Tamaqua’s boys and girls basketball teams picked up season-opening victories on Friday, as did the Panther Valley and Weatherly girls.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Catasauqua-Tamaqua

Tamaqua overcame a slow start to post a 48-34 non-league win over Catasauqua on the opening night of the Lady Raider Tip-Off Tournament.

Kaziah Streisel had 16 points, including four three-pointers, and four assists for Tamaqua (1-0), which outscored the Roughies 33-11 over the second and third quarter after trailing 10-6.

Serena Jones added 11 points and six steals, while McKenna Meckes also scored 11 points and Gabby Robb pulled down nine rebounds.

The Raiders will face Executive Education Academy Charter School, which defeated the East Stroudsburg South 47-39, in the championship game.

CATASAUQUA

M. Gonzalez 1-0-0-2, Bear 0-0-0-0, Troxell 3-2-6-8, J. Martinez 1-0-2-3, Weidaw, K. 0-2-4-2, Polanco 1-0-4-3, Carvalho 1-0-0-2, C. Soltis 2-0-0-4, J. Soltis 0-1-4-1, Becker 1-3-4-5, DeLong 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 12-8-24-34.

TAMAQUA

K. Robb 0-0-0-0, A. Jones 1-1-2-3, Streisel 4-4-6-16, Thomas 0-0-0-0, Fannock 0-1-2-1, Giuliano 0-0-0-0, S. Plasha 0-0-0-0, S. Jones 5-1-3-11, Meckes 5-0-3-11, G. Robb 0-1-2-1, Hope 1-0-0-2, L. Plasha 1-1-5-3, Werner 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-9-23-48.

Catasauqua 10 8 3 13 - 34

Tamaqua 6 16 17 8 - 48

Three-pointers: Tamaqua - Streisel 4, Meckes 2. Catasauqua - J. Martinez 1, Polanco 1.

Panther Valley-Sch. Haven

Panther Valley rolled to a 47-26 non-league victory over Schuylkill Haven.

Maddison Maynard scored a game-high 23 points for the Panthers (1-0). Sera Robin added 13 points in the win.

Karlee Feger led the Hurricanes with 11 points.

PANTHER VALLEY

Shreffler 1-0-0-2, Krapf 1-0-0-3, N. Vermillion 0-0-0-0, Robin 5-2-4-13, Eidle 1-0-0-2, Maynard 10-0-0-23, A. Vermillion 1-0-3-2, O.Brien 0-0-0-0, Yuricheck 1-0-0-2, McAndrew 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-2-7-47.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN

Siket 0-3-4-3, Kline 0-0-0-0, Dress 0-1-2-1, Rugh 3-0-0-6, Brown 0-0-0-0, Feger 5-1-2-11, Porter 1-1-4-3, Ross 0-0-0-0, Shaeffer 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 10-6-14-26.

Panther Valley 10 12 19 6 - 47

Schuylkill Haven 5 11 4 6 - 26

Three-pointers: Panther Valley - Maynard 3, Krapf 1, Robin 1. Schuylkill Haven - None.

Weatherly-Linc. Leadership

Bethany Houser scored 26 points and Weatherly rolled to a 43-27 non-league win over Lincoln Leadership Academy.

Emma Kane added nine points, and Brianna Pugh scored six for the Wreckers (1-0).

Seine Lane scored 13 points for Lincoln Leadership (0-1).

WEATHERLY

Kane 4-0-3-9, Gaydoscik 1-0-0-2, Houser 8-10-14-26, Davidovich 0-0-0-0, Pugh 2-1-2-6, Diaz 0-0-0-0, Paisley 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-11-19-43.

LINCOLN LEADERSHIP

Medina 0-1-2-1, Williams 0-0-0-0, Rosario 0-0-0-0, Shipman 1-0-0-2, Lane 6-0-0-13, Fazrer 1-0-0-2, Maldanado 4-1-3-9, Solares 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-2-5-27.

Weatherly 12 7 15 9 - 43

Lincoln LA 5 8 4 10 - 27

Three-pointers: Weatherly - Kane 1, Pugh 1. Lincoln Leadership - Lane 1.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Tamaqua-Schuylkill Valley

Tamaqua turned back Schuylkill Valley for a 43-41 non-league win.

Nate Gregoire led the Raiders (1-0) with 15 points with Brady Sherry contributing 12 points.

Troy Frantz scored 15 points for the Panthers (0-1).

TAMAQUA

Lewis 0-0-0-0, Hoffman 3-0-0-8, McLaughlin 0-0-2-0, Kane 0-0-0-0, Dillon 0-0-0-0, Ligenza 0-0-0-0, Sherry 5-0-0-12, Z. Coleman 2-4-4-8, Gregoire 5-2-5-15. TOTALS: 15-6-11-43.

SCHUYLKILL VALLEY

Guiffre 1-0-0-2, Eddinger 4-0-2-10, Campbell 1-1-1-3, Bagenstose 2-0-0-4, Frantz 6-0-0-15, Rajnath 3-1-2-7, Faulk 0-0-0-0, Hohenadel 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 17-2-5-42.

Tamaqua 11 10 10 12 - 43

Schuylkill Valley 4 9 14 14 - 41

Three-pointers: Tamaqua - Gregoire 3, Sherry 2, Hoffman 2. Schuylkill Valley - Frantz 3, Eddinger 2.

