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Six local girls teams grab basketball wins

Marian, Northern Lehigh, Palmerton, Pleasant Valley, Tamaqua and Jim Thorpe all came away as winners in girls basketball on Tuesday night, while the local boys teams didn't fair out as well.

GIRLS BASKETBALLMarian-Schuylkill HavenThe Fillies rallied to the easy 40-16 Schuylkill League win over Schuylkill Haven.Leding the way in scoring for the locals were Gillian Ferko and Danielle Tristani with eight points apiece.For Haven, Lauren Rhody led the way with six points in the losing effort.Marian also won the JV game by a 31-8 score.MARIANGreen 1-0-0-3, Faust 2-0-1-5, McLaughlin 3-0-0-7, Sofranko 0-0-0-0, Nemeth 0-1-2-1, Gutsie 2-0-0-4, Markiewicz 1-0-0-2, Wilson 0-0-2-0, Shober 1-0-0-2, Ferko 3-2-4-8, Tristani 3-2-2-8. TOTALS: 15-5-11-40.SCHUYLKILL HAVENS. Celani 2-1-5-5, Pernick 0-1-2-1, Rhody 2-0-0-6, Bulino 0-0-0-0, Woleshok 1-0-0-2, Wertz 0-0-0-0, Donnelly 0-0-0-0, K. Celani 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 6-2-7-16.Marian 15 13 4 8 - 40Schuylkill Haven 5 5 1 5 - 16Three pointers: Marian - Green 1, Faust 1, McLaughlin 1; Schuylkill Haven - Rhody 2.Salisbury-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh held Salisbury to just 11 points through three quarters, as the Lady Bulldogs coasted to a 43-24 Colonial League victory.With the win, Northern Lehigh improves to 15-1 on the season.Sonya Josephson and Aimee Oertner combined to scored 31 of Northern Lehigh's 43 points. Josephson tallied a game-high 19 points, while Oertner added 12.For Salisbury, Megan Hrebik scored nine points in the loss.In the JV game, Salisbury rolled to a 36-16 victory.SALISBURYFerrol 0-0-0-0, Hrebik 3-2-4-9, Benner 2-0-0-4, Turri 1-0-0-2, Kinsell 0-0-0-0, Miller 0-0-0-0, Greenholt 1-0-0-2, Fischer 1-0-0-2, Undercuffler 1-3-6-5, Garrigan 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 9-5-10-24.NO. LEHIGHFollweiler 0-0-0-0, Hams 0-0-0-0, Bastardi 1-0-0-2, Moore 0-0-0-0, Weil 0-0-0-0, Stauffer 0-0-0-0, Werley 1-1-1-3, Tarafas 0-0-0-0, L. Oertner 1-0-0-2, Josephson 9-0-0-19, A. Oertner 6-0-0-12, Seiler 2-0-0-5. TOTALS: 20-1-1-43.Salisbury 3 6 2 13 - 24No. Lehigh 14 10 10 9 - 43Three pointers: Salisbury - Hrebik 1; Northern Lehigh - Josephson 1, Seiler 1.Palisades-PalmertonPalmerton held Palisades to just two points in the first, second and fourth quarters, as the Lady Bombers rolled to a 57-14 Colonial League victory.Palmerton scored more points in the first frame (18) than the Pirates scored the entire game (14).Casey Rinfret and Kelsey Hay led the Bombers (12-3) with 12 and 11 points respectively.Kendall Beerer scored seven of Palisades' 14 points.Palmerton also came away with a 27-20 JV victory.PALISADESD'Emilio 0-0-2-0, Beerer 3-0-0-7, T. Hendricks 1-0-0-2, Pyatt 0-0-0-0, Stokes 0-0-0-0, Noonan 0-0-0-0, Sharo 0-2-4-2, Thatcher 0-1-2-1, Funt 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 5-3-8-13.PALMERTONSmith 0-0-0-0, Reimer 0-3-4-3, Rickert 0-1-2-1, Romano 4-0-0-8, Solt 0-0-0-0, Graver 0-2-2-2, Meinhart 4-0-5-8, Eaton 1-0-0-2, Rinfret 5-2-4-12, Farquhar 4-0-0-8, Snyder 0-0-0-0, Hay 4-3-7-11, Reinhart 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 23-11-24-57.Palisades 2 2 8 2 - 14Palmerton 18 17 16 6 - 57Three pointers: Palisades - Beerer 1; Palmerton - None.Pleasant Valley-ES SouthClinging to a six-point lead entering the fourth quarter, Pleasant Valley outscored East Stroudsburg South 20-6 in the final frame for a 53-33 Mountain Valley Conference victory.With the win, the Bears improve to 10-4 on the season.Kasey Meckes buried three treys and led Pleasant Valley with a game-high 19 points. Kelecia Harris also added 10 points for the Bears.East Stroudsburg South was paced by Tara Steakin's 10 points.In the JV game, Pleasant Valley rolled to a 41-15 victory.PLEASANT VY.Meckes 7-2-2-19, Chieffo 2-0-2-5, Sisco 0-0-0-0, Harris 3-4-4-10, McGill 1-0-2-2, Hardy 2-8-10-12, Kregeloh 0-0-0-0, Salmon 2-1-2-5. TOTALS: 17-15-22-53.ES SOUTHSwinton 1-3-4-5, Eck 0-0-2-0, L. Steakin 2-1-2-5, Marshall 1-1-2-3, Menio 1-1-2-3, Homer 2-3-7-7, T. Steakin 4-1-3-10. TOTALS: 11-10-22-33.Pleasant Vy. 17 8 8 20 - 53ES South 11 6 10 6 - 33Three pointers: Pleasant Valley - Meckes 3, Chieffo 1; East Stroudsburg South - T. Steakin 1.Tamaqua-Blue Mt.Tamaqua took a huge step towards securing the Schuylkill League Division 1 Championship with a 55-39 victory over Blue Mountain.The Lady Raiders took control from the start, racing out to a 17-5 first quarter lead, and never looked back. The win keeps the Lady Raiders (16-0, 8-0) as the only undefeated team left in District 11.Amy Zehner scored a game-high 21 points to lead Tamaqua, while Cassie Eroh chimed in with 15. Maria Streisel also pulled down 10 rebounds in the win.For Blue Mountain, Jillian Grapsy led the way with 17 points.Tamaqua won the JV game by a final score of 31-26.TAMAQUAHope 0-0-0-0, Trainer 0-0-0-0, Kabilko 0-0-0-0, M. Streisel 1-4-6-6, Walker 0-0-0-0, C. Streisel 1-0-0-3, Eroh 6-1-3-15, Zehner 9-3-4-21, Wagner 0-0-0-0, Updike 2-2-2-6, Urban 0-0-0-0, Wallace 2-0-0-4, Solt 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-10-15-55.BLUE MT.Kerns 3-0-0-6, Koch 0-0-0-0, Grapsy 7-3-5-17, Starr 1-1-2-3, Yoder 2-1-3-6, Shpakovsky 0-0-0-0, Thomas 2-0-0-4, Lado 0-0-0-0, Moyer 0-0-0-0, Schu 1-1-2-3, Foster 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-6-12-39.Tamaqua 17 14 12 12 - 55Blue Mt. 5 10 5 19 - 39Three pointers: Tamaqua - Eroh 2, C. Streisel 1; Blue Mountain - Yoder 1.Jim Thorpe-North SchuylkillCeleste Robinson finished with a game-high 38 points, giving the Lady Olympians a 68-55 win over the Spartans.No other information was received by THE TIMES