Local Sports Roundup: Results from Jan. 29
The Jim Thorpe boys’ basketball team picked up a big win over Blue Mountain on Monday night.
The Tamaqua boys and Northwestern girls also earned victories.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Blue Mtn.-Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe knocked off Blue Mountain 48-46 in a Schuylkill League Division 1 contest.
Chris Valdez hit two clutch free throws late to seal the win and hand the Eagles (16-3, 10-1) their first division loss of the season. The win also clinched a District 11 playoff berth for the Olympians. Valdez finished with 10 points.
Justin Marykwas had 15 points for Jim Thorpe (11-8, 5-6), while Nick Rosahac added 11.
Blue Mountain won the JV game, 56-46.
BLUE MOUNTAIN
Grace 3-0-0-6, O’Donnell 1-0-0-2, Conway 0-0-1-0, McKivigan 2-1-1-5, Lipko 0-0-0-0, Bunnick 1-0-0-2, Nabholz 4-1-2-11, O’Keefe 1-0-0-2, J. Biever 7-4-6-18. TOTALS: 19-6-10-46.
JIM THORPE
Searfoss 0-0-0-0, Burak 2-0-3-4, Valdez 2-5-6-10, Forman 1-0-0-2, Marykwas 5-2-2-15, Na. Rosahac 2-2-2-6, Ni. Rosahac 5-1-7-11. TOTALS: 17-10-20-48.
Blue Mtn. 7 9 15 15 - 46
Jim Thorpe 13 11 12 12 - 48
Three-pointers: BM - Nabholz 2. JT - Marykwas 3, Valdez 1.
Tamaqua-Pine Grove
Tamaqua placed four players in double figures en route to a 56-46 Schuylkill League Division 1 win over Pine Grove.
Brayden Koblauch led the Raiders with 13 points. Lucas Gregoire added 12 points, while Thad Zuber scored 11 and Gabe Gregoire added 10.
Pine Grove won the JV game, 64-53.
TAMAQUA
Bonetsky 1-0-0-2 Stianche 2-0-0-5 Kurek 0-0-0-0 Zuber 5-1-4-11 Knoblauch 5-0-0-13 Rother 1-0-0-2 Boyle 0-1-2-0 G Gregoire 4-2-4-10 L Gregoire 4-4-4-12. TOTALS: 22-8-14-56
PINE GROVE
Felty 1-0-0-3 Soper 0-0-0-0 Zimmerman 1-0-0-2 Ibarra 1-4-6-6 Pena 3-0-0-6 Griffiths 1-0-0-2 Morgan 1-2-2-4 Culbert 2-0-0-5 Leininger 6-3-5-18 Lyons 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-9-13-46
Tamaqua 7 18 15 16 - 56
Pine Grove 12 8 12 14 - 46
Three-pointers: T - Knoblauch 3, Stianche 1. PG - Leininger 3, Felty 1, Culbert 1.
N. Schuylkill-Lehighton
North Schuylkill defeated Lehighton 48-42 in Schuylkill League action.
Zack Stokes and Nate Burke scored 14 points apiece for the Spartans, who hit nine three-pointers.
TaQuan Bradley-Chambers’ nine points led the Indians.
North Schuylkill also won the JV game, 47-41.
NORTH SCHUYLKILL
Stokes 5-2-3-14, Stavinsky 2-1-1-5, Weist 1-2-2-4, Roshanno 0-0-0-0, Burke 5-0-2-14, Guerrero 3-2-2-11, Kempsey 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-7-10-48.
LEHIGHTON
Heery 2-1-3-7, Carpenter 3-0-0-7, Hunsicker 2-1-2-5, Bradley-Chambers 4-1-1-9, Haydt 0-0-0-0, Howland 2-0-0-4, Venuto 2-0-0-5, Schatz 2-1-2-5. TOTALS: 17-4-8-42.
N. Schuylkill 8 7 15 18 - 48
Lehighton 10 4 8 20 - 42
Three-pointers: NS - Burke 4, Guerrero 3, Stokes 2. Lehighton - Heery 2, Carpenter 1, Venuto 1.
Mah. Area-Panther Vy.
Mahanoy Area upended Panther Valley 56-40 in a Schuylkill League contest.
Shane Miller scored a game-high 26 points for the Golden Bears.
Rene Figueroa had 14 points for PV, while Tristan Blasko tallied 10.
MAHANOY AREA
Crespo 2-0-0-4, Marcellus 3-2-4-9, Rivera 2-4-6-8, Atkins 1-0-0-2, McGee 4-0-0-9, Miller 9-5-6-24, Soriano 0-0-0-0, Ramos 0-0-0-0, Streisel 0-0-0-0, Mazalusky 0-0-0-0, Butcavage 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-14-16-56.
PANTHER VALLEY
Marcharro 2-0-0-4, Turner 2-0-0-6, Figueroa 6-0-0-14, White 1-1-1-3, Blasko 5-0-1-10, Perez 0-3-6-3, Krapf 0-0-0-0, Depew 0-0-0-0, Distler 0-0-0-0, Edwards 0-0-0-0, Prudente 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-4-8-40.
Mahanoy 15 11 11 19 - 56
Panther Vy. 10 8 10 12 - 40
Three-pointers: MA - Marcellus 1, McGee 1, Miller 1. PV- Turner 2, Figueroa 2.
Moravian Academy-
Northwestern
Moravian Academy held off Northwestern 63-60 in Colonial League action.
Jordan Holmqvist had 27 points for the Lions (13-5, 10-5), while Peter Chiaradia added 22.
Samuel Yadush’s 22 points led the Tigers (11-8, 8-7). Deven Bollinger chipped in with 17.
Moravian took the JV game, 46-38.
MORAVIAN ACADEMY
Atiyeh 3 2-2 8, Holmqvist 8 9-9 27, Quainoo 0 2-2 2, Meissner 1 1-2 3, Chiaradia 8 6-8 22, Surya 0 1-2 1, Saft 0 0-0 0, Dubreuil 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 20 21-25 63.
NORTHWESTERN
Seyfried 2 0-0 4, Yadush 7 4-5 22, Mengel 0 4-6 4, Bollinger 7 2-4 17, Thomas 4 1-3 9, Hebelka 0 0-0 0, Holmes 1 2-2 4, McCann 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 21 13-20 60.
Moravian Acad. 17 9 16 21 - 63
Northwestern 19 8 14 19 - 60
Three-pointers: MA - Holmqvist 2. NW - Yadush 4, Bollinger 1.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Northwestern-
Moravian Academy
Northwestern picked up a 54-45 Colonial League win over Moravian Academy.
Abigail Chisdak scored 14 points to pace the Tigers. Sydney Sevrain added 13.
NORTHWESTERN
A. Lister 1-1-2-3, L. Lister 2-5-6-9, Chisdak 3-7-9-14, G. Sevrain 3-3-4-9, S. Sevrain 6-0-2-13, Williamson 3-0-0-6, Christopher 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-16-23-54.
MORAVIAN
C. Spugnardi 0-0-0-0, Joseph 3-0-0-7, Miller 2-1-2-5, Hornik 0-0-0-0, T. Spugnardi 1-0-0-2, Stifel 0-0-0-0, Ettle 5-6-6-16, O’Connor 6-3-3-15. TOTALS: 17-10-13-45.
Northwestern 18 13 14 9 - 54
Moravian 8 13 12 12 - 45
Three-pointers: NW- Chisdak 1, S. Sevrain 1. MA - Joseph 1.
Palisades-Panther Vy.
Palisades picked up a 45-40 non-league win over Panther Valley.
Trinity Williams scored 15 points for the Pirates.
Erika Dubosky scored 16 points to pace the Panthers. Christina Dacey recorded 10.
PALISADES
Williams 5-4-9-15, King 3-1-3-8, Odle 0-1-2-1, Stiansen 0-0-0-0, Olmstead 3-0-0-6, Cavallaro 4-3-9-13, Marton 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 16-9-23-45.
PANTHER VALLEY
Pascoe 0-3-5-3, Dubosky 6-4-6-16, Hoben 0-0-0-0, Sheridan 0-1-4-1, Dacey 4-0-1-10, Filer 3-0-0-6, Miller 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 15-8-16-40.
Palisades 15 4 15 11 - 45
Panther Vy. 10 11 7 12 - 40
Three-pointers: Pali - Cavallaro 2, King 1, Williams 1. PV - Dacey 2.
So. Lehigh-Palmerton
Southern Lehigh earned a 68-35 Colonial League win over Palmerton.
Olivia Snyder scored a game-high 19 points for the Spartans.
Linnaea Leister had 18 points for the Bombers.
SOUTHERN LEHIGH
A. Mobley 5-0-0-11, Chase 0-1-2-1, Bennett 4-1-1-10, Wilkins 0-0-0-0, Moncman 1-0-0-2, Snyder 9-1-2-19, Minguillon 0-0-0-0, Rautureau 0-2-4-2, Schmitt 0-1-2-1, Rice 1-3-3-5, Cassel 2-3-5-7, K. Mobley 4-0-0-10. TOTALS: 26-12-19-68.
PALMERTON
H. Guedes 0-0-0-0, B. Guedes 1-4-6-8, Hirochek 0-0-0-0, Cincilla 2-0-2-5, Leister 7-2-2-18, Frantz 0-0-2-0, Papay 0-2-2-2, Molchan 0-0-0-0, Beahm 0-0-0-0, Oldt 0-0-0-0, Recker 2-0-0-4, Mihalko 0-0-0-0, Morgan 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-8-16-35.
So. Lehigh 25 12 21 10 - 68
Palmerton 10 6 11 8 - 35
Three-pointers: SL - K. Mobley 2, A. Mobley 1, Bennett 1. Palmerton - Leister 2, Cincilla 1.
BOYS BASKETBALL
9TH GRADE
Tamaqua-Panther Vy.
Tamaqua topped Panther Valley 55-44.
Joe Coleman had a season-high 26 points to lead the Blue Raiders (5-8).
Matula’s 13 points paced the Panthers.
8TH GRADE
Tamaqua-Panther Vy.
Panther Valley edged Tamaqua, 47-42.
Geno Turner had 20 points for the Panthers. Matt Rehrig tallied nine.
Brad Sherry scored 13, and Parker Coleman 12 for the Blue Raiders.
N. Schuylkill-Tamaqua
North Schuylkill defeated Tamaqua, 38-27.
Parker Coleman and Brady Sherry each had seven points for the Raiders.