Daiton Thompson scored 14 of his game-high 26 points in the first quarter and was part of a well-rounded offense as St. John Neumann defeated Montgomery, 74-43 and won its third straight game on Monday in boys basketball action.

Kane Meixel also started hot, scoring seven of his nine points in the opening quarter and Neumann built a 50-26 halftime lead. Jahki Brister scored 15 points for the Knights, Legend Dillard 11 and Zaidyn Diehl-Romano eight. Parker Bennett led the way for Montgomery with 17 and Damaj Stewart Williams added 10.

Aiden McKee scored 19 points and was one of three Warrior Run players in double figures as the Defenders beat Muncy, 64-25. Muncy was limited to single digits in three of four quarters.

Ethan Balzer scored 12 and James Keifer added 10. Muncy was led by Jaxton Frantz’s 12 points.

Sullivan County cruised to a 59-24 win on the road against Canton thanks to holding the Warriors to single digits all four quarters. Lucas KIng had a 23-point effort to lead the Griffins Tucker Blasi added nine points, nine steals and five assists. Jaiden Moore led Sullivan wtih 10 rebounds as the Griffins are 11-2.

Selinsgrove secured a 56-42 win against Jersey Shore. The Bulldogs had a pair of double-digit scorers in Ty McDermit and Carson Watkins, who both scored 10. The Seals’ Xavier Jackson scored 27 points and Jack Piecuch scored 10.

• Milton defeated Montoursville in girls basketball, 46-35, to move above .500 (6-5). Carrie King had a 17-point, 15-rebound double-double for Milton while Jaslene Holder had 17 points with five steals.

Carrie King had 15 rebounds, six assist and six steals while Liz Schrock had nine rebounds. Montoursville was led by Emily George’s 12 points and Marleigh Bainbridge’s eight.

South Williamsport fell to Meadowbrook Christian, 41-26. Maddy Fasnacht had 25 for Meadowbrook and Lauren Dugan scored 10. The Mounties saw Carly Qumiby score eight and Ella Moore contribute seven.

North Penn-Mansfield defeated Central Mountain at home, 45-35. The Wildcats saw Payton Williams and Camdyn Weaver both score nine points and Elise McKean added eight.

Mansfield scored 16 in the second quarter to lead, 25-13, at the half and never looked back. Kameron Lightner had a 15-point, 26-rebound double-double while Maddy McNamara scored 10 with eight rebounds, five assists and three steals. Elaina Shaw had seven points, eight rebounds, six steals and two assists.

• Milton had a number of restlers reach the podium at the Southern Tier Memorial Tournament this past weekend. As a team, the Black Panthers took eighth out of 37.

Ty Locke took third at 138 and was Milton’s highest-placing finisher. Chase Lytle was a fourth-place finisher at 157 and Jackson Wertz (165) and Michael Runkle (190) both took seventh.

Both Aiden Twigg (138) and Brody Locke (150) were eighth-place finishers.

BOYS BASKETBALL

St. John Neumann 74,

Montgomery 43

NEUMANN (74)

Daiton Thompson 9 4-4 26, Conner Haswell 2 0-0 5, Legend Dillard 5 0-0 11, Zaidyn Diehl-Romano 3 0-0 8, Kane Meixel 4 0-0 9, Jahki Brister 6 2-2 15. Totals 29 6-6 74.

MONTGOMERY (43)

Greg Drake 1 0-0 2, Cam Wilver 1 0-0 3, Damaj Stewart Williams 4 1-3 10, Parker Bennett 7 1-2 17, Dillon Johnson 1 0-0 2, Jace Hanford 2 0-2 4, Cody Sechrist 1 0-0 3, Brody Denton 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 3-8 43.

Neumann 27 23 18 6–74

Montgomery 12 14 10 7–43

3-point goals: Neumann 10 (Thompson 4, Diehl-Romano 2, Haswell 1, Dillard 1, Meixel 1, Brister 1); Neumann 4 (Bennett 2, Wilver 1, Stewart Williams 1).

Records: Neumann (6-6, 3-2 Mid-Penn), Montgomery (4-9, 1-4).

Warrior Run 64, Muncy 25

MUNCY (25)

Bryson Barrows 0 0-0 0, Gavin Barrows 0 0-0 0, Carter Feigles 2 0-0 5, Kyran Lisembee 0 0-0 0, Jaxton Frantz 4 2-2 12, Bohdy Thomas 0 0-0 0, Dominic Guardini 0 0-0 0, Jermain Morgan 0 0-0 0, Dylan Mausteller 0 0-0 0, Caleb Beaver 1 0-0 2, Nixon Lamper 3 0-0 6. Totals 10 2-2 25.

WARRIOR RUN (64)

Carter Sheesley 1 0-0 3, James Keifer 4 0-0 10, CLayton Skokowski 2 -0 4, Christian Cirilo 1 0-0 3, Carter McCormick 2 0-0 4, Aiden mcKee 8 2-2 19, Landon Polcyn 4 0-0 9, Zach Seibert 0 0-0 0, Logan Stevenson 0 0-0 0, Ethan Balzer 5 2-3 12, Max Burden 0 0-0 0, Cayden Robinson 0 0-0 0, Aiden Foreman 0 0-0 0, Jonah Krause 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 4-5 64.

Muncy 6 10 5 4 — 25

Warrior Run 14 14 25 11 — 64

3-point goals: Muncy 3 (Frantz 2, Feigles 1), WR 6 (Keifer 2, Sheesley 1, Cirilo 1, McKee 1, Polcyn 1).

JV score: Warrior Run, 58-31. High scorer: Jermain Morgan, M, 12.

