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Palmerton, Panther Vy. girls get wins

Palmerton and Panther Valley picked up girls basketball victories on Thursday.

GIRLS BASKETBALLSaucon Valley-PalmertonPalmerton rallied to defeat Saucon Valley in a battle of Colonial League unbeatens, 60-51.Jade Farquhar led the winners with 19 points, while Linnaea Leister followed with 15 and Madison Mummey had 13.The Panthers' Abigail Omdahl led all scorers with 21 points, and Ally Small chipped in 13.Palmerton improves to 5-0 overall, 4-0 in the league, while Saucon drops to 4-1, 3-1.SAUCON VALLEYOkken 3-0-0-6, Small 4-3-4-13, Ohdahl 9-1-2-21, Spirk 1-0-0-3, O'Donnell 1-6-8-8. TOTALS: 18-10-14-51.PALMERTONReimer 3-1-6-7, Mummey 5-2-2-13, Leister 5-1-2-15, Farquhar 7-4-4-19, Beers 2-2-2-6, Nemeth 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-10-16-60.Saucon Valley 22 6 10 13 - 51Palmerton 17 18 9 16 - 60Three pointers: SV - Small 2, Omdahl 2, Spirk 1; P - Leister 4, Mummey 1, Farquhar 1.Panther Valley-CMVTPanther Valley breezed to a 58-32 non-league win over Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech.The Lady Panthers' Taylor Vance scored a game-high 20 points. Christina Dacey added 13 and Chloe Markovich's chipped in 11.For Columbia Montour, Nadia Schichitano scored 15 points.PANTHER VALLEYMarouchoc 2-0-0-4, Vance 9-2-2-20, Corby 2-0-0-4, Smith 1-1-2-3, M. Markovich 1-0-0-3, Dacey 6-1-4-13, C. Markovich 5-1-2-11, Kerestes 0-0-0-0, Weaver 0-0-0-0, Picht 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 26-5-10-58.COLUMBIA-MONTOUR VO-TECHGavin 3-1-5-9, Fausey 3-0-2-6, Schichitano 6-1-5-15, Kramer 0-0-0-0, Ventura 1-0-2-2, Amick 0-0-2-0, Horner 0-0-0-0, Travelpiece 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-2-16-32.Panther Valley 11 14 12 21 - 58CM Vo-Tech 9 8 9 6 - 32Three pointers: PV - M. Markovich 1; CMVT - Gavin 2, Schichitano 2.Bangor-Northern LehighBangor outlasted Northern Lehigh in a Colonial League match up, 33-22.Daryn Green and Ciarrah Holmquist scored seven points each for the Lady Slaters.The Bulldogs got a team-high six from Emily Bevans.BANGORHolmquist 3-1-3-7, Groller 2-0-1-4, Ohland 1-0-1-2, Robinson 0-3-4-3, Green 3-1-2-7, Fernandez-Tierney 1-2-2-4, Wilkins 2-2-4-6. TOTALS: 12-9-17-33.NORTHERN LEHIGHK. Hoffman 2-1-7-5, Je. Olewine 1-1-6-3, Bevans 3-0-1-6, Thomas 0-0-0-0, Gallimore 2-1-3-5, D. Hoffman 0-0-0-0, Ji. Olewine 1-1-3-3. TOTALS: 9-4-20-22.Bangor 9 11 6 7 - 33Northern Lehigh 4 7 6 5 - 22Three pointers: B - none; NL - none.BOYS BASKETBALLNorthern Lehigh-BangorBangor beat Northern Lehigh, 55-36, in a Colonial League game.The Slaters' Reece Jones led all scorers with 18 points, while Mike Martino followed with 15.For the Bulldogs, Tyshawn Golden scored 15 points.NORTHERN LEHIGHGolden 5-2-2-15, Egan 3-0-0-6, Taylor 2-0-0-5, Shupp 0-0-0-0, Smith 0-0-0-0, McNair 1-0-0-2, Traca 0-0-0-0, Hofmann 3-0-0-6, Sheetz 0-0-0-0, Hamm 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 