When they woke up to rain and a flash flood watch, they decided to move all games on the final day of the 50-team, four-day boys basketball tournament to the Whitehall-Coplay School District complex with Dick Tracy Court in Whitehall High’s main gym serving as the centerpiece.

“It was a no-brainer to go inside,” Klein said. “It was raining and we weren’t going to be ready in time. We didn’t have to get out the blow dryers, the squeegees and do all kind of stuff to dry off the courts. We would have been four hours behind. And we have a great partner at Whitehall and they accommodated us on short notice. They have simplified things by having four courts on one campus and we could bring the games over here without missing a beat. We could accommodate the fans and everybody.”

The move inside seemed to take Mother Nature’s elements out of the mix and enhance the performances of some of the area’s most special players.

Defending tournament champ Allentown Central Catholic will be in that final game after beating Reading and Parkland in the big school winners bracket semifinals and final. In the 48-45 win over Parkland, rising junior Jahrel Vigo scored 30 points and had 24 of his team’s first 32 points.

The two were set to meet again in the finals after Parkland beat Emmaus 62-54 in a final three game.

“I thought we needed that kind of performance, from me,” Vigo said. “Parkland has [Nick] Coval and a lot of good shooters. We had to get out on their shooters and our defense was key. Coval can get into the lane and create shots, but our offense and defense was good.”

Coval had 19 and Robbie Ruisch added 16 for the Trojans.

Vigo said it’s hard to score 30 in a game when opponents “strategize against you” and whether it’s July or January, the rivalry between the Vikings and Trojans is a natural. He was happy to get out of the heat and rain and go inside for this one.

“I like playing outdoors, too, but with the heat and rain, I was glad we came inside and we didn’t have to worry about anything,” Vigo said.

Barber scores 31

Will Barber is one of the area’s best lacrosse players and has already committed to Saint Joseph’s to play Division I lacrosse.

But Barber is also one of the area’s top boys basketball players. He was a first-team all-Eastern Pennsylvania Conference selection and will be one of the best players in the league again next winter as a senior.

One game after Vigo’s spectactular 30-point effort Barber showed off his skills with a 31-point performance in a 60-58 come-from-behind win over Phillipsburg to put the Green Hornets into the final three of the big school tournament.

Emmaus, which rallied from a 23-8 deficit, won six games in a row after losing to Liberty Friday night. The Green Hornets eventually had their run end with a 62-54 loss to Parkland.

“To lose our first game on Friday night and come back to be in the final three is what has me so proud of our guys,” Green Hornets coach Steve Yoder said. “Our two senior leaders, Will and Jametric Harris, have really stepped up. The kids kept showing up and we were 15 deep and we’ve played 15 guys in every game except this last one. I think has paid off because we’re a little more fresh than maybe some of the other teams. We’ve had a great weekend.”

Barber averaged a team-high 17.3 points per game last season and Yoder said he has to tell him to be a little more selfish at times.

“Some of the guys he leaned on last year like Dylan Darville and Jake Fotta are now gone and these younger kids are doing an incredible job, but I told him that the younger kids need to feel your presence,” Yoder said. “He has been doing that.”

While Barber had 15 points in the first half and 16 in the second, Harris, was also consistent with seven in each half.

“Jametric has been unstoppable at times,” Yoder said. “We’re excited.”

Big School bracket

Whitehall posted one of the most exciting wins of the tournament on Saturday night in one of the last games played at Cedar Beach before the rain came.

The Zephyrs rallied from a sizable deficit to go overtime to beat last year’s District 11 6A finalist Liberty, 54-53.

Luke Keppel hit a 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation to tie it and then delivered what proved to be the game-winning points on an old-fashioned three-point play with nine seconds left in OT and the Zephyrs won.

Keppel was one of several Whitehall players who came back from an AAU tournament in Myrtle Beach, arriving home at 3 a.m. Saturday because they wanted to play for their high school team in the Showcase. Keppel finished with 16 points against Liberty, but injured his ankle early in what proved to be a tournament-ending loss to Phillipsburg Sunday morning.

Phillipsburg then stayed alive in the tournament by beating Reading on a buzzer-beater before eventually losing a thriller to Emmaus.

Palmerton wins small school title

Ken Termini has made a lot of progress with the Palmerton program in his time as head coach.

And, the Blue Bombers won a district title a few years ago.

But perhaps Termini was never prouder of his program than on Sunday when the Blue Bombers fought back from a 15-point deficit to beat defending tournament champ Holy Cross 62-60 in the small-school title game at Whitehall.

Matt Machalik was named MVP after he scored 28 points, including 19 in the second half in leading Palmerton.

“We’ve done a lot of knocking on the door of championships, but this time we were able to walk through it,” Termini said after his team went 5-1 over four days. “Our kids showed a lot of heart, down 15 and playing their third game of the day and playing against a great Holy Cross team that is so well-coached and so disciplined. But we talk about playing for Palmerton and playing with heart, guts and pride and I think the boys did that today.”

Trace Stahler came up with a late steal that clinched the win for Palmerton, which avenged an earlier 49-47 loss to the District 2 power in the winners bracket final.

“Trace has worked so hard the last few years and things sometimes didn’t click as fast as he would have liked it, too,” Termini said. “I said Trace ‘all that hard work you’ve put in is paying off today; today is pay day for you!’ He showed it out here today and I think he’s going to have a great senior year with all of the boys.”

Machalik, who recently committed to play football at Lehigh, said it was a big moment for the program.

“We stress getting to Sunday and we had to win against tough teams like Oley Valley and Northwestern Lehigh and we had a great team like Holy Cross to play in the final,” Machalik said. “We lost to them early, but fought our way back through the losers bracket. It’s great to win this championship. We wanted it so bad. We needed to do the little things to get this done.”

As for Lehigh, Machalik said it’s a great fit for him.

“I formed a really great relationship with the coaches and I’m just happy to be going there,” he said. “Local support is going to be very big. I just want to represent the Lehigh Valley. But I’m really pumped up for my last seasons at Palmerton. I am trying to leave my legacy behind and go win some championships.

Blue Eagles soar to JV crown

Nazareth’s varsity boys basketball team is coming off a 10-12 season that included a 7-9 EPC mark.

The Blue Eagles may have a brighter future as evidenced by them winning the JV championship with a 47-40 overtime win over Liberty.

“These guys fought to the end,” said Nazareth coach Ed Reed. “It’s a very hard-working team and it’s one of those teams you could go to battle with any day.”

Nazareth went 5-0 and beat Southern Lehigh, Emmaus, Easton and Muhlenberg Township en route to the finals.

“These are all sophomores and we didn’t know what to expect going into this tournament,” Reed said. “These guys put a lot into this tournament and we have a great future. They earned everything they got.”

Reed emphasized it was a team effort, but among the guys who had big performances were Gavin Kershner, Jayden Wolf and Logan Hahn.

“Honestly, I could name every single guy on this team,” Reed said.

Nazareth was boosted by having NFL star receiver Jahan Dotson around offering encouragement for the second straight day.

“Jahan is just a great guy,” Nazareth varsity coach Joe Arndt said. “He loves coming back here. Our kids see him so much that to them, it’s not that big of a deal to see him. But Jahan is a special guy and will always be part of our program.”

Sunday scoreboard

VARSITY BIG SCHOOL

Winners bracket

Parkland 59, Muhlenberg Twp 46 … Nick Coval 22.

ACCHS 42, Reading 37 … Jahrel Vigo 17.

ACCHS 48, Parkland 45 … Vigo 30.

Elimination bracket

Phillipsburg 51, Whitehall 43 … Martin 15.

Emmaus 36, Berks Catholic 20 … Will Barber 13.

Phillipsburg 54, Reading 53 … Game-winning shot on a buzzer-beater

Emmaus 58, Muhlenberg Twp. 48 … Barber 18.

Emmaus 60, Phillipsburg 58 … Will Barber 31.

Parkland 62, Emmaus 54 … Jayden Thomas 14.,

VARSITY SMALL SCHOOL

Winners bracket

Holy Cross 49, Palmerton 47 … Lyons 18.

Championship: Palmerton 62, Holy Cross 60 … Matt Machalik 28.

Elimination bracket

Oley Valley 38, Kutztown 36 … Ben DeBako 15.

Northwestern Lehigh 58, Oley 41 …Mason Bollinger 18.

Palmerton 47, Northwestern Lehigh 32 … Matt Machalik 14.

JV TOURNAMENT

Winners bracket

Nazareth 46, Muhlenberg Twp 44 … Logan Hahn 11

Championship: Nazareth 47, Liberty 40 … Overtime.

Elimination bracket

Allen 46, Gov. Mifflin 43 … Wimberly 20.

Liberty 56, Easton 52 … Slippe 14.

Liberty 48, Allen 30 … Will Palmer 19,.

But there were also down-to-the-wire thrillers as Bethlehem Catholic edged Liberty and East Stroudsburg South outlasted Pocono Mountain West.

Perhaps the night’s biggest surprise came from Dieruff as the Huskies, who have lost numerous close games all season, defeated Nazareth.

Allen, Nazareth, and Northampton all entered the night with 9-10 overall records and in a virtual tie for the final two spots available in the District 11 6A tournament.

But all three lost on the final night of January and the quest for those last two berths will continue Friday when Allen travels to Central Catholic, Nazareth hosts Easton and Northampton entertains Whitehall.

Thursday’s Emmaus-Parkland game has been moved back from a 7 p.m. start to 8 so that the gym can be cleared after the freshman and junior varsity games which are free to those wanting to attend. Tickets for the varsity game will cost adults $5 and students $3 with school ID. Senior citizens 62 and older and military veterans are free.

