Local roundup: Results from Dec. 19
The Lehighton boys basketball team posted a win over North Schuylkill on Wednesday.
Elsewhere, Pleasant Valley earned a win in girls basketball action. The Panther Valley wrestling team also posted a narrow victory.
BOYS BASKETBALL
No. Schuylkill-Lehighton
Lehighton topped North Schuylkill for a 45-36 Schuylkill League victory.
Zach Hunsicker led the Indians with 16 points, while Jack Lorenz added 11.
Jack Flynn led the Spartans with 12 points.
NORTH SCHUYLKILL
Weikel 3-0-1-6, Flynn 5-1-1-12, Tod 3-2-2-8, Groody 1-0-0-3, Conti 0-0-0-0, Scott 1-3-3-5, Fisher 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 14-6-7-36.
LEHIGHTON
Strauss 1-0-1-3, Hunsicker 8-0-0-16, Lorenz 4-3-4-11, Smith 1-0-2-3, Haydt 2-2-5-6, Yturrino 1-0-0-2, Schatz 2-0-0-4, E. Lutz 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 19-5-12-45.
No. Schuylkill 7 9 14 6 - 36
Lehighton 8 15 8 14 - 45
Three-pointers: NS – Flynn 1, Groody 1; Lehighton – Strauss 1, Smith 1.
Mahanoy Area-Weatherly
Mahanoy Area came away with a 50-48 Schuylkill League victory over Weatherly.
Josh Ramos recorded a game-high 18 points for the Golden Bears.
Scotty Zoscin paced the Wreckers with 17 points, while Antonio Colecio and Elijah Derr both finished with 10.
MAHANOY AREA
Streisel 3-1-2-9, Feliciano 2-4-5-8, Ramos 7-0-0-18, Silva 0-0-0-0, Zilker 0-0-0-0, Mazalusky 4-2-3-9, Miller 1-2-2-5, Manley 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-9-12-50.
WEATHERLY
Colecio 3-2-2-10, Derr 3-4-6-10, Gerhart 1-0-0-2, Zoscin 6-2-2-17, Obert 0-0-0-0, Broskoskie 0-0-0-0, Tomkins 0-0-0-0, Lowman 3-0-0-9. TOTALS: 16-8-10-48.
MA 10 9 17 14 - 50
Weatherly 11 13 14 10 - 48
Three-pointers: MA – Ramos 4, Streisel 2, Miller 1; Weatherly – Zoscin 3, Lowman 3, Colecio 2.
Pine Grove-Jim Thorpe
Pine Grove rolled to a 52-32 Schuylkill League Division 1 win over Jim Thorpe.
Cody Griffiths had 13 points for the Cardinals (4-0, 1-0), while Shea Morgan added 10.
James Adames paced the Olympians (1-4, 0-1) with 10 points.
PINE GROVE
Lengle 0-1-5-1, Leininger 2-0-2-4, Boyer 0-0-0-0, Griffiths 4-2-2-13, Brandt 1-0-0-3, Morgan 3-5-6-10, Ibarra 0-0-0-0, Hindman 1-0-0-2, D. Geesey 3-0-0-7, Hlavaty 3-0-0-6, K. Geesey 2-0-0-6. TOTALS: 18-8-15-52.
JIM THORPE
Condly 1-0-0-2, Richards 0-1-2-1, Burak 0-0-0-0, Hurley 2-0-1-6, Hendricks 0-0-0-0, Ivey 1-0-2-3, Adames 3-4-6-10, Lauer 2-0-0-5, McHugh 0-0-0-0, Gilliard 0-0-0-0, Marykwas 1-3-4-5. TOTALS: 10-8-15-32.
Pine Grove 17 14 10 11 - 52
Jim Thorpe 8 9 8 7 - 32
Three-pointers: Pine Grove - Griffiths 3, Brandt 1, Morgan 1, D. Geesey 1. Jim Thorpe - Hurley 2, Ivey 1, Lauer 1.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
EEA-Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley cruised to a 50-7 non-leaguewin over Executive Charter Academy.
Cameron Caffrey led a Bears’ with 11 points.
EEA
Ferra 2-0-0-5, Espada 0-0-0-0, Hamlet 0-0-0-0, Bonilla-Martinez 0-0-0-0, Diaz 0-0-0-0, Acosta 0-0-0-0, Gayle 1-0-0-2, Neris 0-0-0-0, Jarnagin-Thomas 0-0-0-0, Brooks 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 3-0-0-7.
PLEASANT VALLEY
R. Wagner 0-2-5-2, Caffrey 4-3-4-11, O’Neil 1-0-0-2, A. Wagner 2-0-0-4, Williams 2-1-2-5, Rosenberg 1-2-4-4, Muir 1-2-2-4, Arndt 1-1-2-3, Morgan 0-0-0-0, Merklin 4-0-0-8, Mattson 2-1-2-5, Boyne 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 19-12-21-50.
EEA 3 2 2 0 - 7
PV 15 21 6 8 - 50
Three-pointers: EEA – Ferra 1; PV – none.
WRESTLING
Halifax Area-Panther Valley
Panther Valley edged Halifax, 37-36 on criteria.
The Panthers’ Alex Moyer pinned his opponent at 160 and when the Panthers Brendan Alwas awarded a forfeit at 170 the match was tied at 36-36.
Based on criteria 1.0, which is most contested bouts won, the Panthers earned the victory.
De`Antay Alston (195), Gage Breiner (120) and Lamar Easley (138) also added pins for PV.
