The Tamaqua girls advanced to the finals of the Lady Raider Tip-Off Tournament with a victory over East Stroudsburg South on Friday night.

In other action, Northern Lehigh topped Panther Valley in a girls contest.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Tamaqua-Mt. Carmel

Mt. Carmel defeated Tamaqua, 65-60, in the non-league season opener for both teams,

Jude Lazicki led a trio of double figure scorers with 17 points for the Red Tornadoes, Cole Spears added 13 and Chase Balichick had 12.

For Tamaqua, Connor Dillon had a huge performance in a losing effort with 33 points. Noah Mateyak chipped in 14 points, including four three-pointers.

TAMAQUA

Ansbach 2-2-2-7, McCabe 0-0-0-0, Mateyak 5-0-0-14, Vecolitis 0-0-0-0, Styka 0-0-2-0, Kane 2-2-2-6, Fronheiser 0-0-0-0, Dillon 10-10-14-33, Tamagini 0-0–0-0. TOTALS: 19-14-20-60

MT. CARMEL

C. Balichick 6-0-0-12, M. Balichick 3-1-2-7, Lazicki 6-5-7-17, Spears 5-2-4-13, Adams 0-0–0-0, Schultz 0-3-4-3, Blessing 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 25-14-21-65

Tamaqua 20 8 14 18 - 60

Mt. Carmel 14 17 18 16 - 65

Three-pointers: Tamaqua - Mateyak 4, Dillon 3, Ansbach 1; Mt. Carmel - Spears 1

GIRLS BASKETBALL

No. Lehigh-Panther Vy.

Katelynn Barthold led Northern Lehigh with 18 points in a 65-51 non-league victory over Panther Valley in the season opener for both teams.

Dekota Barthold also joined her sister in the double-digit point club with 16 points. Aubrey Pollard added 15 points for Northern Lehigh (1-0).

Maddison Maynard scored a game-high 19 points and also had 10 rebounds for Panther Valley (0-1). Morgan Orsulak chipped in 17 points.

NORTHERN LEHIGH

Motfit 1-0-0-2, Whalen 0-1-2-1, Williams 0-0-0-0, K. Barthold 6-5-6-18, Pollard 6-1-4-15, D. Barthold 7-0-0-16, Simms 2-1-2-6, Snyder 3-1-2-7. TOTALS: 25-9-18-65.

PANTHER VALLEY

Krapf 2-1-1-5, Kocha 0-0-0-0, Vermillion 3-0-0-9, Maynard 6-7-9-19, Breslin 0-1-2-1, Orsulak 7-3-3-17, McAndrew 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-12-15-51.

No. Lehigh 18 15 12 20 - 65

Panther Vy. 15 8 12 16 - 51

Three-pointers: Northern Lehigh - Pollard 2, D. Barthold 2, K. Barthold 1, Simms 1; Panther Valley - Vermillion 3.

ES South-Tamaqua

Host Tamaqua advanced to the championship game of the 7th Annual Lady Raider Tip-Off Tournament with a 52-35 semifinal victory over East Stroudsburg South

Kendle Miller scored 13 points and pulled down eight rebounds to lead the Raiders. Lauren Ligenza and Sarah Hope both added nine points with Ligenza also grabbing eight rebounds. Kolbe Robb had six points, five steals and five assists.

TAMAQUA

K. Robb 3-0-0-6, Scott 0-0-0-0, S. Plasha 0-0-0-0, Ligenza 3-3-4-9, Hope 4-1-4-9, L. Plasha 3-0-2-6, Miller 5-0-2-13, Bartenope 3-1-2-7, Black 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 22-5-14-52

EAST STROUDSBURG SOUTH

Huntley 0-0-0-0, Davis 3-0-0-6, Burgher 0-0-0-0, Woods 0-0-0-0, Culpepper 0-0-0-0, Hernandez, (Layla) 5-2-4-13, Marte 2-0-1-4, Cole 2-2-5-8, Robinson 1-0-2-2, Nwigwe 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 14-4-12-35

Tamaqua 16 9 16 11 - 52

ES South 5 14 9 7 - 35

Three Point Field Goals: Miller-3; ESS Hernandez-1, Cole-2

Bangor-Pleasant Vy.

Pleasant Valley dropped its season opener to Bangor, 44-42.

Aryn Stivala led the Bears with 26 points, including three three-pointers. Ryan Rosenberg added six points for PV, including the team’s other three-pointer.

BANGOR

Figurski 0-0-0-0, Pinter 4-2-6-10, Miller 2-0-2-4, Gonzalez 1-4-6-6, Blaha 0-0-0-0, Nelson 5-5-6-17, Proko 1-0-0-2, Polowy 2-1-2-5. TOTALS: 15-12-22-44.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Lanigan 0-0-0-0, Greene 2-1-3-5, Polazzo 1-0-0-2, Gaddist 0-1-6-1, Rosenberg 2-1-2-6, Honadel 1-0-1-2, Stivala 8-7-10-26, Costen 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-10-22-42.

Bangor 7 8 16 13 - 44

Pleasant Vy. 9 12 11 10 - 42

Three-pointers: Bangor - Nelson 2; Pleasant Valley - Stivala 3, Rosenberg 1.

SWIMMING

Marian-ES South

East Stroudsburg South spoiled the first dual meet in Marian history, picking up victories in both girls and boys action.

The Cavaliers won the girls meet 59-31. The Fillies got a pair of first place finishes from both Zoe Katona (200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke) and Lydia Stucko (200 IM, 100 butterfly). Katona and Stucko were part of Marian’s winning 200 freestyle relay team that also featured Makenzie Moyer and Kaitlyn Kisenwether.

East Stroudsburg South won the boys meet 54 1/2-18 1/2. For the Colts, 2022-23 Times News Swimmer of the Year Michael Stucko had first place finishes in both the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke.

GIRLS

East Stroudsburg South 59, Marian 31

200 Medley Relay - 1. East Stroudsburg South (Kseniia Luniushina, Lucia Sadura, Katharine Amundsen, Marta Czuma) 2:07.38, 2. Marian; 200 Freestyle - 1. Zoe Katona (M) 2:15.45, 2. Danica Hammonds (ESS), 3. Delaney Erickson (M); 200 IM - 1. Lydia Strucko (M) 2:16.57, 2. Julissa Carranza (ESS); 50 Freestyle - 1. Lucia Sadura (ESS) 29.00, 2. Marta Czuma (ESS), 3. Makenzie Moyer (M); 100 Butterfly - 1. Lydia Strucko (M) 1:02.66, 2. Katharine Amundsen (ESS), 3. Dayana Munoz (ESS); 100 Freestyle - 1. Kseniia Luniushina (ESS) 51.48, 2. Lucia Sadura (ESS), 3. Makenzie Moyer (M); 500 Freestyle - 1. Marta Czuma (ESS) 7:06.63, 2. Danica Hammonds (ESS); 200 Freestyle Relay - 1. Marian (Zoe Katona, Makenzie Moyer, Kaitlyn Kisenwether, Lydia Strucko) 1:59.08, 2. East Stroudsburg South, 3. East Stroudsburg South; 100 Backstroke - 1 Kseniia Luniushina (ESS) 56.64, 2. Kaitlyn Kisenwether (M), 3. Sarah Bushta (ESS); 100 Breaststroke - 1. Zoe Katona (M) 1:19.34, 2. Katharine Amundsen (ESS), 3. Julissa Carranza (ESS); 400 Freestyle Relay

- 1. East Stroudsburg South (Lucia Sadura, Marta Czuma, Katharine Amundsen, Kseniia Luniushina) 4:21.16, 2. East Stroudsburg South.

BOYS

East Stroudsburg South 54 1/2, Marian 18 1/2

200 Medley Relay - 1. East Stroudsburg South (Kareem Oliver, Brian Guallpa, Kieran Gardina, Sean Saffer) 2:03.90; 200 Freestyle - 1. Michael Strucko (M) 1:58.73, 2. Liam Rusk (ESS), 3. Robert Manea (ESS); 200 IM - 1. Kareem Oliver (ESS) 2:09.13, 2. Brian Guallpa (ESS); 50 Freestyle - 1. Sean Saffer (ESS) 26.88, 2. Kieran Gardina (ESS), 3. Ethan Movassaghi (M); 100 Butterfly - 1. Kareem Oliver (ESS) 59.85, 2. Robert Manea (ESS); 100 Freestyle - 1. Liam Rusk (ESS) 1:00.01, 2. Reece Steibler (M), 3. Kieran Gardina (ESS); 200 Freestyle Relay - 1. East Stroudsburg South (Sean Saffer, Liam Rusk, Kieran Gardina, Kareem Oliver) 1:48.66, 2. Marian; 100 Backstroke - 1. Michael Strucko (M) 1:00.21, 2. Reece Steibler (M); 100 Breaststroke

- 1. Brian Guallpa (ESS) 1:18.89, 2. Sean Saffer (ESS).