MINERSVILLE - Reighly Melochick scored a game-high 17 points, while Abby Schoffstall added 16 as Minersville remained perfect on the season with a 58-44 non-leauge victory over Nativity on Friday evening.
Emily Maley scored five points in the first quarter, while Melochick and Schoffstall had four apiece as the Miners got out to 15-9 lead.
Allison Warren had 15 points for Nativity and Keegan White 12.
Lorudes 52 Tri-Valley 38
COAL TWP. - Carmella Bickel had a game-high 16 points to pace the Red Raiders to Division II victory over the Bulldogs.
Rachel Schutlz added 13 points for Lourdes, which led 12-6 after the first quarter and 24-14 at the half.
Brittany Smeltz and Brianna Wiscount had 10 points apiece for Tri-Valley.
Blue Mountain 57 Panther Valley 32
LANSFORD - Olivia Shpakovsky led the Eagles with 17 points in a Schuylkill League Division I win over the Panthers.
Cassie Woleschok joined Shpakovsky in double figures with 10 points for Blue Mountain.
Madison Blasko netted 13 and Macey Markovich connected on three 3-pointers to lead the Panther Valley offense.
Pine Grove 48 Jim Thorpe 33
JIM THORPE - Morgan Edge netted 17 points and Becky Evans added 15 to lead the Cardinals to a convincing win over the Olympians in Schuylkill League Division I action.
Williams Valley 55 Schuylkill Haven 36
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Haley Nestor poured in a game-high 17 points to lead the Vikings to victory over the Hurricanes.
Schuylkill Haven was paced by Emma Schweigert, who had 12 points.
Marian 67 Mahanoy Area 17
MAHANOY CITY - Vanessa Whitecavage scored a game-high 15 points as Marian stayed undefeated with a Division III victory over Mahanoy Area.
Shenandoah Valley 56 Weatherly 36
WEATHERLY - Three Lady Blue Devils knocked in double-digits and snapped a two-game losing streak, to garner this Division III victory.
Boys' Basketball Nativity 73 Weatherly 70
ALMEDIA - Kyle Kaledas was 7-for-10 from the foul line in overtime as the Hilltoppers outlasted the Wreckers in the opening round of the Columbia Montour Vo-Tech Tournament.
Luke Figas' buzzer-beating 3-pointer in the end of regulation tied the game at 60 and sent the contest into overtime. There, Nativity scored all of its points from free-throw line, sending them to the tonight's championship game tonight against Columbia Montour Vo-Tech.
The Rams beat Columbia County Christian 67-39 in the other first-round game.
Williams Valley 68 Tri-Valley 34
TOWER CITY - Stephen Sedesse recorded a double-double scoring 19 points and grabbing 15 rebounds as the Vikings rolled to an easy win over the rival Bulldogs in a Schuylkill League Division II matchup.
Pottsville 71 Berwick 29
Kevin Hampford (16), Travis Blankenhorn (15), Eli Nabholz (15) and Connor Hinchliffe (12) each scored in double figures to lead the Crimson Tide to a rout over the Bulldogs in non-league action.
Lincoln Leadership 50 Gillingham Charter 10
ALLENTOWN - Romeo Murray had six points for the Wolf Pack in their loss to the Lions.
Twin Valley 58 Hamburg 52
ELVERSON - Lloyd Sarnor scored 15 points and David Polisano added 13 as the Raiders topped the Hawks. Hamburg's Josh Kisha and Nick Schlottman tied for the game high with 17 points apiece.
Halifax 77 Upper Dauphin 70
HALIFAX - Mac Nye had 15 of his game-high 30 points in the fourth quarter but it wasn't enough for the Trojans to overcome the Wildcats in a Tri-Valley League clash.
Boys' Swimming Tamaqua 67 ES South 27
EAST STROUDSBURG - Tamaqua won 9 of the 11 events led by Matt Stanek and Jake Kropp, who took two individual events apiece in the Blue Raiders win over the Cavaliers.
200 medley relay - 1. Tamaqua (Kropp, Whalen, Turrano, Eberts) 2:00.60; 200 IM - 1. Whalen (T) 2:30.33; 200 freestyle - 1. Stanek (T) 2:08.05; 50 freestyle - 1. Keskinev (ESS) 24.97; Diving - No event; 100 butterfly - 1. Turrano (T) 1:02.60; 100 freestyle - 1. Kropp (T) 55.64; 200 freestyle relay - 1. Tamaqua (Whalen, Wenzel, Stanek, Eberts) 1:45.37; 500 freestyle - 1. Stanek (T) 5:45.39; 100 backstroke - 1. Kropp (T) 1:02.40; 100 breaststroke - 1. Strasser (ESS) 1:19.24; 400 freestyle relay - 1. Tamaqua (Turrano, Stanek, Wenzel, Kropp) 4:01.52
Girls' Swimming Tamaqua 77 ES South 16
EAST STROUDSBURG - Rebecca Kanaskie, Joann Butkus, Miranda Amey and Makayla Boyle each won a pair of individual events in the Blue Raiders victory over the Cavaliers.
200 medley relay - 1. Tamaqua (Boyle, Trovinger, Butkus, DeCindio) N/A; 200 IM - 1. Kanaskie (T) 2:31.82; 200 freestyle - 1. Amey (T) 2:08.29; 50 freestyle - 1. Butkus (T) 25.54; Diving - No event; 100 butterfly - 1. Butkus (T) 1:07.32; 100 freestyle - 1. Boyle (T) 103.36; 200 freestyle relay - 1. Tamaqua (Amey, Trovinger, Gulick, Kanaskie) 1:56.52; 500 freestyle - 1. Amey (T) 5:52.79; 100 backstroke - 1. Boyle (T) 1:14.64; 100 breaststroke - 1. Kanaskie (T) 1:17.88; 400 freestyle relay - 1. Tamaqua (Amey, DeCindio, Kanaskie, Butkus) 4:07.80.