Boxscores from some of Saturday's bigger boys basketball games

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER Because there was a very early deadline for some of our print editions tonight, I am not sure what's going to make print and what's not. It's all going to depend on your location. The Saturday night scoreboard featured: Bangor 41, Nazareth 38 ... Pottsville 50, Emmaus 45 ... Whitehall 56, Pocono Mt. West 36 ... and Lehighton 55, Tamaqua 48. What do these results mean? Nazareth is out of districts, Whitehall is in and Lehighton moved a big step closer. Here are those boxscores Nazareth 10-11-6-11 -- 38 Bangor 5-10-16-10 -- 41 NAZARETH (38) C. Kassis 1 1-2 3, J. Kassis 7 2-2 16, Bray 3 0-0 6, Kline 1 0-0 2, Dibilio 2 0-0 5, Searfoss 3 0-0 6. Totals 17 3-4 38. BANGOR (41) Martino 3 2-2 9, Reider 0 1-5 1, Owens 0 0-0 0, Pearson 1 0-0 2, Ringland 4 0-0 10, Colton 4 10-12 19. Totals 12 13-19 41. Officials: Jim Barker, Kirk Gildner. 3-pointers: Bangor, Ringland 2, Colton, Martino. Nazareth, Dibilio. NOTES: The Slaters (15-5) bounced back from Friday's overtime loss to Catasauqua, rallying from a 21-15 halftime deficit. Alex Colton scored seven points in the third-quarter rally. John Kassis tried to keep the Blue Eagles in it with eight of his 16 points coming in the fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough as Nazareth (7-12) was eliminated from district playoff consideration. Emmaus 9 - 9 - 9 - 15 - 3 -- 45 Pottsville 8 - 5 -15 -12 - 8 -- 50 EMMAUS (45) Tannous 4 0-0 11, McGovern 0, Brndjar 2 0-0 5, Shankweiler 1 1-1 3, Bertram 1 0-0 2, Prescott 0, Feiertag 6 2-4 14, Nicolini 4 0-1 8, Bradshaw 0 2-2 2. Totals: 18 5-8 45 POTTSVILLE (50) Blankerhorn 5 4-5 17, Witman 4 4-5 12, Bridy 5 1-4 11, Toomay 0, Coyle 3 0-0 8, Wile 0 0-1 0, Melochick 0 2-2 2. Totals: 17 11-17 50 3-pointers: E: 4 (Tannous 3, Brndjar); P: 5 (Blankerhorn 3, Coyle 2) REC: E: 10-10 (8-4) JV: Emmaus 43, Pottsville 33 NOTES: Pottsville broke the game open in the 3rd quarter outscoring the Hornets 17-9. They sealed the win by going 8-8 from the foul line on OT. Travis Blankerhorn has 17 points for Pottsville and Nate Feiertag led Emmaus with 14. Tamaqua 12-10-10-16 -- 48 Lehighton 17-6-15-17 -- 55 TAMAQUA (48) Rottet 5 0-0 15, Chartier 0 0-0 0, Reell 0 1-2 1, Frantz 5 0-0 10, Wargula 1 2-2 4, Tanner 0 0-0 0, Kosciolek 7 0-0 18. TOTALS: 18 3-4 48. LEHIGHTON (55) Rossino 4 5-6 16, Farano 6 3-4 16, Crum 3 3-4 11, Knappenberger 4 0-0 10, Mele 1 0-0 2, Nalesain 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 17 11-14 55. 3-Pointers: T: 9 (Rottet 5, Kosciolek 4); L: 6(Knappenberger 2, Crum 2, Farano, Rossino). Officials: Gross and Walsh. JV: Tamaqua 56, Lehighton 40. NOTES: Anthony Rossino and James Farano were the leading scorers for Lehighton in their win both scoring 16 points. Brett Kosciolek was the top scorer for Tamaqua scoring 18 points. Win keeps Tribe's district hopes alive. They are now 10-10. Pocono Mountain West 6 - 7- 13- 10 -- 36 Whitehall 9 - 17- 12- 18 -- 56 POCONO MOUNTAIN WEST (36) Dixon 2 0-2 4, Vick 0 3-4 3, Cooper 2 0-0 4, Miles 0 0-0 0, Howard 1 2-2 4, Wiggins 5 2-6 12, Baptiste 2 3-6 7, Hardy 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 13 10-20 36. WHITEHALL (56) Bellucci 6 1-1 19, Wah 0 3-4 3, Rismiller 0 1-2 1, Rex 2 3-5 8, Miloski 1 0-0 2, Keglovits 1 0-0 2, Shafinsky 3 3-6 9, Esquilan 0 2-2 2, Charles 3 0-2 6, Meckes 3 0-0 6. TOTALS: 19 13-22 56. 3-Pointers: W: 5(Bellucci 4, Rex). REC: PMW: 15-4; W: 11-9. NOTES: Tony Bellucci led Whitehall in scoring with 19 points in their win over Pocono Mountain. Joe Wiggins was the top scorer for Pocono Mountain West with 12 points. Zephyrs improve to 11-9 and clinch District 11 4A tourney berth.