Panther Valley 37, Halifax 36
182 - Steven Dong (H) pinned Dustin Stevens in 0:51; 195 - De`Antay Alston (PV) pinned Luke Enders in 0:17; 220 - Matthew Hogan (H) pinned Jordan McColgan in 2:54; 285 - Double Forfeit; 106 - Kasey Ansbach (PV) won by forfeit; 113 - Dillon Galkowski (H) won by forfeit; 120 - Gage Breiner (PV) pinned Emily Finton in 0:56; 126 - Amado Alvarez (H) pinned Ethan Malaska in 3:40; 132 - Double Forfeit; 138 - Lamar Easley (PV) pinned Tanner Wright in 1:18; 145 - Zander Conrad (H) pinned Jonathan Byers in 2:20; 152 - Bryce Enders (H) won by forfeit; 160 - Alex Moyer (PV) pinned Agustin Alvarez in 3:29; 170 - Brendan Allen (PV) won by forfeit.
*(Panther Valley won by Criteria 1.0)
North Schuylkill-Lehighton
North Schuylkill dropped Lehighton for a 37-32 Schuylkill League victory.
The Indians’ Richard Fronheiser (170), Alex Ziegenfuss (195), Steven Fritzinger (132) and Josh Ahner (152) all recorded pins.
Lucas Sangiuliano added a tech fall at 138 pounds.
North Schuylkill 37, Lehighton 32
170 – Richard Fronheiser (L) pinned Patrick Cooney in 1:02; 182 – Jared Tinari (NS) major dec. Austin Kern, 12-3; 195 – Alex Ziegenfuss (L) pinned William Strickland in 4:47; 220 – Brett Gasker (L) dec. Joe Tinari, 6-0; 285 – Corey Wahalec (NS) pinned Michael Yeakel in 1:26; 106 – Noah Gilgore (NS) won by forfeit; 113 – Double forfeit; 120 – Dan Grigas (NS) pinned Lucas Ferguson in 3:58; 126 – Ethan Miernicki (NS) dec. Nicholas Zeigenfuss, 4-0; 132 – Steven Fritzinger (L) pinned Ian Minalda in 1:46; 138 – Lucas Sangiuliano (L) tech. fall Michael Sterner in 3:10, 16-0; 145 – Ben Wolfe (NS) pinned Michael Rodriguez in 1:20; 152 – Josh Ahner (L) pinned Hayden Fraseh in 2:21; 160 – Dylan Edward (NS) won by forfeit.
So. Lehigh-Palmerton
Southern Lehigh recorded a 36-34 Colonial League win over Palmerton.
Down 34-33, the Spartans’ Corey Bless recorded a decision to seal the win for the visitors.
Matt Lalik (182), Jeremy Mooney (220) and Aaron Gardner (113) all posted falls for the Blue Bombers.
Southern Lehigh 36, Palmerton 34
160 – Shawn Gardner (P) major dec. Nick DeNave, 15-3; 170 – Aiden Melber (P) won by decision; 182 – Matt Lalik (P) pinned Jared Kelly in 0:42; 195 – Colin Gill (SL) pinned Chris Lucykanish in 3:05; 220 – Jeremy Mooney (P) pinned Tyler Houser in 0:35; 285 – Riley Craft (SL) won by forfeit; 106 – Mohammed Essiaghi (SL) won by forfeit; 113 – Aaron Gardner (P) pinned Travis Barkerin in 0:45; 120 – Vincent Probst (P) dec. Dylan Shinsky, 9-2; 126 – Dan Lucykanish (P) dec. Deacon Dickinson, 10-9; 132 – Sam Raimato (SL) pinned Grant Scott in 1:30; 138 – Dennis Lombardi (P) Jake Paugh in 0:26; 145 – Christian Colasurdo (SL) pinned Colton Stroup in 0:35; 152 – Corey Bless (SL) dec. Colin Mertz, 10-4.
Beth. Catholic-Pleasant Vy.
Bethlehem Catholic posted a 61-15 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.
Alexander Womack had a pin for the Bears at 182 pounds. Chris Frable (220) won by decision.
Bethlehem Catholic 61, Pleasant Valley 15
160 - Cole Handlovic (BC) tech. fall James Syracuse, 21-6 (5:08); 170: Bryant Finney (BC) maj. dec. Robert Dominick, 13-2; 182 - Alexander Womack (PV) pinned Chris Reyes in 2:28; 195 - Justus Bozzi (BC) pinned Gavin Dorn in 1:09; 220 - Christopher Frable (PV) dec. Brandon Lysick, 6-0; 285 - Mike Maldonado (BC) pinned Xander Higgins in 0:49; 106 - Cael McIntyre (BC) tech. fall Josh Griffith, 16-0 (3:31); 113 - Dante Frinzi (BC) pinned Everett Lata in 0:44; 120 - Andrew Harmon (BC) tech. fall Logan Segeda, 16-0 (2:13); 126 - Hannah Hunter (PV) won by forfeit; 132 - Trey Miletics (BC) pinned Tyler Fette in 2:46; 138 - Giovanni Bozzi (BC) pinned Thomas Lovito in 0:24; 145 - Landon Muth (BC) pinned Gentry Knapp in 0:57; 152 - Kenny Herrmann (BC) won by forfeit.
JR. HIGH BASKETBALL
9TH GRADE
Tamaqua-Weatherly
Tamaqua knocked off Weatherly, 55-23.
Cian McLaughlin finished with a Blue Raiders’ best with 15 points, while Cam Lewis chipped in with 12.
The Wreckers’ Owen Broskoskie and Tanner Hinkle both contributed seven points.
7TH-8TH GRADE
Tamaqua-Weatherly
Tamaqua rolled to a 44-4 win over Weatherly.
Spencer Dennis paced the Blue Raiders with 14 points, while Conner Dillion added 11.