Panther Valley and Tamaqua picked up girls basketball victories on Friday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Pine Grove-Panther Valley

Panther Valley jumped out to an early lead and held on to post a 47-43 Schuylkill League victory over Pine Grove.

Erika Dubosky scored nine of her game-high 22 points in the opening quarter, while Sera Robin tallied six of her 13 in the second frame as the Panthers gained a 21-10 halftime lead.

Dubosky added eight rebounds as the Panthers improved to 2-2.

PINE GROVE

Wolff 1-4-6-6, Donmoyer 2-4-6-9, Felty 7-0-0-16, Shollenbenberg 2-0-0-5, Crawford 1-0-0-2, Dorson 1-1-2-3, Stewart 0-2-2-2. TOTALS: 14-11-16-43.

PANTHER VALLEY

Dubosky 5-11-13-22, Robin 5-2-6-13, Maynard 2-1-2-5, Wehr 2-0-1-4, Vermillion 1-0-0-3, Eidle 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-14-22-47.

Pine Grove 7 3 15 18 - 43

Panther Valley 12 9 10 16 - 47

Three-pointers: PG - Felty 2, Donmoyer 1, Shollenbenberg 1; PV - Dubosky 1, Robin 1, Vermillion 1.

Tamaqua-Blue Mountain

Tamaqua held off a Blue Mountain rally to post a 39-36 Schuylkill League victory.

Sophia Boyle had 14 points and five steals to lead Tamaqua (3-1). Serena Jones added seven points and 15 rebounds, while Emma Hope was also a force on the boards with 14 rebounds.

TAMAQUA

Streisel 0-0-0-0, Kane 1-0-0-3, Jones 3-1-1-7, Meckes 1-3-6-5, Boyle 4-4-8-14, Wingler 3-0-0-7, Hope 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 13-9-17-39

BLUE MOUNTAIN

Conway 0-0-0-0, Beam 4-4-4-14, Heydt 0-0-0-0, L. Gibson 0-0-0-0, Thompson 1-0-0-3, Walasavage 0-0-0-0, Dayson 0-1-2-1, Wagner 2-0-1-4, Peel 3-1-2-8, K. Gibson 0-0-0-0, Baldwin 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 13-6-9-36

Tamaqua 8 13 11 7 - 39

Blue Mountain 6 6 5 19 - 36

Three-pointers: T - Boyle 2, Kane 1, Wingler 1; BM - Beam 2, Thompson 1, Peel 1.

Lehighton-No. Schuylkill

North Schuylkill recorded a 59-51 Schuylkill League victory over Lehighton.

Hailey Miller led a trio of Lehighton scorers in double figures with 14 points. Taylor Bowman added 13 points and Abigail Meckes chipped in 10.

LEHIGHTON

Marchessault 2-2-2-6, Miller 6-1-2-14, Bowman 4-5-5-13, Meckes 4-2-6-10, Fisher 3-0-1-8, Gaston 0-0-4-0. TOTALS: 19-10-20-51.

NORTH SCHUYLKILL

Hines 4-0-0-11, My. Wetzel 1-0-0-3, Mengel 5-3-4-15, Gawylik 2-3-6-7, Ma. Wetzel 2-1-4-5, Wagner 3-2-2-8, Mogish 0-2-2-2, Taylor 0-0-0-0, Stitzer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-11-20-59

Lehighton 12 12 13 14 - 51

No. Schuylkill 24 11 19 5 - 59

Three-pointers: L - Fisher 2, Miler 1. NS - Hines 3, Mengel 2, My. Wentz 1.

Lourdes-Weatherly

Weatherly kept things close in the first half, but Lourdes used a strong second half to pull away for a 74-39 Schuylkill League victory.

Ashley James scored a team-high 17 points for the Wreckers, who only trailed by five at the break. Weatherly also received 12 points from Brianna Pugh.

LOURDES

Reed 6-1-1-15, Lindemuth 0-0-1-0, Yancoskie 0-0-0-0, Moyer 3-1-2-8, Sandri 6-0-0-16, Rishel 0-0-0-0, Kehler 3-0-0-6, Shimko 7-5-7-19, Chikotas 0-0-1-0, Czeponis 1-0-0-3, Coleman 1-0-0-2, Kosmer 1-1-2-3, Shaffer 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 29-8-14-74.

WEATHERLY

Kane 0-2-5-2, Gaydocsik 0-0-0-0, Houser 2-2-4-8, Davidovich 0-0-1-0, James 7-3-5-17, Pugh 4-0-2-12, Paisley 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-7-17-39.

Lourdes 22 10 26 16 - 74

Weatherly 11 16 8 4 - 39

Three-pointers: Lourdes - Sandri 4, Reed 2, Moyer 1, Czeponis 1; Weatherly - Pugh 4, Houser 2.

BOYS BASKETBALL

PM West-Pleasant Valley

Justin Smith scored all of his game-high 21 points in the second half to help Pocono Mountain West pull out a 53-40 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Pleasant Valley.

The Bears led by one at halftime in their season opener, but Smith caught fire over the final two quarters.

PV received a team-high 13 points from Joel Contreras.

PM WEST

Smith 0-0-2-0, Savage 0-0-0-0, Campbell 4-2-2-13, Greeley 0-0-1-0, Lawrence 1-1-2-3, Smith 7-3-7-21, Fermin 6-1-4-13, Terry 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 19-8-20-53.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Moore 3-0-0-7, Wynn 0-0-0-0, Knudsen 1-0-0-3, Keesler 0-0-2-0, Contreras 5-2-2-13, J. Ratti 0-0-0-0, Francois 3-0-0-8, Hargrow 4-0-0-9, Telepo 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-2-4-40.

PM West 5 10 17 21 - 53

Pleasant Valley 6 10 13 11 - 40

Three-pointers: PMW - Smith 4, Campbell 3; PV - Francois 2, Moore 1, Knudsen 1, Contreras 1, Hargrow 1.

Weatherly-Lourdes

Scotty Zoscin poured in a game-high 30 points to power Weatherly to a 68-45 Schuylkill League victory on Thursday.

Zoscin hit seven three-pointers, on just nine attempts, as Weatherly improved to 3-1. Antonio Colecio added 17 points.

WEATHERLY

Colecio 7-1-1-17, Derr 3-0-2-6, Zoscin 11-1-1-30, Broskoskie 1-0-0-2, Willis 0-0-0-0, Ray 1-0-0-2, Solonoski 2-0-0-4, Lowman 1-2-2-5, Ramirez 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 27-4-6-68.

LOURDES

Potter 0-0-0-0, C. Sandri 1-3-4-5, Hughes 3-1-3-8, O. Sandri 0-0-0-0, Reiprish 5-0-0-10, Feudale 1-0-0-3, Novak 3-2-2-8, Nguyen 1-0-0-3, Keer 1-0-0-2, Reed 2-2-2-6. TOTALS: 17-8-11-45.

Weatherly 10 25 25 8 - 68

Lourdes 14 8 10 13 - 45

Three-pointers: Weatherly - Zoscin 7, Colecio 2, Lowman 1; Lourdes - Hughes 1, Feudale 1, Nguyen 1.