Palmerton, Northwestern and Tamaqua all picked up boys basketball victories on Thursday.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Jim Thorpe-Palmerton

Nate Dougherty’s 23 points helped lift Palmerton to a 56-48 win over Jim Thorpe in the consolation game of the Slatington Rotary Christmas Tournament.

The Bombers’ Justin Hosier followed with 19 points, while Kody Kratzer chipped in 12.

The Olympians’ Nate Rosahac finished with a game-high 25 points.

JIM THORPE

Searfoss 4-0-1-10, Burak 1-1-3-3, Santiago 1-0-0-2, Cannariato 2-1-1-6, Hurley 0-0-2-0, Condly 0-0-0-0, Adames 0-0-0-0, Lauer 1-0-0-2, Rosahac 5-15-17-25. TOTALS: 14-17-24-48.

PALMERTON

Christman 0-0-0-0, Kratzer 4-2-4-12, Young 0-0-2-0, King 0-0-0-0, Dougherty 8-6-8-23, Stuck 0-0-0-0, Hosier 7-3-3-19, Buck 0-0-0-0, Silfies 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 20-11-17-56.

Jim Thorpe 15 7 12 14 - 48

Palmerton 8 18 15 15 - 56

Three-pointers: JT – Searfoss 2, Cannariato; Palmerton – Kratzer 2, Hosier 2, Dougherty 1.

Hamburg-N’western

Two 20-point quarters propelled Northwestern to a 69-51 non-league victory over Hamburg.

Samuel Yadush scored 22 points to lead the Tigers, while Sean McCann and Deven Bollinger had 14 and 13 points, respectively.

Ethan Kennedy led the Hawks with 13 points. Reece Adam had 11 points.

HAMBURG

Kennedy 4-2-2-13, Evangelista 3-0-0-6, Adam 5-1-2-11, Barter 3-2-2-8, Shuey 2-0-1-5, Zimmerman 1-0-1-2, Naftzinger 2-0-0-4, Sterner 1-0-0-2, Wolber 0-0-0-0, Schlenker 0-0-0-0. Totals 21 5-8 51.

NORTHWESTERN

Seyfried 0-0-0-0, Yadush 7-4-4-22, Bollinger 5-3-7-13, Thomas 3-1-3-7, Hallman 0-0-0-0, Hebelka 1-2-2-4, Snyder 0-2-4-2, McCann 4-2-2-14, Rebert 0-0-0-0, D. Holmes 0-2-4-2, Rosamalia 1-0-1-2, J. Holmes 0-0-0-0, Hagadus 0-1-2-1, Henry 0-0-0-0, Garrido 1-0-0-2. Totals 22-17-29-69.

Hamburg 14 10 15 12 - 51

Northwestern 13 20 16 20 - 69

Three-pointers: Hamburg – Kennedy 3, Shuey 1; Northwestern – Yadush 4, McCann 4.

Tamaqua-Sch. Haven

Tamaqua beat Schuylkill Haven 69-46.

Lucas Gregoire paced the Blue Raiders with a game-high 17 points, while Brayden Knoblauch followed with 12 points.

Teammate Devon Zehner chipped in with 10 points.

Albert Evans finished with a Hurricanes’ high of 17 points.

TAMAQUA

Bonetsky 3-1-2-8, Stianche 4-0-0-9, Griffin 0-1-2-1, Mateyak 1-0-0-2, Knoblauch 5-0-0-12, Bollentino 1-1-1-3, Zehner 0-5-0-0-10, Agosti 1-2-2-4, N. Gregoire 0-1-2-1, L. Gregoire 6-5-6-17, Stauffenberg 1-0-0-2. Totals: 26-11-15-69.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN

Ulsh 2-0-0-4, Evans 4-5-6-17, Miller 2-2-2-7, Slusser 4-0-0-9, Carter 3-0-0-6, Higgins 0-1-2-1, Klotz 0-2-2-2, Stoffy 0-0-0-0, Ritchie 0-0-0-0. Totals: 15-10-12-46.

Tamaqua 19 13 21 16 - 69

Sch. Haven 6 12 14 14 - 46

Three-pointers: Tamaqua – Knoblauch 2, Bonetsky 1, Stianche 1; SH – Evans 4, Miller 1, Slusser 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Jim Thorpe-Pen Argyl

Leila Hurley’s career-high 28 points sparked Jim Thorpe to a 61-27 non-conference win over Pen Argyl.

The Olympians’ Skyler Searfoss scored 12 points, while Olivia Smelas added 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Kelly O’Brien had 11 points for the Knights.

JIM THORPE

Richards 1-0-0-3, Scott 0-3-4-3, Snisky 1-0-0-2, Berger 0-1-2-1, McArdle 0-0-0-0, Hurley 10-3-5-28, Searfoss 4-4-6-12, Smelas 3-4-6-10, Solt 1-0-0-2, Craigie 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-15-23-61.

PEN ARGYL

DePalma 0-0-0-0, Weber 1-0-0-3, LaBarre 0-0-2-0, Hendershot 1-0-0-3, Vargo 0-0-0-0, O’Brien 4-1-1-11, Guthrie 0-0-1-0, Irwin 0-0-0-0, Sutton 2-0-0-4, Freda 1-0-0-2, Weaver 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 11-1-4-27.

Jim Thorpe 22 21 11 7 - 61

Pen Argyl 9 6 5 7 - 27

Three-pointers: JT – Hurley 5, Richards 1; PA – O’Brien 2, Weber 1, Hendershot 1.

N’western-Hamburg

Northwestern beat Hamburg 49-31 in a non-league game.

The Tigers (9-1) were led by Emily Sekerak with 19 points, 11 rebounds and four blocked shots. Sage Christopher added 12 points for Northwestern.

NORTHWESTERN

Bleam 0-0-0-0, Betz 0-0-2-0, Mack 0-0-0-0, Motolese 0-0-0-0, Lister 2-0-0-4, Jones 1-1-2-4, Ledeboer 1-0-0-2, Sevrain 3-0-0-6, Hess 1-0-0-2, Sekerak 9-1-6-19, Christopher 6-0-2-12, Dorney 0-0-0-0, Giese 0-0-4-0. TOTALS: 23-2-12-49.

HAMBURG

Klahr 0-3-4-3, Adam 0-0-0-0, Bashore 3-0-0-9, Sterner 0-0-0-0, Granish 0-0-2-0, Hinkle 0-3-3-3, Gough 0-0-0-0, H. Gerner 2-0-2-4, Shiffert 1-0-0-2, Reimert 0-0-0-0, Harbonic 4-1-2-9, Gassert 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 10-8-15-31.

Northwestern 14 8 17 10 - 49

Hamburg 0 14 7 10 - 31

Three-pointers: NW - Jones 1; H - Bashore 3.