Lehighton teams falls in double OT
Lehighton's boys and girls basketball teams both lost in overtime games last night as the Lady Indians went into two extra frames against Catasauqua.
GIRLS BASKETBALLLehighton-CatasauquaCatasauqua defeated Lehighton in a nonleague, double-overtime thriller, 55-46.Catty won its second game in a row behind MaKenzie Bradley's career-high 18 points.Riley Durishin had 11 points to lead the Lady Indians.LEHIGHTONRosino 2-3-6-9, Durishin 3-5-12-11, Whiteman 0-1-2-1, Fital 2-0-1-2, Blasiak 1-2-2-4, A Blasiak 2-2-2-6, Beck 0-0-0-0, Faust 4-4-7-13, Buchinsky 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-17-32-46.CATASAUQUASobrinsky 0-3-4-3, Bradley 5-5-8-18, Moten 5-2-5-13, Garner 5-1-2-11, Safadi 0-0-0-0, Biviano 0-1-4-1, Sziy 4-1-3-9. TOTALS: 19-13-26-55.Catasauqua 11 13 6 6 8 11 - 55Lehighton 14 7 7 8 8 2 - 46Three-pointers: Lehighton - Faust 1; Catasauqua - Bradley 3, Moten 1.BOYS BASKETBALLLehighton-Blue MountainLehighton came up short in overtime against Blue Mountain in a Schuylkill League contest, 90-86.Mark Chelius of Blue Mountain led all scorers with 26 points. Tyler Crum had 25 to lead the Indians, as Nick Chambers and Tyler Williams each had 16 points.LEHIGHTONCrum 7 9-14 25, Zwetolitz 4 3-4 12, Williams 5 4-4 16, Chambers 6 4-7 16, Knappenberger 4 3-4 14, Greene 1 1-2 3, Cordova 0 0-0 0, Mele 0 0-0 0, Buchinsky 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 27 24-35 86.BLUE MOUNTAINStramara 3 5-9 12, Kerstetter 3 2-4 8, Welsh 0 2-2 2, Lewis 7 1-1 15, Chelius 8 8-12 26, Albertini 6 9-12 23, Biever 2 0-2 4, Donovan 0 0-0 0, Zerbe 0 0-0 0, Barton 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 29 27-42 90.Lehighton 20 10 13 22 13 8 - 86Blue Mt. 18 12 13 22 13 12 - 90Three-pointres: Lehighton - Knappenberger 3, Crum 2, Williams 2, Zwetolitz 1; Blue Mountain - Chelius 2, Albertini 2,Stramara 1.Tamaqua-Pine GroveTamaqua defeated Pine Grove in a Schuylkill League contest, 73-46.Bo Rottet and Brett Kosciolek of Tamaqua each led the way for the Raiders with 20 points apiece.Kobe D'Agustino of Pine Grove had a game-high 31 points.TAMAQUABlaker 4-2-2-12, Miller 0-0-0-0, Rottet 7-2-2-20, T Skripko 4-2-4-10, MacDonald 1-0-0-2, Kosciolek 9-1-2-20, Shilko 2-0-0-4, Zuber 1-0-2-2, Berezwick 00-0, Scott 1-0-0-3, Murphy 0-0-0-0, Coleman 0-0-1-0. TOTALS: 29-7-13-73PINE GROVERossi 0-0-2-0, Snedden 1-0-0-2, Soper 1-0-0-3, Kauffman 0-0-2-0, Kreiser 0-0-0-0, Leininger 0-0-2-0, D'Agustino 12-3-5-31, Weinus 2-1-2-6, Fick 1-2-5-4. TOTALS: 17-6-18-46.Tamaqua 28 19 16 10 - 73Pine Grove 13 9 17 7 - 46Three-pointers: Tamaqua - Rottet 4, Blaker 2, Kosciolek 1, Scott 1; Pine Grove - D'Aguustino 4, Soper 1, Weinus 1.Panther Valley-PottsvillePottsville defeated Panther Valley, 80-28.The Tide took advantage of a 19-0 third quarter to stretch its lead to 64-22.Travis Blankenhorn had 15 points for Pottsville. Chad Dubosky led the Panthers with seven points.PANTHER VALLEYKeo 0 0-0 0, Dubosky 1 5-6 7, Vermillion 2 0-0 6, Stanko 0 0-0 0, Miholick 1 2-2 5, Nase 1 2-2 4, Miller 0 0-0 0, Hudicka 2 1-4 6, Eickoff 0 0-0 0, Wang 0 0-0 0, Fisher 0 0-0 0, Blasko 0 0-0 0, Emmert 0 0-0 0, Mehmeti 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 7 10-14 28.POTTSVILLEHinchliffe 4 0-0 10, Gerchak 0 2-2 2, Painter 1 0-0 2, Blankenhorn 7 0-0 15, Thomas 2 0-0 5, Dunkel 4 0-3 8, Melochick 4 0-0 9, Shuman 0 0-0 0, Witman 1 0-0 2, Abdo 2 1-2 5, Nabholz 5 2-3 13, Coyle 1 0-0 3, Renninger 1 2-4 4, Schenk 1 0-0 2, Opake 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 33 7-14 80.Panther Vy. 11 11 0 6 - 28Pottsville 20 25 19 16 - 80Three-pointers: PV - Vermillion 2, Hinchliffe 2, Miholick 1, Hudicka 1; Pottsville - Blankenhorn 1, Thomas 1, Melochick 1, Nabholz 1, Coyle 1.Shenandoah Vy.-WeatherlyJoel Santana poured in a game-high 38 points to help Shenandoah Valley gain a 57-56 overtime win over Weatherly.Santana accounted for all three of his team's points in the extra period to give the Blue Devils the Schuylkill League victory.Josh White had 12 points for Shenandoah.Luke Figas had a team-high 15 points for the Wreckers (2-6; 0-4). Luke Reiner and Nick Miller each finished with 13.SHENANDOAH VALLEYSantana 14-9-12-38, McNeil 0-0-1-0, I. McCole 1-1-2-4, Chagolla-Rojas 1-0-0-3, White 4-4-4-12, Alvarez 0-0-0-0, Creasy 0-0-0-0, Allegretta 0-0-0-0, Raisner 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-14-19-57.WEATHERLYReiner 3-6-6-13, Kelly 3-0-0-6, Figas 5-2-4-15, Miller 4-4-5-13, Bizarre 1-0-0-2, Moon 2-2-2-7, Buck 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-14-17-56.Shenandoah Vy. 9 15 15 15 3 - 57Weatherly 21 6 13 14 2 - 56Three-pointers: Shenandoah - Santana 1, McCole 1, Chagolla-Rojas 1; Weatherly - Figas 3, Reiner 1, Miller 1, Moon 1.7th GradeTamaqua-PottsvilleTamaqua lost a thriller against Pottsville, 25-24. The loss was the Raiders' first of the season. Brayden Knoblauch and Nate Boyle each had 10 points apiece for Tamaqua.8th GradeTamaqua-PottsvillePottsville was victorious over Tamaqua, 44-27. Greg Davis had eight points for the Raiders. The 8th grade team is now 4-2-1 on the year.9th GradeTamaqua-PottsvilleTamaqua fell to Pottsville, 55-31.Brad Clemson led the way for the Raiders with eight points.