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Olympians, Wreckers, Bears grab boys wins

Jim Thorpe, Weatherly and Pleasant Valley came away with victories in boys basketball on Saturday.

BOYS BASKETBALLJim Thorpe-Panther ValleyJim Thorpe escaped with a 42-41 victory over host Panther Valley thanks to a Steven Romanchik jumper falling short to win the consilation game of the Panther Valley Tip-off Tournament.The Olympians' Mike Harleston scored seven of his team high 11 points in the first quarter, while Jaquan Brown hit eight of his double digit 10 in the second quarter.The Panthers' Jake Szczecina netted nine of his game-high 14 points throughout the second half, while Brett Kerschner just missed double figures with eight points.JIM THORPESt. Hill 1-0-0-2, Harleston 4-1-2-11, Lindsey 1-0-0-2, M. Principe 1-0-1-3, Snisky 1-1-3-3, S. Principe 3-0-0-7, Micciche 0-0-0-0, Brown 4-2-2-10, Everitt 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 17-4-8-42.PANTHER VALLEYSzczecina 4-4-4-14, Kusko 1-0-0-3, Levitt 0-0-0-0, Stano 3-0-0-8, Romanchik 0-2-4-2, Kerschner 3-0-2-8, Ferryman 2-1-1-6, Vermillion 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-7-11-41.Jim Thorpe 11 14 11 6 - 42Panther Vy. 8 8 13 12 - 41Three-pointers: JT - Harleston 2, M. Principe 1, S. Principe 1; PV - Szczecina 2, Stano 2, Kusko 1, Ferryman 1.Lincoln Academy-NorthwesternLincoln Academy jumped out to a 14-point led in the first quarter and held off the Tigers for a 48-42 victory in the consolation game at Wilson on Saturday.Jarred Binder and David Wagner hit double figures for the Tigers with 15 and 12 respectively.LINCOLN ACADEMYRockmore 0-5-6-5, Dosumny 0-1-2-1, Williams 6-4-6-16, Cruz 2-0-0-5, D'neza 2-0-0-4, Reyes 0-0-0-0, Torres 0-0-0-0, Robertson 8-1-3-17. TOTALS: 18-6-11-17-48.NORTHWESTERNWagner 3-2-3-12, Williamson 1-0-0-2, T. Richardson 2-1-2-7, C. Breidinger 1-0-0-2, Perry 0-0-0-0, C. Richardson 2-0-1-4, Binder 5-5-8-15, T. Breidinger 0-0-0-0, Schwartz 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-8-14-42Lincoln Acad. 20 7 5 16 - 48Northwestern 6 11 13 12 - 42Three-pointers: LA - Ortiz 1; NW - Wagner 2, T. Richardson 2.WVW-Pleasant Vy.The Bears pulled away in the final quarter to secure a win ove Wyoming Valley West.Marquis Brown and Devon Howard scored 14 points apiece and Bryan Sharpe added 12 for the Bears. Brett Good and Jaquan Ingram scored 11 each for the losers.WVWC. McCue 2-2-2-8, Calloway 2-0-0-5, Good 3-5-11-11, Williams 3-0-2-6, E. McCue 0-0-0-0, Abdarrozzaq 1-1-4-3, Ingram 5-1-3-11, Doroskewicz 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-9-22-44.PLEASANT VY.Brown 6-2-4-14, Skutnick 0-0-0-0, Howard 6-2-2-14, Hosier 0-0-0-0, Deegan 0-0-0-0, Sharpe 4-3-3-12, Hrbek 3-1-2-9, Jones 1-0-0-2, Pazienza 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 21-8-11-53.Wyom. Vy. West 12 5 15 12 - 44Pleasant Vy. 5 15 13 20 - 53Three-pointers: WVW - C. McCue 2, Calloway 1; P - Hrbek 2, Sharpe 1.Weatherly-CMVTThe Wreckers rolled ot to a 41-20 lead at the half and cruised to a 74-36 win over Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech over the weekend.Josh Reiner was the leading scorer for Weatherly with 18, while Brett Stallone added 17. Tyler Sippler had 11 and Joe Haganey 10 as they both also finished in doubles.WEATHERLYHaganey 4-2-9-10, Stallone 6-2-2-17, Wallish 4-0-0-8, J. Reiner 8-1-3-18, L. Reiner 2-0-2-4, Kelly 1-0-0-2, Miller 2-0-2-4, Sipler 5-1-2-11, Baade 0-0-0-0, Capone 0-0-0-0, Bizarre 0-0-0-0, Busher 0-0-0-0, Figas 0-0-0-0, Stover 0-0-0-0, Coombs 0-0-0-0. Totals: 32-6-20-74.CMVTMiller 1-0-0-2, Jones 1-0-0-3, Zumerling 8-6-13-22, Schultz 1-0-0-2, Halve 2-2-6-6, Heidler 0-1-2-1, Larken 0-0-2-0, Tyko 0-0-0-0, Campbell 0-0-0-0, Sharpless 0-0-0-0, Musselman 0-0-0-0, Pitonyak 0-0-0-0, Carnes 0-0-0-0. Totals: 13-9-23-36.Weatherly 18 23 25 8 - 74CMVT 11 9 9 7 - 36Three-pointers: W - Stallone 3, Reiner 1. CMVT - Jones 1.GIRLS BASKETBALLMarian-Lourdes RegionalAfter a slow first half, Marian was forced to play catch-up and eventually dropped atight decision, 33-28 to tournament host, Lourdes Regional.Lourdes got 11 points apiece from Sarah Getchey and Rachel Schultz to lead the winners to the win.Meanwhile, Marian received 10 points from Ashley Fannick and Savanna Krusinsky in the losing effort.MARIANGreen 3-0-1-6, Faust 0-2-3-2, Fannick 4-0-0-10, Shaud 0-0-0-0, Nemeth 0-0-2-0, Krusinsky 4-2-4-10, Hill 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 11-4-12-28.LOURDESLong 0-0-0-0, Trell 1-2-1-3, N. Komara 0-4-4-4, Schultz 5-1-2-11, Getchey 3-3-4-11, Funk 1-2-3-4, Pennypacker 0-0-0-0, Krshinskie 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 10-11-15-33.Marian 6 2 12 8 - 28Lourdes 5 10 8 10 - 33Three pointers: M - Fannick 2; L - Getchey 2.No. Lehigh-Manheim CentralThe Lady Bulldogs dropped the consolation game of the Fleetwood Tip-Off Tournament to Manheim Central by a final score of 55-27.Caroline Novak led the winners with 13 points while teammate Logan Newcomer added 12.For Northern Lehigh (0-2), Shannon Weil led the way with 10 points and also made the All-Tournament team.NO. LEHIGHFollweiler 1-2-2-4, Mazzocha 0-0-0-0, Schlegel 0-0-0-0, Weil 3-3-11-10, Stauffer 1-1-2-3, Tarafas 1-2-2-5, Bevans 2-1-2-5, Gallimore 0-0-0-0, Harlan 0-0-1-0, Horwath 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 8-9-20-27.MANHEIM CENTRALRobeson 1-3-4-6, Reksid 1-0-0-2, Ober 0-0-0-0, Painter 0-0-0-0, Newcomer 5-1-3-12, Hevener 1-0-0-2, Barber 1-0-0-2, Cooper 0-0-0-0, C. Novak 6-0-2-13, O. Novak 4-0-0-8, Weigand 4-0-0-8, Ober 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 24-4-9-55.No. Lehigh 2 10 11 4 - 27Manheim Cent. 18 8 16 13 - 55Three pointers: NL - Tarafas 1, Weil 1; MC - C. Novak 1, Newcomer 1, Robeson 1.Panther Vy.-Shenandoah Vy.Ali Semanchik scored nine of her game-high 18 points in the second quarter to help Shenandoah Valley pull away with a 50-29 victory over visiting Panther Valley.Abby Whildin paced the Panthers with 16 points. Teammate Madison Blasko just missed double figures with eight points.In the JV game, Shenandoah Valley came out on top with a 31-20 win over Panther Valley. Amy Corby led the Panthers with six points.PANTHER VY.Whildin 5-4-6-16, Blasko 3-2-2-8, Vance 0-0-0-0, Corby 0-0-0-0, Jacobs 0-0-0-0, Smith 0-0-0-0, Markovich 0-0-0-0, Zlock 1-0-0-2, Mikovich 0-3-8-3. TOTALS: 9-9-16-29.SHENANDOAH VY.@Agate.Body:Niedu 2-2-4-6, Dove 2-0-0-4, Hammer 1-0-0-2, Semanchik 6-5-8-18, Huss 1-2-4-4, Snitzer 3-0-0-7, Sacco 3-3-4-9. TOTALS: 18-12-20-50.Panther Vy. 8 5 9 7 - 29Shenandoah 15 15 5 15 - 50Three-pointers: PV - Whildin 2; SV - Semanchik 1, Snitzer 1.WRESTLINGTamaqua at the Bloomsburg InvitationalThe Blue Raiders finished 10th out of 16 teams participating in the Bloomsburg Invitational over the weekend, and placed four wrestlers in the tournament.Colin Mashack won the event at 120 pounds and was the Outstanding Wrestler, as he downed Sullivan County's Shawn Nitcznski by a score of 3-0.Heavyweight Luke Matsago lost a tight match in his final, 1-0 to Warrior Run's Austin Fielder to take second at that weight class. Meanwhile, teammates Dylan Rynkiewicz and Nolan Zeigler both finished fourth in their respective classes.Lehighton, No. Lehigh at Bullet InvitationalThe Bulldogs and Indians represented the area at the Bullet Invitational at Brandywine Heights, with Northern Lehigh finishing third and Lehighton taking ninth out of the twelve participating teams.The 'Dawgs and the Tribe both had two wrestlers apiece make it to the individual finals, with all four of them dropping tough decisions in their respective matches.For Nolehi, Matt Schmall(120) and Ty Herzog (152) both finished second in their respective weight classes, while Lehighton's Zach Kemmerer (106) and Connor Frey (160) matched the same feat.Northern Lehigh's Nate Farber (160), Marcus Hardiman (170), and Tom Nesfeder (285) all dropped matches in the semifinals to provide their team with more team points.Northwesternat Nazareth InvitationalNorthwestern took part in the Nazareth Invitational.The Tigers finished seventh as a team in a field of eight teams.Regardless of only fielding 10 of the 14 weight classes with individuals, senior Michael Ortiz (170) and freshman Jarret White (106) represented the Tigers with pride by earning themselves tournament titles in their respective weight classes.Sophomore Tiger Cole Moyer grabbed himself a third-place finish, while freshmen Andrew Sorensen (152) and Quinton Bernhard (113) both collected fifth-place honors.Palmertonat Catasauqua DualsPalmerton took home a third-place finish as a team at the Catasauqua Duals over the weekend.The Blue Bombers finished 3-2 with their lone losses coming to champion Scranton and runners-up Pius X.The Bombers' Josh Evans (120) and Zachery Graver (170) finished with unblemished records going 5-0 throughout the day, while teammates Dillon Masington (126, 132) and Joey Bubble (152) both finished with only one loss in five matches.Palmerton 48,Allentown Central Catholic 33106 - Brandon Trogher (P) won by forfeit113 - Daniel Russo (P) pinned Ryan Goodwin in 1:05120 - Josh Evans (P) pinned Edward Jordan in :52126 - Ryan Carty (ACC) pinned Dillon Masington in 1:37132 - Michael Rodgers (ACC) pinned Damien Fink in 1:48138 - Jayson Torak (ACC) pinned Travis Stroup in 3:01145 - Zachery Christman (P) pinned Maclean Lincoln in 3:56152 - Joey Bubble (P) pinned Nick Heberling in 1:58160 - Daniel D'Agoskini (ACC) pinned Shane Grohotolski in 1:52170 - Zachery Graver (P) pinned Shane McMott in 3:28182 - Conner Brosious (ACC) dec. Matthew Wolfe, 7-5195 - James Raduj (ACC) pinned Rai Washington in :54220 - Skyler Rosenberry (P) pinned Alex Laudidio in 1:30285 - Andrew Strauss (P) won by forfeitPalmerton 33, Lake Lehman 32106 - Brandon Trogher (P) won by forfeit113 - John Tomasura (LL) pinned Daniel Russo in 1:25120 - Double forfeit126 - Josh Evans (P) dec. Zeb McMillen, 10-5132 - Dillon Masington (P) dec. Jimmy Stewart, 3-0138 - Austin Harry (LL) pinned Travis Stroup in :42145 - Josh Sayre (LL) dec. Zachery Christman, 3-2152 - Joey Bubble (P) dec. Josh Winters, 4-2160 - Bobby Right (LL) pinned Shane Grohotolski in 2:24170 - Zachery Graver (P) pinned Randy Zacheries in 1:12182 - Derek Dragon (LL) tech. fall Matthew Wolfe, 17-2195 - Brady Butler (LL) pinned Rai Washington in 1:37220 - Skyler Rosenberry (P) pinned Phil Hettes in 3:39285 - Andrew Strauss (P) pinned Austin Perry in 1:14Pius X 39, Palmerton 33106 - Robbie Shoemaker (PX) pinned Brandon Trogher in 4:17113 - Daniel Russo (P) won by forfeit120 - Josh Evans (P) dec. Dante Albenies, 3-0126 - Dillon Masington (P) pinned Justin Zigabu in 3:49132 - Travis Handcock (PX) pinned Damien Fink in :53138 - Michael Commute (PX) pinned Travis Stroup in :47145 - Jon Raso (PX) dec. Zachery Christman, 5-2152 - Joey Bubble (P) pinned James Perez in 5:26160 - Vinny Vonelli (PX) pinned Shane Grohotolski in 1:32170 - Zachery Graver (P) dec. TJ Belle, 8-2182 - Josh Ledner (PX) pinned Matt Wolfe in 1:23195 - Rai Washington (P) dec. Matt Handcock, 3-2220 - Andrew Strauss (P) pinned Dan Noel in 3:54285 - Anthony Greggo (PX) pinned Sklyer Rosenberry in 2:43Palmerton 46, William Allen 27106 - Travis Shoemaker (WA) pinned Brandon Trogher in :40113 - Daniel Russo (P) won by forfeit120 - Josh Evans (P) pinned Anthony Velez in 3:30126 - Damien Fink (P) dec. Fitzoryg Revara, 9-4132 - Dillon Masington (P) pinned Lewis Rosa in 1:04138 - Travis Stroup (P) pinned Rofi Pouriet in 3:09145 - Zachery Christman (P) major dec. Jesus Bracero, 12-0152 - Joey Bubble (P) dec. Josh Bennicoff, 11-6160 - Willberto Sicard (WA) pinned Shane Grohotolski in 2:01170 - Zachery Graver (P) pinned John Almanzar in 1:26182 - Antonio Diaz (WA) dec. Matt Wolfe, 5-3195 - Tomas Kennedy (WA) pinned Rai Washington in :13220 - Skyler Rosenberry (P) won by forfeit285 - Brandon Vigo (WA) pinned Andrew Strauss in 2:00Scranton 54, Palmerton 16106 - Andrew McNally (S) pinned Brandon Trogher in 1:50113 - Josh Dougherty (S) dec. Daniel Russo, 10-2120 - Josh Evans (P) dec. Shane Jennings, 8-2126 - Dillon Masington (P) pinned Michael Gervasi in 2:47132 - Tyler Ferrea (S) pinned Damien Fink in 1:31138 - Zachery Christman (P) dec. Chris Lavalo, 8-2145 - Kazim Bakhrijeu (S) pinned Travis Stroup in :31152 - Niyaz Bakrade (S) pinned Joey Bubble in 2:42160 - Zachery Graver (P) dec. Dan Stutkart, 5-2170 - Jimmy McNully (S) won by forfeit182 - Matt Wolfe (P) pinned Isaah Burggete in 1:15195 - Dylan Kruzin (S) pinned Rai Washington in :55220 - Miles Robins (S) dec. Andrew Strauss, 7-2285 - Michael Ray (S) pinned Skyler Rosenberry in 2:30

RON GOWER/TIMES NEWS Panther Valley's Steve Romanchik looks towards the hoop as Jim Thorpe's Jaquan Brown defends.