Parkland and Northwestern Lehigh still unbeaten

The Cedar Beach Basketball Showcase, also known as the Bash at the Beach, is now less than a week away.

The summer’s first major varsity scholastic basketball tournament begins Thursday night and for the first time all summer it is scheduled to be held outdoors.

Meanwhile, the Lehigh Valley High School Summer Basketball League completed its fifth week of action Thursday night in the Whitehall-Coplay School District gymnasiums.

In the biggest game of the night, Northwestern Lehigh beat Saucon Valley 57-50 in overtime in a battle of the unbeatens.

Also, in a battle of two of the area’s best programs, Notre DameGreen Pond beat Executive Education 71-45 behind a 27-point effort by Zach Rodgers.

Here’s the results of Thursday and Tuesday’s games this week, with updated standings, players of the week and Tuesday’s schedule:

Thursday’s Results Small School Division

Kutztown 6 2 , Roberto Clemente 47 ...Andrew Fleming 24.

Northwestern 5 7, Saucon Valley 5 0 ... Cayden Fitch 1 4 .

Lehighton 4 4 , Bethlehem Christian 2 8 ... Blake Roberts 1 8 .

Upper Perkiomen 5 0 , Catasauqua 4 0 ... Evan Bosler 1 4 .

Big School Division

Whitehall 4 1 , Emmaus 3 3 ... AJ Hines 1 2 .

Parkland43,Quakertown34 ... Matthew Ray 1 4 .

Muhlenberg Twp 5 1 , Liberty 3 1 ... Eric Branch & Luis Valentin 1 1 .

Nazareth 4 5 , Southern Lehigh 39 ... Cole Dibilio 10.

Freedom 49, Easton 31 ...Josh Washington 1 7.

Notre Dame-Green Pond 7 1 , Executive Education 4 5 ... Zach Rodgers 2 7.

Phillipsburg 4 8 , Allen 3 2 ... Matthew Scerbo Jr. 1 6 .

Tuesday’s Results Small School Division

Roberto Clemente 6 1 , Upper Perkiomen 5 5 ... Syncere Dixon 1 7.

Saucon Valley 7 5 , Kutztown 3 3 ... Jack Robertson 2 3 .

Salisbury 5 1 , Bethlehem Christian 3 3 ... Jiro Suarez & Lucas Graver 1 0 .

Lehighton 4 8 , Catasauqua 3 6 ... Blake Roberts 1 6 .

Big School Division

Pocono Mt. East 5 2 , Nazareth 4 2 ... Sebastian Fermin 2 1 .

Wilson West Lawn 6 5 , Palmerton 57 ...SeamusBreslin13.

Northampton 6 7, Phillipsburg 5 7 ... Sam Koplin 1 8 .

Reading 5 1 , Emmaus 4 9 ... Myles Grey22.

Muhlenberg Township 6 6 , Bangor 4 3 ... Xzavion Robertson 1 9 .

Southern Lehigh 4 3 , Whitehall

4 0 ... Jonah Shaw 1 5 .

Executive Education 3 4 , Allentown CCHS 2 7 ... Moustapha Sanoh 1 2 .

Dieruff 29, Quakertown 26 ... Alexis Rosario & Zajari Tirado 9.

Standings Small School Division

(1) Northwestern, 7-0

(2) Saucon Valley, 6-1

(3) Roberto Clemente, 5-3 (4) Upper Perkiomen, 4-3 (5) Lehighton, 4-4

(6) Kutztown, 3-3

(7) Catasauqua, 2-5

(8) Salisbury, 1-6

(9) Bethlehem Christian, 0-7

Big School Division

(T1) Muhlenberg Township, 8-0 (T1) Parkland, 8-0

(3) Executive Education, 7-2

(4) Freedom, 6-2

(5) Allentown Central Catholic, 5-2 (T6) Emmaus, 5-3

(T6) Northampton, 5-3

(T6) Notre Dame Green-Pond, 5-3 (T6) Wilson West Lawn, 5-3

(T10) Pocono Mt. East, 4-4

(T10) Quakertown, 4-4

(T10) Reading, 4-4

(13) Phillipsburg, 3-3

(14) Whitehall, 4-5

(T15) Dieruff, 3-5

(T15) Liberty, 3-5

(T15) Palmerton, 3-5

(18) Nazareth, 3-6 (T19) Allen, 1-7

(T19) Bangor, 1-7

(T19) Southern Lehigh, 1-7 (22) Easton, 0-8

Players of the Week

Service Electric Big School Player of the Week: Sebastian Fermin, Pocono Mt. East

St. Luke’s Small School Player of the Week: Blake Roberts, Lehighton

Tuesday’s schedule

At Whitehall Main Gym

Allen vs. Reading (6); Wislon West Lawn vs. Parkland (7); Freedom vs. Dieruff (8)

At Whitehall Middle School Liberty vs. Easton (6); PM East vs. Bangor (7); So. Lehigh vs. Allentown Central Catholic (8)

At Whitehall Auxiliary Gym

Notre Dame-Green Pond vs. Northampton (6); Phillipsburg vs. Emmaus (7); Roberto Clemente vs. Saucon Valley (8)

At Whitehall Elementary School Salisbury vs. Catasauqua (6); Upper Perk vs. Northwestern Lehigh (7); Bethlehem Christian vs. Kutztown (8)