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Wreckers win

The Weatherly boys and Tamaqua girls picked up non-league basketball victories on Wednesday.

BOYS BASKETBALLMoravian Academy-WeatherlyFour Weatherly players reached double figures in scoring as the Wreckers ended regular season play with a 66-56 non-league win over Moravian Academy.Keith Barna led the way for the winners with 19 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds while George Wallish tied a season-high with 16 points. Weatherly (14-8) also received 15 points from both Brendan Rowan and Nate Pfeiffer while Kyle Harris contributed with 11 rebounds.The Lions' Logan Bernard led all scorers with 28 points.In the JV game, Moravian Academy earned a 45-42 win despite 12 points from the Wreckers' Steve Valkos.MORAVIAN ACADEMYBernard 9-2-2-28, Blair 0-1-2-1, McCents-Goodman 1-2-3-4, Thomas 3-0-0-6, Amico 1-0-0-2, Singh 4-4-7-12, Chiadis 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 19-9-14-56.WEATHERLYOrmiston 0-0-2-0, Barna 6-7-13-19, B. Rowan 5-0-0-15, G. Wallish 7-1-1-16, Pfeiffer 5-2-2-15, Harris 0-1-2-1, Weichman 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-11-20-66.Moravian Aca. 7 14 16 19 - 56Weatherly 13 17 19 17 - 66Three-pointers: Moravian Academy - Bernard 8, Chiadis 1; Weatherly - B. Rowan 5, Pfeiffer 3, G. Wallish 1.GIRLS BASKETBALLLehighton-TamaquaTamaqua rolled to a 56-32 non-league triumph over visiting Lehighton.The Lady Raiders (21-2) jumped out to an 18-8 lead after one quarter and held the Lady Indians to single digits in each period to pull away.Amy Zehner poured in 18 points and Cassie Eroh added 14 for the Raiders, who will take on Tri-Valley in the Schuylkill League girls championship game on Friday at 6 p.m.Jordyn Homyak and Karista Schweitzer each tallied 10 points for Lehighton (9-13), which was eliminated from District 11 playoff consideration with the loss.LEHIGHTONHomyak 4-0-0-10, Green 0-0-2-0, Barclay 0-0-0-0, McCullion 0-0-0-0, Evans 0-0-0-0, Haldeman 0-0-0-0, Smith 1-0-0-2, Schweizer 4-0-0-10, Rimbey 1-0-0-2, Teno 0-0-0-0, White 4-0-5-8. TOTALS: 14-0-7-32.TAMAQUAHope 2-1-2-5, C. Streisel 0-0-0-0, M. Streisel 1-0-0-2, Fedor 1-0-0-2, E. Streisel 1-2-4-4, Eroh 6-2-4-14, Zehner 9-0-0-18, Chrush 2-1-2-5, Updike 3-0-0-6, Hankins 0-0-0-0, Solt 0-0-0-0, Urban 0-0-0-0, Walker 0-0-0-0, Trainer 0-0-0-0, Kabilko 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 25-6-12-56.Lehighton 8 8 8 8 - 32Tamaqua 18 12 15 11 - 56Three-pointers: Lehighton - Homyak 2, Schweizer 2; Tamaqua - none.Weatherly-Moravian AcademyMoravian Academy finished as strong as it started to hand Weatherly a 53-37 non-conference setback to end their season.The Lions placed three players in double figures as Maggie Riley, Maddie Steen and Alexis Burgess finished with 15, 14 and 10 respectively.The Wreckers' Alexa Figas led all scorers with a game-high 19 points.Weatherly ends the regular season at 7-15 overall (2-11 SL).WEATHERLYClabia 1-0-0-2, Snyder 0-0-0-0, Hinkle 0-0-0-0, Calia 3-2-4-9, Figas 8-2-2-19, Panzarella 0-1-2-1, Lesko 2-0-0-4, Galada 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 15-5-8-37.MORAVIAN ACADEMYStone 1-0-2-2, Frankel 1-0-0-2, Riley 5-4-4-15, Blair 1-0-0-2, Redlef 2-2-2-8, Steen 7-0-1-14, Burgess 5-0-0-10. TOTALS: 22-6-9-53.Weatherly 13 4 4 16 - 37Mor. Aca. 15 16 12 10 - 53Three-pointers: Weatherly - Calia 1, Figas 1; MA - Redlef 2, Riley 1.WRESTLINGCoughlin-TamaquaWilkes-Barre Coughlin escaped with a 41-40 non-league win over host Tamaqua.Coughlin won the match on criteria G, most first points scored (5-3).The Blue Raiders got pins for wins from Kyle Boyer (119), Kolby Mashack (135), Josh Turner (160) and Dustin Wentz (215), while Brandan Silkowski added a major decision at 130.Coughlin 41, Tamaqua 40103 - Eddie Ciprich (C) won by forfeit112 - Tommy Himlin (C) pinned Roger Taras in 1:39119 - Kyle Boyer (T) pinned Kyle Poray in 1:59125 - Frank Mahmoud (C) won by forfeit130 - Brandan Silkowski (T) major dec. Tyler Sterba, 13-4135 - Kolby Mashack (T) pinned Jake Vera in :56140 - Stephen Turner (C) won by forfeit145 - Mark Melero (C) major dec. Evan Mashack, 14-4152 - Matt Edmonds (T) won by forfeit160 - Josh Turner (T) pinned Troy Vannucchi in 2:58171 - Josh Popple (C) pinned Rob Craigle in 1:40189 - Garth Lakitsky (T) won by forfeit215 - Dustin Wentz (T) pinned Pat Green in 3:07285 - Shane Smith (C) pinned Erik Krause in 1:17Tamaqua-KutztownTamaqua registered six falls in outlasting host Kutztown 42-33 in a non-league match on Tuesday.Roger Taras, Brandan Silkowski, Kolby Mashack, Matt Edmonds, Dustin Wentz and Erik Krause picked up the pins for the Blue Raiders (5-15).Tamaqua 42, Kutztown 33103 - Kyle White (K) won by forfeit.112 - Roger Taras (T) pinned John Wallace in 2:47.119 - No match.125 - Holden Schaeffer-Miller (K) dec. Kyle Boyer 7-6.130 - Brandan Silkowski (T) pinned Kyle Christianson in 5:13.135 - Kolby Mashack (T) pinned Dylan Messer in 1:05.140 - Sean Emerich (K) pinned Evan Mashack in 4:42.145 - Matt Edmonds (T) pinned Hayden Faust in 4:18.152 - Mike Follweiler (K) pinned Josh Turner in 2:34.160 - Cody Madtes (K) won by forfeit.171 - Paul Noon (K) pinned Robert Craigle in 4:58.189 - Garth Lakitsky (T) won by forfeit.215 - Dustin Wentz (T) pinned Luke Reppert in :27.285 - Erik Krause (T) pinned Russell Grate in :30.JR HIGH B-BALL8TH GRADEPleasant Vy.-StroudsburgPleasant Valley improved to 13-3 on the season with its 39-19 victory over Stroudsburg.Marquis Brown scored 14 points, while Sam Newhall added eight.