Softball traveled to Schuylkill Valley tonight and picked a win 18-3 and in the process, Marla Freiwald had her 100th career hit. Congrats and BM Proud!!

Congratulations to Schuylkill Haven baseball coach Scott Buffington, who garnered career win No. 700 today with the Hurricanes' 10-2 victory over Hamburg in a non-league game. Schuylkill Haven Area High School Schuylkill League

Final. Marion Center 60, Minersville 47. Minersville ends season at 24-5.

Blue Mountain 400 free relay was ninth in area and school record 3:14.78 …. Left to right, Noah Powers, Aiden Varney, Gabe Kamarousky, Matheson Bair. BMSD Athletics

Blue Mountain’s Noah Powers (left, 1st) and Matheson Bair (7th) show off their medals from Saturday’s PIAA Swimming Championships 100 freestyle. Powers won in 43.82.

MMI’s Woobie Kupsky wins gold in the 500 freestyle in 4:30.74.

Noah Powers wins gold in 100 freestyle. BMSD Athletics

Marian’s Lydia Strucko is 9th in 100 backstroke prelims in 58.49, .48 faster than at districts. She advances to tonight’s consolation finals. Marian Catholic Athletics

After not knowing she was going to swim until she got to the pool today, Blue Mountain’s Mollie Sarnes drops 1.21 seconds and places 23rd in 500 free in 5:28.41. Very impressive. BMSD Athletics

Blue Mountain’s Mollie Sarnes is added to 500 freestyle preliminaries. She had been an alternate. Good thing she brought her suit with her to pool. BMSD Athletics

Blue Mountain’s Victoria Ellex ties for 15th in girls 100 freestyle in 54.59. She returns for consolation finals. BMSD Athletics

Blue Mountain's 400 free relay team of Bair, Kamarousky, Varney, Powers comes up just short of a medal, placing ninth in the morning prelims in 3:15.71. BMSD Athletics

Blue Mountain senior Christian Fisher places 31st in the boys' 100 breaststroke in 1:04.14, just a smidge slower than his District 11-winning time. BMSD Athletics

Marian’s Michael Strucko places 15th in boys 100 backstoke in 54.56. He will swim in this afternoon’s consolation finals. Marian Catholic Athletics

Blue Mountain's Noah Powers (2nd, 46.01) and Matheson Bair (8th, 47.04) advance to championship finals of boys' 100 freestyle. BMSD Athletics ... Powers was second overall to Springfield's Will Cross (45.94). Powers and Bair will swim in 400 free relay later this morning.

Back at Bucknell for Day 2 of PIAA Swimming Championships. Boys prelims first … just underway. Updates to follow.

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Marion Center d Marian Catholic 53-42

PIAA Swimming: Blue Mountain quartet of Sage Kaplafka, Mollie Sarnes, Paige Bensinger and Victoria Ellex places 9th in 200 medley in 1:50.38 and 10th in 200 free relay in 1:41.06 BMSD Athletics

PIAA GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Minersville advances to PIAA Class AA state semifinals with 28-21 victory over Muncy.

Blue Mtn 200 free relay of Powers, Varney, Fisher, Bair takes 2nd in area record 1:26.22. Powers goes first, his split of 19.82 breaks the PIAA record for 50 free since it’s the first leg of relay. BMSD Athletics