Marian and Weatherly posted Schuylkill League victories in boys basketball action on Thursday, while Tamaqua and Panther Valley picked up wins in girls play.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Marian-Lourdes

Marian jumped out to an early lead and eventually pulled away for an 82-63 Schuylkill League win over Lourdes.

Tyler Fritz paced the Colts (10-0; 5-0) with 28 points, while Dante Agosti hit five three-pointers and finished with 25. The winners, who scored 30 points in the fourth quarter, also received 13 points from Chris Ritsick.

For Lourdes (2-10; 0-5), Hunter Reed scored a team-high 24 points.

In the JV game, Marian rolled to a 70-36 win behind 20 points from Chris Chambers and 12 from Matt Rehrig.

MARIAN

T. Fritz 11-6-8-28, Ritsick 5-0-0-13, Agosti 10-0-0-25, L. Fritz 2-0-0-6, Malarkey 2-1-1-5, Goff 1-0-0-2, Cerullo 0-0-0-0, Eroh 0-0-0-0, Cervasio 0-0-0-0, Hnat 1-0-0-3, Gibson 0-0-0-0, Wargo 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 32-7-9-82.

LOURDES

Sandri 2-0-2-4, Feudale 1-0-0-3, DeManincor 4-0-0-8, Reiprish 6-3-4-15, Novak 3-3-3-9, Reed 10-4-7-24. TOTALS: 26-10-16-63.

Marian 21 19 12 30 - 82

Lourdes 14 16 14 19 - 63

Three-pointers: Marian - Agosti 5, Ritsick 3, L. Fritz 2, Hnat 1; Lourdes - Feudale 1.

Minersville-Weatherly

Scotty Zoscin scored a game-high 33 points, including seven three-pointers, to lead Weatherly to a 59-52 Schuylkill League win over Minersville.

The Wreckers (6-5; 1-4), who hit 10 treys in the contest, also received eight points from both Antonio Colecio and Trevor Lowman. Zoscin also added six rebounds and seven steals.

Gabe Davis finished with a team-high 17 points for the Miners (1-10; 1-4).

MINERSVILLE

Noble 6-0-0-15, Davis 7-2-2-17, Williams 0-0-0-0, Beck 0-0-0-0, Pizzico 3-1-4-8, Rizzardi 0-0-0-0, Lonergan 5-2-3-12, Urquiza 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-5-9-52.

WEATHERLY

Colecio 4-0-2-8, Derr 1-1-2-4, Gerhart 1-2-2-4, Zoscin 9-8-9-33, Obert 0-0-0-0, Broskoskie 1-0-1-2, Tomkins 0-0-0-0, Lowman 3-0-1-8. TOTALS: 19-11-17-59.

Minersville 12 18 12 10 - 52

Weatherly 16 17 16 10 - 59

Three-pointers: Minersville - Noble 3, Davis 1, Pizzico 1; Weatherly - Zoscin 7, Lowman 2, Derr 1.

Blue Mountain-Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe nearly upset Blue Mountain in a Schuylkill League contest, but the Eagles rallied for a 52-51 overtime victory.

In the OT, Keenan Cryts scored four points to help Blue Mountain (11-2; 4-2) pull out the win.

Chris Condly paced Thorpe (3-9; 1-4) with 16 points, while Adam Lauer added 14 and Caiden Hurley chipped in 13.

BLUE MOUNTAIN

Cryts 4-0-0-8, Henninger 1-0-0-2, Lipko 2-1-1-5, Devitt 0-0-0-0, Ketch 6-2-7-18, Dean 5-2-6-12, Carr 2-1-4-5, Hensley 1-0-0-2, Caulfield 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-6-18-52.

JIM THORPE

Condly 5-5-6-16, Richards 1-0-0-2, Hurley 3-6-7-13, Adames 0-3-4-3, Lauer 4-4-9-14, Herron 1-0-0-2, Marykwas 0-1-2-1. TOTALS: 14-19-28-51.

Blue Mountain 12 6 12 17 5 - 52

Jim Thorpe 11 17 9 10 4 - 51

Three-pointers: Blue Mountain - Ketch 4; Jim Thorpe - Lauer 2, Condly 1, Hurley 1.

