The Lehighton and Jim Thorpe boys basketball teams picked up wins over the weekend.

BOYS BASKETBALLLehighton-CatasauquaLehighton held on down the stretch for a 61-54 non-league win over Catasauqua.Leading the Tribe was Hunter Greene with 14 and Damian Mele with 13. Nick Chambers and Tanner Zwetolitz had 12 each.For the Rough Riders, Isiah Graves totaled 14, Cory Hicks ensued with 12 and Shaquan Mason added 11.With the victory, Lehighton improved to 11-8 on the season and clinched a District 11 berth.LEHIGHTONTroxell 1-0-0-3, McDowell 2-1-2-5, Zwetolitz 2-8-13-12, Mele 4-3-4-13, Howland 1-0-0-2, Chambers 6-0-4-12, Greene 5-2-3-14. TOTALS: 21-14-26-61.CATASAUQUAGraves 5-4-5-14, Pontician 0-0-0-0, Hicks 4-3-3-12, Mason 4-1-2-11, Burker 4-0-0-8, Fogel 4-0-0-9. TOTALS: 21-8-10-54.Lehighton 11 20 9 21 - 61Catasauqua 15 11 11 17 - 54Three pointers: L - Mele 2, Greene 2, Troxell 1; C - Mason 2, Hicks 1, Fogel 1.Panther Vy.-Shen. Vy.Facing a 12-point first period deficit, Shenandoah Valley stormed back for a 71-68 win over Panther Valley.Leading the Blue Devils in scoring were Jermaine McNeil with 20 points, while Ian McCole was right behind with 19.For the Panthers, Rene Figueroa totalled a game-high 22 points, while Matt Hudicka's 17 and Anthony Micholik's five triples totalled 15.The Panthers picked up a win in the JV game, 41-37.PANTHER VY.Figueroa 7-8-9-22, Stanko 0-0-0-0, Micholik 5-0-0-15, Miller 3-0-0-6, Hudicka 6-0-0-17, Blasko 4-0-0-8, Emmert 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 25-8-9-68.SHENANDOAHMcNeil 7-2-3-20, Santana 2-2-4-6, McCale 6-2-3-19, Alvarez 1-0-0-2, Creasy 1-0-0-3, Chagolla 2-0-0-5, Shenaster 4-1-2-9, Ryan 2-0-2-4, Cabrera 0-0-0-0, White 0-0-2-0, Uholik 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 16-7-16-71.Panther Vy. 27 11 11 19 - 68Shen. Vy. 15 16 20 20 - 71Three pointers: PV - Hudicka 5, Micholik 5; SV - McCole 5, McNeil 4, Creasy 1, Chagolla 1, Uholik 1.Pleas. Vy.-Blue Mtn.The Bears fell behind by 13 points at intermission and never recovered in a 66-46 loss to the Eagles in a non-league contest.No other information was received by The Times News.Pottsville-TamaquaPottsville continued to impress with a 67-40 easy win over Tamaqua.The Tide saw Jordan Melochick lead his team with 17 points, while the tandem of Ian Renninger and Patrick Schenk both scored 15 points.Meanwhile, Thad Zuber maintained the hot hand with a game-high 23 points for the Blue Raiders (6-14).Pottsville also gained a 43-28 JV victory.POTTSVILLEJu. Abdo 1-0-0-2, Gerchak 3-0-0-7, Wood 0-0-0-0, Thomas 3-0-0-8, Melochik 6-2-4-17, Witman 0-1-2-1, Pellish 1-0-0-2, Jo. Abdo 0-0-0-0, Renninger 7-1-3-15, Schenk 6-0-0-15, Opake 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 27-4-9-67.TAMAQUABlaker 0-0-0-0, Wassell 1-0-0-2, Kurek 0-0-0-0, Zuber 