Three area basketball teams clinched district playoff berths with wins on Thursday.

The Lehighton and Northwestern boys, as well as the Tamaqua girls, all earned spots in postseason action.

The Indians downed Jim Thorpe, while the Tigers topped Moravian Academy. The Lady Raiders, meanwhile, dropped Pottsville.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Lehighton-Jim Thorpe

Joe Roth poured in a game-high 30 points to help Lehighton roll to a 73-51 Schuylkill League victory over Jim Thorpe.

Roth scored 15 of his points in the first quarter to help the Indians gain a double-digit lead. He added 13 in the third frame, as the winners outscored the Olympians 29-13 to put the game out of reach.

Cole Dietz hit five three-pointers in his 18-point performance for the Indians, who improved to 11-5 overall and 4-5 in the league. The victory clinched a district playoff berth.

Aaron Curran paced the Olympians (1-16; 0-9) with 17 points.

LEHIGHTON

Roth 13-4-5-30, Serfass 0-6-8-6, Light 2-0-0-5, Hawk 1-0-0-3, Johnson 4-0-2-9, Roberts 1-0-0-2, Dietz 6-1-2-19. TOTALS: 22-11-17-73.

JIM THORPE

Barile 3-0-0-6, Domski 2-0-0-4, Goldberg 3-0-0-6, Curran 6-2-4-17, Zurn 1-0-0-2, Moore 0-0-0-0, Gothard 4-0-0-8, Schrantz 3-1-2-8. TOTALS: 22-3-6-51.

Lehighton 18 12 29 14 - 73

Jim Thorpe 6 13 13 18 - 51

Three-pointers: Lehighton - Dietz 5, Johnson 1, Hawk 1, Light 1; Jim Thorpe - Curran 3, Schrantz 1.

Moravian Ac.-Northwestern

Twelve different players scored as Northwestern rolled to a 68-28 Colonial League victory over Moravian Academy.

The win, their fifth in a row, clinched a district playoff berth for the Tigers.

Gavin Nelson paced Northwestern with a game-high 20 points, while Eli Zimmerman contributed nine. The Tigers built a 49-20 advantage by halftime.

For the Lions, Jackson Reid tallied a team-high 11 points.

Northwestern is now 11-4 overall and 9-2 in the league. Moravian slipped to 4-10 and 3-8.

MORAVIAN ACADEMY

Miller 4 0-0 10, Gordon 1 0-0 2, Reid 5 1-2 11, Greene 1 0-0 2, Rodney 0 0-0 0, Klotz 1 0-0 3, King 0 0-0 0, Horvath 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 12 1-2 28.

NORTHWESTERN

Bollinger 2 0-0 4, E. Zimmerman 4 0-0 9, Kozlowski 1 0-0 2, Nelson 9 2-2 20, Marth 1 0-0 3, Wambold 3 1-2 8, Tyler 4 0-0 8, Krimmel 1 0-0 3, Miller 1 0-0 2, Berk 1 0-0 2, Fitzgerald 2 0-0 5, B. Zimmerman 0 0-0 0, Fitch 0 0-0 0, Leh 1 0-0 2, Coleman 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 30 3-4 68.

Moravian Academy 11 9 4 4 - 28

Northwestern 27 22 13 6 - 68

Three-pointers: Moravian Academy - Miller 2, Klotz 1; Northwestern - Krimmel 1, E. Zimmerman 1, Marth 1, Wambold 1, Fitzgerald 1.

Saucon Valley-No. Lehigh

Saucon Valley pulled away from Northern Lehigh for a 70-45 Colonial league victory.

Jack Robertson scored a game-high 10 points for the Panthers, who have won four straight.

The Bulldogs received a team-high 19 points from Connor Simms, while Kellen Bauer added 11.

Saucon upped its record to 9-5 overall and 7-4 in the league. Nolehi dropped to 2-14 and 0-11.

