POTTSVILLE — Noah Mateyak drained three 3-pointers and scored a game-high 27 points as Tamaqua surged past Nativity 75-56 in a non-league boys’ basketball game Saturday evening atop Lawton’s Hill.

Luke Kane added 14 points and Cooper Ansbach had 13 for Tamaqua, which closed the game on a 23-10 run.

Trey Keating paced Nativity with 24 points, scoring 20 of his points in the middle frames. Noah Dolbin netted 14.

TAMAQUA (75) — Reyes 0 0-0 0, Ansbach 6 1-2 13, McCabe 3 0-0 6, Mateyak 11 2-3 27, Vecolitis 2 0-0 5, Davis 2 4-7 8, Garcia 1 0-0 2, Schickram 0 0-0 0, Kane 6 2-2 14, Frohnheiser 0 0-0 0, Kamant 0 0-0 0, Tamagini 0 0-0 0, Broadway 0 0-0 0. Totals 31 9-14 75.

NATIVITY (56) — Kreitzer 0 0-0 0, Bowman 3 0-0 9, Walborn 0 0-0 0, Dolbin 5 3-4 14, Grabowski 0 0-0 0, Lutzkanin 0 0-0 0, Pasker 4 0-2 8, Clarke 0 1-2 1, Keating 10 0-0 24. Totals 22 4-8 56.

Tam (3-8)                20 … 15 … 17 … 23 — 75

Nat (4-6)                  13 … 19 … 14 … 10 — 56

3-point FGs: Mateyak 3, Vecolitis, Bowman 3, Dolbin, Keating 4

JV Score: Tamaqua 58-40

Officials: J. Dean, Hibbler

Minersville 77, Williams Valley 27

MINERSVILLE — Chase Zimerofsky paced a trio of double-digit scorers with 13 points as Minersville ran past Williams Valley in a non-league game at the Thomas Fitzpatrick Gymnasium.

Shazier Bethea and Dante Carr each added 12 points for Minersville, which broke the game open with a 26-7 run in the second quarter. Zimerofsky had three of the Miners’ 12 3-pointers.

Brady Shomper led Williams Valley with 10 points.

WILLIAMS VALLEY (27) — Shomper 4 1-2 10, Rodriguez 1 0-0 2, Achenbach 0 0-0 0, Crisswell 2 0-0 4, B. Zilinski 0 2-2 2, Thompson 2 2-2 7, K. Zilinski 1 0-0 2, Hoffman 0 0-0 0, Trawitz 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 5-6 27.

MINERSVILLE (77) — Hutsko 2 2-2 6, Lofton 2 1-2 6, Zimerofsky 5 0-0 13, Manning 1 0-0 2, Bethea 5 0-0 12, Adams 0 0-0 0, Kostishak 2 2-4 6, Fessler 1 0-0 3, Halford 3 0-0 9, Rogers 1 0-0 3, Taylor 0 0-0 0, Carr 6 0-1 12, Bowers 2 0-0 5, Mealey 0 0-0 0. Totals 30 5-9 77.

WV (4-6)                  5 … 7 … 8 … 7 — 27

Min (7-2)                  14 … 26 … 18 … 19 — 77

3-point FGs: Shomper, Thompson, Lofton, Zimerofsky 3, Bethea 2, Fessler, Halford 3, Rogers, Bowers

JV Score: Minersville 50-47

Officials: Groody, Rizzo

Blue Mountain 65, Northampton 56

ORWIGSBURG — Aidan Grace canned four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 18 points as the Eagles downed the Konkrete Kids in a non-league game Saturday afternoon.

Grace also shot 6-of-8 from the foul line, leading a 17-for-20 effort by Blue Mountain at the stripe. Tyeirre Meade added 14 points and Chase Baldwin netted 13 for the Eagles, who used a 15-9, second-quarter run to take control.

NORTHAMPTON (56) — Jones 0 0-0 0, Walakovits 5 1-2 13, Raphun 1 0-0 2, Regec 4 0-0 11, Raysely 4 0-0 8, Simock 2 2-4 7, Walter 0 2-2 2, Sollars 5 0-0 11, Everett 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 5-8 56.

BLUE MOUNTAIN (65) — Meade 4 5-5 14, Reid 0 0-0 0, Setlock 0 0-0 0, Guers 2 0-0 4, Grace 4 6-8 18, Kirby 0 2-2 2, Baldwin 5 3-3 13, Gaddy 2 1-2 5, Brayford 3 0-0 9. Totals 20 17-20 65.

