Reese Balk delivered a walk-off pin to help the Lehighton wrestling team secure a critical win Wednesday. The Jim Thorpe wrestling team and Pleasant Valley boys basketball squad also picked up victories.

BOYS WRESTLING

Lehighton-Blue Mountain

It took Reese Balk less than a minute to lift Lehighton to a 39-36 Schuylkill League win over Blue Mountain.

With the Eagles holding onto a slim 36-33 lead over the Indians heading into the final match of the night, the 285-pound Balk dropped the Eagles’ Trevor Manbeck in 54 seconds for a pin to give the locals enough points to seal the win on the road.

Connor Dugan (121), Evan Wentz (139) and Wyatt Sherer all scored some additional bonus points for the Indians (9-3 overall; 4-0 SL), as all three recorded falls. Jacob Ferguson added a decision at 160-pounds.

The win sets up a showdown at North Schuylkill next Tuesday for the Division 1 title. Both the Indians and Spartans are unbeaten in Division 1 competition this season.

Lehighton 39, Blue Mountain 36

107 – Cooper Leibold (BM) pinned Michael D’Amico in 3:28; 114 – Aidan Gruber (L) won by forfeit; 121 – Connor Dugan (L) pinned Troy Mady in 2:43; 127 – Jacob Hall (L) won by forfeit; 133 – Bryce Bodenberg (BM) pinned Blake Muffley in 2:59; 139 – Evan Wentz (L) pinned Kaden Brish in 3:36; 145 – Owen Woll (BM) pinned Carter Hontz in 3:03; 152 – Payton Fasnacht (BM) pinned Zoltan Bedocs in 0:37; 160 – Jacob Ferguson (L) dec. Sayyidakbar Akbarov, 5-4; 172 – Bradley Renninger (BM) pinned Brok Solt in 3:10; 189 – Hunter Blankenhorn (BM) pinned Asher Traylor in 1:15; 215 – Wyatt Sherer (L) pinned Lukas Kauffman in 4:57; 285

– Reese Balk (L) pinned Trevor Manbeck in 0:54.

Jim Thorpe-Tamaqua

Jim Thorpe dropped Tamaqua for its first Schuylkill League win of the season with a 48-30 victory.

The Olympians (5-9 overall; 1-3 SL) scored a total of six pins, as Stephen Korte (121), Owen Acker (139), Max Pfeifer (145), Richard Kenna (152), Aiden Sterling (215) and Peter Almeida (285) all posted pins.

Jacob Hehn posted the lone pin for the Blue Raiders (2-9; 0-4) at 172 pounds.

Jim Thorpe 48, Tamaqua 30

121 – Stephen Korte (JT) pinned Levi Kunkel in 2:33; 127 – Aiden Schlier (T) won by forfeit; 133 – Gabe Erbe (T) won by forfeit; 139 – Owen Acker (JT) pinned Brody Boyce in 3:48; 145 – Max Pfeifer (JT) pinned Chase Zeigenfuss in 2:54; 152 – Richard Kenna (JT) pinned Stephen Kieffer om 1:47; 160 – Rafael Dinarte (JT) won by forfeit; 172 – Jacob Hehn (T) pinned Cael Heaney in 2:37; 189 – Nikolas Schwartz (JT) won by forfeit; 215 – Aiden Sterling (JT) pinned William Behun in 2:53; 285 – Peter Almeida (JT) pinned Tiparth Soneja in 1:44; 107 – Evan Temarantz (T) won by forfeit; 114

– Brody Schlier (T) won by forfeit.

Northwestern-Catasauqua

Catasauqua escaped with a 39-33 Colonial League victory over Northwestern.

William Turner (133) and Trent Croll (139) delivered back-to-back pins in the match’s final two bouts, but it wasn’t enough for the Tigers (3-10 overall; 2-6 CL) to pull out a victory.

Luke Fugazzotto (172) and Braydon Uricchio (114) also added pins for Northwestern.

Catasauqua 39, Northwestern 33

145 – Katie Bensinger (NW) dec. A. Stallworth, 3-1; 152 – J. Cardino Pinto (C) pinned Justice Weaver in 0:19; 160 – D. Torres (C) won by forfeit; 172 – Luke Fugazzoto (NW) pinned C. Wellington in 3:34; 189 – B. Bartholomew (C) won by forfeit; 215 – C. Beller (C) dec. Noah Schlofer, 10-4; 285 – J. Ramos (C) pinned Jackson Huber in 5:28; 107 – Aris Gabri-El (NW) won by forfeit; 114 – Braydon Uricchio (NW) pinned G. Hacker in 2:44; 121 – E. Reed (C) pinned Noah Griffith in 1:20; 127 – M. Hartranft (C) pinned Kenny Kerekes in 4:38; 133 – William Turner (NW) pinned J. Rizzo in 2:47; 139

– Trent Croll (NW) pinned Takacs in 1:25.

Williams Vy.Panther Vy.

Williams Valley came out with a 36-35 Schuylkill League victory over Panther Valley.

Michael Cobb’s decision at 139 pounds pulled the Panthers (2-9) within one, at 30-29 with two matches to go. However, a pin by the Vikings at 145 sealed the deal. Rory Dixon delivered a pin for the Panthers in the final match.

Williams Valley 36, Panther Valley 35

160 – Jah Bushati (PV) won by forfeit; 172 – Giovanni Flemming (PV) dec. M. Snyder, 10-5; 189 – Skylor Green (WV) pinned Ivan Terry in 0:59; 215 – Elisha Weiss (WV) pinned Marcus Rodriguez (PV) in 3:49; 285 – C. Green (WV) pinned Brian Welser (PV) in 3:30; 107 – M. Monger (WV) pinned Hayden Matula in 0:34; 114 – Justin Kuehn (PV) pinned E. Perzia in 0:38; 121 – Xzavion Tennis (WV) pinned Landon Hunsicker in 3:05; 127 – Finn Terry (PV) won by forfeit; 133 – Matthew Spino (PV) tech fall Ayden Balent, 24-6; 139 – Michael Cobb (PV) dec. D. Buffington, 7-5; 145 – C. Crisswell (WV) pinned A. Barclay in 1:54; 152

– Rory Dixon (PV) pinned P. Lords in 0:24.

Parkland-Pleasant Valley

Parkland rolled to a 45-15 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference win over Pleasant Valley.

Blake Walters secured bonus points for the Bears (7-16 overall), as the 172-pounder scored a pin in 1:24.

Isaac Klein (107), Scott Trout (152) and Jason Schubert (215) all won by decision for PV.

Parkland 45, Pleasant Valley 15

107 – Isaac Klein (PV) dec. Chase Kruk, 9-8; 114 – Matthew Velez (P) major dec. John Hargrave, 10-2; 121 – Eli Russ (P) major dec. Michael Pomilio, 16-2; 127 – Blake Dergham (P) pinned Victor Custodio in 4:43; 133 – Elias Sallit (P) major dec. Aidan McCabe, 11-2; 139 – Leo Kern (P) pinned Jason Kays in 2:44; 145 – Liam Spang (P) pinned Adis Vukel in 1:43; 152 – Scott Trout (PV) dec. Faisal Amodu, 8-4; 160 – Christopher Toth (P) won by forfeit; 172 – Blake Walters (PV) pinned Xander DeSelm in 1:24; 189 – Julius Reyes (P) dec. Evan Gillespie, 7-4; 215 – Jason Schubert (PV) dec. Gavin Edwards, 4-1; 285

– Michael Gavrulesku (P) pinned Andrew Mihalichko in 1:33.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Pleasant Vy.-LV Academy

Zachary Prator poured in a game-high 31 points and Pleasant Valley rolled to a 73-48 non-league win over Lehigh Valley Charter Academy.

Zachary Pandolfo added 14 points for the Bears (6-11).

Ziyon Wilkins had 20 points for the Jaguars (4-10). Joell McNeil added 15.

PLEASANT VALLEY

Byers-Robinson 0-0-2-0, Greene 3-0-0-7, Weidman 0-0-0-0, Hallenbeck 4-0-1-8, Moore 1-0-0-2, Lucas 2-1-1-6, Loch 1-0-0-3, Heckman 0-0-0-0, Young 0-0-0-0, Prator 14-3-8-31, Sacci 1-0-0-2, Pandolfo 5-3-5-14. TOTALS: 31-7-17-73.

LV ACADEMY

Sibert 1-0-0-3, Laylock 2-0-2-4, McNeil 6-1-2-15, Orozco 0-0-0-0, Kaar 0-0-0-0, Duarte 0-0-0-0, Hunt 2-0-0-4, Varner 1-0-0-2, Wilkins 8-4-6-20, Heiney 0-0-0-0, Soriano 0-0-0-0, McArthur 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 20-5-10-48.

Pleasant Vy. 21 13 16 23 - 73

LV Academy 11 11 13 13 - 48

Three-pointers: Pleasant Valley - Lucas 1, Loch 1, Pandolfo 1, Greene 1. LV Charter Academy - McNeil 2, Sibert 1.

Jim Thorpe-Pottsville

A quick start helped Pottsville secure a 59-43 Schuylkill League win over Jim Thorpe.

Christian Alvarez posted eight of his 17 points in the first quarter for the Tide (12-5 overall; 10-0 SL), who took a quick 25-4 lead over the Olympians (1-16; 0-10). Chase Oswald scored 11 points, with seven in the opening quarter.

