LEHIGHTON — Consecutive falls by Kyle Stephen (113), Caleb Bordner (120) and Sammy Hepler (126) put Tri-Valley ahead to stay in a 40-25 Schuylkill League Division I win over Lehighton on Friday night.
Dawson Schwalm (152) added a pin for the Dawgs (15-4, 6-1 D-I).
In a featured bout at 145, Tri-Valley’s Chase Schaeffer defeated Tegan Durishin 16-5. Both were Schuylkill League Tournament runners-up, Durishin at 138.
Connor Frey (195) won by fall for the Indians (12-9, 1-6).
Tri-Valley 40, Lehighton 25
220 — Scheib (TV) dec. Clements, 5-3; 285 — Smith (L) dec. Renninger, 3-1; 106 — N. Kemmerer (L) maj. dec. Boltz, 12-2; 113 — Stephen (TV) pinned Lorenzo, 3:28; 120 — Bordner (TV) pinned Z. Kemmerer, 3:37; 126 — Hepler (TV) pinned Hess, :54; 132 — Scherer (L) won by forfeit; 138 — Semmel (L) won by forfeit; 145 — Schaeffer (TV) maj. dec. Durishin, 16-5; 152 — Schwalm (TV) pinned Koons, 1:33; 160 — Snyder (TV) dec. Cann, 9-5; 170 — Harner (TV) won by forfeit; 182 — No bout; 195 — Frey (L) pinned Smeltz, :36
Mahanoy Area 40
Jim Thorpe 30
MAHANOY CITY — Corbin White’s fall at 182 sparked a four-bout run that lifted the Golden Bears (5-8, 3-3 D-II) over the Olympians (3-14, 1-5) in a Schuylkill League Division II meet.
126 — Martinez (MA) won by forfeit; 132 — Bennett (MA) won by forfeit; 138 — Smalls (JT) pinned Bahrey, 1:34; 145 — Condly (JT) pinned Houser, 1:57; 152 — Fisher (JT) dec. Florio, 6-0; 160 — J. Freil (MA) pinned Mahmod, 5:14; 170 — Geisinger (JT) dec. Lewandowski, 8-5; 182 — White (MA) pinned Dykas, :30; 195 — Caravella (MA) dec. Campbell, 6-4; 220 — Forte (MA) maj. dec. Counterman, 10-1; 285 — Blume (MA) dec. O’Rourke, 2-1; 106 — Gentile (JT) pinned Strreisel, 1:08; 113 — Newhall (JT) won by forfeit; 120 — Barraza (MA) won by forfeit
Boys’ Basketball
Marian 54
Pius X 53
BANGOR — Ethan Kuczynski had a game-high 19 points to help the Colts hold on for a non-league win in overtime over the Royals.
Brandon Mohammed added 15 points for Marian, which was outscored 24-10 in the fourth quarter.
Nate Stewart tallied 15 points to lead Pius X, which played its last game before the school closes.
MARIAN (54) — Karnish 1 2-4 4, Vercusky 2 2-5 6, Puza 0 0-0 0, Paisley 0 0-0 0, Kuczynski 8 2-5 19, Cortese 0 0-0 0, DeAngelo 3 2-2 8, Latham 0 0-0 0, Mohammed 6 2-3 15, Wesner 1 0-0 2, Woitko 0 0-0 0, Weber 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 10-19 54.
PIUS X (53) — Weller 4 0-0 9, Plante 3 4-5 10, Gonzalez 0 0-0 0, Kitchline 2 0-0 4, Stewart 6 1-1 15, Simpson 4 0-0 11, Carryl 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 5-6 53.
Mar (11-11) 17 8 11 10 8 — 54 Pius X (8-12) 7 15 0 24 7 — 53
3-point FGs: Kuczynski, Mohammed, Weller, Stewart 2, Simpson 3
JV score: No game
Lourdes 57
Line Mountain 50
COAL TOWNSHIP — Larry Czeponis scored a game-high 26 points to lead the Red Raiders past the Eagles in a non-league game.
LINE MOUNTAIN (50) — Reichard 7 1-3 19, Hepner 1 1-2 3, Michael 3 0-0 6, Masser 3 6-6 14, Male 2 0-0 6, Bartholomew 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 8-11 50.
LOURDES (57) — Holloran 1 1-4 3, Bucanelli 0 2-4 2, Pawelizyk 1 1-4 4, Fobia 5 1-5 15, Padula 1 2-2 5, Allen 1 0-2 2, Feese 0 0-0 0, Czeponis 10 6-9 26. Totals 19 12-29 57.
Line Mtn. 14 8 11 17 — 50 Lourdes (8-14) 16 20 7 15 — 57
3-point FGs: Reichard 4, Masser 2, Male 2, Pawelizyk, Fobia 4, Padula
JV score: Lourdes 45-33
Girls’ Basketball
Tamaqua 40
Moravian Academy 36
TAMAQUA — Paige Demetriades recorded a double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Blue Raiders to a season-ending, non-league, overtime victory over Moravian Academy on Thursday.
Demetriades scored all 12 of her points from the foul line. Brianna Wittig added 11 points for Tamaqua.
MORAVIAN ACADEMY (36) — Onesto 4 1-2 9, Spugniardi 0 0-0 0, Ferrari 1 2-2 4, Fynn 0 1-3 1, Shunk 1 1-4 3, Machinski 1 0-0 2, Ender 0 0-0 0, Kaur 0 0-0 0, Redfern 7 2-4 16, Joseph 0 1-2 1. Totals 14 8-17 36.
TAMAQUA (40) — Hartung 1 6-8 8, Demetriades 0 12-21 12, Hoffman 0 0-0 0, Jones 0 0-0 0, Wittig 4 2-2 11, Baddick 0 0-2 0, Solt 4 0-2 9, Pratka 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 20-35 40.
Moravian 5 7 7 11 10 — 36 Tam. (3-19) 8 8 3 11 6 — 36
3-point FGs: Wittig, Solt