Southern Columbia tops Benton

CATAWISSA R.R. - Kayla Lavella scored 25 points, and Katie Fink and Mackenzie Clark added 12 and 11 points, respectively, as Southern Columbia improved to 15-3 with a 58-44 Heartland Athletic Conference win over Benton in girls basketball Tuesday.

Southern trailed 14-7 after the first quarter but took control with an 18-7 advantage in the second quarter. Justine Seely scored 29 points for Benton.

BENTON (44) - Gavin 5 0-0 13, Stevens 1 0-2 2, Miller 0 0-0 0, Yurko 0 0-0 0, Seely 11 7-10 29, Harrison 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 7-12 44.

SOUTHERN COLUMBIA (58) - Mowery 0 0-0 0, Clark 4 3-5 11, Lavella 9 4-4 25, Blass 3 1-2 7, Tomaschik 1 1-2 3, Fraley 0 0-1 0, Fink 4 4-4 12, Gilroy 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 13-18 58.

Benton 14 7 13 10 - 44

Southern 7 18 17 16 - 58

3-point FGs: Benton (3) - Gavin 3; Southern (3) - Lavella 3.

JV: Southern.

Mount Carmel 52 Lewisburg 43

LEWISBURG - Ali Varano scored 17 points, and Anna Raybuck and Ranotta Ahrensfield 12 each, and the Red Tornadoes withstood a barrage of 3-pointers from Lewisburg for the Heartland Conference Division II win.

Mount Carmel improved to 18-0 overall.

MOUNT CARMEL (52) - Bolick 0 0-1 0, Hornung 0-0 0, Varano 7 3-7 17, Shamus 1 0-0 2, Raybuck 5 2-2 12, Ahrensfield 5 2-4 12, Andruscavage 3 2-2 9. Totals 21 9-16 52.

LEWISBURG (43) - Kelleher 5 4-6 16, Stanko 0 0-0 0, K. Conrad 0 0-0 0, Bogar 3 0-0 8, Doyle 0 0-0 0, E. Conrad 3 0-0 9, Kline 3 2-4 8, Lesher 1 0-0 2, Sullivan 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 6-10 43.

Mount Carmel 11 14 14 13 - 52

Lewisburg 5 8 13 17 - 43

3-point FGs: Mount Carmel (1) - Andruscavage; Lewisburg (7) - Kelleher 2, Bogar 2, E. Conrad 3.

JV: Mount Carmel 48 (Winhofer 12), Lewisburg 27

North Schuylkill 61 Panther Valley 28

FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - Dominique Reinoehl scored 12 points and Caitlin Deeter 10 as the Spartans downed the Panthers in a Schuylkill League game.

Abbey Whilden and Trayvonda Rice each scored 12 points for Panther Valley.

PANTHER VALLEY (28) - Whilden 3 5-9 12, Blasko 0 1-2 1, Kehrli 0 0-0 0, Ma.. Markovich 0 0-0 0, Thomas 0 1-2 1, Paul 0 0-0 0, Rice 5 2-4 12, O. Markovich 0 1-2 1, Cunfer 0 0-0 0, Zlock 0 1-4 1, Smith 0 0-1 0, Mg. Markovich 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 11-24 28.

NORTH SCHUYLKILL (61) - Deeter 5 0-0 10, Grasso 0 1-2 1, Paul 2 0-0 4, Reinoehl 4 4-6 12, Bolinsky 2 0-0 4, Zimmerman 2 0-0 4, Warcola 0 0-0 0, Spotts 2 0-0 4, Marone 3 1-1 7, Li. Damiter 1 0-0 2, Stokes 0 0-0 0, La. Damiter 3 2-2 9, Semanchick 2 0-0 4. Totals 26 8-11 61.

Panther Valley 9 5 8 6 - 28

North Schuylkill 9 26 15 11 - 61

3-point FGs: Panther Valley (1) - Whilden; North Schuylkill (1) - La. Damiter.

JV: North Schuylkill 61, Panther Valley 16.

Shamokin 48 Shikellamy 38

SUNBURY - Shamokin trailed 36-33 early in the fourth quarter, then scored 15 unanswered points to down the Braves and win its eighth straight game.

Olivia Bonshock led the Indians (13-5, 9-1 Heartland Division I) with 13 points. Keena Zalar and Steph Pancher added 12 and 10 points, respectively.

Lauren Onesi and Alexis Angstadt scored 11 and 10 points, respectively, for Shikellamy (8-10, 6-4).