No. Lehigh-Hamburg

Hamburg advanced to the championship game of its Tip-off Tournament with a 53-31 victory over Northern Lehigh.

The Hawks used a 14-4 second quarter to pull away from the Bulldogs (0-1).

Nolehi’s Aiden Parvel led all scorers with 18 points. The Hawks received a team-high 10 points from Zahir French-Clark.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Parvel 6-5-10-18, Smyth 1-0-0-2, Ramos 1-1-1-3, LoPinto 1-3-6-5, Jiminez 1-0-0-3, Simms 0-0-0-0, Blose 0-0-0-0, Sosa 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 10-9-22-31.

HAMBURG

Menapace 4-0-1-9, French-Clark 5-0-2-10, Licklider 2-0-0-6, Bensinger 3-0-2-8, Gruber 3-2-4-9, Werley 2-0-0-4, Hix 2-0-0-5, Martin 1-0-0-2, Shinton 0-0-2-0, Ruiz 0-0-0-0, Clark 0-0-0-0, Young 0-0-0-0, Phillips 0-0-0-0, Gottschall 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 22-2-11-53.

Northern Lehigh 14 4 4 9 - 31

Hamburg 19 14 12 9 - 53

Three-pointers: Northern Lehigh - Parvel 1, Jiminez 1; Hamburg - Licklider 2, Bensinger 2, Menapace 1, Gruber 1, Hix 1.

SWIMMING

Tamaqua-Hazleton

Hazleton swept Tamaqua in a season-opening non-league meet.

The Cougars posted a 124-44 win in the boys meet, and a 107-69 triumph in the girls competition.

Mia Jones won the diving event for the Raiders with a score of 163.90.

GIRLS

Hazleton 107, Tamaqua 69

200 Relay - 1. Hazleton (Kayla Martisofski, Sadie Hunsinger, Ashtyn Cartwright, Natalie Yeager) 2:08.87, 2. Tamaqua, 3. Hazleton; 200 Freestyle - 1. Kayla Martisofski (H) 2:19.93, 2. Isabella Jones (T), 3. Madelaine Wolk (H); 200IM - 1. Ashtyn Cartwright (H) 2:34.36, 2. Natalie Yeager (H), 3. Lexi Buchala (T); 50 Freestyle - 1. Sadie Hunsinger (H) 27.29, 2. Shastyn Tihansky (H), 3. Rylee Wenzel (T); Diving - 1. Mia Jones (T) 163.90; 100 Butterfly - 1. Ashtyn Cartwright (H) 1:10.21, 2. Lexi Buchala (T), 3. Lily McNutt (T); 100 Freestyle - 1. Shastyn Tihansky (H) 1:03.83, 2. Rylee Wenzel (T), 3. Jordyn MacCollum (H); 500 Freestyle - 1. Kayla Martisofski (H) 6:17.01, 2. Natalie Yeager (H), 3. Gabby Blasko (T); 200 Freestyle Relay - 1. Hazleton (Sadie Hunsinger, Shastyn Tihansky, Kayla Martisofski, Emilia Alcantara) 1:58.03, 2. Tamaqua, 3. Tamaqua; 100 Backstroke - 1. Milana Diaute (H) 1:19.58, 2. Faith Vajda (H), 3. Madelaine Wolk (H); 100 Breaststroke - 1. Sadie Hunsinger (H) 1:17.81, 2. Lily McNutt (T), 3. Gabby Blasko (T); 400 Freestyle Relay

- 1. Hazleton (Ashtyn Cartwright, Shastyn Tihansky, Madelaine Wolk, Natalie Yeager) 4:29.45, 2. Tamaqua, 3. Hazleton.

BOYS

Hazleton 124, Tamaqua 44

200 Relay - 1. Hazleton (Antonio Daiute, Logan Yakubowski, Liam Leonard, Ryan Kovalick) 1:49.25, 2. Hazleton, 3. Tamaqua; 200 Freestyle - 1. Thomas Pollock (H) 2:00.14, 2. Jathan Krall (T), 3. Landon Yakubowski (H); 200IM - 1. James Wohlleber (H) 2:17.67, 2. Jay Rosenstock (H), 3. Jack Tharp (T); 50 Freestyle - 1. Brian Billig (H) 27.21, 2. Ethan DiBonafazio (T), 3. Benjamin Hehn (T); 100 Butterfly - 1. Liam Leonard (H) 1:01.54, 2. Jay Rosenstock (H), 3. Jack Tharp (T); 100 Freestyle - 1. Logan Yakubowski (H) 50.37, 2. Stephen Behun (T), 3. Brandon Long (T); 500 Freestyle - 1. Thomas Pollock (H) 5:47.22, James Wohlleber (H), 3. Jathan Krall (T); 200 Freestyle Relay - 1. Hazleton (Logan Yakubowski, Ryan Kovalick, Landon Yakubowski, Thomas Pollock) 1:36.47, 2. Hazleton, 3. Tamaqua; 100 Backstroke - 1. Antonio Daiute (H) 1:04.18, 2. Brandon Long (T), 3. Luke Pecora (H); 100 Breaststroke - 1. Ryan Kovalick (H) 1:09.31, 2. Liam Leonard (H), 3. Stephen Behun (T); 400 Freestyle Relay

- 1. Hazleton (Thomas Pollock, Luke Pecora, Ryan Kovalick, Antonio Daiute) 3:42.04, 2. Hazleton, 3. Tamaqua.