North (7-4)            16 … 9 … 15 … 16 — 56

Blue (6-4)               18 … 15 … 14 … 18 — 65

3-point FGs: Walakovits 2, Regec 3, Simock, Sollars, Meade, Grace 4, Brayford 3

Officials: Phillips, Dugger, Litwhiler

Palmerton 46, North Schuylkill 44

FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — Logan Anthony rebounded his own miss with 2 seconds remaining to give Palmerton the non-league win over the Spartans.

Corey Serfass had 19 points and Anthony tallied 18 for the Blue Bombers, who overcame a 34-29 after three frames.

Jude Maziekas hit four 3-pointers and scored a team-high 18 points for North Schuylkill, scoring 14 of his points in the first half.

PALMERTON (46) — Serfass 6 3-4 19, Carrelli 0 0-0 0, Pengelly 2 0-0 4, Grammes 0 0-0 0, Reph 2 0-0 5, George 0 0-0 0, Anthony 9 0-0 18. Totals 19 3-4 46.

NORTH SCHUYLKILL (44) — Cairo 0 0-0 0, Maziekas 6 2-3 18, Wall 3 0-0 7, Kacielowski 1 1-2 4, Marcinowski 2 2-4 6, Nelson 0 0-0 0, McNally 2 0-1 4, Gallagher 1 3-6 5. Totals 15 8-16 44.

Palm (3-9)              17 … 9 … 3 … 17 — 46

NS (3-9)                    12 … 15 … 7 … 10 — 44

3-point FGs: Maziekas 4, Wall, Kacielowicz

JV Score: North Schuylkill 65-49

Officials: Servanas, Wojciechowski

Lincoln Leadership 70, Weatherly 66

ALLENTOWN — Ian McKeegan scored 20 of his 24 points in the second half as a late Weatherly comeback fell short in a non-league loss at Lincoln Leadership.

Niko Saldukas added 14 for the Wreckers, who trailed 49-38 entering the fourth.

Dwight Prudhomme led all scorers with 32 points for Lincoln Leadership, scoring 22 of his points in the second half.

WEATHERLY (66) — Kokinda 1 1-2 3, McKeegan 8 8-9 24, Stauffer 3 0-0 6, Saldukas 5 1-4 14, Donish 4 0-2 8, Davis 1 0-0 2, Wagner 3 4-7 9. Totals 25 14-24 66.

LINCOLN LEADERSHIP (70) — Velez 1 0-0 3, Baker 2 3-5 7, I. Medina 4 3-4 11, Rodriguez 4 1-2 9, Henegan 0 0-0 0, J. Medina 0 0-0 0, Parker 0 1-2 1, Prudhomme 14 4-7 32, Forbes 0 0-0 0, Gil 0 0-0 0, Young 3 1-2 7. Jackson 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 13-22 70.

Wea (4-4)                10 … 8 … 20 … 28 — 66

LLA (9-2)                  12 … 15 … 22 … 21 — 70

3-point FGs: Saldukas 3, Wagner, Velez

JV Score: Lincoln Leadership 56-24

Officials: Peterson, Pina

Other Games

*** Tri-Valley (8-2) suffered its second loss of the season, falling 64-60 to Greenwood (8-3).

*** Lourdes dropped to 2-8 on the season with a 60-54 loss to Northumberland Christian.

Friday’s late result

Hamburg 70, Pine Grove 51

HAMBURG — Ty Werley made seven 3-pointers and scored a game-high 40 points as the Hawks downed the Cardinals in a non-league game atop Hawk Hill.

Werley became only the second player in Hamburg history to reach 40 points in a game twice; he’s one of four players to accomplish the feat in school history. His performance included an 11-for-11 outing at the foul line, going 10-of-10 in the second half.

Quinn Brommer scored 19 points for Pine Grove, while Wyatt Snyder added 12 and Teagan Schneck-Haines tallied 10. The Cardinals led 33-32 at halftime before being outscored 21-8 in the third quarter.

PINE GROVE (51) — Smeltz 0 0-0 0, Shanahan 0 0-0 0, Herber 0 0-0 0, Felty 4 0-0 8, Brommer 5 7-8 19, Lyons 0 0-0 0, Dubbs 1 0-2 2, Snyder 5 2-2 12, Schneck-Haines 2 5-5 10. Totals 17 14-17 51.