8-4-4-23, Scott 1-0-1-2, Wargula 0-0-0-0, Rother 0-0-0-0, Murphy 0-0-0-0, Rivera 0-0-0-0, Davidson 1-0-0-2, Gregoire 4-1-3-9, Bates 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 16-5-8-40.Pottsville 20 20 16 11 - 67Tamaqua 13 9 10 8 - 40Three pointers: P - Melochick 3, Schenk 3, Thomas 2, Gerchak 1; T - Zuber 3.Pine Grove-Jim ThorpeThe tandem of Rayan Green and Matt Elmore scored 22 and 18 points respectively for the Olympians in a 58-36 Schuylkill League win over the Cardinals.The victory improves Jim Thorpe's record to 12-7 overall and 8-4 in the league.PINE GROVEWolff 0-0-0-0, Ibarra 1-0-2-2, A. Griffiths 5-1-2-13, Leininger 4-6-6-15, Rutledge 2-2-2-6, Keiser 0-0-0-0, Pena 0-0-0-0, Culbert 0-0-0-0, Bertasavage 0-0-0-0, C. Griffiths 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-9-12-36.JIM THORPEElmore 7-4-7-18, Micciche 2-3-3-7, Jefferson 1-0-0-2, Green 10-2-2-22, Lauer 2-0-0-5, McElmoyle 1-0-0-2, Burak 1-0-0-2, Foreman 0-0-0-0, Daniels 0-0-0-0, Twardzik 0-0-0-0, Gerace 0-0-0-0, Rosahac 0-0-0-0, Marykwas 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 24-9-12-58.Pine Grove 2 5 15 14 - 36Jim Thorpe 13 10 13 22 - 58Three-pointers: PG - Griffiths 3, Leininger 1; JT - Lauer 1.GIRLS BASKETBALLLake Lehman-MarianMarian managed to outscore Lake Lehman in each frame on its way to an easy 43-10 non-league win.For the Fillies, Brenna Karnish led all scorers with 16 points.Lake Lehman prevented the sweep on the night, as it prevailed in the JV game, 37-31.LAKE LEHMANParry 0-0-0-0, Lindley 0-0-0-0, Love 0-2-4-2, Scoblick 0-0-0-0, Storz 1-0-0-3, Blight 0-0-0-0, Eneobe 0-3-4-3, Borum 1-0-0-2, Purdy 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 2-5-8-10.MARIANJoseph 1-0-0-2, Erbe 0-0-0-0, Whitecavage 3-2-2-8, Correale 1-0-0-2, Schwabe 1-0-0-2, Agosti 1-0-0-2, Raabe 4-0-2-8, Karnish 6-2-2-16, Stoyer 0-3-4-3. TOTALS: 17-7-10-43.Lake Lehman 2 0 4 4 - 10Marian 9 12 18 4 - 43Three pointers: LL - Storz 1; M - Karnish 2.Jim Thorpe-Pine GroveThe balance of Pine Grove proved to be too much for Jim Thorpe, as the Cardinals pulled out a 63-52 win.Jim Thorpe's Kayley Kovac led all scorers on the night with 35 points.JIM THORPERichards 1-1-2-4, P. Kovac 1-1-5-4, Condly 0-0-0-0, Ohl 3-1-4-7, K. Kovac 13-9-14-35, Cressman 0-0-1-0, Waselus 0-0-0-0, Lignore 1-0-1-2, Gabel 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 19-12-17-52.PINE GROVECay. Conrad 1-0-1-2, Shiffer 1-3-8-6, Kauffman 5-4-5-15, Edge 5-3-6-13, Sleva 1-3-6-5, Car. Conrad 3-1-6-8, Boyer 4-6-8-14. TOTALS: 20-20-40-63.Jim Thorpe 11 17 13 11 - 52Pine Grove 15 24 8 16 - 63Three pointers: JT - Richards 1, P. Kovac 1; PG - Shiffer 1, Kauffman 1, Car. Conrad 1.CMVT-Panther ValleyPanther Valley used strong defense in the first and third frames to pull away from Columbia-Montour Vo Tech for the 46-32 win.Leading the way for the Lady Panthers was Christina Dacey with a game-high 19 points, while Chloe Markovich added 13.Meanwhile, in the JV contest, Panther Valley prevailed 23-11.CMVTGavin 2-0-0-6, Harner 2-0-0-4, Six 0-0-0-0, Fausy 0-0-0-0, Scicchitano 3-2-5-9, Bloom 2-1-2-7, Young 3-0-2-6. TOTALS: 12-3-9-32.PANTHER VY.Weaver 0-0-0-0, Knoblauch 0-0-0-0, Picht 2-1-2-7, Filer 2-0-1-4, Sheridan 0-0-0-0, Dacey 6-7-8-19, Miller 1-1-1-3, C. Markovich 5-0-0-13. TOTALS: 16-9-12-46.Columbia Montour 2 13 4 13 - 32Panther Valley 10 10 12 14 - 46Three pointers: CMVT - Gavin 2, Bloom 2, Scicchitano 1; PV - C. Markovich 3, Picht 2.Tamaqua-NativityNativity built an insurmountable lead and pulled out a 54-33 Schuylkill League win over Tamaqua.Leading the way for the Golden Girls was Madison Clarke with 13 points and 10 rebounds.For the Lady Raiders (2-18), Courtney Hoffman led the way with eight points.TAMAQUAHoffman 4-0-1-8, Hromyak 1-0-0-2, Pedersen 0-0-0-0, Sherry 3-0-0-6, Jones 2-2-6-7, Ceci 2-0-3-4, Stauffenberg 0-1-2-1, Amershek 2-0-0-5, Boran-Smith 0-0-0-0, Agosti 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-3-12-33.NATIVITYZimmerofsky 0-0-0-0, Hayes 0-0-0-0, Malacusky 4-1-2-9, Tobash 0-0-0-0, Sanders 2-1-2-6, Klembara 0-0-0-0, Ulsh 3-0-0-7, Carpenito 0-0-0-0, McClure 0-3-4-3, Simons 2-3-4-7, Starr 0-0-2-0, Strausser 4-0-0-9, Clarke 5-3-5-13. TOTALS: 20-11-19-54.Tamaqua 12 6 5 10 - 33Nativity 17 16 14 7 - 54Three pointers: T - Jones 1, Amershek 1; N - Sanders 1, Ulsh 1, Strausser 1.Lin. Leadership-WeatherlyShelby Berger scored a season-high 25 points to lead the Lady Wreckers over Lincoln Leadership Academy 65-29.Weatherly now needs one more win to qualify for the District 11 playoffs.No other information was received by The Times News.Lehighton-Pleas. Vy.Pleasant Valley used strong defense in the first half to take this non-league win over Lehighton, 48-29.The Lady Bears got a big game from Renee Milos, who poured in a game-high 18 points in the win, while Masani Francis followed with 13.For the Tribe, Krysta Blasiak notched 10 points in the loss.With the win, Pleasant Valley needs one victory in its last two regular season games in order to qualify for the post-season.LEHIGHTONRossino 0-0-0-0, Muffley 2-0-0-4, Long 0-0-0-0, Whiteman 1-2-2-4, Blasiak 4-0-0-10, Frey 1-2-2-4, Beck 0-1-2-1, Drofich 0-0-0-0, Faust 1-0-0-2, Bush 2-0-0-4, Bollinger 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 11-5-6-29.PLEASANT VALLEYBorger 1-5-8-7, Sullivan 0-0-0-0, Jones 0-0-0-0, Iovino 0-0-0-0, Francis 6-0-0-13, Borden 1-0-0-2, Russell 4-0-0-8, Salmon 0-0-2-0, Milos 7-4-4-18, Rosenberg 0-0-0-0, Ramirez 0-0-0-0, Schwenk 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 19-9-14-48.Lehighton 4 2 9 14 - 29Pleasant Valley 8 24 12 4 - 48Three pointers: L - Blasiak 2; PV - Francis 1.