LOCAL SPORTS ROUNDUP: Results from Jan. 23
Lehighton, Marian, Northwestern, Pleasant Valley and Weatherly all posted girls basketball victories on Tuesday.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Lehighton-Jim Thorpe
Aubrey Blasiak and Skylynn Faust combined to lift Lehighton over Jim Thorpe in Schuylkill League action, 56-39.
Blasiak hit four triples en route to 21 points, while Faust was right behind with 19 points.
Payton Kovac scored 13 points for the Olympians.
LEHIGHTON
Brown 0-0-0-0, Frey 1-1-2-3, Long 0-0-0-0, Hibbler 3-0-0-6, Blasiak 7-3-4-21, Miller 0-0-0-0, Pantella 2-1-3-5, Faust 7-3-7-19, Gaston 0-0-0-0, Buchinsky 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 21-8-16-56.
JIM THORPE
Richards 3-1-4-7, Kovac 4-5-7-13, McGinley 1-0-0-2, Condly 1-0-0-2, Scott 0-0-0-0, Montemuro 2-3-3-7, Skrimcovsky 0-0-0-0, Lignore 4-0-2-8, Gabel 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-9-16-39.
Lehighton 20 11 9 16 - 56
Jim Thorpe 9 11 12 7 - 39
Three pointers: L - Blasiak 4, Faust 2; JT - none.
Marian-Schuylkill Haven
Marian placed five players in double figures to defeat Schuylkill Haven, 85-15, in Schuylkill League action.
Emma McClafferty led all scorers with 17 points for the Fillies. Isabella Schwabe added 16 points, Macy Alansky and Emily Shaud both had 15 points, and Reese Erbe chipped in 11.
MARIAN
Kreisl 0-0-0-0, Shaud 7-1-2-15, Erbe 3-4-4-11, Alansky 6-0-0-15, Murray 3-0-0-9, Schwabe 8-0-0-16, McClafferty 8-1-2-17, Reinoehl 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 36-6-10-85.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN
Rossi 0-0-0-0, Phillips 0-0-0-0, Scott 0-0-0-0, Minnick 0-0-0-0, Krammer 0-0-0-0, Boulhanna 0-1-2-1, Roshannon 1-0-0-2, Pruden 2-0-0-4, Umbenhauer 1-1-4-3, Barnitsky 2-0-2-5, Davis 0-0-0-0, Krause 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 6-2-8-15.
Marian 25 21 17 22 - 85
Schuylkill Haven 5 5 2 3 - 15
Three pointers: M - Murray 3, Alansky 3, Erbe 1; SH - Barnitsky 1.
Notre Dame-No. Lehigh
Notre Dame of Green Pond rolled to a 55-30 Colonial League victory over Northern Lehigh.
Jada Saeger led the Bulldogs with 18 points.
NOTRE DAME GP
Medei 0-0-0-0, Johnson 0-0-0-0, DeFranco 0-0-0-0, Wachter 1-0-0-2, Galle 4-0-2-10, Maslonka 2-0-0-5, Garner 0-0-0-0, Brandt 2-2-2-6, Goffredo 0-0-0-0, Shollenberger 0-0-0-0, Hezel 0-0-0-0, Altmire 5-0-0-10, Murphy 11-0-0-22. TOTALS: 25-2-4-55.
NORTHERN LEHIGH
Olewine 2-1-2-6, Saeger 7-1-1-18, Ziegler 0-0-0-0, D. Hoffman 0-0-0-0, Evans 0-0-0-0, Guelcher 1-0-0-3, L. Hoffman 1-1-3-3. TOTALS: 11-3-6-30.
Notre Dame GP 18 10 14 13 - 55
Northern Lehigh 8 9 9 4 - 30
Three pointers: NDGP - Galle 2, Maslonka 1; NL - Saeger 3, Olewine 1, Guelcher 1.
Bangor-Northwestern
Northwestern used balanced scoring to down Bangor in a Colonial League clash, 58-41.
The Tigers got 12 points from Leighanna Lister and 10 from Abigail Chisdak.
BANGOR
Walsh 1-0-0-3, Verenice 0-0-0-0, Hendricks 0-0-0-0, Ohland 4-6-8-14, Karasek 2-4-8-8, LaBar 1-1-2-3, Barone 1-0-0-3, D. Hess 0-0-0-0, Tierney 0-0-0-0, J. Hess 4-0-0-10, Baker 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-11-18-41.
NORTHWESTERN
L. Lister 4-4-8-12, Chisdak 4-2-2-10, G. Sevrain 4-0-0-8, S. Sevrain 2-2-2-8, Hess 1-0-0-2, Sekerak 2-5-8-9, Williamson 2-3-6-7, Christopher 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 20-16-26-58.
Bangor 12 12 8 9 - 41
Northwestern 15 11 16 16 - 58
Three pointers: B - J. Hess 2, Walsh 1, Barone 1; NW - S. Sevrain 2.
Saucon Valley-Palmerton
Saucon Valley upended Palmerton in Colonial League action, 41-32.
Linnaea Leister scored 18 points for Palmerton.
SAUCON VALLEY
Naiburg 0-6-10-6, Medei 0-0-0-0, S. Williams 3-1-2-9, Kramer 7-0-0-14, B. Riefenstahl 1-6-11-8, K. Riefenstahl 1-0-0-2, O. Williams 0-0-0-0, Kreschollek 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 13-13-25-41.
PALMERTON
H. Guedes 0-0-0-0, B. Guedes 2-2-6-6, Hirochek 0-0-0-0, Cincilla 0-2-4-2, Leister 5-6-9-18, Frantz 1-0-0-2, Papay 2-0-2-4, Recker 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 10-10-23-32.
Saucon Valley 11 9 6 15 - 41
Palmerton 7 7 11 7 - 32
Three pointers: SV - S. Williams 2; P - Leister 2.
ES South-Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley pulled out a 50-45 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over East Stroudsburg South.
Alexa Clark and Ashley Schwenck scored 10 points apiece for the Bears.
EASTBURG SOUTH
Williams 0-0-0-0, Welster 0-0-0-0, Oliver 0-1-2-1, Robinson 0-0-0-0, Vazquez 3-0-0-6, Cole 3-1-2-7, Anderson 6-2-3-14, Bostic 2-0-2-5, Albert 0-0-0-0, Davy 6-0-5-12. TOTALS: 20-4-14-45.
PLEASANT VALLEY
R. Wagner 0-0-0-0, Caffrey 1-0-2-2, O’Neil 0-2-2-2, B. Clark 0-6-8-6, Miller 3-2-4-8, A. Clark 3-4-4-10, Rosenberg 3-0-0-7, Francis 2-1-1-5, A. Wagner 0-0-0-0, Schwenck 5-0-1-10. TOTALS: 17-15-22-50.
Eastburg South 8 7 16 14 - 45
Pleasant Valley 17 7 10 16 - 50
Three pointers: ESS - Bostic 1; PV - Rosenberg 1.
Weatherly-Tri-Valley
Weatherly rallied for a 45-43 Schuylkill League comeback win over Tri-Valley.
Emily Zoscin scored a game-high 17 points for the Wreckers (9-5; 3-5), who trailed by nine points at halftime. Weatherly also received 13 points from Megan Peifer.
WEATHERLY
Zoscin 6-4-9-17, T. Hinkle 1-2-4-4, Hoffman 3-0-0-6, G. Hinkle 0-1-2-1, James 1-0-0-2, Ache 0-0-0-0, Peifer 4-4-5-13, Hernandez 1-0-0-2, Miller 0-0-0-0, Heister 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-11-20-45.
TRI-VALLEY
Stewart 4-2-2-13, Romberger 4-2-5-12, Balsavage 0-0-2-0, Witmer 3-3-5-9, McCormick 2-0-0-4, Sceila 0-3-4-3, Adams 1-0-0-2, Schnoke 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-10-18-43.
