Two area girls' hoops teams come up short in Schuylkill League action on Monday night.

GIRLSBASKETBALLPine Grove-Jim ThorpePine Grove topped Jim Thorpe in a close Schuylkill League contest, 40-34.Carlee Conrad led Pine Grove with a dozen points.Kayley Kovac made eight foul shots and ended up with a team-high 14 points for the Olympians.PINE GROVECau. Conrad 1-0-0-2, R. Edge 5-2-2-12, Shiffer 0-5-6-5, Flick 0-0-0-0, Kauffman 0-0-0-0, M.Edge 2-0-0-4, Sleva 0-1-2-1, Car. Conrad 3-5-9-12, Boyer 0-2-4-2, Mabry 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 12 15-23-40.JIM THORPERichards 0-0-0-0, P.Kovac 0-0-1-0, Condly 1-0-0-0-2, Ohl 3-0-0-6, Naranjo 1-0-0-2, K.Kovac 3-8-13-14, Cressman 1-1-2-3, Waselus 2-1-2-5, Lignore 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 12-10-20-34.Pine Grove 8 9 9 14 - 40Jim Thorpe 5 10 10 9 - 34Three-pointers: Pine Grove - Car. Conrad 1; Jim Thorpe - none.Blue Mt.-Panther Vy.Blue Mountain defeated Panther Valley in Schuylkill League action, 66-17.Julia Rutz led the Lady Eagles with a game-high 17 points and Abby Fanelli scored 10 points. Eleven different Eagles registered points during the win.Christina Dacey had a team-high 10 points for Panther Valley.BLUE MOUNTAINKaledas 2-0-0-4, Challenger 2-4-5-8, Fanelli 3-2-2-10, McQuillan 1-2-3-4, Martin 2-1-2-5, Dean 2-0-1-4, Moyer 1-0-0-3, Rutz 6-5-5-17, Ebling 2-0-0-4, Gordon 3-0-0-6, Umbenbaur 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 24-15-20-66.PANTHER VALLEYWeaver 0-0-0-0, Knoblauch 0-0-0-0, Picht 1-0-0-3, Filer 1-0-0-2, Sheridan 0-0-0-0, Dacey 4-2-4-10, Miller 0-0-0-0, Markovich 1-0-0-2, Ketchledge 0-0-0-0, Krajcir 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 7-2-4-17.Blue Mt. 19 16 12 19 - 66Panther Vy. 2 4 5 6 - 17Three-pointers: Blue Mountain - Fanelli 2, Moyer 1; Panther Valley - Picht 1.9TH GRADEBASKETBALLTamaqua defeated North Schuylkill, 38-33.Brayden Knoblauch led the Raiders (3-0) with 11 points. Greg Davis chipped in seven.8TH GRADEBASKETBALLTamaqua topped North Schuylkill, 40-13.Nathanial Noftz and Lucas Gregorie led Tamaqua with eight points apiece.