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Tamaqua girls get hoop, swimming wins

The Tamaqua girls earned wins in both basketball and swimming on Thursday.

In other action, Lehighton and Marian posted boys basketball wins, while the Pleasant Valley girls earned a victory on the hardwood. Also winning was the Palmerton wrestling squad.GIRLS BASKETBALLLehighton-TamaquaTamaqua topped Lehighton 62-52 in Schuylkill League play.Kristin Jones had a double-double for the Blue Raiders (7-5; 3-2), finishing with 19 points and 20 rebounds. Emma Kuczynski had 18 points and Jamie Zuber added 10.Skylynn Faust had 15 points for the Indians (4-5; 0-5), while Aubrey Blasiak added 14.Tamaqua edged Lehighton 24-23 in the JV contest.LEHIGHTONBrown 3-0-0-6, Frey 3-1-1-7, Long 0-0-0-0, Whiteman 1-0-0-3, Blasiak 5-3-6-14, Miller 0-0-0-0, Faust 5-5-8-15, Buchinsky 3-0-0-7. TOTALS: 20-9-15-52.TAMAQUAR. Hromyak 0-0-0-0, Hoffman 2-2-4-6, Zuber 3-2-4-10, Jones 7-5-6-19, Titus 4-1-2-9, Frederickson 0-0-0-0, Kuczynski 8-2-4-18. TOTALS: 24-12-20-62.Lehighton 9 12 12 19 - 52Tamaqua 13 18 13 18 - 62Three pointers: Lehighton - Whiteman 1, Blasiak 1, Buchinsky 1; Tamaqua - Zuber 2.Pleasant Valley-ES SouthPleasant Valley pulled away from East Stroudsburg South for a 53-27 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win.All 12 players scored for the Bears, who built a 32-9 lead at the half.Ashley Schwenck led PV with 12 points.PLEASANT VALLEYSullivan 2-2-2-6, Covart 1-1-4-3, Miller 2-3-9-7, Rosenberg 2-1-2-5, Clark 1-0-0-2, Bolds 1-0-0-2, Francis 1-0-1-2, Borden 0-2-2-2, Duviella 1-1-2-3, Caffrey 1-0-0-2, Schwenck 6-0-0-12, Salmon 3-1-2-7. TOTALS: 21-11-24-53.EAST STROUDSBURG SOUTHWilliams 1-2-2-4, Oliver 0-0-0-0, Vasquez 3-2-2-9, Cole 2-2-6-6, Wasselius 0-0-1-0, Anderson 0-2-2-2, Jackson 1-0-1-2, Bostic 1-0-1-2, Caquias 0-0-0-0, Davy 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 9-8-17-27.Pleasant Vy. 15 17 13 7 - 53ES South 4 5 4 14 - 27Three pointers: Pleasant Valley - None; East Stroudsburg South - Vasquez 1.BOYS BASKETBALLMinersville-LehightonLehighton jumped out to a big first-half lead and cruised to a 69-25 Schuylkill League win over Minersville.Andre McDowell scored 17 points for the Indians, who led 45-13 at halftime.Caine Carpenter added 14 points and Donnie Buchinsky recorded 12.With the victory, Lehighton improved to 10-2 overall and 5-1 in the league.The Indians also won the JV game, 46-24.LEHIGHTONLawler 0-0-0-0, Troxell 2-1-2-5, Carpenter 6-1-3-13, McDowell 7-0-0-17, Crum 2-0-0-4, Buchinsky 4-3-3-12, Mele 3-2-2-8, Howland 0-2-2-2, Venuto 2-1-2-5, Motz 1-0-0-2, Schatz 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 27-10-13-69.MINERSVILLESnyder 0-0-0-0, Wollying 2-0-0-5, Woodford 0-0-0-0, Rinaldo 1-0-0-2, Hossler 1-0-0-3, Ellinger 6-0-0-12, Landers 0-0-0-0, Moran 0-0-0-0, Stablum 0-1-2-1, Kuehn 0-2-2-2. TOTALS: 10-3-4-25.Minersville 9 4 10 2 - 25Lehighton 24 21 10 14 - 69Three pointers: Minersville - Wollying 1, Hossler 