Here’s a look at each EPC game from Tuesday’s schedule:

Parkland 38, Northampton 35

The Trojans led by nine after one quarter, by 17 at halftime, and were still up 10 entering the final period, but had to hold off Northampton late. Parkland improved to 11-6, 11-3 EPC while the Konkrete Kids fell to 9-11, 5-9.

Parkland 14 – 13 – 4 – 7 — 38

Northampton 5 – 5 – 11 – 14 — 35

PARKLAND (38)

Coval 5 2-2 14, Ray 1 1-4 4, Gerbasio 5 0-0 12, Spang 1 0-1 3, Johns 1 0-0 2, Smaltz 1 1-3 3. Totals 14 4-10 38.

NORTHAMPTON (35)

Kolumber 4 2-3 10, Pinnock 4 4-8 12, Graff 1 0-0 3, Kauffman 2 1-2 6, Koplin 1 0-0 2, Dunbar 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 7-13 35.

3-pointers: Parkland (6) Coval 2, Gerbasio 2, Ray, Spang. Northampton (2) Graff, Kauffman.

Pocono Mountain West 54, E.S. South 52

In a battle of two of the league’s best teams, Juju Pagan scored eight of his 17 points int the fourth quarter to help the Panthers edge past the Cavaliers, who got 24 points from Jaen Chatman. West improved to 16-4 overall, 12-3 EPC. South fell to 16-4, 10-4.

East Stroudsburg South 18 – 7 – 8 – 14 — 52

Pocono Mt. West 12 – 10 – 16 – 16 — 54

EAST STROUDSBURG SOUTH (52)

Patterson 3 1-2 7, Santos 4 0-0 9, Chatman 9 3-4 24, Carnegie 1 0-0 2, Green 3 0-0 6, Watts 1 2-4 4. Totals 21 6-10 52.

POCONO MOUNTAIN WEST (54)

Pagan 6 3-4 17, Coles, Jr. 6 1-2 17, Smith 1 0-0 2, Mateo 2 0-0 6, Brito 5 2-5 12. Totals 20 6-11 54.

3-pointers: ES South (4) Chatman 3, Santos. PM West (8) Coles, Jr. 4, Pagan 2, Mateo 2.

Allentown Central Catholic 78, Whitehall 44

The Vikings made seven of their 14 3-pointers in the first quarter, including three by sophomore sharpshooter Lucas Mushrush and rolled past the host Zephyrs. Mushrush finished with 22 points with six treys. Whitehall’s leading scorer, Luke Keppel, was held to six points and didn’t score in the second half. Central improved to 14-6, 11-3 EPC, while the Zephs fell to 11-9, 6-8.

ACCHS 30 – 17 – 15 – 16 — 78

Whitehall 12 – 12 – 9 – 11 — 44

ALLENTOWN CENTRAL CATHOLIC (78)

Fridia 1 6-8 9, Pulieri 4 0-1 10, Davis 1 0-0 3, Gibson 1 0-0 2, Jones 2 1-2 5, Patridge 1 2-2 5, Vigo 5 1-1 13, Mushrush 8 0-0 22, Ensley 1 0-0 2, Stewart-Smith 3 0-0 7. Totals 27 10-14 78.

WHITEHALL (44)

Keppel 1 3-3 6, Orochena 2 0-0 5, Ringenberger 3 2-2 10, Hoderewski 1 0-0 3, Lloyd 1 0-0 2, Kneller 3 1-1 7, Roberts 1 0-2 2, Bashore 1 0-0 2, Kovalcik 2 0-0 5, Dogmanits 1 0-2 2. Totals 16 6-10 44.

3-pointers: ACCHS (14) Mushrush 6, Vigo 2, Pulieri 2, Patridge, Stewart-Smith, Fridia, Davis. Whitehall (6) Ringenberger 2, Orochena, Keppel, Kovalcik.

Freedom 63, Easton 33

The Patriots improved to 14-6, 10-4 EPC, and extended its lead to two games over Liberty for first place in the EPC’s East Division with a showdown against the Hurricanes looming Friday night at Memorial Gym. Easton fell to 2-17, 1-13.

Easton 6 – 5 – 12 -10 — 33

Freedom 24 – 13 – 20 – 6 — 63

EASTON (33)

Ryan Cornish 1 1-2 3, Jeremy Henry 2 0-0 5, Jaiden Folk 1 2-2 4, James Viglianti 1 2-4 4, Jasir Frutchey 0 0-1 0, Aziz Muhammad 0 2-4 2, Jack Grimmer 0 0-0 0, C.J. Hunt 0 1-2 1, Adonis Pomplius 0 2-2 2, Tyshaun Dunlap 0 0-0 0, Jon Kuchta 0 2-2 2, Andrew Hoadley 5 0-0 10. Totals 10 12-19 33.

FREEDOM (63)

Aaron Levy 1 0-0 2, Krishna Mangroo 3 0-0 7, Cristian Morot 0 0-0 0, Jalen Fletcher 2 0-0 6, Joseph Dew 4 0-0 11, Dylan Alvarez 0 0-0 0, Jaden Wilson 1 0-1 2, Jackson Parker 1 0-0 2, Orion Richardson 0 0-0 0, Jaden Tillett 6 2-2 17, Trent Vandever 2 0-0 5, Nicholas Ellis 3 3-4 11, Nathaniel Sletvold 0-0-0 0. Totals: 23 5-7 63.

3-pointers: Easton (1) Henry. Freedom (12) Dew 3, Tillett 3, Fletcher 2, Ellis 2, Mangroo, Vandever.

Pleasant Valley 77, Pocono Mountain East 59

The Bears got a 24-point effort from Jarod Moore in improving to 8-10, 6-8 EPC and kept alive their hopes for a District 11 5A tournament berth. The Cardinals fell to 3-17, 0-14.

Pocono Mountain East 8 – 16 – 12- 23 — 59

Pleasant Valley 14 – 22 – 21 – 20 — 77

POC MT. EAST (59)

Fermin 9 3-4 25, Cruz 3 0-0 7, Jones 4 2-3 11, Pierre 5 2-6 12, Scoz 0 2-2 2, Daley 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 9-15 59.

PLEASANT VALLEY (77)

J. Moore 10 3-4 24, Greene 3 0-0 7, Williams 3 0-0 7, Hallenbeck 4 0-0 11, P. Moore 4 2-2 10, Power 1 0-0 3, Ratti 2 0-0 6, Prator 1 2-2 3, Pandolfo 3 0-0 6. Totals 31 6-9 77.

Becahi 44, Liberty 41

The Golden Hawks got 14 of a team-high 19 points from Alex Cercado in the second half and snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 13-6, 9-5 EPC. Liberty fell to 12-8, 8-6.

Liberty 9 – 7 – 14 – 11 — 41

Becahi 12 – 7 – 13 – 11 — 44

LIBERTY (41)

Hargrove 5 6-7 17, Pukszyn 5 1-2 13, Chess, Jr., 4 0-0 8, Rivera 1 0-0 3, Goodman 0 0-0 0, Vermuelen 0 0-0 0, Kamanga 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 7-9 41.

BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC (44)

Rompilla 1 0-0 3, Cercad 6 5-6 19, Josh Benka-Coker 0 2-4 2, Brown 4 2-2 10, Hodge 0 1-4 1, Drysdale 3 2-2 9. Totals 14 12-18 44.

3-pointers: Liberty (4) Pukszyn 2, Hargrove, Rivera. Becahi (4) Cercado, Rompilla, Drysdale.

Emmaus 62, Allen 29

In a game that didn’t feature a single made 3-pointer, the Green Hornets outscored the Canaries 40-17 in the second half and rolled to their 16th win in 20 games. Allen lost its fourth straight game and fell to 9-11, 6-8.

Emmaus 12 – 10 – 20 – 20 — 62

Allen 6 – 6 – 10 – 7 — 29

EMMAUS (62)

Csensits 4 0-0 8, Fotta 1 0-0 2, McCourt 1 2-2 4, Santos 1 0-0 2, Harris 4 2-2 10, Darville 3 2-2 8, Nunez 1 2-2 4, Barber 5 2-4 12, Terrero 5 2-4 12. Totals 25 12-18 62.

ALLEN (29)

Figueroa 5 1-1 11, Jackson 2 0-0 4, Justo 1 0-0 2, Monroe 2-0-0 4, Polanco 0 2-2 2, Brant 1 0-0 2, R. Johnson 1 0-0 2, Ortiz 1 0-0 2. Totals 13 3-3 29.

Dieruff 69, Nazareth 58

Xion Chapman scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and Kenyatta Moore added seven of his 17 in the final stanza as the Huskies were able to hold off the visiting Blue Eagles. Dieruff improved to 6-14, 5-9, while the Blue Eagles fell to 9-11, 6-8.

Nazareth 15 – 7 – 13 – 23 — 58

Dieruff 13 – 12 – 18 – 26 — 69

NAZARETH (58)

Ramin 5 2-3 13, Kuehner 4 1-2 9, Banghart 3 0-0 6, Roberts 4 4-6 13, Dibilio 7 1-2 17. Totals 23 8-13 58.

DIERUFF (69)

Chapman 7 3-3 17, Fallah 6 3-4 15, Walker 3 0-0 6, Hanna 2 0-1 5, Pearsall 2 2-2 8, Rosario 0 1-2 1, Moore 8 1-2 17. Totals 28 10-14 69.

3-pointers: Nazareth (4) Dibilio 2, Roberts, Ramin. Dieruff (3) Pearsall 2, Hanna.

Stroudsburg 52, East Stroudsburg North 40

The Mounties won their third straight and improved to 7-13, 3-11, while the Timberwolves fell to 8-10, 6-8.

East Stroudsburg North 7 – 9 – 14 – 10 — 40

Stroudsburg 8 – 18 – 14 – 20 — 52

EAST STROUDSBURG NORTH (40)

Dobie 9 4-5 23, Wilder 6 5-5 17, Francisco 0 0-0 0, Washington 0 0-0 0, Bourjolly 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 9-10 40.

STROUDSBURG (52)

Brown 2 0-0 6, Moore 1 0-0 3, Gilmore 1 3-5 6, Key 2 0-0 5, Polonia 4 3-4 11, Lynch 4 0-2 8, Smith-Johnson 5 2-2 13. Totals 19 8-13 52.

3-pointers: ES North (1) Dobie. Stroudsburg (6) Brown 2, Gilmore, Key, Smith-Johnson, Moore.

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WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE

Girls Basketball

Palisades at Bangor, 12:45 p.m.

Moravian Academy at Pen Argyl, 5:30 p.m.

Phillipsburg at Easton, 5:30 p.m.

Catasauqua at Wilson, 6:45 p.m.

Northwestern Lehigh at Salisbury, 6:45 p.m.

Palmerton at Southern Lehigh, 6:45 p.m.

Saucon Valley at Notre Dame-Green Pond, 6:45 p.m.

Boys Basketball

Bangor at Palisades, 6:45 p.m.

Moravian Academy at Pen Argyl, 6:45 p.m.

Salisbury at Northwestern Lehigh, 6:45 p.m.

Saucon Valley at Notre Dame-Green Pond, 6:45 p.m.

Southern Lehigh at Palmerton, 6:45 p.m.

Wilson at Catasauqua, 6:45 p.m.

Phillipsburg at Easton, 7 p.m.

Wrestling

Freedom at East Stroudsburg South, 7 p.m.

Liberty at Pocono Mountain West, 7 p.m.

East Stroudsburg North at Northampton, 7 p.m.

Easton at Pocono Mountain East, 7 p.m.

Emmaus at Pleasant Valley, 7 p.m.

Whitehall at Stroudsburg, 7 p.m.

William at Bethlehem Catholic, 7 p.m.

Dieruff at Parkland, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY’S SCORES

Girls Swimming

Pocono Mountain West 84, Central Catholic 84

Easton 76, Whitehall 25

Boys Swimming

Pocono Mountain West 97, Central Catholic 46

Easton 69, Whitehall 32

Rifle

Stroudsburg 994 75x, East Stroudsburg South 990 69x

Emmaus 998 80x, Freedom 986 62x

Wrestling

Notre Dame-Green Pond 72, Wilson 6

Catasauqua 42, Northwestern 29

Salisbury 35, Southern Lehigh 30

Pen Argyl 45, Bangor 24

Girls Basketball

Emmaus 58, Allen 36

Pocono Mountain East 60, Pleasant Valley 26

Parkland 40, Northampton 28

Easton 52, Freedom 16

Liberty 57, Bethlehem Catholic 49

Nazareth 49 Dieruff 33

Nazareth: I. Novak 2, Mooney 0, Kea 13, Henchy 0, Baker 5, Wells 5, Bender 6, Abt 2, Martucci 5, Long 9, Chobin 0, Cole 2; Dieruff: Fernandez 7, Rios 2, Price 6, Staggers 6, Holder 3, Rosario 9, Diaz-Mitchel 0, Santiago-Lopez 0. Totals: 14, 2-4. 33

Boys Basketball

Pocono Mountain West 54, East Stroudsburg South 52

Dieruff 69, Nazareth 58

Dieruff: Chapman 17, Moore 17, Fallah 15; Nazareth: Dibilio 17

Panther Valley 50, Pottsville 37

Freedom 63, Easton 33

Easton: Ryan Cornish 1 1-2 3, Jeremy Henry 2 0-0 5, Jaiden Folk 1 2-2 4, James Viglianti 1 2-4 4, Jasir Frutchey 0 0-1 0, Aziz Muhammad 0 2-4 2, Jack Grimmer 0 0-0 0, C.J. Hunt 0 1-2 1, Adonis Pomplius 0 2-2 2, Tyshaun Dunlap 0 0-0 0, Jon Kuchta 0 2-2 2, Andrew Hoadley 5 0-0 10; Freedom: Aaron Levy 1 0-0 2, Krishna Mangroo 3 0-0 7, Cristian Morot 0 0-0 0, Jalen Fletcher 2 0-0 6, Joseph Dew 4 0-0 11, Dylan Alvarez 0 0-0 0, Jaden Wilson 1 0-1 2, Jackson Parker 1 0-0 2, Orion Richardson 0 0-0 0, Jaden Tillett 6 2-2 17, Trent Vandever 2 0-0 5, Nicholas Ellis 3 3-4 11, Nathaniel Sletvold 0-0-0 0

Central Catholic 78, Whitehall 44

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Those two teams getting to the biggest stage of their sport doesn’t happen every year.

However, the city’s scholastic boys basketball teams from the Public League and Catholic League have been dominant almost from the time they joined the PIAA back in the 2000s.

The latest “Beasts of the East” rankings, which gauge the strength of programs in Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, and 12, reflect the power of Philly hoops as all six classes feature No. 1 teams from District 12.

Imhotep retains the top spot in Class 5A even after it fell to Camden 60-57 Saturday before a sold-out crowd of 4,200 at Saint Joseph’s Hagan Arena. The game, considered to be the most-anticipated in Philly high school hoops in more than 20 years, featured three five-star Kentucky recruits. One of them was Camden’s D.J. Wagner, who led Camden with 22 points.

Wagner and Camden packed Allentown’s PPL Center in a one-night showcase last winter.

Of local interest, Archbishop Wood, which is ranked third in Class 6A, will be at Parkland on Sunday to take on the Trojans at about 1:40 p.m. in the middle contest of the three games in the Lehigh Valley Hoop Group Showcase.

Executive Education, which will play The Patrick School in the Hoop Group event at noon, remains 6th in Class 3A, and Allentown Central Catholic has moved up to sixth in Class 4A.

Here are the latest “Beasts of the East” rankings provided by scholastic basketball gurus Jason Hackman and Toomey Anderson.

CLASS 6A

Rank, Team, District, Record, Last time

1. Roman Catholic (12) 16-1, 1st

2. Reading High (3) 19-1, 2nd

3. Archbishop Wood (12) 9-6, 3rd

4. St. Joe’s Prep (12) 13-4, 5th

5. Spring-Ford (1) 19-1, 6th

6. Lower Merion (1) 17-2, 4th

7. Plymouth-Whitemarsh (1) 17-2, 8th

8. Downingtown West (1) 15-5, HM

9. Garnet Valley (1) 14-5, HM

10. Emmaus (11) 15-4, 9th

Dropped Out: (7) Cumberland Valley (3) 15-2, 7th last time; Father Judge (12) 9-7, 10th last time.

Honorable Mention: Central Bucks East (1) 17-2; Coatesville (1) 12-7; Methacton (1) 14-6; North Penn (1) 15-4; Penn Wood(1) 12-4; Hazleton (2) 10-7; Central York(3) 15-5; Cumberland Valley (3) 15-2; Hempfield (3) 16-2; Waynesboro (3) 17-1; William Penn (3) 15-4; Wilson (3) 13-5; Williamsport (4) 11-4; Freedom (11) 13-6; Parkland (11) 12-6; Father Judge (12) 9-7; LaSalle (12) 9-9; Northeast (12) 14-5; Olney (12) 15-3.

CLASS 5A

1. Imhotep (12) 16-3, 1st

2. Radnor (1) 19-0, 2nd

3. Archbishop Ryan (12), 10-7

4. Abington Heights (2), 16-1

5. West Chester East (1), 15-5

6. Exeter Township (3) 13-5, HM

7. Muhlenberg (3) 12-6, HM

8. Dallas (2) 15-2, 6th

9. Dobbins (12) 18-1, HM

10. Pocono Mountain West (11) 15-4, HM

Dropped Out: Bonner-Prendergast (12) 9-7, 7th; Unionville (1) 16-2, 8th; East Stroudsburg South (11) 6-3, 9th; Boys Latin (12) 14-4, 10th.

Honorable Mention: Chichester (1) 15-3; Unionville (1) 16-2; Upper Dublin (1) 15-4; Pittston (2) 13-4; Lampeter-Strasburg (3) 15-3; Manheim Central (3) 15-3; Mechanicsburg (3) 13-5; Milton Hershey (3) 11-4; Warwick (3) 12-5; West York (3) 14-6; Selinsgrove (4) 12-6; East Stroudsburg South (11) 16-3; Whitehall (11) 11-8; Ben Franklin (12) 15-2; Bonner-Prendergast (12) 9-7; Boys Latin (12) 14-4; Samuel Fels (12) 17-1.

CLASS 4A

1. Neumann-Goretti (12) 14-2, 1st

2. Berks Catholic (3) 16-2, 2nd

3. Cardinal O’Hara (12) 11-6, 3rd

4. Archbishop Carroll (12) 12-5, 4th

5. Valley View (2) 14-2, 5th

6. Allentown Central Catholic (11) 11-6, 8th

7. Fleetwood (3) 19-1, 6th

8. Bishop McDevitt (3) 13-3, NM

9. Scranton Prep (2) 10-7, 9th

10. Bethlehem Catholic (11) 12-6, 7th

Dropped Out: Eastern York (3) 13-5, 10th.

