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Colts, Bombers, Indians triumph

The Marian, Palmerton and Lehightonboys' basketball teams all were victorious.

BOYS BASKETBALLWeatherly-MarianMarian cruised to a 65-33 Schuylkill League Division III win over Weatherly.Brandon Mohammed posted 18 points and 21 rebounds for the Colts (16-2, 10-0 SL). DJ Mummey added 17 points, Jarod Paisley 12.Johnny Artur led the Wreckers with 13 points.WEATHERLYMoser 1-2-2-4, Derr 0-1-2-1, Knepper 1-0-0-2, Buck 1-0-0-3, Koslop 2-0-0-4, Artur 5-0-0-13, Hinkle 1-0-0-2, Yurchak 1-0-0-2, Peiser 0-0-0-0, Martens 0-0-0-0, Bleiler 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 13-3-4-33.MARIANKarchner 0-0-0-0, Mohammed 7-4-6-18, Mummey 7-0-0-17, Stauffer 1-0-0-3, Paisley 5-0-0-12, Collevechio 3-1-2-7, Paluck 1-0-0-3, G. Miller 0-0-0-0, Maylath 0-0-0-0, McLaughlin 0-0-0-0, Whildin 0-0-0-0, McCall 0-0-0-0, Lentz 2-0-0-5, McNelis 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 26-5-8-65.Weatherly 6 6 13 8 - 33Marian 19 16 12 18 - 65Three-pointers: Weatherly - Artur 3, Buck 1; Marian - Mummey 3, Paisley 2, Stauffer 1, Paluck 1, Lentz.Brandywine-PalmertonPalmerton topped Brandywine Heights 63-53 in a non-league contest.Nate Dougherty led four Blue Bombers (2-17) in double figures with 21 points. Justin Hosier scored 14 points, Eric Baumgardt tallied 11 and Joey Suto added 10.BRANDYWINE HEIGHTSTavares 3-0-0-8, Tiongson 3-1-2-8, Hermany 1-0-0-2, Ludwig 4-1-2-9, Harmony 1-1-2-3, Harrison 0-4-4-4, Lichtenwalner 0-0-0-0, Miller 8-3-4-19. TOTALS: 20-10-14-53.PALMERTONYacone 2-1-2-6, Dougherty 6-8-11-21, Baumgardt 3-4-5-11, Frace 0-0-0-0, Suto 3-4-7-10, Hosier 6-0-0-14, Yaindl 0-0-0-0, Silfies 0-0-0-0, King 0-0-0-0, Quinn 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 20-18-27-63.Brandywine 8 12 15 18 - 53Palmerton 11 10 20 22 - 63Three-pointers: Brandywine - Tavares 2, Tiongson 1; Palmerton - Hosier 2, Baumgardt 1, Dougherty 1, Yacone.Lehighton-No. SchuylkillLehighton picked up a 66-54 Schuylkill League Division I win over North Schuylkill.Caine Carpenter tallied 19 points to lead the Indians (15-4, 8-3). Damian Mele added 17, while Donny Buchinsky had 14.LEHIGHTONTroxell 0-0-0-0, Carpenter 8-1-1-19, McDowell 2-1-2-5, Buchinsky 6-2-2-14, Mele 7-3-3-17, Howland 5-0-0-11. TOTALS: 28-7-8-66.NORTH SCHUYLKILLStokes 1-3-4-5, Stavinski 0-0-0-0, Bolinsky 5-1-2-14, Weist 3-2-2-9, Burke 0-0-0-0, Guerrero 5-0-0-14, Knerr 0-0-0-0, Kotzo 4-2-3-12. TOTALS: 18-8-11-54.Lehighton 19 13 14 20 - 66No. Schuylkill 7 13 21 13 - 54Three-pointers: L - Carpenter 2, Howland 1; NS - Guerrero 4, Bolinsky 3, Kotzo 2, Weist 1.Northern Lehigh-BangorBangor rolled to an 84-36 Colonial League win over Northern Lehigh (6-14).Brandon Hess scored 12 points for the Bulldogs.NORTHERN LEHIGHKemery 1-2-2-4, Egan 2-3-4-8, Berger 0-0-0-0, Seier 0-1-2-1, Seiler 0-0-0-0, Schaeffer 0-0-0-0, Long 0-0-0-0, Hess 5-0-0-12, Keller 1-0-0-2, Shoff 0-0-0-0, Colon 4-1-6-9, Sullivan 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-7-14-36.BANGORSingleton 1-0-0-2, R. Jones 5-0-0-12, Meyers 1-0-0-3, T. Jones 3-0-0-6, S. Benton 5-1-1-11, Berger 1-0-0-2, Kish 5-0-0-10, Pagotto 1-0-0-3, B. Holland 5-2-2-15, D. Benton 5-0-0-10, Schiavone 0-2-2-2, Bailey 1-0-0-2, C. Holland 2-1-2-6. TOTALS: 