Tamaqua's Noah Mateyak grabs a rebound (Photo by Eli Doyle).

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Cooper Ansbach scored a game-high 23 points as Tamaqua snapped a four-game losing streak with a 76-67 victory over Schuylkill Haven in a non-league boys’ basketball game Monday at the CACL Center.

Noah Mateyak added 19 points and Luke Kane added 14 as the Blue Raiders (2-8) opened up a five-point lead after one frame and kept adding to it. Kane tallied eight of his points in the first period, while Ansbach had nine in the second quarter.

Alan Evans and Brady Kelly each scored 22 points for Schuylkill Haven (5-6), which has lost four straight. Max Heim added 14. The teams combined for 18 3-pointers, with the Hurricanes hitting 11.

TAMAQUA (76) — Reyes 0 0-0 0, Ansbach 9 3-5 23, McCabe 2 4-8 8, Mateyak 8 0-1 19, Vecolitis 1 2-2 5, Davis 1 0-0 3, Schickram 0 0-0 0, Kane 7 0-0 14, Tamagini 2 0-0 4. Totals 30 9-16 76.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN (67) — Evans 9 1-1 22, Fasnacht 1 0-1 2, Diehl 0 0-0 0, Kelly 8 2-2 22, Watcher 2 1-2 7, Heim 6 0-0 14. Totals 26 4-6 67.

Tam (2-8)                17 … 14 … 25 … 20 — 76

SH (5-6)                    12 … 12 … 17 … 26 — 67

3-point FGs: Mateyak 3, Ansbach 2, Vecolitis, Davis, Kelly 4, Evans 3, Watcher 2, Heim 2

JV Score: Tamaqua 65-20

Officials: Groody, Rizzo

Girls’ Basketball

Tamaqua 41, Dieruff 31

TAMAQUA — Lauren Ligenza notched a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds as the Blue Raiders won their seventh straight with a non-league win over the Huskies.

Leah Black added seven points and Kendle Miller collected eight rebounds for Tamaqua, which opened the game on a 10-2 run and never looked back.

DIERUFF (31) — Holder 3 0-0 6, Culbreath 0 0-0 0, Fernandez 1 0-0 2, McChristian 2 0-0 5, Price 2 0-0 5, Brockington 0 0-0 0, Gomez 0 0-0 0, Rosa 1 0-0 3, Rosario 3 4-5 10. Totals 12 4-5 31.

TAMAQUA (41) — Robb 0 4-6 4, M. Black 2 2-5 6, Plasha 2 1-3 5, Ligenza 6 7-13 19, Miller 0 0-0 0, L. Black 3 1-3 7. Totals 13 15-30 41.

Dier (6-4)                2 … 10 … 7 … 12 — 31

Tam (9-1)                 10 … 10 … 10 … 11 — 41

3-point FGs: McChristian, Price, Rosa

JV Score: Dieruff 55-22

Officials: J. Dean, Fritz

Schuylkill Haven 48, Boyertown 37

BOYERTOWN — Alea Porter scorched the nets for a game-high 20 points as the Hurricanes defeated a Class 6A school for the first time in school history.

Kylie Siket scored all 12 of her points in the second half as Haven broke a 19-19 halftime tie with an 18-10 run in the third quarter. Mckenna Runkle added 10 rebounds and six steals.

Madeline Weaver had 17 points to pace Boyertown.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN (48) — Runkle 1 0-0 2, Siket 3 4-7 12, Hutchinson 2 0-0 4, Schaeffer 1 0-0 3, Porter 6 5-8 20, Ulsh 2 0-0 4, Terefencko 1 0-2 2, Haag 0 1-2 1. Totals 16 10-19 48.

BOYERTOWN (37) — Weaver 6 4-8 17, Shimikanss 0 0-0 0, Harper 3 4-8 10, Engler 3 4-4 10, Wieber 0 0-0 0, Ryan 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 12-20 37.

Haven (7-1)           9 … 10 … 18 … 11 — 48

Boyer (4-4)            9 … 10 … 10 … 8 — 37

3-point FGs: Siket 2, Schaeffer, Porter 3, Weaver

Middletown 50, Blue Mountain 12

MIDDLETOWN — The Eagles didn’t dent the scoreboard until the second quarter in suffering a non-league loss at unbeaten Middletown.

Middletown, which leads the District 3 Class 5A power rankings, opened the game with a 19-0 run, finishing with three players in double figure.

BLUE MOUNTAIN (12) — Henninger 1 0-0 3, Fleagle 0 0-0 0, Canfield 1 1-2 3, Place 0 1-2 1, Peel 0 0-0 0, Koch 0 0-0 0, Campbell 1 0-4 2, Fishburn 0 0-0 0, Keck 1 0-0 3, Nunemacher 0 0-0 0. Totals 4 2-8 12.

MIDDLETOWN (50) — Cleland 4 1-1 10, Rossuk 0 0-0 0, Koser 5 6-6 16, Jo. Stover 5 0-1 10, Rodriguez 1 0-0 2, Cavrich 2 0-0 4, Ja. Stover 1 0-0 2, Jackson 0 0-0 0, Johnston 1 0-0 2, Gassert 2 0-0 4. Totals 21 7-8 50.

BM (3-6)       0 … 4 … 6 … 2 — 12

Midd (9-0)    19 … 9 … 14 … 8 — 50

3-point FGs: Henninger, Keck, Cleland

JV Score: Blue Mountain 37-13

Officials: Hime, Kinney, Young

Odds and Ends

*** The Mahanoy Area boys improved to 10-0 with a 62-34 win over Shenandoah Valley (3-7). No details were reported.

*** Lourdes girls fell to 5-3 overall with a 51-41 non-league loss to Shikellamy

*** The Nativity at Marian girls game was postponed, date TBA.