Pleasant Valley boys, girls get wins

Pleasant Valley and Marian picked up boys basketball wins, while Northern Lehigh, Northwestern, Panther Valley and Pleasant Valley all won on the girls side in hoop action on Monday night.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Pleasant Valley-ES North

Nick Stanovick's three-pointer at the end of regulation put Pleasant Valley into an extra session, where they ended up pulling out a big Mountain Valley Conference win over East Stroudsburg North, 66-61.

In the overtime, Stanovick was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line to help seal the win, as he finished with a game-high 20 points. Helping out the Bear effort were Mike Sharpe with 15 and Selwyn Wright and Eric Wild with 11 apiece.

For ESN (7-8, 2-4), Jamaal Fort and David Rey both led the way with 17 points in the losing effort.

PV improved to 7-7 overall, 3-3 in the MVC with the win.

The locals also pulled out the JV contest with a 72-43 preliminary win, with Marquis Brown pouring in 22 points.

PLEASANT VY.

Blot 0-0-0-0, Franklin 1-0-0-2, Wright 4-3-5-11, Sharpe 6-2-3-15, Irving 2-1-2-5, Stanovick 4-8-8-20, Guadagna 1-0-0-2, Wild 3-4-4-11. TOTALS: 21-18-22-66.

ES NORTH

Ortiz 1-7-8-9, Bobb 0-0-0-0, Wyche 3-0-2-7, Knight 1-2-4-5, Fort 7-3-4-17, Mills 1-0-0-3, Rey 7-3-4-17, McClue 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 21-16-24-61.

Pleas. Vy. 10 21 12 12 11 - 66

ES North 15 4 18 18 6 - 61

Three pointers: PV - Stanovick 4, Wild 1, Sharpe 1; ESN - Mills 1, Knight 1, Wyche 1.

No. Schuylkill-Jim Thorpe

After a tie game at intermission, the Spartans proved to have too much down the stretch to pull out the Schuylkill League Division I game, 51-46 over the Olympians.

North Schuylkil was led in scoring by Brandon McCloskey with a team-high 16 points.

For the Olympians, three players reached double figures in PJ Johnson, with 18, Dean DiBonifazio with 14 and JT Otto with four treys.

In the JV contest, the Spartans prevailed 48-46, despite Alonzo McGill's 14 points.

NO. SCHUYLKILL

Rakowsky 3-0-2-7, Motsney 0-0-0-0, Meyer 2-2-2-7, Chernowski 1-0-0-2, Cicioni 1-0-0-3, Skinner 2-0-0-4, Damiter 3-1-2-7, McCloskey 5-6-9-16, Gallagher 0-0-0-0, Walsh 2-1-2-5. TOTALS: 19-10-17-51.

JIM THORPE

DiBonifazio 6-1-1-14, Prontnicki 0-0-0-0, Moronta 0-0-0-0, Munoz 0-0-0-0, Ciavarella 1-0-0-2, McGill 0-0-0-0, Otto 4-0-0-12, Brown 0-0-0-0, Johnson 5-7-9-18. TOTALS: 16-8-10-46.

No. Schuylkill 13 6 14 18 - 51

Jim Thorpe 9 10 13 14 - 46

Three-pointers: NS - Rakowsky 1, Meyer 1, Cicioni; JT - Otto 4, Johnson 1, DiBonifazio 1.

Schuylkill Haven-Marian

Marian jumped out to a big early lead and never looked back in rolling to a 63-25 Schuylkill League Division II-III crossover victory over visiting Schuylkill Haven.

Ryan Gimbi netted 10 points and Chris Barletta nine for the Colts (12-4 overall, 7-2 league), who held a 26-6 advantage after one quarter. In all, 12 Marian players hit the scoring column.

Taylor Charles led Schuylkill Haven (4-12, 3-6) with a game-high 15 points.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN

Dohner 0-0-0-0, Emerich 0-0-2-0, Carmona 1-0-0-2, Charles 6-2-2-15, Bubeck 1-0-0-2, Smith 0-0-0-0, Fanelli 0-0-0-0, Kerschner 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 11-2-4-25.

MARIAN

Keer 2-0-0-4, Stawick 0-0-0-0, Barletta 3-3-4-9, Karnish 2-0-0-4, Pilla 2-2-2-6, Ryba 0-0-0-0, Martin 0-0-0-0, Julian 1-0-0-2, Gimbi 4-2-2-10, Baker 3-0-0-6, Nesgoda 1-0-0-2, Dam. Richards 2-2-2-6, Dom. Richards 3-1-1-7, Agosti 0-1-2-1, Weber 3-0-0-6, Motil 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 26-11-13-63.

Schuy. Haven 6 6 2 11 - 25

Marian 26 6 19 12 - 63

Three-pointers: SH-Charles 1; M-none.

Blue Mountain-Tamaqua

Blue Mountain erupted for a 22-point fourth quarter to pull away with a 59-45 Schuylkill League Division I victory over Tamaqua.

Matt LaScala hit for eight of his 15 points in the final frame, while the Blue Eagles' Mike Tobash led all scorers with a game-high 17 points. Teammate Kyle O'Brien just hit for double figures with 10 points.

Mike Streisel led a trio of Blue Raiders in doubles figures with a team-high 16 points, while Jake Fegley and Spencer Bennett both netted 10 points.

In the JV game, Blue Mountain came out on top with a 64-26 win over Tamaqua. The Blue Raiders' Tyler Krell ended up with nine points.

BLUE MT.

Yost 2-0-1-4, Donovan 1-0-0-2, LaScala 5-5-8-15, Cryts 4-0-0-9, Shafer 0-0-0-0, Tobash 5-4-4-17, Laughlin 1-0-0-2, O'Brien 4-2-2-10, Harding 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-11-15-59.

TAMAQUA

Bachert 1-0-0-2, Fegley 5-0-0-10, Streisel 6-4-5-16, Bennett 3-1-2-10, Kurek 0-0-1-0, Ansbach 3-1-3-7, Reinhardt 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-6-11-45.

Blue Mt. 9 14 14 22 - 59

Tamaqua 10 8 16 11 - 45

Three-pointers: BM - Tobash 3, Cryts 1; T - Bennett 3.

Lourdes Regional-Weatherly

Lourdes Regional's Zack Chesney lit up the gym with seven three-pointers on his way to a game-high 28 points, leading the Red Raiders to a 58-39 Schuylkill League Division II-III crossover win at Weatherly.

Matt Savitski followed with 11 and Anthony Pennypacker had 10 in supporting efforts for the Raiders.

For Weatherly (2-14, 0-9), George Wallish led the way with 14, while Kyle Harris had 12.

Weatherly prevented the sweep with a 32-17 JV win, with Josh Reiner scoring 15.

LOURDES REGIONAL

Gilger 2-1-4-5, Menepace 2-0-0-4, Chesney 9-3-6-28, Savitski 4-3-3-11, Pennypacker 5-0-0-10, Holleran 0-0-0-0, Honaback 0-0-0-0, Howal 0-0-0-0, Feese 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-7-13-58.

WEATHERLY

Ormiston 0-1-2-1, Holrigl 33-0-1-8, Reiner 2-0-0-4, G. Wallish 5-4-5-14, Harris 6-0-0-12, Rowan 0-0-0-0, Coll 0-0-0-0, Weichman 0-0-0-0, Lash 0-0-0-0, C. Wallish 0-0-0-0, Haganey 0-0-0-0, Walton 0-0-0-0, Palermo 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-5-8-39.

Lourdes 13 14 12 19 - 58

Weatherly 6 9 16 8 - 39

Three-pointers: L - Chesney 7; W - Holrigl 2.

Lehighton-ES South

The Cavaliers used a big second and fourth quarter to hand the Indians a 84-57 Mountain Valley Conference setback.

Kwame Simmons had 20 points for ES South, while Andre Franklin added 17 and Brandon Lane 13. Anthony Rossino had the hot hand for Lehighton with 20, while his brotherD.J. added 10.

The Cavaliers also won the JV game by a 63-35 score.

LEHIGHTON

A. Rossino 7-6-7-20, D.J. Rossino 3-4-4-10, Wall 4-0-2-8, Szacska 3-1-2-8, Guyn 2-0-2-4, Jones 1-0-0-3, Scott 0-2-2-2, Evans 1-0-2-2, Kresge 0-0-0-0, Farano 0-0-0-0. Totals: 21-13-21-57.

ES SOUTH

Simmons 6-7-9-20, Franklin 7-3-3-17, Lane 5-1-2-13, Thompson 3-1-2-8, McLaughlin 3-0-0-7, Mercado 2-0-1-5, Howell 2-0-0-4, Peck 1-1-2-3, Caldera 1-0-0-3, Campbell 1-0-0-2, Quick 0-0-0-0, Clarke 0-0-0-0, Pizzaro 0-0-1-0. Totals: 32-13-20-84.

Lehighton 8 15 20 14 - 57

ES South 9 25 20 30 - 84

Three-pointers: Lehighton - Szacska 1, Jones 1; ESS - Lane 2, Thompson 1, McLaughlin 1, Simmons 1, Caldera 1, Mercado 1.

Palmerton-No. Dame (GP)

The Blue Bombers jumped out to an early lead only to see the Crusaders outscore them by 38 points over the final three periods as they dropped a 89-55 Colonial League contest.

Dillon Huerta and Adam Ambielli led a three-point parade that saw the Crusaders drain 12 from beyond the arc once the night was done.

Ambielli finished with 23 points and Huerta added 20. Palmerton's Jourdan Reinhart had 22 points for the Bombers (6-8, 3-5) and Cody Geist had 10.

Notre Dame also won the JV game by a 69-34 score. Mike Horvath had nine to lead the Bombers.

PALMERTON

Horvath 0-0-0-0, Andrews 2-0-0-5, Tyahla 0-0-0-0, Svetik 1-4-6-6, Snyder 2-0-0-4, Leaver 1-1-2-3, Leon 0-0-0-0, Ruch 0-0-0-0, Gutekunst 1-0-0-3, Saylor 1-0-1-2, Geist 4-1-3-10, Reinhart 9-4-5-22. TOTALS: 21-10-17-55.

NOTRE DAME (GP)

Miller 4-0-1-8, Conway 1-0-0-2, Huerta 7-0-0-20, Duffy 0-0-0-0, Eego 0-0-0-0, Fernandez 0-0-0-0, Baurkot 0-0-0-0, Card 1-0-0-3, Scott 1-0-0-2, Barr 2-3-3-7, Myers 1-0-0-2, Ambielli 9-123, Kohl 2-2-3-7, Ross 3-3-5-9, Hughes 2-2-4-6, Corsello 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 33-11-18-89.

Palmerton 20 8 12 15 - 55

No. Dame 16 28 25 20 - 89

Three-pointers: Palmerton - Andrews 1, Geist 1, Gutekunst 1; No. Dame - Huerta 6, Ambielli 4, Card 1, Kohl 1.

Northwestern-Palisades

The Pirates (6-8) jumped out to an early lead and went on to hand the Tigers (1-15) a 52-39 Colonial League loss behind 27 points from Josh Parris.

No other information was available to THE TIMES NEWS.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

No. Lehigh-So. Lehigh

Northern Lehigh handed Southern Lehigh its first Colonial League loss of the season thanks to scoring a 40-39 victory on the road.

Aimee Oertner paced the Bulldogs (14-1 overall, 8-1 CL) with an 18-point performance, while Tina Bastardi just hit double figures with 10 points.

The Bulldogs' defensive held the Spartans' usual scoring threat in Eleni Dimou to a team-high 10 points.

In the JV game, Southern Lehigh cruised to a 54-10 victory.

NO. LEHIGH

Bastardi 4-2-3-10, Werley 0-0-0-0, L. Oertner 1-0-1-2, Josephson 2-1-2-6, A. Oertner 5-8-10-18, Seiler 2-0-1-4. TOTALS: 14-11-17-40.

SO. LEHIGH

Dimou 3-2-4-10, Nemeth 2-1-2-7, Sullivan 2-0-0-4, Cerciello 1-0-0-2, Arnold 0-0-0-0, Dougherty 4-0-0-8, Doell 2-4-7-8, Reichl 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-7-13-39.

No. Lehigh 12 9 9 10 - 40

So. Lehigh 11 11 7 10 - 39

Three-pointers: NL - Josephson 1; SL - Dimou 2, Nemeth 2.

CMVT-Panther Valley

Panther Valley put an end to an eight-game losing streak with a 46-35 non-conference victory over visiting Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech.

Madison Blasko scored 11 of her Panthers' high 15 points in the final half, while Sam Zlock put herself in double figures by scoring eight of her 10 points after half.

CMVT's Charlene Hook finished with a game-high 28 points. Hook scored 17 of those 28 in the third quarter alone.

Panther Valley moved to 3-11 on the season.

CMVT

Hook 9-5-12-28, Longenberger 0-0-0-0, Musselman 2-0-4-4, Trivelpiece 0-1-2-1, Cragle 0-0-0-0, Crawford 1-0-0-2, Schickley 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 7-6-18-35.

PANTHER VALLEY

Blasko 6-3-4-15, Thomas 1-2-2-4, Rice 3-0-0-6, Markovich 1-0-0-2, Cullen 2-0-0-6, Cunfer 1-1-2-3, Zlock 4-2-4-10. TOTALS: 18-8-12-46.

CMVT 11 2 20 2 - 35

PV 8 8 14 16 - 46

Three-pointers: CMVT - Hook 5; PV - Cullen 2.

Palisades-Northwestern

After a slow start, Northwestern fully recovered to rebound to pull away and post a 47-32 Colonial League win over visiting Palisades.

Sara Jones paced the Tigers (6-9, 5-5) with a game-high 18 points.

The Pirates' Kendall Beerer netted a team-high 16 points.

PALISADES

Beerer 7-1-2-16, Hendricks 2-3-4-7, Pyatt 1-0-0-2, Stokes 1-0-0-2, Noonan 0-1-4-1, Sharo 1-0-0-2, Thatcher 1-0-0-2, Funt 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-5-10-32.

NORTHWESTERN

Gulick 1-0-0-3, Landrigan 1-0-0-2, Groller 1-2-2-4, Jones 7-2-2-18, Suter 4-1-2-9, Kemmerer 1-0-0-2, Nemes 0-0-0-0, MacLaughlin 0-0-0-0, Heydlouf 0-1-2-1, Shoemaker 0-0-0-0, Cunningham 2-0-0-4, Deitrich 2-0-0-4, Everett 1-0-0-2, Albright 0-2-2-2. TOTALS: 18-8-11-47.

Palisades 11 6 4 11 - 32

Northwestern 6 18 12 11 - 47

Three-pointers: P - Beerer 1; NW - Jones 2, Gulick 1.

Pleasant Valley

-Stroudsburg

Pleasant Valley's defense held Stroudsburg to single digits in all four quarters to post a 41-30 Mountain Valley Conference victory.

Kelecia Harris was the lone Bear to hit double figures with 12 points.

The Mounties' DeVivo matched Harris for a game-high with 12 points.

Pleasant Valley jumped to 9-4 overall and 4-1 in the MVC.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Meckes 2-4-5-8, Chieffo 3-1-3-9, Sisco 0-0-0-0, Harris 6-0-3-12, McGill 0-0-0-0, Hardy 2-2-3-6, Kregeloh 0-0-0-0, Salmon 2-2-4-6. TOTALS: 15-9-18-41.

STROUDSBURG

Sam. Myles 1-1-2-3, Ward 1-0-0-2, Cox 0-0-0-0, Borden 1-2-2-4, Axworthy 0-0-0-0, Sar. Myles 0-0-0-0, Humphreys 3-1-2-7, Hicks 0-2-2-2, DeVivo 5-2-5-12. TOTALS: 11-8-13-30.