35-6-7-84.No. Lehigh 9 11 12 4 - 36Bangor 23 20 25 16 - 84Three-pointers: Northern Lehigh - Hess 2, Egan 1; Bangor - B. Holland 3, R. Jones 2, Meyers 1, Pagotto 1, C. Holland 1.Mahanoy-Panther ValleyA 25-point fourth quarter put Mahanoy Area over the top in a 59-51 Schuylkill League victory over Panther Valley.Tristan Blasko paced the Panthers with a team high 17 points, while Anthony Micholik and Rene Figueroa ended up with 15 and 13 respectively.MAHANOY AREA Joseph 2-6-8-10, Derr 4-2-4-10, Miller 7-2-3-18, Rivera 3-0-2-7, Atkins 0-0-0-0, Butcavage 0-0-0-0, Mcgee 4-4-4-13, Fedor 0-0-0-0, Derr 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 20-15-23-59.PANTHER VALLEYRodriguez 1-0-0-2, Micholik 6-2-2-15, Turner 0-0-0-0, Figueroa 4-4-4-13, Distler 0-0-0-0, White 2-0-0-4, Blasko 7-3-3-17, Perez 0-0-0-0, Morgans 0-0-0-0, Stilitino 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-9-9-51.Mahanoy Area 11 14 10 25 - 59Panther Vy. 12 15 12 12 - 51Three-pointers: MA - Miller 2, Rivera 1, Mcgee 1; PV - Micholik 1, Figueroa 1.Pine Grove-TamaquaA big fourth quarter lifted Pine Grove to a 58-53 win over Tamaqua in Schuylkill League Division I play.Thad Zuber recorded 18 points for the Blue Raiders (11-8, 4-7 SL). Brayden Knoblauch scored 16 points.PINE GROVEIbarra 0-0-0-0, Pena 2-3-5-7, Griffiths 4-0-0-10, Leininger 2-6-7-10, Snedden 7-6-6-25, Griffiths 0-0-0-0, Routledge 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 18-15-18-58TAMAQUABonetsky 0-0-0-0, Stianche 0-0-0-0, Wassell, 0-0-0-0, Zuber 5-5-5-18, Knoblauch 6-0-0-16, Scott 1-0-0-2, Rother 3-0-0-6, Inama 1-0-0-2, Gregoire 4-1-5-9, Gregoire 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-6-10-53Pine Grove 12 17 11 18 - 58Tamaqua 13 9 19 12 - 53Three-pointers: PG - Snedden 5, A. Griffiths 2; T - Knoblauch 4, Zuber 3.GIRLS BASKETBALLPM East-Pleasant ValleyPocono Mountain East held off a fourth quarter Pleasant Valley rally to earn a 49-44 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory.Masani Francis led the Bears with a 17-point performance, while Cameron Caffrey followed with 15 points.PM EASTThomas 2-2-5-6, Caldwell 11-1-4-23, Maldonado 1-8-12-10, Newman 0-0-0-0, Ellerbee 2-0-0-4, Berryman 2-0-0-6, Richard 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-11-21-49.PLEASANT VALLEYSullivan 1-0-0-2, Miller 0-4-4-4, Rosenberg 1-0-0-2, Francis 6-2-5-17, Borden 0-0-0-0, Caffrey 4-4-4-15, Schwenck 0-0-2-0, Salmon 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 14-10-15-44.PM East 10 17 11 11 - 49Pleasant Vy. 13 9 6 16 - 44Three-pointers: PME - Berryman 2; PV - Francis 3, Caffrey 3.SWIMMINGTamaqua-Sch. HavenTamaqua swept Schuylkill Haven in a Schuylkill League Division I meet.The Tamaqua girls won, 81-61.Rebecca Kanaskie (200 IM, 100 free, 400 relay), Abby Brickler (50 free, 200 free relay), Sarah Maue (500 free, 400 relay) and Lexi Kerstetter (100 back, 200 free relay, 400 relay), plus relay help from Brianna Dumond and Kayla Sherry, led the Lady Raiders.The Tamaqua boys defeated the Hurricanes, 80-47.Strong performances from Jeff Letterhouse (100 fly, 100 back, 200 medley and 400 relay), Billy Shilko (50 free, diving, 200 free relay, 400 relay), along with Ethan Turrano (200 free, 200 medley and 200 free relay), Chris Miller (100 