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Lehighton second at Indian Duals

Host Lehighton had a strong showing in the Indian Duals wrestling tournament on Saturday.

WRESTLINGIndian Dualsat LehightonLehighton placed second at the Indian Duals Saturday.The host Indians got 5-0 days from Grant Wetzel (152), Cody Scherer (160) and Will Smith (285).Lehighton (10-4) defeated William Allen 54-15, East Stroudsburg North 62-12, Springfield-Delco 53-18 and Central Bucks South 45-27 before falling to Notre Dame-Green Pond 34-30 in the finals.Nate Kemmerer (120), Tyler Schock (132), Chris Whiteman (145), Dylan Schock (170) and Brett Gasker (220) all posted 4-1 records.Jim Thorpeat Springfield TournamentJohn Newhall captured a gold medal for Jim Thorpe at the Springfield Tournament.Newhall's gold came at 113 pounds. Cameron Condly placed third, and Ethan Mordaunt earned a fourth for the Olympians.Palmertonat Big Red TournamentPalmerton went 1-3 at the Big Red Duals at Souderton over the weekend.The Blue Bombers defeated Palisades 57-12, but fell to Archbishop Wood (51-22), Northeast (48-30) and Pennsbury (42-27).Kyle Kralik (three pins), John Iles (two pins; one decision) and Jared Mooney (two pins; one major decision) all posted 4-0 marks for Palmerton. Chase Faulstick and Riad Kapur both went 3-1.Bangor-Pleasant ValleyBangor rolled to a 63-7 non-league win over Pleasant Valley.James Gehr (126) won by major decision for the Bears while Daniel Valdner (113) picked up a decision.Bangor 63, Pleasant Valley 7220 - Terrence Higgins (B) pinned Alex Anderson in 1:10285 - Thomas McKeough (B) pinned Christian DeReinzi in 1:24106 - Domenic Vicario (B) pinned Hannah Hunter in 1:42113 - Daniel Valdner (PV) dec. Jayce Gonzalez, 7-1120 - Henry Bacon (B) pinned Justin Rojas in 1:28126 - James Gehr (PV) maj. dec Gavin Sandt, 12-3132 - Blake McNew (B) dec Jonathan Klein, 7-1138 - Paul Mastrogiovanni (B) pinned Wayne Blizzard in 0:38145 - Edward Hay (B) won by forfeit152 - Gaelen Happel (B) pinned Craig Choynowski in 3:44160 - John Raub (B) won by forfeit170 - Jesse Rocco (B) dec Trevor Dorn, 3-2182 - Haakon Mathewson (B) dec Colby Frey, 9-3195 - Joseph Schrader (B) pinned Spencer Mease in 4:39Northwestern-So. LehighNorthwestern picked up a 39-30 Colonial League win over Southern Lehigh.Bailey Wehr (126), Colin Rex (132), Jackson Bernhard (152) pinned for the Tigers. Jack Casciano (120), Tyler Derr (145) and Isaac Bredbenner (170) won by decision for Northwestern.Northwestern 39, Southern Lehigh 30120 - Jack Casciano (NW) dec Michael Smith, 7-1126 - Bailey Wehr (NW) pinned Ciro D'Ambrosio in 3:23132 - Colin Rex (NW) pinned Dylan Holschwander in 3:50138 - Paul Zinck (SL) pinned Willard Dellicker in 1:16145 - Tyler Derr (NW) dec Nick DeNave, 8-2152 - Jackson Bernhard (NW) pinned Dominic Caciolo in 2:25160 - Caleb Clymer (NW) won by forfeit170 - Isaac Bredbenner (NW) dec Brad Shaffer, 8-6182 - Luke Lakatos (SL) pinned Sam Day in 2:51195 - Caleb Goodman (SL) won by forfeit220 - Riley Craft (SL) won by forfeit285 - Brandon Derby (SL) won by forfeit106 - Double forfeit113 - Harrison Bernhard (NW) won by forfeitPanther Valley-EmmausEmmaus took down Panther Valley 45-26 in a non-league match.Hunter Kennedy (160), Xander Kern (170) and Justin Rodriguez (220) won by fall for the Panthers (7-6). Tyler Baez (195) and Miguel Santiago (113) won by major decision for Panther Valley.Emmaus 45, Panther Valley 26106 - Peyton Brown (E) pinned Louden Breiner in 1:27113 - Miguel Santiago (PV) maj. dec James Bowie, 9-1120 - Gabe Ayala (E) pinned Brandon Meyers in 0:58126 - Chase Pavelko (E) dec Kyle Rusnak, 9-5132 - Jackson Karrat (E) won by forfeit138 - Jacob