HS Swimming Roundup: Blue Mountain boys wrap up 7th straight league crown
Blue Mountain's Noah Powers
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Tuesday’s win over Pottsville essentially clinched it.
Thursday, the Blue Mountain boys’ swim team made it official.
Noah Powers (200 IM, 500 free) won a pair of events and swam on two winning relays as Blue Mountain downed Schuylkill Haven 104-37 to capture its seventh straight Schuylkill League boys’ swimming championship.
Porter Sarnes (100 free), Zach Scala (50 free), Aidan Varney (100 fly) and Gabe Kamarousky (100 back) each won an individual event for the Eagles (11-1, 10-0 SL), which swept the relays.
Ethan Miller (200 free, 100 breast) won two events and Luke Smith captured diving for the Hurricanes (3-9-1, 3-6-1 SL).
Blue Mountain 104, Schuylkill Haven 37
200 medley relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Powers, Scala, Varney, Sarnes) 1:52.36, 2. Schuylkill Haven
200 freestyle — 1. Miller (SH) 1:51.46, 2. Kamarousky (BM), 3. Magdeburg (BM)
200 IM — 1. Powers (BM) 2:10.24, 2. Varney (BM)
50 freestyle — 1. Scala (BM) 25.16, 2. Sarnes (BM), 3. Houck (SH)
Diving — 1. Smith (SH) 114.75
100 butterfly — 1. Varney (BM) 1:04.98, 2. Magdeburg (BM)
100 freestyle — 1. Sarnes (BM) 55.26, 2. March (BM), 3. Stine (SH)
500 freestyle — 1. Powers (BM) 5:12.20, 2. Keck (BM)
200 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Varney, Sarnes, Scala, Powers) 1:37.98, 2. Schuylkill Haven
100 backstroke — 1. Kamarousky (BM) 1:04.27, 2. Frantz (BM)
100 breaststroke — 1. Miller (SH) 1:05.93, 2. Hart (BM), 3. Scala (BM)
400 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Kamarousky, March, Hart, Magdeburg) 3:50.94
Independent Swimmer: 50 freestyle — Crowley (Ham) 28.27; 100 freestyle — Crowley (Ham) 1:01.34.
North Schuylkill 106, Tamaqua 52
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — Gavin Mentzer (50 free, 100 back), David Luna (200 free, 500 free) and Chase Meyers (200 IM, 100 breast) each picked up a pair of individual wins and swam on two winning relays as North Schuylkill defeated Tamaqua.
Fabrizio J. Mangianello (100 free) and Joe Campbell (100 fly) notched victories for the Spartans (7-4, 6-4), who won 11 of 12 events.
Vinny Valentine took first in diving for the Blue Raiders (4-9-2, 4-5-2).
200 medley relay — 1. North Schuylkill (Mentzer, Meyers, F.J. Mangianello, Heidelbaugh) 2:02.46, 2. Tamaqua
200 freestyle — 1. Luna (NS) 2:17.08, 2. Heidlebaugh (NS), 3. Temarantz (T)
200 IM — 1. Meyers (NS) 2:28.78, 2. F.J. Mangianello (NS)
50 freestyle — 1. Mentzer (NS) 24.41, 2. Barron (T), 3. Graham (T)
Diving — 1. Valentine (T) 178.75
100 butterfly — 1. Campbell (NS) 1:11.74, 2. Hayes (NS)
100 freestyle — 1. F.J. Mangianello (NS) 55.06, 2. F.D. Mangianello (NS), 3. Graham (T)
500 freestyle — 1. Luna (NS) 6:21.97, 2. Temarantz (T), 3. Hunsicker (T)
200 freestyle relay — 1. North Schuylkill (Meyers, Luna, Campbell, Mentzer) 1:48.28, 2. Tamaqua, 3. North Schuylkill
100 backstroke — 1. Mentzer (NS) 1:03.92, 2. Heidlebaugh (NS), Hunsicker (T)
100 breaststroke — 1. Meyers (NS) 1:19.12, 2. Valentine (T), 3. F.D. Mangianello (NS)
400 freestyle relay — 1. North Schuylkill (Heidlebaugh, Luna, Campbell, F.J. Mangianello) 4:13.55, 2. Tamaqua, 3. North Schuylkill
Independent Swimmer: 200 IM — Williams (PV) 2:34.74; 100 backstroke — Williams (PV) 1:08.72
Pottsville 96, Mahanoy Area 13
MAHANOY CITY — Noah Bevan (200 IM, 100 free) paced a balanced attack with a pair of victories as Pottsville (10-2, 8-2 SL) defeated Mahanoy Area (0-11, 0-11 SL).