Honorable Mention: Collegium (1) 8-9; Pope John Paul II (1) 9-9; Greater Nanticoke Area (2) 13-6; Tunkhannock (2) 9-8; Eastern York (3) 13-5; Littlestown (3) 17-3; Schuylkill Valley (3) 13-5; Athens (4) 11-6; Danville (4) 11-4; Shamokin (4) 13-5; Blue Mountain (11) 14-5; North Schuylkill (11) 15-3; Wilson (11) 12-6; FLC (12) 13-6; Overbrook (12) 11-8.

CLASS 3A

1. West Catholic (12) 9-8, 2nd

2. Devon Prep (12) 10-7, 1st

3. Columbia (3) 15-1, 3rd

4. Holy Redeemer (2) 16-2, 4th

5. Math Civics and Science (12) 12-7, 5th

6. Executive Education (11) 15-2, 6th

7. Trinity (3) 15-2, 7th

8. Mid Valley (2) 13-3, 8th

9. Notre Dame Green Pond (11) 16-3, 9th

10. North Penn-Mansfield (4) 17-1, 10th

Honorable Mention: Mast (1) 11-6; Carbondale (2) 10-6; Old Forge (2) 10-5; Riverside (2) 11-5; Delone Catholic (3) 13-5; Oley Valley (3) 15-4; York Catholic (3) 13-6; Southern Columbia (4) 11-5; Loyalsock (4) 10-6; Troy (4) 12-5; Wellsboro (4) 12-4; Palmerton (11) 15-3; Saucon Valley (11) 15-4; Mast II (12) 10-5; SLA-Beeber (12) 16-4; Vaux (12) 15-5.

CLASS 2A

1. Constitution (12) 12-7, 1st

2. Dock Mennonite (1) 17-2, 2nd

3. Holy Cross (2) 12-3, 3rd

4. St John Neumann Regional (4) 11-4, 4th

5. Maritime (12) 16-3, 7th

6. Sankofa (12) 10-8, 6th

7. Church Farm (1) 13-3, HM

8. Marian Catholic (11) 11-7, HM

9. Schuylkill Haven (11) 15-4. 8th

10. Mahanoy Area (11) 15-4, 9th

Dropped Out: Tri-Valley (11) 14-3, 5th; Halifax (3) 12-5, 10th.

Honorable Mention: Delco Christian (1) 10-8; Antietam (3) 9-8; Halifax (3) 12-5; Lancaster Mennonite (3) 12-7; Steelton Highspire (3) 6-10; Muncy (4) 13-5; Northwest Area (4) 13-3; South Williamsport (4) 11-7; Lincoln Leadership (11) 8-8; Minersville (11) 12-7; Nativity BVM (11) 7-10; Tri-Valley (11) 14-3; Paul Robeson (12) 11-10; Strawberry Mansion (12) 9-8.

CLASS 1A

1. The City School (12) 17-3, 1st

2. Linville Hill Christian (3) 14-0, 2nd

3. Chester Charter (1) 13-3, 3rd

4. Greenwood (3) 16-1, 4th

5. Mount Calvary Christian (3) 14-5, 6th

6. Phil-Mont Christian (1) 12-5, 5th

7. LaAcademia (3) 8-7, 7th

8. Lancaster Country Day (3) 9-6, 8th

9. Northumberland Christian (4) 11-3, 9th

10. GAMP (12) 8-3, 10th

Honorable Mention: Plumstead Christian (1) 6-7; Forest City Regional (2) 9-6; Conestoga Christian (3) 10-7; Dayspring Christian (3) 16-3; High Point Baptist (3) 9-4; Lancaster County Christian (3) 9-6; West Shore Christian (3) 10-9; North Penn-Liberty (4) 9-7; Sullivan County (4) 10-7; Bethlehem Christian (11) 10-4; Notre Dame E-S (11) 11-8.

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The Wilson junior has a better grip this year on his diet, which is why the weight cut after Christmas went smoothly.

“Eating is the main thing, what I put into my body,” DiBiagio said. “I know what I’m doing now. I was a big sweet tooth, but ever since last year when I was cutting a lot of weight I basically gave [sweets] up.

“I eat fish, any seafood, fruit before my matches. That gets me through it.”

DiBiagio bounced back after a disappointing blood-round loss at Saturday’s Ultimate Duals to win Sunday’s Colonial League championship at 114 pounds.

Mitch Miller has the opposite issue. He could eat whatever he wanted for days and still be outweighed by 20, 30, 40 pounds or more every match in the 285-pound class.

The Salisbury senior maintains a healthy diet and sits around 228 pounds, so his adjustments come on the mat.

“I’ve got to prepare to wrestle bigger boys,” Miller said Sunday after winning the Colonial League title. “These guys are big, but there’s always someone bigger. It doesn’t end here.

“You have to have a lot more patience because there are smaller windows when you’re wrestling big guys. You have to watch to not get thrown, especially at my weight. It grounds you a lot better.”

Miller is 22-4 this season. Those four setbacks came against opponents who were much closer to 285 pounds than 228. He is hoping to reach the state tournament this season after finishing one win shy last year while part of Central Catholic’s team. Salisbury and Central Catholic now have a cooperative agreement.

Miller’s 7-2 decision in the Colonial League final was his first win this season by decision. He has 18 pins and three forfeits.

DiBiagio (19-8) has a similar goal. He didn’t place at last year’s Class 2A Southeast Regional at 107 pounds. He believes experience, an improved diet and offseason training give him a better chance.

“For most lighter weights,” he said, “they are doing the same thing. It’s not just me [cutting weight]. I love cross country and that really helps me with my training. And I’m eating right.”

Lehigh Valley wrestling rankings

(through Sunday)

107 POUNDS

1. Jr. Ayden Smith, Notre Dame-GP (26-3): Did not wrestle

2. Fr. Keanu Dillard, Bethlehem Catholic (4-0): Four takedowns in win over Malvern Prep

3. So. Colby Martinelli, Pennridge (19-4): 2-0 week, including a 20-second pin

4. Fr. Kole Davidheiser, Faith Christian (21-7): Off week

5. So. Jasiah Pagan, Liberty (23-6): Won 10 in a row, all by bonus

Honorable mention (in alphabetical order): Tanner Berkenstock, Notre Dame-GP (10-7); Hunter Brown, Stroudsburg (17-10); Connor Dugan, Lehighton (13-12); Ben Godshall, Upper Perkiomen (22-6); Wilmont Kai, Whitehall (21-6); Griffin King, Southern Lehigh (26-7); Jackson Max, Emmaus (13-10); Santino Micci, Wilson (21-6); Evan Reed, Catasauqua (18-10); Eli Russ, Parkland (13-10); Aiden Schlier, Tamaqua (25-9); Nick Salamone, Easton (20-6); Melvian Serrano, Executive Education (8-7); Brock Schneiderwind, Palisades (19-11); Matt Sommer, Northampton (11-8); Mason Stiff, Pocono Mountain East (14-12); Remy Trach, Nazareth (16-9)

On the shelf: Lincoln Botero, Faith Christian (0-0); Ethan Nothstein, Lehighton (17-6)

Of note: Dillard was impressive in his first six-minute varsity action against Malvern Prep’s Tyler Conroy. Pagan replaces Micci at No. 5 after a dominant run. Micci was second to Berkenstock at the Colonial League tournament. In honorable mention, Kai pinned Max. Salamone majored Russ.

114

1. So. Nathan Desmond, Bethlehem Catholic (21-1): Beat Malvern’s Lukas Littleton-Mascara for second time this month

2. Jr. Cole Coffin, Pennridge (25-2): 2-0 week including a technical fall

3. Jr. Aidan Gruber, Lehighton (28-3): Won by major decision in only action vs. Blue Mountain

4. Jr. Blake Dergham, Parkland (24-6): 2-0 week with a technical fall, forfeit

5. Jr. Dominic Rizzotto, Nazareth (12-8): Off week

Honorable mention: Zach Berwick, Stroudsburg (23-7); Brendan Bowman, Easton (13-13); Zayne Dayoub, Northampton (13-12); Giovanni DiBiagio, Wilson (19-8); Gavin Hacker, Catasauqua (11-8); Steven Korte, Jim Thorpe (23-7); Evan Moretz, Freedom (4-5); Carter Smith, Bangor (15-9); Gabe Tulone, Upper Perkiomen (24-7); Isaac Williams, Quakertown (23-8)

On the shelf: Fr. Owin Brunner, Faith Christian (8-5); Justin Kuehn, Panther Valley (13-7)

Of note: Desmond beat Littleton-Mascara again in Saturday night’s intense dual meet. None of the top five lost last week. In HM, DiBiagio had a 5-1 week. He edged Smith in the semis and pinned Hacker in the Colonial League final.

121

1. So. Gauge Botero, Faith Christian (28-2): Off week

2. Sr. C.J. Horvath, Freedom (24-3): Won his 100th career match against Stroudsburg

3. Jr. Mason Ziegler, Quakertown (27-4): 2-0 week with two pins

4. Sr. Carson Wagner, Northampton (22-7): Majored Raymond in only action

5. So. Cole Hubert, Saucon Valley (26-8): 4-0 week, beat Feltman again for CL title

Honorable mention: Ryder Campbell, Bethlehem Catholic (11-4); Aaron Ciampittiello, Parkland (12-9); Gabe Erbe, Tamaqua (26-9); Cooper Feltman, Notre Dame-GP (12-10); Mikhail Hartranft, Catasauqua (24-8); Jack Jasionowicz, Stroudsburg (16-6); Chris Kelly, Easton (15-9); Aiden Knorr, Pen Argyl (15-9); Eddie Lauritsen, Pleasant Valley (18-7); Cody Mazzocca, Northern Lehigh (14-11); Josh Merkel, Palmerton (16-15); Damond Pascoe, Whitehall (11-8); Scotty Raymond, Pocono Mountain East (9-7); Zane Saeger, Upper Perkiomen (13-7)

On the shelf: Cole Campbell, Bethlehem Catholic (5-5); Savannah Witt, Palisades (9-8)

Of note: Ziegler one win shy of 100 after dominating both his matches, including the District 1 Class 3A team duals opener. Horvath won his 100th match last week with a technical fall. Hubert looks strong at that weight. He had two first-period pins before majoring Feltman in the league final. In HM, Ciampittiello returned after two health issues.