Alcaro (E) won by forfeit145 - Tyler Corpora (E) tech. fall Derek Beckham, 17-1152 - Caden Wright (E) dec Tanner Kennedy, 2-1160 - Hunter Kennedy (PV) pinned Emmanuel Alabi in 3:43170 - Xander Kern (PV) pinned Robert Newhard in 5:38182 - Jared Skibinski (E) maj. dec Hunter Kerestes, 14-5195 - Tyler Baez (PV) maj. dec Dylan Shuman, 10-2220 - Justin Rodriguez (PV) pinned Luigi Mannino in 1:36285 - Joseph Barno (E) pinned Aaron Eidem in 3:08BOYS BASKETBALLJim Thorpe-Mahanoy AreaJim Thorpe used a big first half to down Mahanoy Area 58-51 in a non-league game.Brendan Carroll scored 16 points to lead the Olympians (7-5). Aaron Joyce added 13 points, Matt Elmore had 11 and Chris Micciche chipped in 10 as Jim Thorpe raced out to a 31-18 lead after two quarters.Jim Thorpe also won the JV game, 58-48.JIM THORPECarroll 5-4-4-16, Samuel 2-3-4-7, Elmore 4-3-4-11, Micciche 4-2-3-10, Joyce 5-2-2-13, Marykwas 0-0-0-0, Rosahac 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-15-20-58.MAHANOY AREAJoseph 7-6-11-22, Derr 3-1-4-7, Miller 3-2-4-8, Rivera 1-0-0-2, Atkins 0-0-0-0, McGee 5-1-2-12. TOTALS: 19-10-21-51.Jim Thorpe 21 10 12 15 - 58Mahanoy 14 4 13 20 - 51Three-pointers: Jim Thorpe - Carroll 2, Joyce 1; Mahanoy - Joseph 2, McGee 1.Panther Valley-CMVTA balanced attack carried Panther Valley to a 56-40 non-league win over Columbia Montour AVTS.Rene Figueroa led four Panthers (5-8) in double figures with 15 points. Anthony Micholik scored 14 points, and Tristan Blasko and Trey Turner tallied 12 and 11 points respectively.Panther Valley took the JV contest, 50-19.PANTHER VALLEYMicholik 5-1-2-14, Turner 4-2-3-11, Figueroa 4-7-11-15, Blasko 5-2-3-12, Morgans 2-0-0-4, Rodriguez 0-0-0-0, Mehmeti 0-0-0-0, Distler 0-0-0-0, White 0-0-0-0, Perez 0-0-0-0, Rohlfing 0-0-0-0, Stilitino 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-12-19-56.COLUMBIA MONTOURRoberts 3-1-2-7, Welsh 5-2-3-13, Halye 1-2-2-4, Petry 5-2-3-12, Simpler 2-0-0-4, Pascal 0-0-0-0, Cameron 0-0-3-0, Laubach 0-0-0-0, Davis 0-0-0-0, Marsters 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-7-15-40.Panther Valley 13 13 12 18 - 56Columbia Montour 11 6 11 12 - 40Three-pointers: Panther Valley - Micholik 3, Turner 1; CMVT - Welsh 1.Thackston Charter-MarianMarian rolled to a 67-51 non-league win over Helen Thackston Charter.Brandon Mohammed and Tyler Fritz scored 18 points apiece for the Colts (9-1). Ryan Karchner added 15 points.HELEN THACKSTON CHARTERMcClaurin 4-0-0-12, Beverly 8-0-2-16, Parker 3-1-1-8, Feazell 2-0-0-4, Maldowado 0-1-2-1, Ruth 0-0-0-0, Suerro 2-0-0-4, Wilson 2-1-1-6. TOTALS: 21-3-5-51.MARIANKarchner 5-5-9-15, Mohammed 8-2-6-18, Mummey 0-0-0-0, Stauffer 1-3-3-5, Fritz 4-6-6-18, Paisley 2-0-0-4, Collevechio 1-3-4-5, Paluck 0-2-2-2, J. Miller 0-0-0-0, Maylath 0-0-0-0, Choley 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-21-30-67.HTC 13 18 9 10 - 51Marian 23 19 10 15 - 67Three-pointers: Helen Thackston - McClaurin 4, Parker 1, Wilson 1; Marian - Fritz 4.GIRLS BASKETBALLTamaqua-KutztownTamaqua cruised to a 61-41 non-league win over Kutztown.Emma Kuczynski led the Lady Raiders (9-5) a game-high 22 points. Kirstin Jones added 18 points and 15 rebounds.Tamaqua won the JV game, 56-14.TAMAQUAR. Hromyak 1-0-0-2, Hoffman 2-1-2 5, Zuber 1-3-4-5, A. Hromyak 0-0-0-0, Jones 7-4-6-18, Titus 0-0-0-0, Ceci 0-0-0-0, Frederickson 3-3-4-9, Kuczynski 8-5-7-22. TOTALS: 22-16-23-61.KUTZTOWNBankes 6-3-4-18, Sanders 0-0-0-0, White 3-0-0-6, McCoach 1-1-7-3, Swavely 0-0-0-0, Donat 1-5-7-7, Siefert 1-0-2-2, Maddock 2-0-0-5. TOTALS: 14-9-20-41.Tamaqua 12 20 19 10 - 61Kutztown 3 19 9 10 - 41Three-pointers: Tamaqua - Kuczynski 1; Kutztown - Bankes 3, Maddock.Salem Christian-WeatherlyWeatherly