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Dillon Smith dropped his first match at the PIAA Wrestling tournament today to Shawn Perich of Portage 4-1 but bounced back with a 3-2 victory over Noah Hoarst of Schuylkill Valley. The win keeps Dillon alive in the double elimination tournament. Wrestling resumes in the AA classification at the Giant Center in Hershey 8 am Friday.
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Jim Thorpe Senior Dillon Smith is heading to the Pennsylvania State Wrestling Championships this week. Smith, 34-10, will face Shawn Perich, 37-1, from Portage on Thursday at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa.
Here’s a slideshow from the 2009 Christmas Tournament in which Smith secured the most wins in Jim Thorpe Wrestling history:
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Dean DiBonifazio scored five three-pointers to lead Jim Thorpe over Blue Mountain 55-45 in the first round of the District XI AAA boys basketball playoffs. Thorpe will play Pottsville who beat Panther Valley 61-49 in Saturday’s game.
Jaquan Richardson had five points in the game.
See more pictures here.
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Marian beats JT 62-46. Read it in the Republican here >>.
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The Olympians will have to play the Blue Mountain Eagles Monday, Feb. 15 at Tamaqua in a playoff game in order to continue its season. The Eagles caught the Olympians in the fourth quarter and edged out Thorpe 47-45 at Blue Mountain. Read the story in the Republican-Herald here >>.
See the full box score on Varsity570 here >>.
Click here for more photos from the game.
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Date: February 6th, 2010
Category: Girls Basketball
From the Times-News:
Jim Thorpe kept its postseason hopes alive with a 55-40 non-league win over visiting Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech.
After trailing 15-13 after the opening quarter, the Olympians erupted offensively and locked down on the defensive end to outscore CMVT 36-9 over the middle two periods. Read the full article >>
CMVT
C. Hook 5-2-2-16, J. Hook 4-0-2-10, Hunsinger 5-0-0-12, Mussleman 1-0-0-2, Cragle 0-0-0-0, Crawford 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 15-2-4-40.
JIM THORPE
McElmoyle 0-1-2-1, Batts 0-0-0-0, Lawrence 1-0-0-3, Bucci 0-0-0-0, Reis 4-6-6-14, Holland 1-0-2-2, Robinson 9-1-3-19, Mosteller 1-0-0-2, Susko 0-0-0-0, Ventrella 0-0-0-0, Smelas 7-0-0-14. TOTALS: 23-8-13-55.
CMVT 15 3 6 16 – 40
Jim Thorpe 13 19 17 6 – 55
Three-pointer: CMVT - C. Hook 4, J. Hook 2, Hunsinger 2; JT - Lawrence 1.
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From the Republican-Herald:
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS – Everyone in the house thought Zach Hogan was Tuesday night’s hero when his driving layup on the left baseline with three seconds left in the game put North Schuylkill up by a point.
Sam Lux had a different idea.
Read the whole story here.
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Date: January 30th, 2010
Category: Boys Basketball
Junior Rashid Epps scored 20 points in the 65-51 victory.
From the Standard-Speaker: Jim Thorpe, in front of a packed house on its east side, got to play at its pace and put on a show in a much anticipated bout against Panther Valley. The Olympians used a second half burst and outlasted the Panthers 65-51 in a key Schuylkill League Division I contest Friday night. Read the full story here.
JIM THORPE (65)
DiBonifazio 2 0-0 6, Lux 5 3-7 15, Epps 9 2-6 20, Cinicola 5 1-3 13, Richardson 0 2-2 2, Johnson 4 1-1 9. Totals 25 9-19 65.
PANTHER VALLEY (51)
Ogozalek 0 0-0 0, Stanko 3 1-2 9, Picht 1 0-0 2, Stano 6 2-2 15, Mitchell 5 1-3 12, Lewis 4 0-0 8, Revell 2 1-2 5, Ahrner 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 5-9 51.
JTHS………………..19 13 15 18 – 65
PVHS………………..17 11 11 12 -51
3FG: DiBonifazio 2, Lux 2, Cincola 2; Stanko 2, Stano.
Click here to see all the photos from the game.
