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Jim Thorpe boys, girls basketball teams breeze

The Jim Thorpe boys and girls basketball teams both rolled to easy victories on Tuesday.

BOYS BASKETBALLJim Thorpe-Pine GroveJim Thorpe convincingly defeated Pine Grove in Schuylkill League play, 52-20.Rayan Greene of Jim Thorpe led all scorers with 15 points. Matt Elmore chipped in 10 points for the Olympians.JIM THORPECarroll 3-2-2-9, Elmore 4-2-7-10, Micciche 0-1-2-1, Jefferson 1-1-2-3, Greene 6-3-6-15, Lauer 2-0-0-4, Twardzick 1-0-0-2, Joyce 1-0-0-2, McElmoyle 1-0-1-2, Rosahac 2-0-0-4, Foreman 0-0-0-0, Samuels 0-0-0-0, Marykwas 0-0-0-0, Burek 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 21-9-20-52PINE GROVELapp 1-0-0-3, Wolff 0-1-2-1, Ibarra 1-0-0-3, Pena 0-0-0-0, A. Griffiths 0-2-2-2, Leininger 2-4-6-8, Co.Griffiths 1-0-0-3, Kreiffer 0-0-0-0, Culbert 0-0-0-0, Behasavage 0-0-0-0, Omlor 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 5-7-10-20.Jim Thorpe 11 13 16 12 - 52Pine Grove 2 4 7 7 - 20Three-pointers: Jim Thorpe - Carroll 1; Pine Grove - Lapp 1, Ibarra 1, C.Griffiths 1.No. Lehigh-Pen ArgylPen Argyl cruised to a 68-36 Colonial League win over Northern Lehigh.Joe Egan paced the Bulldogs with 13 points.NORTHERN LEHIGHColon 0-0-0-0, Egan 5-1-2-13, Hess 3-1-1-7, Kemery 0-0-0-0, Meixsell 2-0-0-4, Mujovic 2-0-0-5, Seiler 1-0-0-3, Shupp 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 15-2-3-36.PEN ARGYLStrouse 4-3-6-13, Gillette, 8-1-3-20, Scott 1-2-2-5, Barr 1-0-0-2, Brunstetter 6-0-0-12, Sampson 1-0-0-3, Cleary-Kojo 2-2-5-6, Robicheau 0-0-0-0, Messerschmidt 0-1-2-1, Hicks 0-0-2-0, Kukla 1-2-2-4, Lilly 0-0-0-0, Long 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 25-11-22-68.No. Lehigh 2 13 13 8 - 36Pen Argyl 9 22 15 22 - 68Three-pointers: No. Lehigh - Egan 2, Seiler 1, Mujovic 1. Pen Argyl - Gillette 3, Strouse 2, Scott 1, Sampson 1.Palmerton-Moravian A.Palmerton used a balanced attack to erase a halftime deficit and claim a 58-42 Colonial League win over Moravian Academy.Spencer Hay scored a game-high 21 points for the Blue Bombers, who trailed 33-30 at the intermission. Mason Stahler tallied 16 points in the win while Mike Stasko added 10.PALMERTONHay 9-2-2-21, Svetik 3-0-0-8, Papay 1-0-0-3, Suto 0-0-0-0, Perschy 0-0-0-0, Stasko 4-1-3-10, Stahler 7-2-4-16. TOTALS: 24-5-9-58.MORAVIAN ACADEMYMessman 2-1-3-8, Rodriguez 2-0-1-5, Holmqvist 5-0-0-13, Kruplits 2-0-0-4, Painter 0-2-3-2, Joseph 0-0-2-0, Loughlin 4-1-4-11. TOTALS: 15-4-13-42.Palmerton 21 9 19 11 - 58Moravian 11 22 6 3 - 42Three-pointers: Palmerton - Svetik 2, Hay 1, Papay 1, Stasko 1. Moravian - Holmqvist 3, Loughlin 2, Messman 1, Rodriguez 1.Panther Vy.-Blue Mtn.Blue Mountain earned a convincing 66-40 Schuylkill League Division I win over Panther Valley.Rene Figueroa led the Panthers (2-7, 0-4) with 14 points, while Matt Hudicka tallied 11.PANTHER VALLEYFigueroa 5-2-7-14, Micholik 1-0-2-3, Hudicka 5-0-0-11, Blasko 4-1-4-9, Perez 1-0-0-3, Stanko 0-0-0-0, Miller 0-0-0-0, Fisher 0-0-0-0, Emmert 0-0-0-0, Morgans 0-0-0-0, TOTALS: 16-3-13-40.BLUE MOUNTAINKerstetter 3-0-4-6, Lewis 5-5-8-15, Albertini 3-0-0-7, Chelius 6-6-7-19m Zerbe 2-4-4-9, Hoynoski 1-0-2-2, Diever 4-0-0-8, Bobbin 0-0-0-0, Reynolds 0-0-0-0, Welsh 0-0-0-0, Caufield 0-0-0-0, Kaunas 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 24-15-24-66.Panther Vy. 5 17 8 10 - 40Blue Mtn. 16 18 20 12 - 66Three-pointers: Panther Valley - Figueroa 2, Micholik 1, Hudicka 1, Perez 1. Blue Mountain - Albertini 1, Chelius 1, Zerbe 1.Tamaqua-PottsvillePottsville downed Tamaqua 67-20 in Schuylkill League Division I action.Thad Zuber led the Blue Raiders (1-7, 1-3) with 13 points.Pottsville also won the JV game, 58-36.TAMAQUABlaker 0-0-0-0, Wassell 0-0-0-0, Kurek 0-3-4-3, Zuber 5-3-4-13, Scott 0-0-0-0, Barr 0-0-0-0, Wargula 0-0-0-0, Murphy 1-0-0-2, Davidson 0-0-0-0, Gregoire 1-0-2-2, Berezwick 0-0-0-0, Bates 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 7-6-10-20.POTTSVILLEGerchak 2-0-0-6, Wood 1-0-0-2, Thomas 5-0-0-13, Melochik 5-0-0-11, Witman 1-0-0-2, Pellish 2-0-0-4, Abdo 4-0-0-10, Renninger 2-2-2-6, Opake 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 27-3-3-67.Tamaqua 4 4 2 10 - 20Pottsville 15 27 12 13 - 67Three-pointers: Pottsville - Thomas 3, Gerchak 2, Abdo 2, Schenk 2, Melochik 1.GIRLS BASKETBALLNDES-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe posted an impressive 69-29 non-league win over Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg.Kayley Kovac scored a game-high 30 points for the Lady Olympians.NOTRE DAME ESGerling 4-0-0-12, Kissell 1-1-4-3, Remascavage 2-0-0-4, Miller 0-0-0-0, Pipolo 3-0-2-6, Barbara 0-2-4-2, Miceli 0-0-0-0, Roberts 0-0-0-0, I. Caporusso 0-0-0-0, S. Caporusso 0-0-0-0, Tichy 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 11-3-11-29.JIM THORPERichards 1-0-0-2, P. Kovac 1-2-2-4, Behen 0-0-0-0, Sterner 0-0-0-0, Condly 1-0-0-2, Ohl 4-0-0-8, Naranjo 2-0-0-4, K. Kovac 14-1-4-30, Cressman 3-0-0-6, Waselus 2-3-4-7, Phillips 0-0-0-0, Lignore 1-2-6-4, Gabel 1-0-0-2, Fasolino 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 30-8-16-69.Notre Dame ES 7 3 11 8 - 29Jim Thorpe 16 18 25 10 - 69Three-pointers: Notre Dame ES - Gerling 4. Jim Thorpe - K. Kovac 1.Moravian A.-PalmertonMoravian Academy jumped out early and pulled away late for a 51-35 Colonial League win over Palmerton.Linnaea Leister and Erika Beers scored 11 points apiece for the Lady Bombers.MORAVIAN ACADEMYOnesto 0-0-0-0, Hylton 0-0-0-0, Richards 0-0-0-0, Ferrari 5-0-0-13, Fynn 9-2-2-25, Shunk 0-0-0-0, Machinski 2-2-2-6, Spugnardi 0-0-0-0, Joseph 1-0-0-3, Hornick 0-0-0-0, Miller 0-0-0-0, Reofern 2-0-2-4. TOTALS: 19-4-6-51.PALMERTONHirochek 0-0-0-0, Shupp 0-0-0-0, Leister 4-1-1-11, Frantz 1-6-8-7, Wentz 1-0-3-2, Muniz 1-0-0-3, Beers 5-1-2-11, Goodhile 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 12-8-14-35.Moravian A. 13 15 20 3 - 51Palmerton 5 9 12 9 - 35Three-pointers: Moravian - Fynn 5, Ferrari 3, Joseph 1. Palmerton - Leister 2, Muniz 1.Beth. Cath.-Pleasant Vy.Trailing by one point entering the fourth quarter, Bethlehem Catholic used a late surge to claim a 44-34 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference victory over Pleasant Valley.Joyce Sullivan scored a team-high 13 points for the Lady Bears, who led 31-30 entering the final period. Renee Milos added 10 points.PLEASANT VALLEYBorger 0-5-6-5, Sullivan 5-0-0-13, Miller 0-0-0-0, Francis 2-2-4-6, Borden 0-0-0-0, Salmon 0-0-0-0, Milos 4-2-2-10. TOTALS: 11-9-12-34.BETHLEHEM CATHOLICRhine 1-0-0-3, Hontz 0-0-0-0, Rodriguez 0-0-0-0, Orloski 1-4-8-6, Recchio 0-0-0-0, Zamolyi 4-5-6-15, Jones 4-4-4-12, Barrord 1-0-0-2, Bauman 3-0-0-6, Zambo 0-0-0-0, Fuehrer 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-13-18-44.Pleasant Vy. 8 12 11 3 - 34Bethlehem Cath. 13 7 10 14 - 44Three-pointers: Pleasant Valley - Sullivan 3. Bethlehem Catholic - Zamolyi 2, Rhine 1.WRESTLINGWyomissing-TamaquaWyomissing topped Tamaqua 53-21 in a non-league match.Ty Hinkle (152) and Michael Frederick (170) both won by fall for the Blue Raiders. Tanner McHugh (132) earned a decision.Wyomissing 53, Tamaqua 21160 - Jason Townsend (W) pinned Noah Griffin in 2:38170 - Michael Frederick (T) pinned Strat Yost in 3:46182 - Robert McCarthy (W) won by forfeit195 - Shane Torres (W) pinned Ryan Morgan in 1:38220 - Deion Adams (W) won by forfeit285 - Robert Dunbar (W) won by forfeit106 - Anthony Gust (W) won by forfeit113 - Double forfeit120 - Khalid Holland (T) won by forfeit126 - Connor Yourkavitch (W) won by forfeit132 - Tanner McHugh (T) dec. Clayton Frymore, 7-1138 - Nasir Combs (W) tech. fall Brandon Eberts, 15-0 (5:13)145 - Jakob Naylor (W) pinned Jordan Smith in 1:40152 - Ty Hinkle (T) pinned Kayin Berger in 2:559TH GRADEBASKETBALLTamaqua-PottsvilleTamaqua lost to Pottsville, 47-38.Nate Boyle had a game high 17 points for the Blue Raiders (3-1). Brayden Knoblauch added nine points.Minersville-MarianMinersville earned a 52-39 victory over Marian.Keith McCall scored 12 points to lead the Colts.Marian-Panther Vy.Marian topped Panther Valley, 44-35Seth Paluck led the Colts with 11 points, while Keith McCall tallied 10.Cedric Rhen paced the Panthers with 10 points.7TH GRADEBASKETBALLN. Schuylkill-TamaquaNorth Schuylkill defeated Tamaqua, 27-14.Ian Davis led the Raiders with nine points.

Jim Thorpe's Jordan Waselus passes the ball over Notre Dame defender Krista Kissell. BOB FORD/TIMES NEWS