The Pleasant Valley boys basketball team earned a berth in the District 11 playoffs by defeating Lehighton on Monday.

The Marian boys and Palmerton girls also gained important victories. The Colts rallied past Shenandoah to clinch the Schuylkill League Division 3 title with the help of Nativity's 47-44 win over Mahanoy Area. The Lady Bombers edged Bangor in a matchup of top Colonial League teams to take a half game lead in their division.BOYS BASKETBALLLehighton-Pleasant Vy.Pleasant Valley clinched a berth in the District 11 playoffs by cruising past Lehighton, 71-47, in a Mountain Valley Conference matchup.The Bears (11-8; 6-4), who outscored the Indians in every frame, received a game-high 17 points from Selwyn Wright. Nick Stanovick and Mike Sharpe each finished with 15.DJ Rossino scored 14 to lead Lehighton (1-20; 0-11).PV also won the JV game, 51-17.LEHIGHTONA. Rossino 3-0-0-7, D. Rossino 3-7-8-14, Farano 1-0-0-2, Kresge 2-0-0-5, Guyn 2-0-2-4, Scott 2-0-0-6, Wall 4-0-0-8, Evans 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 17-8-12-47.PLEASANT VY.Franklin 2-2-2-6, Wright 7-3-4-17, Sharpe 6-2-4-15, Bok 2-0-1-4, Williams 0-0-2-0, Irving 1-1-4-3, Dekmar 1-0-0-3, Stanovick 6-0-0-15, Brown 0-0-0-0, Guadagna 0-2-2-2, Wild 2-0-2-6. TOTALS: 27-10-21-71.Lehighton 11 16 10 10 - 47Pleasant Vy. 21 20 18 12 - 71Three pointers: Lehighton - Scott 2, Kresge 1, D. Rossino 1, A. Rossino 1; Pleasant Valley - Stanovick 3, Wild 2, Sharpe 1, Dekmar 1.Marian-ShenandoahMarian utilized some strong defensive pressure in the fourth period to pull out a come-from-behind Schuylkill League Division 3 win over host Shenandoah Valley, 44-38.Chris Barletta poured in a game-high 28 points for Marian (17-4; 10-2).Jordan Mays' 14 led the way for Shenandoah.The Colts won the JV game, 67-28, as Ryan Karnish tallied 18 points.MARIANKeer 0-0-0-0, Stawick 1-0-1-3, Barletta 8-7-9-28, Karnish 0-0-0-0, Pilla 0-0-0-0, Gimbi 2-2-5-6, Baker 2-0-0-4, Richards 1-0-0-2, Agosti 0-1-2-1, Motil 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-10-17-44.SHENANDOAH VY.Lewis 1-0-0-2, Dombrosky 5-1-1-11, Merva 0-0-0-0, Twardzik 3-3-5-9, Jordan Mays 5-2-2-14, Karahuta 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 15-6-8-38.Marian 12 12 9 11 - 44Shen. Valley 10 9 17 2 - 38Three pointers: Marian - Barletta 5, Stawick 1; Shenandoah - Mays 2.Pine Grove-Jim ThorpePine Grove jumped out to an early lead and withstood Jim Thorpe's rally to pull out a 62-51 Schuylkill League Division I win.The Cardinals were led in scoring by Kyler and Brady Burke, who poured in 20 and 18 points.J.T. Otto's 13 was tops for the Olympians (6-15; 2-9).Jim Thorpe won the JV game, 59-41, behind 19 points from Robert Freeman.PINE GROVEBohn 1-2-2-4, L. Zimmerman 3-0-0-6, Rossi 2-2-2-7, T. Zimmerman 0-0-0-0, K. Burke 7-3-5-20, Todero 0-0-0-0, B. Burke 4-10-13-18, Fehr 1-0-0-2, Hafer 2-1-2-5, Wolfe 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-18-24-62.JIM THORPEDiBonifazio 2-0-0-5, Prontnicki 2-0-0-5, Munoz 1-0-0-2, Civarella 4-1-2-9, Otto 5-0-0-13, Clark 3-0-0-8, Johnson 3-2-4-9. TOTALS: 20-3-6-51.Pine Grove 17 9 21 15 - 62Jim Thorpe 7 19 15 10 - 51Three pointers: Pine Grove - K. Burke 3, Rossi 1; Jim Thorpe - Otto 3, Clark 2, DiBonifazio 1, Prontnicki 1, Johnson 1.GIRLS BASKETBALLBangor-PalmertonPalmerton picked up a huge Colonial League win over Bangor, 57-51, holding off a late charge by the Lady Slaters.The Lady Bombers scored all of their 12 fourth-quarter points from the free throw line, as the Slaters were forced to foul.Leading the way for the Bombers were Casey Rinfret and Kelsey Hay with 16 points apiece, while Katie Reimer netted 11.For Bangor, Audrey Schiavone had 15.PHS also won the JV contest, 36-34.BANGORKuchar 2-0-2-4, Hopkins 4-0-1-11, Watts 0-1-2-1, Dentith 0-0-0-0, Bisci 1-3-5-5, Schiavone 4-4-8-15, Benton 3-0-0-6, McCollian 3-3-4-9. TOTALS: 17-11-22-51.PALMERTONSmith 0-0-0-0, Reimer 4-3-4-11, Romano 1-6-10-8, Mummey 0-0-0-0, Rinfret 3-10-14-16, Farquhar 1-4-4-6, Snyder 0-0-0-0, Hay 5-6-10-16. TOTALS: 14-29-42-57.Bangor 10 5 19 17 - 51Palmerton 18 16 11 12 - 57Three pointers: Bangor - Schiavone 3, Hopkins 3; Palmerton - none.Weatherly-CMVTWeatherly pulled away early and held on for a 37-26 non-league win over Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech.Leading the Lady Wreckers (8-11; 3-8) in scoring was Erin Dougherty with 12 points.Weatherly also won the JV game, 41-15, as Alexis Boyarski scored 10 points.WEATHERLYJ. Dougherty 1-0-8-2, Bizarre 0-0-0-0, E. Dougherty 3-6-8-12, Hinkle 1-4-4-6, Adamczyk 0-2-2-2, Panzarella 3-0-0-8, Heister 0-3-4-3, Boyarski 0-0-0-0, Galada 2-0-2-4. TOTALS: 10-15-28-37.CMVTSchickley 1-1-2-3, Wiliamaskie 1-0-0-2, Hook 1-1-3-3, Longenberger 0-0-0-0, Brittany Musselman 6-4-8-16, Trivelpiece 1-0-0-2, Crawford 0-0-0-0, Cragel 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 10-6-15-26.Weatherly 10 6 7 14 - 37Col. Montour VT 4 3 7 12 - 26Three pointers: Weatherly - Panzarella 2; CMVT - none.WRESTLINGJim Thorpe-TamaquaTamaqua rolled to a 63-12 triumph over visiting Jim Thorpe in a Schuylkill League Division I match-up.Every win for the Blue Raiders (12-8 overall, 3-1 league) came by virtue of fall (seven) or forfeit (three), with the exception of Travis Veronsky's 6-2 decision over Jon Fritz at 160.Garnering the mat-slappers for Tamaqua were Colin, Kolby and Evan Mashack, Brandon Silkowski, Philip Christman, Matt Edmonds and Garth Lakitsky.Tamaqua 63, Jim Thorpe 12103 - Colin Mashack (T) pinned Ben Mazzella in :27.112 - Brian Ohl (JT) dec. Derek