127

1. Fr. Trey Wagner, Northampton (23-6): Technical fall over Marrero in only action

2. Jr. Ben Fanelli, Easton (17-7): Majored DelVecchio in lone match

3. So. Shane McFillin, Bethlehem Catholic (10-5): 1-1 week, lost to Malvern’s nationally ranked Nick O’Neill

4. Fr. Arment Waltenbaugh, Faith Christian (12-4): Off week

5. Jr. Branden Rozanski, Upper Perkiomen (23-4): 2-0 week

Honorable mention: Logan Armstrong, Emmaus (14-11); Jake Brown, Stroudsburg (22-8); Phoenix DelVecchio, Parkland (17-10); Jack Evans, Liberty (14-7); Aiden Grogg, Saucon Valley (28-5); Gavyn Kelton, Notre Dame-GP (10-10); David M’Balla, Wilson (16-11); Josh Marrero, Pocono Mountain East (10-7); Dayvion Marshman, Whitehall (10-6); Brendan Nye, Catasauqua (9-9); Jonny O’Brien, Faith Christian (15-9); Logan Pfistner, Quakertown (18-12); Collin Ramsay, Pen Argyl (21-5); Angelo Ziccardi, Palisades (16-13)

On the shelf: So. Tahir Parkins, Nazareth (10-2); Fr. Colby Townley, Salisbury (4-2)

Of note: No movement here. McFillin’s loss was the most impressive. He was pinned in the first period a couple weeks earlier by O’Neill, who is ranked 16th nationally. In HM, Grogg was 4-0 last week, including a pin of Ramsay in the Colonial League final. Ramsay returned from the shelf over the week and was 6-4 combined at Ultimate Warrior and CL.

133

1. Sr. Cael McIntyre, Bethlehem Catholic (18-7): 1-1 week, loss to MP’s Jack Consiglio

2. Sr. Charlie Bunting, Nazareth (20-4): Off week

3. Jr. Keegan Demarest, Pocono Mountain East (27-4): 2-0 week including decision over Micheli

4. Fr. Mason Wagner, Faith Christian (24-6): Off week

5. Kam Abboud, Liberty (21-6): Won 12 in a row since a loss to Bunting

Honorable mention: Kam Abboud, Liberty (21-6); Marco Frinzi, Bethlehem Catholic (8-0); Michael Fuller, Bangor (10-7); Brandon Godshall, Upper Perkiomen (22-9); Rider Heckman, Wilson (17-9); John Haubert, Palisades (24-7); Leo Kern, Parkland (14-11); Dillon Lombardi, Palmerton (20-9); Aidan Micheli, Northampton (16-11); John Samy, Salisbury (23-5); Ridge Snyder, Jim Thorpe (20-11); Evan Wentz, Lehighton (21-8); Cam Wickemeyer, Freedom (17-13)

On the shelf: Jonanthan Cordon-Pinto, Catasauqua (5-4); Aidan McNulty, Bangor (0-0); Hector Mateo, Saucon Valley (17-7)

Of note: Nine of Abboud’s last 12 wins in a row were by bonus points. He replaces Micheli at No. 5. In HM, Haubert held off Samy in the semifinals and majored Heckman to win the Colonial League title. Samy beat Fuller for third.

139

1. So. Kollin Rath, Bethlehem Catholic (22-1): Knocked off Malvern’s Spencer Barnhart

2. Sr. Oliver Fairchild, Easton (20-4): Pin in only match

3. Fr. Jack Campbell, Nazareth (21-6): Off week

4. Fr. Shane Wagner, Faith Christian (11-4): Off week

5. Sr. Bryson Vaughn, Notre Dame-GP (17-10): Did not wrestle

Honorable mention: Jackson Albert, Saucon Valley (26-8); Gavin Carroll, Quakertown (8-0); Roy Cobb, Upper Perkiomen (14-6); Adriaan DeLeon, Liberty (20-5); Chase Hontz, Faith Christian (24-8); Derek King, Palmerton (24-8); Sam Kuhns, Pennridge (20-7); Austin Noe, Northampton (18-9); Seth Pascoe, Whitehall (15-8); Keenan Ray, Freedom (13-13); Xayden Sallit, Emmaus (11-10); Sean Steckert, Southern Lehigh (17-12); Nick Zeigenfuss, Lehighton (19-12)

Of note: Don’t be fooled by the scores of some of Rath’s matches. He’s nonstop action. The sophomore knocked off another top-flight talent to start a five-bout winning streak that propelled Bethlehem Catholic past Malvern Prep. In HM, Pascoe beat Sallit in a 3-0 week. Kuhns has a pin and technical fall. Albert 4-0, including three pins to win the Colonial League title.

145

1. So. Collin Gaj, Quakertown (30-0): 2-0 week with a pin, forfeit

2. So. Vince Bouzakis, Notre Dame-GP (24-7): Did not wrestle

3. So. Max Stein, Faith Christian (27-7): Off week

4. Sr. Marco Albanese, Emmaus (22-6): Forfeit in only match

5. So. Charlie Scanlan, Bethlehem Catholic (18-7): Beat Malvern Prep’s Sean O’Donnell

Honorable mention: Joey Bodnar, Freedom (18-8); Jake Doone, Nazareth (20-7); Gavin Fehr, Catasauqua (26-4); Quentin Hammerstone, Easton (13-9); Richard Kenna, Jim Thorpe (16-13); Tristan Minnich, Wilson (14-7); Gabe Sanfelice, Upper Perkiomen (17-12)

On the shelf: Braedon Alder, Southern Lehigh (12-5); Caleb Gaffney, Palmerton (0-0); Cael Harmon, Pocono Mountain East (13-4)

Of note: Scanlan’s last three losses were to Gaj and Bouzakis twice. He replaces Doone at No. 5. Fehr is two wins shy of 100 for his career after winning the Colonial League title with a technical fall and a pin.

152

1. Fr. Cael Weidemoyer, Faith Christian (20-3): Off week

2. Sr. Liam Scrivanich, Saucon Valley (32-4): 4-0 week, CL champion

3. Jr. Jake Dailey, Bethlehem Catholic (23-7): Pivotal win over Nathan Rickards

4. Sr. Zach Borzio, Quakertown (27-6): 2-0 week with 2 first-period pins

5. Sr. Ryan Santiago, Liberty (20-5): 2-0 week with 2 first-period pins

Honorable mention: Mason Beckowski, Saucon Valley (15-7); Cade Campbell, Nazareth (17-8); Jacob Ferguson, Lehighton (23-11); James Geiger, Easton (18-7); Gio Iadonisi, Pennridge (16-8); Daniel Lucykanish, Palmerton (5-4); Josh Montesino, Dieruff (9-7); Alex Moser, Pen Argyl (16-9); Juan Moya, Parkland (24-7); Adim Ogbolu, Stroudsburg (16-11); Keegan Ramsay, Notre Dame-GP (12-9); Hudson Saylor, Whitehall (17-9); Jacob Schlier, Tamaqua (25-13); Jesse Scott, Emmaus (17-8); Cody Wagner, Faith Christian (10-8)

Of note: Scrivanich is officially down at this weight. He had two pins totaling 63 seconds and 2-minute technical fall to win the Colonial League title. The Panther enters here at No. 2. The others each bump down one spot, including Campbell to HM. Dailey reversed an earlier setback to Rickards in last Saturday’s dual against Malvern Prep. In HM, Scott beat Saylor. Geiger beat Moya.

160

1. Sr. Andrew Harmon, Bethlehem Catholic (24-6): Avenged two previous losses to MP’s Reed Fulmer

2. Sr. Dagen Condomitti, Northampton (22-5): First-period pin in only match

3. So. Luke Sugalski, Faith Christian (15-6): Off week

4. Fr. Luke Fugazzotto, Northwestern (26-6): 3-0 week, won Colonial League title

5. Sr. Nolan Krazer, Easton (18-7): Wrestling best of his career

Honorable mention: Robbie Bibeau, East Stroudsburg North (18-6); Victor Carrasquilla, Parkland (15-8); Lane Frankenfield, Palisades (11-11); Ryan Gallagher, Pennridge (4-0); Nuallan King, Pen Argyl (17-12); Toby Linn, Salisbury (13-9); Chase Moffit, Northern Lehigh (15-13); Bradley Whalen, Tamaqua (23-12); Brayden Zuercher, Nazareth (19-9)

On the shelf: Joey LaPenna, Notre Dame-GP (4-4)

Of note: Everyone bumps up one spot thanks to Scrivanich’s exit and Krazer at No. 5 enters after a solid stretch including a pin over Carrasquilla. Fugazzotto had a major decision and two pins to win the Colonial League title. His last 16 wins are by bonus, including 15 pins. Linn took third at CL.

172

1. Fr. Adam Waters, Faith Christian (29-1): Off week

2. Sr. Holden Garcia, Notre Dame-GP (22-6): Did not wrestle

3. Sr. Dom Wheatley, Nazareth (21-3): Off week

4. Sr. Luke Thomas, Bethlehem Catholic (14-5): Won twice including 1-0 over MP’s Duncan Christensen

5. Jr. Danny Haubert, Palisades (28-4): Beat Clymer for CL title

Honorable mention: Reilly Bechtel, Emmaus (10-9); Landon Beckowski, Saucon Valley (11-8); Dalton Clymer, Northwestern (31-4); James DeLuise, Bethlehem Catholic (8-6); Jayden Hazzard, Easton (11-11); Jacob Hehn, Tamaqua (25-11); Talan Hogan, Pennridge (21-7); Jared Karabinus, Freedom (21-6); Kris Kessler, Pen Argyl (16-9); Jack Kocher, Whitehall (12-9); Christian London, Stroudsburg (19-9); Marcus McNeill, East Stroudsburg South (7-0); Cade Sawyer, Southern Lehigh (16-11); Brok Solt, Lehighton (16-11); Billy Stuhldreher, Northampton (8-7)

On the shelf: Giovani Macario, Easton (5-3); Jared Rohn, Saucon Valley (13-7)

Of note: Quiet week for the top three. Thomas had a huge 1-0 win thanks to a second-period rideout against Malvern Prep’s Duncan Christensen. Haubert reversed a loss to Clymer at the Coal Cracker by beating him in the Colonial League final. Those two flip-flop spots. In HM, Kocher beat Bechtel. Sawyer was third at CL and Beckowski fifth by beating Kessler.

189

1. Sr. Adrian Gacek, Parkland (26-2): 2-0 with two pins

2. Sr. Jake Jones, Saucon Valley (29-4): 4-0 week, 3 first-period pins to win CL title

3. Sr. Melquan Warren, Whitehall (20-3): 3-0 week, 2 pins, major

4. Sr. Landon Muth, Bethlehem Catholic (10-3): Lost to Malvern’s Nick Weymeyer in testy match

5. Sr. Lucas Miller, Northwestern (27-6): Colonial League runner-up to Jones

Honorable mention: Jonny Beckett, Faith Christian (11-9); Ronald Davis, Pocono Mountain West (7-5); Jakub Gloc, Salisbury (21-6); Gian Greggo, Pen Argyl (20-10); Jake Gross, Emmaus (23-5); Aidan Hutchison, Easton (11-11); Aaron Kirby, Stroudsburg (21-9); Noah MacIlroy, Freedom (9-0); Ryan Rowe, Pennridge (15-9); Jason Singer, Faith Christian (18-6)

On the shelf: Marco Malerba, Nazareth (15-6); Noah Okamoto, Nazareth (6-2); Caleb Sine, Faith Christian (0-0); Jason Schubert, Pleasant Valley (9-7); Allen Starr, Catasauqua (9-8)

Of note: The top three were dominant. Muth saved Bethlehem Catholic team points in a 21-18 win over Malvern Prep by allowing only a decision to Weymeyer, who weighed 20-plus pounds more. In HM, Gloc beat Greggo for third.

215

1. Sr. Sonny Sasso, Nazareth (7-0): Off week

2. Jr. Calvin Lachman, Quakertown (27-3): 2-0 week, 2 first-period pins

3. Sr. Ty Pfizenmayer, Saucon Valley (26-6): 4-0 week, CL champion

4. Fr. Mark Effendian, Faith Christian (26-8): Off week

5. Jr. Chad Beller, Catasauqua (27-5): CL runner-up, lost to Pfizenmayer

Honorable mention: Jared Blobe, Notre Dame-GP (19-8); Tyler Cocciolillo, Easton (12-11); Riley Cullen, Pennridge (17-9); Tommy Flud, Upper Perkiomen (14-10); Michael Culver, Pen Argyl (13-11); Joe Doumat, Northampton (6-5); James Hopkins, Whitehall (18-7); Noah Schlofer, Northwestern (21-12); Wyatt Sherer, Lehighton (19-13); Brandon Stiehler, Pocono Mountain West (20-4); Auggie Warke, Bethlehem Catholic (11-9)

Of note: Pfizenmayer had two first-period pins before handling Beller 4-0 in the Colonial League final. Lachman continues to roll. In HM Fluck beat Schlofer for third. Culver was fifth.

285

1. Jr. Sean Kinney, Nazareth (16-0): Off week

2. Sr. Aiden Compton, Notre Dame-GP (24-8): Did not wrestle

3. Jr. Reese Balk, Lehighton (27-5): First-period pin in his only action

4. Sr. Mitch Miller, Salisbury (22-4): 4-0 week, won CL title

5. Jr. Michael Gavrilesku, Parkland (22-7): Pinned Embardino, beat Kolb

Honorable mention: E.J. Boney, Emmaus (13-11); Dart DeLillo, Northwestern (12-9); Anthony Embardino, Easton (17-6); Nick Farrel, Freedom (11-8); Sam Frame, Northern Lehigh (18-12); Nicholas Khamis, Stroudsburg (19-7); Seth Kolb, Liberty (14-9); Evan Leibert, Saucon Valley (11-7); Elijah Thompson, Bethlehem Catholic (11-6)

On the shelf: James Barruzza, Pleasant Valley (15-5); Nathan Pizarro, Executive Education (4-3); Malachi Walters, Pocono Mountain West (13-3)

Of note: Balk continues to impress in his breakout season. Miller had two pins and a decision to win the Colonial League title. Delillo beat Frame for third. Gavrilesku replaces Thompson at No. 5 after a solid 2-0 week. He could be dangerous in the postseason.

Rankings and records are based on scores reported to The Morning Call and other databases. Report any updates/corrections to Morning Call reporter Tom Housenick at thousenick@mcall.com

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The Red Rovers reached the finals of the 3A Small Varsity division, posting a score of 88.3667, tying with Ridley for sixth place.

Garnet Valley won the state title in that division with a 94.5667.

Other Lehigh Valley-area schools qualifying for the championships in Hershey were Lehighton, Pen Argyl and Wilson in 2A Small Varsity; Bethlehem Catholic in 2A Large Varsity; Freedom, Emmaus, Southern Lehigh and Parkland in 3A Small Varsity; and Northampton in 3A Large Varsity.

Northampton reached the semifinals in its division.

The teams qualified for states at the District 11 Competitive Spirit Championships on Jan. 7 at Easton Middle School.

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Junior Luke Keppel made three 3-pointers in scoring 19 points and was 4-for-4 at the foul line in the fourth quarter in helping Whitehall beat Emmaus 60-56 in one of three surprising results around the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Friday night.

In other surprises, Easton stunned Bethlehem Catholic for the Red Rovers’ first EPC win and Nazareth knocked off EPC East Division-leading Freedom.

Allentown Central Catholic won for the 10th time in its last 11 games and Parkland got 31 points from Nick Coval in a rout of Allen. Liberty bounced back from a loss to Nazareth on Tuesday with a win over Dieruff.

Here’s a look at the games:

Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

Easton 37, Becahi 35

The Red Rovers got their first EPC win of the season after 12 losses and just their second victory of the season. The Golden Hawks fell 12-6, 8-5 EPC.

Becahi 4 – 12 – 8 – 11 — 35

Easton 8 – 12 – 8 – 9 — 37

BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC (35)

Mullaney 1 0-0 3, Cercado 4 5-7 15, Josh Benka-Coker 2 1-1 5, Brown 2 0-0 4, Carrasquilla 1 0-0 2, Hodge 2 0-2 4, Drysdale 0 2-2 2. Totals 12 8-12 35.

EASTON (37)

Cornish 3 0-0 6, Folk 2 1-2 5, Muhammad 6 1-3 13, Grimmer 1 0-0 2, Hunt 1 1-2 3, Hoadley 4 0-0 8. Totals 17 3-7 37.

3-pointers: Becahi (3) Cercado 2, Mullaney.

Nazareth 58, Freedom 52

The Blue Eagles posted their second straight win after beating Liberty 58-48 on Tuesday. They improved to 8-9, 6-7 EPC. The Patriots fell to 13-6, 9-4 despite another solid 13-point, 14-rebound effort from senior Nick Ellis.

Nazareth 15 – 7 – 14 – 22 — 58

Freedom 15 – 9 – 13 – 15 — 52

NAZARETH (58)

Sina Ramin 7 4-5 19, Mason Kuehner 6 2-2 14, Jaidon Morgan 0 0-0 0, Owen Banghart 1 4-5 6, Sam Roberts 3 1-2 7, Alex Roberts 0 0-0 0, Cole Dibilio 5 0-0 12. Totals 22 11-14 58.

FREEDOM (52)

Aaron Levy 0 0-0 0, Krishna Mangroo 3 3-7 9, Cristian Morot 0 0-0 0, Jalen Fletcher 3 0-0 9, Joseph Dew 3 1-2 10, Jaden Tillett 4 3-3 11, Nicholas Ellis 5 3-4 13, Nathaniel Sletvold 0-0-0 0. Totals: 18 10-16 52.

3-pointers: Nazareth (3) Dibilio 2, Ramin. Freedom (6) Fletcher 3, Dew 3.

Whitehall 60, Emmaus 56

The Zephyrs clinched a District 11 tournament berth and improved to 11-8 overall, 6-7 EPC, while the Green Hornets lost for the second time in three games and fell to 14-4, 10-2. Emmaus will try to bounce back Saturday at home against East Stroudsburg South. Whitehall will host ACCHS on Tuesday night.

Emmaus 10 – 18 – 16 – 12 — 56

Whitehall 16 – 11 – 15 – 18 — 60

EMMAUS (56)

Fotta 2 2-2 6, Muckey 2 0-2 4, Harris 7 0-0 16, Lake 1 0-0 2, Darville 3 1-2 8, Barber 9 1-1 20. Totals 24 4-7 56.

WHITEHALL (60)

Keppel 5 6-6 19, Orochena 2 2-2 7, Ringenberger 5 3-4 15, Kneller 2 1-1 6, Roberts 3 0-0 6, Hines 3 1-3 7. Totals 20 13-16 60.

