Ruberto finishes second

Jim Thorpe's Ryan Ruberto turned in his team's best showing during the Christmas Wrestling Tournament hosted by the Olympians on Wednesday.

WRESTLING

Jim Thorpe Christmas Tournament

Whitehall took home the Jim Thorpe Christmas Wrestling Tournament championship Wednesday afternoon. The host Olympians ended the day tied for seventh.

Jim Thorpe's best showing came from Ryan Ruberto in the heavyweight division. He finished second to Whitehall's Brian Fang.

Fellow Olympians Brian Ohl (126) and Mike Munoz (170) picked up third place finishes, while Avery Zigenfus (132) and Akeeno Stewart (160) came in fourth.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Slatington Rotary Consolation

Palmerton-Lehighton

James Farano scored 19 of his game-high 28 points in the first half, but the Indians had to go to overtime to pull out a 66-63 winover te Blue Bombers for their first win of the season.

After being down by as much as 11 in the first half, the Bombers came back to take a five-point lead in the fourth quarter before both teams ended regulation tied at 55-55 when Brett Snyder hit a three as time was running out to tie it.

The Indians outscored the Bombers by three in OT to win it.

Alex Guyn backed up Farano with 10 points. Tyler Svetik had 20 points for the Blue Bombers, while Matt leaver added 16 and Brett Snyder 10.

PALMERTON

Horvath 0-0-0-0, Svetik 8-0-0-20, B. Snyder 3-2-5-10, Leaver 5-3-9-16, Ruch 2-4-8-9, Leon 0-0-0-0, Geist 4-0-0-8. TOTALS: 22-9-22-63.

LEHIGHTON

A. Rossino 3-3-4-9, Farano 9-5-9-28, Kresge 2-0-1-6, Guyn 2-6-10-10, Crum 2-0-0-5, Thompson 2-0-0-5, Nalesnik 0-3-6-3. TOTALS: 20-17-30-66.

Palmerton 7 17 16 15 8 - 63

Lehighton 16 14 14 11 11 - 66

Three-pointers: P - Svetik 4, Leaver 3, Snyder 2, Ruch 1; L - Farano 5, Kresge 2, Crum 1, Thompson 1.

Salisbury-Tamaqua

Lloyd Irons' 31-point performance was enough of an offensive spark to lift Salisbury to a 65-45 non-conference victory over Tamaqua.

The Falcons' Tyler Brown chipped in with a double-digit 15 points.

The Blue Raiders' Brett Kosciolek drained three treys and was the lone Blue Raider to hit double figures with 15 points.

In the JV game, Salisbury came out on top with a 62-40 win. Zach Wargula finished with 13 points for the Blue Raiders.

SALISBURY

Maron 0-0-0-0, Cooperman 0-0-0-0, Brown 6-1-1-15, Aungst 3-0-1-6, Reichenbach 0-0-0-0, Vangeli 0-0-0-0, Simon 2-1-4-5, Newhard 1-0-0-2, Irons 12-7-9-31, Clay 2-1-1-5, Bond 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 26-11-18-65.

TAMAQUA

Nunemacher 0-0-0-0, Wargula 3-0-0-9, Fegley 1-3-4-5, B. Rottet 0-0-0-0, Frantz 1-0-0-2, Kosciolek 6-0-0-15, Kurek 2-0-0-5, Ty. Skripko 1-0-2-2, D. Rottet 1-0-0-2, Kehl 0-1-2-1, Krell 2-0-0-4, Tr. Skripko 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-4-10-45.

Salisbury 22 17 10 16 - 65

Tamaqua 9 10 14 12 - 45

Three-pointers: Salisbury - Brown 2, Tamaqua - Kosciolek 3, Wargula 3, Kurek 1.

CMVT-Weatherly

Charlie Wallish scored a career-high 22 points and led Weatherly to a 54-40 win over Columbia Montour.

Wallish and Sam Walton grabbed 13 rebounds each for the Wreckers.

Weatherly also won the JV game, 72-29.

CMVT

Chyco 3-0-0-7, Chyko 2-0-0-4, Zimmerling 2-3-4-7, Donnelly 3-1-2-9, Thomas 2-0-0-4, Wickowski 2-2-4-6, Wulford 0-3-4-3, Carr 0-0-0-0, Hayes 0-0-0-0, Musselman 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-9-14-40.

WEATHERLY

Coll 2-3-3-7, Stallone 1-0-0-2, J. Reiner 2-0-2-5, Haganey 5-0-0-10, Walton 2-2-2-6, Wallish 10-2-4-22, Sickler 1-0-0-2, L. Reiner 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-7-11-54.

Columbia 7 7 11 15 - 40

Weatherly 17 13 6 18 - 54

Three-Pointers: CM - Donnelly 2, Chyco 1; W - J. Reiner 1.

Weatherly-Millville

Weatherly played great defense and held down Millville in a 39-28 victory on Tuesday.

Charlie Wallish led the Wreckers with nine points. He, along with Sam Walton, grabbed ten rebounds on the night.

WEATHERLY

Walton 2-2-5-6, Haganey 1-2-2-4, Coll 2-2-4-6, L. Reiner 2-0-0-4, Wallish 3-3-5-9, J. Reiner 2-0-1-5, Sickler 2-1-2-5. TOTALS: 14-10-19-39.

