The Tamaqua boys and Marian girls basketball teams both remained unbeaten in early season play.

In other action, the Weatherly boys and Jim Thorpe girls picked up victories in their season openers.BOYS BASKETBALLTamaqua-MinersvilleTamaqua used a 23-point effort from Bo Rottet to take care of Minersville, 45-33.Nate MacDonald and Brett Kosciolek scored nine points apiece for the Blue Raiders (2-0).Meanwhile, the Miners received a team-high nine points from David Graham.Minersville won the JV game, 44-32.TAMAQUAShilko 0-0-0-0, Blaker 0-0-0-0, Miller 1-0-1-2, B. Rottet 7-6-8-23, Coleman 0-0-0-0, Zuber 0-2-2-2, MacDonald 4-1-2-9, Skripko 0-0-2-0, Kosciolek 3-3-4-9. TOTALS: 15-12-19-45.MINERSVILLEMcBreen 0-2-4-2, Stephen 0-0-0-0, Hashin 2-1-2-6, Leshko 3-0-0-8, Graham 4-1-2-9, Brennan 0-0-0-0, Tobin 2-2-4-8. TOTALS: 11-6-12-33.Tamaqua 11 13 10 11 - 45Minersville 10 6 3 14 - 33Three pointers: T - Rottet 3; M - Tobin 2, Leshko 2, Hashin 1.CMVT-WeatherlyLuke Reiner scored 25 points to lead Weatherly to a 55-46 overtime victory over Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech.Brett Kelly added 10 points to help the Wreckers (1-0) pick up the non-league victory.CMVTHalye 5-4-8-16, Pitonyak 6-2-2-15, Mussleman 3-1-1-7, Six 3-0-0-6, Petry 1-0-0-2, Carmron 0-0-0-0, Heidler 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-7-11-46.WEATHERLYReiner 10-4-5-25, Kelly 4-0-0-10, Miller 4-1-2-9, Bizarre 3-0-1-6, Figas 2-0-0-5, Moon 0-0-0-0, Peiser 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-5-8-55.CMVT 11 10 12 10 3 - 44Weatherly 10 16 4 13 12 - 55Three pointers: CMVT - Halye 2, Pitonyak 1; W - Kelly 2, Figas 1, Miller 1.GIRLS BASKETBALLMarian-DieruffMarian overcame a late deficit to defeat Dieruff in a non-league match up, 48-44.For the Fillies (3-0), Vanessa Whitecavage led the way with 14 points while teammates Abby Whildin and Brenna Karnish both chipped in 11.For the Lady Huskies, Lexi Anderson scored a game-high 15 points, including four three-pointers.Marian also prevailed in the JV contest, 37-10.MARIANWhildin 2-6-10-11, Fannick 2-4-4-8, Shaud 0-0-0-0, Whitecavage 3-7-8-14, Karnish 3-5-6-11, Agosti 0-0-0-0, Mahon 0-0-0-0, Correale 1-2-2-4, Raabe 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 11-24-30-48.DIERUFFAnderson 5-1-1-15, Alvarez 5-0-0-10, Goodwin 3-1-3-7, Lacey 1-0-0-2, Paulino 0-0-0-0, Rivera 1-0-0-2, M. Slater 1-0-0-2, V. Slater 2-2-4-6, Vega-Cosme 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-4-8-44.Marian 7 15 7 19 - 48Dieruff 9 9 12 14 - 44Three pointers: M - Whildin 1, Whitecavage 1; D - Anderson 4.Sch. Haven-Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe rode the hot hand of Kayley Kovac, who scored 23 points, to a 49-44 non-league win over Schuylkill Haven.Besides Kovac's big night, Alexis Naranjo added 11 for the Lady Olympians.Meanwhile, Keegan White's 13 points led Schuylkill Haven.SCHUYLKILL HAVENGerber 5-1-2-11, Donati 1-2-2-4, Schweigert 2-3-6-7, White 5-1-4-13, Schnoke 3-0-0-6, Carl 0-0-0-0, Farr 1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 17-7-14-44.JIM THORPEDoughty 0-0-0-0, P. Kovac 1-3-4-5, Condly 0-0-0-0, Ohl 0-0-0-0, Naranjo 3-5-6-11, Binder 1-2-4-4, K. Kovac 6-10-18-23, Cressman 1-0-0-2, Waselius 0-0-0-0, Bush 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 14-20-32-49.Schuylkill Haven 11 7 14 12 - 44Jim Thorpe 9 10 16 14 - 49Three pointers: SH - White 2, Farr 1; JT - K. Kovac 1.Saucon Valley-LehightonSaucon Valley jumped out to an early lead and never looked back on its way to a 49-24 non-league win over Lehighton.Bridgett O'Donnell led the Lady Panthers with a game-high 15 points.For the Tribe, Skylynn Faust and Aubrey Blasiak both scored six points.Lehighton picked up a 35-10 win in the JV game.SAUCON VALLEYO'Donnell 4-7-10-15, Okken 3-3-8-9, Omdahl 5-3-5-14, Spirk 0-3-4-3, Small 2-0-0-4, Warnke 0-0-0-0, Soltysiak 0-0-0-0, Kresholten 0-0-0-0, Mowrey 0-0-0-0, Williams 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 16-16-27-49.LEHIGHTONRossino 0-0-0-0, Durishen 1-0-0-3, Muffley 0-1-2-1, Whiteman 2-0-0-4, Fital 2-0-1-4, B. Blasiak 0-0-0-0, A. Blasiak 2-2-5-6, Beck 0-0-0-0, Drofich 0-0-0-0, Faust 2-2-4-6, Bollinger 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 9-5-12-24.Saucon Valley 17 17 7 8 - 49Lehighton 1 3 12 8 - 24Three pointers: SV - Omdahl 1; L - Durishen 1.Mahanoy Area-TamaquaMahanoy Area used a huge second quarter to pull away from Tamaqua for a 36-16 non-league victory.The Golden Bears were led in scoring by Laura Bisco with 11 points.The Lady Raiders got a team-high seven points from Vanessa Solt.Mahanoy also won in the JV contest, 27-10.MAHANOY AREAM. Babinsky 1-0-0-2, M. Bisco 1-0-0-3, Lawrence 0-0-0-0, L. Bisco 5-0-2-11, Levy 0-0-0-0, Conroy 4-2-4-10, K. Babinsky 1-0-0-2, Van Horn 1-0-0-2, Byrne 1-0-0-2, Davidson 2-0-0-4, Scalamonti 0-0-0-0, Waldron 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 16-2-6-36.TAMAQUAHartung 1-0-0-3, Horrman 1-0-0-2, Jones 0-0-0-0, Wittig 1-0-0-2, Baddick 0-0-0-0, Solt 3-0-0-7, Ligenza 0-0-0-0, Pratka 0-0-0-0, Borah-Smith 1-0-0-2, McVicker 0-0-0-0, Shamonsky 0-0-0-0, Hromyak 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 7-0-0-16.Mahanoy Area 6 15 8 7 - 36Tamaqua 6 2 3 5 - 16Three pointers: MA - M. Bisco 1, L. Bisco 1; T - Hartung 1, Solt 1.No. Lehigh-Manheim C.(Fleetwood TipOff Tourney)Northern Lehigh started strong and held off Manheim Central late for a thrilling 44-43 win in the consolation game of the Fleetwood TipOff Tournament on Saturday.Leading the winners in scoring were Jess Olewine with 16 points and Jill Olewine followed with 12.The Bulldogs' Jess Olewine was named to the All-Tournament Team.CONSOLATION GAMENORTHERN LEHIGHHoffman 2-1-4-5, Je. Olewine 4-8-13-16, Bevans 2-1-2-5, Gallimore 0-4-4-4, Thomas 1-0-0-2, Ji. Olewine 4-4-6-12, Handwerk 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 13-18-29-44.MANHEIM CENTRALBrenwhich 4-0-2-8, Hahn 2-0-0-4, Ward 1-1-3-3, Novak 4-0-0-8, Beamesderfer 2-2-2-7, Pabon 1-1-2-3, Ober 5-0-0-10. TOTALS: 19-4-9-43.Northern Lehigh 11 9 11 13 - 44Manheim Central 4 11 11 17 - 43Three pointers: NL - none; MC - Beamesderfer 1.