LANSFORD — Sammy Hepler and Anthony Snyder earned pins as Tri-Valley defeated Panther Valley 43-24 on Wednesday night in the Schuylkill League Division I opener for both teams.
Kyle Stephen, Chase Schaeffer and Cole Smeltz won by decision, and Caleb Bordner scored a major decision for the Bulldogs (2-0, 1-0 D-I).
Gary Goodhile, Zachary Glassic, Ali Capobianco and Dylan Moyer notched falls for the Panthers (3-3, 0-1).
Tri-Valley 43, Panther Valley 24
106 — No bout; 113 — Goodhile (PV) pinned Boltz, 1:33; 120 — Stephen (TV) dec. T. Kennedy, 6-0; 126 — Bordner (TV) maj. dec. H. Kennedy, 16-4; 132 — Hepler (TV) pinned Goida, 4:34; 138 — Glassic (PV) pinned Yutko, 2:57; 145 — Schaeffer (TV) dec. Davidyock, 8-5; 152 — Snyder (TV) pinned Lorkowski, 2:54; 160 — Capobianco (PV) pinned Bethea, 2:35; 170 — Harner (TV) won by forfeit; 182 — Smeltz (TV) dec. Kerestes, 8-4; 195 — Moyer (PV) pinned Chacon, 1:14; 220 — Scheib (TV) won by forfeit; 285 — Renninger (TV) won by forfeit
Pottsville 57
Tamaqua 9
Luke Gardner (138), Tyler Deiter (160), Kolby Kleckner (182), Ryan Green (106) and Richie Bentz (113) won by fall as the Crimson Tide cruised to a Division I victory over the Blue Raiders.
Cole Painter (152) earned a win by decision for Pottsville (1-0, 1-0), which also received four forfeits.
Tanner McHugh (132) recorded a fall for Tamaqua (0-1, 0-1), while teammate Dylan Rynkiewicz (145) won by decision.
126 — No bout; 132 — McHugh (T) pinned Ward, 1:29; 138 — Gardner (P) pinned Thomas, :18; 145 — Rynkiewicz (T) dec. Cromyak, 7-2; 152 — Painter (P) dec. Hinkle, 5-0; 160 — Deiter (P) pinned Szabo, 1:32; 170 — Porter (P) won by forfeit; 182 — Kleckner (P) pinned Calkins, 1:43; 195 — Hinson (P) won by forfeit; 220 — Saint Juste (P) won by forfeit; 285 — Burhop (P) won by forfeit; 106 — Green (P) pinned Moeder, 1:37; 113 — No bout; 120 — Bentz (P) pinned Stocker, :18
Blue Mountain 49
Pine Grove 30
PINE GROVE — Devon Krammes (182), Kirk Dougherty (285), Ben McQuillen (113), Hunter Blankenhorn (120), Chase Sincavage (126), Christian Gosch (145) and Ian Cagle (170) recorded falls as the Eagles topped the Cardinals in a Division I meet.
Lucas Forbes (152) added a major decision victory for Blue Mountain (6-0, 1-0 D-I), while Thomas Seaman (220) won by decision.
Alec Soltys (195), Danny Diaz-Walton (138) and Carson Rittenbaugh (160) posted pins for Pine Grove (2-2, 0-1).
182 — Krammes (BM) pinned Phillippy, TNA; 195 — Soltys (PG) pinned Rice, TNA; 220 — T. Seaman (BM) dec. A. Ney, 2-1; 285 — Dougherty (BM) pinned Werner, TNA; 106 — Howerton (PG) won by forfeit; 113 — McQuillen (BM) pinned Rossi, TNA; 120 — Blankenhorn (BM) pinned Gately, TNA; 126 — Sincavage (BM) pinned Zimmerman, TNA; 132 — Levan (PG) won by forfeit; 138 — Diaz-Walton (PG) pinned Bender, TNA; 145 — Gosch (BM) pinned Kassab, TNA; 152 — Forbes (BM) maj. dec. Carlin, 11-3; 160 — Rittenbaugh (PG) pinned Angstadt, TNA; 170 — Cagle (BM) pinned Aungst, TNA
Mahanoy Area 47
CMVT 27
ALMEDIA — The Golden Bears overcame an early deficit as Alex Clark (145), Jake Freil (152), Matt Lewandowski (160), Nolan Fegley (182) and Bailey Forte (220) won by fall to lead Mahanoy Area (1-0, 1-0) to a Division II win over the Rams.
Mike Miller (120), Kale Yacko (132) and Nick Kocan 170) earned pins, while Gabe Slodysko (138) scored a decision victory for Columbia Montour Vo-Tech (2-6, 0-1).
113 — No bout; 120 — M. Miller (CMVT) pinned Martinez, 3:27; 126 — J. Slodysko (CMVT) won by forfeit; 132 — Yacko (CMVT) pinned Bennett, 1:53; 138 — G. Slodysko (CMVT) dec. Wilson, 15-10; 145 — Clark (MA) pinned Marion, 1:34; 152 — J. Freil (MA) pinned Zanolini, 2:29; 160 — Lewandowski (MA) pinned V. Miller, 2:33; 170 — Kocan (CMVT) pinned White, 1:32; 182 — Fegley (MA) pinned Toth, 1:11; 195 — Caravella (MA) won by forfeit; 220 — Forte (MA) pinned McLellan, 1:11; 285 — Blume (MA) won by forfeit; 106 — W. Streisel (MA) won by forfeit
Schuylkill Haven 49
Jim Thorpe 24
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Blake Handling (138) and Wolfgang Hafer (145) registered pins as the Hurricanes downed the Olympians in a non-league meet.
Trevyn Fessler (152) had a major decision for Schuylkill Haven (1-4), while Max Motko (285) won by decision.
John Newhall (106) and Pollux Fisher (170) picked up falls for Jim Thorpe (0-5), with Antonio Madera (160) and Robbie Geisinger (182)earning decision victories.
106 — Newhall (JT) pinned Gottschall, :24; 113 — Gentile (JT) won by forfeit; 120 — C. Fessler (SH) won by forfeit; 126 — Engle (SH) won by forfeit; 132 — Gehring (SH) won by forfeit; 138 — Handling (SH) pinned Freer, 1:27; 145 — Hafer (SH) pinned Smalls, 4:48; 152 — T. Fessler (SH) maj. dec. Condly, 9-0; 160 — Madera (JT) dec. Batz, 10-4; 170 — Fisher (JT) pinned Houck, 1:28; 182 — Geisinger (JT) dec. Schantzenbach, 6-0; 195 — Seiler (SH) won by forfeit; 220 — Hower (SH) won by forfeit; 285 — Motko (SH) dec. O’Rourke, 5-2
Hamburg 42
Schuylkill Valley 35
LEESPORT — Max Kline, Jacob Metcalfe, Sean Stanish, Reese Mason, Matthew James and Tyler Herber earned pins to propel Hamburg (2-0, 2-0 Berks II) to a Berks League victory over Schuylkill Valley.
182 — Geisinger (SV) pinned Reynoso, 5:44; 195 — Tindall (SV) pinned D. Madara, 1:11; 220 — Kline (H) pinned Johnson, 4:50; 285 — Metcalfe (H) pinned Rosado, :41; 106 — Phillips (SV) won by forfeit; 113 — Eaddy (H) won by forfeit; 120 — Stanish (H) pinned O’Neill, 1:22; 126 — Bennett (SV) tech. fall Levan, 17-0, 4:20; 132 — Solomon (SV) dec. M. Madara, 11-6; 138 — Giorgio (SV) won by forfeit; 145 — Mason (H) pinned Dimovitz, 4:47; 152 — T. Limberiou (SV) dec. Miller, 14-10; 160 — James (H) pinned Altamirano, 3:12; 170 — T. Herber (H) pinned G. Limberiou, 2:21
Girls’ basketball
Halifax 51
Tri-Valley 43
HALIFAX — Reagan Newswanger led Tri-Valley with 14 points and five steals, but the Bulldogs fell to Halifax in a non-league contest.
Paige Doyle scored six points in the second quarter en route to a 10-point night, and Kelly Romberger had 10 rebounds to go with her six points for Tri-Valley.
TRI-VALLEY (43) — Newswanger 5 2-4 14, Doyle 5 0-1 10, Deibert 0 0-1 0, Header 3 0-0 6, Romberger 3 0-0 6, B. Pacenta 0 0-1 0, Harner 0 0-1 0, Scheib 1 5-6 7. Totals 17 7-14 43.
HALIFAX (51) — B. Miller 5 3-5 13, Cox 3 5-6 12, P. Miller 2 3-4 7, Sorichetti 2 0-2 5, Turner 6 2-2 14, Lehman 0 0-0 0, Hoon 0 0-0 0, Buggy 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 13-19 51.
TV (4-1) 9 17 9 8 — 43 Halifax 8 17 12 14 — 51
3-point FGs: Newswanger 2, Cox, Sorichetti
JV score: Tri-Valley 38-20
Lehighton 51
Northern Lehigh 29
LEHIGHTON — Skylynn Faust netted 10 of her 14 points in the fourth quarter as the Indians downed the Bulldogs in a non-league contest.
Aubrey Blasiak added 11 points and Riley Durishin chipped in 10 for Lehighton, which led 13-4 after the first quarter and put the game away with a 30-13 scoring advantage in the second half.
NORTHERN LEHIGH (29) — Hoffman 4 0-3 8, Knerr 0 0-0 0, Kemmery 0 0-0 0, Je. Olewine 5 1-3 12, Handwerk 0 0-0 0, Bevans 0 2-2 2, Gallimore 0 0-0 0, Thomas 1 2-2 4, Ji. Oliwine 0 3-6 3. Totals 10 8-16 29.
LEHIGHTON (51) — Rossino 2 0-0 4, Durishin 4 2-4 10, Muffley 0 0-0 0, Whiteman 0 0-0 0, Fital 3 0-0 6, B. Blasiak 2 0-0 4, A. Blasiak 4 2-2 11, Beck 0 0-0 0, Drofich 1 0-0 2, Faust 5 4-4 14, Buchinsky 0 0-0 0, Koshuta 0 0-0 0, Frey 0 0-0 0, Bolliger 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 8-10 51.
NL (1-4) 4 12 5 8 — 29 Leh. (2-3) 13 8 11 19 — 51
3-point FGs: Je. Olewine, A. Blasiak
JV score: Lehighton 40, Northern Lehigh 24