Lehighton hands Pine Grove setback
Lehighton gained a league win over Pine Grove in boys basketball action on Tuesday.
BOYS BASKETBALLPine Grove-LehightonLehighton outscored Pine Grove in each period to pull out a 55-29 Schuylkill League Division 1 win.Tanner Zwetolitz hit four treys en route to a game-high 15 points for the Indians (9-4; 4-3). Hunter Greene followed right behind with 14 while Nick Chambers chipped in with nine.With the loss, the Cardinals dropped to 2-13.PINE GROVEHuber 0-0-0-0, Ibarra 1-0-0-2, Kreiser 2-0-1-4, Pena 0-0-0-0, Griffiths 3-0-0-6, Culbert 1-0-0-2, Leininger 3-0-1-6, Bertsavage 1-0-0-2, Griffiths 1-0-0-3, Rutledge 1-2-2-4. TOTALS: 13-2-4-29.LEHIGHTONTroxell 2-0-2-4, Carpenter 0-0-0-0, Schaeffer 0-0-2-0, McDowell 1-1-2-3, Zwetolitz 5-1-1-15, Mele 2-0-2-4, Howland 2-0-0-4, Chambers 4-1-2-9, Greene 7-0-0-14, Venuto 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 24-3-11-55.Pine Grove 11 4 4 10 - 29Lehighton 17 16 8 14 - 55Three pointers: Pine Grove - Griffiths 1; Lehighton - Zwetolitz 4.Blue Mtn.-TamaquaBlue Mountain pulled away from Tamaqua and rolled to an 87-53 Schuylkill Division 1 win.Mark Chelius and Aaron Albertini both poured in 21 points apiece for the winners.For the Blue Raiders (4-11, 3-4), Thad Zuber hit 11-for-11 from the free throw line and finished with a team-high 20 points.Blue Mountain also prevailed in the JV game, 54-46.BLUE MTN.Puzzi 4-0-0-8, Bobbin 0-0-0-0, Kerstetter 3-2-3-8, Reynolds 1-0-0-2, Welsh 1-0-0-3, Lewis 4-0-0-8, Albertini 7-4-4-21, Chelius 8-0-0-21, Zerbe 2-4-8-8, Caulfield 0-0-0-0, Kaunas 0-0-0-0, Hoynoski 0-0-0-0, Biever 4-0-0-8. TOTALS: 34-10-15-87.TAMAQUABlaker 6-1-2-15, Wassell 2-1-2-5, Kurek 0-0-0-0, Zuber 4-11-11-20, Scott 0-0-0-0, Barr 1-0-0-2, Wargula 2-1-2-6, Rother 0-0-0-0, Cullen 0-0-0-0, Murphy 0-0-0-0, Gregoire 0-2-2-2, Bates 1-1-3-3. TOTALS: 16-17-22-53.Blue Mtn. 19 21 19 28 - 87Tamaqua 15 6 21 11 - 53Three pointers: Blue Mountain - Chelius 5, Albertini 3, Welsh 1; Tamaqua - Blaker 2, Wargula 1, Zuber 1.Minersville-WeatherlyMinersville rolled past Weatherly, 69-33, in a Schuylkill League contest.The winners, who raced to a 43-10 halftime lead, received a game-high 14 points from David Graham.For the Wreckers (2-8; 0-5), Zach Moon had 11 points.MINERSVILLESnyder 1-2-4-4, McBreen 4-1-2-10, Leshko 5-0-0-13, Rinaldo 1-0-0-2, Wollyung 4-0-0-11, Hoffman 1-0-0-3, Taylor 2-0-1-4, Stoppie 1-2-2-4, Graham 7-0-0-14, Fedornak 2-0-0-4, Woodford 0-0-0-0, Fekette 0-0-0-0, Landers 0-0-0-0, Gray 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 28-5-9-69.WEATHERLYArthur 1-0-0-2, Stover 4-1-1-9, Bizarre 1-0-0-2, Buck 2-0-0-5, Moon 4-0-0-11, Zaremba 1-0-0-2, Moser 0-2-2-2, Yurchak 0-0-0-0, Hinkle 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-3-3-33.Minersville 20 23 8 18 - 69Weatherly 7 3 15 8 - 33Three pointers: Minersville - Leshko 3, Wollyung 3, McBreen 1, Hoffman 1; Weatherly - Moon 3, Buck 1.WRESTLINGSalisbury-No. LehighNorthern Lehigh swept through Salisbury with relative ease, using 12 forfeits and a pair of decisions to shut out the under-manned Falcons, 78-0.The only contested matches were won by the Bulldogs' Cameron Kates (285) and Ezra Neff (132).No. Lehigh 78, Salisbury 0106 - C. Wayda (NL) won by forfeit.113 - Seth Fronheiser (NL) won by forfeit.120 - Colton Rex (NL) won by forfeit.126 - Chase Ohlson (NL) won by forfeit.132 - Ezra Neff (NL) dec. Z. Adams, 8-4.138 - Tyler Hargreaves (NL) won by forfeit.145 - Matt Schmall (NL) won by forfeit.152 - Brandon Belefonti (NL) won by forfeit.160 - Ryan Farber (NL) won by forfeit.170 - CJ Young (NL) won by forfeit.182 - Cameron Deibert (NL) won by forfeit.195 - Brandon Smith (NL) won by forfeit.220 - Jason Schaffer (NL) won by forfeit.285 - Cameron Kates (NL) dec. A. Nicholas, 3-2.Salisbury-PalmertonThe Blue Bombers managed a 69-3 win over the Falcons in a Colonial League match that saw only two bouts wrestled.Lucas Christman decisioned Zachary Adams of the Falcons at 132 pounds by a 5-3 score.At 285, Palmerton's Jericho Burger dropped a 5-1 decision.Palmerton 69, Salisbury 3132 - Lucas Christman (P) dec. Zachary Adams (S), 5-3138 - Damien Fink (P) won by forfeit145 - Jacob Kupillas (P) won by forfeit152 - Nate Sterner (P) won by forfeit160 - Kyle Kralik (P) won by forfeit170 - Riad Kapur (P) won by forfeit182 - Jarred Mooney (P) won by forfeit195 - John Iles (P) won by forfeit220 - Daniel Nicolo (P) won by forfeit285 - Alexander Nicholas (S) dec. Jericho Burger, 5-1106 - Hunter Fiero (P) won by forfeit113 - Devin Rivera (P) won by forfeit120 - Double Forfeit126 - Chase Faulstick (P) won by forfeitSWIMMINGSchuy. Haven-TamaquaSchuylkill Haven pulled off a sweep of Tamaqua in Schuylkill League action.The Hurricane boys won an 82-64, while the Lady Canes edged the Lady Raiders, 74-72.In the girls meet, Haven's Mary Zimmerman won two events (200 free, 100 free) and was part of two winning relay teams.For Tamaqua, Rebecca Kanaskie was a double-event winner in the 200 IM and the 100 breast. Abby Brickler also won the 50 free and Emma Rago won the diving competition.In the boys' competition, Haven's double-event winners were Hunter Romberger (200 IM, 100 back) and Joe Brennan (50 free, 100 free).For the Blue Raiders, Ben Turrano was victorious in the 200 free and the 100 fly, while Thorn Devlin bested the field in the diving competition.BOYSSchuylkill Haven 82, Tamaqua 64200 Medley Relay - Schuylkill Haven (Romberger, Brennan, Raymond, McGowan) 1:56.35; 200 Free - 1. Ben Turrano (T) 2:01.80, 2. Ian McGowan (SH), 3. Bryan Ramirez (T); 200 IM - 1. Hunter Romberger (SH) 2:28.78, 2. Jeff Letterhouse (T); 50 Free - 1. Joseph Brennan (SH) 24.99, 2. Jacob Rudy (T), 3. Owen Pothering (SH); Diving - 1. Thorn Devlin (T) 217.7, 2. Bill Shilko (T), 3. Bill Frederick (T); 100 Butterfly - 1. Ben Turrano (T) 1:01.34, 2. Connor Raymond (SH); 100 Free - 1. Joe Brennan (SH) 55.71, 2. Owen Pothering (SH), 3. Andrew Castagna (T); 500 Free - 1. Ian McGowan (SH) 5:44.77, 2. Bryan Ramirez (T); 200 Free Relay - Schuylkill Haven (Brennan, Pothering, Raymond, McGowan) 1:43.29; 100 Backstroke - 1. Hunter Romberger (SH) 1:07.42, 2. Jeff Letterhouse (T), 3. Kyle Schaeffer (SH); 100 Breastroke - 1. Connor Raymond (SH) 1:18.25, 2. Josh Semanco (SH); 400 Free Relay - Tamaqua (Letterhouse, Castagna, Ramirez, Turrano) 4:13.44.GIRLSSchuylkill Haven 74, Tamaqua 72200 Medley Relay - Schuylkill Haven (Ditzler, Felty, Muthersbaugh, Zimmerman) 2:03.76; 200 Free - 1. Mary Zimmerman (SH) 2:09.18, 2. Sarah Maue (T), 3. Jazmin Mena (T); 200 IM - 1. Rebecca Kanaski (T) 2:26.15, 2. Taylor Felty (SH); 50 Free - 1. Abigail Brickler (T) 27.32, 2. Crystal Reber (SH), 3. Megan Ditzler (SH); Diving - 1. Emma Rago (T) 146.65, 2. Maizy Troxell (T); 100 Butterfly - 1. Kali Muthersbaugh (SH) 1:08.32, 2. Abigail Brickler (T); 100 Free - 1. Mary Zimmerman (SH) 56.88, 2. Crystal Reber (SH), 3. Olivia Lattanzi (T); 500 Free - 1. Taylor Felty (SH) 6:04.45, 2. Sarah Maue (T), 3. Hannah Palladino (SH); 200 Free Relay - Schuylkill Haven (Muthersbaugh, Reber, Felty, Zimmerman) 1:51.28; 100 Backstroke - 1. Megan Ditzler (SH) 1:10.13, 2. Madison Irwin (SH), 3. Jazmin Mena (T); 100 Breaststroke - 1. Rebecca Kanaskie (T) 1:16.43, 2. Kali Muthersbaugh (SH), 3. Olivia Lattanzi (T); 400 Free Relay - Tamaqua (Kanaskie, Mena, Brickler, Maue) 4:38.59.9TH GRADEBASKETBALLTamaqua-LehightonTamaqua pulled off a 52-33 win over Lehighton in ninth grade action. For the winners, Lucas Gregoire led the way with 11 points, while teammate Greg Davis followed with 10.Lehighton received 11 points from Lutz.Tamaqua-Blue MountainTamaqua improved to 9-2 on the season with a 53-34 win over Blue Mountain.Braydan Knoblauch led the way with 14 points for the winners, while Nate Boyle and Wes Griffin added 11 and 10 points, respectively.8TH GRADEBASKETBALLTamaqua-LehightonTamaqua defeated Lehighton, 50-25.The Raiders were led by Matt Kistler and Lucas Gregoire, who both scored eight points.Lehighton was led by Hunsicker's game-high 11 points.7TH GRADEBASKETBALLTamaqua-LehightonTamaqua pulled out a 19-17 win over Lehighton.Leading the winners in scoring were Ian Davis with seven and Alex Barron with six.For the Indians, Macsay led all scorers with 10 points.