HAMBURG (70) — D. Henderson 0 0-0 0, Bentz 0 0-0 0, Arroyo 4 2-2 12, Shuey 2 0-0 4, Werley 11 11-11 40, Hasenauer 0 0-0 0, Leiby 0 0-0 0, Clark 4 2-4 10, Boratz 0 0-0 0, Y. Hernandez 0 1-2 1, Alvarado 1 0-0 3. Totals 22 16-19 70.

PG (5-8)                    12 … 21 … 8 … 10 — 51

Ham (7-4)               25 … 7 … 21 … 17 — 70

3-point FGs: Brommer 2, Schneck-Haines, Arroyo 2, Werley 7, Alvarado

Girls’ Basketball

Williams Valley 40, Pine Grove 24

PINE GROVE — Quin Smeltz scored a game-high 14 points as the Vikings remained unbeaten with a non-league road win against the Cardinals.

Smeltz had five points in a 15-6, second-quarter run that put Williams Valley ahead to stay. Mallory Miller added 11 points for the Vikes, shooting 6-for-6 from the foul line.

Ayla Schneck-Haines led Pine Grove with eight points.

WILLIAMS VALLEY (40) — Kobularik 1 1-2 3, Hechler 0 0-2 0, Miller 2 6-6 11, Q. Smeltz 5 2-2 14, S. Smeltz 3 0-2 6, Kasper 2 0-0 6. Totals 13 9-12 40.

PINE GROVE (24) — Seltzer 0 0-0 0, Leffler 0 0-0 0, Umbenhauer 1 0-0 3, Zimmerman 3 0-0 6, Leininger 0 2-2 2, Schneck-Haines 3 2-4 8, Fidler 0 0-0 0, Sampson 2 1-4 5. Totals 9 5-10 24.

WV (11-0)               8 … 15 … 6 … 11 — 40

PG (7-4)                    8 … 6 … 8 … 2 — 24

3-point FGs: Miller, Q. Smeltz 2, Kasper 2, Umbenhauer

JV Score: Pine Grove 56-34

Officials: Shober, Karinch

Schuylkill Haven 52, Shenandoah Valley 25

SHENANDOAH — Alea Porter recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds and added four steals as the Hurricanes defeated the Blue Devils in a non-league game.

Mckenna Runkle added 11 points for Schuylkill Haven, 10 of which came in the second half as the Hurricanes outscored the Devils 32-13 in the final two frames.

Gianna Donovan led Shenandoah Valley with nine points.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN (52) — McDonald 0 0-0 0, Siket 1 4-4 6, Schaeffer 3 1-2 7, Haag 1 0-2 3, Terefencko 2 0-0 5, Ulsh 3 0-0 6, Runkle 4 3-4 11, Goehring 0 0-0 0, Porter 6 1-2 14. Totals 20 9-14 52.

SHENANDOAH VALLEY (25) — Brit. Tufts 1 2-2 4, Bria. Tufts 1 0-0 2, Donovan 1 7-8 9, Monaghan 3 1-2 8, Labosky 1 0-0 2. Totals 7 10-12 25.

SH (8-2)  8 … 12 … 19 … 13 — 52

SV (4-8)  7 … 5 … 7 … 6 — 25

3-point FGs: Haag, Terefencko, Porter, Monaghan

Officials: Merwine, Wood

Mahanoy Area 55, Minersville 38

MAHANOY CITY — Felicia Bro canned four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 25 points as the Golden Bears defeated the Miners.

Kayci McGowan and Ella Connolly each added 12 points for Mahanoy Area, which closed the game on a 16-7 run.

Ayla Castle led Minersville with 10 points.

MINERSVILLE (38) — Troutman 0 0-0 0, Rizzardi 3 3-4 9, Brennan 2 1-3 5, Horoschak 0 0-2 0, Cullen 2 0-0 5, Castle 4 1-2 10, Boom 2 3-6 9, Miklesavage 0 0-0 0, McGrath 0 0-0 0, Ilsley 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 8-18 38.

MAHANOY AREA (55) — McGowan 4 1-2 12, Haughney 1 0-0 2, Bro 9 3-4 25, Carl 0 0-0 0, Kowalick 2 0-0 4, Gonzalez 0 0-0 0, Connolly 6 0-2 12. Totals 22 4-8 55.

Min (0-8)                  12 … 4 … 15 … 7 — 38

Mah (5-4)                19 … 6 … 14 … 16 — 55

3-point FGs: Cullen, Castle, Boom 2, McGowan 3, Bro 4

Officials: McDonough, Lisgle

Central Columbia 67, North Schuylkill 55

ALMEDIA — The Spartans fell behind by double digits early and never recovered, dropping a non-league game to the Blue Jays.

