St Joseph's Catholic Academy girls continue their good start to the season with a 3rd place finish at the Altoona Invitational with 83 points, just one point behind AA Somerset. They had two top ten finishers and will now head to the PIAA Foundation meet to see state champions Central Cambria for the first time.
Vincentian Academy were the top Class A team at Slippery Rock, defeating Laurel 37-84 with four top ten finishers. Marion Center finished 3rd with 95 points. North East had Taylor Van Tassel return to the team and finish 5th at Boardman in Ohio in 19:47. At full strength, they should get their wheels rolling. These teams will also see action at the Foundation meet on Saturday.
For the boys, Camp Hill won the Class A title at Big Spring without Blake Behney competing. Cooper Leslie and Ian Gabig carried the load on Saturday. They got the best of Delone Catholic and Tuplehocken in that race. Avonworth defeated Northgate at Slippery Rock to win the Class A title by 25 points, with Our Lady of Sacred Heart finishing 3rd.
| CLASS | BOYS | GIRLS |
| D1 | 23 Points | 18 Points |
| New Hope Solebury | Christopher Dock | |
| Full Rankings | Full Rankings | |
| D2 | 31 Points | 34 Points |
| Elk Lake | Elk Lake | |
| Full Rankings | Full Rankings | |
| D3 | 27 Points | 40 Points |
| Camp Hill | Delone Catholic | |
| Full Rankings | Full Rankings | |
| D4 | 38 Points | 55 Points |
| Northeast Bradford | Warrior Run | |
| Full Rankings | Full Rankings | |
| D5 | 27 Points | 26 Points |
| Windber Area | Johnstown Christian | |
| Full Rankings | Full Rankings | |
| D6 | 70 Points | 48 Points |
| St Joe's Catholic Acad. | St Joe's Catholic Acad. | |
| Full Rankings | Full Rankings | |
| D7 | 41 Points | 30 Points |
| Winchester Thurston | Vincentian Academy | |
| Full Rankings | Full Rankings | |
| D9 | 58 Points | 24 Points |
| Cranberry | Cranberry | |
| Full Rankings | Full Rankings | |
| D10 | 64 Points | 43 Points |
| Seneca | North East | |
| Full Rankings | Full Rankings | |
| D11 | 42 Points | 55 Points |
| Mahanoy Area | Notre Dame ES | |
| Full Rankings | Full Rankings | |
| D12 | 15 Points | 15 Points |
| Masterman | Masterman | |
| Full Rankings | Full Rankings |
Individually, Griffin Mackey of Sewickley Academy is now the state's top runner after running 15:39.6 for 12th place down at the Adidas XC Challenge in North Carolina. Phoenix and Donovan Myers of Seneca moved into the top ten with a dual meet 16:37 and 16:39 for a 1-2 finish on Tuesday. William Greene of Delone Catholic won the Class A Big Spring Invite race, holding off Leslie and Gabig by 8 seconds.
For the girls, Marianne Abdalah won the Slippery Rock Invite with a 15 second margin of victory. She still hasn't finished worse than 2nd in any PA race. New to the top 20 are new District 5 leader and Class A Big Spring Invite winner Jordan Haberstroh of Columbia and Taylor Van Tassel of North East.