Kovac drops 32 as JT girls edge Lake Lehman
The Jim Thorpe girls picked up a 57-56 non league win over Lake Lehman Monday night. The Palmerton girls, along with the Marian, Lehighton and Tamaqua boys' basketball teams, also earned wins in scholastic action.
GIRLS BASKETBALLJim Thorpe-Lake LehmanJim Thorpe rallied for a 57-56 non-league win over Lake Lehman.Kayley Kovac paced the Olympians with 32 points, while Payton Kovac added 13.Thorpe used a 19-8 third quarter to offset an eight-point halftime deficit.JIM THORPERichards 1-0-0-3, P. Kovac 4-3-4-13, Condly 0-0-1-0, Ohl 0-3-4-3, Naranjo 1-0-0-2, K. Kovac 9-13-20-32, Lignore 2-0-0-4, Gabel 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-19-29-57.LAKE LEHMANKubiski 1-1-2-4, Salus 5-2-2-14, Scoblick 3-1-3-8, Cawley 2-2-2-6, Henninger 1-0-0-2, Purdy 5-2-4-13, Borum 3-3-4-9. TOTALS: 20-11-17-56.Jim Thorpe 10 15 19 13 - 57Lake Lehman 10 23 8 15 - 56Three pointers: Jim Thorpe - P. Kovac 2, Richards 1, K. Kovac 1; Lake Lehman - Salus 2, Kubiski 1, Scoblick 1, Purdy 1.Palmerton-Pen ArgylPalmerton picked up a 48-39 Colonial League win over Pen Argyl.Linnaea Leister paced the Blue Bombers with 17 points. Paige Frantz added 10.PALMERTONPappay 2-2-6-6, Hirochek 2-0-0-5, Cincilla 1-4-4-6, Leister 5-3-6-17, Frantz 1-8-12-10, Wentz 0-1-3-1, Muniz 0-0-0-0, Ruch 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 12-19-33-48.PEN ARGYLCampbell 1-0-0-2, O'Brien 2-0-0-4, Calabrese 0-0-0-0, Heisler 1-1-2-3, Sampson 2-1-2-3, Lohman 0-2-4-2, Lilly 2-0-3-6, Weaver 3-2-6-8, R. Sutton 1-0-0-2, E. Sutton 2-3-4-7. TOTALS: 14-9-22-39.Palmerton 12 10 13 13 - 48Pen Argyl 6 15 6 12 - 39Three pointers: Palmerton - Leister 4, Hirochek 1; Pen Argyl - Lilly 2.Northern Lehigh-WilsonWilson topped Northern Lehigh in Colonial League action, 37-29.Ashley Errico paced the winners with 11 points.For the Bulldogs, who led by two points at halftime, Jada Saeger poured in a game-high 18 points.NORTHERN LEHIGHGuelcher 0-0-0-0, Mills 3-0-2-6, Saeger 7-2-6-18, Kemery 0-0-0-0, Hoffman 0-0-0-0, Wilk 0-0-0-0, Ziegler 0-0-0-0, Olewine 1-3-4-5. TOTALS: 11-5-12-29.WILSONVega 2-1-2-5, Casciole 1-0-2-2, Dreyer 0-0-0-0, Gillen 1-1-3-3, Errico 5-0-0-11, Camilo 1-0-0-2, Quinn 4-1-2-10, Goodman 0-0-2-0, Veres 1-2-2-4. TOTALS: 15-5-13-37.No. Lehigh 5 8 3 13 - 29Wilson 6 5 16 10 - 37Three-pointers: NL - Saeger 2; Wilson - Errico 1, Quinn 1.Panther Vy.