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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.

Northern Lehigh's Brandon Belfonti (right) and Notre Dame's Mario Gordon battle at 152 pounds. Belfonti pulled out a 3-2 decision. MIKE FEIFEL/TIMES NEWS