Panther Valley-Pine Grove

Pine Grove used a big second half to earn a 51-34 Schuylkill League win over Panther Valley.

Shea Morgan scored 13 points to lead the Cardinals (7-4; 3-3).

The Panthers (7-5; 2-4) received a game-high 14 points from Erick Marcharro, while Brandon Stilitino chipped in with eight.

PANTHER VALLEY

Marcharro 5-3-3-14, Gutierrez 1-0-0-2, Stilitino 2-2-2-8, Krapf 1-0-0-3, Kindt 1-0-0-2, Eidle 0-0-0-0, Rosa 0-0-1-0, Hoben 0-0-0-0, Roth 0-0-0-0, White 2-1-2-5, Juraclea 0-0-0-0, Turner 0-0-0-0, Hood 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-6-8-34.

PINE GROVE

Lengle 0-2-4-2, Leininger 1-0-0-2, Griffith 1-2-3-4, Morgan 4-4-6-13, Ibarra 0-0-0-0, D. Geesy 2-2-4-6, Hlavaty 6-0-1-12, K. Geesy 4-1-3-10, Brandt 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 19-11-21-51.

Panther Valley 9 15 3 7 - 34

Pine Grove 17 4 7 23 - 51

Three-pointers: Panther Valley - Stilitino 2, Marcharro 1, Krapf 1; Pine Grove - Morgan 1, K. Geesy 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Tamaqua-Mahanoy Area

Tamaqua built a big lead and cruised to a 61-46 non-league victory over Mahanoy Area.

Emma Kuczynski had a huge game for the Blue Raiders, finishing with a game-high 26 points and 20 rebounds. The winners, who improved to 8-2, also received 19 points from Emily Titus and 10 from Jamie Zuber.

For the Golden Bears (7-2), Jordan Karmonick tallied a team-high 22 points.

Mahanoy prevailed in the JV contest, 57-53, despite 20 points and 21 boards from Serena Jones.

TAMAQUA

Kane 0-1-2-1, Zuber 4-1-2-10, Hromyak 0-0-0-0, Boyle 0-0-0-0, Titus 8-3-4-19, Frederickson 2-1-1-5, Kuczynski 9-7-8-26, Reinhardt 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-13-17-61.

MAHANOY AREA

Lawrence 3-1-2-8, McCroarty 3-0-0-7, Bubinsky 0-0-0-0, Karmonick 9-3-3-22, Clark 4-0-0-9, Macleary 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 19-4-5-46.

Tamaqua 15 21 13 12 - 61

Mahanoy Area 5 14 13 14 - 46

Three-pointers: Tamaqua - Zuber 1, Kuczynski 1; Mahanoy Area - Clark 1, Karmonick 1, McCroarty 1, Lawrence 1.

CMVT-Panther Valley

Panther Valley rolled to a 51-27 non-league victory over Columbia Montour Vo-Tech thanks to a 26-point performance from Erika Dubosky.

The Panthers (4-6), who jumped out to a 26-10 halftime lead, also received 14 points from Megan Pascoe.

CMVT

Hewes 1-0-0-2, Mundrick 2-4-8-8, Bond 2-1-9-5, Kolbach 2-0-0-6, Comstock 0-1-2-1, Maurer 2-0-0-4, Long 0-1-6-1. TOTALS: 9-7-25-27.

PANTHER VALLEY

Shreffler 0-0-0-0, Pascoe 5-2-3-14, Steber 2-0-0-4, Robin 0-3-4-3, Wehr 0-0-0-0, Vermillion 1-0-0-2, Dubosky 8-10-12-26, Jones 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 17-15-19-51.

Columbia-Montour VT 2 8 7 10 - 27

Panther Valley 10 16 12 13 - 51

Three-pointers: CMVT - Kolbach 2; Panther Valley - Pascoe 2.

WRESTLING

ES North-Pleasant Valley

East Stroudsburg North pulled out a narrow 39-38 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.

The Bears (6-8) received pins from Gentry Knapp, Alex Womack, Josh Griffith, Logan Segeda and Everett Lata.