Hill, 8-4.119 - Kyle Boyer (T) won by forfeit.125 - Derek Drum (T) won by forfeit.130 - Avery Ziegenfuss (JT) won by forfeit.135 - Brandon Silkowski (T) pinned James Denny in 4:54.140 - Kolby Mashack (T) pinned Adam Rex in :47.145 - Philip Christman (T) pinned James Boyle in 1:14.152 - Evan Mashack (T) pinned Akeeno Stewart in :59.160 - Travis Veronsky (T) dec. John Fritz, 6-2.171 - Matt Edmonds (T) pinned Christian Gavornick in 1:03.189 - Phil Schron (JT) dec. Rob Craigle, 10-4.215 - Eric Weiss (T) won by forfeit.285 - Garth Lakitsky (T) pinned Ryan Ruberto in :51.SWIMMINGWhitehall-Panther Vy.The Lady Panthers dropped a close one in local swimming action, losing 99-69 to Whitehall, while the Panther boys dropped a 121-26 decision.Earning wins for the Panthers were Alexia Follweiler in the 200 IM and 100 Fly, while Karoline Vavra (100 Breast, 100 Free) and Brittany Erbe (100 Back) were also victorious.On the boys' side, Jason Gates' win in the 100 Free and Michael Sloboda's first in the 50 free were highlights.GIRLSWhitehall 121, Panther Valley 26200 Medley Relay - 1. Whitehall (Romanyshyn, Mendez, Castro, Mantoya) 2:24.10, 2. Whitehall;200 Free - 1. Bowizk (W) 2:20.71, 2. Hargrove (W), 3. O'Connell (PV);200 IM - 1. Dziedzic (W) 2:40.08, 2. Mendez (W);50 Free - 1. Michael Sloboda (PV) 25.72, 2. Jason Gates (W), 3. Castro (W);100 Fly - 1. Cavainulo (W) 1:02.94, 2. Boyd (W), 3. Sloboda (PV);100 Free - 1. Gates (PV) 58.33, 2. Martin (W), 3. Castro (W);500 Free - 1. Boyd (W) 5:37.20, 2. Cavaiulo (W), 3. Dziedzic (W);200 Free Relay - 1. Whitehall (Hargrove, Dziedzic, Mendez, Boyd) 1:35.76, 2. Whitehall;100 Back - 1. Romanshyn (W) 1:15.48, 2. Martin (W), 3. Jones (W);100 Breast - 1. Mendez (W) 1:24.04, 2. Michael O'Connell (PV), 3. Boyd (W);400 Free Relay - 1. Whitehall (Boyd, Bourzick, Castro, Boyd) 4:18.39, 2. Whitehall.GIRLSWhitehall 99, Panther Valley 69200 Medley Relay - 1. Panther Valley (B. Erbe, K. Vavra, A. Follweiler, R. VanHorn) 2:05.52, 2. Whitehall, 3. Whitehall;200 Free - 1. Gilson (W) 2:12.92, 2. Cuti (W), 3. Wagner (W);200 IM - 1. Alexia Follweiler (PV) 2:25.09, 2. Hassay (W), 3. Tuvek (W);50 Free - 1. Coe (W) 27.85, 2. Beller (W), 3. Richelle Van Horn (PV);100 Fly - 1. Follweiler (PV) 1:05.90, 2. Caesar (W), 3. Metrick (W);100 Free - 1. Karoline Vavra (PV) 56.11, 2. Coe (W), 3. Beller (W);500 Free - 1. Gilson (W) 5:48.32, 2. Brittany Erbe (PV), 3. Emick (W);200 Free Relay - 1. Panther Valley (K. Vavra, Gates, Baranchide, Follweiler) 1:55.17, 2. Whitehall, 3. Whitehall;100 Back - 1. Brittany Erbe (PV) 1:09.03, 2. Turek (W), 3. Caesar (W);100 Breast - 1. Karoline Vavra (PV) 1:13.75, 2. Hassay (W), 3. Yelito (PV);400 Free Relay - 1. Whitehall (Emick, Beller, Cuti, Gilson) 4:16.81, 2. Whitehall, 3. Panther Valley.