Marian boys notch 10th straight victory

The Marian Colts picked up their 10th win in a row and the Palmerton girls qualified for the District 11 playoffs with a victory in local action on Friday night.

BOYS BASKETBALL

East Stroudsburg North

-Lehighton

East Stroudsburg North doubled-up Lehighton for an 82-41 Mountain Valley Conference victory. The loss drops the Indians to 0-17 on the season (0-9 MVC).

Mike John scored 20 of his game-high 22 points in the first half, including four three-pointers, to lead the Timberwolves. Anthony Baker also tallied 15 points for North.

For Lehighton, Tyler Hill led the way with 17 points.

ES NORTH

Williams 3-1-2-8, Blake 0-0-0-0, Baker 6-0-0-15, Ladipo 4-0-0-8, Bobb 0-0-0-0, Bayer 3-0-0-8, Fort 2-0-0-4, Lamont 2-0-0-4, Adkins 0-1-2-1, Bunn-McKenzie 1-3-4-6, John 8-2-2-22, Rey 4-0-1-6. TOTALS: 39-7-11-82.

LEHIGHTON

Edgar 0-0-0-0, Hill 8-1-1-17, Keer 0-3-4-3, Rossino 1-0-0-2, Kresge 0-0-0-0, Mackley 3-0-0-6, Matika 1-0-0-2, Szacska 3-0-0-7, Evans 1-0-0-2, Scott 1-0-0-2, Agosto 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-4-5-41.

ES North 27 20 22 13 - 82

Lehighton 10 14 8 9 - 41

Three-Pointers: ESN - John 4, Bayer 2, Williams 1, Blake 1, Baker 1, Bunn-McKenzie 1. Lehighton - Szacksa 1.

Marian

-Shenandoah Valley

Marian held Shenandoah Valley to just two first-half points and rolled to a 56-33 Schuylkill League victory.

Drew Sherkness and Cody Decker each scored 11 points apiece to lead Marian 15-3, 10-0).

For Shenandoah, Josh Dombrosky scored nine points in the loss.

In the JV game, Marian prevailed by a score of 53-51. Ryan Karnish scored 22 points to lead the Colts.

MARIAN

Barletta 2-1-2-5, O'Donnell 0-0-0-0, Stawick 0-0-0-0, Nesgoda 1-0-0-2, Decker 5-0-0-11, Gimbi 2-2-4-6, Gottstein 2-0-0-6, Lack 2-0-0-4, Yaich 4-1-1-9, Sherkness 4-3-5-11, Fital 1-0-0-2, Martin 0-0-0-0, Pilla 0-0-0-0, Karnish 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-7-12-56.

SHENANDOAH VALLEY

Dombrosky 4-1-2-9, Kayes 1-0-0-2, Phillips 2-0-0-5, Lewis 1-3-4-5, Twardzik 1-0-0-2, Mays 3-0-0-6, O'Connell 1-0-0-2, James 0-0-0-0, Rooney 0-2-3-2, Moyer 0-0-0-0, Savakinas 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-6-9-33.

Marian 8 11 21 16 - 56

Shen. Vy. 2 0 12 19 - 33

Three-Pointers: M - Gottstein 2, Decker 1; SV - Phillips 1.

No. Lehigh-Bangor

In a battle of league frontrunners, Northern Lehigh took sole possession of the Colonial League North with a 59-51 victory over Bangor. The win improves the Bulldogs to 13-5 on the season (8-4 league).

The trio of Nick Pappas (16 points), Jordan Waylen (15 points) and Evan Biegly (14 points) led the way for Northern Lehigh.

Bangor's Matt Carey scored 12 points in the loss.

NO. LEHIGH

Seremula 3-0-0-6, Hahn 2-4-4-8, Glose 0-0-0-0, Waylen 3-7-11-15, Biegly 6-2-4-14, Pappas 7-2-4-16. TOTALS: 21-15-26-59.

BANGOR

Ruggiero 1-0-0-3, LaValva 1-1-1-3, Mulitsch 4-0-0-9, Ammerman 5-0-2-10, Carey 5-2-2-12, Bouch 0-0-0-0, Freeman 3-0-0-8, Reider 0-1-2-1, Colton 2-0-0-5. TOTALS: 21-4-8-51.

No. Lehigh 16 11 13 19 - 59

Bangor 9 12 11 19 - 51

Three-Pointers: NL - Waylen 2; B - Freeman 2, Ruggiero 1, Mulitsch 1, Colton 1.

Palmerton

-Catasauqua

Catasauqua outscored Palmerton 35-18 in the first half, en route to a 54-38 Colonial League victory. The loss drops the Bombers to 3-14 on the year (1-10 league).

Josh Case scored 18 points to lead the Rough Riders, while Tom Armellino added 14 points in the win.

For Palmerton, Tyler Kravetz led all Bombers with nine points.

PALMERTON

Snyder 0-0-0-0, Andrews 0-0-0-0, Svetik 2-0-0-5, Furry 1-4-4-7, Haas 0-0-0-0, Freed 2-0-0-5, Marcin 3-2-4-8, Kravetz 3-3-8-9, Eaton 0-0-0-0, Kleintop 0-0-0-0, Geist 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 13-9-16-38.

CATASAUQUA

Edwards 0-0-0-0, Canedy 0-0-0-0, Reichl 0-1-2-1, Snyder 2-0-0-5, Yost 1-3-4-5, Armellino 6-2-3-14, Falko 0-0-0-0, Case 6-5-8-18, Thieme 4-2-2-10, Mudge 0-0-0-0, Gallagher 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 19-14-21-54.

Palmerton 9 9 13 7 - 38

Catasauqua 15 20 10 9 - 54

Three-Pointers: P - Svetik 1, Furry 1, Freed 1; C - Snyder 1, Case 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Catasauqua

-Palmerton

Palmerton outscored Catasauqua 23-4 in the first quarter, en route to a 48-25 Colonial League victory. The win improves the Lady Bombers to 11-5 and punches Palmerton's ticket into the District 11 playoffs.

Kristen Romano, Casey Rinfret and Kelsey Hay all scored 12 points apiece to lead the Lady Bombers.

Mattie Hallquist's eight points topped all Catasauqua scorers.

CATASAUQUA

Sierzega 1-0-0-3, Gerhard 0-0-0-0, Kogelman 0-0-0-0, Hallquist 4-0-0-8, Trobetsky 2-0-0-4, Rigopoulos 2-0-0-4, Kulp 3-0-2-6, Eck 0-0-0-0, Kunkle 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-0-2-25.

PALMERTON

Hadinger 0-0-0-0, Smith 0-0-0-0, Mummey 0-0-0-0, Reimer 1-1-6-3, Rickert 0-0-0-0, Romano 6-0-0-12, Eaton 0-0-0-0, Meinhart 1-0-0-2, Rinfret 4-3-4-12, Farquhar 2-1-2-5, Snyder 1-0-0-2, Hay 5-2-3-12, Solt 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-7-15-48.

Catasauqua 4 10 4 7 - 25

Palmerton 23 11 8 6 - 48

Three-Pointers: C - Sierzega 1; P - Rinfret 1.

Northwestern

-Pen Argyl

Pen Argyl held Northwestern to single-digits in all four quarters, as the Lady Knights cruised to a 51-25 Colonial League victory. The loss drops the Tigers to 2-15 on the season.

Lindsay Ashworth scored 11 points to lead Pen Argyl.

Northwestern's Sarah Jones tallied a game-high 12 points in the loss.

NORTHWESTERN

A. Gimbel 0-1-2-1, L. Gimbel 1-0-0-2, Everett 0-0-2-0, Gulick 2-0-0-6, Landrigan 0-0-0-0, Suter 0-0-0-0, Nemes 0-0-0-0, Hill 0-2-2-2, Jones 4-4-6-12, Groller 1-0-0-2, Kemmerer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 8-7-12-25.

PEN ARGYL

Ashworth 4-2-2-11, Zanette 3-0-0-7, Torgersen 0-1-2-1, Sabatino 1-0-0-2, Vough 2-4-4-8, Young 3-1-1-7, Mariah Oyer 1-0-0-2, Mallory Oyer 0-0-0-0, D. Waberski 0-0-0-0, N. Waberski 1-0-0-2, Smith 0-0-0-0, Beckage 0-0-0-0, Cinelli 4-0-0-9, Laubach 0-0-0-0, Firestone 0-0-0-0, Clause 1-0-0-2, DePaolo 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-8-9-51.

Northwestern 6 2 8 9 - 25

Pen Argyl 13 14 15 9 - 51

Three-Pointers: N - Gulick 2; PA - Ashworth 1, Zanette 1, Cinelli 1.

Lehighton-ES North

Lehighton outscored East Stroudsburg North 25-12 in the second half to pull away with a 42-25 Mountain Valley Conference victory. The win improves the Indians to 9-8 overall (5-4 MVC).

Sheena White poured in 19 points to lead the Indians, while Jordyn Homyak added 12 points.

For East Stroudsburg North, Yasmeen Shabazz scored 12 points.

LEHIGHTON

Homyak 4-1-2-12, McCullion 1-0-1-2, Smith 1-0-0-2, Rimbey 0-1-2-1, Teno 2-2-4-6, White 9-1-5-19. TOTALS: 17-5-14-42.

EAST SS NORTH

Rader 0-0-0-0, Ki. Harvey 0-0-0-0, Talley 1-0-0-2, Ortiz 0-0-0-0, Goetz 0-0-0-0, Galvan 4-0-1-10, McLean 0-1-2-1, LoCascio 0-0-2-0, Shabazz 6-0-0-12, Benjamin 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 11-1-5-25.

Lehighton 8 9 11 14 - 42

ES North 4 9 4 8 - 25

Three-Pointers: L - Homyak 3; ESN - Galvan 2.