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Tigers' Jones tops 1,000-point mark

Sara Jones of Northwestern topped the 1,000-career point mark in a victory over Allen on Wednesday.

GIRLS BASKETBALLNorthwestern-AllenNorthwestern cruised to a 55-29 nonleague win over Allen as senior Sara Jones crossed the 1,000-point mark for her career.The senior guard came into the game with 993 points and scored 16 points for the undefeated Lady Tigers (8-0). Trista Cunningham also poured in 16 points, while teammate Sarah Segan added 10.Northwestern opened an early lead on the Chicks (1-5) before pulling away in the second half.NORTHWESTERNMertz 2-1-3-7, Landrigan 0-3-6-3, Day 0-0-0-0, Jones 7-1-3-16, Suter 0-0-0-0, Segan 4-2-2-10, Koenig 0-0-0-0, Bennett 1-0-0-3, Thomas 0-0-0-0, Cunningham 6-4-4-16, Anderson 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-11-18-55.ALLENHardy 2-0-0-4, Maressa 0-1-2-1, Church 4-0-4-8, Robles 2-0-0-4, Jones 2-0-0-4, Miller 0-0-0-0, Wo 2-0-0-5, Talib 1-0-0-3, Tejada 0-0-0-0, Mardelyn 0-0-0-0, Fritchman 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-1-6-29.Northwestern 7 15 21 12 - 55Allen 4 12 8 5 - 29Three-pointers: NW - Mertz 2, Jones 1, Bennett 1; A - Wo 1, Talib 1.BOYS BASKETBALLJim Thorpe-Pine GroveKobe D'Agostino scored a game-high 23 points and helped lead Pine Grove to a 49-38 Schuylkill League victory over Jim Thorpe.Khadir Lindsey led Jim Thorpe with 12 points.JIM THORPEHarleston 3-0-2-8, Lindsey 5-2-3-12, M. Principe 0-0-0-0, S. Principe 1-0-0-2, McElmoyle 0-0-0-0, Micciche 1-0-0-2, Brown 3-2-4-8, Everitt 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 16-4-9-38.PINE GROVEBlankenhorn 0-0-0-0, D'Agostino 7-6-6-23, Rossi 0-0-0-0, Mars 0-0-0-0, Bressler 3-1-5-7, Wolfe 4-0-2-9, Fick 0-0-0-0, Weinus 2-0-0-4, Kriser 1-1-4-3, Keefer 0-0-1-0, Seeker 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 18-9-20-49.Jim Thorpe 10 9 9 10 - 38Pine Grove 12 12 11 14 - 49Three-pointers: JT - Harleston 2; PG - D'Agostino 3, Wolfe 1.Marian-Mahanoy AreaMarian dropped a Schuylkill League showdown to Mahanoy Area, 45-35.With the loss, Marian falls to 6-2, 1-2. Mahanoy improves to 6-3, 3-0.Nick Kweder led the Colts with 11 points, hitting three three-pointers in the game.Mahanoy also won the JV game, 61-60.MARIANAgosti 3-0-2-6, Whah 1-3-4-5, Kweder 4-0-0-11, Ryan Karnish 2-1-2-6, Matt Karnish 0-0-0-0, Damian Richards 1-1-2-3, Swankowski 0-1-2-1, Bilka 0-0-0-0, Talbott 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 12-6-12-35.MAHANOY AREAMcGee 4-2-6-10, Cavenas 3-1-5-7, Kuzma 3-0-1-8, Mahmod 5-3-7-15, McNeil 0-5-7-5, Richmond 0-0-0-0, Miller 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-11-26-45.Marian 8 7 12 8 - 35Mahanoy 15 10 6 14 - 45Three-Pointers: M - Kweder 3, Karnish 1, Talbott 1; MA - Kuzma 2, Mahmod 2.Tamaqua-PottsvillePottsville picked up an easy Schuylkill League victory