15-2-2-36.BANGORShiavone 0-2-4-2, R. Jones 7-1-2-18, Martino 5-2-2-15, Morris 2-0-3-4, Kaiser 2-2-3-6, D. Benton 4-0-0-8, S. Benton 0-0-0-0, Csencsits 0-0-0-0, G. Jones 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 21-7-14-55.No. Lehigh 7 17 4 8 - 36Bangor 13 8 13 21 - 55Three pointers: NL - Golden 3, Taylor 1; B - Martino 3, R. Jones 3.Palmerton-Saucon Valley.Saucon Valley beat Palmerton, 62-55, for a Colonial League win.The Panthers were led by Mike Kane's game-high 26 points, while teammate Connor Simpson added 16 and Matt Smith 10.For the Bombers, Ben Weber made six threes for 20 points, while Mark Quinn scored 13 and Spencer Hay chipped in 11.PALMERTONHay 5-0-0-11, Svetik 1-0-0-2, Weber 7-0-0-20, Suto 0-0-0-0, Quinn 6-1-1-13, Buck 0-0-0-0, Stasko 4-1-1-9. TOTALS: 22-2-2-55.SAUCON VALLEYJo. Snead 1-0-0-2, Smith 3-4-6-10, Magan 0-0-0-0, Callahan 0-0-0-0, Simpson 5-3-3-16, Kane 11-2-4-26, Troyan 1-0-0-2, Ja. Snead 1-2-2-4, Pazzaglia 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 23-11-15-62.Palmerton 21 7 17 10 - 55Saucon Valley 19 12 19 12 - 62Three pointers: P - Weber 6, Hay 1; SV - Simpson 3, Kane 2.Mahanoy Area-MarianMahanoy Area beat Marian, 42-35, in a Schuylkill League game.The Bears' Matt Yedsena led all scorers with 19 points, while teammate Brian Miller scored 14.The Colts' Nick Wesner led the way with a team-high 16 points.Marian won the JV game 37-23 behind 10 points from Ryan Karchner.MAHANOY AREAYedsena 8-1-3-19, Luddy 0-0-0-0, Styka 0-2-2-2, Wronski 1-0-0-2, Miller 6-2-5-14, Joseph 2-1-2-5. TOTALS: 17-6-12-42.MARIANKarnish 0-0-0-0, Woitka 1-2-2-4, Vercusky 3-0-2-6, Puza 0-0-0-0, Kuczynski 2-0-0-4, Cortese 0-0-0-0, Deangelo 2-1-3-5, Mohammed 0-0-0-0, Wesner 5-5-8-16, Plesh 0-0-0-0, Weber 0-0-0-0, Meyers 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-8-15-35.Mahanoy Area 13 8 9 12 - 42Marian 9 8 3 15 - 35Three pointers: MA - Yedsena 2; M - Wesner 1.Nativity-WeatherlyJeff Yordy's 25 points led Nativity to a 56-30 Schuylkill League victory over Weatherly.Luke Reimer had 10 points to lead Weatherly (1-2, 0-2).NATIVITYYordy 10-1-2-25, Piccioni 2-2-4-8, Hoppel 1-0-0-3, Adams 4-1-2-11, Hunyara 2-1-2-5, Nelson 3-0-2-6, Greco 0-0-0-0, Belding 0-0-0-0, White 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-5-12-56.WEATHERLYReimer 5-0-0-10, Figas 2-2-4-8, Miller 2-0-0-4, Bizarre 1-0-0-2, Moon 1-0-0-3, Buck 1-0-0-3, Kelly 0-0-0-0, Kunkel 0-0-0-0, Arthur 0-0-0-0, Piser 0-0-0-0, Hinkle 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-2-4-30.Nativity 17 8 16 15 - 56Weatherly 3 4 8 15 - 30Three pointers: N - Yordy 2, Piccioni 2, Adams 2, Hoppel 1; W - Figas 2, Moon 1, Buck 1.SWIMMINGBlue Mountain-TamaquaBlue Mountain swept through the Blue Raiders. The Blue Eagles boys' team prevailed 124-32, while the Lady Eagles won, 111-62.The Raiders' Thorn Devlin won the one-meter diving competition, while Danielle DeCindio took home two first places (50 free, 100 fly). Teammate