Jim Thorpe boys and girls get hoop wins
Jim Thorpe posted wins in both boys and girls basketball on Wednesday night.
BOYS BASKETBALLMinersville-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe topped Minersville in a non-league contest, 59-54.Rayan Greene was the man for the Olympians, scoring a game-high 27 points. Brendan Carroll added a trio of three-pointers and a total of 14 points.Jon McBreen led Minersville with 14 points. He was one of three Miners' in double figures.MINERSVILLESnyder 2-0-0-5, McBreen 5-2-4-14, Leshko 4-1-2-12, Rinaldo 0-0-2-0, Hoffmann 3-2-2-10, Taylor 1-0-0-2, Stoppe 4-1-3-9, Graham 1-0-0-2, Sedornak 0-0-0-0, Woodford 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-6-13-56.JIM THORPECarroll 4-2-2-14, Elmore 4-1-2-9, Micciche 1-3-4-5, Jefferson 1-0-0-2, Greene 11-5-11-27, Joyce 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 21-11-19-59.Jim Thorpe 16 16 10 17 - 59Minersville 8 15 10 11 - 54Three-pointers: Minersville- Snyder 1, McBreen 3, Leshko 3, Hoffman 2; Jim Thorpe - Carroll 3.Marian-WeatherlyThe Colts beat the Wreckers, 51-29 in a Schuylkill League game.Marian's John Woitko drained four three-pointers in scoring a game-high 20 points, while Ethan Kuczynski chipped in with 10 as the Colts improved to 2-5 overall and 1-2 in league play.Buck Gray scored 10 points for Weatherly.Marian won the JV game, 57-37 behind 13 points from Noah Stauffer.MARIANPaluck 0-0-0-0, Cortee 0-0-0-0, Woitkin 8-0-0-20, Puza 2-0-0-4, Karchner 1-0-0-2, Paisley 2-0-0-4, Kuczynski 3-4-5-10, Deangelo 4-0-0-8, Mohammed 1-1-1-3, Miller 0-0-0-0, Inama 0-0-0-0, Collevechio 0-0-0-0, Myers 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-5-6-51.WEATHERLYMoser 1-0-0-3, Stover 3-0-1-6, Bizzarre 0-0-0-6, Moon 3-0-0-7, Buck 1-0-0-3, Riser 5-0-0-10. TOTALS: 13-0-1-29Marian 13 13 19 6 - 51Weatherly 8 12 7 2 - 29Three-pointers: Marian - Woitko 4; Weatherly - Moser 1, Moon 1, Buck 1.GIRLS BASKETBALLMMI Prep-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe defeated MMI Prep convincingly in a non-league game, 65-16.Kayley Kovac led all scorers with 25 points.Ten different Lady Olympians registered buckets during the win, including Payton Kovac with nine points.Maddie Perchak led MMI with eight points.MMI PREPPostupack 1-0-0-2, Perchak 3-0-0-8, McClellan 0-0-0-0, Mundorf 1-0-0-2, Dryfoos 0-0-2-0, Slusser 0-0-0-0, Smith 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 7-0-2-16.JIM THORPERichards 2-2-2-6, P.Kovac 2-3-4-9, Behan 1-0-0-2, Condly 1-0-0-2, Ohl 3-0-0-6, K.Kovac 10-5-7-25, Cressman 1-1-2-3, Waselus 2-1-4-5, Lignore 2-0-2-4, Gabel 1-1-3-3. TOTALS: 25-13-24-65MMI Prep 0 5 3 7 - 16Jim Thorpe 19 14 18 14 - 65Three-pointers: MMI - Perchak 2; Jim Thorpe - P.Kovac 2.WRESTLINGNo. Schuylkill-LehightonLehighton defeated North Schuylkill in Schuylkill League action, 54-30.Lehighton's Nathan Kemmerer, Logan Pagotto, Tyler Schoch and Tegan Durishin all pinned their respective opponents.The match was once tied at six apiece, but the Indians never trailed during the contest.Lehighton 54, North Schuylkill 30106 - Nathan Kemmerer (Leh) pinned Gavin Locke in 1:34113 - Owen Boyer (NS) won by forfeit120 - Logan Pagotto (Leh) pinned Damian Deihm in 5:03126 - Zachary Kemmerer (Leh) won by forfeit132 - Mason Madden Edwards (NS) dec. Chris Whiteman, 6-5138 - Shane McGarth (NS) pinned Grant Wetzel in 3:54145 - Tyler Schoch (Leh) pinned Andrew Grove in 1:45152 - Tegan Durishin (Leh) pinned Corbin Kessler in 3:14160 - Cody SCherer (Leh) tech. fall Justyn DeAngelo in 5:18170 - Tyler Cann (Leh) dec. Joe Alexander, 7-5 (OT)182 - Brady Mickalavage (NS) pinned Dylan Schock in :45195 - Connor Frey (Leh) dec. C.J. Steinhilber, 1-0220 - Wyatt Clements (Leh) dec. Dane Tarantelli, 8-5HWT - Xander Smith (Leh) dec. Mike Damiter 5-1No. Lehigh-So. LehighNorthern Lehigh earned a Colonial League victory against Southern Lehigh, 42-32.Every NL wrestler that didn't win by forfeit won by pinning his opponent.It took the Bulldogs' Colten Rex just 50 seconds to pin Ciro D'Ambrosio at 120.No. Lehigh 42, So. Lehigh 32113 - Seth Fronheiser (NL) won by forfeit120 - Colten Rex (NL) pinned Ciro D'Ambrosio in :50126 - Nick Colasurdo (SL) maj. dec. Chase Ohlsen, 15-6132 - Nathan Derby (SL) maj. dec. Erza Neff, 13-1138 - Dean Zannakis (SL) pinned Tyler Hargreaves in 1:32145 - Matt Schmall (NL) pinned Paul Zinck in 2:49152 - Anthony Colasurdo (SL) pinned Brandon Belfonti in 1:14160 - Ryan Farber (NL) pinned Dominic Caciolo in 2:55170 - Conrad Young (NL) won by forfeit182 - Wyat Noone (SL) won by forfeit195 - Brian Clark (SL) pinned Cameron Deibert in :53220 - Jason Schaffer (NL) pinned Josh Mohr in 2:48285 - Cameron Kates (NL) pinned Brandon Derby in :53106 - Double forfeitNorthwestern-CatasauquaNorthwestern won and was superb in a Colonial League contest against Catasauqua, 63-6.The Tigers' Bailey Wehr, Jarett White and Jacob Murray all won by fall during the rout.Northwestern 63, Catausqua 6113 - Ryan Haas (NW) won by forfeit120 - Bailey Wehr (NW) pinned Oscar Cordon in 4:38126 - Quentin Bernhard (NW) dec. Tyler Melendez132 - Jarett White (NW) pinned Dylan Gino in :35138 - Dalton Webster (NW) dec. Devin Greene145 - Jackson Bernhard (NW) dec. Antonio Castanda152 - David VanBlargen (NW) dec. Ryan Greene160 - Jason Hotinger (NW) dec. Jacob Latsch170 - Edward Parrish (NW) won by forfeit182 - Andrew Sorensen (NW) dec. Tyler Youssef195 - Benjamin Nosal (C) pinned Jacob Schellhamer in :29220 - Quin Moyer (NW) won by forfeit285 - Jacob Murray (NW) pinned Armani Rivera in :31106 - Zachary Anderson (NW) pinned Bradshaw Henning in :44Panther Valley-Tri-ValleyPanther Valley convincingly topped Tri-Valley in Schuylkill League play, 58-17.The Panthers' Noah Berk, Hunter Kennedy and Ali Capobianco all had victories by pin.Tanner Kennedy was impressive as well, winning by major decision at 138.Panther Valley 58, Tri-Valley 17170 - Noah Berk (PV) pinned Trevor Miller in :33182 - Kolt Schaeffer (TV) pinned Hunter Kerestes in 3:50195 - Dylan Moyer (PV) won by forfeit220 - Chris Walkinshaw (PV) won by forfeit285 - Justin Rodriguez (PV) dec. Deven Schwalm, 3-0106 - Miguel Santiago (PV) dec. Logan Schwalm, 7-5113 - Kyle Rusnak (PV) won by forfeit120 - Justin Ogozalek (PV) won by forfeit126 - Colby Newton (PV) won by forfeit132 - Sammy Hepler (TV) tech. fall Darren Goida, 22-7 in 5:20138 - Tanner Kennedy (PV) maj. dec. Braxton Zerbe, 9-1145 - Hunter Kennedy (PV) pinned Zak Testerman in 1:52152 - Ali Capobianco (PV) pinned Aaron Heffron in 1:17160 - Chase Schaeffer (TV) pinned Xander Kern in 1:36