No. Lehigh boys roll
The Northern Lehigh boys, and Jim Thorpe and Pleasant Valley girls all picked up victories on Friday night.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Northern Lehigh-Pen Argyl
Northern Lehigh scored 20 points in the fourth quarter to put away Pen Argyl 59-44 in Colonial League competition.
The front-court duo of Lucas Pierce and Caleb Johnson scored 15 and 14 points each to lead the Bulldogs (16-3) to the win.
Devin Glose also hepled out with 12 points for Northern Lehigh.
NO. LEHIGH
George 0-0-0-0, Egan 0-0-0-0, Dibilio 2-4-4-9, J. Pristash 0-0-0-0, Glose 5-2-2-12, Davis 0-0-0-0, Eden 3-0-0-6, Landsberger 0-3-4-3, Johnson 7-1-3-15, Pierce 6-2-4-14. TOTALS: 23-12-17-59.
PEN ARGYL
Piphen 4-2-2-12, 1-1-2-4, 1-0-0-3, Stecz 0-0-0-0, Oyer 5-0-0-12, Muller 4-2-5-10, Wentzell 1-0-0-3, Salamone 0-0-0-0, Bender 0-0-0-0, Nied 0-0-0-0-0, Gillette 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-3-6-44.
No. Lehigh - 13 15 11 20 - 59
Pen Argyl - 9 10 13 12 - 44
Three-pointers: NL - Dibilio 1; PA - Piphen 2, Oyer 2, Houck 1, Stecz , Wentzell 1.
Lehighton-E.S. South
East Stroudsburg South jumped all over Lehighton in Mountain Valley Conference action for a 71-50 victory.
The Indians (2-18) were led by Jacen Nalesnik's 12 points and Alex Guyn added nine.
Kashawn McLaughlin led the Cavaliers with 15 points.
LEHIGHTON
A. Rossino 2-0-0-5, Farano 1-0-0-3, Kresge 4-0-0-8, D. Rossino 2-1-1-5, Guyn 4-1-2-9, Crum 3-2-3-8, Nalesnik 5-1-2-12. TOTALS: 21-5-8-50.
E.S. SOUTH
Holder 0-0-0-0, Simmons 4-1-2-11, McLaughlin 7-0-0-15, Howell 1-0-0-3, Clarke 4-0-1-8, Wickham 4-1-1-9, Quick 1-0-0-3, Mercado 4-0-0-11, Franklin 2-0-0-4, Allah 2-0-0-4, Roberson 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 30-4-6-70.
Lehighton - 7 11 18 14 - 50
E.S. South - 15 19 18 19 - 71
Three-pointers: L - A. Rossino 1, Farano 1, Nalesnik 1; ESN - Mercado 3, Quick 1, Howell 1, McLaughlin 1, Simmons 1.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Pottsville-Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe (18-2) outscored Pottsville by 14 points in the third and fourth quarters en-route to a 59-40 Schuylkill League victory.
Celeste Robinson continued her league dominance scoring a game-high 23 points. Chelsea Smelas added 16 in the win.
POTTSVILLE
Burke 0-5-7-5, Roos 0-0-0-0, Moser 0-0-0-0, Ryan 0-2-2-2, Boran 1-0-2-2, Rushannon 5-1-1-14, Eckley 4-3-3-11, Bulino 1-0-2-2, Sweat 2-0-0-4, Deegan 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-11-17-40.
JIM THORPE
McEmoyle 2-0-0-4, Batts 2-0-7-4, Lawrence 2-0-4-6, Condly 0-0-0-0, Binder 1-0-0-2, Robinson 8-7-14-23, Mosteller 0-0-0-0, Smelas 5-6-9-16, Ennis 1-1-2-4. TOTALS: 21-14-36-59.
Pottsville - 6 14 6 14 - 40
Jim Thorpe - 14 17 17 11 - 59
Three-pointers: P - Rushannon 3; JT - Lawrence 2, Ennis 1.
Panther Valley-Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain took control of the game in the third quarter out-scoring Panther Valley 22-5 to capture the 57-32 Schuylkill League win.
Treyvonda Rice scored 12 points for the Lady Panthers with Abby Whildin tallying nine.
PANTHER VALLEY
Whildin 4-1-3-9, Curley 0-0-0-0, M. Markovich 0-0-0-0, Thomas 3-0-0-7, Paul 0-0-0-0, Rice 6-0-0-12, Zlock 0-4-6-4, O. Markovich 0-0-0-0, Cinfer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-5-9-32.
BLUE MTN.
Kerns 5-0-2-11, Koch 6-4-6-16, Grapsy 1-0-0-2, Starr 4-2-5-10, Conners 0-0-0-0, Shapkovsky 0-1-2-1, Schu 2-0-0-4, Moyer 1-1-2-3, Woleshock 1-0-0-2, Foster 4-0-1-8, Bowler 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 24-8-18-57.
Panther Valley - 8 11 5 8 - 32
Pottsville - 10 12 22 13 - 57
Three-pointers: BM - Kerns 1; PV - Thomas 1.
E.S. South-Lehighton
East Stroudsburg South got the Mountain Valley Conference victory over Lehighton with a 53-30 dominating win.
Taylor Yorasits led the Indians with 11 points.
Hanna Swinton and Lisa Steakin scored 18 points for the Cavaliers.
E.S. SOUTH
Swinton 7-4-6-18, Eck 0-0-0-0, Steakin 6-0-4-18, Lippold 0-0-0-0, Menio 5-1-2-11, Page 1-0-0-2, Romirca 0-0-0-0, Jonson 0-0-0-0, Torres 0-0-0-0, Maldonado 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 21-5-12-53.
LEHIGHTON
Blasiak 0-0-0-0, Shelly 1-2-2-4, Barclay 1-1-2-4, Magyar 1-0-0-2, Yorasits 3-5-12-11, Evans 1-1-2-4, Durishin 0-0-0-0, Smith 1-0-0-3, Daniels 0-0-0-0, Cordova 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 9-9-18-30.
E.S. South - 10 12 17 14 - 53
Lehighton - 3 6 13 8 - 30
Three-pointers: ESS - Steakin 6; L - Barclay 1, Evans 1, Smith.
Pleasant Valley-P.M. West
Pleasant Valley edged Pocono Mountain West 36-34 by going on a 10-2 run in the fourth quarter.
Kari Dekmar led the Bears with seven points.
Ramonia Benitez scored a game-high 18 points for the Lady Panthers.
PLEASANT VALLEY
Meckes 2-1-5-6, 1-0-0-3, dekmar 3-1-2-7, Cheiffo 2-0-2-6, Harris 2-1-4-5, Miller 2-0-0-4, Dorney 1-0-0-2, Craig 1-1-1-3. TOTALS: 11-4-14-36.
P.M. WEST
Walters 0-2-2-2, J. Benitez 2-2-2-8, R. Benitez 6-2-4-18, Blake 2-1-2-5, Roberts 0-1-4-1. TOTALS: 8-8-14-34.
Pleasant Valley - 4 12 10 10 - 36
P.M. West - 7 7 18 2 - 34
Three-pointers: PV - Chieffo 2, Meckes 1. PMW - R. Benitez 4, J. Benitez 2.
