Local roundup: Result from Jan. 2
The Jim Thorpe and Lehighton girls basketball teams both picked up wins Thursday night.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Northampton-Pleasant Valley
Northampton doubled up on Pleasant Valley for a 64-32 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory.
The Kids’ Zac Coulo led all scorers with a game-high 20 points.
Kory Kearns, Markus Arce and Sebestian Pizcatowski all finished with six points for the Bears.
NORTHAMPTON
Cole 0-0-0-0, Rodriguez 5-2-2-12, Kerbacher 1-0-0-3, Saul 1-0-0-2, Z. Christman 0-1-2-1, Harris 0-1-2-1, Coulo 8-2-3-20, J. Christman 3-1-1-7, Harris 5-0-0-11, Altemose 1-1-2-3, Lesko 1-1-2-4. TOTALS: 25-9-14-64.
PLEASANT VALLEY
M. Kearns 0-0-0-0, Waltermyer 0-0-0-0, K. Kearns 2-1-2-6, Rommel 2-0-0-4, Arce 1-3-4-6, Ratti 0-0-0-0, Pizcatowski 3-0-2-6, Mitchell 2-1-1-5, Heester 0-0-0-0, Moore 2-1-2-5. TOTALS: 12-6-11-32.
Northampton 14 12 23 15 - 64
Pleasant Vy. 11 3 5 13 - 32
Three-pointers: Northampton – Coulo 2, Kerbacher 1, Harris 1, Lesko 1; PV – K. Kearns 1, Arce 1.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Jim Thorpe-Shenandoah Valley
Jim Thorpe breezed to a 63-20 non-league victory over Shenandoah.
Olivia Smelas led four Olympians in double figures with 16 points. Skyler Searfoss netted 15, Leila Hurley scored 14, and Taylor Craigie chipped in with 10.
Victoria Donovan led the Blue Devils with nine points.
JIM THORPE
Leight 1-0-0-2, Scott 0-0-2-0, Snisky 0-0-0-0, Berger 0-0-0-0, Yuhas 2-0-0-4, Hurley 5-3-4-14, Searfoss 6-3-3-15, O. Smelas 8-0-0-16, Solt 1-0-0-2, Rosahac 0-0-0-0, H. Smelas 0-0-0-0, Craigie 4-2-2-10. TOTALS: 27-8-9-63.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY
Sosna 1-0-0-3, Hysock 0-0-0-0, Donovan 3-2-4-9, Gottshall 0-0-0-0, Radnick 0-0-0-0, Conroy 2-0-0-6, Buchanan 0-0-0-0, A. Donovan 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 7-2-4-20.
Jim Thorpe 26 16 13 8 - 63
Shenandoah 3 3 9 5 - 20
Three-pointers: JT – Hurley 1; SV – Conroy 2, Sosna 1, V. Donovan 1.
Lehighton-Salisbury
Lehighton rolled to a 58-26 non-league win over Salisbury.
The Indians’ Hailey Miller led all scorers with 16 points. Alexis Solomin added 11 points and Tinaya Klotz chipped in nine.
Quinn Wittman had a team-high 11 points for the Falcons.
LEHIGHTON
Klotz 1-7-12-9, Wolter 0-1-2-1, Haley 0-0-0-0, Williams 0-0-0-0, McGee 0-1-2-1, Marchessault 2-4-4-8, Miller 7-1-2-16, Bowman 3-1-2-7, Wojton 0-0-0-0, Fisher 2-1-2-6, Gaston 0-0-0-0, Solomon 5-0-0-10, Schappell 0-0-0-0, Hauser 0-0-0-0, Moultrie 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-16-26-58.
SALISBURY
Wittman 4-3-4-11, Trenge 0-1-2-1, Kubinsky 0-0-0-0, Rauch 0-2-2-2, Young 1-0-0-2, Petit-Mat 0-0-0-0, Bonge 1-2-2-4, Seiler 1-1-2-3, Watson 1-0-0-3, Sartorius 0-0-0-0, Lozada 0-0-0-0, Kamp 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 8-9-12-26.
Lehighton 15 16 16 11 - 58
Salisbury 3 15 2 6 - 26
Three-pointers: Lehighton – Miller 1, Fisher 1; Salisbury – Watson 1.
Pleasant Valley-Northampton
Northampton defeated Pleasant Valley, 50-34, in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference action.
The Kids’ Devyn Demchak finished with a game-high 13 points.
Riley Wagner paced the Bears with nine points.
PLEASANT VALLEY
R. Wagner 3-2-5-9, Caffrey 3-1-3-7, O’Neil 2-0-2-6, A. Wagner 2-3-6-8, Muir 0-0-0-0, Arndt 1-0-0-2, Merklin 1-0-2-2, Mattson 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-6-18-34.
NORTHAMPTON
Kranzley 3-0-0-7, Gilliard 3-1-1-8, Sterner 2-1-2-5, Mertz 0-0-0-0, Tita 0-0-0-0, Sommer 0-2-2-2, Waiters 2-0-0-5, Demchak 6-14-13, Hower 0-0-0-0, Lesko 4-1-1-10. TOTALS: 20-6-10-50.
Pleasant Vy. 8 12 0 14 - 34
Northampton 13 9 20 8 - 50
Three-pointers: PV – O’Neil 2, R. Wagner 1, A. Wagner 1; Northampton – Kranzley 1, Gilliard 1, Waiters 1, Lesko 1.