NEWS.Lehighton-StroudsburgJordyn Homyak scored 21 points for the Lady Indians, but it wasn't enough as Stroudsburg beat Lehighton to complete a sweep of their MVC contests, 63-35.No other information was available to THE TIMES NEWS.Weatherly-LourdesThe Red Raiders clinched a District 4 Class A playoff spot with a 58-30 rout of the Wreckers.No information was received by THE TIMES NEWS.BOYS BASKETBALLStroudsburg-LehightonThe Mounties proved be too much, outscoring the Tribe in every frame to pull out a 70-50 MVC win.Leading the way in scoring for the winners was Langston Northern with 16 points.For Lehighton (1-14; 0-6), DJ Rossino scored a game-high 19 points, with Cordell Wall chipping in with 11.Stroudsburg also won the JV contest, 70-30 to pull out the sweep.STROUDSBURGKaiser 3-1-2-9, Williams 0-0-0-0, Cristen 1-1-2-4, Ahmad 1-0-1-2, Northern 6-1-2-16, Poorman 4-2-3-11, Clowney 1-0-0-2, Taylor 0-0-0-0, Fenner 1-0-0-2, Joseph 2-2-3-6, Watson 2-3-4-7. TOTALS: 25-11-18-70.LEHIGHTOND. Rossino 7-4-4-19, Farano 0-0-0-0, Kresge 4-0-0-8, Guyn 0-1-5-1, Scott 0-0-0-0, Wall 5-1-3-11, Evans 3-0-0-6, A. Rossino 1-3-4-5. TOTALS: 20-9-16-50.Stroudsburg 16 17 17 20 - 70Lehighton 8 8 15 19 - 50Three-pointers: Stroudsburg - Northern 3, Kaiser 2, Cristen 1, Poorman 1; Lehighton - D. Rossino 1.No. Lehigh-SalisburyThe Falcons used a 14-point spurt in the third quarter to hold off the Bulldogs for a 62-53 Colonial League win.Brent Maron led the Falcons (10-5, 6-4) with 18 points, while Sean Baker added 16. Lucas Pierce had a big night for the second game in a row and finished with 20 for the Bulldogs (10-5, 6-4).NO. LEHIGHGeorge 0-0-0-0, Dibilio 2-2-2-6, Glose 0-9-10-9, Waylen 2-1-2-5, Malaska 0-0-0-0, Middaugh 0-0-0-0, Johnson 5-3-4-13, Pierce 9-2-2-20. TOTALS: 18-17-20-53.SALISBURYMaron 4-8-10-18, Heidecker 1-0-0-3, Baker 5-2-4-16, Ressler 0-0-0-0, Todora 0-2-4-2, Irons 4-1-6-9, Schantz 3-0-2-6, Cochrane 4-0-0-8. TOTALS: 21-13-26-62.No. Lehigh 9 13 8 23 - 53Salisbury 14 11 14 23 - 62Three-pointers: Northern Lehigh - None; Salisbury - Baker 4, Maron 2, Heidecker 1.Northwestern-No. Dame (GP)Notre Dame outscored Northwestern 27-3 in the second quarter, en route to a 78-42 Colonial League victory.Adam Ambielli and Tyler Kohl scored 17 points apiece to lead Notre Dame. Connor Hughes added 13 points for the Crusaders (10-5).For Northwestern (1-16; 0-11), Andrew Rivera scored 14 points, while Shelby Storm chipped in with 11.NORTHWESTERNL. Rivera 0-0-0-0, A. Rivera 5-2-3-14, Bachman 1-0-0-2, Ettl 1-0-0-2, Maher 0-2-2-2, M. Rivera 2-0-0-6, Willaims 0-0-0-0, Storm 4-3-4-11, Richardson 0-0-0-0, Danner 1-0-0-2, Binder 1-1-1-3. TOTALS: 15-8-10-42.NO. DAME (GP)N. Miller 3-0-0-6, Conway 1-0-0-2, Huerta 2-0-0-5, Duffy 1-0-0-3, Fernandez 0-0-0-0, Burkot 1-0-0-2, Caro 3-0-0-6, Scott 0-0-0-0, Barr 1-0-0-2, Myers 1-0-0-2, Ambielli 7-1-1-17, Kohl 8-0-0-17, Ross 