Christopher Frable added a technical fall, and Hannah Hunter had a decision.

East Stroudsburg North 39, Pleasant Valley 38

132 - Cristofer Torres (ES) pinned Tyler Fette in 4:25; 138 - Avia Bibeau (ES) pinned Jon Feldman in :38; 145 - Gentry Knapp (PV) pinned Tashi Sherpa in 5:24; 152 - Wayne McIntyre (ES) won by forfeit; 160 - Dylan Hogan (ES) pinned James Syracuse in 3:53; 170 - Alexander Womack (PV) pinned Moshe Mitchell in 3:06; 182 - Will Cordero (ES) dec. Robert Dominick, 8-6 (SV); 195 - Christopher Frable (PV) tech. fall Kevin Malone, 18-3 in 3:56; 220 - Nicolas Paredes (ES) won by forfeit; 285 - Kyle Harris (ES) won by forfeit; 106 - Josh Griffith (PV) pinned Denajah Womack in :56; 113 - Everett Lata (PV) pinned Anthony Rendon in :32; 120 - Logan Segeda (PV) pinned Manuel Lopez in 1:13; 126

- Hannah Hunter (PV) dec. Jason Conrad, 12-10.

Catasauqua-Palmerton

Catasauqua picked up a 42-28 Colonial League victory over Palmerton.

Shawn Gardner, Matt Lalik and Chris Lucykanish all registered falls for the Blue Bombers (0-6), while Dennis Lombardi added a major decision.

Grant Scott and Aaron Gardner also chipped in with decisions.

Catasauqua 42, Palmerton 28

106 - Aaron Gardner (P) dec. Jacob Nye, 10-8; 113 - Jaryn Hartranft (C) won by forfeit; 120 - Gavin Fehe (C) won by forfeit; 126 - Austin Brett (C) pinned Daniel Lucykanish in 3:06; 132 - Dennis Lombardi (P) major dec. Cole Brown, 15-5; 138 - Grant Scott (P) dec. Conlin Gair, 9-6; 145 - Ben Langsdorf (C) dec. Colton Stroup, 14-9; 152 - Damon Hoagland (C) dec. Collin Mertz, 7-6; 160 - Shawn Gardner (P) pinned Luis DiRosario in 1:07; 170 - Matt Lalik (P) pinned Dominic Melendez in :57; 182 - Adam Reinhart (C) pinned Aidan Melber in 3:30; 195 - Chris Lucykanish (P) pinned Donovan Gair in :28; 220 - Zack Sheirer (C) pinned Jeremy Mooney in 5:30; 285

- Lavonte Boone (C) pinned Matt Garey-Hendricks in :24.

Northern Lehigh-Southern Lehigh

Northern Lehigh won five of the nine bouts wrestled on the mat, but Southern Lehigh used five forfeits to help produce a 48-19 Colonial League victory.

The Bulldogs (2-13) received a pin from Brenden Smay at 113 pounds, while Jason Hunter added a major at 220 pounds.

Nolehi also gained decision wins from Preston Bauer (132), Trevor Amorim (145) and Josh Schaffer (285).

Southern Lehigh 48, Northern Lehigh 19

106 - Mohamed Essiaghi (SL) won by forfeit; 113 - Brenden Smay (NL) pinned Travis Barker in 1:44; 120 - Vincent Probst (SL) won by forfeit; 126 - Ali Essiaghi (SL) won by forfeit; 132- Preston Bauer (NL) dec. Deacon Dickinson, 7-3; 138 - Corey Bless (SL) dec. Nathan Ellan, 6-5; 145 - Trevor Amorim (NL) dec. Christian Colasurdo, 3-2; 152 - Michael Fluck (SL) pinned Dylan Smoyer in 5:33; 160 - Nick DeNave (SL) won by forfeit; 170 - Jacob Fauzio (SL) won by forfeit; 182 - Aiden Gill (SL) pinned Dustin Greene in 3:55; 195 - Colin Gill (SL) dec. Matt Frame, 7-4; 220 - Jason Hunter (NL) major dec. Travis Gretz, 12-4; 285

- Joshua Schaffer (NL) dec. Riley Craft, 3-2.

