Tyler Fritz spearheaded a late rally as Marian edged Nativity on Thursday.

Palmerton and Jim Thorpe also added boys basketball victories.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Marian-Nativity

Trailing 59-50 after three periods of play, Marian erupted for 27 points in the fourth frame to pull out a 77-76 shootout win over Nativity.

The Colts’ Tyler Fritz hit for 13 of his game-high 35 points in the final eight minutes to spearhead the comeback. Fritz went 20-for-22 from the free throw line, breaking the school record of 17 held by Caszy Kosciolek.

Noah Stauffer and Chris Ritsick both added 11 points apiece for Marian (7-7, 5-3).

For Nativity, Casian Flowers scored a team-high 29 points.

MARIAN

Stauffer 4-2-2-11, Fritz 7-20-22-35, Agosti 2-0-0-6, Ritsick 3-2-3-11, Tate 1-1-2-3, McLaughlin 0-0-0-0, Sabulsky 4-0-0-8, McCall 0-0-0-0, Goff 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 22-26-31-77.

NATIVITY

Matlock 3-0-0-8, Walker 2-2-4-7, Muldrow 8-4-8-20, Flowers 12-5-10-29, Brennan 1-0-0-2, Burke 1-0-0-2, Chiplonia 0-0-0-0, Bilansky 3-0-0-8, Kuperavage 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 30-11-22-76.

Marian 13 19 16 27 - 77

Nativity 14 26 19 17 - 76

Three pointers: M - Ritsick 3, Agosti 2, Fritz 1, Stauffer 1; N - Matlock 2, Bilansky 2, Walker 1.

Pine Grove-Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe recorded a 45-41 Schuylkill League win over Pine Grove.

Justin Marykwas and Nathan Rosahac both scored 12 points for the Olympians (9-8, 3-6).

For the Cardinals (9-7, 4-5), Dawson Ibarra had 14 points.

Thorpe pulled out a 47-27 win in the JV game.

PINE GROVE

Soper 0-1-2-1, Ibarra 5-2-2-14, Pena 4-0-0-11, Griffiths 2-0-0-5, Albert 3-2-2-8, Renninger 0-2-2-2. TOTALS: 14-7-8-41.

JIM THORPE

Searfoss 1-0-0-2, Burak 0-1-2-1, Cannariato 2-4-4-9, Valdez 1-5-5-7, Scott 0-0-2-0, Forman 0-0-0-0, Marykwas 4-0-0-12, Na. Rosahac 4-4-11-12, Boyle 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 13-14-24-45.

Pine Grove 5 14 7 15 - 41

Jim Thorpe 9 11 8 17 - 45

Three pointers: PG - Pena 3, Ibarra 2, Griffiths 1; JT - Marykwas 4, Cannariato 1.

Lehighton-Pottsville

Pottsville flexed its muscles, rolling to a 62-27 Schuylkill League victory over Lehighton.

Mason Barnes had a game-high 22 points for the Tide (12-3, 9-1).

The Indians (2-16, 0-10) received 10 points from Taquan Bradley-Chambers.

LEHIGHTON

Strauss 0-0-0-0, Heery 0-0-0-0, Carpenter 3-1-2-7, Hunsicker 0-0-0-0, Beers 0-0-0-0, Bradley-Chambers 4-1-4-10, Smith 1-0-0-2, Beatty 0-0-0-0, Haydt 0-0-0-0, Schwab 0-0-1-0, Howland 2-2-2-6, Venuto 1-0-0-2, Lutz 0-0-0-0, Schatz 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 11-4-9-27.

POTTSVILLE

Schenk 4-0-0-8, Sherakas 1-0-0-3, Barnes 8-4-6-22, Yost 1-0-0-2, Wood 5-1-1-11, Nabholz 1-0-0-2, A. Stanton 2-0-0-6, R. Stanton 0-0-0-0, McCord 0-0-0-0, Tobin 2-0-0-5, Kondrack 1-0-0-3, Dicello 0-0-0-0, Hahner 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 25-5-7-62.

Lehighton 5 5 9 8 - 27

Pottsville 15 22 12 13 - 62

Three pointers: L - Bradley-Chambers 1; P - A. Stanton 2, Barnes 2, Sherakas 1, Tobin 1, Kondrack 1.

Catasauqua-Palmerton

Things clicked for Palmerton as it took down Catasauqua, 78-60, in Colonial League action.

The tandem of Justin Hosier and Nate Dougherty poured in 24 and 23 points, respectively, for the Blue Bombers. Kody Kratzer added 15.

For the Rough Riders, Isaiah Graves’ 22 points led the way.

CATASAUQUA

Graves 7-8-11-22, Hernandez 4-0-0-8, A. Martinez 0-0-0-0, Green 2-1-2-5, D. Martinez 1-0-0-3, Bond 5-1-2-12, Brett 2-0-0-5, Ritter 0-0-0-0, Dolon 0-0-0-0, Chase 0-0-0-0, Der. Troxell 0-0-0-0, Dev. Troxell 0-0-0-0, Oppedisano 1-3-3-5. TOTALS: 21-10-18-60.

PALMERTON

Yacone 4-0-0-9, Young 0-0-0-0, Baumgardt 1-2-2-5, Dougherty 6-10-11-23, King 0-0-0-0, Kratzer 5-3-5-15, Hosier 9-3-3-24, Silfies 0-0-0-0, Taschler 1-0-0-2, Beahm 0-0-0-0, Quinn 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 26-18-21-78.

Catasauqua 13 14 19 14 - 60

Palmerton 14 19 21 24 - 78

Three pointers: C - Bond 1, Brett 1, D. Martinez 1; P - Hosier 3, Kratzer 2, Baumgardt 1, Dougherty 1, Yacone 1.

Tamaqua-Blue Mtn.

A slow start by Tamaqua spelled trouble as Blue Mountain managed to take a 59-53 Schuylkill League victory.

For the Blue Raiders (12-5, 6-4), who trailed by nine points after the first quarter, Thad Zuber led the way with 19 points. Brayden Knoblauch added 14.

Jakob Biever and Drew Grace tallied 14 points apiece for the Eagles (16-1, 10-0).

Blue Mountain also won the JV game, 52-32.

TAMAQUA

Bonetsky 1-0-0-2, Stianche 2-0-0-4, Kurek 0-0-0-0, Zuber 7-4-4-19, Knoblauch 4-2-5-14, Rother 3-1-1-7, Boyle 0-0-1-0, G. Gregoire 1-2-2-4, L. Gregoire 1-1-2-3. TOTALS: 19-10-15-53.

BLUE MOUNTAIN

Grace 4-3-6-14, O’Donnell 2-3-3-8, Conway 2-1-5-5, McKivigan 1-1-2-3, Lipton 0-0-0-0, Nabholz 5-2-2-13, O’Keefe 1-0-0-2, J. Biever 6-2-6-14. TOTALS: 21-12-24-59.

Tamaqua 6 10 20 17 - 53

Blue Mountain 15 15 11 18 - 59

Three pointers: T - Knoblauch 4, Zuber 1; BM - Grace 3, O’Donnell 1, Nabholz 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Palmerton-Catasauqua

Palmerton outscored Catasauqua in each frame and rolled to a 47-18 Colonial League win.

Linnaea Leister led the Bombers (8-9, 7-6) with 20 points. Teammate Baylee Guedes followed with 10.

PALMERTON

H. Guedes 0-0-0-0, B. Guedes 4-2-3-10, Hirochek 1-0-0-3, Cincilla 1-0-1-2, Leister 7-3-4-20, Frantz 1-2-2-4, Papay 2-0-0-5, Molchan 0-0-0-0, Beahm 0-0-0-0, Oldt 0-0-0-0, Recker 1-0-0-3, Mihalko 0-0-0-0, Morgan 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-7-10-47.

CATASAUQUA

Rushatz 1-2-2-4, Bradley 1-0-1-2, Delucia 0-1-2-1, Lacey 0-1-2-1, Hicks 0-0-0-0, Brown 2-0-0-4, Emery 1-0-0-2, Barna 0-0-0-0, Richards 1-0-0-2, Greenberg 0-0-2-0, George 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 7-4-9-18.

Palmerton 12 15 12 8 - 47

Catasauqua 4 4 3 7 - 18

Three pointers: P - Leister 3, Recker 1, Hirochek 1, Papay 1; C - none.

SWIMMING

Tamaqua-

Mahanoy Area

Tamaqua earned a split against Mahanoy Area.

The Blue Raiders captured the girls meet by a 104-53 score, while the Golden Bears took the boys meet, 81-64.

No other information was received by the Times News.

BOYS BASKETBALL

8TH GRADE

Lehighton-Weatherly

Lehighton cruised to a 38-5 win over Weatherly.

Austin Hadley had 12 points to pace the Indians. Ron Schmick added 11.

7TH GRADE

Lehighton-Weatherly

Lehighton posted a 56-26 victory over Weatherly.

Robert Christman and Cameron Knappenberger scored 11 points apiece for the Indians.

Frank Willis had 12 points for the Wreckers. Ricky Ray added eight points.