Jim Thorpe Sports

Smith Advances to Day 2 of States

Thorpe — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:51:33 +0000

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.

Smith heads to states

bqschwartz — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:02:40 +0000

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:

Thorpe’s season ends in second round

bqschwartz — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:40:21 +0000

Read about it in the Times-News here >>.

Thorpe takes Blue Mountain in first round

bqschwartz — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:11:10 +0000

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.

Wow – shocker at Martz Hall

bqschwartz — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:02:03 +0000

Marian beats JT 62-46. Read it in the Republican here >>.

Thorpe secures wild-card, beats Blue Mountain

bqschwartz — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:30:41 +0000

Jim Thorpe’s boys basketball team beat Blue Mountain on Monday, Feb. 15 at Tamaqua 67-48.

Read the story in the Republican-Herald here >>.

Get the stats on Varsity570 here >>.

Blue Mountain forces playoff game, beat JT 47-45

bqschwartz — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:47:10 +0000

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.

JT Girls beat CM VT

bqschwartz — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:37:47 +0000

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.

Lux 3-pointer wins game

bqschwartz — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:36:21 +0000

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.

Olympians stay in first with win over PV

bqschwartz — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:13:49 +0000

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.