Marian gets third straight victory
The Marian, Pleasant Valley and Panther Valley boys basketball teams picked up victories on Tuesday.
BOYS BASKETBALLMarian-Western WayneMarian jumped out to an early lead and never looked back en route to a 47-36 non league win over Western Wayne.Tyler Fritz had a game high 18 points, including four threes, for the Colts (3-1), who led 18-9 after the first quarter. Since a season-opening loss to Lehighton, Marian has won three straight.MARIANKarchner 4-0-0-8, Mohammed 1-2-4-8, DJ Mummey 3-0-0-7, Stauffer 1-3-4-4, Fritz 7-0-0-18, Paisley 1-1-2-3, Collevechio 0-0-0-0, G. Miller 0-0-0-0, J. Miller 0-2-2-2, Maylath 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-8-12-46.WESTERN WAYNEPike 3-0-0-6, Walck 1-0-0-2, Sauter 0-0-0-0, Boots 0-0-0-0, Rouinsky 4-2-2-13, Frisbie 4-4-5-15. TOTALS: 12-6-7-36.Marian 18 5 10 14 - 47Western Wayne 9 5 14 8 - 36Three pointers: Marian - Fritz 4, Mummey 1; Western Wayne - Rouinsky 3, Frisbie 3.PM East-Pleasant ValleyA strong fourth quarter helped Pleasant Valley pull away from Pocono Mountain East and claim a 68-56 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory.Chris Barker and Justin Richardson scored 14 points apiece for the Bears, who led 47-44 entering the final period. Jaison Robinson added 13 points, Isaiah Howard tallied 11 and Noah Neubert scored 10 to give Pleasant Valley five players in double figures.POCONO MOUNTAIN EASTScott 6-4-6-18, Valencia 3-3-4-9, McMaster 2-0-0-5, Forbes 2-3-4-9, Thompson 4-3-4-11, McClaire 1-1-1-3, Tucker 0-1-2-1, Hillman 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-15-21-56.PLEASANT VALLEYAulder 0-0-0-0, Robinson 5-2-2-13, Barker 4-5-8-14, Howard 4-0-0-11, Richardson 6-2-3-14, Gaddist 0-0-0-0, Neubert 4-2-3-10, Gerolimatos 0-0-0-0, Prator 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 26-11-16-68.PM East 11 21 12 12 - 56Pleasant Vy. 19 14 18 17 - 68Three pointers: PM East - Scott 2, Forbes 2, McMaster 1; Pleasant Valley - Howard 3, Barker 1, Robinson 1.Col. Montour-Panther Vy.Panther Valley held off a late rally by Columbia Montour AVTS to claim a 50-42 victory.Tristan Blasko had 18 points for the Panthers, who led 42-22 going into the fourth quarter. Anthony Micholik hit four threes and added 14 points.COLUMBIA MONTOUR AVTSRoberts 5-0-0-11, Welsh 1-6-10-8, Halye 1-0-2-2, Petry 5-0-2-10, Simpler 2-0-2-5, Pascal 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 17-6-16-42.PANTHER VALLEYRodriguez 0-1-2-1, Micholik 5-0-0-14, Turner 1-0-0-3, Figueroa 3-2-3-9, Blasko 8-2-2-18, Perez 1-0-0-2, Morgans 0-3-4-3. TOTALS: 18-8-11-50.Columbia Montour 10 9 3 20 - 42Panther Valley 21 6 15 8 - 50Three pointers: Columbia Montour AVTS - Roberts 1, Simpler 1; Panther Valley - Micholik 4, Turner 1, Figueroa 1.GIRLS BASKETBALLPleasant Valley-PM EastPocono Mountain East defeated Pleasant Valley 58-30 in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference play.Brianna Clark had eight points for the Bears.PLEASANT VALLEYO'Neil 0-0-0-0, Sullivan 1-0-0-2, B. Clark 2-3-4-8, Covart 0-1-2-1, Miller 1-0-1-2, Rosenberg 0-1-3-1, A. Clark 0-0-0-0, Bolds 0-0-0-0, Francis 3-1-2-7, Borden 1-2-2-4, Duviella 0-1-2-1, Caffrey 0-0-0-0, Salmon 1-2-2-4. TOTALS: 9-11-18-30.POCONO MOUNTAIN EASTThomas 2-1-2-5, Caldwell 5-0-2-10, Maldonado 7-4-6-18, Newman 2-0-0-4, Harris 1-1-2-3, Yacuboski 0-0-0-0, Ellerbee 1-1-2-3, Berryman 4-0-0-9, Passmore 1-0-0-2, Richard 1-2-3-4. TOTALS: 24-9-17-58.Pleasant Vy. 5 14 6 5 - 30PM East 15 16 13 14 - 58Three pointers: Pleasant Valley - B. Clark 1; PM East - Berryman 1.North