Records: Muncy (10-5).

Sullivan County 59,

Canton 24

SULLIVAN (59)

Madden Fries 1 0-0 2, Tucker Blasi 4 1-4 9, Kameron Brown 0 0-0 0, Ryder Lambert 1 0-0 2, Lucas King 10 1-2 23, Colin King 1 0-0 2, Liam Bush 0 0-0 0, Ryan Murray 0 1-2 1, Jaiden Moore 4 0-4 8, Carter Blasi 0 0-0 0, Claen Sweigart 0 0-0 0, Dom Marotti 0 0-0 0, Cayden Smithkors 3 4-4 10, Landon Bahr 1 0-0 2, Marshall Strain 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 7-16 59.

CANTON (24)

D. Holton 0 0-0 0, M. Whitehead 0 0-0 0, R. Route 3 0-0 8, T. Thompson 5 1-2 11, J. Whitehead 0 0-0 0, C. Jennings 1 0-0 3, K. Carr 0 2-2 2. Totals 9 3-4 24.

Sullivan 20 14 14 8 — 59

Canton 8 7 5 4 — 24

3-point goals: Sullivan 2 (L. King 2), Canton 3 (Route 2, Jennings 1).

JV score: Sullivan, 57-16. High scorer: Hunter Miller, SC, 11.

Records: Sullivan (11-2). Next game: Sullivan County at Bucktail, Wednesday.

Selinsgrove 56,

Jersey Shore 42

SELINSGROVE (56)

Griffin Parker 2 0-0 5, R. J. Torrez 0 0-0 0, Xavier Jackson 10 7-8 27, Noah Waller 3 0-0 8, Mac DeFazio 1 0-0 2, Chase Carter 2 0-0 4, Jack Piecuch 3 2-2 10, Andrew Gosumaria 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 9-10 56.

JERSEY SHORE (42)

Carson Watkins 4 1-1 10, Khani McCray 3 1-6 9, Kaihl Horten 0 0-0 0, Orrin Pennycoff 0 0-0 0, Landon Lathan 0 4-4 4, Jacob Lorson 0 0-0 0, Breylan Guerrero 1 1-2 3, Ty McDermit 4 2-3 10, Tucker Hanna 3 0-0 6. Totals 15 9-16 42.

Selinsgrove 13 11 21 11 — 56

Jersey Shore 8 13 10 11 — 42

3-point goals: Selinsgrove 5 (Waller 2, Piecuch 2, Parker 1)

JV score: Selinsgrove, 53-44. High scorers: R. Toskey, S, 16.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Milton 46, Montoursville 35

MONTOURSVILLE (35)

Trinity Belle 3 1-2 7, Marissa Sweeley 0 0-0 0, Dahlia Campbell 1 0-0 2, Reagan Tucker 0 0-0 0, Emily George 4 2-5 12, Elsa Kehrer 1 0-0 2, Marleigh Bainbridge 3 0-0 8, Kayleigh Sheleman 2 0-0 4. Totals 14 3-7 35.

MILTON (46)

Hayden Snyder 0 0-0 0, Lainey Snyder 2 0-0 4, Carrie King 6 2-2 17, Jaslene Holder 6 0-0 17, Liz Schrock 4 0-0 8, Sienna Short 0 0-0 0, Joelle Hoover 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 2-2 46.

Montoursville 13 11 7 4 — 35

Milton 17 13 5 11 — 46

3-point goals: Montoursville 4 (Bainbridge 2, George 2), Milton 8 (Holder 5, King 3).

Meadowbrook 41,

South Williamsport 26

MEADOWBROOK (41)

Grace Ask 0 0-0 0, Maddy Fasnacht 7 10-15 25, Faith Lubold 0 0-0 0, Chloe Miller 0 0-4 0, Lauren Dugan 2 4-4 10, Megan Reed 1 2-2 4, Kaylee Ward 0 0-4 0. Totals 10 16-27 41.

SOUTH (26)

Ayla Minier 0 0-0 0, Brielle Borgess 1 0-0 3, Ivy MInier 2 1-2 5, Coco Kline 0 1-2 1, Ella Moore 3 0-0 7, Carly Quimy 3 0-2 8, Maddie Reidy 0 0-0 0, Abigail Holbrook 1 0-0 2. Totals 10 2-6 26.

Meadowbrook 15 0 7 19 — 41

South 9 7 5 5 — 26

3-point goals: Meadowbrook 5 (Fasnacht 3, Dugan 2), South 3 (Borgess 1, Quimby 1, Moore 1).

North Penn-Mansfield 45, Central Mountain 35

CENTRAL MOUNTAIN (35)

Morgna Davis 0 0-0 0, Elise McKean 1 5-8 8, Lane Walker 0 0-0 0, Alaina Carnahan 1 0-0 3, Maren Davis 0 0-0 0, Shailynn Fullerton 3 0-3 6, Camdyn Weaver 3 3-4 9, Reagan Weaver 0 0-0 0, Payton Williams 4 0-0 9. Totals 12 8-15 35.

N.P.-MANSFIELD (45)

M. McNamara 2 6-12 10, K. Lightner 5 5-9 15, A. Lehman 3 0-0 6, J. Kaczynski 1 2-4 4, E. Sha 3 0-2 7, E. Route 1 0-0 3, A. Rew 0 0-0 0, I. Irwin 0 0-2 0, S. Route 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 13-29 45.

Central Mountain 7 6 15 7 — 35

N.P.-Mansfield 9 16 10 10 — 45

3-point goals: CM 3 (McKean 1, Carnahan 1, Williams 1), NPM 2 (Route 1, Shaw 1).