Indians end long losing streak; JT wins

The Lehighton boys ended a long losing streak and Jim Thorpe returned to winning ways in boys basketball over the weekend.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Catasauqua

-Lehighton

The Indians had lost 47 games in a row prior to a 66-51 non-conference victory over visiting Catasauqua (3-10).

DJ Rossino led the Indians (1-12) with a 21-point performance, while Nate Kresge and Aaron Szacska both added 12 apiece.

The Roughies' Zak Edwards recorded a team-high 11 points, while Jarad Strong netted 10 points.

CATASAUQUA

Edwards 4-0-0-11, Blosezinsky 2-4-5-8, Barton 2-0-0-5, Falco 0-2-6-2, Brown 0-0-0-0, Marshall 1-0-0-2, Burker 1-0-1-3, Nichols 0-0-0-0, Strong 4-2-4-10, Thieme 3-1-3-7. TOTALS: 18-9-19-51.

LEHIGHTON

A. Rossino 0-2-2-2, D. Rossino 6-8-9-21, Kresge 4-1-2-12, Farano 0-0-0-0, Guyn 1-0-0-2, Scott 0-0-0-0, Wall 4-1-2-9, Szacska 5-2-6-12, Evans 4-0-3-8. TOTALS: 23-14-24-66.

Catasauqua 15 11 14 11 - 51

Lehighton 20 16 6 24 - 66

Three-pointers: C - Edwards 3, Barton 1, Burker 1; L - Kresge 3, D. Rossino 1.

Jim Thorpe-Williams Valley

Four players scored in double figures as Jim Thorpe recorded a 73-62 non-conference win over Williams Valley.

Dean DiBonifazio paced the Olympians (5-10 overall) with a 20-point performance, while PJ Johnson followed suit with 18 points. Teammates Dane Ciavarella and Thomas Pontnicki hit for 12 and 10 respectively.

The Vikings' Brandon Miller finished with a team-high 19 points, while Colin Harrison chipped in with 11.

In the JV game, Williams Valley needed an extra frame to score a 52-47 overtime victory over Jim Thorpe. The Olympians' Khaaliq Lynch ended up with 11 points.

JIM THORPE

DiBonifazio 4-12-17-20, Pontnicki 4-0-0-10, Moronta 0-0-0-0, Moore 0-0-0-0, Lynch 2-1-2-6, Ciavarella 6-0-0-12, Otto 3-0-0-7, Brown 0-0-0-0, Johnson 7-3-7-18, Valentine 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 26-16-26-73.

WILLIAMS VALLEY

Harrison 3-5-7-11, Daniel 3-3-5-9, Shomper 2-0-0-5, Miller 7-4-8-19, Janson 2-1-2-7, Fortune 1-2-4-4, Birchfield 1-0-0-2, Imboden 2-1-2-5. TOTALS: 21-16-28-62.

Jim Thorpe 22 15 21 15 - 73

Williams Valley 10 14 17 21 - 62

Three pointers: JT - Pontnicki 2, Lynch 1, Otto 1, Johnson 1; WV - Janson 2, Shomper 1, Miller 1.

No. Schuylkill-Northwestern

North Schuylkill overcame the defensive pressure of the Tigers in the second half to hold on to a 45-38 non-league win.

The Spartans had some well-balanced scoring to secure the victory, with Jacob Rakowsky leading the way with 13 points.

For NW (1-14), Andrew Rivera's 14 points led the way.

NO. SCHUYLKILL

Rakowsky 4-1-4-13, Motsney 0-0-0-0, Meyer 2-1-3-6, Chernewski 0-0-0-0, Licioni 0-0-0-0, Skinner 3-3-8-9, Demiter 0-2-2-2, McCluskey 2-3-6-7, Gallagher 1-0-0-2, Watson 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 15-10-23-45.

NORTHWESTERN

L. Rivera 1-0-0-2, A. Rivera 3-8-9-14, Bachman 2-2-2-6, Mater 3-0-0-6, M. Rivera 1-0-1-2, Williams 0-0-0-0, Storm 1-0-0-2, Cunningham 3-0-0-6, Richardson 0-0-0-0, Danner 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 14-10-15-38.

No. Schuylkill 14 14 12 5 - 45

Northwestern 11 13 7 7 - 38

Three pointers: NS - Rakowsky 4, Meyer 1; NW - none.

Pleasant Vy.-Parkland

The Bears staged a late comeback, but it fell short as the Trojans held on for a 32-30 non-league win.

Rob Dvoracek finished with 11 points for Parkland, while Mike Sharpe had a game-high 13 points for the Bears.

Parkland also won the JV game 67-57.

PLEASANT VY.

Blot 0-0-2-0, Wright 2-3-6-7, Sharpe 6-0-0-13, Irving 3-1-1-7, Stanovick 1-0-0-3, Guadagna 0-0-0-0, Wild 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-4-9-30.

PARKLAND

Curry 0-0-0-0, Miller 0-0-0-0, Beidelman 1-0-0-2, Muhr 4-1-2-9, Kelley 3-1-2-7, Case 0-0-0-0, Charles 1-1-4-3, Cosgrove 0-0-0-0, Dvoracek 4-3-6-11, Zajko 0-0-0-0, Solako 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-6-14-32.

Pleas. Vy. 7 2 10 11 - 30

Parkland 13 5 8 6 - 32

Three-pointers: PV - Sharpe 1, Stanovick 1; Parkland- None.

Nativity-Tamaqua

The Blue Raiders used a huge third-quarter comeback to pull close to Nativity, before dropping the final, 49-47.

Tamaqua outscored their guests 20-6 in the third, but the victors held on.

Nativity was led by the scoring of Zach Gasper, as he had 16, while teammate Mike Fetterolf added 13 in the win.

For the locals, Spencer Bennett's 15, Mike Streisel's 13 and Trevor Reinhardt's 11 led the way.

NATIVITY

Fetterolf 5-3-7-13, Strause 2-2-3-6, Heckman 1-0-0-2, Navitsky 2-0-0-4, Gasper 5-1-2-16, Holohan 1-3-4-6, Kaledas 1-0-3-2. TOTALS: 17-9-19-49.

TAMAQUA

Streisel 4-5-7-13, Bachert 0-0-0-0, Lakitsky 2-0-0-5, Bennett 5-3-3-15, Kurek 0-2-2-2, Fegley 0-1-2-1, Reinhardt 5-0-0-11, Ansbach 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-11-14-47.

Nativity 14 21 6 8 - 49

Tamaqua 9 17 20 10 - 47

Three pointers: N - Gasper 5, Holohan 1; T - Bennett 2, Reinhardt 1, Lakitsky 1.

No. Lehigh-Blue Mountain

The Eagles outscored the Bulldogs 36-24 in the second half and pulled away for a 54-39 non-league victory.

Jordan Waylen led the Bulldogs with 15, while Caleb Johnson added nine.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL

Emmaus-Northwestern

The Lady Hornets proved to be too much for the Lady Tigers, as they outscored Noorthwestern in every frame for the non-league win, 69-45.

Lean Horton led all scorers with 24 points in the game, while Anna Baer and Nyasta Gomez both chipped in with eight.

For Northwestern, Sara Jones had 11 and Kaleen Suter had 10.

EMMAUS

Gomez 2-4-4-8, Jackson 2-0-0-6, Bacon 0-0-0-0, Gee 1-3-5-5, Wiseley 2-0-0-5, Cilley 1-4-7-6, Horton 10-4-7-24, Carraner 1-1-3-3, Basile 2-0-0-4, Baer 3-2-3-8. TOTALS: 24-18-29-69.

NORTHWESTERN

Gulick 0-0-0-0, Landrigan 0-0-0-0, Groller 0-0-0-0, Jones 5-1-5-11, Suter 3-3-7-10, Kemmerer 2-0-0-4, Nemes 1-0-0-3, MacLaughlin 0-1-2-1, Heydlauf 1-0-0-2, Shupp 1-0-0-2, Dietrich 0-2-2-2, Cunningham 1-2-2-4, Everett 2-0-1-6, Albright 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-9-19-45.

Emmaus 14 18 15 22 - 69

Northwestern 9 7 12 17 - 45

Three pointers: E - Jackson 2, Wiseley 1; NW - Everett 2, Nemes 1, Suter 1.

Pleasant Vy.-Freedom

The Lady Bears faced an early 10-point deficit, but came back and pulled out a 50-37 non-league win over Freedom.

After being down 15-5 after the first session, Kelecia Harris (14 points), Kasey Meckes (13) and Meghan Hardy (11) led the fight back to take the victory.

LeAnna Gonzales' 11 was tops for the Lady Patriots.

PLEASANT VY.

Meckes 5-1-1-13, Chieffo 3-0-1-8, Sisco 0-1-2-1, Harris 6-2-6-14, McGill 1-1-3-3, Hardy 2-7-8-11, Kregeloh 0-0-0-0, Salmon 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-12-21-50.

FREEDOM

Herman 1-0-02, Gonzales 3-2-2-11, Garza 0-0-0-0, Cuevas 3-0-0-8, Murphy 1-0-0-3, Rosette 0-0-0-0, Gordon 2-1-2-6, McCaslin 0-0-0-0, Marquez 2-3-4-7. TOTALS: 12-6-8-37.

Pleasant Vy. 5 16 16 13 - 50

Freedom 15 7 8 7 - 37

Three pointers: PV - Meckes 2, Chieffo 2; F - Gonzales 3, Cuevas 2, Murphy 1, McCaslin 1.

Weatherly-MMI Prep

Weatherly pulled away in the fourth quarter to score a 45-35 non-conference victory over MMI Prep.

The Wreckers' Tracy Galada led all scorers with a game-high 16 points, while Erin Dougherty just hit double figures with 10 points.

Kristen Purcell paced the Preppers with 11 points.

Weatherly has won four of its last five games to move to 5-8 overall on the season.

WEATHERLY

J. Dougherty 1-0-0-2, Bizarre 0-0-1-0, E. Dougherty 5-0-4-10, Hinkle 0-1-2-1, Adamczyk 3-0-0-6, Panzarella 3-0-0-7, Heister 1-1-6-3, Boyarski 0-0-2-0, Galada 5-6-8-16. TOTALS: 18-8-23-45.

MMI PREP

B. Purcell 4-1-2-9, Ferry 0-0-0-0, Shearer 1-0-0-2, Karchner 0-0-0-0, K. Purcell 5-1-2-11, Carrato 3-2-2-9, Lara 0-0-0-0, Dakis 0-0-2-0, Lobitz 2-0-1-4. TOTALS: 15-4-9-35.

Weatherly 7 12 14 12 - 45

MMI Prep 6 9 13 7 - 35

Three pointers: W - Panzarella 1; MMI - Carrato 1.

WRESTLING

Jim Thorpe at Spartan Invitational Round Robin Tournament

Jim Thorpe traveled to North Schuylkill for the Spartan Invitational Round Robin Tournament over the weekend and ended up taking home a total of seven medals.

The Olympians' Brian Ohl (112), Justin Mazzella (145), Jon Fritz (160) and Phil Schron (189) all finished with second-place finishes, while James Denny (130) and Christian Gavornick (171) both recorded third place finishes. Teammate Tyler Mangold earned a fourth-place finish.

Catasauqua-Northwestern

The Tigers wrestlers have lost a couple close matches lately and this one proved no different, as the Rough Riders pulled out the team bout with a 37-36 Colonial League win.

Picking up big points for the locals were Ethan Keichel's pin at 125, Mike Ortiz's at 130, while Bobby Clymer (152), Kyle Sorenson (160) and Levi Veppert all tacked on mat-slappers for the close loss.

Catasauqua 37, Northwestern 36

103 - Ty Kern (NW) won by forfeit

112 - Jacob Rusnock (C) dec. Cole Miller, 4-0

119 - Casey Simmons (C) pinned Brenden Lutton in 2:51

125 - Ethan Keichel (NW) pinned Jon Huhn in :42

130 - Mike Ortiz (NW) pinned Rhaine Sziy in 1:42

135 - Vinny Pellechia (C) won by forfeit

140 - Eric Matz (C) dec. Mike Hontz, 10-2

145 - Zack Bradley (C) dec. Mitchell Evans, 4-1

152 - Bobby Clymer (NW) pinned Paul Creppy in 1:40

160 - Kyle Sorenson (NW) pinned Chris Creyer in 1:29

171 - Levi Veppert (NW) pinned Jared Neil in :53

189 - LJ Walker (NW) won by forfeit

215 - Luke Gower (C) pinned Dave Tirpak in 2:31

285 - Jacob Schlinknow (C) dec. Alec Eidelman, 1-0

Bangor-

Northern Lehigh

The Bulldogs took home another wrestling win, as they downed Bangor, 45-21.

Zane Heller, Nikko Stevens, Brody Minnich and Colin Hedash all garnered pins in the win, while Ty Herzog grappled a tech fall and Lucas Dise earned a major.

