Panther Valley’s boys and girls basketball teams both posted wins in action on Friday.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Panther Vy.-N. Schuylkill

Brandon Stilitino scored 23 points, including eight in the fourth quarter, as Panther Valley edged North Schuylkill, 66-64, in Schuylkill League action.

The Panthers (5-1, 1-1) also got 17 points from Blake White and 12 points from Aaron Gurierrez.

North Schuylkill (1-3, 0-2) was led by Jack Flynn’s 20 points.

PANTHER VALLEY

Marchorro 4-0-0-8, Gutierrez 5-1-1-12, Stilitino 9-3-4-23, Kropf 0-0-0-0, Eidle 1-0-0-2, Hadley 0-0-0-0, Hoben 0-0-0-0, Roth 2-0-0-4, White 6-5-10-17. TOTALS: 27-9-15-66.

NORTH SCHUYLKILL

Weikel 4-1-2-9, Flynn 6-3-5-20, Todd 3-4-7-10, Groody 2-0-0-6, Conti 1-0-0-3, Scott 6-6-9-14, Fisher 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 21-14-23-64.

Panther Valley 21 15 18 12 - 66

North Schuylkill 12 18 20 14 - 64

Three-pointers: Panther Valley - Stilitino 2, Gutierrez 1. North Schuylkill - Flynn 5, Groody 2, Conti 1.

Lehighton-Blue Mountain

Alex Ketch scored a game-high 17 points to help Blue Mountain gain a 59-27 Schuylkill League win over Lehighton.

Ketch tallied eight of his points in the first quarter as the Eagles raced to a 16-4 lead.

The Indians (3-2; 1-1) received a team-high eight points from Carter Strauss.

LEHIGHTON

Strauss 3-1-1-8, Hunsicker 0-1-2-1, Lorenz 1-0-1-2, Wolverton 0-0-0-0, Smith 0-1-2-1, Beatty 0-0-0-0, Haydt 2-2-3-6, Costenbader 0-2-2-2, Yturrino 1-1-1-3, Schatz 1-2-2-4, E. Lutz 0-0-0-0, Nash 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 8-10-14-27.

BLUE MOUNTAIN

Myro 0-0-0-0, Cryts 3-4-4-10, Henninger 2-0-0-5, Kerstetter 0-1-2-1, Lipko 2-0-0-5, Devitt 3-0-0-7, Ketch 7-1-4-17, Gibson 0-0-0-0, Dean 2-0-1-4, Carr 1-0-0-2, Hensley 1-2-2-4, Martin 1-0-2-2, Tidmore 0-0-0-0, Coulfield 1-0-3-2. TOTALS: 23-8-18-59.

Lehighton 4 4 8 11 - 27

Blue Mountain 16 9 15 19 - 59

Three-pointers: Lehighton - Strauss 1; Blue Mountain - Ketch 2, Devitt 1, Lipko 1, Henninger 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Panther Valley-

Executive Education

Panther Valley raced to a big lead and cruised to a 62-32 non-league victory over Executive Education Academy.

Erika Dubosky scored 16 of her game-high 26 points in the first half as the Panthers (3-3) built a 39-8 advantage.

Megan Pascoe hit five three-pointers in the contest and finished with 19 points, while Sera Robin contributed 14.

For Executive Education, Annjelina Ferra netted a team-high 17 points.

PANTHER VALLEY

Shreffler 0-0-0-0, Pascoe 7-0-3-19, Steber 0-0-0-0, Robin 4-5-6-14, Wehr 0-0-0-0, Vermillion 0-0-0-0, Dubosky 9-8-10-26, Jones 1-1-1-3, Knoblauch 0-0-1-0. TOTALS: 21-14-21-62.

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Acosta 0-0-0-0, Bonilla-Martinez 0-0-0-0, Espada 0-0-0-0, Ferra 6-2-2-17, Gayle 1-0-0-2, Hamlet 0-0-0-0, Jarragin-Thomas 5-1-2-13, Neris 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-3-4-32.

Panther Valley 17 22 14 9 - 62

Executive Ed. 6 2 11 13 - 32

Three-pointers: Panther Valley - Pascoe 5, Robin 1; Executive Education - Ferra 3, Jarragin-Thomas 2.