1; Lehighton - McDowell 3, Carpenter 1, Buchinsky 1.Tri-Valley-MarianMarian rolled to a 61-41 Schuylkill League win over Tri-Valley.Tyler Fritz, who hit four three-pointers, led three Colts in double figures with 16 points.Ryan Karchner and Brandon Mohammed both finished with 14 points for Marian (8-1; 5-0).TRI-VALLEYDeeter 1-0-0-3, Buchanon 4-1-2-11, Leedy 4-0-0-11, J. Ziegmont 0-1-2-1, N. Ziegmont 0-0-0-0, Stiely 2-0-0-5, Smith 0-0-0-0, Yoder 4-2-3-10. TOTALS: 15-4-9-41.MARIANKarchner 6-2-4-14, Mohammed 4-6-6-14, Mummey 2-0-2-6, Stauffer 2-1-2-5, Fritz 6-0-0-16, Paisley 2-0-0-4, Collevechio 1-0-0-2, G. Miller 0-0-0-0, J. Miller 0-0-0-0, Maylath 0-0-0-0, Choley 0-0-0-0, McLaughlin 0-0-0-0, Whildin 0-0-0-0, Lentz 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-9-14-61.Tri-Valley 5 14 11 11 - 41Marian 17 12 17 15 - 61Three pointers: Tri-Valley - Leedy 3, Buchanon 2, Deeter 1, Stiely 1; Marian - Fritz 4, Mummey 2.Lourdes-Panther Vy.Lourdes edged Panther Valley 52-49 in Schuylkill League play.Thomas Schultz had 22 points for Lourdes, which erased a 38-37 deficit after the third quarter.Rene Figueroa led the Panthers (4-8; 1-4) with 20 points. Tristan Blasko added 10.Panther Valley won the JV game, 42-20.LOURDES REGIONALReichard 4-0-1-10, Schultz 9-4-7-22, Padula 1-0-3-2, Klembara 5-2-2-16, Williams 1-0-0-2, Maneual 0-0-0-0, Reiner 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-6-13-52.PANTHER VALLEYRodriguez 4-0-3-8, Micholik 1-0-0-3, Turner 2-0-0-5, Figueroa 7-4-7-20, Mehmeti 1-1-1-3, Blasko 5-0-0-10, Perez 0-0-0-0, Morgans 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-5-11-49.Lourdes 16 12 9 15 - 52Panther Vy. 14 16 8 11 - 49Three pointers: Lourdes - Klembara 4, Reichard 2; Panther Valley - Figueroa 2, Turner 1, Micholik 1.Williams Vy.-WeatherlyJake Wolfgang scored a game-high 22 points to help lead Williams Valley to a 62-45 Schuylkill League victory over Weatherly.The Vikings (8-4; 3-2) jumped out to a 12-4 first-quarter lead and kept the Wreckers winless in league play.Zach Moon paced Weatherly (1-9; 0-5) with nine points.The Wreckers won the JV game, 51-44.WILLIAMS VALLEYUlsh 0-1-2-1, Reed 5-3-4-15, Reinoehl 2-1-2-7, Weist 7-1-2-17, Wolfgang 9-4-8-22, Joseph 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-10-18-62.WEATHERLYMoon 3-1-2-9, Peiser 2-0-0-4, Buck 2-2-3-7, Yurchak 1-0-0-2, Derr 1-5-6-7, Knepper 1-0-0-2, Hinkle 4-0-1-8, Martens 2-2-2-6, Moser 0-0-0-0, Arthur 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-10-14-45.Williams Vy. 12 15 18 17 - 62Weatherly 4 13 10 18 - 45Three-pointers: Williams Valley - Reed 2, Reinoehl 2, Weist 2; Weatherly - Moon 2, Buck 1.Pleasant Vy.