Northern Lehigh 45, Bangor 21

103 - Robert Lindsay (B) pinned Zach Leiby in 1:22

112 - Thomas Hardardt (B) won by forfeit

119 - Lucas Dise (NL) major dec. George Schaffer, 9-1

125 - Zane Heller (NL) pinned Ramadan Krasniqi in 3:34

130 - Kyle Baumann (NL) dec. Michael Crawn, 6-4

135 - Chris Louszko (B) dec. Austin Stevens, 7-6

140 - Nikko Stevens (NL) pinned Cody Dockry in 1:50

145 - Connoer Hedash (NL) dec. John Kelly, 6-2

152 - Ty Herzog (NL) tech. fall Seth Baylor in 4:13, 21-5

160 - Dylan Hofmann (NL) dec. Cody Thatcher, 1-0

171 - Danny Marsh (NL) dec. Mike O'Dell, 10-4

189 - Brody Minnich (NL) pinned Mark Boudreau in 3:54

215 - Colin Hedash (NL) pinned Travis Huffman in 1:07

285 - Andrew Romeo (B) won by forfeit

Tamaqua-Wyomissing

Wyomissing Area escaped with a 34-31 non-league victory over visiting Tamaqua.

Matt Edmonds (171) and Garth Lakitsky (215) recorded pins for wins for the Blue Raiders (9-6).

The Blue Raiders' Travis Vernosky (160) added a major decision in the setback.

Wyomissing Area 34,

Tamaqua 31

103 - Colin Mashack (T) dec. Jaquan Gordon, 12-5

112 - Angel Canela (WA) dec. Derek Hill, 10-4

119 - Gavin Arredondo (WA) dec. Kyle Boyer, 3-2

125 - Gregory Brown (WA) major dec. Derek Drum, 10-0

130 - Ian Galiyano (WA) pinned Alex Vincent in 1:32

135 - Brandon Silkowski (T) dec. Mason Smith, 10-8

140 - Kolby Mashack (T) won by forfeit

145 - Philip Christman (T) dec. Cory Rank, 3-2

152 - Nicholas Hodgkins (WA) pinned Evan Mashack in 1:56

160 - Travis Veronsky (T) major dec. Sandro Sanchez, 10-2

171 - Matt Edmonds (T) pinned Julio Arredondo in 1:56

189 - Joshua Naylor (WA) pinned Zak Kabana in 1:22

215 - Garth Lakitsky (T) pinned Tyler Rank in 2:29

285 - Malcom White (WA) pinned Brandon Vigo in 1:48

Halifax-

Panther Valley

Panther Valley came out on top of Halifax for a 42-24 Schuylkill League Division II win.

Brandon Gurka (125), Gage Rohlfing (152) and Mike Weaver (160) all scored falls for the Panthers, while Dustin Marblestone (135) recorded a major decision.

Panther Valley improves to 8-11 overall on the season.

Panther Valley 42, Halifax 24

189 - John Horvath (PV) injury default over Brock Jones in 4:04

215 - Alex Lorkowski (PV) dec. Lamont Mills-Latshaw, 11-5

285 - Nick German (PV) injury default over Adam Prohaska in :13

103 - Len Ogozalek (PV) won by forfeit

112 - Double forfeit

119 - Derek Gerber (H) dec. Nick O'Donnell, 5-2

125 - Brandon Gurka (PV) pinned Cheyenne Grey in 3:40

130 - Chad Meko (H) pinned Elijah Hibbler in 2:28

135 - Dustin Marblestone (PV) major dec. Shane Liddick, 16-7

140 - Tyler Bordner (H) pinned Jared Eichkoff in 1:26

145 - Rob Moretz (H) dec. Josh Vega, 6-0

152 - Gage Rohlfing (PV) pinned Zach Shope in 3:13

160 - Mike Weaver (PV) pinned Dan Neves in 3:57

171 - Allen Kaufman (H) pinned Steven Snyder in 2:14

JR. HIGH

BASKETBALL

9th GRADE

Tamaqua-Pottsville

Pottsville defeated Tamaqua, 66-50.

For the Blue Raiders (10-4), Brett Kosciolek had a team high 16 points including four three-pointers. Chirs Hartung added nine points.

8th GRADE

Tamaqua-Pottsville

Tamaqua rolled to a 47-18 victory over Pottsville.

The Blue Raiders, who are now 16-0 on the season, were led by Zach Wargula's 18 points. Trevor Skripko chipped in eight points.

7th GRADE

Tamaqua-Pottsville

Pottsville posted a 46-20 victory over Tamaqua.

Minchhoff and Blaker both had six points to lead the Blue Raiders.