Pleasant Valley 8 15 9 9 - 41

Stroudsburg 9 9 6 6 - 30

Three-pointers: PV - Chieffo 2; S - none.

ES South-Lehighton

Tara Steakin's 20-point performance sparked East Stroudsburg South to a 58-41 Mountain Valley Conference victory over Lehighton.

Steakin scored 15 of her game-high 20 points in the second half, while Cavalier teammate Lisa Steakin netted double figures with 10 points.

Jordyn Homyak led the Indians with a team-high 16 points.

In the JV game, East Stroudsburg South posted a 22-18 win over Lehighton.

ES SOUTH

Swinton 3-0-0-6, Eck 2-0-0-4, L. Steakin 3-4-4-10, Marshall 3-0-0-6, Menio 2-0-2-4, Homer 3-0-0-6, T. Steakin 7-2-4-20. TOTALS: 24-6-10-58.

LEHIGHTON

Homyak 4-8-8-16, Green 3-3-4-9, Magyar 1-0-0-3, Yurasits 2-0-0-5, Evans 1-0-0-2, German 0-0-0-0, Klotz 0-0-0-0, Teno 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 14-11-12-41.

ES South 13 12 17 16 - 58

Lehighton 13 4 15 9 - 41

Three-pointers: ESS - T. Steakin 4; L - Magyar 1, Yurasits 1.

Palmerton-Salisbury

Palmerton punched its ticket for the district playoffs thanks to cruising to a 53-22 Colonial League victory over Salisbury.

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WRESTLING

No. Lehigh-Wilson

The Bulldogs were victorious over Wilson in Colonial League wrestling action with a decisive 51-16 rout of the Warriors.

Garnering pins for the locals were Brody Minnich, Colin Hedash, Nikko Stevens and Ty Herzog, while teammate Austin Stevens gained a tech fall and Lucas Dise got a major decision for some extra team points.

NL also won the junior high match, 63-12.

Northern Lehigh 51, Wilson 16

103 - Jaryad Clank (W) pinned Zach Leiby in :40

112 - Mike Veres (W) won by forfeit

119 - Lucas Dise (NL) major dec Anthony Calantoni, 10-2

125 - Zane Heller (NL) won by forfeit

130 - Kyle Baumann (NL) dec. Zak Cascioli in OT, 4-2

135 - Austin Stevens (NL) tech. fall Brandon Mayberry in 4:44, 16-1

140 - Nikko Stevens (NL) pinned Kenny Krosenics in 1:23

145 - Ty Herzog (NL) pinned Kyle Kilpatrick in 4:26

152 - Billy Christensen (W) major dec Conner Hedash, 10-0

160 - Dylan Hofmann (NL) won by forfeit

171 - Danny Marsh (NL) dec. Sam Veres, 4-2

189 - Colin Hedash (NL) pinned Dennis Corrado in :42

215 - Brody Minnich (NL) pinned Nick Fischer in 2:28

285 - Double forfeit

JUNIOR HIGH

BASKETBALL

9th Grade

Tamaqua-Blue Mt.

THe Blue Raiders (11-4) came away with a 44-43 win over Blue Mountain.

Tamaqau wa sled by Brett Kosciolek's game high 16 points while Mike Weinert and Tyler Skripko each added 8.

For Blue Mountain, Slane and Harding each had 12 points.

8TH Grade

No. Schuylkill-Tamaqua

The Blue Raiders handed th eSpartans a 890-50 setback.

Tamaqua was led by Zach Wargula with 10 points. Bo Rottet and Brett Kosciolek both had 8 points.

North Schuylkill was led by Mazcika with 13 points.

7th Grade

Tamaqua-No. Schuylkill

Tamaqua took North Schuylkill to overtime but ended up on the losing end, 30-27.

Matt Minchhoff took game scoring honors and led Tamaqua with 14 points. Grigas tossed in 12 points for the Spartans.