Schuylkill-TamaquaNorth Schuylkill jumped out to an early lead and pulled away for a 66-44 Schuylkill League Division 1 win over Tamaqua.Jamie Zuber led the Raiders (4-2) with 16 points. Kristin Jones added eight points and 17 rebounds.NORTH SCHUYLKILLShinkus 7-2-2-18, Hillbish 4-0-0-12, Jordan 6-1-2-14, Gregas 3-0-2-6, Green 6-4-6-16, Guerrero 0-0-0-0, May 0-0-0-0, Holmes 0-0-1-0. TOTALS: 26-7-13-66TAMAQUAR. Hromyak 1-0-0-2, Hoffman 0-1-2-1, Zuber 5-1-3-16, Jones 4-0-1-8, Titus 3-1-2-7, Frederickson 1-0-0-2, Kuczynski 4-0-1-8. TOTALS: 18-3-9-44.North Schuylkill 16 20 12 18 - 66Tamaqua 8 11 17 8 - 44Three pointers: North Schuylkill - Shinkus-2, Hillbish-4, Jordan-1; Tamaqua - Zuber-5.Lehighton-Pine GrovePine Grove routed Lehighton, 65-35, in a Schuylkill League game.No other information was received by the Times News.Nativity-WeatherlyNativity rolled to a 65-37 Schuylkill League victory over Weatherly.No other information was received by the Times News.WRESTLINGNDGP-Northern LehighNotre Dame of Green Pond downed Northern Lehigh 47-27 in Colonial League action.Brandon Belfonti (152) won by decision for the Bulldogs, who had four forfeit victories.Notre Dame GP 47, Northern Lehigh 27285 - Jason Schaffer (NL) won by forfeit106 - Preston Bauer (NL) won by forfeit113 - Richie Markulics (ND) won by forfeit120 - Ryan McGuire (ND) dec. Dan Belfonti, 5-2126 - Seth Fronheiser (NL) won by forfeit132 - Nicholas Vonelli (ND) dec. Ezra Neff, 6-4138 - Blake Daniel (ND) tech. fall Tyler Hargreaves, 17-2 (2:22)145 - Ethan Valkovec (ND) pinned Dale Wanamaker in 1:13152 - Brandon Belfonti (NL) dec. Mario Gordon, 3-2160 - Isaiah DeJesus (ND) won by forfeit170 - Ryan Farber (NL) won by forfeit182 - Dominic Scartelli (ND) won by forfeit195 - EJ Medina (ND) pinned Austin Rudolph in 3:07220 - Bob Fiedler (ND) won by forfeitPalisades-NorthwesternNorthwestern toppled Palisades 51-24 in a Colonial League contest.Jack Casciano (120), Jackson Bernhard (160) and Jason Lin (285) had pins for the Tigers. Baily Wehr (126) won by decision.Northwestern 51, Palisades 24106 - Aiden Meyers (NW) won by forfeit113 - Harrison Bernhard (NW) won by forfeit120 - Jack Casciano (NW) pinned Parker Lambert in 1:14126 - Baily Wehr (NW) dec. Zack Wasser, 8-4132 - Matt Peters (NW) won by forfeit138 - Adam Marsh (P) dec. Dalton Webster, 4-1145 - Colin Rex (NW) won by forfeit152 - Nathan Haubert (P) pinned Tyler Derr in 2:00160 - Jackson Bernhard (NW) pinned Nick VInceguera in 1:40170 - Caleb Clymer (NW) won by forfeit182 - RJ Smith (P) dec. Isaac Bredbenner, 7-0195 - Jack Donnelly (P) pinned Sam Day in 0:48220 - Dane Krisshalick (P) pinned Micah Murasshak in 1:48285 - Jason Lin (NW) pinned Brian McNally in 1:00Pen Argyl-PalmertonPen Argyl rolled to 53-16 Colonial League win over Palmerton.Jared Mooney (220) won by fall for the Blue Bombers, while Shawn Gardner (113) picked up a major decision.Pen Argyl 53, Palmerton 16145 - Austin Ashenfelder (PA) won by forfeit152 - Javon Maldonado (PA) dec. Dylan Gonyo, 3-1160 - Adam Knecht (PA) won by forfeit170 - Chase Anklam (PA) tech. fall Riad Kapur, 17-0 (4:46)182 - Sawyer Beltz (PA) dec. Kyle Kralik, 13-10195 - John Iles (P) won by forfeit220 - Jared Mooney (P) pinned Avery Lohman in 0:36285 - Dawson Hughes (PA) pinned Dan Nicolo in 1:16106 - Brilynd Madeya (PA) won by forfeit113 - Shawn Gardner (P) maj. dec. Austin Crump, 12-0120 - Cody Lucca (PA) won by forfeit126 - Nick Reto (PA) pinned Hunter Fierro in 3:17132 - Antonio Reto (PA) dec. Devin Rivera, 17-13138 - Jordan Sims (PA) dec. Chase Faulstick, 