Fillies survive scare from Weatherly
Marian and Jim Thorpe picked up girls basketball wins on Monday.
GIRLS BASKETBALLMarian-WeatherlyMarian needed to come from behind to defeat Weatherly, 41-38, in Schuylkill League action.The Fillies (12-5, 8-2) were led in scoring by Brenna Karnish with a team-high 15 points. Teammate Gianna Agosti added eight.For the Wreckers (7-10, 3-7), Emily Zoscin scored 22.Marian prevailed in the JV contest, 42-13.MARIANShaud 1-1-2-3, Erbe 0-0-0-0, Correale 2-0-0-6, Schwabe 1-0-0-2, Agosti 3-1-3-8, Alansky 0-0-0-0, McClafferty 3-0-1-6, Raabe 0-1-4-1, Karnish 4-7-8-15. TOTALS: 14-10-18-41.WEATHERLYZoscin 8-6-10-22, Hoffman 1-0-0-3, G. Hinkle 1-0-0-2, Gower 0-0-0-0, Peiffer 2-3-8-7, Caravella 0-0-0-0, DeSpirito 0-0-0-0, Henry 0-0-0-0, Obert 0-0-0-0, T. Hinkle 1-2-4-4. TOTALS: 13-11-22-38.Marian 5 11 10 15 - 41Weatherly 11 6 11 10 - 38Three pointers: M - Correale 2, Agosti 1; W - Hoffman 1.Blue Mountain-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe got 26 points from Kayley Kovac to upend Blue Mountain, 39-26, in Schuylkill League play.The loss improves the Olympians' record to 9-8 overall and 4-6 in the league.For the Eagles (11-8, 5-7), Emily Fasnacht scored nine points.BLUE MOUNTAINAlbertini 0-0-0-0, Martin 0-0-0-0, Fasnacht 4-0-0-9, Lewis 0-0-0-0, Shaner 0-0-0-0, Moyer 3-0-0-6, Dean 1-2-2-4, Lukacz 1-0-0-2, Pishock 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 10-2-2-23.JIM THORPERichards 1-0-0-2, P. Kovac 1-0-0-3, Condly 0-0-0-0, Ohl 2-0-0-4, Naranjo 0-0-0-0, K. Kovac 10-4-5-26, Skrimcovsky 0-0-0-0, Lignore 1-0-0-2, Gabel 1-0-0-2. TOTALS: 16-4-5-39.Blue Mountain 9 4 6 4 - 23Jim Thorpe 18 6 13 2 - 39Three pointers: BM - Fasnacht 1; JT - K. Kovac 2, P. Kovac 1.North Schuylkill-LehightonNorth Schuylkill jumped out to an early lead and went on to defeat Lehighton, 53-33, in Schuylkill League action.Averi Jordan led the Spartans (11-7, 8-3) with 19 points.For the Tribe (7-10, 2-9), Skylynn Faust scored 13.NORTH SCHUYLKILLShinkus 4-6-6-16, Stoke 0-0-0-0, Holmes 1-0-0-2, Gregas 2-1-3-5, Guerrero 1-1-2-3, Green 3-2-4-8, Jordan 8-1-1-19, Zimmerman 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 19-11-16-53.LEHIGHTONYoung 0-0-0-0, Brown 0-0-0-0, Frey 0-0-0-0, Long 1-0-0-2, Whiteman 3-0-0-8, Blasiak 3-2-3-8, Miller 1-0-0-2, Pontella 0-0-0-0, Faust 6-1-3-13, Buchinsky 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 14-3-6-33.North Schuylkill 15 15 11 12 - 53Lehighton 3 11 13 6 - 33Three pointers: NS - Shinkus 2, Jordan 2; L - Blasiak 2.Pottsville-Panther ValleyPottsville posted a 55-25 Schuylkill League win over Panther Valley.Leading the Tide in scoring was Sadie Comfort, who lit it up with six treys in the game for 18 points.For the Panthers (2-16, 0-11), Rachelle Filer had eight points.POTTSVILLESherakas 2-2-4-8, Skosnick 0-0-2-0, Plachko 4-1-2-10, Tarconish 1-3-3-5, Eckert 1-1-4-3, Comfort 6-0-0-18, Coyle 1-0-0-2, Dalton 0-0-0-0, Schaeffer 1-0-0-2, Yoder 0-0-0-0, Shrom 0-0-0-0, Schenk 3-1-4-7. TOTALS: 19-8-19-55.PANTHER VALLEYPascoe 0-0-0-0, Steber 1-0-0-2, Knoblauch 0-1-2-1, Hohen 0-0-0-0, Sheridan 1-1-2-3, Dacey 2-1-2-7, Filer 4-0-0-8, Miller 0-1-2-1, Markovich 0-1-2-1, Ketchledge 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 9-5-12-25.Pottsville 11 16 16 12 - 55Panther Valley 7 2 6 10 - 25Three pointers: P - Comfort 6, Sherakas 2, Plachko 1; PV - Dacey 2.Tamaqua-Pine GrovePine Grove charged back to pull off a 60-57 come-from-behind Schuylkill League win over Tamaqua.Jen Kauffman had 18 points for the Cardinals (15-4, 9-2).Emma Kuczynski scored a game-high 22 points for the Raiders (10-9, 5-6). Courtney Hoffman chipped in 12 points and Emily Titus added 11.TAMAQUAHromyak 0-0-0-0, Hoffman 4-4-6-12, Zuber 1-2-5-4, Jones 4-0-0-8, Titus 5-1-3-11, Frederickson 0-0-0-0, Kuczynski 10-2-3-22. TOTALS: 24-9-17-57.PINE GROVEConrad 0-0-0-0, Edge 3-0-2-6, Shiffer 0-3-4-3, Flick 1-0-0-2, Kauffman 6-6-8-18, Sleva 8-1-2-17, Boyer 6-2-4-14. TOTALS: 24-12-20-60.Tamaqua 21 13 13 10 - 57Pine Grove 13 18 9 20 - 60Three pointers: T - none; PG - none.9TH GRADE BASKETBALLTamaqua-Panther ValleyTamaqua pulled out a 43-25 win over Panther Valley.Nathaniel Noftz had 12 points for the Raiders. Tom Edwards scored nine for the Panthers.8TH GRADE BASKETBALLWeatherly-Jim ThorpeWeatherly remained undefeated with a 35-17 win over Jim Thorpe.Scott Zoscin scored 14 points for the Wreckers (11-0), while Antonio Colecio followed with 10.Caiden Hurley scored six for the Olympians.7TH GRADE BASKETBALLWeatherly-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe defeated Weatherly, 35-23.Tanner Gilliar scored eight points and Ian Hubbard added six for the Olympians. Frank Willis scored six for the Wreckers.