The Panthers Valley boys basketball team clinched a district playoff berth with a win on Saturday, while Panther wrestler Brenda Banks earned another tournament title on Sunday.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Panther Vy.-Roberto Clemente

Panther Valley clinched a district playoff berth with a convincing 63-44 non-league victory over Roberto Clemente.

Logan Fisher scored 10 of his 14 points in the third quarter as the Panthers used a 19-4 period to extend an eight-point halftime lead.

Chase Weaver scored a game-high 23 points for PV, which improved to 11-7.

Logan Henegan led Roberto Clemente (2-11) with 15 points.

Panther Valley also won the JV game, 76-32, as Danny Wehr had a game-high 25 points.

PANTHER VALLEY

Kokinda 2-0-0-5, Weaver 9-5-6-23, Fisher 5-4-6-14, Penberth 0-1-3-1, Jones 0-0-0-0, Hood 4-2-4-10, Wehr 1-0-0-2, Krynock 0-0-0-0, Buyce 1-0-0-3, Mrgim 0-0-0-0, Black 0-0-0-0, Maynard 0-0-0-0, Goida 2-1-1-5. TOTALS: 24-13-20-63.

ROBERTO CLEMENTE

L. Henegan 6-2-4-15, Gil 5-1-2-12, Ramirez 1-0-0-2, Villar 5-2-3-12, Rodriguez 0-1-2-1, Verdejo 0-0-0-0, Sanchez 0-0-0-0, Maldanado 1-0-0-2, Lanison 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-6-11-44.

Panther Valley 14 10 19 20 - 63

Roberto Clemente 7 9 4 24 - 44

Three-pointers: Panther Valley - Kokinda 1, Buyce 1; Roberto Clemente - T. Henigan 1, Gil 1.

Lehighton-Salem Christian

Lehighton rolled to a 76-25 non-league victory over Salem Christian.

Joe Roth scored 12 of his team-high 14 points in the first half, and Blake Roberts tallied all 11 of his points in the first two quarters as the Indians raced to a 40-8 advantage.

The winners also received 13 points from Talin Fairchild and 12 from Cole Dietz.

Mike Marinan paced Salem with a game-high 16 points.

Lehighton, which has won all eight of its non-league games this season, upped its record to 13-6 while the Eagles fell to 1-13.

LEHIGHTON

Serfass 3-0-0-7, Solt 1-0-1-2, Light 3-0-0-7, Fairchild 6-0-0-13, Roberts 5-1-1-11, Meek 1-0-0-3, Roth 6-2-2-14, Dietz 5-0-0-12, Blair 3-0-0-7. Hawk 0-0-0-0, Kalbach 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 33-3-6-76.

SALEM CHRISTIAN

Weigner 0-2-2-2, Marinan 7-2-2-16, Mitchell 0-0-0-0, Zhow 0-2-2-2, Diaz 0-0-0-0, Rice 1-2-2-5, Schultz 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 8-8-8-25.

Lehighton 17 23 20 16 - 76

Salem Christian 4 4 11 6 - 25

Three-pointers: Lehighton - Dietz 2, Light 1, Serfass 1, Blair 1; Salem Christian - Rice 1.

Northampton-Palmerton

Palmerton’s Matt Machalik scored a game-high 21 points, but it wasn’t enough as Northampton held off the Blue Bombers, 63-55, in a non-league contest.

J. J. Kolumber tallied 19 points and Noah Walakovits added 15 for the Konkrete Kids (12-6).

Brayden Hosier added 13 points to the Palmerton cause.

The loss dropped the Bombers to 10-7.

NORTHAMPTON

Kolumber 6-5-8-19, Pinnock 2-0-0-5, Graff 5-0-1-11, Walakovits 5-2-2-15, Simock 1-0-0-2, Dunbar 1-2-3-4, Regec 0-1-2-1, Moyer 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 23-10-16-63.

PALMERTON

Serfass 1-0-0-3, Machalik 6-8-9-21, Carrelli 1-0-0-2, Jac. Grammes 3-2-2-8, Leister 0-0-2-0, Pengelly 0-0-0-0, Hosier 6-1-2-13, T. Stahler 0-1-2-1, L. Anthony 3-1-2-7. TOTALS: 20-13-19-55.

Northampton 16 17 13 17 - 63

Palmerton 9 16 16 14 - 55

Three-pointers: Northampton - Walakovits 3, Kolumber 2 Pinnock 1, Graff 1; Palmerton - Serfass 1, Machalik 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Weatherly-Salem Christian

Taylor Davidovich came up with a steal and layup with 8.6 seconds left in the game to give Weatherly a 32-30 non-league victory over Salem Christian.

The win snapped the Wreckers’ 14-game losing streak.

Davidovich finished with a team-high 10 points, while Kelly Reiner and Bethany Houser both chipped in with seven.

The Eagles, now 5-9, received 10 points from Becky Held.

Weatherly improved to 2-14.

WEATHERLY

Gaydoscik 1-0-0-2, Binder 0-1-1-1, Houser 2-3-4-7, Davidovich 4-3-4-10, Reiner 2-1-1-7, Weston 0-0-0-0, Pugh 1-3-4-5. TOTALS: 10-9-15-32.

SALEM CHRISTIAN

Russell 0-0-0-0, Rice 0-0-0-0, Weigner 1-1-1-3,VanNarden 3-0-0-6, Held 4-2-4-10, Marinan 3-2-2-8, Rodgers 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 12-5-7-30.

Weatherly 12 6 9 5 - 32

Salem Christian 6 3 13 8 - 30

Three-pointers: Weatherly - Reiner 2, Davidovich 1; Salem Christian - Rodgers 1.

Tamaqua-Minersville

A strong first half propelled Minersville to a 64-39 non-league victory over Tamaqua.

Kaycee Raczka scored a game-high 20 points for the Miners, who led by 19 at the break and finished the game with 12 three-pointers.

The winners, now 16-2 overall and 9-1 in the league, also received 19 points from Taylor Conti.

Kolbe Robb netted a season-high 16 points and had five steals for the Blue Raiders, while Kendle Miller added nine points.

The loss dropped Tamaqua to 13-6.

TAMAQUA

Robb 7-1-1-16, S. Plasha 2-0-0-4, Ligenza 0-0-0-0, Hope 0-2-4-2, L. Plasha, L. 0-0-2-0, Miller 3-1-2-9, Bartenope 4-0-2-8. TOTALS: 16-4-11-39.

MINERSVILLE

Cullen 0-0-0-0, Conti 7-0-0-19, Brennan 2-0-0-5, Kopinetz 5-0-0-15, Burgess 0-0-0-0, Castle 2-0-1-5, Raczka 9-2-2-20. TOTALS: 25-2-3-64.

Tamaqua 9 1 16 13 - 39

Minersville 14 15 19 16 - 64

Three-pointers: Tamaqua - Miller 2, Robb 1; Minersville - Conti 5, Kopinetz 5, Brennan 1, Castle 1.

Mahanoy Area-Jim Thorpe

Felica Bro scored a game-high 23 points to power Mahanoy Area to a 61-20 non-league victory over Jim Thorpe.

Ella Connolly added 18 points for the Bears, who raised their record to 7-10.

The Olympians, now 0-17, received a team-high nine points from Kiara Ginopolas.

MAHANOY AREA

Bro 9-0-1-23, Yeakel 0-0-0-0, Kennedy 1-2-2-4, Mroczka 1-0-0-2, Kowalcik 5-0-0-11, Connolly 9-0-1-18, Gonzalez 1-0-0-3, Wieykrykus 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 26-2-4-61.

JIM THORPE

Yeakel 0-3-6-3, Ginopolas 2-3-4-9, Balliet 1-0-0-3, Sully 1-1-2-3, Bowen 0-0-0-0, Scherer 0-0-0-0, Sargent 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 5-7-12-20.

Mahanoy Area 28 26 4 3 - 61

Jim Thorpe 8 3 4 5 - 20

Three-pointers: Mahanoy Area - Bro 5, Kowalcik 1, Gonzalez 1; Jim Thorpe - Ginopolas 2, Balliet 1.

GIRLS WRESTLING

Panther Valley

at the Battle of the Buck

Panther Valley’s Brenda Banks added another championship to her resume by winning the 235-pound weight class as the Battle of the Buck on Sunday.

Banks posted a 3-0 decision over Quakertown’s Peyton Fries in the semifinals before registering a pin at the 1:57 mark of the finals against Souderton’s MacKenna Atkinson.

The PV sophomore is now 17-0 this season.

The Panthers also received sixth-place finishes from both Anelia Bennick (155) and Alisa Williams (170).