John Mohl (50 free), Logan Strauss (200 free), Caiden Wright (100 fly), Jamison Walsh (100 back) and Killian Bressler (100 breast) picked up individual wins as well for the Tide.
Blake Brown took first in the 500 freestyle for the Bears.
200 medley relay — 1. Pottsville (Wright, Walsh, Bevan, Bressler) 1:56.03, 2. Pottsville
200 freestyle — 1. Strauss (P) 2:07.96
200 IM — 1. Bevan (P) 2:21.70
50 freestyle — 1. Mohl (P) 25.61, 2. Davis (P), 3. Brown (MA)
Diving — No Event
100 butterfly — 1. Wright (P) 1:07.24, Mohl (P), M. Prestileo
100 freestyle — 1. Bevan (P) 54.42, 2. Strauss (P), 3. Williams (P)
500 freestyle — 1. Brown (MA) 6:32.46, 2. Davis (P)
200 freestyle relay — 1. Pottsville (Bressler, Mohl, Scharadin, Williams) 1:48.34
100 backstroke — 1. Walsh (P) 1:09.58, 2. Miller (P) 1:17.69
100 breaststroke — 1. Bressler (P) 1:15.57
400 freestyle relay — 1. Pottsville (Wright, Davis, Strauss, Walsh) 4:05.50
Girls’ Swimming
Blue Mountain 120, Schuylkill Haven 53
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN —- Sage Kaplafka (50 free, 500 free) and Alayna Hensel (100 fly, 100 breast) each won a pair of individual events and swam on two winning relays as the Eagles downed the Hurricanes.
Julia Crossen (200 free), Molly Stone (200 IM), Hailey Scheuer (diving) and Isabella Lafko (100 back) picked up an individual win for Blue Mountain (11-1, 10-0 SL).
Nikki Domermuth took first in the 100 freestyle for the Hurricanes (8-5, 5-5).
200 medley relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Kaplafka, Hensel, Lafko, Machamer) 2:07.61, 2. Schuylkill Haven, 3. Blue Mountain
200 freestyle — 1. J. Crossen (BM) 2:14.15, 2. Lafko (BM), 3. K. Zulli (BM)
200 IM — 1. Stone (BM) 2:40.22, 2. Beiswinger (BM), 3. G. Zulli (BM)
50 freestyle — 1. Kaplafka (BM) 26.02, 2. C. Stauffer (SH), 3. Machamer (BM)
Diving — 1. Scheuer (BM) 203.55, 2. Moran (BM), 3. Fitzpatrick (SH)
100 butterfly — 1. Hensel (BM) 1:09.72, 2. E. Crossen (BM)
100 freestyle — 1. Domermuth (SH) 1:01.08, 2. Machamer (BM), 3. J. Crossen (BM)
500 freestyle — 1. Kaplafka (BM) 5:46.69, 2. Fitzpatrick (SH), 3. Scherer (SH)
200 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Hensel, J. Crossen, Lafko, Kaplafka) 1:52.32, 2. Schuylkill Haven, 3. Schuylkill Haven
100 backstroke — 1. Lafko (BM) 1:14.94, 2. Wehr (SH), 3. E. Crossen (BM)
100 breaststroke — 1. Hensel (BM) 1:19.69, 2. Domermuth (SH), 3. G. Zulli (BM)
400 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Machamer, E. Crossen, Stone, J. Crossen) 4:20.01, 2. Schuylkill Haven
Tamaqua 108, North Schuylkill 74
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS —- Savannah Wilson (200 IM, 100 breast), and Katie Behun (500 free, 100 back) each won twice and swam on two winning relays as the Blue Raiders topped the Spartans.
