Lehighton’s Faust hits scoring milestone

Lehighton’s Skylynn Faust picked up her 1,000th point in the third frame of Lehighton’s win over Pottsville in Wednesday night’s scholastic action.

Northern Lehigh boys’ and girls’ notched wins, as well.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Lehighton-Pottsville

Lehighton’s Skylynn Faust recorded her 1,000th point in the third period to lead the Tribe to a 47-37 Schuylkill League Division I win over Pottsville.

Faust totaled 18 points on the evening to lead all scorers, while Aubrey Blasiak was right behind with 16 for the Indians (8-1, 3-0).

For the Tide (4-3, 1-2), Plachko led the way with 11 points in the losing effort.

LEHIGHTON

Brown 0-0-0-0, Frey 2-1-3-5, Hibbler 0-2-2-2, Blasiak 5-4-6-16, Miller 2-2-6-6, Faust 4-8-13-18, Long 0-0-0-0, Buchinsky 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-17-30-47.

POTTSVILLE

Plachko 4-1-1-11, Tarconish 2-1-2-5, Conrad 1-1-2-3, Cesari 1-0-0-2, Eckert 0-1-2-1, Comfort 2-3-4-9, Coyle 2-0-0-4, Shrom 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 13-7-11-37.

Lehighton 11 11 17 8 - 47

Pottsville 13 4 11 9 - 37

Three pointers: L - Faust 2, Blasiak 2; P - Plachko 2, Comfort 2.

Pine Grove-Jim Thorpe

Pine Grove managed to pull away from Jim Thorpe for a decisive 58-33 Schuylkill League victory.

The Lady Cardinals (5-3, 2-1) were led by Steph Boyer’s 15 points underneath, while Ally Butler followed with 11.

The Lady Olympians (4-4, 1-3) got 13 points from Peyton Kovac, while sister Kayley added 10.

Thorpe pulled out a 47-37 JV win earlier in the evening.

PINE GROVE

Conrad 2-2-4-6, Edge 3-3-4-9, Butler 5-0-0-11, Jacoby 1-0-0-2, Sleva 3-1-2-7, Betz 1-0-0-2, Frew 3-0-2-6, Boyer 5-5-13-15, Brown 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-11-25-58.

JIM THORPE

Richards 1-0-0-2, P. Kovac 3-4-10-13, McGinley 1-0-0-2, Condly 0-0-0-0, Scott 0-0-0-0, Montemuro 1-0-0-2, Skrimcovsky 0-0-0-0, K. Kovac 4-2-8-10, Lignore 1-0-0-2, Gabel 0-2-2-2. TOTALS: 11-8-20-33.

Pine Grove 7 14 17 20 - 58

Jim Thorpe 7 7 13 6 - 33

Three pointers: PG - Butler 1; JT - P. Kovac 3.

Shenandoah-Marian

Marian pulled away from Shenandoah Valley for a 49-29 Schuylkill League Division III win.

Macy Alansky scored 10 of her 14 points in the second half for the Fillies (7-2, 2-0). Isabella Schwabe scored nine points, while Gianna Agosti and Emma McClafferty added eight points apiece in the win.

Marian also won the JV game, 30-16.

SHENANDOAH VALLEY

Demalis 1-1-1-3, Hysock 0-0-0-0, Kowalick 0-0-0-0, Donovan 4-3-5-11, Monahan 0-0-0-0, Rodnick 0-0-0-0, Conroy 0-0-0-0, Buchanan 0-0-0-0, Stevens 0-0-0-0, Wargo 5-1-1-15, Snitzer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 10 5-7 29.

MARIAN

Kreisl 0-0-0-0, Shaud 2-0-0-5, Erbe 2-0-0-4, Digris 0-0-0-0, Agosti 3-1-2-8, Alansky 6-0-0-14, Murray 0-0-0-0, Schwabe 4-1-1-9, McClafferty 4-0-2-8, Reinoehl 0-0-1-0. TOTALS: 21-2-6-48.

Shenandoah 6 11 10 2 - 29

Marian 7 14 16 11 - 48

Three-pointers: Shenandoah Valley - Wargo 4. Marian - Alansky 2, Shaud 1, Agosti 1.

No. Lehigh-Pen Argyl

Northern Lehigh used a huge second half to pull away from Pen Argyl in Colonial League action for a 41-22 win.

Jada Saeger dropped 22 points to lead all scorers, while Jill Olewine followed with 14 for the Lady Bulldogs.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Guelcher 0-0-0-0, L. Hoffman 1-0-0-2, Saeger 6-6-7-22, D. Hoffman 1-1-3-3, Ziegler 0-0-0-0, Evans 0-0-0-0, Olewine 6-1-3-14. TOTALS: 13-8-13-41.