-Blue-Mtn.Blue Mountain cruised to a 60-7 win over Panther ValleyJulia Kutz posted a game-high 16 points for the Eagles, while Kasey Dean tallied 13.Molly Sheridan paced the Panthers with four points.PANTHER VALLEYPascoe 0-0-2-0, Sheridan 2-0-0-4, Dacey 0-0-2-0, Markovich 1-0-0-2, Ketchledge 0-1-2-1, Weaver 0-0-0-0, Knoblauch 0-0-0-0, Hoben 0-0-0-0, Filer 0-0-0-0, Miller 0-0-0-0, Krajcir 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 3-1-6-7.BLUE MOUNTAINChallenger 0-1-2-1, Albertini 3-1-2-7, Martin 1-1-2-4, Fasnacht 1-2-4-4, Lewis 3-0-0-6, Moyer 2-2-2-7, Dean 3-7-7-13, Kutz 6-4-4-16, Lukacz 1-0-0-2, Pishock 0-0-0-0, TOTALS: 20-18-23-60.Panther Vy. 2 0 0 5 - 7Blue Mtn. 20 19 12 9 - 60Three pointers: Panther Valley - None; Blue Mountain - Martin 1, Moyer 1.BOYS BASKETBALLTamaqua-North SchuylkillTamaqua picked up a 54-47 Schuylkill League Division 1 win over North Schuylkill.Zeke Wassell scored 14 points for the Blue Raiders (4-1). Josh Inama added 13.Alonzo Guerrero had a game high 15 points for the Spartans.Tamaqua also won the JV game, 38-36.TAMAQUABonetsky 1-0-0-3,Wassell 4-3-4-14, Zuber 2-5-9-9, Knoblauch 2-2-2-8, Rother 1-0-0-2, Inama 5-3-8-13, Gregoire 2-1-5-5. TOTALS: 17-14-28-54.NORTH SCHUYLKILLStokes 5-0-0-13, Stavinski 2-1-3-5, Bolinsky 1-2-2-4, Weist 0-0-2-0, Roshannnon 0-0-0-0, Burke 0-0-0-0, Guerrero 5-0-0-15, Knerr 0-0-0-0, Kotzo 2-4-4-10, Kempsey 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-7-11-47.Tamaqua 17 11 14 12 - 54North Schuylkill 11 10 16 10 - 47Three pointers: Tamaqua - Wassell 3, Knoblauch 2, Bonetsky 1; North Schuylkill - Guerrero 5, Stokes 3, Kotzo 2.MMI Prep-MarianMarian dispatched MMI Prep 55-34.Brandon Mohammed led the Colts with 22 points. Ryan Karchner added 11 points, while Tyler Fritz tallied 10.MMI PREPKress 0-0-0-0, Young 2-0-0-4, Byriel 7-0-1-14, Badamo 0-0-0-0, Zack Young 1-0-0-2, Jordan 0-0-0-0, Marchetti 2-0-0-5, Williams 2-2-2-8, Kassick 0-0-0-0, Antolick 0-0-0-0, Smith 0-1-2-1, Hoover 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-3-5-34.MARIANKarchner 5-1-2-11, Mohammed 9-3-3-22, Mummey 0-0-0-0, Stauffer 3-0-0-6, Fritz 3-1-1-10, Paisley 0-0-0-0, Collevechio 1-0-0-2, G. Miller 1-0-0-2, J. Miller 0-0-0-0, Maylath 2-0-0-4, Lutz 0-0-0-0, McLaughlin 0-0-0-0, Choley 0-0-0-0, Whilen 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-5-6-55.MMI 11 12 5 6 - 34Marian 15 14 16 10 - 55Three pointers: MMI - Williams 2, Marchetti 1; Marian - Fritz 3, Mohammed 1.Lehighton-Pine GroveLehighton built a big halftime lead and then hung on to post a 49-40 Schuylkill League win over Pine Grove.Donnie Buchinsky scored 13 points for the Indians, who led by 15 at halftime.Andre McDowell and Damian Mele each tallied 11 points for Lehighton (4-0; 1-0).The Indians also won the JV game by a 57-32 score.LEHIGHTONCarpenter 1-0-0-2, Schaeffer 0-2-5-2, McDowell 3-4-5-11, Buchinsky 5-2-3-13, Mele 5-0-0-11, Howland 2-3-4-8, Venuto 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 17-11-17-49.PINE GROVEIbarra 