District 11 Class AAA BOYS

FIRST ROUNDNo. 9 Blue Mountain (11-11, 7-7 Schuylkill) at No. 8 Lehighton (14-8, 7-7 Schuylkill)TIPOFF: Tuesday, February 17th at. 7p.m.COACHES: Blue Mountain - Dustin Werdt, Lehighton - Rich OertnerLEADING SCORERS: Blue Mountain - Mark Chelius (Jr, 16.9 ppg), Aaron Albertini (So.)Lehighton - Jordan Knappenberger (Sr, 15.32 ppg), Tyler Crum (Sr, 13.95 ppg), Nick Chambers (Jr, 10.59 ppg), Tyler Williams (Sr, 7.05 pg), Tanner Zwetolitz (Jr, 5.73 ppg)GAME NOTES: Neither team qualified for the Schuylkill League playoffs and have been off for a few weeks…Lehighton and Blue Mountain split their two regular season meetings with both winning on their respective home court. Lehighton won, 74-58, with Blue Mountain victory coming in double-overtime, 90-86 … Both schools finished with a .500 record in Schuylkill League Division 1 play … Both teams have potential to score at will. The Eagles' Mark Chelius ranks ninth overall in the Schuylkill League in scoring per game. Jordan Knappenberger of Lehighton ranks third in the Times News coverage area in points per game and teammate Tyler Crum ranks fourth ... Lehighton leads the TN area in three-pointers made this season behind Knappenberger who ranks first individually … Blue Mountain most recently won the District 11 AAA title in the 2006-'07 season, and have won it four times since 1990 … Both of these schools were knocked out of districts last season by Pottsville. Lehighton defeated Tamaqua in the first round, but lost in the quarterfinals. Blue Mountain on the other hand made it to the semifinals before being ousted by the Crimson Tide.QUOTABLE: "The key is for us to stop Blue Mountain's main scorers, especially Chelius. We need to limit the number of shots they take and control the boards. They handle the ball well and play decent man-to-man defense. We need to stay out of foul trouble. We're going to have to work and execute. When we're playing well, it's exciting to watch us run up and down the floor. Last time we played them we shot the ball very well."I think we've had potential to win a few more games then we did this year. We lost a few close ones that could have been 'game changers' for the season. We didn't win many close games this year, and that's frustrating." - Lehighton head coach Rich Oertner