Marian and Jim Thorpe managed girls basketball wins on the opening night of the season.

GIRLS BASKETBALLMarian-ShamokinVanessa Whitecavage jump-started the Fillies with three treys in the first quarter and they went on to hand Shamokin a 37-24 setback.Whitecavage finished the contest with a game-hjgh 15 points, while Brenna Karnish added 13.K. Schoff led Lourdes with eight points.MARIANWhitecavage 5-2-2-15, Correale 0-0-0-0, Agosti 1-0-0-2, Krushinsky 2-2-5-6, Raabe 0-0-0-0, Karnish 4-3-4-13, Stoyer 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 12-8-13-37.SHAMOKINErdman 0-1-2-1, Popewczak 1-0-0-3, Avrand 1-2-2-4, Shoff 3-1-1-8, Deptula 1-2-2-4, Bonshock 0-2-4-2, Nazih 0-0-0-0. Lahr 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 7-8-13-37.Marian 14 16 21 5 - 37Shamokin 5 9 5 5 - 24Three-pointers: M - Whitecavage 3, Karnish 2; S - Popewczak 1, Shoff 1.Jim Thorpe-Shen. Vy.The Lady Olympians doubled their point production from the first half in the final two quarters to pull out a 36-27 win over Shenandoah Valley.Kayley Kovac led Jim Thorpe with 19 points. Marcella Creasy had 10 for the Devils.JIM THORPEK. Kovac 6-7-13-19, P. Kovac 1-0-0-3, Waselus 3-1-2-7, Ohl 1-0-0-2, Cressman 1-0-0-2, Lignore 1-1-1-3, Condly 0-0-0-0, Naranjo 0-0-0-0, Richards 0-0-0-0. Totals: 13-9-16-36.SHENANDOAH VY.A. Demalis 1-0-1-2, Teaschenko 2-0-4-4, Creasy 3-2-4-10, Wargo 1-2-2-5, Michalik 0-1-2-1, E. Demalis 2-0-0-5, Najera 0-0-0-0. Totals: 9-5-13-27.Jim Thorpe 6 6 14 10 - 36Shen. Vy. 0 4 9 13 - 27Three-pointers: JT - P. Kovac. SV - Creasy 2, E. Demalis 1.Tamaqua-Moravian AcademyThe Lady Raiders held a four-point lead after one quarter, but didn't score at all in the third quarter as Moravian Academy wound up with a 29-23 victory.Kirsten Jones scored 10 points for Tamaqua, while Neelam Ferrari led the Lions with nine.TAMAQUAHoffman 1-3-4-5, Hromyak 0-0-0-0, Sherry 0-0-0-0, Jones 3-3-4-10, Stauffenberg 1-1-2-3, Amershek 2-0-0-5, McVicker 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 7-7-10-23.MORAVIAN ACADEMYShunk 1-3-7-5, Fynn 1-3-35, Onesto 1-1-2-3, Machinski 3-1-2-7, Ferrari 3-0-2-9, Joseph 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 9-8-16-29.Tamaqua 5 8 0 10 - 23Mor. Acad. 1 13 8 7 - 29Three-pointers: T - Jones 1; MA - Ferrari 3.No. Lehigh-EphrataEphrata jumped out to a 19-point halftime lead and went on to defeat the Lady Bullodgs by a 65-31 score in a Fleetwood Tournament semifinal.Kaitlin Hoffman was the big scorer for Northern Lehigh with 17 points.Kenzi Horst had 16 and Caroline Stauffer 15 for Ephrata.NO. LEHIGHK. Hoffman 7-3-5-17, V. Hoffman 0-0-0-0, Kemery 1-0-0-2, Knerr 1-1-2-3, Olewine 2-1-2-5, Thomas 0-0-0-0, Wilk 0-0-0-0, Ziegler 0-4-4-4. TOTALS: 11-9-13-31.EPHRATABaykeda 0-0-0-0, Horst 7-2-4-16, Jones 0-0-0-0, Kan. Liebl 2-0-0-6, Kay Liebl 4-0-0-8, McKim 1-0-0-2, Mendenhall 1-0-0-3, L. Moyer 0-0-0-0, T. Moyer 0-0-0-0, Nelson 1-0-0-2, Ritter 2-0-0-5, Shuke 2-0-0-4, Sola 1-0-0-2, Stauffer 7-0-0-15, Umana 1-0-4-2. TOTALS: 29-2-8-65.No. Lehigh 9 7 8 7 - 31Ephrata 17 18 16 14 - 65Three-pointers: NL - none; E - Kan. Leibl 2, Mendenhall 1, Ritter 1, Stauffer 1.BOYS BASKETBALLNorthwestern-Med. Academy CharterBryan Rosa and Jameel Corrales shot a combined 10-for-12 from the free throw line in the fourth period as Medical Academy Charter held off a late Northwestern Lehigh rally to earn the win in the first game in the school's history by a 63-60 score.Rosa finished with 18 and Shaka Brown 12 to lead the winners. Northwestern Lehigh's top scorers were Rob Seyfried with 18 and Parker Jones with 18.NORTHWESTERNMengel 2-0-0-5, Jones 7-3-5-18, Du. Snyder 4-0-0-8, Seyfried 8-2-5-18, Hess 0-0-0-0, McCann 1-2-4-4, Yadush 3-0-0-7, Lobach 0-0-0-0, Fatzinger 0-0-0-0, Fager 0-0-0-0, Ruch 0-0-0 0. Totals: 25-7-14-60.MED. ACADEMY CHARTERGuerrero 4-0-2-9, Harris 4-1-2-9, Brown 6-0-0-12, Corrales 2-5-6-9, Rosa 5-8-13-18, M. Ortiz 0-0-0-0, Rosario 0-0-0-0, Lora 3-0-0-6, Anojulu 0-0-0-0, T. Ortiz 0-0-0-0. Totals: 24-14-23-63.Northwestern 9 16 12 23 - 60MA Charter 21 15 15 12 - 63Three-pointers: NW - Jones 1 Mengel 1, Yadush 1; Medical Academy Charter - Guerrrero 1.WRESTLINGTamaqua atBloomsburg TourneyTamaqua advanced five into the second day of competition in the Bloomsburg tournament.Brandan Mader (113 lbs) and Tanner McHugh (132 lbs) will be wrestling in the semi-finals, scheduled to start at 10 am. Jordan Smith (145), Ty Hinkle (152), and Mike Fredrick (170) will continue to wrestle in the consolation rounds.