3-pointers: Emmaus (4) Harris 2, Barber, Darville. Whtiehall (7) Keppel 3, Ringenberger 2, Orochena, Kneller.

Central Catholic 60, Northampton 33

The Vikings won for the 10th time in their last 11 games and improved 13-6 overall, 10-3 EPC. The Konkrete Kids fell to 8-10, 5-8 EPC.

Northampton 12 – 4 – 6 – 11 — 33

ACCHS 16 – 13 – 15 – 16 — 60

NORTHAMPTON (33)

Kolumber 4 0-0 8, Pinnock 0 1-4 1, Graff 1 0-0 2, Kauffman 3 0-0 7, Koplin 1 0-0 3, Christman 2 0-0 4, Duch 1 0-0 2, Simock 2 2-2 6. Totals 14 3-6 33.

ALLENTOWN CCHS (60)

Cook 1 0-0 2, Fridia 0 3-4 3, Csensits 0 1-4 1, Pulieri 4 2-2 10, Davis 2 1-2 6, Jones 3 1-1 9, Vigo 3 1-1 7, Mushrush 7 0-0 20, Ensley 0 2-2 2. Totals 20 11-15 60.

3-pointers: Northampton (2) Kauffman, Koplin. ACCHS (9) Mushrush 6, Jones 2, Davis.

Liberty 63, Dieruff 54

The Hurricanes, who face Muhlenberg Township on Saturday, bounced back from their loss to Nazareth with a fast start that produced a 19-6 first-quarter lead. Liberty improved to 12-6, 8-5 while the Huskies fell to 5-14, 4-9.

Dieruff 6 – 13 – 18 – 17 — 54

Liberty 19 – 17 – 11 – 16 — 63

DIERUFF (54)

Chapman 3 1-2 7, Diaz 3 0-0 7, Fallah 4 6-6 15, Walker 1 0-0 2, Hanna 1 0-0 3, Pearsall 2 0-0 5, Rosario 1 0-0 2, Moore 6 1-3 13. Totals 21 8-11 54.

LIBERTY (63)

Hargrove 0 2-2 2, Pukszyn 3 2-4 11, Chess, Jr. 8 6-9 22, Kamagna 5 0-0 10, Vermuelen 0 2-2 2, Rivera 3 3-3 12, Holguin 1 0-0 2, Goodman 1 0-0 2. Totals 21 15-20 63.

3-pointers: Dieruff (4) Diaz, Fallah, Hanna, Pearsall. Liberty (6) Rivera 3, Pukszyn 3.

East Stroudsburg South 67, Pleasant Valley 53

The Cavaliers won their sixth straight game and have the best overall of any EPC team at 16-2. They are 10-2 in league play. The Bears fell to 7-10, 5-8.

Pleasant Valley 12 – 15 – 15 – 11 — 53

ES South 14 – 20 – 16 – 17 — 67

PLEASANT VALLEY (53)

J. Moore 7 3-5 18, Greene 4 2-2 14, Williams 1 0-0 2, P. Moore 1 1-2 3, Prator 4 4-4 12, Pandolfo 2 0-2 4. Totals 19 10-15 53.

EAST STROUDSBURG SOUTH (67)

Patterson 0 5-6 5, DeJesus 1 0-0 2, Santos 8 5-5 23, Chatman 7 7-8 23, Williams 1 0-0 3, Carnegie 1 0-0 2, Green 3 2-3 9. Totals 21 19-22 67.

3-pointers: Pleasant Valley (5) Greene 4, J Moore. ES South (6) Santos 2, Chatman 2, Williams, Green.

Pocono Mountain West 67, East Stroudsburg North 64

The Panthers completed a season sweep of the Timberwolves although this one was much closer than West’s 80-47 win on Dec. 6. Pocono Mountain West improved 14-4, 10-3 EPC. North fell to 8-9, 6-7.

Pocono Mountain West 16 – 10 – 20 – 21 — 67

East Stroudsburg North 12 – 13 – 24 – 15 — 64

POCONO MOUNTAIN WEST (6 7)

Pagan 8 3-4 22, Coles 6 2-2 18, Artis 0 2-2 2, Sakwa 0 1-2 1, Smith 1 0-0 2, Brito 8 6-7 22. Totals 23 14-17 67.

EAST STROUDSBURG NORTH (64)

Gilchrist 3 0-0 9, Dobie 5 1-1 13, Wilder 6 6-7 17, Francisco 1 0-0 2, Ryan 7 0-0 20, Washington 1 0-0 3. Totals 23 7-8 64.

3-pointers: Pocono Mountain West (7) Coles 4, Pagan 3. East Stroudsburg North (11) Ryan 6, Dobie 2, Gilchrist, Wilder, Washington.

Parkland 69, Allen 46

Junior standout Nick Coval scored 25 of his game-high 31 points in the first half to help Parkland take a 39-20 halftime lead and the Trojans were able to bounce back from Tuesday’s loss to Central Catholic and improve to 11-6, 10-3 EPC. It was the fourth time this season Coval has scored 30 points or more. He scored 35 earlier this season against Allen and East Stroudsburg North. The Canaries lost their third straight and fell to 9-10, 6-7 EPC.

Allen 11 – 9 – 12 – 14 — 46

Parkland 14 – 25 – 14 – 16 — 69

ALLEN (46)

Figueroa 1 1-2 5, Jackson 1 0-0 3, Monroe 2 1-4 5, Budhoo 1 0-0 3, Brant 10 4-5 24, R. Johnson 1 1-1 3, Ortiz 0 3-4 3. Totals 17 10-16 46.

PARKLAND (69)

Coval 10 6-6 31, Ray 3 1-2 8, Bednar 2 0-0 4, Gerbasio 1 0-0 2, Escalona 1 0-0 3, Johns 2 0-0 4, Smaltz 4 1-4 9, Toth 1 2-2 5, Ruisch 1 0-0 3. Totals 25 10-14 69.

3-pointers: Allen (2) Jackson, Budhoo. Parkland (9) Coval 5, Ray, Escalona, Toth, Ruisch.

Stroudsburg 61, Pocono Mountain East 50

The Mounties snapped a 7-game losing streak and improved to 5-13, 2-11. The Cardinals lost for the 10th time in 11 games and fell to 3-16, 0-13. No further information was made available.

Colonial League

Catasauqua 55, Northern Lehigh 48

The Rough Riders won their second straight and improved to 4-16 overall, 4-11 league. Two of their wins are over Northern Lehigh. The Bulldogs fell to 1-19, 1-14.

Catasauqua 11 – 15 – 18 – 11 — 55

Northern Lehigh 16 – 17 – 5 – 10 — 48

CATASAUQUA (55)

Rivera 5 3-4 16, Cofie 4 3-4 11, Torres 3 0-0 6, Jenkins 0 0-0 0, Bright 3 1-2 7, Pujols 3 1-2 7,Juica 3 1-2 8, Pushkar 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 9-14 55.

NORTHERN LEHIGH (48)

Kunkle 4 0-0 12, Simms 2 0-0 4, C. LoPinto 2 0-0 5, Daubert 2 0-0 6, N. Buskirk 0 2-4 2, LoPinto 9 1-2 19. Totals 19 3-6 48.

3-pointers: Catasauqua (4) Rivera 3, Juica. Northern Lehigh (7) Kunkle 4, Daubert 2, C. LoPinto.

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SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE

Wrestling

Pocono Mountain East at Whitehall 2 p.m.

Malvern Prep at Bethlehem Catholic 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Executive Education at Marian Catholic, 12:30 p.m.

Stroudsburg at Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg, 12:30 p.m.

Moravian Academy at Saucon Valley, 12:45 p.m.

Notre Dame-Green Pond at Palisades, 12:45 p.m.

Palmerton at Bangor, 12:45 p.m.

Southern Lehigh at Northwestern Lehigh, 12:45 p.m.

Wilson at Pen Argyl, 12:45 p.m.

Nazareth at Pocono Mountain West, 1 p.m.

Bethlehem Catholic at Parkland, 1 p.m.

Dieruff at Lehighton, 6:15 p.m.

Boys Basketball

Sankofa Freedom at Executive Education, 12 p.m.

Bangor at Palmerton, 12:45 p.m.

Northwestern Lehigh at Southern Lehigh, 12:45 p.m.

Palisades at Notre Dame-Green Pond, 12:45 p.m.

Pen Argyl at Wilson, 12:45 p.m.

Saucon Valley at Moravian Academy, 12:45 p.m.

Pocono Mountain West at Nazareth, 1 p.m.

Salisbury at Kutztown, 1:15 p.m.

Muhlenberg at Liberty, 2 p.m.

East Stroudsburg South at Emmaus, 3:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S SCORES

Girls Swimming

Pocono Mountain West 93, Moravian Academy 72

Boys Swimming

Moravian Academy 95, Pocono Mountain West 69

Girls Basketball

Parkland 62, Allen 26

Emmaus 57, Whitehall 21

Easton 55, Bethlehem Catholic 52

Stroudsburg 42, Pocono Mountain East 41

Salisbury 52, Kutztown 37

Catasauqua 37, Northern Lehigh 31

Boys Basketball

Parkland 69, Allen 46

Pocono Mountain West 67, East Stroudsburg North 64

Liberty 63, Dieruff 54

Catasauqua 55, Northern Lehigh 48

Nazareth 58, Freedom 52

Nazareth: Sina Ramin 7 4-5 19, Mason Kuehner 6 2-2 14, Jaidon Morgan 0 0-0 0, Owen Banghart 1 4-5 6, Sam Roberts 3 1-2 7, Alex Roberts 0 0-0 0, Cole Dibilio 5 0-0 12; Freedom: Aaron Levy 0 0-0 0, Krishna Mangroo 3 3-7 9, Cristian Morot 0 0-0 0, Jalen Fletcher 3 0-0 9, Joseph Dew 3 1-2 10, Jaden Tillett 4 3-3 11, Nicholas Ellis 5 3-4 13, Nathaniel Sletvold 0-0-0 0.

Whitehall 60, Emmaus 56

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Those two and their teammates found solace the next day in Red Rovers coach Jody Karam’s basement. They worked out their frustrations by weight lifting and talking through the rest.

That formula has worked well this season for Krazer and Geiger.

Krazer added more than 20 pounds of muscle in the offseason to make the jump from 138 to 160 pounds. Geiger continues to use his strength as a factor in matches. Both also competed a ton in the offseason and worked on their technical flaws.

The two benefited most, however, from talking to a sports psychologist about performance anxiety.

“It was about fixing my mindset,” Krazer said. “A lot of times last year, I was too nervous during matches. This year, I’ve just focused on having fun. Taking deep breathes, calming myself down and staying focused on fixing technique with extra private sessions and talking to my coaches about that stuff.

“Ever since I’ve talked about it, I’ve been doing better.”

Krazer and Geiger came through with victories Thursday in an EPC showdown against banged-up Parkland. Krazer pinned Victor Carrasquilla moments after Geiger finished off another narrow win over Juan Moya.

Their victories came in the midst of five in a row by the Red Rovers to take control and win 44-20.

“I’ve had some difficulties in a lot of these dual meets,” Geiger admitted. “In tournaments, I’m good. But these dual meets I hadn’t built up the confidence. I’m starting to get it back every match and I’m feeling better out there.

“[The sports psychologist] really helped me put it in perspective, what I need to do when I get out there. I just need to have fun out there.”

The fun has led to winning.

Krazer is 18-7 this season, but his biggest confidence booster came last Thursday when he pushed state title contender Bekhruz Sadriddinov of Council Rock South to the limit before losing 7-6.

The Red Rovers senior, 12-10 a year ago, felt like his mentality and technical skills came together in that match.

“He was probably supposed to beat up on me,” Krazer said. “But I felt calm before that match, felt like all my technique was working. I felt like I could have won that match. I felt like that was my best match in a long time.

“I feel like I can hang with any of the top guys. Knowing my offense works and having confidence 100% helps. It’s helped me since the beginning of this season.”

Geiger also is 18-7 and is coming out on the other side after a tough stretch that started earlier this month at Virginia Duals. He was 19-16 a season ago.

Parkland, meanwhile, is trying to find its stride in a season that has been bumpy from the start when it had a three-week shutdown because of a skin issue.

Several members have been sick and one dealt with skin and health issues the last two weeks.

“I was worried [the score] would be worse,” Trojans coach Jon Trenge said. [Aaron] Ciampittiello hadn’t wrestled in 10 days. A bunch of our guys have been sick.

“But that being said, Easton is wrestling really well. I kind of like how stingy they are. They are controlling hands really well. They are well coached. They are listening to their coaches, and I was a little frustrated with some of our guys today with some things.

“You have ups and downs throughout the season. This is a good time to have a down, so we can bounce back and learn from it.”

Ben Fanelli, who dealt with confidence issues during tough losses in his first two seasons, got Easton off to a strong start Thursday by picking up a 9-1 major decision over Parkland’s Phoenix DelVecchio.

Fanelli’s positioning and counter attacks were solid. He scored in the final seconds of the first and second periods, then got two more takedowns in the third to get the team bonus point.

“Ben is rock solid,” Karam said. “He’s ducked nobody. He seeks the best competition. We promote that in our program. That kid right there goes after everybody.”

Trenge sees the affects of the late Greg Strobel in how Fanelli approaches a match.

“Fanelli is really good at stalling and not doing anything wrong,” Trenge said, “and the minute you extend yourself, whoop, he’s around the corner and behind you.

“They’ll wrestle almost nothing but counters until the last 15 seconds of a period, and then they’ll try to score on you. [Fanelli] is very sneaky. He’s very good at that stuff. I think it’s coaching because I know Strobel used to help out Karam at Liberty. Strobel used to train us [at Lehigh] to score in the last 15 seconds.

“And Strobel used to say that the guy who wins is the one who makes the least mistakes. Our guys sometimes, like [Juan] Moya, puts himself out there way too much. And a guy who doesn’t come out of his box and stays in position can take advantage of him.”

Oliver Fairchild and Krazer got pins and Jayden Hazzard finished off the five-bout flurry by holding off Parkland’s Emanuel Montalvo for a 28-3 Easton lead.

After Parkland standout Adrian Gacek pinned Aidan Hutchison at 189, Tyler Cocciolillo got it back with a fall at 215 for Easton.

Michael Gavrilesku got a pin at 285 and Blake Dergham a technical fall at 114 for the Trojans, but that was it after Leo Kern won the second bout of the night at 133.

Nick Salamone was strong in a 12-1 major at 107 and Chris Kelly got a pin in 5:40 to finish things off for the Red Rovers.

“Saturday set us back a little bit,” Krazer said. “I won, but the team didn’t. That sucked and was shocking for us. We had to get that out of our heads.

“We moved past it. We couldn’t let the distractions get to us. Lifting the next day at our coach’s house, we had some fun.”

That carried over to Thursday.

Up next

Easton (14-5) visits Delaware Valley (10-1) at 7 p.m. Saturday. Parkland (8-3) travels to Liberty (9-7) at 7 Saturday.

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Easton 44, Parkland 20

107: Nick Salamone (E) maj. dec. Eli Russ, 12-1

114: Blake Dergham (P) tech. fall Brendan Bowman, 17-2, 3:52

121: Chris Kelly (E) pinned Aaron Ciampittiello, 5:40

127: Ben Fanelli (E) maj. dec. Phoenix DelVecchio, 9-1

133: Leo Kern (P) dec. Jayvon Simms, 6-5

139: Oliver Fairchild (E) pinned Max Mazin, 2:58

145: Quentin Hammerstone (E) pinned Waris Mughal, 2:33

152: James Geigc.er (E) de Juan Moya, 3-2

160: Nolan Krazer (E) pinned Victor Carrasquilla, 2:28

172: Jayden Hazzard (E) dec. Emanuel Montalvo, 8-5

189: Adrian Gacek (P) pinned Aidan Hutchison, 5:48

215: Tyler Cocciolillo (E) pinned Julius Reyes, 1:05

285: Michael Gavrilesku (P) pinned Anthony Embardino, 0:50

Referee: John Fidelibus

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FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE

Wrestling

Southern Lehigh at Lehighton, 6:45 p.m.

Boys Swimming

Salisbury at Quakertown, 3:30 p.m.

Moravian Academy at Pocono Mountain, West 4 p.m.

Girls Swimming

Salisbury at Quakertown, 3:30 p.m.

Moravian Academy at Pocono Mountain West, 4 p.m.

Girls Basketball

East Stroudsburg South at Pleasant Valley, 5:30 p.m.

Sankofa Freedom at Executive Education, 6 p.m.

Kutztown at Salisbury, 6:45 p.m.

Allentown Central Catholic at Northampton, 7 p.m.

East Stroudsburg North at Pocono Mountain West, 7 p.m.

Easton at Bethlehem Catholic, 7 p.m.

Freedom at Nazareth, 7 p.m.

Liberty at Dieruff, 7 p.m.

Northern Lehigh at Catasauqua, 7 p.m.

Parkland at Allen, 7 p.m.

Pocono Mountain East at Stroudsburg, 7 p.m.

Whitehall at Emmaus, 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball

Catasauqua at Northern Lehigh, 6:45 p.m.

Bethlehem Catholic at Easton, 7 p.m.

Dieruff at Liberty, 7 p.m.

Emmaus at Whitehall, 7 p.m.

Nazareth at Freedom, 7 p.m.

Northampton at Allentown Central Catholic, 7 p.m.

Pleasant Valley at East Stroudsburg South, 7 p.m.

Pocono Mountain West at East Stroudsburg North, 7 p.m.

Stroudsburg at Pocono Mountain East, 7 p.m.

Allen at Parkland, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY’S SCORES

Girls Swimming

Nazareth 103, Southern Lehigh 82

Boys Swimming

Nazareth 128, Southern Lehigh 38

Girls Basketball

North Schuylkill 78, Panther Valley 58

Notre Dame-Green Pond 37, Bangor 28

Pottsville 46, Lehighton 36

Northwestern 43, Palmerton 40

Wilson 40, Saucon Valley 35

Tamaqua 42, Jim Thorpe 37

Tamaqua: Robb 2-3-4-7, Plasha, S. 2-0-0-4, Hope 1-0-0-2, Plasha, (Lorelei) 4-2-2-10, Miller, (Kendle) 7-1-3-15, Bartenope 1-2-2-4; Jim Thorpe: Cinicola 3-0-2-8, Hartman 3-0-0-7, Snisky 0-1-2-1, Ginopolas 3-0-0-8, Dart 1-0-0-2, Yuhas, (Mackenzie) 4-2-4-11

Pen Argyl 61, Northern Lehigh 33

Catasauqua 39, Salisbury 24

Moravian Academy 49, Palisades 16

Boys Basketball

Palmerton 52, Northwestern 38

Executive Education 50, Sankofa 45

Notre Dame-Green Pond 68, Bangor 60

Wilson 35, Saucon Valley 28

Catasauqua 56, Salisbury 45

Pen Argyl 65, Northern Lehigh 30

Moravian Academy 48, Palisades 38

Wrestling

Easton 44, Parkland 20

Emmaus 30, Whitehall 25

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