-ES SouthEast Stroudsburg South defeated Pleasant Valley, 49-39, in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference play.Greg Eck had 19 points for the Cavaliers to lead all scorers.Isaiah Howard was the only Bear to hit double figures, finishing with 10 points.Pleasant Valley dropped to 5-6 overall and 1-5 in the league.PLEASANT VALLEYAulder 4-1-2-9, Robinson 0-0-2-0, Howard 4-0-0-10, Richardson 3-1-2-7, Munford 3-1-1-8, Neubert 0-0-0-0, Scarboro 0-0-0-0, Gerolimatos 1-0-0-2, Prator 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 16-4-9-39.EAST STROUDSBURG SOUTHLopez 0-2-2-2, Eck 5-7-10-19, Bradley 3-2-3-8, Kross 2-1-4-6, Rodriguez 0-0-0-0, Raso 1-0-0-2, Murphy 1-0-0-3, Bruce 0-0-0-0, Parks 0-0-0-0, Gray 0-0-0-0, Hamilton 4-0-4-8, Patterson 0-1-2-1, Matos 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-13-25-49.Pleasant Vy. 6 10 11 12 - 39ES South 8 18 15 8 - 49Three pointers: Pleasant Valley - Howard 2, Munford 1; Eck 2, Kross 1, Murphy 1.WRESTLINGNo. Lehigh-Saucon Vy.Saucon Valley downed Northern Lehigh, 53-18, in Colonial League action.Preston Bauer (106) and Dan Belfonti (113) got pins for the Bulldogs, while Ezra Neff (132) and Jason Schaffer (285) earned decisions.Saucon Vy. 53, No. Lehigh 18106 - Preston Bauer (NL) pinned Dane Druckenmiller in 2:56.113 - Dan Belfonti (NL) pinned Kevin Dyer in 1:20.120 - Josh Jones (SV) pinned Brent Nierer in :53.126 - Paul Miller (SV) dec. Seth Fronheiser, 10-7.132 - Ezra Neff (NL) dec. Justin Kyra, 7-4.138 - Angelo Mahaffey (SV) tech. fall Tyler Hargreaves in 5:34.145 - Carlos Ortiz (SV) pinned Aaron Rudolph in 4:29.152 - Jason Jones (SV) pinned Dale Wanamaker in :16.160 - Dane Csencsits (SV) dec. Brandon Belfonti, 5-3.170 - Nate Kehs (SV) won by forfeit.182 - Abe Lugo (SV) won by forfeit.195 - Stephen Good (SV) pinned Austin Rudolph in :27.220 - Devin Fontanez (SV) pinned Dom Bandle in :45.285 - Jason Schaffer (NL) dec. Trey Polak, 7-6.Palmerton-PalisadesPalmerton picked up a 45-24 Colonial League win over Palisades.Dan Nicolo (285) won by decision for the Blue Bombers, who got six forfeits.Palmerton 45, Palisades 24220 - No match.285 - Dan Nicolo (Palm) dec. Brian McNally, 6-4 (OT).106 - No match.113 - Shawn Gardner (Palm) won by forfeit.120 - Parker Lambert (Pali) won by forfeit.126 - Hunter Fierro (Palm) won by forfeit.132 - Adam Marsh (Pali) pinned Matthew Lalik.138 - Lucas Christman (Palm) won by forfeit.145 - Chase Faulstick (Palm) won by forfeit.152 - Nate Miller (Pali) pinned Dylan Gonyo.160 - Nathan Haubert (Pali) pinned Nate Sterner.170 - Riad Kapur (Palm) won by forfeit.182 - Kyle Kralik (Palm) inj. def.195 - Jared Mooney (Palm) won by forfeit.SWIMMINGSch. Haven-TamaquaTamaqua split a Schuylkill League meet with Schuylkill Haven.The Tamaqua girls won 82-67.Rebecca Kanaskie was victorious in the 200 IM, 500 free and was a member of the winning 400 free relay team. Abby Brickler (50 free, 400 relay), Lexi Kerstetter (100 back, 400 relay) and Sarah Maue (100 breast) also were victorious for the Lady Raiders.Schuylkill Haven won the boys meet, 64-58.Ethan Turrano (200 free), Billy Shilko (diving), Nate Steigerwalt (100 free), Jeff Letterhouse (100 back) and Chris Miller (100 breast) were winners for the Tamaqua boys.Also in the boys meet, Marian's Dan Berlitz bested his own pool record