The Lehighton and Palmerton wrestling teams both picked up wins on Wednesday.

Elsewhere, the Marian girls’ basketball team also picked up a win.

WRESTLING

Blue Mountain-Lehighton

Lehighton knocked off Blue Mountain for a 43-21 Schuylkill League victory.

Lukas Ferguson (152) and Ricky Houser (285) scored bonus points for the Indians with pins in their respective matches. AJ Versuk added a major decision at 120 pounds.

Lehighton 43, Blue Mountain 21

106 – Jake Hall (L) won by forfeit; 113 – AJ Versuk (L) won by forfeit; 120 – Aidan Gruber (L) major dec. Colin Seafeldt, 8-0; 126 – Double forfeit; 132 – Kaden Brish (BM) pinned Marcellous McCants in 1:46; 138 – Payton Fastnacht (BM) dec. Nick Zeigenfuss (L), 7-6; 145 – Jakob Ferguson (L) won by forfeit; 152 – Lukas Ferguson (L) pinned Hunter Blankenhorn in 1:51; 160 – Sayidakbar Akbarov (BM) pinned Ethan Buchert in 1:25; 172 – Vernon Kleckner (BM) pinned James Traylor in 3:17; 189 – Deven Armbruster (L) dec. Bradley Renninger, 10-0; 215 – Wyatt Sherer (L) won by forfeit; 285

– Ricky Houser (L) pinned Trevor Manbeck in 1:37.

Northern Lehigh-Saucon Valley

Saucon Valley cruised to a 72-6 Colonial League win over Northern Lehigh.

Sam Frame posted the Bulldogs’ lone team points via a forfeit at 285 pounds.

Saucon Valley 72, Northern Lehigh 6

106 – Cole Hubert (SV) won by forfeit; 113 – Aiden Grogg (SV) won by forfeit; 120 – Jackson Albert (SV) won by forfeit; 126 – Hector Mateo (SV) pinned Cody Mazzocca in :34; 132 – Connor Nicholas (SV) pinned Austin Rex in 1:36; 138 – Travis Riefenstahl (SV) won by forfeit; 145 – Cael Markle (SV) won by forfeit; 152 – Chris Arcioula (SV) pinned Jonathan Zemlansky in 1:53; 160 – Liam Scrivancha (SV) pinned Bailey Smith in 1:17; 172 – Jake Jones (SV) pinned Chase Moffit in :52; 189 – Ty Csencsits (SV) won by forfeit; 215 – Ty Pfizenmayer (SV) pinned Jack Tosh in 1:53; 285

– Sam Frame (NL) won by forfeit.

Palmerton-Wilson

Palmerton took advantage of five forfeits to post a 44-18 Colonial League win over Wilson.

Caleb Gaffney (145) posted a pin for the Bombers, while Daniel Lucykanish added a technical fall at 160 pounds.

Palmerton 44, Wilson 18

113 – Giovanni DiBiagio (W) won by forfeit; 120 – Josh Merkel (P) dec. Santino Micci, 4-2; 126 – Jaron Trimmer (W) dec. Bryce Smith, 8-2; 132 – Jon Wohlbach (W) pinned Westin Horn in 1:08; 138 – Derek King (P) won by forfeit; 145 – Caleb Gaffney (P) pinned Cameron Thatcher in :46; 152 – Dennis Lombardi (P) won by forfeit; 160 – Daniel Lucykanish (P) tech. fall Jackson Millen in 2:29, 17-0; 172 – Jeremy Mooney (P) won by forfeit; 189 – Brandon Burkhardt (P) won by forfeit; 215 – Colyn Mertz (P) won by forfeit; 285 – Kevaughn Simpson (P) dec. Matt Garey-Hendricks, 6-0; 106

– Double forfeit.

North Schuylkill-Tamaqua

North Schuylkill took advantage of bonus points to knock off Tamaqua for a 52-15 Schuylkill League win.

Between pins and forfeits, the Spartans secured plenty of added points to secure the victory in both team’s league opener.

The Blue Raiders got pins from both Gabe Erbe (120) and Michael Steigerwalt (152).

North Schuylkill 52, Tamaqua 15

189 – Trevor Minalda (NS) dec. John Buday, 9-2; 215 – Jared Tinari (NS) pinned Donavin Albert in 1:29; 285 – Carey Wahalec (NS) won by forfeit; 106 – Noah Gilgore (NS) pinned Levi Kunkel in 1:09; 113 – Kaden Casey (NS) won by forfeit; 120 – Gabe Erbe (T) pinned Tyler Slotterback in 1:42; 126 – Nate Sterner (NS) major dec. Chase Zeigenfuss, 9-1; 132 – Zander McElhenney (NS) pinned Zaidyn Walker in 0:53; 138 – Jimmy Weikel (NS) pinned Tim Edmonds in 2:58; 145 – Brayden Kessler (NS) pinned Matt Hedrick in 4:49; 152 – Michael Steigerwalt (T) pinned Aiden Engleman in 3:32; 160 – Patrick Cooney (NS) dec. Jacob Hehn, 3-2; 172

– Cole Eberts (T) dec. Ricky Halford, 7-0.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Marian-Executive Edu. Academy

A strong second half pushed Marian to a 51-39 nonleague win over Executive Education Academy Charter School.

Fatikha Tikhtova sparked the second-half surge, as she posted 10 of her 13 points over that span for the Fillies. Frankie Martinelli drained three of her four three-pointers in the second half, and she also finished with 13 points in the victory.

T’Nyaih Riggins was the lone Raptor to hit double figures with 10 points.

MARIAN

A. Tikhtova 0-0-2-0, Nunez 0-0-0-0, Minchoff 1-3-5-5, Walsh 2-0-0-5, Pleban 1-3-4-6, Martinelli 4-1-2-13, Digris 2-2-3-8, F. Tikhtova 6-1-2-13, Lombardo 0-0-0-0, Pikitus 0-0-0-0, Corrado 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 16-11-20-51.

EEACS

Riggins 2-6-7-10, Martinez 0-0-0-0, Madrid 1-0-0-2, Leon 0-0-0-0, Pollard 3-1-2-8, Urena 1-0-1-2, Waiters 3-1-4-8, Carey 2-3-4-9, Moore 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-11-18-39.

Marian 9 10 15 17 - 51

EEACS 7 7 16 9 - 39

Three-pointers: Marian – Martinelli 4, Digris 2, Walsh 1, Pleban 1. EEACS – Carey 2, Pollard 1, Waiters 1.

JR. HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL

8TH GRADE

Lehighton-Panther Valley

Lehighton rolled to a 46-26 victory over Panther Valley.

The Indians’ Bodi Hawk led all scorers with 13 points, while Jayse Lawrence and Caden Meek both finished with 12 points.

B. Breiner paced the Panthers with nine points.

Weatherly-Tamaqua

Weatherly ran away with a 44-18 win over Tamaqua.

The Wreckers’ Jacob Tom scorched the nets for a game-high 24 points, while the Wreckers used a 27-4 advantage in the middle quarters to ease past the Blue Raiders.

Brady McCabe paced the Blue Raiders with eight points, while Landon Tringone finished with six points.

7TH GRADE

Lehighton-Panther Valley

Lehighton defeated Panther Valley, 39-29.

The Indians’ Tommy Blair recorded a game-high 16 points.

Derek Lazer was the lone Panther to hit double figures with 13 points.

Weatherly-Tamaqua

Raymond Montz hit the game-winner with :02 left on the clock to help Weatherly edge Tamaqua for a 30-28 win.

The Wreckers finished the final quarter rally with a 21-9 run to score the victory.

Aiden Buck topped all scorers with 19, while Montz finished with four points.

Landon Kamant and Jakin Tamagini both had five points for Tamaqua.

JR. HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL

8TH GRADE

Weatherly-Tamaqua

Tamaqua rolled to a 44-7 victory over Weatherly.

K. Miller finished with 11 points for the Blue Raiders, while L. Black and C. Ulicny followed with eight and seven, respectively.

Pugh led the Wreckers with three points.

Panther Valley-Lehighton

Lehighton posted a 36-8 win over Panther Valley.

Olivia Serfass had 12 points for the Indians, while Ryleigh Troutman finished with 10 points. Uyvari collected eight points.

Morgan Orsulak had seven points for the Panthers.

7TH GRADE

Weatherly-Tamaqua

Tamaqua escaped with a 29-28 win over Weatherly.

The Blue Raiders’ L. Ligenza finished with 13 points, while Si. Stellfox added 12 points.

The Wreckers’ Pugh scored a game-high 28 points.

Panther Valley-Lehighton

Panther Valley rolled to a 40-10 win over Lehighton.

Lucy Kocha had 23 points for the Panthers, while Callie Kosciolek added seven points and Janessa Prudente scored six.

Kaitlin Thomas had four points for the Tribe.