Pierce Gothard tied Alvarez for the game-high for the Olympians, as Gothard netted 11 of his 17 points in the final quarter. Ben Goldberg scored 12.

JIM THORPE

Barile 2-0-1-4, Domski 1-0-0-2, Goldberg 5-0-0-12, Curran 0-1-4-1, Zurn 0-2-2-2, Moore 0-0-0-0, Gothard 7-2-3-17, Schrantz 2-0-0-5. TOTALS: 17-5-10-43.

POTTSVILLE

Hughes-Crane 0-0-0-0, Montone 3-0-0-7, Becker 3-0-0-8, Sukeena 0-0-0-0, Herndon 0-0-0-0, Watkins 2-0-0-4, Bainbridge 0-0-0-0, Yourey 0-0-0-0, Oswald 5-1-1-11, Bowers 1-0-0-3, McGrinley 2-0-0-5, Alvarez 8-1-2-17, Allen 0-0-0-0, Flucker-White 0-0-0-0, Ivy 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 26-2-3-59.

Jim Thorpe 4 12 10 17 – 43

Pottsville 25 16 14 4 – 59

Three-pointers: Jim Thorpe – Goldberg 2, Gothard 1, Schrantz 1; Pottsville – Becker 2, Montone 1, Bowers 1, McGrinley 1.

Weatherly-Tri-Valley

Tri-Valley edged Weatherly for a 71-62 Schuylkill League victory.

Noah Porter led the way for the Bulldogs (13-2; 6-2), as he poured in a game-high 26 points. Layne Yoder followed with 21.

Niko Saldukas led four Wreckers (2-13 overall; 1-7 SL) in double figures with a team-high 17 points, while Ian McKeegan used his perimeter shot to score 16 on the strength of four three-pointers. Corbin Wagner and Austyn Lamonica both finished with 12.

WEATHERLY

Stauffer 1-0-0-2, Donish 0-1-2-1, McKeegan 6-0-0-16, Saldukas 6-4-4-17, Wagner 4-3-4-12, Lamonica 5-0-0-12, T. Hinkle 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 23-8-10-62.

TRI-VALLEY

Schwartz 3-2-4-8, Miller 0-0-2-0, Yoder 7-6-10-21, Manning 2-1-2-5, Leonard 0-4-4-4, Wehry 3-0-3-7, Porter 11-4-5-26. TOTALS: 26-17-30-71.

Weatherly 12 24 14 12 – 62

Tri-Valley 19 15 24 13 – 71

Three-pointers: Weatherly – McKeegan 4, Lamonica 2, Saldukas 1, Wagner 1; Tri-Valley – Yoder 1, Wehry 1.

GIRLS WRESTLING

Palmerton-Tamaqua

Palmerton posted a 42-6 win over Tamaqua on Tuesday.

Mikayla Jones (118), Mackenzie Bachman (170) and Madison Keller (106) all had pins for the Blue Bombers,

Rylin Arroyo (112) had a pin for the Blue Raiders.

JUNIOR HIGH

GIRLS BASKETBALL

8th Grade

Weatherly-Pine Grove

Pine Grove defeated Weatherly, 35-20.

Hollynn Sampson and Lainey Fidler each finished with eight points for the Cardinals.

The Wreckers’ Maci Kane was the lone player to hit double figures, as she netted a game-high 10 points. Katie Knock chipped in with eight.

Pine Grove-Tamaqua

Pine Grove picked up a 30-17 win over Tamaqua.

Kaylee Seltzer scored 10 points for the Cardinals. Hollynn Sampson added eight.

Millie Black scored 10 points for the Blue Raiders.

Sch. Haven-Tamaqua

Tamaqua picked up a 33-20 win over Schuylkill Haven.

Millie Black had 15 points for the Blue Raiders. Nico Conahan added nine.

B. Stenkoski scored eight points for the Hurricanes. G. Hughes added seven.

7th Grade

Sch. Haven-Tamaqua

Schuylkill Haven downed Tamaqua, 24-13.

Kovaleski had eight points for the Hurricanes. Hughes added six.

Shaylee Gormely had nine points for the Blue Raiders.

Pine Grove-Tamaqua

Pine Grove topped Tamaqua, 21-15.

Kendra Umbenhauer had 12 points for the Hurricanes. Haley Banonis added eight.

Shaylee Gormely and Gabby Christakoff each scored seven points.

JUNIOR HIGH

BOYS BASKETBALL

7th Grade

Weatherly-Pine Grove

Pine Grove posted a 29-19 win over Weatherly.

Jameson Delauritis led the Wreckers with 13 points. Eddie Feiling added four.

Chase Moser scored eight points for the Cardinals. Braxson Toley scored seven.