JT’s Kovac gets milestone win

Rob Kovac collected his 200th career coaching win after Jim Thorpe defeated Lincoln Park Academy on Saturday.

In other action, three schools gained wins from both their boys and girls teams. They included Panther Valley, Pleasant Valley, and Tamaqua.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Lincoln PA-Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe pulled away from Lincoln Park Academy in the second half to collect a 50-35 win at the KSA Holiday Classic Tournament in Orlando.

Kayley Kovac scored 35 points for the Olympians (4-1) and was named tournament MVP.

For head coach Rob Kovac, it marked his 200th career coaching win. The longtime mentor had 99 wins during his tenure at Panther Valley, and now has 101 with the Olympians.

LINCOLN PARK ACADEMY

Herda 0-0-0-0, Roseberry 2-0-0-5, Arrigo 2-2-2-8, Davis 0-0-0-0, Felger 0-0-0-0, Washinton 2-0-4-4, Minear 3-1-1-8, Boyd 0-0-0-0, Fox 1-0-0-3, Simmons 0-0-0-0, Brown 3-0-0-7. TOTALS: 13-3-7-35.

JIM THORPE

Richards 0-2-2-2, P. Kovac 1-3-4-6, McGinley 0-0-1-0, Condly 0-1-2-1, Berger 0-0-0-0, Scott 0-0-0-0, Montemuro 0-0-0-0, Skrimcovsky 0-0-0-0, K. Kovac 9-17-25-35, Lignore 2-0-1-4, Gabel 1-0-0-2, Craigie 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-23-35-50.

Lincoln Park Aca. 8 13 6 8 - 35

Jim Thorpe 11 13 13 13 - 50

Three pointers: Lincoln Park Academy - Arrigo 2, Roseberry 1, Minear 1, Fox 1, Brown 1; Jim Thorpe - P. Kovac 1.

Panther Valley-Hamburg

Panther Valley outscored Hamburg in each frame to take a non-league victory, 55-32.

The Panthers (2-1) received a game-high 19 points from Christina Dacey, while Rachelle Filer added 12.

For Hamburg, Allison Bashore led the way with 10 points.

Hamburg prevailed in the JV contest, 47-10.

PANTHER VALLEY

Pascoe 2-3-4-8, Steber 0-1-2-1, O. Dacey 1-0-0-2, Giordano 0-0-0-0, Hoben 2-0-0-4, Markovich 1-0-0-3, Sheridan 1-4-6-6, C. Dacey 5-9-14-19, Filer 6-0-0-12, Jones 0-0-0-0, Iudicello 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-17-26-55.

HAMBURG

N. Klahr 1-0-0-2, Adam 0-0-2-0, Bashore 4-0-0-10, L. Gerner 0-0-0-0, Gravish 0-0-0-0, Gough 1-0-2-2, Reichel 1-0-0-3, H. Gerner 2-3-4-7, Schiffert 1-2-2-4, S. Klahr 1-0-0-2, Gassert 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 12-5-12-32.

Panther Vy. 16 15 11 13 - 55

Hamburg 7 11 8 6 - 32

Three pointers: Panther Valley - Pascoe 1, Markovich 1; Hamburg - Bashore 2, Reichel 1.

Delaware Vy.-Pleasant Vy.

Pleasant Valley cruised to a 43-17 non-league win over Delaware Valley.

Ashley Schwenk scored 11 points to lead the Bears, who jumped out to a 23-7 halftime advantage.

PV, now 2-2, also received 10 points from Masani Francis.

DELAWARE VALLEY

Fucetola 0-2-2-2, Brittain 1-0-4-2, Hernandez 0-0-0-0, Acoveno 1-0-0-2, Byrnes 2-0-0-4, Tretola 0-0-0-0, White 0-0-0-0, Calellero 1-2-6-4, Recksick 0-1-2-1, Bobo 1-0-1-2. TOTALS: 6-5-13-17.