Hannah Kane paced a trio of double-digit scorers for North Schuylkill with 13 points, while Mya Conti added 12 and Jadelin Stitzer tallied 11.

Quinlan Blake scored 15 of her game-high 20 points in the first half for Central Columbia, which is the top-ranked team in District 4 Class 4A.

NORTH SCHUYLKILL (55) — Conti 3 6-7 12, Monahan 1 1-2 3, Capone 4 0-2 9, Ja. Stitzer 3 5-8 11, Kane 5 1-4 13, Selgrade 2 1-2 5, Balicki 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 14-25 55.

CENTRAL COLUMBIA (67) — Bull 6 0-4 14, Blake 6 4-4 20, Welkom 4 0-0 9, Flick 1 6-10 8, Tucker 3 1-2 7, E. Prezioso 1 0-0 2, Poust 3 0-0 7, Devlin 0 0-0 0, Hiller 0 0-0 0, G. Prezioso 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 11-20 67.

NS (6-3)                    9 … 16 … 11 … 19 — 55

CC (7-1)                    20 … 17 … 15 … 15 — 67

3-point FGs: Capone, Kane 2, Bull 2, Blake 4, Welkom, Poust

JV Score: Central Columbia 61-48

Officials: Slusser, Moyer, Moser

Northampton 45, Blue Mountain 32

NORTHAMPTON — Anne Beenders scored eight of her game-high 21 points in a key second-quarter run as Northampton handed Blue Mountain its fourth straight loss.

Hailey Place tallied a team-high eight points for the Eagles, who were outscored 11-3 in the second frame and fell behind 26-10 at intermission. Cameryn Campbell added seven.

BLUE MOUNTAIN (32) — Henninger 1 0-0 3, Fleagle 1 0-2 2, Canfield 1 0-0 2, Place 2 4-4 8, Ka. Koch 0 0-0 0, Peel 2 0-2 5, Ke. Koch 0 0-0 0, Campbell 3 0-0 7, Fishburn 1 0-2 2, Keck 1 1-2 3, Nunemacher 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 5-12 32.

NORTHAMPTON (45) — Beenders 9 1-2 21, Reichl 0 0-0 0, Burgos 1 0-0 3, Luipersbeck 1 0-0 3, Duerr 0 0-0 0, Raysley 4 4-4 12, Echevarria 0 1-2 1, Pecuch 4 0-0 8. Totals 18 6-8 45.

Blue (3-7)               7 … 3 … 6 … 16 — 32

North (6-6)            12 … 14 … 11 … 8 — 45

3-point FGs: Henninger, Peel, Campbell, Beenders 2, Luipersbeck

JV Score: Northampton 30-25

Officials: Onushco, Adams

Lehigh Valley Academy Charter 38, Nativity 12

POTTSVILLE — Finley McNamara scored a team-high eight points as the Golden Girls dropped a non-league game to Lehigh Valley Academy Charter atop Lawton’s Hill.

LEHIGH VALLEY ACADEMY CHARTER (38) — Cruz 0 0-0 0, Villanueva 0 0-0 0, Morales 5 0-0 11, Stone 1 0-0 2, Prestol 5 0-0 10, Patel 1 0-3 2, Murphy 1 1-2 3, Hothab 1 0-2 2, Kennedy 1 0-0 2, Lockley 1 0-0 2, Celek 1 0-0 2, Smith 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 1-7 38.

NATIVITY (12) — Miller 0 0-0 0, McNamara 4 0-0 8, Fox 0 0-0 0, Stewart 1 0-0 2, Evans 1 0-0 2. Totals 6 0-0 12.

LVAC (7-3)              13 … 2 … 13 … 10 — 38

Nat (0-8)                  2 … 2 … 6 … 2 — 12

3-point FGs: Morales

JV Score: No game

Officials: Gerchak, Bulka

Lincoln Leadership 50, Weatherly 25

ALLENTOWN — Kelly Reiner scored 10 points and Courtney Synder added nine as the Wreckers dropped a non-league game at Lincoln Leadership.

WEATHERLY (25) — Marasco 0 0-0 0, Russell 1 2-2 4, Rhodes 1 0-0 2, Reiner 4 1-2 10, Weston 0 0-2 0, Synder 4 1-2 9. Totals 10 4-8 25.

