Wreckers, Bombers, Bulldogs get girls wins
Weatherly, Palmerton and Northern Lehigh all scored wins in girls basketball action on Monday night.
Palmerton also got a wrestling victory.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Weatherly-Williams Vy.
The Lady Wreckers used balanced scoring with three girls in double figures to hand Williams Valley a 50-36 loss.
Alicia Panzarella, Sara Heister and Tracy Galada scored 20, 12, 11 points respectively for the Wreckers (2-7, 1-4). Randi-Lynn Kolva ked tge Vikings with 17 points and Kaila Dietrich added 13.
Weatherly also picked up a 44-38 win in the JV game as Erin Dougherty finished with 13 points and Alexis Boyarsky 12.
WEATHERLY
J. Dougherty 1-0-0-2, Bizarre 0-0-0-0, E. Dougherty 1-0-0-2, Hinkle 1-0-0-2, Adamczyk 1-0-0-2, Panzarella 7-0-0-17, Heister 6-0-1-12, Boyarski 1-0-0-2, Galada 4-2-2-11. TOTALS: 22-2-3-50.
WILLIAMS VY.
Miller 1-0-0-2, Dietrich 3-7-7-13, Pichorski 1-0-0-2, Kolva 7-3-6-17, Shut 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 13-10-13-36.
Weatherly 17 15 11 7 - 50
Williams Vy. 10 7 9 10 - 36
Three-Pointers: W - Panzarella 3, Galada 1. WV - None.
Marian-Minersville
The Battlin' Miners scored the first nine points of the game and never trailed as they handed the Fillies a 43-36 Schuylkill League loss.
Minersville's tough defense caused the Fillies (9-2, 3-2) to turn the ball over 22 times.
Emily Oakill finished with 11 points for the Miners (8-2, 5-0), while freshman phenom Reighley Melochick was held to nine points.
Kaycee Gutsie was the lone Fillie in double figures with 10.
MARIAN
Green 2-1-2-7, Faust 1-0-0-2, McLaughlin 1-0-0-3, Gutsie 2-4-8-10, Markiewicz 1-0-0-2, Shober 1-2-2-5, Ferko 0-0-0-0, Tristani 2-3-4-7. TOTALS: 10-10-16-36.
MINERSVILLE
Melochick 2-4-5-9, A. Ryan 0-0-0-0, Sborz 1-3-4-6, Walasavage 5-1-2-11, Oakill 4-3-5-11, La. Leshko 2-1-3-6. TOTALS: 14-12-19-43.
Marian 7 14 5 10 - 36
Minersville 15 13 4 11 - 43
Three-pointers: Marian - Green 2, Gutsie 2, McLaughlin 1, Shober 1; Minersville - Melochick 1, Sborz 1, La. Leshko 1.
Panther Vy. Blue Mt.
The Eagles held the Panthers (2-7) to just six points through the first three quarters and rolled up a 48-16 victory.
Alyssa Starr had 12 points to lead Blue Mountain, while Maryjane Thomas led the Panthers with eight points.
PANTHER VY.
Thomas 3-2-2-8, Rice 1-0-0-2, Markovich 1-0-0-2, Cunfer 1-0-0-2, Zlock 0-2-2-4, Blasko 0-0-0-0, Cullen 0-0-0-0, Phillips 0-0-0-0, Jacobs 0-0-0-0, Jones 0-0-0-0, Paul 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 6-4-4-16.
BLUE MT.
Kerns 0-1-1-1, Koch 3-0-0-6, Grapsy 4-0-3-8, Starr 5-2-4-12, Yoder 1-0-0-2, Shpakosky 0-1-1-1, Davies 0-2-2-2, Thomas 0-0-0-0, Laydo 0-0-1-0, Boyer 1-2-6-4, Schu 3-0-0-6, Foster 1-3-4-5. TOTALS: 19-10-23-48.
Panther Vy. 4 2 0 10 - 16
Blue Mt. 17 15 10 6 - 48
Three-pointers: PV - None; Blue Mt. - None.
Pottsville-Jim Thorpe
The Lady Olympians pulled out a 43-34 victory over the Crimson Tide to pull a game within the Schuylkill League Division I lead and one game from qualifying for the District 11 3A playoffs.
No information on the game was received by THE TIMES NEWS.
No. Lehigh-Palisades
The Lady Bulldogs built up a 24-point lead at halftime and cruised to a 64-28 Colonial League win over the Pirates.
Four Northern Lehigh starters hit double figures as Christina Bastardi led the charge with 15 points, followed by Lauren Oertner and Aimee Oertner with 14 each and Sonya Josephson with 13.
Tiffany Hendricks led Palisades with nine.
The Pirates managed to salvage the JV game by a 29-21 score.
NO. LEHIGH
Follweiler 0-0-0-0, Hams 0-0-0-0, Bastardi 6-2-2-15, Moore 0-0-0-0, Weil 1-0-0-2, Stauffer 0-0-0-0, Werley 1-0-0-2, Tarafas 0-0-0-0, L. Oertner 6-2-2-14, Josephson 4-5-7-13, A. Oertner 7-0-0-14, Seiler 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 27-9-11-64.
PALISADES
D'Emilio 2-3-4-7, McClintock 2-0-1-5, Baerer 0-0-0-0, T. Hendricks 4-0-1-9, Pyatt 0-0-0-0, Noonam 0-0-0-0, Sharro 2-0-1-4, Thatcher 1-0-0-3, Funt 0-0-0-0, J. Hendricks 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 11-3-7-28.
No. Lehigh 19 18 21 6 - 64
Palisades 7 6 4 11 - 28
Three-pointers: NL - Bastardi 1; Palisades - McClintock 1, B. Hendricks 1, Thatcher 1.
Palmerton-Saucon Valley
The Lady Bombers (8-2) used almost perfect shooting from the foul line to hold on for a 52-49 Colonial League win over the Panthers.
Kelsey Hay finished with a game high 18 points, while Gina Farquhar added 18 for Palmerton.
Danielle Van Buren had 16 and Karine Polgar 15 for the Panthers.
PALMERTON
Smith 0-0-0-0, Reimer 3-0-0-6, Mummey 1-0-0-2, Rinfret 4-0-0-8, Farquhar 6-2-2-14, Snyder 1-2-2-4, Hay 5-8-10-18. TOTALS: 20-12-14-52.
SAUCON VALLEY
Polgar 6-0-1-15, Marri 1-0-0-2, Van Buren 7-2-2-16, Feher 1-0-0-2, Wean 3-1-2-8, Laub 1-0-0-2, Mowrey 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 21-3-5-49.
Palmerton 11 16 8 17 - 52
Saucon Vy. 12 9 11 17 - 49
Three-pointers: Palmerton - none; Saucon Vy. - Polgar 3, Wean 1.
BOYS BASKETBALL
PM West-Pleasant Vy.
The Panthers (9-2) jumped out to a 45-22 halftime lead and coasted to a 82-31 Mountain Valley Conference win over the Bears (6-4).
Tynell Fortune had seven of his game-high 221 points in the second quarter when the Panthers scored 28 points.
Tyrel Dixon backed up Fortune with 12 points. Mike Sharpe was the lone Pleasant Valley player to hit doubles with 10 points.
The Bears managed to win the JV game by a 64-51 score.
PM WEST
Boyle 3-1-2-8, Vick 2-0-0-6, Scott 2-2-3-6, Fortune 6-6-8-21, Collins 2-4-6-8, Brice 2-2-4-6, Vines 1-0-0-2, Anema 2-0-2-4, Dixon 6-0-0-12, Halsey 0-0-0-0, McQueen 2-0-0-4, Amoroso 1-0-1-2, Scott 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 30-16-28-82.
PLEASANT VY.
Blot 0-0-0-0, Franklin 1-0-0-2, Wright 2-1-2-5, Sharpe 3-4-4-10, Bok 0-0-0-0, Williams 0-0-0-0, Irving 0-1-2-1, Gerilomatos 0-0-0-0, Dekmar 1-0-0-3, Stanovick 1-3-4-6, Guadagna 0-0-2-0, Wild 1-2-3-4, Wierzbicki 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 9-11-17-31.
PM West 17 28 20 17 - 82
Pleas. Vy. 7 15 6 3 - 31
Three-pointers: PM West - Fortune 3, Vick 2, Byle 1; Pl. Vy. - Dekmar 1, Stanovick 1.
WRESTLING
Palmerton-No. Dame (GP)
The Blue Bombers put together nine wins en route to a 42-30 Colonial League wrestling win over Notre Dame.
Dillon Masington, Travis Wolfe and Jake Christman all came away with pins, while Josh Evans, Joey Bubble, Jarrett Kleintop and Kane Kralik all scored victories by decisions.
Sam Oberlander and Cody Grohotolski added wins by forfeit.
PALMERTON 42, NO. DAME 30
103 - Dylan Jones (ND) won by forfeit
112 - Josh Evans (P) dec. Seever Hoyak, 4-2
119 - Tom Mazzante (ND) won by forfeit
125 - Dillon Masington (P) pinned Jerry Pascucci in :39
130 - Sam Oberlander (P) won by forfeit
135 - Joey Bubble (P) dec. Mark Boehm, 5-2
140 - Cody Grohotolski (P) won by forfeit
145 - Victor Embardino (ND) won by forfeit
152 - Travis Wolfe (P) pinned Tanner Thomas in 1:50
160 - Jon Blank (ND) pinned Cody Silfies in :44
171 - Jake Christman (P) pinned Adam Stoerrle in 3:53
189 - Jarrett Kleintop (P) dec. Sean Williams, 2-1
215 - Kane Kralik (P) dec. Dennis Atiyeh 1-0
285 - Michael Williams (ND) pinned Skyler Rosenberry in 2:12
JR HIGH BASKETBALL
9TH GRADE
Tamaqua-Marian
Adam Bates had a season-high 19 points to lead Tamaqua to a 65-25 victory over Marian.
Chris Hartung and Zac Wargula added 15 and 10 points for the Blue Raiders (8-3).
Luke Stawrick had eight points for the Colts.
