Marian and Lehighton posted boys basketball victories on Wednesday.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Marian-Tri-Valley

Tyler Fritz’s 27 points led Marian to a 54-50 Schuylkill League victory over Tri-Valley.

Chris Ritsick and Keith McCall both added eight points for the Colts (3-2, 1-1).

MARIAN

Fritz 9-9-9-27, Ritsick 2-2-2-8, McCall 3-1-2-8, Agosti 1-1-2-4, Sabulsky 3-0-3-6, Cerullo 0-1-2-1, Malarkey 0-0-0-0, Hnat 0-0-0-0. TOTALS 18-14-20-54.

TRI-VALLEY

Leedy 2-4-4-17, Deeter 3-0-2-15, Ziegmont 1-0-1-8, Smith 1-2-3-4, Ace 0-0-0-3, McGrath 0-3-4-3. TOTALS 7-9-14-50.

Marian 10 5 19 20 - 54

Tri-Valley 7 19 14 10 - 50

Three-pointers: M – Ritsick 2, Agosti 1, McCall 1; TV – Deeter 3, Leedy 2, Ziegmont 1, Smith 1.

Lehighton-No. Schuylkill

The Indians secured their first win of the season with a 52-45 Schuylkill League victory at North Schuylkill.

Addison Howland led the Indians (1-4, 1-1) with 15 points. Ben Schatz added nine.

LEHIGHTON

Strauss 0-0-0-0, Heery 1-3-5-5, Hunsicker 2-0-0-6, Crum 2-1-3-7, Haydt 2-4-5-8, Schwab 0-0-0-0, Howland 6-3-4-15, Potts 1-0-0-2, Schatz 3-2-7-9. TOTALS: 17-13-19-52.

NORTH SCHUYLKILL

Stokes 8-3-7-21, Stavinski 1-2-2-4, Flynn 3-0-0-7, Burke 5-1-2-11, Kempsey 1-0-0-2, Weikel 0-0-0-0, Gregas 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-6-11-45.

Lehighton 17 16 5 14 - 52

No. Schuylkill 16 7 9 13 - 45

Three-pointers: L - Hunsicker 2, Crum 2, Schatz 1. NS - Stokes 2, Flynn 1.

Blue Mountain-Panther Vy.

Nate Nabholz scored 21 points in Blue Mountain’s 76-65 Schuylkill League win over Panther Valley.

Rene Figueroa scored 32 to lead Panther Valley (4-1, 1-1). The Panthers’ Brandon Stilitino hit six three-pointers, accounting for 18 of his 20 points.

Blue Mountain also won the JV game 54-36.

BLUE MOUNTAIN

Nabholz 6-3-7-21, Ketch 4-1-2-17, Grace 2-7-8-11, Conway 2-0-2-10, Lipko 3-3-5-9, Dean 3-0-0-6, Carr 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 18-14-24-76.

PANTHER VALLEY

Figueroa 11-9-11-32, Stilitino 6-2-2-20, Buzzard 3-1-1-7. Machorro 2-0-0-4, Turner 1-0-0-2, White 0-0-0-0, Brettle 0-0-0-0, Eidle 0-0-0-0, Kraph 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 32-12-14-65.

Blue Mountain 22 17 18 19 - 76

Panther Valley 14 8 16 27 - 65`

Three pointers: BM – Conway 2, Ketch 2, Nabholz 2; PV – Stilitino 6, Figueroa 1

Weatherly-Mahanoy Area

Three Mahanoy Area players scored double digits in its 69-45 Schuylkill League win over the Wreckers.

Scott Zoscin led Weatherly (2-4, 1-1) with 15 points. Antonio Colecio added 13.

Weatherly won the JV game 45-39.

WEATHERLY

Zoscin 2-5-5-15, Colecio 3-4-4-13, Gerhart 3-0-1-9, Berger 2-0-2-4, Derr 2-0-2-4, Obert 0-0-0-0, Lowman 0-0-0-0. TOTALS 9-9-14-45.

MAHANOY AREA

Miller 4-9-19-20, Atkins 3-0-0-12, Mazalusky 4-4-9-12, Crespo 1-2-7-7, Feliciano 0-0-0-6, Ramos 0-0-0-6. Marcellus 2-0-0-4, Merchilinsky 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 15-15-35-69.

Weatherly 9 11 11 14 - 45

Mahanoy Area 14 12 12 31 - 69

Three pointers: W – Gerhart 3, Zoscin 2, Colecio 1; MA – Feliciano 2, Ramos 2, Atkins 2, Crespo 1, Miller 1

Jim Thorpe-Pine Grove

Pine Grove defeated the Olympians 55-37 in Schuylkill League action.

James Adames led the Olympians (3-3, 0-2) with 13 points.

JIM THORPE

Searfoss 3-0-0-8, Burak 1-0-0-3, Santiago 0-0-0-0, Dans 0-0-0-0, Hurley 0-0-1-0, Condley 0-0-0-0, Adames 5-2-3-13, Lauer 2-1-2-5, Rosahac 2-4-8-8. TOTALS: 13-7-14-37.

PINE GROVE

Leininger 2-0-0-4, Culbert 6-0-0-13, Pena 3-5-8-12, Griffiths 5-0-1-11, Ibarra 1-5-6-7, Hlavaty 2-0-2-4, Geesey 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 21-10-15-55.

Jim Thorpe 5 6 13 13 - 37

Pine Grove 15 12 14 14 - 55

Three-pointers: JT - Searfoss 2, Burak 1, Adames 1. PG - Culbert 1, Pen a 1, Griffiths 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Northern Lehigh-NDES

Jada Saeger’s big 36-point game was the highlight in Northern Lehigh’s 54-23 win over Notre Dame East Stroudsburg.

Saeger also hit four three-pointers, accounting for a quarter of her points. Lauren Hoffman added 10 points for the Bulldogs.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Saeger 8-8-10-36, Hoffman 4-2-5-10, Niebell 2-0-0-4, Seier 1-1-5-3, Hoffner 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 15-12-22-54.

NDES

Wickenheiser 5-2-6-12, Tichy 1-2-7-4, Francis 2-0-3-4, Martinez 1-1-2-3, Brown 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 9-5-20-23.

Northern Lehigh 11 8 20 15 - 54

NDES 6 4 4 9 - 23

Three pointers: NL – Saeger 4.

Wrestling

PM West-Pleasant Valley

Pleasant Valley earned its first win of the season with a 55-20 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference decision over Pocono Mountain West.

Chris Tartamella and Chris Frable both earned their initial victories for the Bears. Senior Anthony Mazzella pinned Rahjan Lewis in the 195-weight class.

Pleasant Vy. 55, PM West 20

106 – Logan Segeda (PV) won by forfeit

113 – Thomas Lovito (PV) won by forfeit

120 – Tyler Fette (PV) won by forfeit

126 – Hannah Hunter (PV) won by DQ over Cameron Fitzgerald

132 – Charlie Palomino (PMW) maj. dec. Gentry Knapp, 16-4

138 – Dillon Anderson (PV) pinned Andrew Sanchez in 1:17

145 – Chris Tartamella (PV) pinned Constantino Enoch in 5:30

152 – James Syracuse (PV) pinned Stephen Weirich in 2:18

160 – Soulymane Diarra (PMW) maj. dec. Gavin Dorn, 12-4

170 – Alexander Womack (PV) dec. Charlie Malloy, 7-4

182 – Chris Frable (PV) maj. dec. Collin Kennelly, 11-3

195 – Anthony Mazzella (PV) pinned Rahjan Lewis in 1:04

220 – Steven Mckenna (PMW) won by forfeit

285 – Mark Williams (PMW) pinned Braden Burlew in 2:51

Panther Valley-Halifax

Panther Valley won three of four contested matches against Halifax, but 10 forfeits were too much to overcome in a 66-18 loss.

The Panthers’ Braxton Whittaker, Sincere Flamer and Bryan Krapf all pinned their Wildcat opponent in the match.

Halifax 66, Panther Valley 18

160 – Reese Bruner (H) pinned Eric Moyer in 3:53

170 – Dalton Marshall (H) won by forfeit

182 – Gabe Bailey (H) won by forgeit

195 – Braxton Whittaker (PV) pinned Matt Hogan in 2:53

220 – Evan Billow (H) won by forfeit

285 – Sincere Flamer (PV) pinned Gyron Reynolds in 1:59

106 – Dillon Galkowski (H) won by forfeit

113 – Kyler Shadel (H) won by forfeit

120 – Amado Alveraez (H) won by forfeit

126 – Ryan Stahl (H) won by forfeit

132 – Bryan Krapf (PV) pinned Tanner Wright in :24

138 – Zander Conrade (H) won by forfeit

145 – Bryce Enders (H) won by forfeit

152 – Trenton Howard (H) won by forfeit

JR. HIGH BASKETBALL

9TH GRADE

Panther Valley-Shenandoah

Stephen Hood’s 18 points led the way as Panther Valley posted a 46-38 victory over Shenandoah. Ben Kindt added 12 points for PV.

7TH-8TH GRADE

Panther Valley-Shenandoah

Stephen Hood led Panther Valley with 15 points in a 42-19 win over Shenandoah. Chase Weaver added eight points for the Panthers.

8TH GRADE

Panther Valley-Weatherly

Panther Valley rolled to a 54-23 win over Weatherly.

Brad Hood led the Panthers with 18 points. Matt Juracka added six.

Jacob Parker had eight points for Weatherly.

7TH GRADE

Panther Valley-Weatherly

Panther Valley defeated Weatherly 63-12.

Stephen Hood led the Panthers with 30 points. Chase Weaver also reached double-digits with 16 points

Tyler Hinkle led the Wreckers with four points.