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Bears, Tribe lose

Lehighton and Pleasant Valley both suffered girls basketball setbacks on Friday.

In a boys game, East Stroudsburg South defeated Lehighton, 76-66. No other information on that game was received by the TIMES NEWS.GIRLS BASKETBALLES South-LehightonCarly Gallagher scored 23 points to lead East Stroudsburg South to a 43-33 Mountain Valley Conference victory over Lehighton.The victory keeps the Cavaliers unbeaten in conference play and also prevents the Indians from securing a District 11 playoff berth.Lehighton (5-6 MVC, 9-10 overall) was led by Vanessa Rimbey's eight points. Despite the setback, the Indians still have three ways to reach Districts. They must either win their MVC finale against Pocono Mountain West; beat both Tamaqua and Tri-Valley in non-league games; or qualify for the MVC playoffs and then win the league championship to gain the automatic berth that goes with it.East Stroudsburg South won the JV game, 34-25.ES SOUTHKessel 0-0-0-0, Toleno 2-0-0-4, Gallagher 6-7-8-23, Steenkin 2-4-4-10, Smith 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 13-11-12-43LEHIGHTONHomyak 3-0-0-7, Schweizer 1-2-2-5, Rimbey 4-0-1-8, Teno 3-0-0-6, White 3-1-2-7. TOTALS: 14-3-4-33.ES South 9 12 8 14 - 43Lehighton 3 12 4 14 - 33Three-pointers: ES South - Gallagher 4, Steenkin 2. Lehighton - Homyak 1, Schweizer 1.Pleasant Vy.-PM WestPocono Mountain West used a balanced attack to beat Pleasant Valley, 47-40, in Mountain Valley Conference action.The loss eliminates the Bears (3-8 league; 5-15 overall) from District 11 playoff contention.Katie Schickling and Tanisha Blake scored nine points apiece for the Panthers.Megan Hardy and Kasey Meckes scored 16 and 12 points respectively for Pleasant Valley.PLEASANT VY.Meckes 5-0-0-12, Asluycis 0-0-0-0, Mowery 0-0-0-0, Chreffo 1-3-4-6, Harris 3-0-0-6, Hardy 7-2-4-16, Kregeloh 0-0-0-0, Salmon 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-5-8-40.PM WESTA. Schickling 3-2-4-9, Davis 0-0-0-0, Heckman 0-0-0-0, Blake 2-3-4-9, McKiltop 3-2-4-8, Guerre 2-2-4-6, J. Schickling 1-1-2-4, Fuss 1-1-2-3, Clark 3-2-7-8. TOTALS: 15-13-27-47Pleasant Vy. 6 7 8 19 - 40PM West 13 9 11 14 - 47Three-pointers: Pleasant Valley - Meckes 2, Chreffo 1. PM West - Blake 2, K. Schickling 1, J. Schlicking 1.