SAUCON VALLEY

Mitler 2-0-0-4, Gilbert 2-0-0-5, Weiss 4-1-2-11, Donahue 4-0-0-8, Robertson 8-0-0-20, Kreschellak 2-0-0-4, Clark 4-1-29, Weiss 1-0-0-2, Grim 3-1-2-7. TOTALS: 30-3-6-70.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Simms 7-2-3-19, Bauer 3-4-6-11, Salih 2-0-0-5, Daubert 1-0-0-3, Buskirk 2-2-2-7, Nowicki 0-0-0-0, King 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-8-11-45.

Saucon Valley 19 19 20 11 - 70

Northern Lehigh 14 10 9 12 - 45

Three-pointers: Saucon Valley - Robertson 4, Weiss 2, Gilbert 1; Northern Lehigh - Simms 3, Bauer 1, Salih 1, Daubert 1, Buskirk 1.

ES South-Pleasant Valley

Jaen Chatman scored 36 points and East Stroudsburg South turned back Pleasant Valley to claim a 67-65 overtime victory in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference action.

Chatman scored 16 of his game-high total spread across the fourth quarter and overtime for the Cavaliers (8-7).

Zach Pandolfo, who drilled three treys, and Zach Prator scored 21 and 20 points, respectively, for the Bears (4-11), who rallied from a 45-38 deficit at the end of the third period to force overtime.

Pandolfo poured in 10 points - including two threes - in the fourth quarter, while Prator scored nine points in the final period. Dakoda Lucas hit four threes and added 14 points for PV.

ES SOUTH

Stanton 2-1-2-9, Rocker 1-0-2-3, Chatman 12-10-13-36, D. Williams 3-2-4-8, M. Williams 1-0-0-3, Shalko 0-0-0-0, Plante King 3-0-4-8, Scott 0-0-0-0, Cisse 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 23-13-27-67.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Byers-Robinson 1-2-2-4, Greene 0-0-0-0, Weidman 0-0-0-0, Hallenbeck 2-1-2-6, Moore 0-0-0-0, Lucas 4-2-2-14, Prator 9-2-8-20, Sacci 0-0-0-0, Pandolfo 7-4-4-21. TOTALS: 23-11-18-65.

ES South 14 13 18 15 7 - 67

Pleasant Valley 15 13 10 22 5 - 65

Three-pointers: ES South - Chatman 2, Plante King 2, Stanton 2, M. Williams 1, Rocker 1; Pleasant Valley - Lucas 4, Pandolfo 3, Hallenbeck 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Tamaqua-Pottsville

Tamaqua ended a three-game losing streak and clinched a district playoff berth as the Blue Raiders posted a 44-33 Schuylkill League victory over Pottsville.

Kendle Miller led the way for the Blue Raiders (11-4 overall; 5-4 league), as she netted a game-high 12 points.

Lauren Ligenza pulled down 13 rebounds and had eight points for the winners, while Kolbe Robb posted nine steals and five assists with her nine points.

Keirra Jones paced the Tide (2-14; 1-8) with 11 points.

TAMAQUA

Robb 4-1-4-9, S. Plasha 0-0-2-0, Ligenza 3-2-2-8, Hope 3-1-2-9, L. Plasha 1-0-0-2, Miller 4-0-0-12, Bartenope 1-0-0-2, Black 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 17-4-10-44.

POTTSVILLE

Yost 2-0-0-5, Hinkle 2-0-0-5, Peleschak 1-0-0-3, Fegley 2-0-0-5, Barnhart 0-0-0-0, Siminitus 1-2-4-4, Jones 3-5-5-11. TOTALS: 11-7-9-33.

Tamaqua 8 14 11 11 - 44

Pottsville 8 5 12 8 - 33

Three-pointers: Tamaqua - Miller 4, Hope 2; Pottsville - Yost 1, Hinkle 1, Peleschak 1, Fegley 1.

Jim Thorpe-Lehighton

Lehighton cruised to a 51-19 Schuylkill League win over Jim Thorpe.

Ryleigh Trotman and Charli McHugh led the Indians (8-8 overall; 3-6 league) with 14 points apiece.

Trotman netted six of her 14 in the third quarter, while McHugh recorded 10 of her 14 over the first half.

Amara Robinson paced the Olympians (0-13; 0-9) with seven points, while Kiara Ginopolas hit two three-pointers and finished with six.

JIM THORPE

Yeakel 0-0-0-0, Rosenberger 0-0-0-0, Hartman 1-1-2-3, Balliet 1-0-0-3, Ginopolas 2-0-0-6, Sully 0-0-0-0, Bowen 0-0-0-0, Robinson 1-3-8-7, Scherer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 5-6-10-19.

LEHIGHTON

Barthol 2-0-0-5, McHugh 5-4-5-14, Klotz 1-0-0-2, Kresge 0-0-0-0, Uyvari 2-0-0-6, Trotman 7-0-0-14, Repsher 3-0-0-6, Costenbader 1-1-2-4, Troutman 0-0-0-0, Cal. Hewey 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-5-7-51.

Jim Thorpe 4 6 3 6 - 19

Lehighton 9 14 21 7 - 51

Three-pointers: Jim Thorpe - Ginopolas 2, Balliet 1; Lehighton - Uyvari 2, Barthol 1, Costenbader 1.

Marian-Tri-Valley

Marian won its 14th straight game with a 70-41 rout over winless Tri-Valley in Schuylkill League action.

Carly Minchhoff had a game-high 16 points, Abby Fritz added 14, and Deanna Pugh chipped in with 13 to lead the Fillies (14-1), who haven’t lost since an opening-game setback to Scranton.

Grace Header led the Bulldogs (0-14) with nine points.

TRI-VALLEY

Miller 2-1-2-5, Paulston 1-1-2-3, Huntzinger 3-0-2-6, Header 4-0-0-9, Poretti 1-0-0-2, Dunkelberger 0-1-1-1, Snyder 3-2-5-8, Artz 3-1-2-7. TOTALS: 17-6-15-41.

MARIAN

Pugh 4-4-6-13, Fritz 7-0-0-14, Minchhoff 5-4-4-16, Tikhtova 3-1-4-7, Hasara 4-0-0-9, Thomas 2-0-0-4, Corrado 2-14-5, Hannis Miskar 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 17-10-18-70.

Tri-Valley 8 6 13 14 - 41

Marian 19 19 19 13 - 70

Three-pointers: Tri-Valley - Header 1; Marian - Minchhoff 2, Pugh 1, Hasara 1.

No. Lehigh-Saucon Valley

Northern Lehigh chalked up its seventh win in a row, cruising to a 61-20 Colonial League win over Saucon Valley.

Katelyn Barthold had the hot hand for the Bulldogs (10-6 overall; 7-4 CL), as she led all scorers with a 19-point performance. Aubrey Pollard and Teegan Simms added 12 and nine points, respectively.

Maggie Gorman finished with eight points for the Panthers, who slipped to 2-11 overall and 1-10 in the league.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Whalen 2-0-0-4, Williams 0-0-0-0, Gad 1-1-2-2, K. Barthold 9-0-0-19, Pollard 3-6-10-12, Tosh 1-0-0-3, Wentz 0-0-0-0, D. Barthold 2-0-2-5, Richards 0-0-0-0, Simms 3-1-2-9, Snyder 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 24-8-16-61.

SAUCON VALLEY

Miller 0-0-0-0, A. Giles 0-0-0-0, Ros 0-0-0-0, Davis 2-0-0-5, Santaro 3-0-0-6, Cassella 0-1-2-1, Brown 0-0-0-0, Bradley 0-0-0-0, Gorman 3-2-4-8. TOTALS: 8-3-6-20.

Northern Lehigh 13 17 18 12 - 61

Saucon Valley 4 7 7 2 - 20

Three-pointers: Northern Lehigh - Simms 2, D. Barthold 1, Tosh 1, K. Barthold 1; Saucon Valley - Davis 1.

Northwestern-Moravian Ac.

Northwestern pushed its winning streak to five games with a 53-13 Colonial League victory over Moravian Academy.

Cara Thomas sparked the Tigers (14-2 overall; 9-2) with a game-high 24 points, while Brook Balliet added 10 points. Emma Freeman connected for three treys to finish with nine points.

Luna Lopez led the Lions (4-9; 4-8) with 10 points.

NORTHWESTERN

Balliet 3-2-2-10, Heinly 0-0-0-0, Schaffer 2-0-0-4, Freeman 3-0-0-9, Scheffler 0-0-0-0, Thomas 11-0-1-24, Fenstermaker 2-0-0-4, Conner 0-0-0-0, Yacynynch 0-0-0-0, Gober 0-0-0-0, Reinhart 1-0-0-2, Raski 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 22-2-3-53.

MORAVIAN ACADEMY

Lopez 3-1-2-10, Gordon 0-0-2-0, Cho 0-1-2-1, Noel 0-0-0-0, Nifong 0-0-0-0, Borsuk 0-0-0-0, Domgalski 1-0-3-2. TOTALS: 4-2-9-13.

Northwestern 17 10 14 12 - 53

Moravian Academy 1 6 0 6 - 13

Three-pointers: Northwestern - Freeman 3, Balliet 2, Thomas 2; Moravian Academy - Lopez 3.

Palmerton-Notre Dame GP

Palmerton edged host Notre Dame of Green Pond 45-42 in a battle of Colonial League unbeatens.

Hannah Barry had a game-high 15 points for the Blue Bombers, who kept their league mark unblemished at 10-0 and raised their overall record to 13-1. Meagan Matsko added nine points for Palmerton.

Notre Dame fell to 10-1 in the league and 12-3 overall. Ellen Schweitzer led the Crusaders with 10 points.

PALMERTON

Pengelly 3-0-0-7, Baumgardt 1-1-2-4, Frantz 2-0-0-4, Barry 4-4-6-15, Matsko 3-3-3-9, Andrew 1-0-1-2, Connell 2-0-2-4. TOTALS: 16-8-14-45.

NOTRE DAME

E. Schweitzer 4-2-4-10, Hammerstone 2-0-0-6, O. Schweitzer 2-2-2-7, Lambo 1-0-0-2, Shank 2-0-0-5, Howlett 0-1-2-1, Lessig 1-3-6-5, Campbell 1-2-24, Ryan 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 14-10-16-42.

Palmerton 8 12 12 13 - 45

Notre Dame 9 7 14 12 - 42

Three-pointers: Palmerton - Barry 3, Pengelly 1, Baumgardt 1; Notre Dame - Hammerstone 2, O. Schweitzer 1, Shank 1.

Pine Grove-Panther Valley

Panther Valley extended its winning streak to six games with a 47-35 Schuylkill League win over Pine Grove.

Maddison Maynard had 16 points, eight rebounds and three assists for the Panthers (12-4), while Natalie Vermillion scored 15 points on five three-pointers and had three rebounds. Morgan Orsulak added eight rebounds and four points.

Ayla Schneck-Haines led the Cardinals (6-8) with 10 points.

PINE GROVE

Umbenhauer 3-0-0-6, Leffler 2-1-4-6, Zimmerman 1-3-4-5, Leininger 0-0-0-0, Flynn 0-0-0-0, Stewart 3-0-0-8, Schneck-Haines 5-0-2-10. TOTALS: 14-4-10-35.

PANTHER VALEY

Krapf 2-2-4-7, Vermillion 5-0-0-15, Maynard 5-6-8-16, Breslin 1-0-0-3, Orsulak 1-2-3-4, Yurichek 1-0-0-2, McAndrew 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-10-15-47.

Pine Grove 9 7 12 7 - 35

Panther Valley 12 13 9 13 - 47

Three-pointers: Pine Grove - Stewart 2, Leffler 1; Panther Valley - Vermillion 5, Krapf 1, Breslin 1.

Pleasant Valley-Wilson

Aby Colon scored 15 points to help Wilson gain a 43-37 non-league victory over Pleasant Valley.

With the win, Wilson upped its mark to 4-10.

Ryan Rosenberg had 15 points, all on three-pointers, while Katelyn Honadel added 13 for the Bears (2-13).

PLEASANT VALLEY

Lanigan 0-2-4-2, Gaddist 1-0-01-2, Rosenberg 5-0-0-15, Soucy 2-1-1-5, Honadel 5-1-4-13, Costen 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-4-9-37.

WILSON

Colon 5-3-8-14, Mustafa 0-3-4-3, Schmitt 5-0-0-10, Javier 0-0-2-0, Fredericks 1-0-0-3, Hartzell 2-1-4-5, Brooks 3-2-2-8. TOTALS: 16-9-18-43.

Pleasant Valley 6 8 14 9 - 37

Wilson 9 14 8 12 - 43

Three-pointers: Pleasant Valley - Rosenberg 5, Honadel 2, Soucy 1; Wilson - Colon 1, Fredericks 1.

Weatherly-Schuylkill Haven

Schuylkill Haven rolled to a 47-7 Schuylkill League victory over Weatherly.

Anna Schaeffer paced the Hurricanes (15-1) with 10 points.

Bethany Houser and Kelly Reiner each had three points apiece to lead Weatherly (1-11).

WEATHERLY

Houser 1-1-2-3, Gayodoscik 0-0-0-0, Binder 0-0-0-0, Russell 0-0-2-0, Davidovich 0-1-2-1, Reiner 1-1-4-3, Pugh 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 2-3-10-7.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN

McDonald 2-0-0-5, Siket 0-1-2-1, Hang 0-0-0-0, Schaeffer 4-2-2-10, Fencko 0-1-2-1-, Mish 2-0-0-4, Runkle 2-3-6-7, Leger 3-2-2-8, Dress 3-2-2-8, Porter 0-3-4-3. TOTALS: 16-14-20-47.

Weatherly 2 1 2 2 - 7

Schuylkill Haven 12 13 13 9 - 47

Three-pointers: Weatherly - None; Schuylkill Haven - McDonald 1.

BOYS WRESTLING

Pleasant Valley-ES South

Pleasant Valley won more contested bouts, but East Stroudsburg South used bonus points to gain a 33-31 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory.

John Hargrave (114), Aidan McCabe (133) and Jason Schubert (215) all had pins for the Bears (7-15), while Michael Pomilito added a major decision at 121 pounds.

ES South 33, Pleasant Valley 31

107 - Issac Klein (PV) dec. Cole Moraweic, 12-11; 114 - John Hargrave (PV) pinned Bernard Axe in 5:09; 121 - Michael Pomilito (PV) major dec. Luke Falzone, 11-0; 127 - Sean Kratzer (PV) dec Lyric Parkins, 5-3; 133 - Aidan McCabe (PV) pinned Jadin Bowman in 4:59; 139 - Elden Hernandez (ESS) pinned Tyson Nimtien in 1:11; 145 - Ayden Walker (ESS) pinned Adis Vukel in 2:45; 152 - Scott Trout (PV) dec. Darryl Meeker, 10-5; 160 - Ivan Laubach (ESS) pinned James Cordel in 1:14; 172 - Nasir Blount (ESS) pinned Fredrick Merklin in 2:35; 189 - Jessiah Rodriquez (ESS) dec. Evan Gillespie, 6-2; 215 - Jason Schubert (PV) pinned Elyas Smida in 1:24; 285

- Chris Perez (ESS) won by forfeit.

SWIMMING

Tamaqua-Pottsville

Tamaqua and Pottsville split their Schuylkill League meet.

The Blue Raider girls gained a 119-52 win, while the boys dropped a 102-77 decision.

Lexi Buchala (200 and 500 free) and Savannah Wilson (200 IM, 100 Breaststroke) both had multiple individual firsts for Tamaqua in the girls contest.

Meanwhile, Jathan Krall paced the Raider boys with firsts in both the 200 and 500 free.

The Tamaqua girls are now 10-1, while the boys are 6-5.

BOYS

Pottsville 102, Tamaqua 77

200 Medley Relay - 1. Pottsville 1:56.61; 200 Freestyle - 1. Jathan Krall (T) 2:05.33, 2. Alex Zehner (T), 3. Killian Bressler (P); 200 IM - 1. Noah Bevan (P) 2:23.55, 2. Jamison Walsh (P), 3. Vincenzo Valentine (T); 50 Freestyle - 1. Vincent Prestileo (P) 23.87, 2. Stephen Behun (T), 3. Ethan DiBonifazio (T); Diving - 1. Adam Klinger (P) 170.25, 2. Vincenzo Valentine (T), 3. Eli Accardi (P); 100 Butterfly - 1. Noah Bevan (P) 1:00.22, 2. Jacob Hehn (T), 3. Michael Prestileo (P); 100 Freestyle - 1. Vincent Prestileo (P) 54.17, 2. Stephen Behun (T), 3. Killian Bressler (P); 500 Freestyle - 1. Jathan Krall (T) 5:46.27, 2. Alex Zehner (T), 3. Logan Strauss (P); 200 Freestyle Relay - 1. Pottsville 1:38.29; 100 Backstroke - 1. Hunter Chescavage (P) 1:12.70, 2. Jack Tharp (T), 3. Will Behun (T); 100 Breaststroke - 1. Jamison Walsh (P) 1:16.69, 2. Ethan DiBonifazio (T), 3. Billy Davis (P); 400 Freestyle Relay

- 1. Pottsville 3:51.03.

GIRLS

Tamaqua 119, Pottsville 52

200 Medley Relay - 1. Pottsville 2:08.57; 200 Freestyle - 1. Lexi Buchala (T) 2:15.76, 2. Isabella Jones (T), 3. Lyla Clemson (T); 200 IM - 1. Savannah Wilson (T) 2:31.96, 2. Gabby Blasko (T), 3. Elizabeth Martinko (P); 50 Freestyle - 1. Adalia Laselva (P) 26.92, 2. Ava Jones (T), 3. Paige Setcavage (T); Diving - 1. Janna Brown (T) 92.00; 100 Butterfly - 1. Audrey Nattress (T) 1:12.75, 2. Lily McNutt (T), 3. Addison Krall (T); 100 Freestyle - 1. Adalia Laselva (P) 59.47, 2. Janna Brown (T), 3. Ava Jones (T); 500 Freestyle - 1. Lexi Buchala (T) 5:58.36, 2. Isabella Jones (T), 3. Lyla Clemson (T); 200 Freestyle Relay - 1. Pottsville 1:55.59; 100 Backstroke - 1. Gabby Blasko (T) 1:14.03, 2. Audrey Nattress (T), 3. Gianna Laselva (P); 100 Breaststroke - 1. Savannah Wilson (T) 1:16.46, 2. Elizabeth Martinko (P), 3. Lily McNutt (T); 400 Freestyle Relay

- 1. Tamaqua (Isabella Jones, Lexi Buchala, Gabby Blasko, Savannah Wilson) 4:24.62.

JR. HIGH

BOYS BASKETBALL

7TH GRADE

Weatherly-North Schuylkill

North Schuylkill defeated Weatherly, 42-30.

Eddie Feiling had 10 points for the Wreckers, while Jaxon McKeegan added eight.

N. Capone and T. McGee both finished with seven points for the Spartans.

JR. HIGH

GIRLS BASKETBALL

8TH GRADE

Weatherly-Pottsville

Pottsville knocked off Weatherly, 26-17.

Megan Goodman paced the winners with eight points.

The Wreckers received six points from both Katie Knock and Mya Binder.