POTTSVILLE — A thrilling victory in the 200-yard medley relay set the tone.

Liam Magdeburg and Porter Sarnes made sure it stood up.

Blue Mountain took a major step toward its eighth straight Schuylkill League boys’ swimming title Tuesday with a 105-71 victory over Pottsville at the Ned Hampford Natatorium.

The Eagles (11-1, 9-0 SL) prevailed in the meet’s first event, the 200 medley relay, when the quartet of Brody Moyer, Zach Scala, Sarnes and Aidan Varney finished in 1:47.29, just nipping the Pottsville foursome of Ashton Maroukis, Jamison Walsh, John Mohl and Noah Bevan that was clocked in 1:47.85.

Magdeburg then won the 200 freestyle and later added a victory in the 500 freestyle. Sarnes touched first in the 200 IM and 100 fly, while Moyer won the 100 backstroke and Scala took first in the 100 breaststroke.

Pottsville (9-3, 7-2) kept things close early as Bevan took first in the 50 freestyle and Adam Klinger, Colin Kline and Brayden Tokonitz went 1-2-3 in diving. Klinger’s score of 298.70 was a new Pottsville school and pool record in the 6-dive competition. Bevan later added an individual win in the 100 free.

The Tide trailed 41-33 after diving and 57-46 after the 100 freestyle, but Blue Mountain built some breathing room when Magdeburg, Lukas Frantz and Luciano Keck went 1-2-4 in the 500 freestyle to make it 69-49 with four events left. The Eagles followed with 11-point wins in both the 100 back and 100 breast to ice it.

Blue Mountain can clinch its 12th overall league crown with a victory in one of its final three dual meets, against either Schuylkill Haven, Tamaqua or Mahanoy Area.

 

Boys’ Swimming

Blue Mountain 105, Pottsville 71

200 medley relay — 1. Blue Mountain A (Moyer, Scala, Sarnes, A. Varney) 1:47.29, 2. Pottsville A, 3. Blue Mountain B

200 freestyle — 1. Magdeburg (BM) 2:00.43, 2. Strauss (Potts), 3. Frantz (BM)

200 IM — 1. Sarnes (BM) 2:12.47, 2. E. Varney (BM), 3. Walsh (Potts), 4. Keck (BM)

50 freestyle — 1. Bevan (Potts) 23.42, 2. Moyer (BM) 23.82, 3. A. Varney (BM)

Diving — 1. Klinger (Potts) 298.70, 2. Kline (Potts), 3. Tokonitz (Potts)

100 butterfly — 1. Sarnes (BM) 56.89, 2. Mohl (Potts), 3. Nester (BM)

100 freestyle — 1. Bevan (Potts) 51.80, 2. A. Varney (BM), 3. Kamarousky (BM)

500 freestyle — 1. Magdeburg (BM) 5:21.28, 2. Frantz (BM), 3. Strauss (Potts)

200 freestyle relay — 1. Pottsville A (Mohl, Bressler, Walsh, Bevan) 1:36.88, 2. Blue Mountain A, 3. Blue Mountain B

100 backstroke — 1. Moyer (BM) 58.52, 2. Maroukis (Potts), 3. Kamarousky (BM)

100 breaststroke — 1. Scala (BM) 1:14.14, 2. Walsh (Potts), 3. Nester (BM)

400 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain A (A. Varney, Sarnes, Kamarousky, Moyer) 3:40.11, 2. Pottsville A

Boys’ Swimming

Schuylkill Haven 91, Mahanoy Area 12

MAHANOY CITY — Ethan Miller (50 free, 100 fly) won a pair of individual events as the Hurricanes dropped the Golden Bears.

Bruce (200 free), Evan Wisner (500 free), Dean Ketner (100 back) and Elliot Wehr (100 breast) added wins for Schuylkill Haven (6-6, 5-4 SL).

Blake Brown took first in the 100 freestyle for Mahanoy Area (0-10, 0-10).

 

200 medley relay — No event

200 freestyle — 1. Stine (SH) 2:35.37, 2. Wisner (SH), 3. Marmas (SH)

200 IM — No event

50 freestyle — 1. Miller (SH) 23.63, 2. Wehr (SH), 3. Brown (Mah)

Diving — No event

100 butterfly — 1. Miller (SH) 57.37

100 freestyle — 1. Brown (Mah) 1:02.32, 2. Stine (SH), 3. Ketner (SH)

500 freestyle — 1. Wisner (SH) 7:14.30, 2. Marmas (SH), 3. Seltzer (SH)

200 freestyle relay — 1. Schuylkill Haven A (Wehr, McClusky, Stine, Miller) 1:47.48, 2. Schuylkill Haven B

100 backstroke — 1. Ketner (SH) 1:37.76, 2. Scherer (SH), 3. Sidleck (SH)

100 breaststroke — 1. Wehr (SH) 1:28.65

400 freestyle relay — 1. Schuylkill Haven A (Wisner, Seltzer, Ketner, Marmas) 5:35.49

Boys’ Swimming

Marian 63, Tamaqua 52

 TAMAQUA — Andrew Metters (200 IM, 100 back) and Michael Strucko (50 free, 100 free) each won two events as the Colts downed the Blue Raiders in a Schuylkill League meet.

Reece Steibler (200 free) added an individual win for Marian (3-7, 3-6), which won seven of the nine contested events. Aidan Elston (500 free) and Brandon Temerantz (100 breast) scored wins for Tamaqua (3-10, 3-6)

 

200 medley relay — No event

200 freestyle — 1. Steibler (Mar) 2:04.97, 2. Elston (Tam), 3. Gomez (Mar)

200 IM — 1. A. Metters (Mar) 2:23.37

50 freestyle — 1. Strucko (Mar) 22.32, 2. Temarantz (Tam), 3. Graham (Tam)

Diving — No event

100 butterfly — No event

100 freestyle — 1. Strucko (Mar) 49.77, 2. Steibler (Mar), 3. Graham (Tam)

500 freestyle — 1. Elston (Tam) 6:54.46, 2. Gomez (Mar), 3. Kline (Tam)

200 freestyle relay — 1. Marian A (R. Metters, A. Metters, Steibler, Strucko) 1:44.76, 2. Tamaqua A, 3. Tamaqua B

100 backstroke — 1. A. Metters (Mar) 1:05.52, 2. Behun (Tam)

100 breaststroke — 1. Temerantz (Tam) 1:12.79, 2. R. Metters (Mar)

400 freestyle relay — 1. Marian A (Steibler, Gomez, A. Metters, Strucko) 3:57.41, 2. Tamaqua A

Girls’ Swimming

Schuylkill Haven 79, Mahanoy Area 62

 MAHANOY CITY — Hope Stauffer won a pair of events and the Hurricanes used a sweep of the 500 freestyle to capture a Schuylkill League win over the Golden Bears.

Hope Stauffer won the 200 IM and 100 freestyle for the Hurricanes (6-6, 4-5), while Cali Stauffer took first in the 50 freestyle. It was a 1-2-3 finish by Kylee Howell, Mikayla Tippett and Riley Torres in the 500 freestyle that put Haven on top to stay.

Lily Brown (200 free, 100 back) won twice for Mahanoy Area (2-8, 2-8), while Kendall Kardisco touched first in the 100 breaststroke. The teams each won five events.

 

200 medley relay — 1. Mahanoy Area (Scully, Brown, Fazio, Kardisco) 2:06.45, 2. Schuylkill Haven A

200 freestyle — 1. Brown (Mah) 2:05.02, 2. Scully (Mah), 3. Scherer (SH)

200 IM — 1. H. Stauffer (SH) 2:21.41, 2. Kardisco (Mah), 3. Wagner (SH)

50 freestyle — 1. C. Stauffer (SH) 27.55, 2. Fazio (Mah), 3. Whitecavage (Mah)

Diving — No event

100 butterfly — No event

100 freestyle — 1. H. Stauffer (SH) 57.51, 2. Fazio (Mah), 3. Whitecavage (Mah)

500 freestyle — 1. Howell (SH) 9:07.30, 2. Tippett (SH), 3. Torres (SH)

200 freestyle relay — 1. Mahanoy Area (Scully, Kardisco, Fazio, Brown) 1:53.65, 2. Schuylkill Haven A, 3. Schuylkill Haven B

100 backstroke — 1. Brown (Mah) 1:03.98, 2. Scully (Mah), 3. Scherer (SH)

100 breaststroke — 1. Kardisco (Mah) 1:22.36, 2. C. Stauffer (SH), 3. Bright (SH)

400 freestyle relay — 1. Schuylkill Haven A (Howell, Torres, Zagar, Miller) 7:01.55

Girls’ Swimming

Blue Mountain 134, Pottsville 43

 POTTSVILLE — Alayna Hensel paced a balanced attack with wins in the 100 fly and 100 breaststroke as the Eagles topped the Crimson Tide to remain unbeaten in Schuylkill League play.