PLEASANT VALLEY

R. Wagner 1-0-0-2, Caffrey 1-1-2-3, O’Neil 0-0-0-0, K. Thorout 0-0-2-0, B. Clark 2-0-0-4, Miller 0-1-3-1, A. Thorout 0-0-0-0, A. Clark 1-1-1-3, Rosenberg 3-0-0-7, Francis 4-2-2-10, A. Wagner 0-0-0-0, Baksh 1-0-0-2, Schwenk 5-1-5-11. TOTALS: 18-6-15-43.

Delaware Vy. 3 4 4 6 - 17

Pleasant Vy. 11 12 10 10 - 43

Three pointers: Delaware Valley - None; Pleasant Valley - Rosenberg 1.

Tamaqua-Tri-Valley

Tamaqua tightened up its defense in the second half to defeat Tri-Valley, 53-28.

The Blue Raiders (4-0) outscored their opponents, 22-9, over the final two quarters. Emma Kuczynski led all scorers with 20 points, while Emily Titus and Kirstin Jones both added 10 apiece.

Jones added nine boards, while Sophia Boyle had seven steals.

For Tri-Valley, Autumn Connell finished with nine points.

TAMAQUA

Kane 0-0-0-0, Zuber 1-0-0-2, Hromyak 0-0-0-0, Jones 5-0-2-10, Boyle 2-5-7-9, Titus 4-2-2-10, Frederickson 1-0-4-2, Kuczynski 6-7-10-20, Reinhardt 0-0-0-0, Frederick 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 19-14-25-53.

TRIVALLEY

Stewart 1-0-0-2, Maxwell 1-0-0-3, Adams 1-0-0-3, Balsavage 0-1-2-1, Connell 2-3-5-9, Witmer 2-2-4-6, McCormick 1-0-2-2, Schnoke 1-0-2-2, Weaver 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 9-6-15-28.

Tamaqua 15 16 10 12 - 53

Tri-Valley 11 8 4 5 - 28

Three pointers: Tamaqua - Kuczynski 1; Tri-Valley - Connell 2, Maxwell 1, Adams 1.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Jim Thorpe-Pleasant Valley

A huge second half helped Pleasant Valley pull away from Jim Thorpe for a 56-36 non-league victory.

Noah Neubert had 15 points for the Bears (3-1), while Andrius Harrison-Gaddist added 11.

Chris Valdez scored nine points for the Olympians (2-1), who trailed 19-17 at halftime. Rudy Forman added eight.

JIM THORPE

Searfoss 0-0-0-0, Borak 1-2-4-5, L. Valdez 0-0-0-0, C. Valdez 2-4-6-9, Scott 0-0-0-0, Forman 3-0-0-8, Marykwas 2-0-0-6, Na. Rosahac 1-1-2-3, Ni. Rosahac 2-1-2-5, Boyle 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 11-8-14-36.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Stivala 1-0-0-2, Howard 3-0-0-9, Harrison-Gaddist 5-1-3-11, Neubert 7-0-0-15, Scarboro 3-1-4-7, Robinson 0-0-0-0, Pizczatowski 1-0-0-2, Rosario 1-2-2-4, Burks 0-2-2-2, Beck 2-0-0-4, TOTALS: 23-6-11-56.

Jim Thorpe 13 4 7 12 - 36

Pleasant Vy. 15 4 20 17 - 56

Three-pointers: Jim Thorpe - Forman 2, Marykwas 2, Borak 1, C. Valdez 1. Pleasant Valley - Howard 3, Neubert 1.

Notre Dame ES-Tamaqua

Tamaqua posted a 73-57 non-league win over Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg to remain undefeated.

Thad Zuber led the Blue Raiders (4-0) with a game-high 21 points. Lucas Gregoire added 17 points, while Derian Stianche contributed 12.

Tamaqua also won the JV game, 61-39.

