Panthers, Bombers pick up wrestling wins
Panther Valley and Palmerton picked up wrestling wins in local high school sports action last night.
WRESTLING
Williams Valley
-Panther Valley
Schuylkill Division II champion Panther Valley closed its league schedule with a 49-21 win over visiting Williams Valley.
The Panthers finished undefeated in Division I competition at 5-0 (12-11 overall) with the victory.
The Panthers' Nick O'Donnell (103) and Kory Lopata (130) registered pins, while Gage Rohlfing added a major decision at 152. Dustin Marblestone chipped in with a decision for PV, which took advantage of five forfeits.
Panther Valley 49,
Williams Valley 21
285 - Ben Ancheff (WV) pinned Nick German in 1:16
103 - Nick O'Donnell (PV) pinned Tim Morgan in :32
112 - Len Ogozalek (PV) won by forfeit
119 - Double forfeit
125 - Devin Raho (WV) dec. Brandon Gurka, 12-8
130 - Kory Lopata (PV) pinned Roedel Mims in 5:38
135 - Jared Eickhoff (PV) won by forfeit
140 - Dustin Marblestone (PV) dec. Dylan Madenford, 4-2
145 - Josh Vega (PV) won by forfeit
152 - Gage Rohlfing (PV) major dec. Steven Bohr, 18-7
160 - Mike Weaver (PV) won by forfeit
171 - Alex Lorkowski (PV) won by forfeit
189 - Keith Witmer (WV) pinned John Horvath in 5:14
215 - Brandon Wagner (WV) won by forfeit
Blue Mountain-Tamaqua
Blue Mountain (10-1, 5-0) clinched its seventh straight Schuylkill League Division I championship with a 44-28 victory at Tamaqua.
For the Blue Raiders (11-10, 3-3), Garth Lakitsky improved to 31-0 with a pin. Philip Christman and Travis Veronsky added falls, while Kolby Mashack (30-1, who became Tamaqua's career wins leader with 123) chipped in with a major decision and Evan Mashack and Matt Edmonds won by decision.
Blue Mountain 44, Tamaqua 28
103 - Bryant Penberth (BM) pinned Colin Mashack in 2:49
112 - Alex Gosch (BM) pinned Derek Hill in 4:22
119 - Nick Anthony (BM) won by forfeit
125 - Corey Keener (BM) pinned Derek Drum in :18
130 - Brandon Choate (BM) tech. fall Kyle Boyer (19-0)
135 - Blake Uhler (BM) pinned Brandan Silkowski in 3:30
140 - Kolby Mashack (T) major dec. Mitch Myers 11-1
145 - Philip Christman (T) pinned William Weber, 1:18
152 - Evan Mashack (T) dec. Ben Forbes 5-3
160 - Travis Veronsky (T) pinned Adam Seibert, 1:49
171 - Travis Moyer (BM) won by forfeit
189 - Matt Edmonds (T) dec. Zack Yachenchick 15-9
215 - Garth Lakitsky (T) pinned Tristan Coello, :35
285 - William Rich (BM) dec. Brandon Vigo 5-4
Jim Thorpe-Pottsville
Pottsville posted a 49-25 Schuylkill League Division I triumph over visiting Jim Thorpe.
Avery Ziegensfuss and Christian Gavornick scored technical falls for the Olympians (5-13, 0-5), while Phil Schron added a 7-5 decision.
Pottsville 49, Jim Thorpe 25
112 - Bailey Roos (P) major dec. Brian Ohl 16-3
119 - Jimmy Harris (P) won by forfeit
125 - Kody Stencovage (P) won by forfeit
130 - Avery Zigenfuss (JT) tech. fall Luscan Tyler, 23-8
135 - Joe Bickelman (P) pinned Adam Rex in :46
140 - James Denny (JT) won by forfeit
145 - Alex Pope (JT) won by forfeit
152 - Ty Gardner (P) dec. Jon Fritz 12-8
160 - Brian Harper (P) pinned Akeeno Stewart in 1:31
171 - Christian Gavornick (JT) tech. fall Brad Petchulis 15-0.
189 - Phil Schron (JT) dec. James Long 7-5
215 - Stan Burke (P) won by forfeit
285 - Dan Grosser (P) pinned Ryan Ruberto in 1:33
103 - Josh Bickelman (P) pin Benniamino Mazzella, 1:03
Palmerton-Bangor
The Blue Bombers upped their overall record to 10-6 and 7-4 in the Colonial League with a 57-21 win over the Slaters.
Palmerton got pins from Sam Oberlander, Joseph Bubble, Jake Christman, Jarrett Kleintop and Kane Kralik to help breeze to the victory.
Cody Grohotolski added a technical fall, Josh Evans a major decision and Dillon Masington, Jonathan Christman and Skyler Rosenberry won by forfeit.
Palmerton 57, Bangor 21
103 - Robert Lindsay (B) won by forfeit
112 - Josh Evans (P) maj. dec. Shristen Farah 10-0
119 - Dillon Masington (P) won by forfeit
125 - Jonathan Christman (P) won by forfeit
130 - Sam Oberlander (P) pinned Ramadan Krasniqi in 3:17
135 - Joseph Bubble (P) pinned Cody Dockry in 3:46
140 - Cody Grohotolski (P) tech. fall Albert Price in 4:55
145 - Christopher Louszko (B) dec. Travis Wolfe 2-1
152 - John Kelly (B) won by forfeit
160 - Jake Christman (P) pinned Austin Gold in 5:51
171 - Cody Thatcher (B) pinned Jacob Peck in 2:13
189 - Jarrett Kleintop (P) pinned Mark Boudreau in 4:43
215 - Kane Kralik (P) pinned Clifford Smith in :58
285 - Skyler Rosenberry (P) won by forfeit
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Panther Valley-CMVT
Panther Valley posted a 48-42 non-conference win over host Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech.
Sam Zlock netted eight of her team-high 12 points in the Panthers' third quarter, during which they outscored CMVT 16-8.
The Panthers' Bryanna Kehrli scored a season-high 11 points in the victory.
PANTHER VALLEY
Blasko 2-2-2-7, Kehrli 4-3-5-11, Thomas 1-1-5-3, Rice 4-1-4-9, Cullen 0-2-5-2, Cunfer 2-0-0-4, Zlock 5-2-9-12, Paul 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-11-30-48.
CMVT
Hook 8-10-15-27, Longenberger 0-2-4-2, Musselman 2-1-5-5, Cragle 1-2-2-4, Schickley 1-2-3-4, Trivelpice 0-0-0-0, Crawford 0-0-0-0, Williamoskie 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-17-29-42.
Panther Valley 7 8 16 17 - 48
CMVT 10 11 8 13 - 42
Three-pointers: PV - Blasko 1; CMVT - Hook 1.
JUNIOR HIGH
BOYS BASKETBALL
8TH GRADE
East Stroudsburg North-Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley finished its regular season undefeated at 20-0 with a 46-42 overtime victory over ES North.
Elijah Gonzalez led the Bears with 13 points, while Isaiah Johnson and Eric Mikulski added 12 and nine points respectively.