Ella Crossen (200 free), Molly Stone (200 IM), Hailey Scheuer (diving), Lola Machamer (100 free) and Isabella Lafko (100 back) added individual wins for Blue Mountain (11-1, 9-0 SL), which swept the relays.

Gianna Laselva won twice for Pottsville (5-6-1, 3-5-1), taking first in the 50 free and 500 free.

 

200 medley relay — 1. Blue Mountain A (Crossen, Stone, Seidel, Bellan-Huchery) 2:16.46, 2. Blue Mountain B, 3. Pottsville A

200 freestyle — 1. Crossen (BM) 2:17.12, 2. Seidel (BM), 3. Beiswinger (BM)

200 IM — 1. Stone (BM) 2:40.18, 2. Grabowski (BM), 3. Zulli (BM)

50 freestyle — 1. Laselva (Potts) 27.02, 2. Kaplafka (BM), 3. Mohl (Potts)

Diving — 1. Scheuer (BM) 213.15, 2. White (BM), 3. Oettl (BM)

100 butterfly — 1. Hensel (BM) 1:07.47, 2. Seidel (BM), 3. Grabowski (BM)

100 freestyle — 1. Machamer (BM) 1:00.99, 2. Bellan-Huchery (BM), 3. Kim (Potts)

500 freestyle — 1. Laselva (Potts) 5:35.03, 2. Lafko (BM), 3. Crossen (BM)

200 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain A (Hensel, Machamer, Kaplafka, Lafko) 1:50.91, 2. Blue Mountain B, 3. Pottsville A

100 backstroke — 1. Lafko (BM) 1:12.35, 2. Machamer (BM), 3. Beiswinger (BM)

100 breaststroke — 1. Hensel (BM) 1:15.37, 2. Van Orden (Potts), 3. Zulli (BM)

400 freestyle relay — 1. Blue Mountain A (Kaplafka, Hensel, Machamer, Lafko) 4:08.03, 2. Pottsville A, 3. Blue Mountain B

Girls’ Swimming

Tamaqua 105, Marian 35

 TAMAQUA — Savannah Wilson (500 free, 100 breast) won a pair of individual events and swam on two winning relays as the Blue Raiders cruised past the Fillies.

Kate Behun (200 free), Janna Brown (50 free), Audrey Nattress (100 fly) and Shaylee Gormley (100 free) added wins for Tamaqua (10-2-1, 8-1).

Lydia Strucko took first in the 200 IM and 100 backstroke for Marian (0-10, 0-9).

 

200 medley relay — 1. Tamaqua A (Behun, Wilson, Nattress, Jones) 2:03.97, 2. Marian A, 3. Tamaqua B

200 freestyle — 1. Behun (Tam) 2:16.44, 2. L. Clemson (Tam), 3. G. Clemson (Tam)

200 IM — 1. Strucko (Mar) 2:15.71, 2. Jones (Tam)

50 freestyle — 1. Brown (Tam) 27.62, 2. Faust (Tam), 3. Solnoki (Mar)

Diving — No event

100 butterfly — 1. Nattress (Tam) 1:10.25

100 freestyle — 1. Gormley (Tam) 58.03, 2. Behun (Tam), 3. Evert (Mar)

500 freestyle — 1. Wilson (Tam) 5:48.35, 2. G. Clemson (Tam)

200 freestyle relay — 1. Tamaqua A (Gormley, Nattress, Jones, Brown) 1:53.37, 2. Tamaqua B, 3. Marian A

100 backstroke — 1. Strucko (Mar) 59.46, 2. Gormley (Tam), 3. Nattress (Tam)

100 breaststroke — 1. Wilson (Tam) 1:13.32, 2. Bones (Mar), 3. L. Clemson (Tam)

400 freestyle relay — 1. Tamaqua A (Brown, Gormley, Behun, Wilson) 4:21.91