SWIMMING

Tamaqua-Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain swept Tamaqua in Schuylkill League action.

The Eagles gained a 138-35 victory in the boys meet, and a 124-61 win in girls action.

The only first place by the Blue Raiders came from Ashley Jones in the one-meter diving competition.

BOYS

Blue Mountain 138, Tamaqua 35

200 Medley Relay - Blue Mountain (Eliot Keith, Robert Hudepohl, Torin Perry, Tabor Perry) 1:55.26; 200 Free - 1. Torin Perry (BM) 2:16.54, 2. Alexander Barron (T), 3. Cavan MacDonald (BM); 200 IM - 1. Eliot Keith (BM) 2:26.71, 2. Gavin Fry (BM), 3. Adam Beam (BM): 50 Free - 1. Nathaniel Powers (BM) 23.12, 2. Derrick Yuengling (BM), 3. Mikolas Barbe (BM); Diving - 1. Michael Levkulic (BM) 246.80, 2. Jackson Mabry (BM), 3. Sean Sopko (BM); 100 Fly - 1. To. Perry (BM) 1:06.67, 2. Kovalchick (T); 100 Free - 1. Powers (BM) 50.81, 2. Yuengling (BM), 3. Mikolas Barbe (BM); 500 Free - 1. Gregory Rautzahn (BM) 5:41.00, 2. Beam (BM), 3. Joey Lescavage (T); 200 Free Relay - Blue Mountain (Yuengling, Barbe, Sopko, Powers) 1:36.63; 100 Back - 1. Sopko (BM) 1:05.64, 2. Rautzahn (BM), 3. Brandon Long (T); 100 Breast - 1. Keith (BM) 1:11.49, 2. Hudepohl (BM); 400 Free Relay

- Blue Mountain (Beam, Mitchell, Hudepohl, Powers) 3:59.79.

GIRLS

Blue Mountain 124, Tamaqua 61

200 Medley Relay - Blue Mountain (Katherine Sarnes, Nevaeh Mitchell, Maria Lopez, Laura Laughlin) 2:09.62; 200 Free - 1. Katherine Sarnes (BM) 2:08.22, 2. Raysa Kelly (BM), 3. Sarah Magdeburg (BM); 200 IM - 1. Maria Lopez (BM) 2:25.59, 2. Morgan Yuengling (BM), 3. Maura Walker (T); 50 Free - 1. Olivia Haas (BM) 26.45, 2. Hannah Magdeburg (BM), 3. Rylee Wenzel (T); Diving - 1. Ashley Jones (T) 204.70, 2. Mia Jones (T), 3. Hailey Toth (T); 100 Fly - 1. Maria Lopez (BM) 1:07.02, 2. Brianna Dumond (T), 3. Magdeburg (BM); 100 Free - 1. Haas (BM) 57.50, 2. Magdeburg (BM), 3. Nicole Aguero-Ramirez; 500 Free - 1. K. Sarnes (BM) 5:27.06, 2. Kelly (BM), 3. Kayla March (BM); 200 Free Relay - Blue Mountain (Haas, Lopez, Laughlin, Manuchek) 1:55.29; 100 Back - 1. M. Yuengling (BM) 1:09.09, 2. Dumond (T), 3. Andie Zeplin (BM); 100 Breast - 1. Mitchell (BM) 1:20.59, 2. Aguero-Ramirez (T), 3. Toth (T); 400 Free Relay

- Blue Mountain (Sarnes, Haas, March, Yuengling) 4:20.94.

JR. HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL

8TH GRADE

Lehighton-Tamaqua

Connor Dillon scored 16 points to lead Tamaqua to a 36-21 win over Lehighton.

The Blue Raiders also received seven points from Spence Dennis. Thomas had six for the Indians.

JR. HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL

Tamaqua-Lehighton

Tamaqua gained a 37-22 victory over Lehighton in the A game as Laney Werner scored 11 points.

The Blue Raiders also received 10 points from Carly Minchoff. The Indians were paced by Solomon’s eight points.

In the B game, Samantha Plasha netted 22 points to lead Tamaqua to a 30-18 win. Repsher tallied eight for the Indians.