rolled to a 65-34 non-league win over Salem Christian.Emily Zoscin scored 17 points for the Wreckers (4-6) while Lindsey Hoffman scored 15 points and Megan Peifer contributed 14 points.SALEM CHRISTIANA. Krage 0-2-4-2, Schoenly 0-0-1-0, J. Krage 5-2-2-16, Barnes 3-3-11-9, Ramos 1-0-0-2, Wirth 1-1-2-3, Ashton 1-0-0-2, Nagy 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 11-8-20-34.WEATHERLYZoscin 6-5-8-17, T. Hinkle 2-0-2-4, Hoffman 6-0-0-15, Gower 1-0-0-2, Peifer 7-0-0-14, Caravella 1-0-0-3, DeSpirito 2-0-0-5, G. Hinkle 1-1-2-3, Obert 0-2-2-2, Henry 0-0-0-0, Strouse 0-0-0-0, Hernandez 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 26-8-14-65.Salem Christian 9 10 9 6 - 34Weatherly 15 20 15 15 - 65Three-pointers: Salem Christian - J. Krage 4; Weatherly - Hoffman 3, Caravella 1, DeSpirito 1.No. Schuylkill-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe recorded a 62-56 Schulkill League Division I victory over North Schuylkill.Kayley Kovac scored a career-high 38 points, while Payton Kovac, who hit three 3-pointers, followed with 18 for the Olympians (6-6, 2-4).North Schuylkill won the JV game, 38-36.NORTH SCHUYLKILLShinkus 6-5-6-21, Jordan 7-7-9-22, Gregas 2-0-2-4, Green 2-0-0-4, May 0-0-0-0, Guerrero 1-0-1-2, Holmes 0-0-0-0, Smarowsky 0-2-2-2. TOTALS: 18-14-20-55.JIM THORPERichards 1-0-2-3, P. Kovac 6-3-5-18, Condly 0-0-0-0, Ohl 0-1-2-1, Naranjo 0-0-0-0, K. Kovac 14-10-18-38, Lignore 1-0-0-2, Gabel 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-14-27-62.North Schuylkill 16 13 9 17 - 55Jim Thorpe 11 10 22 19 - 62Three-pointers: North Schuylkill - Shinkus 4, Jordan 1; Jim Thorpe - P. Kovac 3, Richards 1.Notre Dame GP-MarianNotre Dame Green Pond edged Marian 40-35 in overtime to a claim a non-league win.Cailee Murphy scored four of her eight points in overtime for the Crusaders. Cassie Murphy scored 11 to lead NDGP.Emily Shaud scored a game-high 15 points for the Filies (7-4). Brenna Karnish added 11 points.NOTRE DAME-GREEN PONDGorman 1-3-4-5, Galle 1-2-2-5, Maslonka 2-0-0-5, Carlin 0-0-0-0, Small 0-0-0-0, Kelly 1-1-2-3, Brandt 1-0-0-3, Cai. Murphy 3-2-3-8, Cas. Murphy 4-3-5-11. TOTALS: 13-11-16-40.MARIANShaud 5-2-4-15, Erbe 0-0-0-0, Correale 0-0-0-0, Agosti 1-0-0-2, Alansky 0-0-0-0, McClafferty 0-0-0-0, Raabe 1-5-8-7, Karnish 3-5-6-11. TOTALS: 10-12-18-35.NDGP 7 10 7 7 9 - 40Marian 4 4 13 10 4 - 35Three-pointers: NDGP - Galle 1, Maslonka 1, Brandt 1; Marian - Shaud 3.SWIMMINGSchuylkill Sprint MeetSeveral Times News area swimmers enjoyed success Saturday at the Schuylkill League Sprint Meet.Marian's Katie Kurzinsky broke her own record of 29.37 in the 50 backstroke, winning in 29.24. Kurzinsky also took the 50 freestyle in 25.93.Tamaqua's Rebecca Kanaskie won three golds. The senior captured the 100 IM (1:06.86) and 50 breaststroke (33.58) as well as the 200 medley relay (1:59.39) along with Lexi Kerstetter, Brianna Dumond and Abigail Brickler.Kerstetter placed second in the 50 backstroke (30.28) and third in the 100 free (1:01.41), while Brickler was fourth in the 50 free (27.29) and sixth in the 50 butterfly (30.35) and Dumond took fifth in the 200 free (2:15.90) and the 50 butterfly (29.60). Tamaqua's Sarah Maue recorded a sixth-place finish in the 100 IM (1:12.31).Marian's Angelina Krupko was third in the 50 breaststroke (35.12).In the boys' meet, Marian's Timmy Dando was second in the 200 free (1:54.48), while Weatherly's Keith Cullen was fourth in the 50 butterfly (26.87) and fourth in the 50 breaststroke (30.84).

Dylan Schoch of Lehighton (top) works to finish off a pin of Springfield's Anthony Manascio in their 170-pound bout. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS