FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - It's never too early to get a leg up on the rest of a division.
North Schuylkill used 15 points from junior post player Carly Gregas to pull away from Pottsville for a 68-44 victory to move atop the Schuylkill League Division I girls' basketball standings Monday evening.
Lauren Damiter added 12 points, while Tiff Lapotsky tallied 10 as the Spartans built a nine-point halftime edge and used a 23-12 third-quarter surge to put the Tide away.
Sadie Cresswell and Hanna Burnhauser totaled 11 points apiece for Pottsville.
Marian 40 Williams Valley 25
HOMETOWN - Gabby Green and Savanna Krusinsky scored nine points apiece, pacing a balanced Fillies' attack in a Division II-III victory over the Vikings.
Abbey Whildin and Emily Sofranko each added eight points for unbeaten Marian.
Kate Whelski knocked down a pair of triples on the way to 10 points for Williams Valley.
Tri-Valley 49 Shenandoah Valley 38
SHENANDOAH - Brittany Smeltz netted nine of her game-high 18 points during the second quarter as the Dawgs earned a Division II-III victory over the Blue Devils.
Kristina Nieddu totaled 12 points and Marcella Creasy added 11 for Shenandoah Valley.
Blue Mountain 44 Jim Thorpe 22
JIM THORPE - Olivia Shpakovsky tallied a game-high 20 points, leading the Eagles to a Division I rout of the Olympians.
Alexis Naranjo and Gabby Binder tallied eight points apiece for Jim Thorpe.
Lourdes 69 Weatherly 45
WEATHERLY - Rachel Schultz posted a game-high 26 points, lifting the Red Raiders to a Division II-III victory over the Wreckers.
Carmella Bickel added 17 points, Bailey Trell contributed 11 and Angelique Pennypacker tallied 10 for Lourdes.
Upper Dauphin 42 Millersburg 34
MILLERSBURG - Taylor Brown hit 6-of-9 at the charity stripe in the fourth quarter on her way to a game-high 16 points as the Trojans earned a Tri-Valley League victory over the Indians.
McKenzie Miller added eight points, and Whitni Rudisill collected 13 rebounds for Upper Dauphin.
Boys' basketball Northern Lehigh 55 Tamaqua 47
TAMAQUA - Bo Rottet dropped a game-high 30 points, including seven 3-pointers, but the Blue Raiders lost a non-league contest to the Bulldogs.
Matt Egan led the way for Northern Lehigh with 21 points.
The following girls' basketball games were postponed Monday night:
- Panther Valley at Pine Grove has been rescheduled for Jan. 20.
- Schuylkill Haven at Mahanoy Area has been rescheduled for Jan. 22.