Wrecker boys win, Raider swimmers sweep

Weatherly picked up a boys basketball win, while the Tamaqua swimmers swept Central Catholic in local action on Monday.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Minersville-Tamaqua

Spencer Bennett scored 18 points while Mike Streisel added 14, but it wasn't enough as the Blue Raiders (1-1) dropped a 57-52 decision to Minersville.

The Raiders jumped out to a 10-6 lead in the first quarter, but the Miners battled back to outscore them in the middle periods for the win. Dave King had a game-high 22 points for the Battlin' Miners.

Cole Weachock added 12 points.

MINERSVILLE

Whitman 1-0-0-2, Weachock 6-0-1-12, Melochick 2-1-1-5, Kopinetz 0-3-4-3, Dixon 0-2-2-2, Kink 9-4-8-22, Haney 2-2-4-6, Polinsky 0-0-0-0, Bingaman 2-0-0-5. TOTALS: 22-12-20-57.

TAMAQUA

Streisel 4-6-8-14, Bachert 1-0-0-2, Lakitsky 1-0-0-2, Bennett 7-0-0-18, Fegley 3-2-2-8, Reinhardt 2-0-0-4, Ansbach 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 20-8-10-52.

Minersville 6 16 18 17 - 57

Tamaqua 10 10 11 21 - 52

Three-Pointers: Minersville - Bingaman 1. Tamaqua - Bennett 4.

Weatherly

-West Side AVTS

Kyle Harris and George Wallish each posted double-doubles as Weatherly rolled to a 58-55 non-league victory over West Side Vo-Tech.

Harris had a game-high 21 points and 12 rebounds, while Wallish had 15 points and 12 rebounds.

Weatherly rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit to post the win.

Weatherly's JV also won, 43-26. Brett Stallone had 16 points.

WEATHERLY

Harris 8-5-9-21, Wallish 7-1-5-15, Ormiston 1-0-0-2, Hollrigl 1-2-6-4, Weichman 1-0-0-2, Rowan 2-0-1-4, Haganey 2-0-0-4, Stallone 2-0-0-4, Walton 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-12-27-58.

WEST SIDE

Klingus 3-4-8-11, Andrescavage 2-0-0-6, Eyerman 2-0-0-4, Girav 8-2-2-20, Abdurruzzaq 3-0-0-6, Conner 2-2-2-6, Strabalo 0-2-2-2. TOTALS: 20-10-14-55.

Weatherly 6 16 18 18 - 58

West Side 15 18 10 12 - 55

Three-Pointers: WS - Girav 2, Andrescavage 2, Klingus 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Schuylkill Haven

-Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe placed four players in double figures and rolled to a 72-48 non-league victory over Schuylkill Haven.

The Olympians' Jeanna McElmoyle, Celeste Robinson and Chelsea Smelas all scored 17 points en route to the victory. Teammate Kristin Lawrence added 10.

Jim Thorpe came out strong and built a 21-point halftime lead.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN

S. Celani 1-1-2-3, Pernick 2-0-0-4, Rhody 2-4-6-9, Bulino 1-0-0-2, Woleschok 4-0-0-10, Levan 0-1-2-1, Wertz 0-1-2-1, Donnelly 6-2-5-14, K. Celani 2-0-1-4. TOTALS: 18-9-18-48.

JIM THORPE

McElmoyle 4-8-10-17, Batts 0-0-2-0, Lawrence 4-0-0-10, Condly 0-0-0-0, Rusbarsky 0-0-0-0, Holland 3-1-1-7, Robinson 7-3-6-17, Mosteller 0-0-0-0, Ventrella 2-0-0-4, Smelas 7-3-7-17. TOTALS: 27-15-26-72.

SH 5 17 6 20 - 48

JT 22 21 15 14 - 72

Three-Pointers: SH - Woleschok 2, Rhody 1; JT - Lawrence 2, McElmoyle 1.

