Tamaqua holds off Indians

The Tamaqua boys outlasted Lehighton, while the Marian, Palmerton and Northern Lehigh girls also got victories in hoop action on Monday night.

On the wrestling side, Pleasant Valley defeated Lehighton.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Lehighton-Tamaqua

In a high-scoring non-league affair, Tamaqua outlasted Lehighton, 72-70.

Michael Taylor scored 13 of his 22 points in the third quarter and helped the Raiders come back from a six-point halftime deficit. Teammate Anthony Bumbulsky led the team with 23 points, including seven in the third quarter.

Nate Kresge hit all five of his three-pointers in the fourth quarter and almost led his Indians to their first win of the season. JT Keer paced Lehighton with 18. Heath Markley added 14.

Lehighton won the JV game, 37-31.

LEHIGHTON

Hill 1-3-6-5, Keer 7-1-1-18, Rossino 2-2-3-8, Kresge 5-0-1-15, Markley 4-5-6-14, Matika 0-1-2-1, Szacska 3-2-2-9, Scott 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-14-21-70.

TAMAQUA

Streisel 3-4-6-10, Gurcsik 2-3-4-7, Bumbulsky 9-5-6-23, Bennett 1-6-6-8, Lakitsky 0-2-2-2, Taylor 9-1-4-22, Hubosky 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 24-21-28-72.

Lehighton 16 13 11 30 - 70

Tamaqua 11 12 25 24 - 72

Three-Pointers: L - Kresge 5, Keer 3, Rossino 2, Markley 1, Szacska 1; T - Taylor 3.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Weatherly-Marian

Marian outscored Weatherly in every quarter and defeated the Wreckers, 53-32.

Jen Linkchorst led the Fillies with a game-high 19 points. Fellow Fillies Angela Bellezza and Corrine Markiewicz added nine and eight points respectively.

Weatherly's Alexa Figas led the Wreckers with 10 points. Melanie Clabia chipped in with nine.

WEATHERLY

Clabia 4-0-0-9, Snyder 1-0-0-3, Calia 3-0-0-6, Figas 4-2-2-10, Lesko 2-0-1-4. TOTALS: 14-2-3-32.

MARIAN

Bellezza 3-0-0-9, Ferrello 0-0-0-0, McLaughlin 1-0-0-2, Patten 2-0-0-4, Kennedy 1-0-0-2, Gutsie 0-0-0-0, Markiewicz 3-2-4-8, Linkchorst 8-3-5-19, Shober 3-1-2-7, Monaco 0-0-0-0, Tristani 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 22-6-11-53.

Weatherly 4 12 6 10 - 32

Marian 20 11 11 11 - 53

Three-Pointers: W - Clabia 1, Snyder 1; M - Bellezza 3.

Blue Mt.-Panther Vy.

Nine different Blue Mountain players got in the book, as the Lady Blue Eagles topped Panther Valley 49-19.

Ashley Davies led Blue Mountain with 11 points.

The Lady Panthers were paced by Dana McFadden's eight points. McFadden hit a couple of three-pointers to give her 42 for the year which is a Panther Valley girls' basketball single-season record.

BLUE MT.

Kerns 0-0-0-0, Koch 3-0-0-6, Grapsy 3-2-5-9, Starr 0-1-2-1, Davies 5-0-0-11, Thomas 1-0-0-2, Reed 3-0-0-6, Bubeck 1-0-0-2, Hoadley 4-0-0-8, Schu 2-0-0-4, Allen 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-3-7-49.

PANTHER VALLEY

Gates 0-0-0-0, McFadden 3-0-0-8, A. Markovich 2-1-2-5, O. Markovich 1-0-0-2, Ogozalek 1-0-0-2, Cunfer 0-0-0-0, Zlock 0-2-6-2. TOTALS: 7-3-8-19.

Blue Mt. 15 16 13 5 - 49

Panther Vy 0 2 10 7 - 19

Three-Pointers: BM - Grapsy 1, Davies 1; PV - McFadden 2.

ES North-Palmerton

Palmerton jumped out to a 18-2 first quarter lead and went on to easily beat East Stroudsburg North, 59-30 in non-league play.

Kelsey Hay led the Lady Bombers with 15 points. Teammates Casey Rinfret and Kristen Romano added 12 and 11 points respectively.

ES NORTH

McEneaney 0-0-0-0, Rader 0-0-0-0, Ka. Hawey 0-0-0-0, Ki. Hawey 2-0-0-4, Talley 2-0-2-4, Ortiz 0-2-3-2, Goetz 1-0-0-2, L. Galvan 0-0-0-0, A. Galvan 2-0-0-4, McLean 0-2-2-2, LeCavcia 1-0-0-2, Shabazz 4-2-4-10. TOTALS: 12-6-11-30.

PALMERTON

Hadinger 0-0-0-0, Smith 0-2-2-2, Mummey 1-0-0-2, Reimer 2-1-2-5, Rickert 1-0-0-2, Romano 4-0-0-11, Eaton 0-0-0-0, Meinhart 0-0-0-0, Rinfret 5-1-4-12, Farquhar 3-2-2-8, Snyder 0-0-0-0, Hay 3-9-11-15, Solt 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 20-15-21-59.

ES North 2 16 8 4 - 30

Palmerton 18 9 13 19 - 59

Three-Pointers: ESN - None; P - Romano 3, Rinfret 1.

Pen Argyl-No. Lehigh

Christina Bastardi and Sonya Josephson each scored 17 points for Northern Lehigh and led the Lady Bulldogs to a 55-38 Colonial League win over Pen Argyl.

NL's Aimee Oertner chipped in with 15 points .

PEN ARGYL

Zanette 0-1-2-1, Vough 6-3-7-15, Young 1-1-2-3, Oyer 0-0-0-0, Ashworth 2-0-0-5, Waberski 0-0-0-0, Cinelli 3-6-6-12, Firestone 0-0-0-0, Clause 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 13-11-17-38.

NO. LEHIGH

LeVan 1-0-0-2, Bastardi 7-2-2-17, L. Oertner 1-2-3-4, Josephson 7-1-2-17, A. Oertner 5-5-6-15, Howell 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-10-13-55.

Pen Argyl 7 7 9 15 - 38

No. Lehigh 16 13 9 17 - 55

Three-Pointers: PA - Ashworth 1; NL - Josephson 2, Bastardi 1.

Jim Thorpe-Pottsville

Pottsville gained its first Schuylkill League win of the year by defeating Jim Thorpe, 49-46.

With the loss, the Olympians (8-12; 3-8) were eliminated from the district playoffs.

No other information was received by the TIMES NEWS.

WRESTLING

Lehighton-Pleasant Vy.

Pleasant Valley won the first seven matches of the night and went on to defeat MVC foe Lehighton on the mats, 48-26.

The Bears received pins from Ernie Klingel, Alex Yanovich, Jake Chamberlain and Cameron Kromelbein.

The Indians had two pins on the night. They came from John Mertz and Briar Stern.

Pleasant Vy. 48, Lehighton 26

103 - Sean Bianco (PV) major dec. over Jake Hoats, 17-5.

112 - Earnest Klingel (PV) pinned Jason McEvoy in 2:22.

119 - Mike Dahlstrom (PV) tech. fall over Jeremy Gornick, 16-1.

125 - Alex Yanovich (PV) pinned Zach Zellers in 1:02.

130 - Mike Pokrinchak (PV) won by forfeit.

135 - Jordan Toledo (PV) tech. fall over Anthony Farole, 21-6.

140 - Jake Chamberlain (PV) pinned Brian Piekarski in 1:37.

145 - David Lucykanish (L) won by forfeit.

152 - Ryan Sokolowski (PV) major dec. over Mitchell Moyer, 15-3.

160 - Mike Balliet (L) tech. fall over Brett Gerhart, 18-3.

171 - John Mertz (L) pinned Andrew Deegan in 5:56.

189 - Nate Black (L) dec. over Hunter Diehl, 2-1.

215 - Cameron Kromelbein (PV) pinned Jacen Nalesnik in 2:31.

285 - Briar Stern (L) pinned Ryan Gouger in :29.

JUNIOR HIGH

BASKETBALL

8TH GRADE

PM West-Pleasant Vy.

Sam Newhall hit two late free throws to help Pleasant Valley beat PM West, 24-20.

Marquis Brown led the Bears (11-3) with 10 points, while Brandon Leap played excellent defense.