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Fillies survive scare from Weatherly

Marian and Jim Thorpe picked up girls basketball wins on Monday.

GIRLS BASKETBALLMarian-WeatherlyMarian needed to come from behind to defeat Weatherly, 41-38, in Schuylkill League action.The Fillies (12-5, 8-2) were led in scoring by Brenna Karnish with a team-high 15 points. Teammate Gianna Agosti added eight.For the Wreckers (7-10, 3-7), Emily Zoscin scored 22.Marian prevailed in the JV contest, 42-13.MARIANShaud 1-1-2-3, Erbe 0-0-0-0, Correale 2-0-0-6, Schwabe 1-0-0-2, Agosti 3-1-3-8, Alansky 0-0-0-0, McClafferty 3-0-1-6, Raabe 0-1-4-1, Karnish 4-7-8-15. TOTALS: 14-10-18-41.WEATHERLYZoscin 8-6-10-22, Hoffman 1-0-0-3, G. Hinkle 1-0-0-2, Gower 0-0-0-0, Peiffer 2-3-8-7, Caravella 0-0-0-0, DeSpirito 0-0-0-0, Henry 0-0-0-0, Obert 0-0-0-0, T. Hinkle 1-2-4-4. TOTALS: 13-11-22-38.Marian 5 11 10 15 - 41Weatherly 11 6 11 10 - 38Three pointers: M - Correale 2, Agosti 1; W - Hoffman 1.Blue Mountain-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe got 26 points from Kayley Kovac to upend Blue Mountain, 39-26, in Schuylkill League play.The loss improves the Olympians' record to 9-8 overall and 4-6 in the league.For the Eagles (11-8, 5-7), Emily Fasnacht scored nine points.BLUE MOUNTAINAlbertini 0-0-0-0, Martin 0-0-0-0, Fasnacht 4-0-0-9, Lewis 0-0-0-0, Shaner 0-0-0-0, Moyer 3-0-0-6, Dean 1-2-2-4, Lukacz 1-0-0-2, Pishock 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 10-2-2-23.JIM THORPERichards 1-0-0-2, P. Kovac 1-0-0-3, Condly 0-0-0-0, Ohl 2-0-0-4, Naranjo 0-0-0-0, K. Kovac 10-4-5-26, Skrimcovsky 0-0-0-0, Lignore 1-0-0-2, Gabel 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 16-4-5-39.Blue Mountain 9 4 6 4 - 23Jim Thorpe 18 6 13 2 - 39Three pointers: BM - Fasnacht 1; JT - K. Kovac 2, P. Kovac 1.North Schuylkill-LehightonNorth Schuylkill jumped out to an early lead and went on to defeat Lehighton, 53-33, in Schuylkill League action.Averi Jordan led the Spartans (11-7, 8-3) with 19 points.For the Tribe (7-10, 2-9), Skylynn Faust scored 13.NORTH SCHUYLKILLShinkus 4-6-6-16, Stoke 0-0-0-0, Holmes 1-0-0-2, Gregas 2-1-3-5, Guerrero 1-1-2-3, Green 3-2-4-8, Jordan 8-1-1-19, Zimmerman 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 19-11-16-53.LEHIGHTONYoung 0-0-0-0, Brown 0-0-0-0, Frey 0-0-0-0, Long 1-0-0-2, Whiteman 3-0-0-8, Blasiak 3-2-3-8, Miller 1-0-0-2, Pontella 0-0-0-0, Faust 6-1-3-13, Buchinsky 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-3-6-33.North Schuylkill 15 15 11 12 - 53Lehighton 3 11 13 6 - 33Three pointers: NS - Shinkus 2, Jordan 2; L - Blasiak 2.Pottsville-Panther ValleyPottsville posted a 55-25 Schuylkill League win over Panther Valley.Leading the Tide in scoring was Sadie Comfort, who lit it up with six treys in the game for 18 points.For the Panthers (2-16, 0-11), Rachelle Filer had eight points.POTTSVILLESherakas 2-2-4-8, Skosnick 0-0-2-0, Plachko 4-1-2-10, Tarconish 1-3-3-5, Eckert 1-1-4-3, Comfort 6-0-0-18, Coyle 1-0-0-2, Dalton 0-0-0-0, Schaeffer 1-0-0-2, Yoder 0-0-0-0, Shrom 0-0-0-0, Schenk 3-1-4-7. TOTALS: 19-8-19-55.PANTHER VALLEYPascoe 0-0-0-0, Steber 1-0-0-2, Knoblauch 0-1-2-1, Hohen 0-0-0-0, Sheridan 1-1-2-3, Dacey 2-1-2-7, Filer 4-0-0-8, Miller 0-1-2-1, Markovich 0-1-2-1, Ketchledge 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 9-5-12-25.Pottsville 11 16 16 12 - 55Panther Valley 7 2 6 10 - 25Three pointers: P - Comfort 6, Sherakas 2, Plachko 1; PV - Dacey 2.Tamaqua-Pine GrovePine Grove charged back to pull off a 60-57 come-from-behind Schuylkill League win over Tamaqua.Jen Kauffman had 18 points for the Cardinals (15-4, 9-2).Emma Kuczynski scored a game-high 22 points for the Raiders (10-9, 5-6). Courtney Hoffman chipped in 12 points and Emily Titus added 11.TAMAQUAHromyak 0-0-0-0, Hoffman 4-4-6-12, Zuber 1-2-5-4, Jones 4-0-0-8, Titus 5-1-3-11, Frederickson 0-0-0-0, Kuczynski 10-2-3-22. TOTALS: 24-9-17-57.PINE GROVEConrad 0-0-0-0, Edge 3-0-2-6, Shiffer 0-3-4-3, Flick 1-0-0-2, Kauffman 6-6-8-18, Sleva 8-1-2-17, Boyer 6-2-4-14. TOTALS: 24-12-20-60.Tamaqua 21 13 13 10 - 57Pine Grove 13 18 9 20 - 60Three pointers: T - none; PG - none.9TH GRADE BASKETBALLTamaqua-Panther ValleyTamaqua pulled out a 43-25 win over Panther Valley.Nathaniel Noftz had 12 points for the Raiders. Tom Edwards scored nine for the Panthers.8TH GRADE BASKETBALLWeatherly-Jim ThorpeWeatherly remained undefeated with a 35-17 win over Jim Thorpe.Scott Zoscin scored 14 points for the Wreckers (11-0), while Antonio Colecio followed with 10.Caiden Hurley scored six for the Olympians.7TH GRADE BASKETBALLWeatherly-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe defeated Weatherly, 35-23.Tanner Gilliar scored eight points and Ian Hubbard added six for the Olympians. Frank Willis scored six for the Wreckers.

Brenna Karnish (33) of Marian dribbles away from Weatherly's Emily Zoscin (1). RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS