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Fillies win Lourdes Regional Tournament

Marian won the championship in the Lourdes Regional TipOff Tournament, while three other area teams earned wins to finish third in the consolation finals, as well. The Marian, Northwestern and Northern Lehigh boys teams all prevailed in their third-place contests.

GIRLS BASKETBALLMarian-Lourdes(Lourdes Tournament)Marian built an early lead and held off host Lourdes late in the game for the 41-37 Lourdes Tip Off Tournament Championship.Leading the Fillies (2-0), in scoring were Abby Whildin with a game-high 19 points, while Ashley Fannick followed with 13.Meanwhile, Lourdes received nine points apiece from both Carmella Bickel and Selina Albert.CHAMPIONSHIP GAMEMARIANWhildin 4-8-12-19, Fannick 2-8-8-13, Correale 1-0-0-2, Shaud 1-2-3-4, Agosti 0-0-0-0, Mahon 0-0-0-0, Capparell 0-0-0-0, Raabe 0-0-0-0, Karnish 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 9-19-25-41.LOURDESKomara 3-0-0-7, Trell 1-1-5-4, Krebs 0-0-0-0, Khanna 0-0-2-0, Bickel 3-3-4-9, Evork 2-4-4-8, Albert 4-0-0-9. TOTALS: 13-8-15-37.Marian 15 9 3 14 - 41Lourdes 5 5 10 17 - 37Three pointers: M - Whildin 3, Fannick 1; L - Komara 1, Trell 1, Albert 1.No. Lehigh-Ephrata(Fleetwood Tournament)The Lady Bulldogs fell to Ephrata on Friday, but defeated Manheim Central 44-43 to win the consolation game in the Fleetwood Tournament over the weekend.No other information was available on either game.BOYS BASKETBALLMarian-Panther Valley(PV Tip-Off Tournament)Marian fended off foe Panther Valley for a third place victory in the Panther Valley tip-off tournament, 45-39.Although the Panthers had a huge second half, Mike Vercusky of Marian was too much to handle inside. Vercusky had 19 points to go along with numerous rebounds. Ethan Kuczynski and Aaron DeAngelo each added seven points apiece.Chad Dubosky led the way for Panther Valley with 12 points in the contest.CONSOLATION GAMEPANTHER VALLEYDubosky 4-4-6-12, Vermillion 0-0-0-0, Stanko 3-0-0-7, Micholik 2-0-0-5, Keo 0-0-0-0, Nase 2-0-0-4, Miller 0-0-0-0, Hudicka 1-0-0-3, Blasko 3-1-4-8. TOTALS: 15-5-10-39.MARIANKarnish 0-1-2-1, Vercusky 7-5-11-19, Puza 0-0-0-0, Kuczynski 2-3-4-7, Cortese 0-0-0-0, DeAngelo 3-1-4-7, Mohammed 0-0-0-0, Plesh 0-0-0-0, Weber 0-0-0-0, Wesner 4-1-4-11. TOTALS: 16-11-25-45.Panther Vy. 5 3 15 16 - 39Marian 13 9 13 10 - 45Three-pointers: PV - Stanko 1, Michalik 1, Hudicka 1, Blasko 1; M - Wesner 2.Northern Lehigh-Hamburg(Hamburg TipOff Tourney)In the third place game of the Hamburg Tip-Off Tournament, Northern Lehigh dealt host Hamburg a 49-25 loss to move to 1-1 on the season.Leading the way for the winners in scoring was John Taylor with 12 points, via four treys, while teammate Tyshawn Golden added seven to round out a strong all-around tournament performance to earn him a spot on the All-Tournament Team.Logan Adams scored a team-high nine points for the Hawks.CONSOLATION GAMENO. LEHIGHGolden 3-0-0-7, Meixsell 1-0-0-2, Egan 2-1-4-6, Taylor 4-0-0-12, Shupp 1-0-0-2, McNair 2-1-1-5, Traca 0-1-2-1, Seiler 0-0-0-0, Hofmann 2-2-2-6, Sheetz 1-0-0-2, Mujovic 0-0-0-0, Hamm 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 19-5-9-49.HAMBURGFink 0-0-1-0, Conrad 1-0-0-2, Adams 2-5-6-9, Evangelista 0-0-0-0, Schlottman 0-0-0-0, Grenawald 1-0-0-2, Warner 0-0-0-0, Barr 2-0-0-4, Hauck 0-0-2-0, Lesher 1-0-0-2, Nqbozny 1-4-4-6. TOTALS: 8-9-13-25.No. Lehigh 9 8 24 8 - 49Hamburg 6 2 4 13 - 25Three pointers: NL - Taylor 4, Egan 1, Golden 1; H - none.Northwestern-Moravian Ac.(Wilson TipOff Tourney)In the consolation game of the Wilson Tip-Off Tournament, Northwestern pulled out a 44-33 win over Moravian Academy to finish in third place.Leading the Tigers (1-1), was Parker Jones with a game-high 18 points, including four triples.Meanwhile, LJ Hurley dropped a team-high nine for the Lions (0-2).CONSOLATION GAMEMORAVIAN ACADEMYMessman 2-0-0-4, Rodriguez 1-0-3-2, Myers 1-0-4-2, Hurley 2-4-6-9, Kramer 1-4-8-6, Joseph 1-2-4-5, Wooley 0-0-0-0, Risper 0-0-0-0, Diakite 0-0-0-0, Ebner 0-0-0-0, Kruklitis 2-1-3-5. TOTALS: 10-11-28-33.NORTHWESTERNWilliamson 0-1-2-1, Jones 7-0-0-18, Breininger 3-0-1-7, Storm 0-0-0-0, Richardson 3-2-5-8, Mengel 2-2-2-8, Archer 1-0-1-2, Shuey 0-0-0-0, McCann 0-0-0-0, Dangello 0-0-0-0, Du. Snyder 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-5-11-44.Moravian Acad. 8 11 7 7 - 33Northwestern 16 12 6 10 - 44Three pointers: MA - Hurley 1, Joseph 1; NW - Jones 4, Mengel 2, Breininger 1.Nazareth-Pleasant Vy.Nazareth outscored Pleasant Valley in each of the first three frames to build a 46-29 lead, before holding out down the stretch for the 61-47 non-league season opener for both teams.The Blue Eagles were led in scoring by Bailey Brugler's game-high 20 points, while Brett Kline's 12 and Dan Duignam's 10 aided the team effort.For the Bears (0-1), Brian Sharpe's 13 points led the way, as he finished 5-for-5 from the free throw line. Teammates Eric Marbury, Nyiem Nevarez and Ron Moore all chipped in with eight apiece.NAZARETHWagner 0-0-0-0, Dotson 2-2-2-6, Nickischer 0-1-2-1, Duignam 3-4-6-10, Youngkin 2-0-0-4, Kline 5-2-2-12, Brugler 9-2-4-20, Kulp 0-1-2-1, Horvath 0-0-0-0, Keglovits 2-0-0-4, Briggs 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 24-12-18-61.PLEASANT VY.Marbury 2-4-7-8, Sharpe 4-5-5-13, Wisser 0-2-2-2, Nevarez 3-2-3-8, Moore 4-0-0-8, Mikulski 2-0-0-4, Smultz 0-2-4-2, Pandolfo 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 16-15-21-47.Nazareth 13 17 16 15 - 61Pleasant Valley 9 9 11 18 - 47Three pointers: N - Briggs 1; PV - none.WRESTLINGLehighton, No. LehighBullet InvitationalNorthern Lehigh and Lehighton both represented well at the Bullet Invitational Wrestling Tournament at Brandywine Heights, finishing second and third overall as a team, out of nine teams competing.Individually, the Bulldogs had one champion in Matt Schmall at 132-pound class, while teammates Nate Farber (170) and Colten Rex (113) both finished in a respectable second place overall. Lehighton's Zach Kemmerer won the 126-pound weight class championship, and teammate Tyler Cann came in second, as well.Both the Bulldogs (149.5), and Indians (148.5) finished behind Central Dauphin, who won the team title with 242 points.

RON GOWER/TIMES NEWS Panther Valley's Charles Nase dribbles past Marian defender Mike Vercusky in the consolation game of the Panther Valley tournament.