Pleasant Valley's girls basketball team used a big first quarter to build up a lead and then held off Northampton for the win.

GIRLS BASKETBALLNorthampton-Pleasant ValleyThe Bears defeated the Konkrete Kids in an Eastern Pennsylvania Conference match up, 32-28.Although the Lady Bears scored just 16 points in their final three quarters, a 16-point first quarter of 16 points propelled them to victory.Masani Francis led Pleasant Valley with 13 points. Kiki Russell added eight.Aja Blount as Northampton's top performer with 13 points in the losing effort.PLEASANT VY.Covart 2-3-4-7, Francis 5-2-4-13, Russell 3-2-4-8, Fields 2-0-1-4, Miles 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-7-13-32NORTHAMPTONSaul 0-0-0-0, Sterner 3-0-0-6, Serensits 0-0-0-0, Martinez 0-1-4-1, Eckroth 1-2-6-4, Sanchez 2-0-1-4, Blount 5-3-6-13. TOTALS: 11-6-17-28Pleasant Vy 16 4 6 6 - 32Northampton 4 8 10 6 - 28Three-pionters: N: none; PV: Francis 1BOYS BASKETBALLMarian-Shenandoah ValleyMarian fell to Shenandoah Valley in Schuylkill League action, 46-33.The Devils' had a big second quarter, outscoring the Colts by a 16-6 margin.Joel Santana of Shenandoah led all scorers in the contest with 15 points.Ten different Marian players recorded points in the losing effort. Nick Wesner had eight pointsto lead the Colts.MARIANKarnish 1-0-0-3, Woitko 1-0-0-2, Vercusky 0-1-2-1, Puza 1-0-0-2, Karchner 0-2-2-2, Paisley 0-0-0-0, Kuczynski 3-0-1-6, Cortese 0-0-0-0, Latham 0-0-0-0, Mohammed 1-0-0-3, Wesner 4-0-2-8, Plesch 2-0-0-4, Weber 0-0-0-0, Mayers 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 14-3-9-33SHENANDOAH VALLEYMcCole 1-1-2-4, Chagolla 4-0-0-11, Allegietta 0-0-0-0, Cabrera 2-0-1-5, White 1-0-2-2, Santana 6-2-6-15, Alvarez 2-0-0-4, McNeil 2-0-0-5, Ryan 0-0-0-0. TOTALS 18-4-11-46Marian 7 6 14 6 - 33Shenandoah 10 16 11 9 - 46Three-pointers: M: Mohammed 1, Karnish 1; SV: Chagolla 3, McCole 1, Santana 1, McNeil 1Weatherly-Mahanoy AreaThe Golden Bears took a 22-point lead by halftime and rolled to a 67-35 Division II win over the Wreckers.Brian Miller led the Bears with 20 points, while Matt Yedsena added 12 and Mike Joseph 10.Luke Reiner led the Wreckers (1-1, 0-1) with 11 points, and Brett Kelly added 10.The Bears pulled out a 44-43 win in the JV game.WEATHERLYReiner 5 1-1 11, Kelly 3 2-4 10, Figas 2 0-1 5, Miller 2 0-0 4, Bizarre 1 0-0 2, Moon 1 0-0 3, Peiser 0 0-0 0, Kuhle 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 3-6 35.MAHANOY AREAYedsena 6 0-0 12, Joseph 4 2-2 10, Miller 9 0-0 20, Luddy 2 0-0 4, Wronski 3 0-0 9, Price 1 0-0 2, Styka 1 1-1 3, Erbe 1 0-0 3, Fedor 2 0-0 4, R. Derr 0 0-0 0, M. Derr 0 0-0 0, McGee 0 0-0 0, Fragilas 0 0-0 0. Totals 29 3-3 66.Weatherly 9 4 6 16 - 35Mahanoy Area 19 16 19 13 - 67Three-pointers: W - Kelly 2, Figas 1, Moon 1. MA - Wronski 3, Miller 2, Erbe 1.