The Lehighton boys and girls basketball teams both registered wins over Pen Argyl on Thursday.

Also posting victories were the Pleasant Valley girls basketball team and the Northwestern wrestling squad.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Lehighton-Pen Argyl

Mason Costenbader scored a game-high 22 points to lead Lehighton to its first win of the season, a 45-40 decision over Pen Argyl.

Costenbader tallied 10 of his points in the second quarter as the Indians (1-5) grabbed a nine-point halftime lead.

Brayden Lutz, who finished with 14 points, and Costenbader both went 3-for-4 at the foul line in the final frame to help secure the victory.

For the Green Knights, Damian Tyminski and Zachary Rudy both finished with nine points.

LEHIGHTON

Hawk 0-0-0-0, Lorenz 1-1-5-4, Blauch 0-2-4-2, Lutz 5-4-7-14, Costenbader 7-8-9-22, Roth 0-0-0-0, Schatz 0-0-0-0, Hoke 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 14-15-25-45.

PEN ARGYL

Irwin-Hill 1-2-2-4, Pysher 3-0-0-6, Tyminski 3-3-4-9, Rudy 3-2-2-9, Hersey 3-0-1-8, Pultz 2-0-0-4, Moore 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-7-9-40

Lehighton 7 18 8 12 - 45

Pen Argyl 5 11 11 13 - 40

Three-pointers: Lehighton - Lorenz 1, Hoke 1; Pen Argyl - Hersey 2, Rudy 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Pen Argyl-Lehighton

Hailey Miller scored nine of her 17 points in the fourth quarter to help Lehighton earn a 41-37 nonleague win over Pen Argyl.

The contest was tied after three quarters, but the Indians went 9-of-11 at the free-throw line during the final period to key the victory.

Taylor Bowman added eight points for Lehighton, which improved its record to 3-2.

For the Green Knights, Jill Morro tallied a team-high 15 points.

PEN ARGYL

Wallbillich 3-3-3-9, Kupres 3-0-0-6, Falletta 2-1-2-5, Antonioli 0-0-0-0, Morro 5-5-8-15, Kotulka 0-0-0-0, Weaver 0-0-0-0, Marshall 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 14-9-13-37.

LEHIGHTON

Repsher 2-0-0-4, McHugh 2-3-4-7, Williams 0-0-0-0, Miller 5-7-8-17, Bowman 3-2-2-8, Fisher 2-0-0-5, Hauser 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-12-14-41.

Pen Argyl 12 8 6 11 - 37

Lehighton 12 8 6 15 - 41

Three-pointers: Pen Argyl - None; Lehighton - Fisher 1.

Pleasant Valley-Allen

Pleasant Valley cruised to a 44-20 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Allen behind a big performance from Sam Merklin.

Merklin outscored the Canaries by pouring in a game-high 22 points.

The Bears (2-2), who built a 23-11 halftime lead, also received 11 points from Katelyn Honadel.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Stivala 3-1-4-7, Williams 1-0-3-2, Greene 0-0-0-0, Gaddist 0-0-1-0, Honadel 4-0-0-11, Morgan 0-0-0-0, Merklin 8-6-10-22, Finley 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 17-7-18-44.

ALLEN

Rogers 1-0-0-3, Hardmon 1-2-2-5, Borrero 2-0-0-5, Solomon 0-0-0-0, B. Martin 0-2-2-2, K. Martin 0-2-4-2, Mackenzie 0-0-0-0, Arias 0-0-0-0, Robinson 0-3-4-3, Johnson 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 4-9-12-20.

Pleasant Vy. 13 10 12 9 - 44

Allen 6 5 4 5 - 20

Three-pointers: Pleasant Valley - Honadel 3; Allen - Rogers 1, Hardmon 1, Borrero 1.

WRESTLING

No. Lehigh-Northwestern

Northwestern seniors Eli Dellicker and Nathan Peters both earned wins on Senior Night to help the Tigers gain a 39-24 Colonial League victory over Northern Lehigh.

Dellicker earned a pin at 152, while Peters earned a decision win at 189 in the only bout that went the distance.

The winners also received falls from Lucas Miller (172) and Noah Schlofer (215).

Cody Mazzocca of Northern Lehigh recorded a fall at 120.

Northwestern also won the Junior High match by a 34-21 score.

Northwestern 39, Northern Lehigh 24

106 - Trey Dieter (NL) won by forfeit; 113 - Double forfeit; 120 - Cody Mazzocca (NL) pinned Josie Wehr in :47; 126 - Austin Rex (NL) won by forfeit; 132 - Double forfeit; 138 - Katie Brensinger (NW) won by forfeit; 145 - Thomas Schneck (NW) won by forfeit; 152 - Eli Dellicker (NW) pinned Jonathan Zemlansky in 4:33; 160 - Dalton Clymer (NW) won by forfeit; 172 - Lucas Miller (NW) pinned Baily Smith in 1:23; 189 - Nathan Peters (NW) dec. Jack Tosh, 3-0; 215 - Noah Schlofer (NW) pinned Lawson Hoffman in 4:27; 285

- Sam Frame (NL) won by forfeit.

JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL

9TH GRADE

Nativity-Lehighton

Lehighton posted a 57-25 victory over Nativity.

The Indians’ Cole Dietz hit four three-pointers and finished with a game-high 16 points. Blake Roberts contributed 15 points to the winning effort, while John Light added 10.