serrian stopped seven shots in goal for the victory.
P. Grove (12-4-1, 7-4-1) 1 0 — 1
Pottsville (7-10, 4-7) 2 1 — 3
Po — DiCello (Wood), 7:58
Po — DiCello (Kauffman), 9:43
PG — Elo (unassisted), 19:24
Po — Joyce (PK), 40:49
Shots on goal: Pine Grove 8, Pottsville 4. Corner kicks: Pine Grove 2, Pottsville 1. Saves: Pine Grove (Soper) 0, Pottsville (Serrian) 7.
Williams Valley 2
Weatherly 1
WEATHERLY — Peppe Mini’s penalty kick in the 76th minute elevated the Vikings to a Division II victory over the Wreckers.
The PK was Mini’s second goal of the game after opening the scoring with a goal in the 22nd minute.
Wms. Valley (8-8, 6-4) 1 1 — 2
Weath. (2-11-2, 0-9-1) 1 0 — 1
WV — Mini (Pesta), 22:21
We — Eckert (PK), 38:58
WV — Mini (PK), 76:31
Shots on goal: Williams Valley 5, Weatherly 4. Corner kicks: Williams Valley 11, Weatherly 0. Saves: Williams Valley (Reinoehl) 3, Weatherly (Peiser) 3.
JV score: Tie 1-1.
Nativity 5
Tri-Valley 3
HEGINS — The Hilltoppers defeated the Dawgs to close out the Division II slate unbeaten.
Further details were unavailable.
Division II champion Nativity will face Division I wild card Blue Mountain at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Pine Grove in the league semifinals.
Juniata 3
Upper Dauphin 2
MIFFLINTOWN — Chase Goodwin scored with two-tenths of a second left in the first overtime to give the Indians a Tri-Valley League victory over the Trojans on Wednesday.
Goodwin’s goal completed a hat trick, with all three assists by Brand Brackbill.
Mason Stoneroad and Alex Uhler scored for Upper Dauphin.
UDA (10-8, 6-6) 1 1 0 — 2
Juniata (7-7, 5-5) 1 1 1 — 3
UDA — Stoneroad (C. Reigner), 18:08
Jun — Goodwin (Brackbill), 36:51
UDA — Uhler (J. Gessner), 45:32
Jun — Goodwin (Brackbill), 56:50
Jun — Goodwin (Brackbill), 89:59
Shots on goal: Upper Dauphin 13, Juniata 13. Corner kicks: Upper Dauphin 3, Juniata 4. Saves: Upper Dauphin (Smith) 11, Juniata (Paden) 10.
Girls’ soccer
Nativity 9
North Schuylkill 1
MyKenzie Malacusky and Jourdan Starr tallied two goals and one assist apiece to lead Nativity to a non-league victory.
Nativity senior goalkeeper Rachael Souchak reached a milestone, making two saves to finish with 1,001 in her career. Souchak also scored a goal in the 74th minute.
NS (0-17) 1 0 — 1
Nat (6-11-1) 5 4 — 9
N — Malacusky (Starr), :21
NS — Kane (unassisted), 4:26
N — Starr (unassisted), 7:15
N — Ulsh (Prezelski), 14:56
N — Klembara (unassisted), 17:37
N — Ryan (Malacusky), 24:21
N — Starr (unassisted), 47:21
N — Prezelski (unassisted), 57:14
N — Malacusky (unassisted), 67:28
N — Souchak (Ozorio), 73:40
Shots on goal: North Schuylkill 4, Nativity 24. Corner kicks: North Schuylkill 0, Nativity 6. Saves: North Schuylkill (Sacco) 15, Nativity (Souchak 2, McClure 1) 3.
Women’s soccer
PSU-Schuylkill 5
Valley Forge 0
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Andrea Slotterback and Morgan DeGrassi scored two goals apiece as the local Lions shut out the Patriots in a non-conference contest.
Rieley Reed tallied Schuylkill’s other goal, while keeper Megan Boyer stopped three shots in the win.
Valley Forge 0 0 — 0
Schuylkill (5-5) 2 3 — 5
S — Slotterback (unassisted), 35’
S — Mo. DeGrassi (unassisted), 45’
S — Reed (unassisted), 75’
S — Mo. DeGrassi (unassisted), 82’
S — Slotterback (unassisted), 83’
Shots on goal: Valley Forge 3, Schuylkill 28. Corner kicks: Valley Forge 0, Schuylkill 4. Saves: Valley Forge (Maun) 9, Schuylkill (Boyer) 3.
Men’s soccer
PSU-Hazleton 6
PSU-Schuylkill 4
HAZLETON — Cole Schwalm recorded a hat trick, but Penn State Schuylkill dropped its PSUAC finale to Penn State Hazleton.
Schuylkill seized a 3-2 lead on back-to-back Schwalm goals, but two goals by Kyle Venditti and goals by Gabriel Opoku-Akoto and Steven Principe put Hazleton ahead to stay.
Schuylkill (3-12, 0-8) 1 3 — 4
Hazleton (9-3, 6-2) 1 5 — 6
S — Schwalm (Krammes), 10:42
H — Venditti (unassisted), 22:17
H — Principe (Lieb), 57:34
S — Schwalm (unassisted), 57:59
S — Schwalm (Abdelmuti), 64:37
H — Venditti (Opoku-Akoto), 71:05
H — Opoku-Akoto (Principe), 74:39
H — Venditti (unassisted), 79:39
H — Principe (unassisted), 84:21
S — Fink (unassisted), 87:21
Shots on goal: Schuylkill 11, Hazleton 41. Corner kicks: Schuylkill 2, Hazleton 13. Saves: Schuylkill (Fryer) 14, Hazleton (Fisher) 3.