The Weatherly girls basketball team opened up their season with a convincing win over MMI on Monday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Weatherly-MMI

Weatherly raced to an early lead and cruised to a 37-17 non-league victory over MMI in the Wreckers’ season opener.

Kelly Reiner scored 10 of her game-high 22 points in the first quarter as the winners opened up a 16-0 advantage.

Alexia Kehler chipped in with seven points for Weatherly.

The Preppers received a team-high nine points from Keirsi Mooney.

WEATHERLY

Marasco 0-0-0-0, Russell 0-0-0-0, Kane 2-0-0-4, Kehler 3-0-6-7, Reiner 9-1-1-22, Weston 1-0-2-2, Gerhard 0-0-0-0, Snyder 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 16-1-9-37.

MMI

Abdulrahman 1-0-0-3, Washko 1-0-0-3, Drobnock 0-0-0-0, Serrano 1-0-2-2, Onfur 0-0-0-0, Mooney 3-0-0-9, Schultz 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 6-0-2-17.

Weatherly 16 8 9 4 - 37

MMI 0 3 8 6 - 17

Three-pointers: Weatherly - Reiner 3, Kehler 1; MMI - Mooney 3, Abdulrahman 1, Washko 1.

Records: Weatherly (1-0); MMI (0-1).

BOYS BASKETBALL

Tamaqua-Saucon Valley

Saucon Valley built a big halftime lead and coasted to a 52-41 non-league victory over Tamaqua in both team’s season opener.

Noah Weiss finished with a game-high 14 points for the Panthers, who gained a 14-point advantage at the break. The winners also received 13 points from Thomas Cahill.

For the Blue Raiders, Terrence McDowell tallied a team-high nine points, while Brady McCabe chipped in with eight.

TAMAQUA

Chalk 1-0-0-2, McDowell 3-0-0-9, McCabe 3-2-4-8, Edmonds 0-2-4-2, Schickram 2-0-0-5, Shannon 0-0-2-0, Frohnheiser 1-0-1-2, Makovec 0-2-2-2, Tamagini 2-0-0-5, Broadway 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 15-6-13-41.

SAUCON VALLEY

Magnotta 3-0-0-7, Weiss 6-2-3-14, Hastie 2-1-1-7, Osman 0-0-0-0, Chaffier 1-2-4-5, Best 1-1-2-3, Robbins 0-0-0-0, Cahill 4-5-9-13, Peterson 0-3-4-3. TOTALS: 17-14-23-52.

Tamaqua 6 7 11 17 - 41

Saucon Valley 18 9 13 12 - 52

Three-pointers: Tamaqua - McDowell 3, Schickram 1, Tamagini 1; Saucon Valley - Hastie 2, Magnotta 1, Chaffier 1.

Records: Tamaqua (0-1); Saucon Valley (1-0).