PEN ARGYL

Ruggerio 1-0-0-2, LaBarre 1-0-0-2, O’Brien 1-0-0-2, Calabrese 0-0-0-0, Heisler 0-0-0-0, Irwin 0-0-0-0, R. Sutton 2-4-6-8, Lilly 3-0-0-6, Weaver 1-0-2-2, E. Sutton 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 9-4-10-22.

Northern Lehigh 12 2 12 15 - 41

Pen Argyl 6 6 2 8 - 22

Three pointers: NL - Saeger 4, Olewine 3; PA - none.

Northwestern-Wilson

Northwestern scored a 61-48 Colonial League win over Wilson.

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Palmerton-Bangor

Bangor defeated Palmerton 41-37 in this Colonial League girls’ outing.

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No. Schuy.-Panther Vy.

North Schuylkill’s Averi Jordan continued her scoring tear with 27 points to lead the Lady Spartans past Panther Valley, 74-33.

Outside of Jordan’s big night, teammate Samantha Shinkus added 15, Mya Wetzel 11, and Sarah Wagner 10 for North Schuylkill (8-1, 3-0).

For the Lady Panthers (5-6, 0-4), Christina Dacey scored 14 points, while Erika Dubosky added eight.

North Schuylkill also prevailed in the JV contest, 43-13.

NORTH SCHUYLKILL

Wetzel 4-0-0-11, Shinkus 6-1-3-15, Koutch 0-0-0-0, Wagner 4-0-0-10, Wittig 1-0-0-2, Guerrero 0-0-0-0, Mogish 0-0-0-0, Green 1-3-4-5, Jordan 10-4-5-27, Stitzer 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 28-8-12-74.

PANTHER VALLEY

Pascoe 0-1-3-1, Steber 0-0-0-0, Dubosky 3-1-2-8, Hoben 1-0-0-2, Sheridan 1-0-0-2, C. Dacey 5-0-0-14, Filer 3-0-0-6, Miller 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-2-5-33.

North Schuylkill 27 15 15 17 - 74

Panther Valley 9 7 3 14 - 33

Three pointers: NS - Jordan 3, Wetzel 3, Wagner 2, Shinkus 2; PV - C. Dacey 4, Dubosky 1.

Tamaqua-Blue Mtn.

Blue Mountain pulled out a close win over Tamaqua with a decisive final frame to come from behind for the 55-49 victory.

The Blue Eagles’ (4-3, 2-1) balance proved to be a factor, as Kasey Dean’s 15 led the way, Erin McQuillan’s 14 was next, and Emily Fasnacht added 10 for Blue Mountain, which outscored Tamaqua 19-9 in the final frame.

For the Lady Raiders (7-2, 1-2), Emma Kuczynski led all scorers with 19 points on the night.

Tamaqua won the JV game, 43-27, behind Sophia Boyle’s 23 points.

TAMAQUA

Zuber 2-0-0-6, Hromyak 0-0-0-0, Jones 3-2-2-8, Boyle 3-0-0-7, Titus 4-1-2-9, Frederickson 0-0-0-0, Kuczynski 8-2-4-19. TOTALS: 20-5-8-49.

BLUE MOUNTAIN

Albertini 0-0-0-0, Martin 1-0-0-3, McQuillan 6-2-2-14, Lewis 0-0-0-0, Fasnacht 4-1-2-10, Dean 6-2-2-15, Lukacz 2-0-1-4, Pishock 4-1-2-9. TOTALS: 23-6-9-55.

Tamaqua 13 15 12 9 - 49

Blue Mountain 15 13 8 19 - 55

Three pointers: T - Zuber 2, Boyle 1, Kuczynski 1; BM - Martin 1, Dean 1, Fasnacht 1.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Pen Argyl-No. Lehigh

Northern Lehigh handled Pen Argyl with relative ease, pulling away with the Colonial League victory, 55-33.

Gio Colon led the Bulldogs with 15 points, while teammate Brandon Hess returned to the Bulldog lineup with 13, and Preston Kemery added 12.

For the Green Knights, Taj Cleary-Kojo put in 10 points in the loss.

PEN ARGYL

Roper 0-0-0-0, Vandergrift 0-0-0-0, Fehr 1-0-0-2, Cleary-Kojo 3-2-4-10, McKeague 0-0-0-0, Maggipinto 1-0-0-2, Leis 1-0-0-2, Kupres 2-0-0-4, Wolf 0-0-0-0, Lilly 2-1-2-7, Dear 0-0-0-0, DeFelice 2-1-1-6, Richmond 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-4-7-33.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Kemery 5-1-2-12, Colon 4-7-11-15, Schoff 0-1-2-1, Seier 4-1-2-9, Seiler 1-0-0-3, Olewine 0-0-0-0, Berger 1-0-0-2, Hess 6-0-0-13, Kroll 0-0-0-0, Richards 0-0-0-0, Moyer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-10-17-55.

Pen Argyl 13 6 8 6 - 33

Northern Lehigh 15 14 11 15 - 55

Three pointers: PA - Cleary-Kojo 2, Lilly 2, DeFelice 1; NL - Seiler 1, Hess 1, Kemery 1.

Bangor-Palmerton

Bangor proved their strength, outscoring Palmerton 16-2 in the first frame to go on to defeat the locals, 75-47.

Leading the Slaters in scoring, Isaiah Jones poured in 21 points, Ben Holland followed with 15 and Tony Jones added 13.

For the Blue Bombers, Justin Hosier led the way with nine points in the loss.

BANGOR

T. Jones 3-6-8-13, I. Jones 9-3-7-21, Miles 1-0-0-2, Meyers 2-0-0-5, Singleton 4-1-2-9, Berger 0-0-0-0, Kish 2-0-2-4, Owens 0-0-0-0, Holland 2-9-11-15, Diorio 0-3-4-3, Bailey 0-3-4-3. TOTALS: 23-26-38-75.

PALMERTON

Yacone 1-0-0-2, Young 1-2-2-5, Baumgardt 2-1-1-5, Dougherty 2-4-5-8, King 3-0-0-6, Kratzer 1-2-4-4, Yaindl 2-0-0-5, Hosier 4-0-0-9, Silfies 1-0-0-2, Taschler 0-1-2-1, Beahm 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 16-10-16-47.

Bangor 16 15 21 23 - 75

Palmerton 2 14 16 15 - 47

Three pointers: B -; P - Hosier 1, Yaindl 1, Young 1.

PM West-Pleasant Vy.

Pocono Mountain West prevailed in the end over Pleasant Valley in a nail-biter, taking a 44-42 EPC decision.

The Panthers improved to 5-2 with the close win behind Travis Elmore’s 16 points and 12 from Haybert Louchie, and remain undefeated at 3-0 in the league.

Meanwhile, the Bears (4-3, 1-2) got 16 points from DeShawn Scarboro and 11 from Andrius Harrison-Gaddist in the losing effort.

PM West won the JV game, 71-24.

POCONO MT WEST

Pilgrim 3-0-0-6, L. Mosley 2-0-0-4, Louchie 3-3-4-12, U. Burns 0-2-3-2, Pedroza 0-0-0-0, N. Mosley 0-0-0-0, J. Burns 2-0-1-4, Elmore 5-6-12-16, Jones 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-11-20-44.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Stivala 2-0-0-4, Howard 2-2-2-7, Harrison Gaddist 5-1-1-11, Neubert 0-0-2-0, Scarbaro 5-4-9-16, Pizczatowski 0-0-0-0, Duviella 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 16-7-14-42.

Pocono Mt. West 11 4 13 16 - 44

Pleasant Valley 6 13 9 14 - 42

Three pointers: PMW - Louchie 3; PV - Scarboro 2, Howard 1.

WRESTLING

Sch. Haven-Tamaqua

Tamaqua made quick work of Schuylkill Haven with a 57-15 league win.

The Blue Raiders received pins from Nate Wickersham, Bronson Strouse and Randolph Steigerwalt in the victory, while Brandon Mader picked up a major decision, as well.

Tamaqua 57, Schuylkill Haven 15

160 - Nate Wickersham (T) pin Joseline Nguyen in 1:00

170 - Brandon Eberts (T) won by forfeit

182 - Tyler George (T) won by forfeit

195 - Thomas Tarlecky (SH) pin Alex Ziegler in 3:57

220 - Bronson Strouse (T) pin Nathan Reedy in 1:41

285 - Joseph Kocher (SH) won by forfeit

106 - Michael Shlanta (T) won by forfeit

113 - double forfeit

120 - Randolph Steigerwalt (T) pin Colby Schaner in 1:44

126 - Aaron Coccio (T) won by forfeit

132 - Austin Engle (SH) dec Pierce Demetriades, 3-2

138 - Brandon Mader (T) maj. dec Damien Pate, 10-0

145 - Reese Szabo (T) won by forfeit

152 - Khalid Holland (T) won by forfeit