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Thursday, March 4, 2010

The District 11 Swimming Championships will be held Friday and Saturday at Parkland High School.

Seedings for the meet were realeased this week. Several Panther Valley and Tamaqua swimmers are well represented among the Class AA seeds, as well as a few from Weatherly and Palmerton, which has the Times News area's highest seeded individual.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Tamaqua advance ticket sale

The Tamaqua Athletic Department will be selling advance tickets for Friday's District 11 2A Girls Basketball Championship against Pen Argyl to be played at Jim Thorpe at 6 p.m.

Tickets will be on sale in the main office of the high school between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.

Cost is $6 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens. All tickets at the game are $6.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

ON THIS DATE

March 3, 1979 Suzanne Shimkus tallies a game-high 17 points to help the Marian girls cruise to a 48-24 victory over Palmerton in the quarterfinal round of the District 11 Class AA playoffs. Lenore Shimkus also tallies 15 points for the winners, coached by Elsie Tolan. Kate Delhagen adds 13 points, nine of them coming in a second quarter where the Fillies outscore the Bombers 11-2. Palmerton receives a team-high eight points from Lori Weaver.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Tide eliminates Jim Thorpe again

STEVE SHINKO/Special to THE TIMES NEWS Jim Thorpe's Rashid Epps goes to the basket in front of Pottsville defenders Bobby Schappell (4) and Nick Schlitzer (33) during Tuesday's District 11 Class AAA boys semifinal game at Blue Mountain High School in Orwigsburg.

ORWIGSBURG – Last night's District 11 Class AAA boys basketball semifinal between top-seeded Pottsville and fourth-seeded Jim Thorpe was a roller coaster of suspense and unpredictability.

There were ups and downs and twists and turns, but when the thrill ride of a game finally came to a complete stop, the Crimson Tide were all smiles, while the Olympians were left sick to their stomachs.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Lady Bulldogs, Fillies in action tonight

The Northern Lehigh girls and Marian Fillies will both try to punch their tickets to the district championship tonight when both take the court for semifinal matchups.

Northen Lehigh travels to Southern Lehigh for a rematch of its Colonial League championship game with Wilson.

Marian

GIRLS

CLASS AAA

No. 3 Northern Lehigh (23-1, 16-0 Colonial League) vs. No. 2 Wilson Warriors (17-8, 11-5 Colonial League)

TIPOFF

Wednesday, March 3 at 7 p.m. at Southern Lehigh

COACHES

Northern Lehigh - Dave Oertner; Wilson - Dennis Fry

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Tamaqua girls reach 2A final

STEVE SHINKO/Special to THE TIMES NEWS Tamaqua's Amy Zehner takes a shot over Palmerton defenders Jen Snyder (left) and Kristen Romano (right) during Tuesday's District 11 Class AAA girls semifinal game at Blue Mountain High School in Orwigsburg.

ORWIGSBURG - The Tamaqua girls showed a side that they didn't have to show too much this season.

The Lady Raiders kept trying to throw the "knockout punch" at Palmerton on Wednesday night but wound up winning with a counter attack instead.

The Schuylkill League and defending district champs withstood every comeback attempt by the Lady Bombers (15-9) and punched their own ticket to the District 2A title game and another spot in the state playoffs with a 51-43 win at Blue Mountain High School.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Colts cruise past NDES

BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS Marian's Cody Decker (left) and Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg's Mike Aldaron battle for a loose ball in the District 11 Class A Boys semifinal on Tuesday night at Northern Lehigh.

The booming pre-game recording of "Are You Ready For This" had the Northern Lehigh gymnasium rocking prior to tip off.

The Marian basketball team kept it that way the entire first half.

The Colts jumped out to an early double-digit lead, stretched the margin to 20 points by halftime, and cruised to a 59-36 victory over Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg in a District 11 Class A semifinal game on Tuesday night.

The victory sends Marian into the District 11 title game against Pius X on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Jim Thorpe.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

ON THIS DATE

March 2, 1951 George Welsh pours in a game-high 25 points, 11 of them coming at the foul line, to help Coaldale close out regular season play with a 77-70 comeback win over Lehighton. The Tigers, coached by Andy Kalen, fall behind 10-0 and 21-12 before rallying for the victory. Bob Ashmore and Ginger Kalen each finish with 15 points for the winners, while Eddie Shubeck also reaches double figures with 10.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Biddy Basketball Tourney announces schedule

The Sixth Annual Biddy Basketball Tournament hosted by SS. Peter and Paul's CYO Program of Lehighton will be held Saturday, March 6, at the Lehighton Area Middle School.

It will be a five-team, round-robin tournament. Games will run all day Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.

The tournament directors are Phil Liszka, Bill Meecham and Chris Heery. All questions about the tournament can be directed to 610-217-4321.

Following is the schedule:

9 a.m. - Lower Macungie vs. Jim Thorpe

10 a.m. - Weatherly vs. Southern Lehigh

11a.m. - Palmerton vs. Lower Macungie

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

TIMES NEWS Mat Rankings

(through March 1)

103 - 1. Nick O'Donnell, Panther Valley, Jr. (33-7); 2. Sean Bianco, Pleasant Valley, Fr. (19-11); 3. Jacob Hoats, Lehighton, So. (20-16).

Honorable Mention - Samantha Klingel, Pleasant Valley, Jr. (5-0); Brian Ohl, Jim Thorpe, Fr. (17-17); Michael Ortiz, Northwestern, Sr. (6-0).

Notes - All Honorable Mention selections listed here and throughout the rankings are in alphabetical order. Wrestlers must have at least a .500 record to be ranked unless needed to fill out a weight class.

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