SHAMOKIN (48) - S. Pancher 4 2-3 10, Schiccatano 3 0-0 7, Britton 2 0-0 4, Bonshock 5 0-0 13, Yacko 1 0-1 2, Zalar 5 2-3 12. Totals 20 4-7 48.

SHIKELLAMY (38) - Fatool 1 0-0 2, Angstadt 4 2-2 10, Chaney 1 0-0 2, Onesi 5 0-0 11, Yerger 2 1-2 5, Young 4 0-2 8. Totals 17 3-6 38.

Shamokin 19 6 8 15 - 48

Shikellamy 13 9 12 4 - 38

3-point FGs: Shamokin (4) - Schiccatano, Bonshock 3; Shikellamy (1) - Onesi.

JV: Shikellamy 55 (Andran Amerman 19), Shamokin 38 (Shaylee Pesarchick 13).

Girls swimming Shamokin 128 North Schuylkill 54

COAL TOWNSHIP - Samantha Carpenter (200 freestyle, 100 free) and Noelle Erickson (50 free, 100 butterfly) were double individual winners for the Indians, who won every event. Other winners were Hilary Feudale (200 IM), Ciana Rollman (diving), Courtney Kashner (500 free) and Emily Bridy (100 breaststroke).

200 medley relay - Shamokin (Feudale, Carpenter, Bridy, Erickson) 2:09.57; North Schuylkill; Shamokin; 200 freestyle - Samantha Carpenter, S, 2:11.18; Ashley Lipshaw, NS; Michaela Caudler, S; 200 IM - Hilary Feudale, S, 2:49.82; Rebecca Aurand, S; Danielle Yeselski, NS; 50 freestyle - Noelle Erickson, S, 30.48; Kayla Kutsko, NS; Courtney Kashner, S; Diving - Ciana Rollman, S, 193.05; Erin Duganitz, S; Mariah Bielski, S; 100 butterfly - Erickson, S, 1:14.85; Lipshaw, NS; Emily Antanavage, NS; 100 freestyle - Carpenter, S, 1:00.27; Caulder, S; Yeselski, NS; 500 freestyle - Kashner, S, 6:28.29; Bridy, S; Stefanie Hile, S; 200 freestyle relay - Shamokin (Bielski, Caulder, Erickson, Carpenter) 1:57.28; North Schuylkill; Shamokin; 100 backstroke - Feudale, S, 1:08.66; Hile, S; Arianna Kessler, NS; 100 breaststroke - Bridy, S, 1:20.99; Antanavage, NS; Aurand, S; 400 freestyle relay - Shamokin (Bielski, Hile, Feudale, Bridy) 4:34.37; North Schuylkill; Shamokin.

Boys swimming Shamokin 132

North Schuylkill 46

COAL TOWNSHIP - Scott Bradley (200 IM, 100 backstroke), Kyle Koontz (50 freestyle, 100 butterfly) and Dylan Bowers (100 free, 100 breaststroke) were double winners for the Indians. Other winners were Josh Scheuren (200 free) and Briar Forbes (diving).

Nicholas Evert won the 500 freestyle for the Spartans.

200 medley relay - Shamokin (Rodarmel, Bowers, Griffiths, Koontz) 1:59.80; Shamokin, North Schuylkill; 200 freestyle - Josh Scheuren, S, 2:09.48; Evan Jamison, S; Joshua Yotko, NS; 200 IM - Scott Bradley, S, 2:27.79; Andrew Griffiths, S; Brendan Shearn, NS; 50 freestyle - Kyle Koontz, S, 24.13; Josh Molina, NS; K.C. Long, S; Diving - Briar Forbes, S, 149.45; Tyler Forbes, S; Bradlee Shipe, S; 100 butterfly - Koontz, S, 1:03.21; Molina, NS; Jamison, S; 100 freestyle - Dylan Bowers, S, 58.27; Griffiths, S; Yotko, NS; 500 freestyle - Nicholas Evert, NS, 5:58.84; Joe Colangelo, S; Brian Stefanowicz, S; 200 freestyle relay - Shamokin (Jamison, Metzinger, Griffiths, Bradley) 1:48.16; Shamokin; Shamokin; 100 backstroke - Bradley, S, 1:08.54; Rodarmel, S; Timothy Prock, NS; 100 breaststroke - Bowers, S, 1:18.32; Scheuren, S; Shearn, NS; 400 freestyle relay - North Schuylkill (Molina, Evert, Antanavage, Shearn) 4:14.19; Shamokin; Shamokin.