Weatherly 12 2 12 19 - 45
Tri-Valley 11 12 6 14 - 43
Three pointers: Weatherly - Zoscin 1, Peifer 1; TV - Stewart 3.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Palmerton-Saucon Valley
Palmerton notched a Colonial League win over Saucon Valley, 67-48.
The Blue Bombers (8-9, 6-7) got a game-high 20 points from Justin Hosier. Nate Dougherty followed with 16 points and Kody Kratzer chipped in 11.
PALMERTON
Yacone 3-0-0-6, Young 2-0-0-5, Baumgardt 2-2-2-6, Dougherty 6-4-5-16, King 0-0-0-0, Kratzer 2-7-8-11, Hosier 8-2-3-20, Buck 0-0-0-0, Silfies 0-0-0-0, Taschler 1-0-0-2, Beahm 0-0-0-0, Quinn 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 24-16-20-67.
SAUCON VALLEY
Figueroa 0-0-0-0, Binn 0-1-2-1, Deppert 0-0-0-0, Snead 0-0-0-0, Zyck 0-0-0-0, Simpson 2-0-0-4, Cyphers 4-6-9-16, O’Donnell 2-0-0-4, Pepper 0-0-0-0, Yeahl 8-3-3-19, Hernandez 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 18-10-14-48.
Palmerton 15 15 18 19 - 67
Saucon Valley 7 11 18 12 - 48
Three pointers: P - Hosier 2, Young 1; SV - Cyphers 2.
Northwestern-Bangor
Bangor outscored Northwestern in each period to pull out an 80-50 Colonial League win.
For the Tigers, Sam Seyfried scored 13 points.
NORTHWESTERN
Hebelka 2-3-4-7, Seyfried 6-1-1-13, Yadush 3-0-0-9, Mengel 1-0-0-2, Bollinger 4-0-0-8, McCann 1-1-2-3, Rebert 0-0-0-0, Henry 0-0-0-0, Thomas 3-0-0-6, Holmes 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 21-5-7-50.
BANGOR
T. Jones 8-1-1-21, I. Jones 2-3-4-7, Morehouse 0-0-0-0, Meyers 6-0-0-17, Singleton 3-0-0-7, Berger 2-0-0-4, Kish 0-2-2-2, Owens 0-0-0-0, Holland 3-0-0-9, Diorio 0-0-0-0, Davis 5-0-0-10, Sareen 0-0-0-0, Bailey 1-1-1-3. TOTALS: 30-7-8-80.
Northwestern 16 12 14 8 - 50
Bangor 20 17 22 21 - 80
Three pointers: NW - Yadush 3; B - Meyers 5, Holland 3, T. Jones 1, Singleton 1.
ES South-Pleasant Valley
East Stroudsburg South held off Pleasant Valley for a 59-50 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win.
For the Bears, Deshawn Scarboro had 13 points and Andrius Harrison-Gaddist added 12.
EAST STROUDSBURG SOUTH
Lopez 0-9-10-9, Eck 9-1-1-23, Bradley 0-2-2-2, Anderson 4-1-2-10, Rodriguez 3-1-2-8, Raso 0-0-0-0, Bruce 0-0-2-0, Sapp 0-0-0-0, Hamilton 2-3-3-7, Matos 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-17-22-59.
PLEASANT VALLEY
Stivala 2-0-1-4, Howard 1-0-0-2, Harrison-Gaddist 6-0-0-12, Neubert 1-3-4-5, Scarboro 5-1-2-13, Robinson 1-0-0-2, Daviello 3-0-0-6, Burks 3-0-0-6, Smith 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-4-7-50.
ES South 21 8 12 18 - 59
Pleasant Valley 15 11 11 13 - 50
Three pointers: ESS - Eck 4, Anderson 1, Rodriguez 1; PV - Scarboro 2.
Lehighton-Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain utilized a strong second half to pull away from Lehighton for a 63-39 Schuylkill League win.
For the Tribe, Zach Hunsicker scored 12 points and TaQuan Bradley-Chambers added 10.
LEHIGHTON
Heery 3-0-0-7, Carpenter 1-0-0-2, Hunsicker 4-1-2-12, Beers 0-0-0-0, Bradley-Chambers 4-2-3-10, Howland 3-0-0-6, Venuto 0-0-0-0, Schatz 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 16-3-5-39.
BLUE MOUNTAIN
Grace 2-0-0-5, O’Donnell 5-1-2-12, Ketch 0-0-0-0, Conway 4-0-0-9, McKivigan 3-0-0-8, Lipko 0-1-2-1, Bunnick 0-0-0-0, Dean 1-1-2-3, Nabholz 4-2-2-11, Carr 0-0-0-0, O’Keefe 1-0-0-2, D. Biever 0-0-0-0, J. Biever 5-2-4-12. TOTALS: 25-7-12-63.
Lehighton 6 18 6 9 - 39
Blue Mountain 16 12 18 17 - 63
Three pointers: L - Hunsicker 3, Heery 1; BM - McKivigan 2, Grace 1, Nabholz 1, O’Donnell 1, Conway 1.
No. Lehigh-Notre Dame
Northern Lehigh defeated Notre Dame of Green Pond, 52-48, in Colonial League action.
No other information was available to the TIMES NEWS at press time.
WRESTLING
Tamaqua-North Schuylkill
Tamaqua picked up a 46-27 Schuylkill League win over North Schuylkill.
Earning pins for the Blue Raiders were Aaron Coccio, Pierce Demetriades, Nate Wickersham, and Bronson Strouse.
Tamaqua 46, North Schuylkill 27
106 - Danny Grigas (NS) pinned Michael Shlanta in 3:01; 113 - Gavin Locke (NS) won by forfeit; 120 - Randolph Steigerwalt (T) dec. Damian Deihm, 16-12; 126 - Aaron Coccio (T) pinned Ben Wolfe in 2:15; 132 - Pierce Demetriades (T) pinned Chris Cutrona in 3:20; 138 - Caleb Sell (T) won by forfeit; 145 - Brandon Mader (T) won by forfeit; 152 - Dylan Edwards (NS) dec Reese Szabo, 4-3; 160 - Justyn DeAngelo (NS) pinned Kahlid Holland in 2:48; 170 - Nate Wickersham (T) pinned Robert McDowell in 5:47; 182 - Carson Krell (T) major dec Corbin Kessler, 12-2; 195 - Brandon Eberts (T) dec. Will Armstead, 10-3; 220 - Bronson Strouse (T) pinned Joe Tinari in 2:28; 285
- Ryan Weitz (NS) won by forfeit.
Lehighton-Pine Grove
Pine Grove used six pins to gain a 50-27 Schuylkill League win over Lehighton.
The Indians received falls from Chris Whiteman (145 pounds), Cody Scherer (182) and Nate Kemmerer (126).
Pine Grove 50, Lehighton 27
145 - Chris Whiteman (L) pinned C. Charles in 1:15; 152 - D. Carlin (PG) pinned Tyler Schock in 5:43; 160 - Di. Kintzel (PG) major dec Richard Fronheiser, 18-6; 170 - Da. Kintzel (PG) pinned Christian Rodriguez in 2:35; 182 - Cody Scherer (L) pinned T. Holt in :40; 195 - P. Nuske (PG) pinned Jack Zimmerman in 3:05; 220 - A. Ney (PG) pinned Brett Gasker in 1:56; 285 - Alex Hinkle (L) won by forfeit; 106 - T. Anderson (PG) won by forfeit; 113 - A. Rhode (PG) pinned Jagr Lynn in 4:59; 120 - N. Venszl (PG) major dec Steven Fritzinger, 13-3; 126 - Nate Kemmerer (L) pinned T. Armstead (PG) in 1:02; 132 - J. Rossi (PG) pinned Lucas Sangiuliano in 2:36; 138
- Logan Pagotto (L) dec A. Ney, 7-2.
SWIMMING
Tamaqua-Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain swept Tamaqua in Schuylkill League action. The Eagle boys won, 103.5-53.5, while the girls took a 111-75 victory.
For the Blue Raiders, Tressa Barron and Billy Shilko both prevailed in diving. Lexi Kerstetter (200 free), Sarah Maue (100 breast), Ethan Turrano (100 back) and Nathan Steigerwalt (100 breast) also posted wins.
GIRLS
Blue Mountain 111, Tamaqua 75
200 Medley Relay
- 1. Blue Mountain (Mallorie Dukmen, Sara Zimmerman, Giuliana Boti, Jacqueline O’Neill) 2:01.27, 2. Tamaqua, 3. Blue Mountain
200 Free
- 1. Lexi Kerstetter (T) 2:12.71, 2. O’Neill (BM), 3. Arabella Cairnie (BM)
200 IM
- 1. Dukmen (BM) 2:28.84, 2. Sarah Maue (T), 3. Sofia Pascuzzo (BM)
50 Free
- 1. Boti (BM) 27.17, 2. Kayla Sherry (T), 3. Maria Lopez (BM)
1-meter Diving
- 1. Tressa Barron (T) 159.15, 2. Bria Gigli (T), 3. Emily Laughlin (BM)
100 Fly
- 1. Boti (BM) 1:06.31, 2. Olivia Stanek (T), 3. Brianna Dumond (T)
100 Free
- 1. Lopez (BM) 1:01.40, 2. Sherry (T), 3. Cairnie (BM)
500 Free
- 1. O’Neill (BM) 6:17.09, 2. Madelyn Jones (T), 3. Cairnie (BM)
200 Free Relay
- 1. Blue Mountain (Lopez, Neveah Mitchell, Cairnie, Pascuzzo) 1:54.60, 2. Blue Mountain, 3. Tamaqua
100 Back
- 1. Dukmen (BM) 1:03.92, 2. Kerstetter (T), 3. Dumond (T)
100 Breast
- 1. Maue (T) 1:18.12, 2. Zimmerman (BM), 3. Jones (T)
400 Free Relay
- 1. Blue Mountain (O’Neill, Lopez, Dukmen, Boti) 4:02.12, 2. Tamaqua, 3. Blue Mountain.
BOYS
Blue Mountain 103.5, Tamaqua 53.5
200 Medley Relay
- 1. Blue Mountain (Christian Wilson, Blase Carr, Mason Irwin, Andrew Johnson) 1:53.18, 2. Blue Mountain, 3. Blue Mountain
200 Free
- 1. Derrick Yuengling (BM) 2:08.09, 2. Eliot Keith (BM), 3. Matthias Barbe (BM)
200 IM
- 1. Ty Rabensteine (BM) 2:16.64, 2. Sean Sopko (BM), 3. Mikolas Barbe (BM)
50 Free
- 1. Irwin (BM) 24.58, 2. Anthony Witczak (T), 3. Gregory Rautzhan (BM)
1-meter Diving
- 1. Billy Shilko (T) 221.60, 2. Bill Frederick (T), 3. Michael Levkulic (BM)
100 Fly
- 1. Wilson (BM) 1:04.49, 2. Yuengling (BM), 3. Barbe (BM)
100 Free
- 1. Rabensteine (BM) 53.69, 2. Keith (BM), 3. Adam Beam (BM)
500 Free
- 1. Nathaniel Powers (BM) 6:07.97, 2. Wilson (BM), 3. Robert Hudepohl (BM)
200 Free Relay
- 1. Blue Mountain (Yuengling, Powers, Barbe, Johnson) 1:42.60, 2. Blue Mountain, 3. Blue Mountain
100 Back
- 1. Ethan Turrano (T) 1:29.54
100 Breast
- 1. Nathan Steigerwalt (T) 1:20.06, 2. Dominic Valentine (T)
400 Free Relay
- 1. Tamaqua (Nathaniel Kovalchick, Witczak, Brad Clemson, Frederick) 4:58.15.