MILLVILLE

P. Steiner 2-2-3-7, Soldman 1-1-2-3, A. Sinegra 2-1-2-6, Cochert 0-1-2-1, Bloom 0-1-1-1, Carnes 1-0-0-2, Rippa 4-0-0-8, M. Steiner 0-0-0-0, B. Sinegra 0-0-0-0, Odleman 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 10-6-9-28.

Weatherly 7 6 11 15 - 39

Millville 5 10 4 9 - 28

Three-Pointers: W - J. Reiner 1; M - P. Steiner 1, A. Sinegra 1.

Pleasant Valley-Hazleton

Hazleton outscored Pleasant Valley by 10 points in the second quarter and that turned out to be the difference, as the Cougars defeated the Bears in the first round of the Cougar Christmas Tournament 75-68.

Nick Stanovick hit four three-pointers on his way to a team-leading 17 points. Marquis Brown and Selwyn Wright added 15 and 11 points respectively.

PLEASANT VY.

Brown 7-1-2-15, Shivers 3-0-0-7, Howard 2-4-10-8, Zwack 0-0-0-0, Wright 4-2-3-11, Dekmar 1-0-2-2, Getz 0-0-0-0, Gerlimatos 0-0-0-0, Helfrich 1-2-2-5, Stanovick 6-1-2-17, Guadagna 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 25-11-23-68

HAZLETON

Plaska 8-7-9-23, Biasi 6-0-0-16, Joseph 0-0-0-0, Hernandez 0-0-0-0, Pataki 0-2-2-2, Zipo 3-3-6-10, Hauze 1-2-2-4, Gil 0-4-6-4, Buckner 4-1-2-9, Karmonick 2-3-4-7, Samec 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 24-22-33-75.

Pleasant Vy. 18 13 15 22 - 68

Hazleton 16 23 13 23 - 75

Three-Pointers: PV - Stanovick 4, Shivers 1, Wright 1, Helfrich 1; H - Biasi 4, Zipo 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Tamaqua-Pottsgrove

Tamaqua upended Pottsgrove in the Southern Lehigh Christmas Tournament consolation game, winning 49-22.

Amanda Solt led the Lady Raiders (2-4) with a game-high 17 points. Teammate Maria Streisel added 13, while Kayla Hope added 12.

TAMAQUA

Hope 6-0-0-12, Demetriades 0-0-0-0, Trainer 0-1-2-1, Kabilko 1-0-0-2, M. Streisel 5-3-6-13, V. Solt 1-0-1-2, Valasek 1-0-0-2, A. Solt 6-5-7-17. TOTALS: 20-9-16-49.

POTTSGROVE

Kinneer 1-2-2-5, Conrad 0-1-2-1, Mizic 1-2-3-4, Rafelowski 1-0-0-2, Coyle 0-0-0-0, Bealer 2-0-0-4, Stevens 0-0-0-0, Cherico 0-0-0-0, Neel 0-0-0-0, Evans 0-0-0-0, Ross 3-0-0-6, Austin 0-0-2-0.

TOTALS: 8-5-9-22.

Tamaqua 11 12 10 16 - 49

Pottsgrove 0 6 4 12 - 22

Three-Pointers: P - Kinneer 1.

Pottsville

-Northwestern

Northwestern outscored Pottsville 26-10 in the first and third quarters combined and went on to defeat the Tide, 50-34 in non-league action.

Sara Jones led the locals with a game-high 13 points. She was the only Tiger in double figures, as Sabrina Meitz added nine.

POTTSVILLE

Burke 1-0-0-2, Spece 1-0-0-2, Moser 0-0-0-0, Ryan 0-2-5-2, Boran 1-3-4-5, Thomas 1-2-6-4, Rushannon 3-2-4-9, Stevens 0-0-0-0, Eckley 3-2-2-8, Bulino 0-2-2-2, Sweat 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 10-13-23-34.

NORTHWESTERN

Meitz 4-1-6-9, Landrigan 2-0-2-4, Jones 4-5-8-13, Kemmerer 3-0-0-7, Nemes 0-0-0-0, Heydlauf 1-0-0-2, Cunningham 3-0-0-6, Dietrich 0-0-0-0, Segan 2-2-5-7, Albright 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 20-8-21-50.

Pottsville 5 12 5 12 - 34

Northwestern 11 8 15 16 - 50

Three-Pointers: P - Rushannon 1; NW - Kemmerer 1, Segan 1.

Marian-Dunmore

Down 38-37, Dunmore's Alexa Gerchman hit a half-court three-pointer at the buzzer to beat Marian 40-38 in a non-league contest.

Danielle Tristani led the locals with 14 points. Teammates Kelly Shober (9) and Kaysi McLaughlin (8) helped out as well.

MARIAN

Green 1-1-2-3, Faust 0-3-4-3, McLaughlin 3-0-0-8, Sofranko 0-0-0-0, Wilson 0-1-2-1, Shober 4-0-1-9, Tristani 6-2-2-14. TOTALS: 14-7-11-38.

DUNMORE

Burke 1-0-0-3, Connors 2-0-0-5, Gerchman 8-1-2-18, Ross 2-0-0-4, Sermion 0-0-0-0, Korgeski 5-0-2-10. TOTALS: 18-1-4-40.

Marian 8 12 5 13 - 38

Dunmore 13 8 8 11 - 40

Three-Pointers: M - McLaughlin 2, Shober 1; D - Burke 1, Connors 1, Gerchman 1.