Audrey Nattress (100 fly) also picked up an individual event win for the Blue Raiders (13-2, 10-1).
Kamryn Wolfe (200 free, 100 free) won a pair of individual events for the Spartans (5-6, 4-6), while Tatiana Salefski (50 free) and Joyce Burian (diving) collected individual wins.
200 medley relay — 1. Tamaqua (Behun, Wilson, Nattress, A. Jones) 2:06.67, 2. North Schuylkill, 3. Tamaqua
200 freestyle — 1. Wolfe (NS) 2:12.18, 2. I Jones (T), 3. G. Clemson (T)
200 IM — 1. Wilson (T) 2:27.79, 2. L. Clemson (T), 3. G. Salefski (NS)
50 freestyle — 1. T. Salefski (NS) 27.22, 2. Brown (T), 3. A. Jones (T)
Diving — 1. Burian (NS) 182.95, 2. Love (NS), 3. Bennett (NS)
100 butterfly — 1. Nattress (T) 1:12.27, 2. T. Salefski (NS), 3. G. Salefski (NS)
100 freestyle — 1. Wolfe (NS) 1:00.42, 2. A. Jones (T), 3. McGuinness (T)
500 freestyle — 1. Behun (T) 6:11.85, 2. L. Clemson (T), 3. I. Jones (T)
200 freestyle relay — 1. Tamaqua (Wilson, Nattress, I. Jones, A. Jones), 2. North Schuylkill, 3, Tamaqua
100 backstroke — 1. Behun (T) 1:14.53, 2. Nattress (T), 3. Lavas (NS)
100 breaststroke — 1. Wilson (T) 1:12.20, 2. Betz (T), 3. E. Nahodil (NS)
400 freestyle relay — 1. Tamaqua (I. Jones, McGuinness, Behun, L. Clemson) 4:46.05, 2. North Schuylkill, 3. Tamaqua
Pottsville 89, Mahanoy Area 45
MAHANOY CITY — Adalia LaSelva (200 free, 100 free) won a pair of events and swam on two winning relays as Pottsville (7-6, 5-5 SL) defeated Mahanoy Area (1-10, 1-10 SL).
Gianna LaSelva (50 free) and Elizabeth Martinko (500 free) picked up an individual win and swam on two winning relays for the Crimson Tide.
Lillian Brown (200 IM, 100 back) won a pair of events and Alexis Chilinskas (100 breast) collected a win for the Golden Bears.
200 medley relay — 1. Pottsville (G. LaSelva, Martinko, A. LaSelva, Horvath) 2:06.77, 2. Mahanoy Area, 3. Pottsville
200 freestyle — 1. A. LaSelva (P) 2:22.56, 2. Chilinskas (MA), 3. Horvath (P)
200 IM — 1. Brown (MA) 2:24.69, 2. Van Orden (P)
50 freestyle — 1. G. LaSelva (P) 27.50, 2. Fazio (MA), 3. Walsh (P)
Diving — No Event
100 butterfly — No Event
100 freestyle — 1. A. LaSelva (P) 1:04.29, 2. Walsh (P), 3. Abadia (MA)
500 freestyle — 1. Martinko (P) 6:29.25, 2. Fazio (MA) 3. Smulligan (P)
200 freestyle relay — 1. Pottsville (G. LaSelva, Horvath, Martinko, A. LaSelva) 1:56.37, 2. Mahanoy Area, 3. Pottsville
100 backstroke — 1. Brown (MA) 1:06.14, 2. G. LaSelva (P), 3. Walchak (P)
100 breaststroke — 1. Chilinskas (MA) 1:16.66, 2. Martinko (P), 3. Van Orden (P)
400 freestyle relay — 1. Pottsville (Walchak, Mazola, Eckert, Smulligan) 5:44.30
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