1-1-1-3, Hughes 6-1-3-13, Corsello 0-0-0-0, J. Miller 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 35-3-5-78.N'western 13 3 14 12 - 42No. Dame 17 27 17 17 - 78Three pointers: Northwestern - A. Rivera 2, M. Rivera 2; Notre Dame - Ambielli 2, Duffy 1, Huerta 1, Kohl 1.Palmerton-PalisadesPalisades opened up the game on a 14-0 run and never looked back in handing Palmerton a 61-47 Colonial League setback.The Bombers (6-9, 3-6) trailed by 21 points entering the fourth quarter and managed to cut it to eight, but it wasn't enough as the Pirates made good on 13 of 16 free throws in the final eight minutes.Josh Parris had a game-high 23 points for the Pirates, while Aldan Mueller added 14.Brett Snyder was the lone Bomber in double figures with 14 points.Palisades also won the JV game by a 49-39 score.PALMERTONAndrews 1-2-2-5, Tyahla 1-0-0-2, Svetik 2-0-0-4, Snyder 5-0-0-14, Leaver 3-2-3-8, Leon 0-0-0-0, Ruch 1-0-0-2, Saylor 1-0-0-2, Geist 2-3-4-8, Reinhart 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 17-7-9-47.PALISADESParris 9-5-6-23, Orecchio 1-0-0-3, Spencer 0-0-0-0, Codd 0-0-0-0, Yashinski 1-0-0-2, Mueller 4-5-6-14, Mayette 1-4-4-9, Krchnavi 1-7-9-9, Thompson 0-1-2-1, Carr 0-0-0-0, Lingle 0-0-0-0, Skibo 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-22-27-61.Palmerton 7 10 3 27 - 47Palisades 19 9 13 20 - 61Three pointers: Palmerton - Snyder 4, Geist 1, Andrews 1; Palisades - Orecchio 1, Mueller 1.WRESTLINGPine Grove-Jim ThorpePine Grove won eight of the 11 contested bouts to cruise to a 59-10 Schuylkill League Division I victory at Jim Thorpe.Ryan Heim, Kody Rittenbaugh, Zach Sheffy, Josh Scheibley and Ryan Martin registered falls for the Cardinals (11-4).Jim Thorpe (5-10) received a major decision from Christian Gavornick (160) and decisions from Brian Ohl (112) and Phil Schron (189).Pine Grove 59, Jim Thorpe 10103 - Jesse Fisher (PG) won by forfeit.112 - Brian Ohl (JT) dec. Dakota Daubert 6-3.119 - Ryan Heim (PG) pin Michael Helmer, :35.125 - Guy Zimmerman (PG) won by forfeit.130 - Allen Wolfe (PG) tech. fall James Denny, 17-0.135 - Kody Rittenbaugh (PG) pin Adam Rex, :42.140 - Zach Sheffy (PG) pin Josh Guth, 3:24.145 - Ty Lehman (PG) dec. Justin Mazzella 3-1.152 - Levi Seigfied (PG) dec. Josh Dean 11-6.160 - Christian Gavornick (JT) major dec. Jacob Moore 11-2.171 - Josh Scheibley (PG) pin Quinn Boswell, 4:38.189 - Phil Schron (JT) dec. Brandon Scheibley 7-4.215 - Trevor Bendor (PG) won by forfeit.285 - Ryan Martin (PG) pin Ryan Ruberto, 5:05.JR. HIGHBASKETBALL8TH GRADEPleasant Valley-StroudsburgPleasant Valley topped Stroudsburg by a final score of 49-36 to move to 9-0 on the year.Isaiah Johnson led the Bears with 12 points, while Aaron Raughley added 10.

RON GOWER/TIMES NEWS Palmerton's Kristen Romano (12) goes in for an easy layup in Tuesday night's Colonial League win over Salisbury.