The Panther Valley’s girls basketball team used a late surge to post a victory on Tuesday.

Elsewhere, the Pleasant Valley girls basketball team also picked up its first win of the season.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Pine Grove-Panther Valley

Panther Valley staged a furious comeback to overcome a 15-point fourth- quarter deficit and eventually pull out a 62–58 overtime victory over Schuylkill League foe Pine Grove.

Maddison Maynard led the Panthers with 19 points, nine rebounds, and six assists - one of which was a pass to Sera Robin who drained a three-pointer at the end of regulation to send the game into overtime.

Robin finished with 12 points, while Natalie Vermillion added 11 for the Panthers (4-2, 1-1), who also overcame a four-point deficit in overtime to pull out the win.

Kailen Felty led Pine Grove (2-1, 1-1) with 17 points.

PINE GROVE

Wolff 2-1-4-6, Koons 4-1-2-13, Felty 6-3-7-17, Leffler 0-0-0-0, Zimmerman 0-0-0-0, Becher 1-0-0-2, Leininger 0-0-0-0, Schneck-Haines 2-2-2-6, Stewart 4-5-7-14. TOTALS: 19-12-22-58.

PANTHER VALLEY

Vermillion 4-0-0-11, Robin 4-2-2-12, Maynard 4-11-14-19, Breslin 0-0-0-0, Orsulak 3-0-4-7, Yuricheck 3-2-2-8, McAndrew 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 20-15-22-62.

Pine Grove 15 10 12 14 7 – 58

Panther Valley 10 9 9 23 11 - 62

Three-pointers: PG – Koons 4, Felty 2, Wolff 1, Stewart 1; PV – Vermillion 3, Robin 3, Orsulak 1.

Pleasant Valley-Freedom

Aryn Stivala’s 24-point performance sparked Pleasant Valley en route to a commanding 51-25 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Freedom.

Stivala netted 16 of her game-high 24 points before halftime, with the Bears (1-4, 1-2) taking a 34-12 lead into the locker rooms.

Maliya Gonzalez paced the Patriots (1-4, 1-2) with 13 points.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Lanigan 1-0-0-2, Stivala 10-1-3-24, Greene 3-0-0-6, Rosenberg 2-0-0-5, Muir 2-4-6-8, Honadel 2-0-0-6, Soucy 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-5-9-51.

FREEDOM

Mcnell 0-0-0-0, G. Sena 0-0-0-0, M. Gonzalez 5-1-1-13, Kokolus 0-0-0-0, Brodie 1-0-0-2, Heineman 2-0-0-4, A. Sena 0-0-0-0, D’Amico 1-0-2-2, Heidemann 0-0-0-0, Assad 0-0-0-0, Macilroy 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 11-1-3-25.

PV 16 18 13 4 – 51

Freedom 10 2 6 7 – 25

Three-pointers: PV – Stivala 3, Honadel 2, Rosenberg 1; Freedom – Gonzalez 2.

Tamaqua-Pottsville

Pottsville jumped out to an early lead en route to a 52-32 Schuylkill League win over visiting Tamaqua.

Liv Peleschak paced the Tide (1-3, 1-1) with 18 points, while Alex Blum and Jes Siminitis both contributed 12 points apiece.

Makayla Bartenope recorded a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Raiders (1-4, 0-2), while Samantha Plasha also added 10 points.

TAMAQUA

Gormley 0-0-0-0, Scott 0-0-0-0, S. Plasha 5-0-0-10, Hope 2-2-4-7, L. Plasha 2-0-0-4, Miller 0-1-2-1, Bartenope 4-2-2-10. TOTALS: 13-5-8-32.

POTTSVILLE

Reinert 0-0-0-0, Bowers 3-0-0-8, Demcher 0-0-0-0, Hinkle 0-0-0-0, Peleschak 8-0-0-18, Ditzler 0-0-0-0, Blum 6-0-3-12, Siminitis 6-0-0-12, Goodman 1-0-0-2, Jones 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 24-0-3-52.

Tamaqua 7 4 16 5 – 32

Pottsville 13 15 16 8 – 52

Three-pointers: Tamaqua – Hope 1; Pottsville – Bowers 2, Peleschak 2.

JR. HIGH BOYS

8TH GRADE

Lehighton-Weatherly

Weatherly topped Lehighton for a 48-27 victory.

Dominick Kokinda recorded 11 points for the Wreckers, while Chance Stauffer added 10.

Kyden Hauser scored 11 points for the Indians.

7TH GRADE

Lehighton-Weatherly

Weatherly downed Lehighton for a 23-14 win.

Michael Knock led the Wreckers with 10 points.

Isaac Martin posted five points for the Indians.