Weatherly-MMI

Alicia Panzarella drained four three-pointers and scored 28 points to lead Weatherly to a 66-30 victory over Freeland MMI on Saturday.

Tracy Galada added 15 points for the Wreckers (1-0).

Weatherly won the JV game, 56-13, behind 26 points from Sara Heister.

WEATHERLY

J. Daugherty 1-0-0-2, Bazarre 1-0-0-2, E. Daugherty 4-0-0-8, Hinkle 1-2-4-4, Adamczyk 1-0-0-2, Panzarella 8-8-10-28, Heister 2-1-2-5, Hanson 0-0-1-0, Boyarski 0-0-0-0, Galada 7-1-3-15. TOTALS: 25-12-20-66.

MMI

B. Parcell 4-0-0-8, Ferry 0-0-0-0, Shearer 0-1-2-1, Patel 0-0-0-0, Kratchner 0-0-0-0, K. Parcell 1-0-0-2, Carato 6-0-2-12, Lara 1-1-2-3, Dakis 0-0-0-0, Lobitz 1-2-4-4. TOTALS: 13-4-10-30.

Weatherly 12 21 14 19 - 66

MMI 4 6 4 16 - 30

Three-pointers: W - Pazarella 4.

SWIMMING

ACC-Tamaqua

Tamaqua swept Allentown Central Catholic in its non-league swim meet on Monday.

The boys edged out a 91-89 victory. Dane DeWire set a new school and pool record with his 261.1 score in the diving competition. He also won the 100 Backstroke with a time of 1:02.5 and was a member of the winning 200 Medley and 400 Freestyle relay teams. Teammate Jordan Frank also won two events, as he took home the 200 IM and the 100 Breaststroke.

Joann Butkus and Schuyler Schmidt won two events on the girls' side and helped the Lady Raiders to a 124-56 win. Butkus won the 100 Butterfly and the 100 Breaststroke, while Schmidt was victorious in the 200 IM and the 100 Freestyle.

BOYS

Tamaqua 91, ACC 89

200 MEDLEY RELAY - 1. Tamaqua (DeWire, Leibensperger, Frank, Tuckett) 1:50.21, 2. ACC (Kulger, Fritz, Miksiewicz, Zerpa) 1:55.48, 3. Tamaqua (Smith, Troxell, Stoll, Oliveria) 2:01.57.

200 FREE - 1. K. Bakey (ACC) 2:02.89, 2. C. Beck (ACC) 2:07.69, 3. Nate Leibensperger (T) 2:17.19.

200 IM - 1. Jordan Frank (T) 2:19.27, 2. M. Gurniak (ACC) 2:30.79, 3. J. Muller (ACC) 2:34.09.

50 FREE - 1. Sam Tuckett (T) 24.64, 2. J. Kulger (ACC) 24.86, 3. A. Zerpa (ACC) 26.67.

DIVING - 1. Dane DeWire (T) 261.1, 2. N. Crouse (ACC) 212.9.

100 FLY - 1. C. Miksiewicz (ACC) 1:01.65, 2. Sam Tuckett (T) 1:01.83, 3. M. Gurniak (ACC) 1:06.91.

100 FREE - 1. N. Fritz (ACC) 56.24, 2. J. Kulger (ACC) 56.69, 3. Zak Yachera (T) 58.17.

500 FREE - 1. C. Beck (ACC) 5:41.17, 2. K. Bakey (ACC) 5:41.53, 3. Devin Smith (T) 6:18.66.

200 FREE RELAY - 1. ACC (Kulger, Bakey, Muller, Beck) 1:41.80, 2. Tamaqua (Leibensperger, Troxell, Oliveria, Yachera) 1:43.76, 3. ACC (Rios, Schilling, Holobeny, Gurniak) 2:05.93.

100 BACK - 1. Dane DeWire (T) 1:02.5, 2. C. Miksiewicz (ACC) 1:05.25, 3. J. Muller (ACC) 1:14.69.

100 BREAST - 1. Jordan Frank (T) 1:08.12, 2. Nate Leibensperger (T) 1:08.96, 3. Calvin Troxell (T) 1:11.46.

400 FREE RELAY - 1. Tamaqua (Tuckett, Yachera, Frank, DeWire) 3:45.06, 2. ACC (Gurniak, Zerpa, Miksiewicz, Fritz) 3:54.20, 3. Tamaqua (Smith, Starry, Kropp, Stoll) 4:17.12.

GIRLS

Tamaqua 124, ACC 56

200 MEDLEY RELAY - 1. Tamaqua (Kanaskie, Trovinger, DeWire, Nowacki) 2:05.86, 2. Tamaqua (Boyle, Bumbulsky, VanBuren, Wagner) 2:08.86, 3. ACC (Amiano, Cameron, Snyder, Cameron) 2:11.05.

200 FREE - 1. C. Udicious (ACC) 2:07.97, 2. Caroline Kanaskie (T) 2:10.41, 3. Miranda Amey (T) 2:12.07.

200 IM - 1. Schuyler Schmidt (T) 2:32.61, 2. O. Drosdak (ACC) 2:35.95, 3. Deana DeWire (T) 2:36.36.

50 FREE - 1. Jordan Nowacki (T) 27.59, 2. C. Cameron (ACC) 27.73, 3. A. Baccardi (ACC) 28.24.

DIVING - 1. Ashley VanBuren (T) 145.7, 2. Alaina Reese (T) 143.7.

100 FLY - 1. Joann Butkus (T) 1:03.51, 2. N. Snyder (ACC) 1:05.94, 3. Deana DeWire (T) 1:12.19.

100 FREE - 1. Schuyler Schmidt (T) 59.63, 2. C. Cameron (ACC) 59.91, 3. Jordan Nowacki (T) 1:02.92.

500 FREE - 1. C. Udicious (ACC) 5:49.78, 2. Miranda Amey (T) 6:01.18, 3. Caroline Kanaskie (T) 6:05.86.

200 FREE RELAY - 1. Tamaqua (Nowacki, Amey, Schmidt, Butkus) 1:48.13, 2. ACC (Snyder, Cameron, Amiano, Udicious) 1:51.78, 3. Tamaqua (Boyle, Hartung, Trovinger, Whitley) 1:58.9.

100 BACK - 1. Megan Wagner (T) 1:10.23, 2. Makayla Boyle (T) 1:12.59, 3. L. Amiano (ACC) 1:18.1.

100 BREAST - 1. Joann Butkus (T) 1:13.54, 2. Carly Trovinger (T) 1:20.83, 3. Emily Bumbulsky (T) 1:21.05.

400 FREE RELAY - 1. Tamaqua (Kanaskie, Amey, Schmidt, Butkus) 3:59.19, 2. ACC (Chickersky, Drosdak, Baccardi, Udicious) 4:11.66, 3. Tamaqua (DeWire, VanBuren, Whitley, Wagner) 4:25.09.

JR. HIGH BASKETBALL

9th Grade

Weatherly-Nativity

Nativity edged Weatherly, 58-52.

Luke Reiner had 25 points and Tyler Sipler added 18 for the Wreckers.

Tamaqua-Pine Grove

Tamaqua defeated Pine Grove 64-35.

The Raiders were led by Chris Hartung who had a game high 15 points. Brett Kosciolek added 11.

7th-8th Grade

Weatherly-Nativity

Nativity rolled to a 46-9 win over Weatherly.

Luke Figas had three points for the Wreckers.

8th Grade

Stroudsburg-Pleasant Valley

Pleasant Valley defeated Stroudsburg to open its season, 54-43.

Elijah Gonzalez led the Bears with 10 points. Teammates Eric Mikulski and Brian Joseph each added nine.

7th Grade

Stroudsburg-Pleasant Valley

Pleasant Valley edged Stroudsburg, 31-30.

Austyn Borre led the Bears with 14 points.