The Lehighton girls basketball and wrestling teams closed out their regular seasons with wins on Monday. Marian’s girls basketball team also secured a win in its regular season finale.

The Indians’ victory over Panther Valley, combined with Blue Mountain’s win over Tamaqua, has forced a tiebreaker game between the Panthers and Blue Raiders for the final Schuylkill League Division 1 girls basketball wildcard spot. The playoff will take place on Thursday at Lehighton at 6 p.m.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Lehighton-Panther Valley

Lehighton closed out Schuylkill League play with a 44-36 victory over Panther Valley.

The Indians (12-10, 7-7) were paced by the duo of Charli McHugh and Emma Repsher, as both tied for a team-high with 12 points apiece. Ryleigh Trotman chipped in 11.

Maddison Maynard led all scorers with a 16-point performance for the Panthers (14-8 overall; 8-6 SL), while Morgan Orsulak scored eight.

LEHIGHTON

Barthol 1-0-0-3, McHugh 3-6-7-12, Klotz 1-0-1-2, Uyvari 1-1-4-4, Trotman 5-1-2-11, Repsher 4-2-6-12. TOTALS: 15-10-20-44.

PANTHER VALLEY

Shreffler 0-0-0-0, Krapf 2-0-0-5, Kocha 0-0-0-0, Vermillion 1-0-0-2, Maynard 6-3-5-16, Breslin 0-1-2-1, Orsulak 2-4-6-8, Yuricheck 2-0-0-4, McAndrew 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-8-13-36.

Lehighton 13 5 12 14 – 44

Panther Valley 5 7 9 15 – 36

Three-pointers: Lehighton – Repsher 2, Barthol 1, Uyvari 1; Panther Valley – Krapf 1, Maynard 1.

Tamaqua-Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain posted a 42-34 Schuylkill League win over Tamaqua.

Makayla Keck led the Eagles (18-4) with 10 points.

Samantha Plasha led the Blue Raiders with 11 points. Sarah Hope had nine points and eight steals for Tamaqua (15-7), while Lauren Ligenza also had eight rebounds in the loss.

TAMAQUA

Robb 1-0-0-2, S. Plasha 4-3-5-11, Ligenza 2-3-9-7, Hope 3-1-2-9, L. Plasha 0-1-2-1, Miller 2-0-0-4, Bartenope 0-0-0-0, Black 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-8-18-34

BLUE MOUNTAIN

Faust 2-0-0-4. Conway 4-0-0-9, Heydt 2-1-4-5, Place 3-1-2-8, Gibson 0-0-0-0, Campbell 2-0-0-2, Keck 3-3-4-10, Armenise 2-0-2-4. TOTALS: 17-5-12-42

Tamaqua 3 11 10 10 - 34

Blue Mtn. 16 5 11 10 - 42

Three-pointers: Tamaqua – Hope 2; Blue Mountain – Conway 1, Keck 1, Place 1.

Marian-Mahanoy Area

Marian rebounded from a weekend loss to score a 45-30 victory over Mahanoy Area in Schuylkill League play.

Trailing by three points after a quarter of play, the Fillies caught fire in the second period and turned up the defense to take a 23-13 lead into halftime.

Carly Minchhoff netted seven of her game-high 15 points in the second quarter for the Fillies (19-3 overall; 12-1 SL), while Aliya Tikhtova posted nine of her 11 points after the half.

Felicia Bro led the way for the Golden Bears (8-13; 6-7) with 12 points.

MARIAN

Pugh 1-0-0-2, Martinelli 3-0-0-6, Fritz 3-0-0-6, Minchhoff 6-2-2-15, Tikhtova 5-1-2-11, Hasara 2-0-0-5, O. Thomas 0-0-0-0, Corrado 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-3-4-45.

MAHANOY AREA

Wiekrykas 0-0-0-0, Roberts 0-0-0-0, Gonzalez 0-0-0-0, Kennedy 0-2-2-2, Bro 4-1-3-12, Connolly 5-0-3-10, Kowalick 2-1-2-6. TOTALS: 11-4-10-30.

Marian 8 15 8 14 – 45

Mahanoy Area 11 2 8 9 – 30

Three-pointers: Marian – Minchhoff 1, Hasara 1; Mahanoy Area – Bro 3, Kowalick 1.

ES South-Pleasant Valley

East Stroudsburg South cruised to a 41-28 win over Pleasant Valley in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference action.

Cynindia Gray led the Cavaliers (6-16) with 15 points.

Annalisa Lanigan and Ryan Rosenberg had eight points apiece for the Bears (2-20) in their season finale.

EAST STROUDSBURG SOUTH

Huntley 0-0-0-0, Davis 3-0-0-6, Burgher 0-0-0-0, Woods 0-0-0-0, Kreshock 0-3-6-3, Marte 3-1-4-7, Gray 6-3-3-15, Cole 3-1-4-10, Robinson 0-0-0-0, Nwigwe 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-8-17-41.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Lanigan 3-1-4-8, Knapp 0-1-2-1, Williams 0-0-1-0, Gaddist 1-1-4-3, Rosenberg 3-1-3-8, Soucy 1-2-5-4, Honadel 0-2-2-2, Hower 0-0-0-0, Costen 0-0-0-0, Stivala 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 9-8-21-28.

ES South 2 12 14 13 - 41

Pleasant Vy. 8 6 2 12 - 28

Three-pointers: East Stroudsburg South – Cole 3; Pleasant Valley – Lanigan 1, Rosenberg 1.

Weatherly-Nativity

Nativity rolled to a 48-24 Schuylkill League win over Weatherly.

Hannah Zimerotsky posted a game-high 12 points for the Green Wave (5-14 overall; 2-10 SL).

Taylor Davidovich paced the Wreckers (3-17, 0-12) with nine points.

WEATHERLY

Gaydoscik 0-0-0-0, Binder 0-0-0-0, Houser 3-0-3-6, Russell 0-0-0-0, Davidovich 2-4-6-9, Reiner 3-1-4-8, Weston 0-0-0-0, Pugh 0-1-2-1, Gordick 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 8-6-15-24.

NATIVITY

Ziegmont 1-0-0-2, Daynorowicz 0-0-0-0, McNamara 0-0-0-0, Leskin 0-0-0-0, Bennett 5-0-0-11, Brennan 4-0-0-10, Walborn 1-0-0-3, Zimerotsky 6-0-0-12, K. Pinkey 1-0-2-2, E. Pinkey 4-0-0-8. TOTALS: 22-0-2-48.

Weatherly 6 6 9 3 – 24

Nativity 14 11 11 12 – 48

Three-pointers: Weatherly – Davidovich 1, Reiner 1; Nativity – Brennan 2, Bennett 1, Walborn 1.

Jim Thorpe-Pine Grove

Pine Grove posted a 60-20 win over Jim Thorpe in Schuylkill League play.

The Cardinals (9-13) were led by Marissa Stewart’s 20 points.

Sarah Hartman led the Olympians (0-21) with 11 points.

JIM THORPE

Zurwawa 0-0-0-0, Yeakel 1-2-5-4, Rosenberger 0-0-0-0, Hartman 5-0-0-11, Balliet 0-0-0-0, Ginopolas 1-0-0-2, Sully 0-0-0-0, Bowen 0-1-2-1, Sargent 0-0-0-0, Robinson 0-0-0-0, Scherer 1-0-0-2, Seales-Griffith 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 8-3-7-20.

PINE GROVE

Leffler 2-0-0-4, Zimmerman 3-0-0-6, Leininger 1-2-6-4, Stewart 9-0-0-20, Schneck-Haines 2-0-0-4, Umbenhauer 0-0-0-0, Flynn 6-2-2-14, Luppi 0-0-0-0, Reichert 0-0-0-0, Stager 0-0-0-0, Wolfe 1-0-0-2, Devine 1-0-0-2, Grimes 0-0-0-0, Bonora 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 27-4-8-60.

Jim Thorpe 6 6 6 2 - 20

Pine Grove 16 23 9 12 - 60

Three-pointers: Jim Thorpe – Hartman 1. Pine Grove – Stewart 2.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Pleasant Valley-ES South

Pleasant Valley dropped it its regular season finale to East Stroudsburg South 69-45 in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference play.

Jaen Chatman led the Cavaliers (9-13) with 25 points.

Sean Hallenbeck led the Bears (8-14) with eight points.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Byers-Robinson 2-0-2-4, Greene 1-1-2-4, Weidman 2-2-2-6, Hallenbeck 3-1-2-8, Moore 1-0-0-2, Lucas 1-0-0-3, Loch 0-2-2-2, Heckman 1-0-0-3, Young 0-0-0-0, Prator 2-0-0-4, Pandolfo 2-3-4-7, Fava 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 16-9-14-45.

EAST STROUDSBURG SOUTH

Stanton 0-0-0-0, Rocker 0-2-2-2, Merwin-Hyde 0-0-0-0, Bowman 0-0-0-0, Chatman 9-6-10-25, D. Williams 2-2-3-6, M. Williams 1-0-0-2, Skalko 6-0-0-17, Plante-King 3-1-1-8, Scott 3-0-0-6, Martinez-Tovar 1-0-0-3, Rivera 0-0-0-0, Cisse 0-0-0-0, Levine 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 25-11-16-69.

Pleasant Vy. 12 5 14 14 - 45

ES South 19 8 28 14 - 69

Three-pointers: Pleasant Valley – Greene 1, Hallenbeck 1, Heckman 1, Lucas 1. East Stroudsburg South – Skalko 5, Chatman 1, Martinez-Tovar 1, Plante-King 1.

BOYS WRESTLING

Lehighton-Southern Lehigh

Lehighton bounced back from a loss at Saturday’s District 11 Duals with a 49-20 non-league win over Southern Lehigh.

The Indians rattled off five wins in the first six bouts to build a comfortable 19-4 lead over the host Spartans, with Michael D’Amico (107), Jacob Hall (127) and Evan Wentz (139) all recording pins.

Jacob Ferguson (160), Brok Solt (172), Asher Taylor (189) and Reese Balk (285) also had pins for the Tribe.

Lehighton 49, Southern Lehigh 20

107 – Michael D’Amico (L) pinned Joshua Breyer in 0:39; 114 – Aidan Gruber (L) major dec. Keith Barker, 12-2; 121 – Griffin King (SL) major dec. Connor Dugan, 12-1; 127 – Jacob Hall (L) pinned Colton Alder in 1:17; 133 – Blake Muffley (L) dec. Cole Lorio, 8-1; 139 – Evan Wentz (L) pinned Scott Stevens in 1:24; 145 – Brock Frable (SL) pinned Carter Hontz in 0:37; 152 – Sean Steckert (SL) pinned Zoltan Bedocs in 1:22; 160 – Jacob Ferguson (L) pinned Tavin Soos in 2:19; 172 – Brok Solt (L) pinned Cody Wesner in 3:06; 189 – Asher Traylor (L) pinned Nick Michaylira in 2:44; 215 – Ryan King (SL) major dec. Wyatt Sherer, 11-3; 285

– Reese Balk (L) pinned Ian Gill in 1:23.

No. Schuylkill-Jim Thorpe

North Schuylkill was too much for Jim Thorpe in a 51-18 Schuylkill League win.

Stephen Korte opened the match with a win for the Olympians, as the 121-pound grappler posted a pin in 1:25. Nikolas Schwartz (189) and Aiden Sterling (215) also recorded back-to-back pins for Thorpe.

North Schuylkill 51, Jim Thorpe 18

121 – Stephen Korte (JT) pinned Stanley Padakowski in 1:25; 127 – Kaden Casey (NS) dec. Christopher Jacobacci, 7-0; 133 – Kaden Tavares (NS) major dec. Jared Mantilla, 13-3; 139 – Nathan Sterner (NS) won by forfeit; 145 – Jimmy Weikel (NS) pinned Max Pfeiffer in 2:15; 152 – Bradlee Smith (NS) tech. fall Richard Kenna in 5:34, 26-11; 160 – Ricky Halford (NS) pinned Rafael Dinarte in 3:05; 172 – Jaden Meyer (NS) dec. Cael Heaney, 7-4; 189 – Nikolas Schwartz (JT) pinned Ryan Mueller in 1:48; 215 – Aiden Sterling (JT) pinned Cadyn McGraw in 1:24; 285 – Neeko Caraballo (NS) pinned Peter Almeida in 2:44; 107 – Gaige Mentusky (NS) pinned Jake Chamides in 1:31; 114

– Alex Deritis (NS) pinned Christian Ortiz in 2:23.

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BOYS BASKETBALL

9TH GRADE

Panther Valley-Tamaqua

Panther Valley earned a 33-30 victory over Tamaqua.

Tyler Hall led a balanced PV attack with 13 points.

The Raiders’ Greg Tirpak topped all scorers with 18 points.

8TH GRADE

No. Schuylkill-Panther Vy.

North Schuylkill posted a 56-42 victory over Panther Valley.

The Panthers received 20 points from Chase McArdle, while Cy Maynard added 13.

Tamaqua-Weatherly

Tamaqua defeated Weatherly, 41-34.

The Blue Raiders’ Gavin Edmonds netted a game-high 18 points, while Deondre Marshall finished with 14 points.

Michael Knock led the Wreckers with a 15-point performance, while Remington Hunsinger chipped in with seven.

7TH GRADE

Panther Vy.-No. Schuylkill

Panther Valley and North Schuylkill battled to a 30-30 tie.

Carson Jones had 12 points to lead the Panthers, while Corrigan Crampsie contributed 11.

Tamaqua-Weatherly

Weatherly earned a 36-30 victory over Tamaqua.

Aiden Slovick finished with 10 points for the Wreckers, while Jaxon McKeegan added eight.

Sam Vinc recorded a game-high 11 points for the Blue Raiders, while Mason Evans finished with nine.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL

8TH GRADE

Weatherly-Tamaqua

Tamaqua knocked off Weatherly for a 29-22 win.

Millie Black led the way for the Blue Raiders with a team-high 13 points, while Naomi Knitter finished with 11.

Katie Knock led all scorers with a 16-point performance for the Wreckers, while Maci Kane added six.