2-0-0-4, Pena 3-0-0-9, A. Griffiths 1-0-2-2, Leininger 7-0-0-14, Snedden 0-0-0-0, C. Griffiths 0-2-2-2, Routledge 2-5-11-9. TOTALS: 15-7-15-40.Lehighton 14 15 9 11 - 49Pine Grove 7 7 10 16 - 40Three-pointers: Lehighton - McDowell 1, Buchinsky 1, Mele 1, Howland 1; Pine Grove - Pena 3.WRESTLINGPottsville-TamaquaPottsville rolled to a 72-9 win over Tamaqua.Tanner McHugh (138) won by fall, while Bronson Strouse (220) picked up a decision for the Raiders.Pottsville 72, Tamaqua 9106 - Wiley Kahler (P) won by forfeit113 - Nick Onea (P) pinned Caleb Sell in 1:59120 - Ryan Green (P) won by forfeit126 - Bryce Gonzalez (P) pinned Brandon Mader in 4:59132 - Romeo Eaddy (P) pinned Joey Minehan in 1:34138 - Tanner McHigh (T) pinned Dalton Sanchez in 3:34145 - Shane Quick (P) pinned Khalid Holland in 3:19152 - Richard Bentz (P) pinned Jordan Smith in 1:12160 - Braden Goodman (P) pinned Brandon Eberts in 1:50170 - Cole Painter (P) pinned Anthony Gogel in 0:30182 - Kory Kleckner (PA) won by forfeit195 - Timothy Nevadomsky (P) won by forfeit220 - Bronson Strouse (T) dec. Mike Saint Juste, 9-2285 - Ryan Kalinich (P) won by forfeitPen Argyl-LehightonPen Argyl downed Lehighton 41-40 in non league action.Lucas Sangiuliano (113), Tyler Schock (138), Chris Whiteman (145) and Cody Scherer (160) won by fall for the Indians (1-1). Nate Kemmerer (120) was victorious with a major decision.Pen Argyl 41, Lehighton 40195 - Jack Zimmerman (L) won by forfeit220 - Avery Lohman (PA) pinned Brett Gasker in 0:51285 - Dawson Hughes (PA) pinned Will Smith in 2:42106 - Brilynd Madeya (PA) pinned Emma Liguria in 0:28113 - Lucas Sangiuliano (L) pinned Austin Crump in 1:26120 - Nate Kemmerer (L) maj. dec Cody Lucca, 12-2126 - Nick Reto (PA) pinned Nate Lucykanish in 1:25132 - Antonio Reto (PA) pinned Isaiah Wetzel in 1:54138 - Tyler Schock (L) pinned Jordan Sims in 3:42145 - Chris Whiteman (L) pinned Chris Billiard in 0:26152 - Javon Maldonado (PA) pinned Grant Wetzel in 3:07160 - Cody Scherer (L) pinned Adam Knecht in 1:07170 - Chase Anklam (PA) tech. fall Dylan Schock, 19-2182 - Alex Ziegenfuss (L) won by forfeit9TH GRADEBOYS BASKETBALLTamaqua-ShenandoahTamaqua defeated Shenandoah, 45-35.Nicko Bolletino led the Raiders with a game-high 16 points, while Nathaniel Noftz chipped in 12.JR HIGH BASKETBALL8TH GRADEBOYSWeatherly-LehightonLehighton earned a 57-14 win over Weatherly.Hunter Crum and Robert Christman scored 12 points apiece for the Indians.Frank Willis added six for the Wreckers.7TH GRADEBOYSWeatherly-LehightonWeatherly picked up a 59-32 victory over Lehighton.Tyler Lowman paced the Wreckers with 18 points, while Scott Zoscin added 17.Hunter Crum had 13 points for the Indians.