7-3SWIMMINGPottsville-TamaquaPottsville swept Tamaqua in a Schuylkill League meet. The Tide girls won the girls meet 105-64, and took the boys event 137-33.Multiple event winners for the Lady Raiders were Rebecca Kanaskie (200 IM, 100 breast stroke, 200 medley relay); Lexi Kerstetter (100 backstroke, 200 medley relay), and Brianna Dumond (100 fly, 200 medley relay).The Tamaqua boys got a first place finish from diver Billy Shilko.BOYSPottsville 137, Tamaqua 33200 Medley Relay - 1. Pottsville (Zachary Turnitza, Alec Gonzalez, Charles Botto, Josh Zelinsky) 1:50.28, 2. Pottsville, 3. Pottsville.200 Free - 1. Michael Smerlick (Pottsville) 1:55.64, 2. Brady Kokitus (Pottsville). 3. Noah Lecher (Pottsville).200 IM - 1. Jack Kalinich (Pottsville) 2:26.07.50 Free - 1. Jordan Young (Pottsville) 25.16, 2. Bill Shilko (Tamaqua), 3. Chirstopher Ott (Pottsville).100 Fly - 1. Zachary Turnitza (Pottsville) 1:01.92, 2. Max Kelly (Pottsville), 3. Jeff Letterhouse (Tamaqua).100 Free - 1. Charles Botto (Pottsville) 54.15, 2. Jordan Young (Pottsville), 3. Christopher Ott (Pottsville).500 Free - 1. Josh Zelinsky (Pottsville) 5:28.94, 2. Jack Kalinich (Pottsville), 3. Evan Lecher (Pottsville). 200 Free Relay - 1. Pottsville (Zachary Turnitza, Brady Kokitus, Charles Botto, Jordan Young) 1:40.86, 2. Tamaqua, 3. Pottsville.100 Back - 1. Michael Smerlick (Pottsville) 1:00.50, 2. Evan Lecher (Pottsville), 3. Jeff Letterhouse (Tamaqua).100 Breast - 1. Alec Gonzalez (Pottsville) 1:12.75, 2. Max Kelly (Pottsville), 3. Stephen Messina (Pottsville).400 Free Relay - 1. Pottsville (Charles Botto, Jack Kalinich, Josh Zelinsky, Michael Smerlick) 3:50.28, 2. Pottsville.Diving - 1. Bill Shilko (Tamaqua) 235.60, 2. Bill Frederick (Tamaqua), 3. Owen Golden (Pottsville).GIRLSPottsville 105, Tamaqua 64200 Medley Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Lexi Kerstetter, Rebecca Kanaskie, Abigail Brickler, Brianna Dumond) 2:03.47, 2. Pottsville, 3. Pottsville.200 Free - 1. Sarah Corse-Campion (Pottsville) 2:08.59, 2. Lexi Kerstetter (Tamaqua), 3. Laura Turnitza (Pottsville).200 IM - 1. Rebecca Kanaskie (Tamaqua) 2:23.18, 2. Jessica Turnitza (Pottsville), 3. Elizabeth Rakus (Pottsville).50 Free - 1. Angela Eckert (Pottsville) 26.79, 2. Kylie Tohill (Pottsville), 3. Abigail Brickler (Tamaqua).100 Fly - 1. Brianna Dumond (Tamaqua) 1:08.43, 2. Olivia Eagan (Pottsville).100 Free - 1. Sarah Corse-Campion (Pottsville) 57.53, 2. Angela Eckert (Pottsville), 3. Abigail Brickler (Tamaqua).500 Free - 1. Sarah Maue (Tamaqua) 6:24.17, 2. Laura Turnitza (Pottsville), 3. Olivia Tokonitz (Pottsville). 200 Free Relay - 1. Pottsville (Sarah Corse-Campion, Kylie Tohill, Jessica Turnitza, Angela Eckert) 1:50.83, 2. Tamaqua, 3. Pottsville.100 Back - 1. Lexi Kerstetter (Tamaqua) 1:05.54, 2. Kylie Tohill (Pottsville), 3. Elizabeth Rakus (Pottsville).100 Breast - 1. Rebecca Kanaskie (Tamaqua) 1:15.27, 2. Sarah Maue (Tamaqua), 3. Jessica Turnitza (Pottsville).400 Free Relay - 1. Pottsville (Angela Eckert, Jessica Turnitza, Kylie Tohill, Sarah Corse-Campion) 4:05.55, 2. Tamaqua, 3. Pottsville.Diving - 1. Marcayla Lutzkanin (Pottsville) 144.15, 2. Hannah Kruppenbach (Pottsville).JR HIGH BASKETBALL8TH GRADE BOYSWeatherly-LehightonLehighton earned a 57-14 win over Weatherly.Hunter Crum and Robert Christman scored 12 points apiece for the Indians.Frank Willis had six for the Wreckers.7TH GRADE BOYSWeatherly-LehightonWeatherly picked up a 59-32 victory over Lehighton.Tyler Lowman paced the Wreckers with 18 points, while Scott Zoscin added 17.Hunter Crum had 13 points for the Indians.