in the 200 IM, lowering his mark of 1:58.93 to 1:56.77. Berlitz then lowered his 500 free record of 4:47.10 to 4:43.13.GIRLSTamaqua 82, Schuylkill Haven 67200 Medley Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Rebecca Kanaskie, Sarah Maue, Abigail Brickler, Kayla Sherry) 2:05.44, 2. Schuylkill Haven.200 Free - 1. Mary Zimmerman (SH) 2:07.50, 2. Lexi Kerstetter (T), 3. Brianna Dumond (T).200 IM - 1. Rebecca Kanaskie (T) 2:23.47, 2. Kali Muthersbaugh (SH), 3. Sarah Maue (T).50 Free - 1. Abigail Brickler (T) 27.45, 2. Kayla Sherry (T), 3. Crystal Reber (SH).100 Butterfly - 1. Mary Zimmerman (SH) 1:06.07, 2. Brianna Dumond (T).100 Free - 1. Kali Muthersbaugh (SH) 1:00.08, 2. Abigail Brickler (T), 3. Crystal Reber (SH).500 Free - 1. Rebecca Kanaskie (T) 6:00.59, 2. Taylor Felty (SH), 3. Hannah Palladinko (SH).200 Free Relay - 1. Schuylkill Haven (Kali Muthersbaugh, Crystal Reber, Taylor Felty, Mary Zimmerman) 1:51.87, 2. Tamaqua.100 Back - 1. Lexi Kerstetter (T) 1:04.77, 2. Madison Irwin (SH), 3. Sam Wagner (T).100 Breast - 1. Sarah Maue (T) 1:19.29, 2. Taylor Felty (SH), 3. Kayla Sherry (T).400 Free Relay - 1. Tamaqua (Abigail Brickler, Brianna Dumond, Rebecca Kanaskie, Lexi Kerstetter) 4:16.40, 2. Schuylkill Haven.BOYSSchuylkill Haven 64, Tamaqua 58200 Medley Relay - 1. Schuylkill Haven (Bryce Sisko, Ryan Potts, Connor Raymond, Kyle Schaeffer) 2:12.24, 2. Tamaqua.200 Free - 1. Ethan Turrano (T) 2:38.56, 2. Tyler Hughes (SH), 3. Charlie Hazzard (SH).200 IM - 1. Kyle Schaeffer (SH) 3:03.09.50 Free - 1. Connor Raymond (SH) 24.84, 2. Bill Shilko (T), 3. Bill Frederick (T).100 Butterfly - 1. Connor Raymond (SH) 1:06.73, 2. Jeff Letterhouse (T).100 Free - 1. Nathan Steigerwalt (T) 1:12.89, 2. Ethan Turrano (T), 3. Ryan Potts (SH).500 Free - 1. Kyle Schaeffer (SH) 7:02.82.200 Free Relay - 1. Schuylkill Haven (Bryce Sisko, Tyler Hughes, Kyle Schaeffer, Connor Raymond) 1:52.03.100 Back - 1. Jeff Letterhouse (T) 1:08.62, 2. Bryce Sisko (SH), 3. Tyler Hughes (SH).100 Breast - 1. Chris Miller (T) 1:21.92, 2. Nathan Steigerwalt (T), 3. Ryan Potts (SH).Diving - 1. Bill Shilko (T) 179.5, 2. Bill Frederick (T).9TH GRADEBOYS BASKETBALLTamaqua-North SchuylkillTamaqua earned a 50-37 win over North Schuylkill.Ian Davis led the Blue Raiders (5-3) with a season-high 20 points, while Nathaniel Noftz added 15.8TH GRADEBOYS BASKETBALLTamaqua-North SchuylkillTamaqua dropped a 34-18 decision to North Schuylkill.Alex Barron led the Blue Raiders with six points.Tamaqua-LehightonTamaqua edged Lehighton by a 28-25 score.Joe Coleman had nine points to pace the Raiders, while Brady Miller chipped in with six.For the Indians, Borigiorno finished with eight points.7TH GRADEBOYS BASKETBALLTamaqua-North SchuylkillTamaqua defeated North Schuylkill, 28-16.Nate Gregoire scored a team-high nine points for the Raiders. Parker Coleman added eight.

Panther Valley's Rene Figueroa dribbles away from CJ Reichard of Lourdes. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS