HS Basketball Roundup: Nativity, Minersville roll to victories in league openers

Minersville's Bradley Kostishak goes up for a layup (Photo by Kelly Wiley).
POTTSVILLE — Trey Keating lit up the scoreboard for Nativity in the fourth quarter.
Keating, a junior, scored 20 of his game-high 28 points in the fourth quarter as the Hilltoppers rolled past Schuylkill Haven 71-50 in a Schuylkill League Division II game Thursday atop Lawton’s Hill.
Jake Bowman poured in 14 points for the Hilltoppers, while Noah Dolbin chipped in 11.
For the Hurricanes, Alan Evans scored a team-high 18 points and Max Heim added 15.
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN (50) — Evans 5 6-9 18, Fasnacht 1 2-2 5, Kelly 4 0-0 8, Heim 6 2-2 15, Watcher 2 0-0 4, Diehl 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 10-13 50.
NATIVITY (71) — Kreitzer 0 0-0 0, Bowman 6 0-0 14, Walborn 2 0-3 4, Dolbin 5 0-1 11, Grabowski 0 0-0 0, Lutzkanin 0 0-0 0, Pasker 3 0-2 7, Clarke 3 0-0 7, Keating 9 4-5 28. Totals 28 4-11 71.
SH (1-1, 0-1) 18 … 9 … 14 … 9 — 50
Nat (1-2, 1-0) 6 … 24 … 14 … 27 — 71
3-point FGs: Evans 2, Fasnacht, Heim, Bowman 2, Dolbin, Pasker, Clarke, Keating 6

Minersville 62, Tamaqua 28
MINERSVILLE — Shazier Bethea led Minersville with a game-high 20 points as the Battlin’ Miners cruised by Tamaqua in a Division I game.
Dante Carr totaled 12 points and Bradley Kostishak added 10 for Minersville.
For Blue Raiders, Cooper Ansbach had a team-high 12 points, while Noah Mateyak chipped in 10.
TAMAQUA (28) — Reyes 0 1-2 1, Ansbach 5 2-2 12, McCabe 1 0-0 2, Mateyak 4 0-0 10, Vecolitis 0 0-0 0, Davis 0 0-0 0, Tejeda 0 0-0 0, Schickram 0 0-0 0, Kane 1 1-7 3, Kamant 0 0-0 0, Schlosser 0 0-0 0, Tamagini 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 4-11 28.
MINERSVILLE (62) — Hutsko 0 2-2 2, Lofton 1 0-0 2, Zimerofsky 0 0-0 0, Manning 3 1-1 7, Bethea 8 0-0 20, Kostishak 5 0-0 10, Halford 1 1-2 4, Carr 6 0-0 12, Bowers 2 0-0 5. Totals 26 4-5 62.
Tam (0-2, 0-1) 8 … 8 … 9 … 3 — 28
Min (2-0, 1-0) 11 … 12 … 25 … 14 — 62
3-point FGs: Mateyak 2, Bethea 4, Halford, Bowers

Panther Valley 46, North Schuylkill 27
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — Danny Wehr paced Panther Valley with a game-high 13 points and Connor Penberth added 12 as the Panthers rolled past North Schuylkill in a Division I game.
For the Spartans, Xavier McNally scored a team-high 10 points.
PANTHER VALLEY (46) — Kraynak 0 0-0 0, Fisher 3 2-2 8, Penberth 5 0-0 12, Jones 2 0-0 6, Breiner 1 0-0 2, Mitchell 0 0-0 0, Nerizi 0 0-0 0, Wehr 6 0-0 13, Baneravage 2 1-2 5, Gjoca 0 0-0 0, Hall 0 0-0 0, Thomas 0 0-0 0, Williams 0 0-0 0, Caffery 0 0-0 0, Moyer 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 3-4 46.
NORTH SCHUYLKILL (27) — Cairo 0 0-0 0, Maziekas 2 0-0 4, Grow 1 0-0 2, Kacilowicz 1 1-1 3, Marcinowski 0 0-0 0, McNally 5 0-0 10, Nelson 1 0-2 2, White 0 0-0 0, Gallagher 0 0-0 0, Osenbach 0 0-0 0, Cabral 0 0-0 0, Wall 2 2-2 6, Damiter 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 3-5 27.
PV (4-0, 1-0) 13… 11 … 12 … 10 — 46
NS (0-2, 0-1) 4 … 4 … 8 … 11 — 27
3-point FGs: Penberth 2, Jones 2, Wehr

Marian 70, Weatherly 66
WEATHERLY — Yaniel Nunez collected a game-high 21 points as Marian edged Weatherly in a Division II game.
Bryan Ferreira added 10 points for the Colts.
Corbin Wagner scored a team-high 18 points for the Wreckers, while Niko Saldukas chipped in 17.
MARIAN (70) — Catrone 3 0-1 6, Nunez 7 3-6 21, Ju. De La Cruz 3 0-2 7, Ja. De La Cruz 3 0-0 8, Ferreira 3 2-2 10, Tom 3 0-2 6, Tirpak 1 0-0 2, Griguoli 0 0-0 0, Matos 1 0-0 2, Rodino 4 0-2 8. Totals 28 5-20 70.
WEATHELY (66) — McKeegan 6 0-0 12, Kokinda 0 0-0 0, Stauffer 5 1-2 11, Saldukas 8 0-1 17, Donish 4 0-0 8, Wagner 7 3-6 18. Totals 30 4-9 66.
Mar (1-1, 1-0) 11… 19 … 24 … 16 — 70
Wea (0-2, 0-1) 18… 17 … 17 … 14 — 66
3-point FGs: Nunez 4, Ju. De La Cruz, Ja. De La Cruz 2, Ferreira 2, Saldukas, Wagner