The Marian boys topped rival Mahanoy Area on Wednesday.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Marian-Mahanoy Area

Marian rebounded from a slow start to gain a 47-40 Schuylkill League victory over Mahanoy Area.

Frank Valente and Brendan Lonergan both scored eight points in the second quarter as the Colts, who were held to just two points in the first period, took a five-point halftime lead.

Valente ended with a game-high 16 points, while Lonergan finished with 13. The winners, who improved to 14-7, also received eight points from Logan Fritz.

MARIAN

Fritz 2-4-7-8, Espaillat-Turbi 1-2-2-4, Ja. Rodino 0-0-0-0, Valente 6-4-6-16, Ferrara 0-0-0-0, Ramirez 1-1-2-3, Walko 0-0-0-0, Je. Rodino 0-0-0-0, Bobish 0-0-0-0, Lonergan 4-5-8-13, Currie 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 15-16-25-47.

MAHANOY AREA

Yedsena 5-2-2-13, Cuff 5-0-0-12, Zawada 2-1-2-7, Manley 0-0-0-0, Styka 3-1-2-7, McGroaty 0-0-1-0, Zilker 0-1-4-1, Frye 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-5-12-40.

Marian 2 16 17 12 - 47

Mahanoy Area 8 5 13 14 - 40

Three-pointers: Marian - Currie 1; Mahanoy Area - Cuff 2, Zawada 2, Yedsena 1.

JR. HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL

8TH GRADE

Minersville-Weatherly

Dante Carr scored 20 points, including five dunks to lead Minersville to a 60-28 victory over Weatherly.

The Wreckers received 18 points from Jacob Tom.

7TH GRADE

Minersville-Weatherly

Weatherly couldn’t hold a lead and dropped a 32-29 decision to Minersville.

Jordan Bowers had a game-high 21 points for the Miners, while Kaiden Weaver topped the Wreckers with 14.