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JT, Weatherly girls cagers both fall

Jim Thorpe and Weatherly both dropped girls basketball contests in local action on Monday.

GIRLS BASKETBALLBlue Mountain-Jim ThorpeBlue Mountain used strong first and fourth frames to down Jim Thorpe 44-22.The Blue Eagles outscored the Lady Olympians 11-2 in the first and 17-2 in the fourth to seal the victory.Leading the victors in scoring was Olivia Shpakovsky with a game-high 20 points and was the sole player to reach double digits in the contest.The Olympians got eight apiece from Alexis Naranjo and Gabby Binder in the losing effort.BLUE MOUNTAINKaledas 0-0-0-0, Ji. Moyer 1-0-0-2, Smith 1-0-0-2, Fanelli 0-1-2-1, Shpakovsky 8-2-4-20, Connors 0-2-3-2, Woleschok 0-2-2-2, Jo. Moyer 0-0-2-0, Bowen 2-1-1-5, Steinhilber 1-0-0-2, Kutz 2-0-0-4, Kramer 0-0-0-0, Ebling 2-0-1-4. TOTALS: 17-8-15-44.JIM THORPEDoughty 0-0-0-0, Condly 1-0-2-2, Ennis 0-0-0-0, Naranjo 3-2-2-8, Rusbarsky 2-0-0-4, Cressman 0-0-0-0, Becker 0-0-0-0, Bush 0-0-0-0, Binder 2-4-6-8. TOTALS: 8-6-10-22.Blue Mt. 11 10 6 17 - 44Jim Thorpe 2 8 10 2 - 22Three pointers: BM - Shpakovsky 2; JT - none.Lourdes-WeatherlyLourdes used a high-powered offense to pull out a 69-45 win over Weatherly.Rachel Schultz scored a game-high 26 points to lead the winners in scoring, while teammate Carmella Bickel's 17 followed. Bailey Trell's 11 and Angelique Pennypacker's 10 also aided the offensive output.For the Lady Wreckers (1-6), a well-balanced attack saw Dominique Adamczyk score nine points to lead the way.Lourdes also prevailed in the JV contest, 32-29.LOURDESLong 1-0-0-2, Trell 5-0-0-11, Bickel 6-2-2-17, Schultz 11-3-4-26, Conner 0-1-2-1, Funk 1-0-0-2, Pennypacker 4-2-3-10, Wheary 0-0-0-0, Krebs 0-0-0-0, Khanna 0-0-0-0, Delong 0-0-0-0, Kulik 0-0-0-0, Smith 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 28-8-11-69.WEATHERLYHeister 2-0-2-4, Parker 2-1-2-7, Adamczyk 3-3-3-9, Lovett 3-1-2-7, Polchin 1-0-0-2, Berger 2-0-0-4, Hartz 1-0-0-2, Gillott 0-4-4-4, Wallish 2-2-2-6, Strizack 0-0-0-0, Isom 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-11-15-45.Lourdes 14 18 28 9 - 69Weatherly 9 9 14 13 - 45Three pointes: L - Bickel 3, Schultz, Trell; W - Parker 2.FRESHMAN BASKETBALLTamaqua-Jim ThorpeTamaqua defeated Jim Thorpe 65-52.Zeke Wassell led the Blue Raiders (5-2), with 13 points, while Daylon Barron and Dylan Scott both chipped in with 11 apiece.The Olympians saw Filhentscher score 10 in the loss.EIGHTH GRADE BASKETBALLTamaqua-Jim ThorpeThe Tamaqua eighth grade team moved to a perfect 7-0 on the season with a narrow 36-35 win over Jim Thorpe.Thad Zuber led the Raiders with a game-high 13 points, while Jake Triano followed with six.