over Tamaqua, 56-25.Adam Frantz led the Raiders with eight points.Brandon Bridy had a game-high 19 points for Pottsville while teammate Ryan Coyle added 16.Pottsville also won the JV game, 45-27.TAMAQUAB. Rottet 1-1-2-3, D. Chartier 0-0-0-0, T. Krell 0-0-0-0, M. Weinert 0-0-0-0, A. Frantz 4-0-0-8, Z.Wargula 2-1-2-6, T. Kehl 0-0-2-0, N. MacDonald 0-0-0-0, J. Marcin 0-0-0-0, Ty. Skripko 0-0-0-0, Tr. Skripko 0-0-0-0, C. Hartung 2-0-0-4, Kosciolek 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 8-2-6-25.POTTSVILLEPainter 0-0-0-0, Platchko 0-0-0-0, Whitman 2-3-3-7, Doyle 0-0-0-0, Bridy 8-2-3-19, Toomey 0-0-0-0, Coyle 7-1-2-16, Hinchcliffe 0-0-0-0, Kuperavage 0-0-0-0, Wile 1-0-0-2, Melochick 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 15-6-8-46.Tamaqua 9 4 4 8 - 25Pottsville 14 16 13 3 - 56Three-Pointers: T - Wargula 1; P - Bridy 1, Coyle 1.Shenandoah-WeatherlyDespite coming up with a big fourth quarter, Weatherly fell to Shenandoah Valley in Schuylkill League play, 58-50.Charlie Wallish recorded a double-double for the Wreckers (5-2), as he finished with 10 points and 15 rebounds. Josh Reiner led the team with 14 points.SHENANDOAHMerva 5-1-2-13, Osorio 0-0-1-0, Alvarez 4-0-0-8, Miscornik 3-1-2-7, Palubinsky 6-0-3-13, Storm 2-0-0-4, Herb 3-0-0-7, McCole 0-2-3-2, Markaney 2-0-1-4, Marnell 0-0-0-0, Accosta 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 25-4-12-58.WEATHERLYMiller 2-0-0-4, Stallone 3-2-2-9, Wallish 4-2-2-10, J. Reiner 5-0-3-14, Haganey 5-2-4-13. TOTALS: 19-6-11-50.Shenandoah 13 17 20 8 - 58Weatherly 7 11 15 17 - 50Three-pointers: SV - Merva 2, Palubinsky 1, Herb 1; W - Reiner 4, Stallone 1, Haganey 1.WRESTLINGPalmerton-No. DamePalmerton beat Notre Dame of Green Pond, 40-22, in a Colonial League match.Dan Russo, Josh Evans, Dillion Massington and Jake Christman all had pins for the Bombers. Joe Bubble and Zach Graver added technical falls.106 - Brandon Traugher (P) won by forfeit113 - Dom Fonte (ND) won by forfeit120 - Dan Russo (P) pinned Preston Wiedner in 2:46126 - Josh Evans (P) pinned David Reif in 3:49132 - Dillion Massington (P) pinned Gage Padula in 1:02138 - Zach Christman (P) dec. Seever Hoyak, 7-3145 - Joe Bubble (P) tech. fall Reese Cornish (ND), 20-5, in 4:50.152 - Shane Grohotolski (P) dec. over Dean Fedrizzi, 21-16160 - Zach Graver (P) tech. fall Scott Maldanado, 20-2, in 4:45170 - Double forfeit182 - Sean Williams (ND) won by forfeit195 - Jake Christman (P) pinned Joe Dittmar in 1:15220 - Dennis Attiyeh (ND) pinned Skylar Rosenberry in :57285 - Mike Williams (ND) maj. dec. over Andrew Strauss, 9-1No. Lehigh-So. LehighNorthern Lehigh earned a critical Colonial League victory over Southern Lehigh, 34-33.No other information was provided about the match.

nancy scholz/times news Sara Jones of Northwestern follows throw after releasing the shot that prodduced her 1,000th career point.