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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The District 11 basketball playoffs get underway tonight with three opening round games. The Panther Valley boys will be one of the teams in action.

BOYS

Class AAA

No. 9 seed Panther Vy. (13-9; 5-7 Schuy. League) vs.

No. 8 seed No. Schuylkill (15-7, 7-5 Schuy. League)

TIPOFF: Tuesday, Feb.23 at 7 p.m. at North Schuylkill

COACHES: PV - Pat Crampsie (8th year); NS - Curt Ziegmont (7th year)

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The District 5 CYO East-West All Star games will be held Wednesday, Feb. 24 at Marian High School. The girls game will start at 6 p.m. and the boys game will follow at 7 p.m.

Players from St. Jerome's of Tamaqua, St. Joseph's of Jim Thorpe, Our Lady of the Angels Academy, McAdoo Catholic, St. John Neumann of Palmerton and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mahanoy City are taking part in the games.

A boys MVP Award donated In memory of Stanley "Jake" Kozuch and a girls MVP Award donated In memory of James Sofranko will be presented following the games.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS JIm Thorpe's Dillon Smith wrestles Mike Priest of Wyomissing during last year's AA Regionals..

Earlier this season, Dillon Smith reached a milestone that will keep any wrestler wearing Jim Thorpe's red, white and blue chasing him for awhile.

The senior 145 pounder is now the Olympians' all-time winningest wrestler with 133 victories.

That puts him in select company in the Thorpe grappling annals, as he has surpassed Mike Wernett, a 2000 graduate who had 115 career wins; Ryan Bennick, a 2003 alumnus, who had 106; Shawn Bradley, a 2007 grad, who had 105; and his brother Ethan, who graduated with exactly 100 in 2007.

Monday, February 22, 2010

February 22, 1985 Paula Hahn tallies a game-high 22 points to help lead the Palmerton girls to a 55-42 victory over Notre Dame and the Centennial League second half championship. Gena Moyer contributes to the win with 11 points and 29 rebounds. The Blue Bombers, coached by Bill Piper, use an 11-point run to start the fourth quarter to seal the victory. Pam Schanstine also chips in with eight points for the winners.

Monday, February 22, 2010

The University of Georgia's Mark Richt and Boise State's Chris Petersen headline a long list of speakers for this year's Lehigh Valley NIKE "Coach of the Year" Clinic to be held March 4, 5 and 6 at the Holiday Inn Conference Center at I-78 and Route 100 in Fogelsville.

Richt will be the main speaker to kick off Saturday morning, the final day of the clinic, while Petersen will end the day on Friday with his talk on "Bronco Pyramid of Success".

Monday, February 22, 2010

Hoosiers, Vavra cop Big Ten swim titles

Former Panther Valley swimmer Alyssa Vavra won the gold medal in the 400 Individual Medley for the University of Indiana in the Big Ten Championships over the weekend. Vavra's performance helped the Hoosier women to their second straight Big Ten title.

Vavra won the 400 IM with an NCAA-qualifying time of 4:06.94. She also won the bronze medal in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:10.66, just missing an NCAA B-cut time by three-tenths of a second.

Vavra also finished eighth in the 200-IM in 2:00.69.

Monday, February 22, 2010

The following schools have announced ticket sales for this week's District 11 basketball playoff games:

NO. LEHIGH

Tickets will be on sale for the Northern Lehigh boys game on Friday, Feb. 26 at Catasauqua (7:30 p.m.) and the girls' game on Saturday, Feb. 27 at Southern Lehigh (6 p.m.).

Tickets can be purchased Tuesday-Thursday in the Northern Lehigh High School main office from 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. and on Friday from 7 a.m. - 1p.m.

The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens. All tickets at the door will cost $5.

MARIAN

Monday, February 22, 2010

The Tamaqua girls and the Marian boys have both earned top seeds in the upcoming District 11 basketball playoffs, which begin on Tuesday.

The Lady Raiders have not only earned a No. 1 seed in Class AA but have also gained a bye into the semifinal round. The champions of the Schuylkill League won't be in action until Tuesday, March 2.

The Colts, who went undefeated in Schuylkill League Division 3 play and reached the league's title game, are the top seed in the Boys Class A field. They will start their quest for district gold on Friday.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

All four leagues in District 11 held their girls and boys championship games on Friday night.

Following are results from the five title games that didn't involve TIMES NEWS area teams.

Colonial League Girls

Wilson-Pen Argyl

Sondrine Glovas scored scored the go-ahead layup and added a free throw in the final 20 seconds of overtime to lead Wilson to a 42-39 win over Pen Argyl in the Colonial League championship game at Freedom High School.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

R.R. Frey Services spoiled Joe's Place/Joey B's undefeated season, while Service Electric and Two King's Pizzeria kept their perfect records intact with lopsided victories in the Eastern Schuylkill Recreation Commission's winter basketball league.

University Legendz-

Matika's/Blazosky

In the lowest scoring game of the season, Univeristy Legendz edged Matika's Lawn Care/Blazosky Funeral Home, 42-35.

Tom McCarroll paced the Legendz with 11 points.

For Matika's Lawn Care, Danny Blazosky scored a game-high 15 points.

Joe's Place/Joey B's-