Rebecca Kanaskie also took first in both the 200 IM and the 100 breaststroke.BOYSBlue Mountain 124, Tamaqua 32200 Medley Relay - 1. Blue Mountain (Mark Boran, Nathanael Marino, Stephen Johnson, Joey McLauglin) 1:49.39, 2. BM, 3. BM;200 Free - 1. Nick Yackenchick (BM) 2:21.56, 2. Austin Boyer (BM), 3. Brandon Ramirez (T);200 IM - 1. Marino (BM) 2:08.53, 2. Christian Wilson (BM);50 Free - 1. Johnson (BM) 23.76, 2. Turrano (T), 3. Jacob Wessner (BM);1 Mtr Diving - 1. Thorn Devlin (T) 196.00, 2. Lyle Luckenbill (BM), 3. Josh Sham (BM);100 Fly - 1. Boran (BM) 58.41, 2. Turrano (T);100 Free - 1. Johnson (BM) 52.33, 2. Wessner (BM), 3. Jeff Letterhouse (T);500 Free - 1. Jordan Hughes (BM) 6:19.49, 2. Ramirez (T), 3. Wilson (BM);200 Free Relay - 1. Blue Mountain (Boran, McLaughlin, Johnson, Marino) 1:36.39, 2. BM, 3. Tam;100 Back - 1. Marino (BM) 58.16, 2. Letterhouse (T), 3. Boyer (BM);100 Breast - 1. Boran (BM) 1:12.63, 2. Yackenchick (BM);400 Free Relay - 1. Blue Mountain (Wilson, Phillips, Hughes, Wessner) 4:22.79, 2. BM.GIRLSBlue Mountain 111, Tamaqua 62200 Medley Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Olivia Stanek, Rebecca Kanaskie, Danielle DeCindio, Abigail Brickler) 2:04.68, 2. BM, 3. BM;200 Free - 1. Maddie Krause (BM) 2:20.29, 2. Tara Laubenstine (BM), 3. Miranda Freeman (BM);200 IM - 1. Kanaskie (T) 2:25.85, 2. Carliegh Bogotuik (BM), 3. Gabby Krause (BM);50 Free - 1. DeCindio (T) 26.95, 2. Jordan Gormley (BM), 3. Brickler (T);1 Mtr Diving - 1. Emma Barrett (BM) 153.20, 2. Emma Rago (T), 3. Maizy Troxell (T);100 Fly - 1. DeCindio (T) 1:06.44, 2. Sofia Pascuzzo (BM), 3. JoJo Jacobsen (BM);100 Free - Rebecca Donahue (BM) 1:00.17, 2. Bogotuik (BM), 3. Stanek (T);500 Free - 1. Krause (BM) 6:24.43, 2. Jacobsen (BM), 3. Laubenstine (BM);200 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua (DeCindio, Kanaskie, Stanek, Brickler) 1:51.50, 2. BM, 3. BM;100 Back - 1. Serena Reidler (BM) 1:10.27, 2. Pascuzzo (BM), 3. Stanek (T);100 Breast - 1. Kanaskie (T) 1:14.14, 2. Donahue (BM), 3. Rachel Coller (BM);400 Free Relay - 1. Blue Mountain (Gormley, Jacobsen, Bogotuik, Donahue) 4:27.52, 2. BM, 3. BM.BOYS BASKETBALL9TH GRADETamaqua-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe edged Tamaqua, 41-36.The Olympians' C. Valdez led all scorers with 19 points.Gabe Gregoire scored 12 points for Tamaqua.Tamaqua-No. SchuylkillTamaqua tied North Schuylkill 39-39.Mitchel Kurek was the leading scorer for the Raiders (1-1-1) with 14 points. Gabe Gregoire added 12.8TH GRADETamaqua-Jim ThorpeTamaqua rolled to a 40-18 win over Jim Thorpe.Greg Davis had 12 points and Derian Stianche added 11 for the Raiders.Tamaqua-No. SchuylkillNorth Schuylkill edged Tamaqua, 33-30.Nick Breiner paced the Raiders (2-1) with 11 points.7TH GRADETamaqua-No. SchuylkillTamaqua breezed to a 50-10 win over North Schuylkill.Lucas Gregoire led a balanced attack for the Raiders (2-0) with 10 points and Cody Hamm chipped in with eight.