Posted By bqschwartz
Date: January 28th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
From the Pottsville Republican-Herald:
Jim Thorpe 57, Williams Valley 35
JIM THORPE – Hilary Reis scored 10 of her 14 points in the first half as the Olympians built a 20-point lead at the break and coasted to a non-league win over the Vikings.
Celeste Robinson led all scorers with 16 points, and Chelsea Smelas added 11 for Jim Thorpe.
Posted By bqschwartz
Date: January 19th, 2010
Category: Boys Basketball
Jaquan Richardson brings the ball up the court.
Click here for photos from the game.
Game Wrap-up from Republican-Herald:
Jim Thorpe 65 Blue Mountain 55
JIM THORPE – Rashid Epps scored 18 points while Sam Lux added 17 as the Olympians remained tied atop the Division I standings with a win over the Eagles.
Lux scored six of his points in the second quarter as Jim Thorpe used a 23-8 run to take a 37-17 halftime lead. Corey Cinicola added 12 points for the Olympians.
Jake Cryts led Blue Mountain with 18 points while Matt Maloney added 12.
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From the Republican-Herald: Jim Thorpe 51 Panther Valley 35
JIM THORPE – Chelsea Smelas had a game-high 18 points while Hilary Reis added 13 as the Olympians downed the Panthers in a Division I contest to win their first of the season.
Smelas scored 10 of her points in the second quarter as Jim Thorpe built a 28-22 halftime lead. The Olympians put the game away with an 11-3 scoring advantage in the third quarter.
Dana McFadden led Panther Valley with 16 points.
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From the Republican-Herald:
Bobby Hahn scored 18 of his game-high 23 points in the second half as Northern Lehigh handed Jim Thorpe its first loss of the season, 75-62 to win the championship of the Slatington Rotary Tournament on Tuesday night.
Corey Cinicola led the Olympians with 17 points, while Sam Lux and Rashid Epps each tallied 16.
Palmerton defeated Lehighton 69-63 to win the consolation game.
Here’s the Times-News story from the earlier win against Palmerton in the same Tournament.
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From the Pottsville Republican-Herald: JIM THORPE – Dillon Smith gave himself a holiday gift Saturday, capturing a championship in his home gym at the Jim Thorpe Christmas Tournament.
Smith went 4-0 in the round-robin event to win the 145-pound title. In addition, he was named the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler. In the process, he became Jim Thorpe’s all-time leading wins leader with 117. He passed Michael Wernett, who had 114.
A state qualifier last season, Smith was coming off a second-place finish at the Penn Cambria Tournament.
At Jim Thorpe, Lehighton won the team title with 135 points, followed by Allentown Central Catholic (72) and Pottsville (69).
The Crimson Tide had three champions in Bailey Roos (103), Jimmy Harris (112) and Shawn Cicero (160). Cicero finished 5-0 in his bracket.
For Williams Valley, Tim Murray (135) and Brandon Wagner (215) earned gold.
Lehighton won six championships; ACC had two champs.
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The Jim Thorpe Olympian boys basketball team beat Tamaqua 67-48 in the Dec. 18, 2009 Friday night contest at home. High scorers were Cinicola with 25 total points, two three-pointers; DiBonifazio with 12 points and three three-pointers; Lux with 15; Epps with 11 and Johnson with 4. In the picture above, fans cheer on Dean DiBonifazio. It was nice to see all the alumni come and support the team.
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JIM THORPE – Jim Thorpe went 0-4 during its own Jim Thorpe Duals.
The Olympians lost to Panther Valley 55-17, North Schuylkill 59-11, Radnor 56-9 and were blanked by Bethlehem Catholic 73-0.
Dillon Smith went 3-1 on the day for Jim Thorpe, picking up a technical fall against North Schuylkill and Panther Valley and a major decision victory against Radnor.
Scott Houser (135) and Quinton Boyer (140) had falls and Jesse Picklo (130) and Brett Paul won by major decision for North Schuylkill in its win over Jim Thorpe, which forfeited six weights.
Justin Christman (152), Nick O’Donnell (103) had pins for Panther Valley in its victory over Jim Thorpe.
Complete results for North Schuylkill and Panther Valley were unavailable. From the Republican-Herald.
Photos by Brian Schwartz, copyright, Playactiondesign.com
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Thorpe beat Marian 54-49 in the Panther Valley Tip-Off Tournament Friday Dec. 11, 2009 in Lansford. The Olympians will play to defend its Tip-Off championship title tonight against Mahanoy Area. The consolation game is PV v Marian at 6 p.m.
Read the story in the TIMES-NEWS. Here’s the Pottsville REPUBLICAN story.
Here are the links to the Winter Sports season kick-off from the Times-News:
Boys Basketball: Olympians ready to take the next step
Wrestling: Smith will lead inexperienced matmen
Girls Basketball: Returnees spark optimism for JT girls
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Family, fans and friends packed Jim Thorpe Area High School Wednesday, Dec. 2 to welcome the winter athletes. Cheerleading, wrestling, and girls/boys basketball teams were introduced by their coaches or senior captains. Big Herc led the Time Warp dance and Principal Lesisko threw down the Hershey Challenge!
Good luck to all the student-athletes.
