On the final night in June and the last night of league play before the Fourth of July holiday weekend, several teams and players stayed as hot as fireworks on Thursday night in the Lehigh Valley Varsity Boys Basketball League at the Whitehall-Coplay School District complex.
With less than two weeks left until the regular season wraps up on July 14, three teams remain unbeaten — Northwestern Lehigh in the small-school division and Parkland and Muhlenberg Township in big-school competition.
In addition, Jahrel Vigo, a rising sophomore from Allentown Central Catholic, backed up his MVP performance in last weekend’s Cedar Beach Showcase with a 23-point effort in an win over Pocono Mountain East.
Here’s a look at Thursday’s scores and updated standings, courtesy of league co-director John Hrebik:
Thursday’s results
Small School Division
Roberto Clemente 38, Kutztown 37 … Darrell Monroe 16.
Upper Perkiomen 61, Salisbury 33 … Dan Carpenter 21.
Northwestern 44, Lehighton 32 … Cayden Fitch 16.
Big School Division
Muhlenberg Township 61, Dieruff 43 … J’Daniel Mosquera & Xzavion Robertson 15 apiece.
Bangor 44, Allen 37 … Josh Giaquinto 25.
Central Catholic 62, Poc. Mt. East 50 … Jahrel Vigo 23.
Freedom 49, Executive Education 35 … KJ Mangroo 15.
Whitehall 49, Quakertown 24 … Luke Keppel 17.
Parkland 51, Nazareth 48 … Joey Gerbasio 21.
Northampton 45, Southern Lehigh 24 … Tyler Kauffman 17.
Standings
SMALL SCHOOL DIVISION
Team, Record
(1) Northwestern Lehigh, 10-0
(2) Saucon Valley, 7-2
(T3) Roberto Clemente, 6-4
(T3) Upper Perkiomen, 6-4
(5) Kutztown, 5-4
(6) Lehighton, 4-6
(7) Catasauqua, 3-6
(8) Bethlehem Christian, 1-8
9) Salisbury, 1-9
BIG SCHOOL DIVISION
Team, Record
(T1) Muhlenberg Twp., 10-0
(T1) Parkland, 10-0
(3) Freedom, 8-2
(4) Central Catholic, 7-2
(5) Executive Education, 7-3
(6) Emmaus, 6-3
(7) Northampton, 7-4
(T8) Notre Dame Green Pond, 6-4
(T8) Reading, 6-4
(T10) Liberty, 5-5
(T10) Quakertown, 5-5
(T10) Wilson West Lawn, 5-5
(T13) Pocono Mt. East, 5-6
(T13 Whitehall, 5-6
(15) Palmerton, 4-5
(16) Phillipsburg, 3-5
(17) Nazareth, 4-7
(18) Dieruff, 3-8
(19) Bangor, 2-8
(T20) Allen, 1-9
(T20) Southern Lehigh, 1-9
(22) Easton, 0-10
We rely on the support of our subscribers to fund our journalism. If you’re not already signed up, we hope you will consider subscribing. Already a print subscriber? If you haven’t already, please activate your digital access.