WRESTLING

Brandywine Heights-

Palmerton

Matt Deysher of Brandywine Heights gained a pin in the last bout of the match to give his team a 40-36 comeback win over Palmerton.

The Blue Bombers, who jumped out to a 30-0 lead, received falls from Matt Lalik at 170 pounds and Chris Lucykanish at 195.

Brandywine Heights 40, Palmerton 36

160 - Dylan Gionyo (P) won by forfeit; 170 - Matt Lalik (P) pinned Dylan Miller in 2:18; 182 - Aidan Melber (P) won by forfeit; 195 - Chris Lucykanish (P) pinned Max Finacchio in :52; 220 - Jeremy Mooney (P) won by forfeit; 285 - Dillon Mearkle (BH) pinned Matt Garey-Hendricks in 2:21; 106 - Double forfeit; 113 - Jacob Deysher (BH) major dec. Aaron Gardner, 10-2; 120 - Dillon Reinhard (BH) pinned Westin Horn in :58; 126 - Joshua Sterner (BH) pinned Dylan Shinsky in 2:26; 132 - Noah Frack (BH) pinned Grant Scott in 1:03; 138 - Nick Geary (BH) pinned Daniel Lucykanish in 2:16; 145 - Dennis Lombardi (P) won by forfeit; 152

- Matt Deysher (BH) pinned Colton Stroup in 3:45.

Lehighton-Pen Argyl

Lehighton won six of the 11 bouts contested, but Pen Argyl received three forfeits to help gain a 39-27 non-league victory.

The Indians gained pins from Lukas Ferguson (120), Richard Fronheiser (170) and Brett Gasker (220), while Nick Ziegenfuss (126), Alex Ziegenfuss (195) and Mike Yeakel (285) added decision wins.

Pen Argyl 39, Lehighton 27

120 - Lukas Ferguson (L) pinned Pope in 3:50; 126 - Nick Ziegenfuss (L) dec. J. Pultz, 6-2; 132 - Rissmiller (PA) dec. Steven Fritzinger, 4-2; 138 - L. Reto (PA) pinned Lucas Sangiuliano in 1:40; 145 - A. Reto (PA) pinned Yihiro Marrero; 152 - Ruppe (PA) dec. John Ahner; 160 - Dorshimer (PA) won by forfeit; 170 - Richard Fronheiser (L) pinned Holden in 2:26; 182 - Taylor (PA) dec. Austin Kern, 5-3 (OT); 195 - Alex Ziegenfuss (L) dec. Graham, 5-0; 220 - Brett Gasker (L) pinned Compton in :19; 285 - Mike Yeakel (L) dec. Rumsey, 5-0; 106 - G. Pultz (PA) won by forfeit; 113

- Ruppert (PA) won by forfeit.

JR. HIGH BASKETBALL

9TH GRADE

Weatherly-Shenandoah

Shenandoah Valley posted a 40-35 victory over Weatherly.

Jack James and Tanner Hinkle both scored eight points to lead the Wreckers.

Weatherly-Nativity

Owen Broskoskie’s 13 points helped Weatherly earn a 36-29 win over Nativity.

The Wreckers also received 12 points from Tanner Hinkle.

Panther Valley-Tamaqua

Stephen Hood scored 27 points to help Panther Valley defeat Tamaqua, 49-41.

The Panthers also received 14 points from Chase Weaver.

Cam Lewis led the Blue Raiders with 14 points.

8TH GRADE

Panther Valley-Tamaqua

Three Panther Valley players reached double figures in a 52-49 victory over Tamaqua.

Stephen Hood had 24 points to lead the Panthers, while Drew Kokinda tallied 11 and Chase Weaver added 10.

The Blue Raiders received a team-high 20 points from Connor Dillion.

Weatherly-Shenandoah

Weatherly dropped a 28-23 decision to Shenandoah Valley.

Ian McKeegan scored a team-high eight points for the Wreckers.

7TH GRADE

Panther Valley-Tamaqua

Noah Mateyak scored a team-high 11 points to help Tamaqua edge Panther Valley, 39-35.

The Raiders also receive eight points from Mason Ligenza, while PV’s Brady Jones led all scorers with 15 points.