Palmerton finished the regular season with a victory over Pocono Mountain East on Wednesday.

In other action, Jim Thorpe and Tamaqua both recorded wrestling wins.

BOYS BASKETBALL

PM East-Palmerton

Palmerton closed out regular-season play with a 66-54 non-league victory over Pocono Mountain East.

Matt Machalik pumped in a game-high 30 points to lead the Blue Bombers.

Machalik scored 10 of his points in the opening quarter as Palmerton raced to a 10-point advantage.

The winners, 14-8, also received 20 points from Brayden Hosier.

For the Cardinals (10-11), Tarmis Jones tallied a team-high 19 points.

PM EAST

Pierre 2-2-2-6, Manoyem 2-1-1-5, Goodridge 1-0-0-2, Rayland 0-0-0-0, Bethea 0-0-0-0, Jones 5-9-13-19, Burkhardt 0-0-0-0, Burke 0-0-0-0, Denvisevic 1-0-0-2, Daley 6-0-0-12, Scoz 4-0-0-8. TOTALS: 21-12-16-54.

PALMERTON

Serfass 0-0-0-0, Machalik 10-9-11-30, Carrelli 0-0-0-0, Jac. Grammes 3-0-0-7, Leister 0-0-2-0, Hosier 6-3-4-20, T. Stahler 0-0-0-0, Z. Anthony 1-5-6-7, L. Anthony 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 21-17-23-66.

PM East 8 17 9 20 - 54

Palmerton 18 18 13 17 - 66

Three-pointers: PM East - None; Palmerton - Hosier 5, Machalik 1, Grammes 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Executive Ed.-Jim Thorpe

Executive Education used a big second quarter to take control and went on to post a 54-39 non-league victory over Jim Thorpe.

Tiana Carey scored seven of her team-high 15 points in the second frame as the Raptors (12-9) broke away from a tie score with a 23-8 period.

The Olympians (0-22) were led by Sarah Hartman’s game-high 16 points, while Kiara Ginopolas chipped in with nine.

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Rios 1-0-0-2, Robinson 1-0-0-2, Clemons 1-2-2-4, L. Dismuke 0-0-0-0, Martin 5-0-0-10, Leon 0-1-2-1, Perez 4-0-1-8, Riddick 3-1-1-7, Brown 0-1-2-1, Carey 7-0-0-15, Moore 2-0-0-4, Asunaon 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 24-5-8-54.

JIM THORPE

Yeakel 2-2-4-6, Rosenberger 0-0-0-0, Hartman 2-10-12-16, Balliet 0-0-0-0, Ginopolas 3-0-0-9, Bowen 3-0-0-6, Robinson 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 11-12-16-39.

Executive Education 10 23 12 9 - 54

Jim Thorpe 10 8 5 16 - 39

Three-pointers: Executive Ed. - Carey 1; Jim Thorpe - Ginopolas 3, Hartman 2.

Tri-Valley-Weatherly

Tri-Valley pulled away from Weatherly in the second half to gain a 36-21 Schuylkill League win.

The Wreckers trailed by just one at the half, but Grace Header recorded eight points in the third quarter to help the Bulldogs extend their lead to 11.

Header finished with a game-high 12 points for Tri-Valley, now 2-19 overall and 2-10 in the league.

Bethany Houser ended with eight points to pace Weatherly (3-18; 0-13).

TRI-VALLEY

Miller 4-1-5-9, Raulston 0-1-2-1, Huntzinger 2-5-8-9, Header 6-0-0-12, Av. Snyder 0-0-0-0, Poletti 1-0-0-2, Dunkelberger 0-0-2-0, Al. Snyder 0-3-4-3, Antz 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-10-21-36.

WEATHERLY

Gaydoscik 2-0-0-4, Binder 0-0-0-0, Houser 3-0-0-8, Davidovich 2-1-2-5, Reiner 0-0-0-0, Weston 0-0-0-0, Pugh 2-0-2-4. TOTALS: 9-1-4-21.

Tri-Valley 5 6 15 10 - 36

Weatherly 3 7 5 6 - 21

Three-pointers: Tri-Valley - None; Weatherly - Houser 2.

BOYS WRESTLING

Jim Thorpe-Mahanoy Area

Jim Thorpe used five pins to help gain a 48-19 victory over Mahanoy Area.

The Olympians received falls from Jared Mantilla (133), Richard Kenna (152), Aiden Sterling (215), Christian Ortiz (114) and Stephen Korte (121).

Cael Heaney (160) and Nikolas Schwartz (172) both also chipped in with decision wins.

Jim Thorpe 48, Mahanoy Area 19

133 - Jared Mantilla (JT) pinned David Harris in 4:29; 139 - Sonny Seritti (MA) pinned Owen Ackers in 5:28; 145 - Max Pfeifer (JT) won by forfeit; 152 - Richard Kenna (JT) pinned Jake Taylor in 2:45; 160 - Cael Heaney (JT) dec. Lenny Zack, 6-5; 172 - Nikolas Schwartz (JT) dec. Cael Quick, 7-2; 189 - Kyler Quick (MA) pinned Christian Binder in 5:16; 215 - Aiden Sterling (JT) pinned Donovan Herman in 1:24; 285 - Jeremius Molina (MA) dec. Peter Almeida, 1-0; 107 - Jake Chamides (JT) won by forfeit; 114 - Christian Ortiz (JT) pinned Nolan Timko in 1:55; 121 - Stephen Korte (JT) pinned Nick Manley in 1:48; 127

- Ryan Fisher (MA) major dec. Christopher Jacobacci, 18-4.

Executive Ed.-Tamaqua

Tamaqua cruised to a 56-12 victory over Executive Education.

Gabe Erbe (127), Allen Tracy (133), Brody Boyce (139) and Chase Zeigenfuss (145) all had consecutive pins for the Raiders, while Jacob Hehn added a fall at 172.

Tamaqua also received tech falls from Aiden Schlier (121) and Stephen Kieffer (152), and a major from Evan Temarantz (114).

Tamaqua 56, Executive Education 12

107 - Double forfeit; 114 - Evan Temarantz (T) major dec. Jaden Figueroa, 13-0; 121 - Aiden Schlier (T) tech. fall Melvian Serrano in 2:45, 18-1; 127 - Gabe Erbe (T) pinned Leonardo Gonzalez in 0:46; 133 - Allen Tracy (T) pinned Daejon Bradshaw in 2:57; 139 - Brody Boyce (T) pinned Jaden Garcia in 3:34; 145 - Chase Zeigenfuss (T) pinned Tavares Velazquez in 0:59; 152 - Stephen Kieffer (T) tech. fall. Angel Cartagena in 2:39, 18-1; 160 - Juelz Veras (EE) won by forfeit; 172 - Jacob Hehn (T) pinned Angel Villalona in 0:29; 189 - William Behun (T) won by forfeit; 215 - Jasiah Volkerts (T) won by forfeit; 285

- Elijah Palmer (EE) pinned Tiparth Soneja in 1:03.