LINCOLN LEADERSHIP (50) — Taylor 5 3-4 13, Guinones 0 0-0 0, Morales 1 0-0 2, Kringe 6 0-1 15, Landis 1 4-4 6, Martinez 0 0-0 0, Hannigan 3 3-6 10, Hamilton 1 2-5 4, Fields 0 0-2 0, Zuniga 0 0-0 0, Lopez 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 9-22 50.

Wea (1-6)                2 … 9 … 5 … 9 — 25

LLA (5-2)                  18 … 11 … 10 … 11 — 50

3-point FGs: Reiner

JV Score: No game

Officials: Donatelli, Golas

Other Games

*** Panther Valley (5-4) captured its third straight victory, downing winless Pleasant Valley 50-14

*** Lourdes (7-3) won for the second straight day, beating Northumberland Christian 49-16.

*** The Greenwood at Tri-Valley game was postponed until Jan. 24.

Girls’ Swimming

Tamaqua 111, Salisbury 59

TAMAQUA — Savannah Wilson (200 IM, 100 breast) won two individual events and swam on a winning relay as the Blue Raiders downed the Falcons in a non-league meet.

Sophia Sitlinger (diving), Audrey Nattress (100 fly), Ava Jones (100 free) and Kate Behun (100 back) added individual victories for Tamaqua (6-2).

200 medley relay — Tamaqua A (Behun, Wilson, Nattress, A. Jones) 2:05.68

200 freestyle — Amorim (Sal) 2:06.54

200 IM — Wilson (Tam) 2:26.30

50 freestyle — Ballek (Sal) 27.48

Diving — Sitlinger (Tam) 127.05

100 butterfly — Nattress (Tam) 1:14.35

100 freestyle — A. Jones (Tam) 1:05.83

500 freestyle — Ballek (Sal) 5:27.70

200 freestyle relay — Tamaqua A (Nattress, Clemson, I. Jones, A. Jones) 1:57.06

100 backstroke — Behun (Tam) 1:14.91

100 breaststroke — Wilson (Tam) 1:12.61

400 freestyle relay — Salisbury A (Ballek, Kelly, Fogel, Amorim) 4:22.30

Salisbury 59, Tamaqua 54

TAMAQUA — Vinny Valentine took first place in diving and the 100 breaststroke but the Blue Raiders dropped a non-league meet to the Falcons.

Ben Hunsicker won the 100 freestyle and helped the 200 freestyle relay team to victory for Tamaqua (1-6-1).

200 medley relay — Salisbury A (Kubinsky, Amorim, Juhasz, Carpo) 1:59.04

200 freestyle — Amorim (Sal) 2:06.22

200 IM — Carpo (Sal) 3:04.39

50 freestyle — Juhasz (Sal) 25.48

Diving — Valentine (Tam) 159.30

100 butterfly — Amorim (Sal) 1:05.22

100 freestyle — Hunsicker (Tam) 1:06.65

500 freestyle — Kubinsky (Sal) 6:16.54

200 freestyle relay — Tamaqua A (Barron, Valentine, Hunsicker, Temarantz) 1:53.92

100 backstroke — Jahasz (Sal) 1:08.71

100 breaststroke — Valentine (Tam) 1:26.33

400 freestyle relay — Salisbury A (Kubinsky, Juhasz, Amorim, Carpo) 4:08.23

People-Tag: Aidan Grace, Alea Porter, Anne Beenders, Audrey Nattress, Ava Jones, Ayla Castle, Ayla Schneck-Haines, Ben Hunsicker, Brady Shomper, Cameryn Campbell, Chase Baldwin, Chase Zimerofsky, Cooper Ansbach, Corey Serfass, Courtney Synder, Dante Carr, Dwight Prudhomme, Ella Connolly, Felicia Bro, Finley McNamara, Gianna Donovan, Hailey Place, Hannah Kane, Ian McKeegan, Jadelin Stitzer, Jude Maziekas, Kate Behun, Kayci McGowan, Kelly Reiner, Logan Anthony, Luke Kane, Mallory Miller, McKenna Runkle, Mya Conti, Niko Saldukas, Noah Dolbin, Noah Mateyak, Quin Smeltz, Quinlan Blake, Quinn Brommer, Savannah Wilson, Shazier Bethea, Sophia Sitlinger, Teagan Schneck-Haines, Trey Keating, Ty Werley, Tyeirre Meade, Vinny Valentine, Wyatt Snyder