breast, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay) carried the Blue Raiders.GIRLSTamaqua 81, Schuylkill Haven 61200 Medley Relay - 1. Schuylkill Haven (Madison Irwin, Taylor Felty, Kali Muthersbaugh, Mary Zimmerman) 2:06.01, 2. Tamaqua.200 Free - 1. Mary Zimmerman (SH) 2:05.49, 2. Lexi Kerstetter (T), 3. Brianna Dumond (T).200 IM - 1. Rebecca Kanaskie (T) 2:24.88, 2. Kali Muthersbaugh (SH), 3. Sarah Maue (T).50 Free - 1. Abigail Brickler (T) 27.27, 2. Kayla Sherry (T), 3. Meghan McBreen (SH).100 Butterfly - 1. Taylor Felty (SH) 1:07.41, 2. Brianna Dumond (T).100 Free - 1. Mary Zimmerman (SH) 57.37, 2. Abigail Brickler (T), 3. Kayla Sherry (T).500 Free - 1. Sarah Maue (T) 6:09.35, 2. Madison Irwin (SH), 3. Hannah Palladino (SH).200 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Lexi Kerstetter, Abigail Brickler, Brianna Dumond, Kayla Sherry) 1:49.47, 2. Schuylkill Haven.100 Back - 1. Lexi Kerstetter (T) 1:06.36, 2. Kali Muthersbaugh (SH), 3. Sam Wagner (T).100 Breast - 1. Rebecca Kanaskie (T) 1:15.34, 2. Taylor Felty (SH).400 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Brianna Dumond, Sarah Maue, Rebecca Kanaskie, Lexi Kerstetter) 4:09.66.BOYSTamaqua 80, Schuylkill Haven 47200 Medley Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Jeff Letterhouse, Nathan Steigerwalt, Chris Miller, Ethan Turrano) 2:16.35, 2. Schuylkill Haven.200 Free - 1. Ethan Turrano (T) 2:34.67, 2. Tyler Hughes (SH), 3. Charlie Hazzard (SH).200 IM - 1. Kyle Schaeffer (SH) 2:47.05.50 Free - 1. Bill Shilko (T) 27.26, 2. Bill Frederick (T), 3. Bryce Sisko (SH).100 Butterfly - 1. Jeff Letterhouse (T) 1:05.85.100 Free - 1. Bryce Sisko (SH) 1:02.76, 2. Nathan Steigerwalt (T), 3. Charlie Hazzard (SH).500 Free - 1. Kyle Schaeffer (SH) 6:34.52.200 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Bill Shilko, Chris Miller, Ethan Turrano, Bill Frederick) 1:55.16, 2. Schuylkill Haven.100 Back - 1. Jeff Letterhouse (T) 1:09.89, 2. Tyler Hughes (SH).100 Breast - 1. Chris Miller (T) 1:19.05, 2. Nathan Steigerwalt (T), 3. Ryan Potts (SH).400 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Bill Shilko, Jeff Letterhouse, Nathan Steigerwalt, Bill Frederick) 4:25.80.Diving - 1. Bill Shilko (T) 235.60, 2. Bill Frederick (T).WRESTLINGPanther Valley-HalifaxHalifax edged Panther Valley in a Schuylkill League Division II match, 42-36.Hunter Kerestes (195), Louden Breiner (106) and Derek Beckham (145) won by fall for the Panthers.Halifax 42, Panther Valley 36195 - Hunter Kerestes (195) pinned Jay Zerby in 0:41220 - Jake Paul (H) pinned Justin Rodriguez in 2:25285 - Chris Walkinshaw (PV) won by forfeit106 - Louden Breiner (PV) pinned Kyler Schadel in 2:50113 - Justin Brady (H) pinned Brandon Meyers in 1:46120 - Dawson Trutt (H) dec. Miguel Santiago, 6-4 (SV)126 - Trenton Howard (H) won by forfeit132 - Landon Bruner (H) won by forfeit138 - Reece Bruner (H) dec. Gary Goodhile, 11-7145 - Derek Beckham (PV) pinned Dalton Marshall in 2:56152 - Matthew Hartman (H) pinned Mark Clewell in 5:51160 - Hunter Kennedy (PV) won by forfeit170 - Xander Kern (PV) won by forfeit182 - Grant Klinger (H) pinned Colin Haydt in 3:25

Weatherly's Chris Martens (right) secures a rebound as Marian's Jarred Maylath tries to knock the ball away. BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS