Nolehi, Marian enjoy success on the court

Northern Lehigh and Marian recorded victories in both boys and girls basketball action on Thursday.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Catasauqua-No. Lehigh

Clinging to a three-point lead at intermission, the Bulldogs pulled away in the second half for the 67-51 Colonial League win over Catasauqua.

Leading the way for the Bulldogs were Lucas Pierce (20 points, 10 rebounds) and Caleb Johnson (19 points and 12 rebounds). Josh Pristash chipped in 12 points.

CATASAUQUA

Edwards 3-0-0-9, Bloszinsky 2-4-6-8, Smyder 5-0-0-11, Parker 4-0-1-8, Strong 4-0-0-8, Marshall 1-2-2-4, S. Burton 1-1-2-3, Burker 0-0-0-0, Purrone 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-7-11-51.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Dibilio 1-0-0-3, J. Pristash 4-0-0-12, Glose 3-2-4-9, Johnson 9-1-1-19, Pierce 8-4-6-20, Landsberger 0-0-0-0, George 2-0-0-4, Shupp 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 27-7-11-67.

Catasauqua 16 13 12 10 - 51

N. Lehigh 23 9 18 17 - 67

Three-pointers: C - Edwards 3, Snyder; NL - Pristash 4, Glose, Dibilio.

LLA-Panther Valley

The Panthers had to withstand a furious late rally from Lincoln Leadership Academy to pick up a 66-62 non-league win.

Five players reached double figures for the Panthers in the well-rounded effort as Jake Szczecina had 13 points, Nate Mathewson and Stephen Romanchik had 12 each, and Thad Ogozalek and Nick McArdle both chipped in 10.

Xavier Romero was on fire for the Lions as he poured in a game-high 29 points, including six treys.

Panther Valley won the JV game, 46-38.

LINCOLN LEADERSHIP A

CADEMY

Romero 9-5-6-29, Robertson 0-0-0-0, D'Meza 2-2-8-6, Jaramillo 3-1-1-8, Reyes 0-0-0-0, Torres 4-0-0-8, Williams 4-2-2-11, DeLos Santos 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-10-17-62.

PANTHER VALLEY

King 0-0-0-0, Szczecina 4-1-3-13, McArdle 4-0-2-10, Ogozalek 3-1-2-10, Romanchik 4-4-4-12, Delassio 1-1-1-3, Mathewson 5-2-3-12, Mitchell 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 24-9-15-66.

LLA 14 15 7 26 - 62

Panther Vy. 14 10 26 16 - 66

Three-pointers: LLA - Romero 6, Jaramillo, Williams; PV - Szczecina 4, Ogozalek 3, McArdle 2.

Marian-MMI Prep

Marian held off a late game surge by Freeland MMI to escape with a 27-25 non-league.

The Colts' Alden Whah recorded a double-double scoring 10 points and grabbing 15 rebounds.

In the JV game, Marian posted a 32-18 victory.

MARIAN

Whah 4-2-4-10, Kweder 0-0-0-0, Karnish 1-0-0-3, Pilla 2-0-0-4, Julian 0-2-3-2, Richards 2-0-1-4, Swankoski 0-0-2-0, Weber 1-0-0-2, Agosti 1-0-1-2, Boran 0-0-0-0, Stawick 0-0-0-0, Damian 0-0-0-0, Motil 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 11-4-11-27.

MMI PREP

Gera 1-0-0-2, Kollar 4-3-4-11, Rogers 1-1-2-3, Van Hoekeln 0-1-3-1, Conners 3-0-2-8. TOTALS: 9-5-11-25.

Marian 12 7 8 0 - 27

MMI 8 10 2 5 - 25

Three-pointers: Marian - Karnish 1; MMI - Conners 1.

Blue Mt.-Tamaqua

Blue Mountain used a huge third quarter to pull out a 58-43 Schuylkill League win over Tamaqua.

The Eagles' Kyle Laughlin scored 12 of his game-high 22 points in the third quarter as Blue Mountain outscored Tamaqua 22-6 to erase a three-point halftime deficit.

Tamaqua (2-4) was led in scoring by Jake Fegley and Brett Kosciolek with 10 points apiece.

BLUE MOUNTAIN

Yost 2-1-4-5, Cook 1-0-0-2, Harding 1-0-0-2, Schafer 2-2-3-6, Slane 1-0-0-3, Donovan 2-0-0-4, Cryts 2-0-0-4, Grapsy 1-2-2-4, Laughlin 7-8-10-22, Coller 1-0-0-2, Spotts 1-2-2-4. TOTALS: 21-15-21-58.

TAMAQUA

Nunemacher 1-2-2-4, Wargula 3-0-0-9, Fegley 5-0-0-10, Rottet 0-0-0-0, Frantz 0-0-0-0, Kosciolek 3-2-2-10, Kurek 1-0-0-2, Kehl 0-0-0-0, Krell 4-0-0-8. TOTALS: 17-4-4-43.

Blue Mt. 11 12 22 13 - 58

Tamaqua 14 12 6 11 - 43

Three-pointers: BM - Slane; T - Wargula 3, Kosciolek 2.

Pleas.Vy.- Delaware Vy.

Delaware Valley posted a 64-54 non-league victory over Pleasant Valley.

Selwyn Wright scored 22 points to lead the Bears. Nick Stanovick and Dre Shivers added 12 and 10 points apiece.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Brown 2-0-0-4, Shivers 3-2-2-10, Howard 3-0-0-6, Wright 9-4-5-22, Dekmar 0-0-0-0, Getz 0-0-0-0, Gerolimatos 0-0-0-0, Stanovick 4-2-2-12, Guadagna 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-8-9-54.

DELAWARE VALLEY

Fiagola 3-4-6-11, Smith 2-2-2-7, Stauffer 2-0-0-4, Scher 2-1-4-5, Angardi 9-4-4-27, Kaiser 0-0-0-0, Decker 3-1-2-7, Lambert 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 22-12-18-64.

Pleasant Vy. 10 14 12 18 - 54

Delaware Vy. 19 18 9 18 - 64

Three-pointers: PV - Stanovick 2, Shivers 2. DV - Angardi 5, Lambert 1, Fiagola 1, Smith 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Moravian Academy-Marian

Marian started off strong and never looked back on its way to a 61-22 non-league victory over Moravian Academy.

Kelly Shober paced the Fillies with a game-high 14 points. Kaysi McLaughlin also hit double figures with 10.

In the JV game, Marian ran away with a 47-11 win.

MORAVIAN ACADEMY

Blair 3-0-2-7, McGambridge 0-0-0-0, Ruebeck 1-0-0-2, Gaspari 0-0-0-0, Redles 2-0-1-5, Sutton 1-0-0-2, Hess 3-0-1-6, Dectil 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 10-0-4-22.

MARIAN

Green 4-0-1-8, Faust 2-2-4-6, McLaughlin 4-1-2-10, Sofranko 2-0-0-5, Shaud 1-3-4-5, Nemeth 0-0-0-0, Wilson 2-0-0-4, Shober 7-0-1-14, Tristani 3-3-4-9. TOTALS: 25-9-16-61.

MA 2 7 8 5 - 22

Marian 16 16 11 18 - 61

Three-pointers: MA - Blair 1, Redles 1; Marian - McLaughlin 1, Sofranko 1.

No. Lehigh

-Catasauqua

Northern Lehigh held Catasauqua to single digits in everyquarter to run away with a 50-23 Colonial League victory.

The Bulldogs' Aimee Oertner scored a game-high 19 points and teammate Tina Bastardi added 11.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Follweiler 0-2-2-2, Hams 2-0-0-4, Bastardi 4-2-2-11, Weil 3-0-0-6, Stauffer 0-0-0-0, Olewine 1-0-0-2, Tarafas 2-0-0-4, Bevans 1-0-0-2, Thomas 0-0-0-0, Oertner 8-3-6-19. TOTALS: 21-7-11-50.

CATASAUQUA

Falco 3-1-2-7, O'Brien 3-0-0-6, Matos 3-0-1-6, Saruba 0-0-0-0, Divek 1-0-0-2, Sziy 0-0-4-0, Schnabel 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 11-1-7-23.

No. Lehigh 12 18 7 13 - 50

Catasauqua 4 2 8 9 - 23

Three-pointers: NL - Bastardi 1; Catty - none.

Jim Thorpe-No. Schuylkill

The Lady Olympians took charge in the second half to pull away from the Spartans for a 59-45 Schuylkil League Division I win.

Celeste Robinson had a game-high 28 points and 15 rebounds for the Olympians (5-0, 2-0). Chelsea Smelas added 12 and Kristin Lawrence 10 for Thorpe.

Caitlin Deeter had 13 points for North Schuylkill (2-3, 1-1).

JIM THORPE

McElmoyle 1-1-3-4, Batts 0-2-10-2, Lawrence 4-0-0-10, Condly 0-0-0-0, Robinson 9-10-17-28, Mosteller 1-1-1-3, Smelas 4-4-8-12. TOTALS: 19-18-39-59.

NO. SCHUYLKILL

Marone 2-1-2-5, Deeter 5-3-6-13, Grasso 1-0-0-2, Paul 3-0-0-6, Reinoehi 2-2-4-6, Bolinsky 2-0-0-4, Warcola 0-2-2-2, Spotts 2-0-1-5, Gregas 0-0-0-0, Li. Damiter 0-0-0-0, La. Damiter 0-0-0-0, Semanchik 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 18-8-15-45.

Jim Thorpe 12 11 17 19 - 59

No. Schuylkill 6 11 19 9 - 45

Three-pointers: JT - Lawrence 2, McElmoyle 1. NS - Spotts 1.

Tamaqua-Blue Mt.

The Eagles took a nine-point lead at intermission and went on to hand Tamaqua a 52-40 Schuylkill League Division I setback.

Shanelle Koch had a big night for the unbeaten Eagles (5-0, 2-0) with 14 points, while Jillian Grapsy added 12.

Maria Streisel finished with a game-high 20 points for the Lady Raiders (1-3, 0-2) and Kayla Hope chipped in with 11.

TAMAQUA

Hope 5-1-4-11, Demetriades 0-0-0-0, Trainer 0-0-0-0, Kabilko 0-0-0-0, M. Streisel 10-0-2-20, C. Streisel 2-0-0-6, Walker 0-0-0-0, A. Solt 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 18-2-8-40.

BLUE MT.

Kerns 3-4-4-10, Koch 7-0-0-14, Grapsy 4-1-2-12, Starr 6-0-1-12, Lado 0-0-0-0, Shpakovsky 0-0-0-0, Schu 0-0-0-0, Moyer 0-2-2-2, Woleshock 0-0-0-0, Foster 0-2-2-2. TOTALS: 20-9-11-52.

Tamaqua 9 6 13 12 - 40

Blue Mt. 9 15 11 17 - 52

Three-pointers: T - C. Streisel 2; BM - Grapsy 3.

Mah. Area-Weatherly

A slow second half spelled doom for Weatherly as it dropped a 38-26 decision to Mahanoy Area..

The Wreckers (1-5) got a team-high nine points from Tracy Galada.

Weatherly picked up a win in the JV contest, 33-18, behind Tea Heister's 11 points.

MAHANOY AREA

Em. Davidson 4-0-0-8, Finneran 2-1-2-5, Brown 6-0-0-16, Leshko 3-0-0-7, Swokel 1-0-0-2, Er. Davidson 0-0-0-0, Rodgers 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-1-2-38.

