Girls’ BB: Blue Mountain nips Pottsville; Cards, Fillies, Bears, Vikes roll

Marian's Olivia Serfass plays defense in the Fillies' win over Weatherly on Friday (Photo by James Gelatko).
ORWIGSBURG — Cameryn Campbell and Makayla Keck each scored a team-high nine points as Blue Mountain held off a late Pottsville rally to capture a 38-37 victory over the Tide in a Schuylkill League Division I girls’ basketball game Friday night.
Keck and Ruby Henninger each hit a pair of 3-pointers in the first quarter as Blue Mountain built a 17-7 lead after one frame. The Eagles still led 32-24 entering the fourth quarter before Pottsville made a final charge.
Jo Barnhart scored eight of her game-high 14 points in a 13-6, game-closing run that nearly helped Pottsville pull off the upset.
POTTSVILLE (37) — Fegley 2 0-0 4, Barnhart 6 0-0 14, Siminitus 1 4-7 6, Jones 3 0-0 6, Goodman 1 0-2 2, Brennan 0 0-0 0, Davis 2 0-0 5. Totals 15 4-9 37.
BLUE MOUNTAIN (38) — Henninger 2 0-0 6, Fleagle 1 0-0 2, Canfield 0 0-0 0, Place 1 0-0 2, Peel 3 1-3 7, Koch 1 0-0 3, Campbell 4 0-2 9, Fishburn 0 0-2 0, Keck 3 1-2 9. Totals 15 2-9 38.
Potts (0-3, 0-1) 7 … 14 … 3 … 13 — 37
BM (2-1, 1-0) 17 … 2 … 13 … 6 — 38
3-point FGs: Barnhart 2, Davis, Henninger 2, Koch, Campbell, Keck 2
JV score: Blue Mountain 45-9
Officials: Karinch, Rossino
Pine Grove 47, Minersville 23
PINE GROVE — Hollyn Sampson scored a game-high 12 points as the Cardinals downed the Miners in a Division I game.
Addie Zimmerman tallied all eight of her points in a 16-3, game-closing run for Pine Grove. Emma Troutman paced the Miners with 11 points.
MINERSVILLE (23) — Troutman 4 2-4 11, Rizzardi 0 0-0 0, Brennan 1 0-3 2, Horoschak 0 0-0 0, Cullen 2 0-0 5, Castle 0 0-0 0, Boom 2 0-2 5, Miklesavage 0 0-0 0, Ilsley 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 2-9 23.
PINE GROVE (47) — Seltzer 0 0-0 0, Leffler 2 3-6 7, Umbenhauer 1 0-0 3, Heming 1 1-2 3, Zimmerman 3 0-0 8, Leininger 1 1-2 3, Schneck-Haines 3 3-4 9, Fidler 1 0-1 2, Sampson 6 0-0 12. Totals 18 8-15 47.
Min (0-2, 0-1) 7 … 4 … 9 … 3 — 23
PG (3-0, 1-0) 9 … 10 … 12 … 16 — 47
3-point FGs: Troutman, Cullen, Boom, Umbenhauer, Zimmerman 2
JV score: No game
Officials: Shober, Wood
Williams Valley 61, Tri-Valley 20
TOWER CITY — Ireland Kasper drained five 3-pointers and tallied a game-high 19 points as the Vikings routed the Dawgs in a Division II game.
Sage Smeltz added 13 points and Mallory Miller collected 12 for Williams Valley, which led 37-4 at halftime and 48-7 after three frames.
Avery Miller paced Tri-Valley with 12 points.
TRI-VALLEY (20) — A. Miller 4 2-4 12, Sitlinger 0 0-0 0, Dietrich 0 0-0 0, Stiely 0 0-0 0, Snyder 1 1-2 3, Blackwell 0 0-0 0, Artz 2 1-4 5, Brown 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 4-10 20.
WILLIAMS VALLEY (61) — Ziegler 0 0-0 0, Bixler 1 0-0 2, Starnowsky 0 0-0 0, Heisey 0 0-0 0, Brill 1 0-0 3, Kobularik 2 0-1 4, Hechler 0 0-0 0, Estes 0 0-0 0, Hand 0 0-0 0, M. Miller 5 1-2 12, Adams 0 0-0 0, Q. Smeltz 3 0-0 8, S. Smeltz 6 1-3 13, Kasper 7 0-0 19. Totals 25 2-6 61.
TV (0-2, 0-1) 4 … 0 … 3 … 13 — 20
WV (2-0, 1-0) 18 … 19 … 11 … 13 — 61
3-point FGs: A. Miller 2, Brill, M. Miller, Q. Smeltz 2, Kasper 5
JV Score: No game
Mahanoy Area 62, Nativity 6
MAHANOY CITY — Ella Connolly scored a game-high 18 points and Felicia Bro added 12 as the Bears downed the Golden Girls in a Division II game.
Connolly had eight of her points in the first quarter as Mahanoy Area opened the game on a 30-2 run.
Finley McNamara, EmmaJean Fox and Peyten Evans each scored a bucket for Nativity.
NATIVITY (6) — Miller 0 0-0 0, McNamara 1 0-0 2, Fox 1 0-0 2, Del Rosel Siles 0 0-0 0, Stewart 0 0-2 0, Evans 1 0-0 2, Moreno 0 0-0 0. Totals 3 0-2 6.
MAHANOY AREA (62) — McGowan 2 0-0 4, Hornung 0 0-0 0, Haughney 1 0-0 2, Bro 6 0-0 12, Kennedy 2 0-0 5, Carl 4 0-0 8, Kowalick 2 0-0 4, Gattis 1 0-0 2, Gonzalez 2 0-0 5, Zubris 1 0-0 2, Connolly 9 0-0 18. Totals 30 1-1 62.
Nat (0-2, 0-1) 2 … 4 … 0 … 0 — 6
MA (2-1, 1-0) 30 … 10 … 15 … 7 — 62
3-point FGs: Kennedy, Gonzalez
JV Score: No game
Officials: Cooper, Merwine
Marian 62, Weatherly 5
WEATHERLY — Olivia Serfass paced a trio of double-digit scorers with 14 points as the Fillies routed the Wreckers in a Division II contest.
Addy Marek added 11 points and Deanna Pugh tallied 10 for Marian, which held Weatherly scoreless in the first period.
MARIAN (62) — O. Serfass 6 0-0 14, Carone 1 0-0 2, Fritz 4 1-2 9, S. Serfass 1 0-0 2, Pugh 5 0-0 10, Hasara 3 0-0 6, Miskar-Hannis 1 0-0 2, Gelatko 3 0-0 6, Thomas 0 0-0 0, Stoutelakis 0 0-0 0, Osenbach 0 0-0 0, Marek 5 0-0 11. Totals 28 1-2 62.
WEATHERLY (5) — Marasco 0 0-0 0, Russell 0 0-0 0, Rhodes 0 0-0 0, Reiner 0 1-2 1, Weston 0 0-0 0, Broskoskie 0 0-0 0, Binder 1 0-0 2, Synder 1 0-0 2. Totals 2 1-2 5
Mar (3-1, 1-0) 15 … 20 … 14 … 13 — 62
Wea (0-2, 0-1) 0 … 3 … 0 … 2 — 5
3-point FGs: O. Serfass 2, Marek
JV score: No game
Officials: Durso, Scharninger
In other Schuylkill League girls’ action Friday:
** North Schuylkill opened its season with a victory, beating Panther Valley 61-34.
** Lourdes improved to 3-0 overall with a 46-19 rout of Shenandoah Valley in a Division II game. It is believed that the victory is the 800th in the head coaching career of Red Raiders’ mentor Mike Klembara Sr.
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