Local Sports Roundup: Results from Jan. 22

The Panther Valley boys clinched a district playoff berth by gaining a win over Nativity on Monday.

In other action, Tamaqua, Marian and Weatherly posted boys wins, while the Northern Lehigh girls were also victorious.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Nativity-Panther Valley

Tristan Blasko scored a team-high 18 points to help Panther Valley gain a 67-57 Schuylkill League victory over Nativity and clinch a berth in the District 11 playoffs.

Trey Turner added 16 points, including eight during a 24-point fourth frame, that allowed the Panthers to secure the win. Erick Marcharro contributed 11 points, while Allen Perez chipped in with nine.

For Nativity, Casian Flowers ended with a game-high 19 points.

PV, which dropped the JV game by a 54-47 margin, improved to 11-5 overall and 7-1 in the league. The Panthers clinched their first district berth since the 2012 season.

NATIVITY

Matlock 0-0-0-0, Walker 4-0-0-9, Muldrow 5-5-6-15, Flowers 8-3-3-19, Dinicola 0-0-0-0, Brennan 0-0-0-0, Burke 1-0-0-2, Chiplonia 0-0-0-0, Latimer 5-2-4-12, Bilansky 0-0-0-0, Kuperavage 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-10-13-57.

PANTHER VALLEY

Marcharro 2-6-7-11, Turner 5-3-4-16, Figueroa 1-2-4-4, Distler 1-3-3-5, White 0-0-0-0, Blasko 8-2-2-18, Perez 2-5-8-9, Sanchez 1-2-2-4, Edwards 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-23-30-67.

Nativity 11 10 16 20 - 57

Panther Vy. 11 24 8 24 - 67

Three-pointers: Nativity - Walker 1; Panther Valley - Turner 3, Marcharro 1.

Tamaqua-Minersville

Tamaqua raced to an early lead and cruised to a 59-41 Schuylkill League win over Minersville.

Thad Zuber and Luke Gregoire both scored 14 points for the Blue Raiders, who held a 21-10 advantage after the first quarter.

Tamaqua (12-3; 6-2) also received 12 points from Gabe Gregoire.

The Miners, who won the JV game by a 48-47 score, were led by Bryce Ellinger’s 12 points.

TAMAQUA

Bonetsky 2-1-2-6, Stianche 1-0-0-3, Griffin 0-0-0-0, Kurek 2-0-0-4, Zuber 6-2-2-14, Mateyak 0-0-0-0, Knoblauch 0-0-0-0, Rother 2-1-1-5, Zehner 0-1-2-1, Agosti 0-0-0-0, G. Gregoire 4-4-9-12, L. Gregoire 5-4-4-14, Stauffenberg 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-13-20-59.

MINERSVILLE

Melochick 2-0-0-4, Ellinger 5-1-4-12, Ladick 2-1-2-6, Hossler 1-1-2-4, Hoffman 1-0-0-3, Pizzico 2-0-0-4, Stablum 3-1-2-8. TOTALS: 16-4-10-41.

Tamaqua 21 12 16 10 - 59

Minersville 10 8 13 10 - 41

Three-pointers: Tamaqua - Bonetsky 1, Stianche 1; Minersville - Ellinger 1, Ladick 1, Hossler 1, Hoffman 1, Stablum 1.

Tri-Valley-Weatherly

Four Weatherly players reached double-digit scoring in a 57-43 Schuylkill League victory over Tri-Valley.

Scotty Zoscin paced the Wreckers (6-8; 3-5) with 16 points, while Steph Yurchak tallied 15, including six during the first quarter, which saw the winners grab a 16-6 lead.

Julian Miller contributed 11 points to the victory, and Gabe Miller added 10.

In the JV contest, Tri-Valley posted a 42-35 win.

TRI-VALLEY

Buchanan 3-0-0-7, Leedy 1-0-2-3, Poletti 0-0-0-0, Zeigmont 4-1-1-10, Deeter 4-0-0-11, Smith 2-0-0-4, Yoder 3-2-5-8. TOTALS: 17-3-8-43.

WEATHERLY

Derr 0-0-0-0, J. Miller 5-0-0-11, Moon 2-0-1-5, Zoscin 4-7-8-16, G. Miller 4-0-0-10, Buck 0-0-0-0, Yurchak 6-3-4-15. TOTALS: 21-10-13-57.

Tri-Valley 6 13 12 12 - 43

Weatherly 16 16 11 14 - 57

Three-pointers: Tri-Valley - Deeter 3, Zeigmont 1, Buchanan 1, Leedy 1; Weatherly - G. Miller 2, J. Miller 1, Moon 1, Zoscin 1.

Schuylkill Haven-Marian

Marian stayed hot with a dominant 81-50 Schuylkill League win over Schuylkill Haven.

The Colts (6-7, 4-3) got 24 points from Tyler Fritz, who scored 38 in a win over Williams Valley last Friday. Chris Ritsick added 17 points and Noah Stauffer 16 as Marian produced its second-highest scoring output of the season. The Colts scored 83 points in December against Weatherly.

Marian, which hit 13 three-pointers in the contest, also won the JV game, 63-58.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN

Miller 1-1-2-3, Evans 2-3-5-8, Hughes 0-0-0-0, Ulsh 4-0-1-9, Slusser 1-1-1-3, Welsh 5-1-3-11, H. Carter 7-2-5-16, Sweigert 0-0-0-0, Higgins 0-0-0-0, Hertz 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-8-17-50.

MARIAN

Stauffer 7-0-1-16, Fritz 8-3-4-24, Agosti 3-0-0-7, Ritsick 6-0-0-17, Tate 0-0-0-0, McLaughlin 0-0-0-0, Sabulsky 0-7-7-7, McCall 1-0-0-2, Goff 3-0-0-6, Latoff 1-0-0-2, Whildin 0-0-0-0, McNelis 0-0-0-0, Shiner 0-0-0-0, Grutza 0-0-0-0, Feisl 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 29-10-12-81.

Sch. Haven 7 19 13 11 - 50

Marian 23 17 16 25 - 81

Three-pointers: Schuylkill Haven - Evans 1, Ulsh 1; Marian - Ritsick 5, Fritz 5, Stauffer 2, Agosti 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

No. Lehigh-Moravian Acad.

Just three days after dropping a close game to Moravian Academy, Northern Lehigh got some revenge with a 56-49 Colonial League victory over the Lions.

Jada Saeger and Jill Olewine combined for 52 of the Bulldogs’ 56 points. Saeger tallied a game-high 30, while Olewine contributed 22.

Moravian, which posted a 50-48 win over Nolehi on Friday, received a team-high 18 points from Maya Ettle.

The victory lifted the Bulldogs to 6-10 overall and 6-6 in the league.

MORAVIAN ACADEMY

C. Spugnardi 0-0-1-0, Joseph 3-2-2-8, Miller 0-0-0-0, Hornek 0-0-0-0, T. Spugnardi 2-0-0-4, Ettle 8-2-3-18, Felez 0-0-0-0, O’Connor 9-1-2-19. TOTALS: 22-5-8-49.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Olewine 8-1-2-22, Saeger 11-6-8-30, Ziegler 0-0-0-0, D. Hoffman 0-0-0-0, Evans 1-0-0-2, L. Hoffman 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 21-7-10-56.

Moravian Acad. 3 18 11 17 - 49

No. Lehigh 18 10 16 12 - 56

Three-pointers: MA - None; NL - Olewine 5, Saeger 2.

WRESTLING

No. Lehigh-Saucon Valley

Saucon Valley rolled to a 69-9 Colonial League victory over Northern Lehigh.

The Bulldogs received a decision win from Domenic Bandel at 220 pounds.

Saucon Valley 69, Northern Lehigh 9

106 - Dane Druckenmiller (SV) won by forfeit; 113 - Kevin Dyre (SV) won by forfeit; 120 - Preston Bauer (NL) won by forfeit; 126 - Josh Jones (SV) won by forfeit; 132 - Nick Rosengrant (SV) dec. Seth Fronheiser, 7-0; 138 - Justin Kyra (SV) won by forfeit; 145 - Jason Jones (SV) won by forfeit; 152 - Thomas Spirk (SV) pinned Chase Olsen in 1:50; 160 - Angelo Mahaffey (SV) won by forfeit; 170 - Brayden Luguardo (SV) won by forfeit; 182 - Dane Csencsits (SV) won by forfeit; 195 - Jarrett Hirschbeck (SV) won by forfeit; 220 - Domenic Bandel (NL) dec Jared Harka, 1-0; 285 - Nick Warnke (SV) won by forfeit.

8TH GRADE

BASKETBALL

Mahanoy Area-Weatherly

Mahanoy Area posted a 43-26 victory over Weatherly.

The Wreckers received 11 points from Ian McLaurin, while Ricky Ray added six.

Cameron Williams scored 15 to lead the Bears.

7TH GRADE

BASKETBALL

Mahanoy Area-Weatherly

Weatherly dropped a 36-13 decision to Mahanoy Area.

John Hoffman scored four points to lead the Wreckers, while Dylan Bardy paced the Bears with seven.