WEATHERLY

Galada 4-0-4-9, Panzarella 1-0-0-3, J. Dougherty 2-2-2-6, E. Dougherty 1-0-0-2, Adamczyk 3-0-0-6, Heister 0-0-0-0, Boyarski 0-0-0-0, Bizarre 0-0-0-0, Polchin 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 11-2-6-26.

Mahanoy Area 11 8 8 11 - 38

Weatherly 8 11 2 5 - 26

Three-pointers: MA - Brown 4, Leshko; W - Panzarella, Galada.

SWIMMING

Tamaqua-ES South

The Lady Raiders picked up a windowning East Stroudsburg South, 68-26, while the Raider boys dropped a 59-32 decision.

Individually, Miranda Amey picked up two firsts in the 200 IM and the 500 Free, while teammate Joann Butkus matched the dual victory in the 50 Free and 100 Breast.

GIRLS

Tamaqua 68, ES South 26

200 Medley Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Megan Wagner, Carly Trovinger, Joann Butkus, Miranda Amey) 2:04.97, 2. Tamaqua, 3. ESS;

200 Free - 1. Lena Yang (ESS) 2:05.76, 2. Caroline Kanaskie (T), 3. Makayla Boyle (T);

200 IM - 1. Amey (T) 2:28.34, 2. Wagner (T), 3. Elissa Liquori (ESS);

50 Free - 1. Butkus (T) 25.74, 2. Danielle DeCindio (T), 3. Ally Polloway (ESS);

100 Fly - 1. DeCindio (T) 1:12.27, 2. Emily Bumbulsky (T), 3. Valeria Echeverry (ESS);

100 Free - 1. Yang (ESS) 57.42, 2. Kanaskie (T), 3. Liquori (ESS);

500 Free - 1. Amey (T) 5:57.05, 2. Liana Riutort (ESS), 3. Kayla Johnson (ESS);

200 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua (DeCindio, Andrea Whitley, Boyle, Kanaskie) 1:51.56, 2. ESS, 3. ESS;

100 Back - 1. Wagner (T) 1:10.17, 2. Boyle (T), 3. Ruitort (ESS);

100 Breast - 1. Butkus (T) 1:13.02, 2. Bumbulsky (T), 3. Mercedes Marquez (ESS);

400 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Kanaskie, DeCindio, Amey, Butkus) 4:05.75, 2. ESS, 3. Tamaqua.

BOYS

ES South 59, Tamaqua 32

200 Medley Relay - 1. ESS, 2. ESS;

200 Free - 1. Zak Yachera (T) 2:07.99, 2. Peter Bank (ESS), 3. Matt Stanek (T);

200 IM - 1. Sean Bartlett (ESS) 2:31.69, 2. Ethan Eberts (T);

50 Free - 1. Bank (ESS) 25.94, 2. Tyler Butkus (T), 3. Kashief Parsley (ESS);

100 Fly - 1. Parker Thompson (ESS) 1:02.55, 2. Gage Whalen (T);

100 Free - 1. Josh Helbers (ESS) 1:05.86, 2. Jake Kropp (T), 3. Alex Keskinev (ESS);

500 Free - 1. Bartlett (ESS) 6:06.78, 2. Stanek (T), 3. Helbers (ESS);

200 Free Relay - 1. ESS (Bank, Parsley, Rodney West, Keskinev) 1:46.19, 2. Tamaqua, 3. ESS;

100 Back - 1. J. Helbers (ESS) 1:02.65, 2. Kropp (T), 3. Matt Helbers (ESS);

100 Breast - 1. Thompson (ESS) 1:13.31, 2. Yachera (T), 3. West (ESS);

400 Free Relay - 1. ESS (Bartlett, Shane Novack, Bank, Thompson) 4:01.40, 2. Tamaqua, 3. ESS.