NOTRE DAME-ES

Bailey 1-1-2-3, Paris 3-1-2-9, Lynch 0-1-2-1, Jean 5-2-2-13, Dembinski 5-1-1-11, Villalona 3-0-0-6, Seay 1-0-0-2, Frazier 6-2-4-12. TOTALS: 22-8-13-57

TAMAQUA

Bonetsky 2-0-0-6, Stianche 5-2-2-12, Griffin 1-0-0-2, Kurek 0-0-0-0, Zuber 6-8-10-21, Rother 0-0-0-0, Boyle 3-2-2-9, G. Gregoire 0-6-8-6, L. Gregoire 3-11-12-17. TOTALS: 20-29-36-73

No. Dame-ES 20 12 12 13 - 57

Tamaqua 20 20 17 16 - 73

Three-pointers: Notre Dame-ES - Paris 2, Frazier 2, Jean 1; Tamaqua - Bonetsky 2, Zuber 1, Boyle 1.

Brandywine-Northwestern

Northwestern built a 12-point halftime lead and eventually held off Brandywine Heights for a 67-55 non-league victory.

Samuel Yadush scored 22 points for the Tigers (4-1). Luke Hallman’s 15, Deven Bollinger’s 12 and Sam Seyfried’s 11 provided support.

Drew Miller scored 16 for Brandywine, with teammate John Harrison following with 15.

The Tigers also won the JV contest, 63-37.

BRANDYWINE HEIGHTS

Tiongson 2-0-0-4, Flicker 4-1-3-9, Harrison 2-11-14-15, Hermany 2-1-3-5, Miller 8-0-0-16, J. Ludwig 3-0-0-6, A. Ludwig 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-13-20-55.

NORTHWESTERN

Seyfried 4-3-4-11, Yadush 7-4-5-22, Bollinger 5-2-6-12, Thomas 2-1-4-5, Hallman 3-6-12-15, Holmes 1-0-0-2, McCann 0-0-0-0, Hebelka 0-0-0-0, Perich 0-0-0-0, Henry 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-16-31-67.

Brandywine H. 14 12 12 17 - 55

Northwestern 19 19 8 21 - 67

Three pointers: Brandywine Heights - None; Northwestern - Yadush 4, Hallman 3.

Hamburg-Panther Valley

Panther Valley turned up the intensity in the fourth frame to pull away from Hamburg for their first win of the season, 60-44.

Tristin Blasko put up 16 points for the Panthers (1-1), while Rene Figueroa followed with 13 and Brandon Stilitino hit four threes for 12.

Reese Adam and Seamus Barter both notched 10 points apiece for Hamburg.

The Panthers also prevailed in the JV contest, 37-33.

HAMBURG

Evangelista 2-2-4-7, Adam 4-2-2-10, Sterner 4-0-0-9, Naftzinger 0-1-2-1, Graham 3-1-4-7, Barter 5-0-0-10. TOTALS: 18-6-12-44.

PANTHER VALLEY

Marchorro 0-0-0-0, Stilitino 4-0-0-12, Turner 1-0-1-3, Figueroa 4-2-2-13, Distler 4-0-2-8, Blasko 6-4-9-16, Perez 2-2-2-6, Sanchez 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 22-8-16-60.

Hamburg 12 12 14 6 - 44

Panther Vy. 19 10 14 17 - 60

Three pointers: Hamburg - Evangelista 1, Sterner 1; Panther Valley - Stilitino 4, Figueroa 3, Turner 1.

Lehighton-Northampton

Northampton erupted for 25 points in the fourth frame to pull away from Lehighton for a 54-34 non-league win.

Leading the Konkrete Kids in scoring was Aidan Ellwood with 26 points.

For the Indians (1-2), TaQuan Bradley-Chambers scored nine, while Addison Howland added seven.

LEHIGHTON

Strauss 1-0-0-3, Heery 0-0-0-0, Troxell 1-0-0-2, Hunsicker 2-0-0-6, Beers 0-0-0-0, Chambers 2-5-10-9, Haydt 0-3-4-3, Schwab 0-0-0-0, Howland 3-0-0-7, Potts 0-0-0-0, Schatz 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 11-8-14-34.

NORTHAMPTON

Gilliard 1-0-0-2, Rodriguez 0-0-0-0, Ellwood 10-1-1-26, Weisenberger 4-1-2-11, Smith 0-0-0-0, Brandon 0-1-2-1, Gula 0-2-2-2, Bauer 0-0-0-0, Gibb 0-0-0-0, Torres 1-0-0-2, Altomare 0-0-0-0, Cole 4-0-0-10. TOTALS: 20-5-7-54.

Lehighton 7 11 9 7 - 34

Northampton 15 9 5 25 - 54

Three pointers: Lehighton - Hunsicker 2, Howland 1, Strauss 1; Northampton - Ellwood 5, Weisenberger 2.

No. Lehigh-Moravian Aca.

Moravian Academy utilized a big second-half advantage to pull away from Northern Lehigh for a 59-47 Colonial League win.

Jordan Holmqvist led all scorers with 22 points for the Lions, while Peter Chiaradia added 12.

For the Bulldogs (2-2), Preston Kemery totaled 13 points and Brandon Hess followed with 10.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Kemery 4-3-4-13, Colon 2-4-7-8, Schoff 1-0-0-3, Seier 1-2-3-5, Seiler 1-0-1-2, Keller 2-0-0-6, Hess 4-0-0-10. TOTALS: 15-9-15-47.

MORAVIAN ACADEMY

Atiyeh 3-0-0-8, Holmqvist 6-7-9-22, Quainoo 1-0-0-3, Surya 1-1-2-3, Meissner 0-0-0-0, Saft 3-2-2-11, Trapasso 0-0-0-0, Chriaradia 6-0-4-12, Dubreuil 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-10-17-59.

No. Lehigh 17 11 7 12 - 47

Moravian Aca. 12 11 21 15 - 59

Three pointers: Northern Lehigh - Kemery 2, Hess 2, Keller 2, Schoff 1, Seier 1; Moravian Academy - Saft 3, Holmqvist 3, Atiyeh 2, Quainoo 1.

Marian-MMI Prep

MMI Prep edged Marian 56-55 in non-league play.

Phillip Byriel’s 24 points paced MMI. Matt Marchetti and George Palermo added 12 points apiece.

Tyler Fritz was one of three Colts in double figures, scoring a team-high 20 points. Chris Ritsick scored 16, while Noah Stauffer tallied 15.

MARIAN

Stauffer 6-3-4-15, Fritz 6-6-6-20, Maylath 2-0-3-4, Tate 0-0-0-0, McLaughlin 0-0-0-0, Sabulsky 0-0-0-0, Ritsick 6-0-0-16, McCall 0-0-0-0, Goff 0-0-0-0, Feisel 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-9-13-55.

MMI PREP

Byriel 8-7-10-24, Young 1-0-0-2, Marchetti 5-0-0-12, Palermo 3-6-8-12, Kassick 2-2-2-6, Badamo 0-0-0-0, Antolick 0-0-0-0, Hoover 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 19-15-20-56.

Marian 13 13 14 15 - 55

MMI Prep 12 14 15 15 - 56

Three-pointers: Marian - Ritsick 4, Fritz 2. MMI Prep - Marchetti 2, Byriel 1.

Weatherly-Montgomery

Four Weatherly players reached double-figure scoring as the Wreckers cruised to a 76-22 non-league victory over Montgomery.

Scotty Zoscin paced Weatherly (1-1) with 17 points, while Elijah Deer contributed 13. The winners also received 12 from Gabe Miller and 10 from Steph Yurchak.

MONTGOMERY

Weagle 0-0-0-0, Phillips 1-0-1-2, Prince 0-0-1-0, Smith 0-2-3-2, Guyer 3-0-0-6, Ault 1-0-0-2, Derr 1-2-6-4, Leon 3-0-4-6. TOTALS: 9-4-15-22.

WEATHERLY

Moon 3-0-0-6, Buck 2-0-0-5, Yurchak 4-2-2-10, G. Miller 5-1-1-12, Zoscin 7-1-1-17, Knepper 2-0-0-4, Gerhart 2-0-2-5, Colacio 2-0-0-4, Derr 6-1-2-13. TOTALS: 33-5-8-76.

Montgomery 4 10 3 5 - 22

Weatherly 31 20 12 13 - 76

Three-pointers: Montgomery - None; Weatherly - Zoscin 2, Buck 1, G. Miller 1, Gerhart 1.