Tamaqua and Weatherly both dropped boys basketball contests on Monday.

BOYS BASKETBALLPottsville-TamaquaPottsville flexed its muscles and rolled to a 60-33 Schuylkill League victory over Tamaqua.The Tide, now 17-1 on the season, were led by Brandon Bridy's 17 points.Brett Kosciolek led the Blue Raiders (5-14) with 16 points.Tamaqua won the JV game, 47-45.POTTSVILLEAdams 1-0-0-2, Blankenhorn 3-2-2-8, Moser 1-0-0-2, Platchko 2-0-0-5, Heffner 3-1-1-8, Thomas 5-0-2-10, Bridy 6-4-6-17, Nabholz 2-1-2-5, Schuster 0-0-0-0, Coyle 1-0-0-3, Wile 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 24-8-13-60.TAMAQUANunemacher 0-0-0-0, Wargula 0-0-0-0, Fegley 3-2-2-8, B. Rottet 0-0-0-0, Frantz 0-0-0-0, Kosciolek 5-4-4-16, Kurek 1-3-4-6, Ty. Skripko 0-0-0-0, D. Rottet 0-0-0-0, Kehl 0-0-2-0, Krell 1-1-2-3, Tr. Skripko 0-0-0-0, Hartung 0-0-1-0, Weinert 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 10-10-15-33.Pottsville 10 19 12 19 - 60Tamaqua 7 10 6 10 - 33Three pointers: P - Platchko 1, Heffner 1, Bridy 1, Coyle 1; T - Kosciolek 2, Kurek 1.Weatherly-NativityNativity inched closer to a District 11 Class A playoff berth with a 52-36 win over Weatherly.The Hilltoppers (9-9) were led by freshman Jeff Yordy's 17 points and Bill Birosik added 12.Brett Stallone had a team-high 17 for the Wreckers including five three-pointers.WEATHERLYKelly 0-0-0-0, Coll 0-0-0-0, Sipler 0-0-0-0, L. Reiner 2-0-0-4, Stallone 6-0-0-17, Haganey 2-2-4-6, Walton 2-0-0-4, Wallish 2-1-4-5. TOTALS: 14-3-8-36.NATIVITYGasper 2-0-0-5, Kaledas 3-0-0-8, Birosik 5-2-5-12, Navitsky 2-0-0-4, Holohan 1-0-0-2, Yordy 7-1-2-17, Palamar 0-0-0-0, Mellon 1-0-0-2, Hunyara 0-0-0-0, Morgan 0-0-0-0, Fowler 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-3-9-52.Weatherly - 12 7 7 10 - 36Nativity - 21 9 15 7 - 52Three-pointers: W - Stallone 5. N - Kaledas 2, Yordy 2, Gasper.8TH GRADE BASKETBALLNativity-TamaquaTamaqua ran past Nativity 43-11.Matt Minchhoff scored a game-high 12 points for the Blue Raiders (14-3) while Zach Coleman and Russel Blaker added 8 a piece.Weatherly-TamaquaTamaqua downed Weatherly 47-15.Zach Coleman led the Blue Raiders (15-3) in scoing with a game-high 17 points. Matt Minchhoff chipped in with 14.