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Schenley Park
The Taylor Allderdice boys had a 1-2-3-4 finish led by district champion Ean DiSilvio's 16:40 finish to lead his team to a district title with a score of 16 points.
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| 10/25 | TSTCA JV Cross Country Championships
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| 10/27 |
Elk Lake High School
Conditions were nowhere near ideal for a state qualifier. Nothing but wet and muddy grass, trails, and rocks awaited these teams who were looking to extend their seasons ten more days.
Two previously ranked teams went to head to head in AA boys, with Holy Redeemer getting the district championship over Elk Lake 52-73. Elk Lake had the district individual champion in Luke Jones (16:45) and both teams had three runners in the top ten. But Holy Redeemer took the title with their 4th and 5th finishing in the top 20 and Elk Lake's 4th and 5th finishing in the 30s. AJ Limongelli was Holy Redeemer's top runner, finishing 2nd in 17:02.
Holy Redeemer also beat Elk Lake in AA girls, but it was a lot closer than the boys. Elk Lake had five in the top twelve (3-4-10-11-12), but Holy Redeemer had four in the top seven, including a 1-2 finish from district champion Marissa Durako (19:08) and teammate Rachel Sowinski (19:25). Holy Redeemer won by nine, 31-40Tunkhannock boys survived a 30 second spread from Dallas Area to become the lone state representative in AAA boys with a 43-56 victory. Dallas placed six in front of Tunkhannock's number five, but Tunkhannock placed four in the top eight led by district champion Reece Ayers in 16:22. Dallas girls were the only team with three inside the top 16 overall and five inside the top 18 to cruise to the AAA championship 59-110 over Wallenpaupack. Dallas also had the district champion, as freshman Regan Rome won her first ever district race with a time of 19:25. The race had three freshmen in the top five overall. |
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| 10/27 |
Photos by Tim O'Dowd  AAA girls featured a close battle for the five team qualifying spots for next Saturday's state championships, as places 2-7 were only separated by 30 points and places 3-7 were separated by 12 points. The team that rose over the clutter was Manheim Township, led by a 15th place finish from Kasey Mann (19:57), used a 65 second spread and all five scoring runners under 60 points to score 160 points to win the team championship. Leigha Anderson was 2nd in 19:07 to lead Cumberland Valley to a 2nd place finish. Central York finished 3rd with Kelsey Ibarra winning the individual championship in 19:02. Her team scored 207 points. Lower Dauphin scored 208 for 4th, and Governor Mifflin scored 209 points for 5th and the last qualifying spot, beating out Chambersburg by 4 points. Tessa Mundell's 3rd place finish in 19:12 was the difference in getting her team in the meet, despite Chambersburg scoring five finishing under 65, compared to Governor Mifflin having a 112 in their scoring five. York Suburban was 7th but only 10 points behind 5th place with 219 points. Hempfield was the clear winner of AAA boys, becoming the only team in the field to score under 200 points with their winning score of 176, led by a runner up finish from Matthew Groff (16:22). Chambersburg (2nd with 202), Cumberland Valley (3rd with 228), and Cedar Crest (4th with 254) qualified for states with little difficulty. Manheim Township snagged the last qualifying spot by 3 points over Northern and Governor Mifflin 288-291-295. Manheim Township benefitted from their own 55 second spread, Northern's top runner being outside the top fifteen, and Governor Mifflin having a fifth runner in the 140s. Individually, Alex Galli of Cedar Crest came away the winner in a close pack of four with a winning time of 16:20. Matthew Groff of Hempfield was 2nd in 16:22. Zach Greth of Exeter was 3rd in 16:23, and Brandon Taylor of Kennard Dale was 4th in 16:24. Boiling Springs had a 1-2 finish in AA girls with champion Lillie Brown (19:51) and teammate Lauren Lehman (20:16) to lead them to a 2nd place team finish. Wyomissing Area managed to overcome their 1-2 finish with a solid performance of their own. They placed their scoring five in the top 16 team places with a 41 second spread to win by 30 points, 57-87. None of their runners finished inside the top ten overall. Their top runner, Brennan Moyer was 12th overall. Oley Valley was the 3rd team to qualify for states, edging 4th place York Catholic 136-143. Annville-Cleona controlled the AA boys race with a strong performance. They placed their scoring five in the top 12 team scoring places with a 38 second spread to beat Lancaster Mennonite 34-63. Lancaster Mennonite had a 33 second spread of their own to outlast Kutztown by seven points for the last qualifying spot. Tommy Gruschow of Trinity Camp Hill was the individual champion with a time of 16:45, which was 21 seconds better than the field.Photos by Tim O'Dowd |
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| 10/27 |
Bedford County Technical Center
 Photos by Doug Michaels
 For the boys, Somerset survived a close contest from Chestnut Ridge to win the district team championship 47-54. Chestnut Ridge had three in the top eight, but Somerset finished 9-12-13-14-15 to come away with the team title. Colin Coffield of Bedford ran 18:16 to come away as the district champion. |
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| 10/28 |
PIAA District 11 Championships
PA#10 Liberty girls placed three in the top six led by district champion Jess Cygan in 18:36 to finally come away with a team district championship Their final tally was 55 points which was 46 points better than 2nd place Parkland. Defending champions Emmaus would finish up in 3rd. Parkland was led by an 11th place finish from Nicole Albertson to make the state meet as a team. Two freshmen would wrap up the top three individual spots, as Pottsville freshman Paige Stoner finished 2nd in 18:49 and Saucon Valley freshman Elizabeth Chikotas finished 3rd in 19:21.
In AAA boys, the results repeated themselves from the Lehigh Valley Conference championship last week. Nazareth Area came out on top last week, and they did it again this week to win the district championship over Parkland 72-119. Parkland escaped Bethlehem Golf Course with the 2nd state qualifying mark with a ONE POINT victory over Easton 119-120. Parkland took advantage of a better 5th runner performance and a outstanding 19 second spread to qualify. Matt Kacyon of Whitehall won the district title for the 2nd straight year with an impressive performance of 16:09. 2nd place went to Josh Ehret of Freedom Area (16:53) and 3rd place went to Mark Pfaeffle of Stroudsburg (17:01). Notre Dame Green Pond boys used a 3-5-6-7 front four performance to come away with the AA girls team championship over the 2nd state qualifying team Bethlehem Catholic 59-75. Katherine Downing led the charge to the team title with her 3rd place performance in 20:53. Individual championship honors went to Rebecca Askins-Gast of Moravian Academy, who won the race by 29 seconds with her winning time of 20:22. AA boys was a similar story for Notre Dame Green Pond, as they also came with with the team championship to complete the AA sweep. The boys used a 75 second spread led by a fifth place finish from Eric Busher (17:41) to beat out the other qualifying team in district 11, Allentown Central Catholic 78-108. North Schuylkill's Brendan Shearn was the only guy to break 17 minutes in the race and became the district champion with his winning time of 16:50. Shawn Regan of Allentown Central Catholic was 2nd in 17:20. |
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| 10/28 |
PIAA District 12 Championships
Photos by Lex Mercado
 PA#4 Cardinal O'Hara boys succeeded in their rematch with PA#7 Lasalle 32-46 to take home the AAA boys championship for the first time. Cardinal O'Hara had a spread of 27 seconds, their 2nd best of the season, led by a 2nd place finish from Chris Garrity in 16:39. The scoring five would end up in the top eleven overall. Lasalle started out well, as their five were running with O'Hara's five at the one mile mark.Tom Trainer of Lasalle was the first to get out of the woods and would win the individual championship in 16:14. Lasalle's remaining runners finished in the top fourteen overall, but O'Hara's small spread got the best of the two time defending district champs. This is Lasalle's 3rd straight trip to states and this is O'Hara's 2nd in a row.
 PA#8 Archbishop Wood had another solid performance following their league championship win over the weekend. The Vikings placed their scoring five in the top ten overall led by a 2nd place finish from freshman Kasey Brown (19:51) to score 29 points and beat the defending AAA girls district champions Cardinal O'Hara. O'Hara will still be making the trip to states with their 2nd place finish, holding off a strong charge from 3rd place St Hubert's. O'Hara used a 28 second spread to make their 3rd straight trip to the state meet. Hubert's was led by a 3rd place finish from Teresa Ortiz (20:06). Archbishop Carroll's Katie Rodden won her 2nd district title in the past three years with her winning time of 19:35. Masterman boys continue to be the cream of the crop in AA boys in the district, placing their scoring five in the top eight overall led by a 2nd place finish from Miguel Ruiz (17:54) to win the title with 24 points. Lansdale Catholic made the best of their return to the AA ranks by taking the 2nd state qualifying spot with 95 points, led by a 3rd place finish from junior Ryan Debarberie (18:06). Lansdale Catholic matched up nicely with Masterman in the first mile and hung on in the final loop to qualify. Individual championship honors went to Harold Lamour of Engineering and Science, who broke away in the woods and came out the victor in 17:11. The Masterman girls also came away as district champions with their district title victory with a score of 31 points, beating out Swenson and Paul Robeson by 21 points. Masterman was led by Katie Breiner's 22:07 performance that scored two team points. Swenson qualified for the state meet over Robeson on the sixth runner tiebreaker. Robeson did have the individual champion in Kevia DeLorme, who won the race with a time of 21:17. Andrea Brown of Engineering and Science earned 2nd place honors with a time of 21:32. |
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| 10/28 |
Bloomsburg University
Northeast Bradford spent most of the season in the AA top five this season and then had a minor hiccup last weekend to fall out of the rankings. Meanwhile Canton broke into the top five with a big win last weekend. The two schools went head to head and Northeast Bradford returned to the form they showed for most of the season. In the AA boys race, Northeast Bradford defeated AA PA#3 Canton 53-106 to win the district title. Both teams will get one more shot at each other next weekend on the state's biggest stage. But today, Northeast Bradford had their top four in front of Canton's number one runner and had their scoring five in the top 25 overall, including two in the top five. Canton earned 2nd place with a nine second spread from 1-5 and their five in between places 19 and 24. While those two teams butted heads, Joel Christian of Towanda won the individual championship with a time of 16:38 to win by 11 seconds over runner up Donny Scatena of Central Columbia.
In AA girls, Lewisburg once again came away with the team championship, this time defeating runner up Sayre 56-104. Lewisburg was led by a 7th place finish from Shannon Wright (20:49) and the team had a spread of 61 seconds with the rest of their scoring five finishing in the top 16 team places. Freshman Violet Learn of Mansfield started out her district championship career with a win, running 20:11 to edge out 2nd place Casey Norton of Troy (20:12) and 3rd place Susan Learn, her sister, in 20:13. In AAA boys, Jersey Shore had the individual champion and came away with the team championship. Senior Ben Copenhaver ran 16:17 to win the individual gold medal and his performance led five in the top twenty team places to earn the opportunity to represent the district at states. The finished the race with 50 points to beat out Williamsport by 27. Perhaps the best performance of the day came from AAA girls, as Danville came up one point short of compiling a perfect score. Danville finished the meet with a 1-2-3-4-6 to score 16 points and cruise to the team championship. Individual champion Alison Billas led the charge with her winning time of 19:38. Sarah Wirth of Williamsport Area prevented the perfect score from happening, finishing fifth in 21:09. |
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| 10/29 |
Bethlehem, PA
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A new district champion was crowned, as Pennridge's Tori Gerlach ran the 2nd fastest 5000 meter time in PA this season with her winning time of 17:45. (video interview with Tori Gerlach) Katie Kinkead of CB East was 2nd with 17:55, running that time for the 2nd straight week. Lindsay Rheiner of Council Rock North finished right behind Kinkead in 3rd in 17:56. Last year's district champion Sara Sargent of Pennsbury was 4th in 17:58, and Jenny Guidera of CB East ran one second off her personal best from last week, finishing 5th today with a time of 18:00.
Video interview with John Trueman
Chris Campbell of Council Rock North became the new district champion, tying for the best 5000 meter time in the state this year with his winning time of 15:16. Sam Hibbs of Hatboro Horsham finished 2nd in 15:29, Quinn Devlin of Downingtown West was a strong 3rd in 15:34, Bryan Andrews of West Chester Henderson was 4th in 15:41, and Dillon Farrell of Wissahickon rounded out the top five with a time of 15:46. Video interview with Chris Campbell
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| 10/30 |  Big East Championship
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PA Independent Schools Championships Catie Skinner of Penn Charter won her 2nd championship race in a row over Maria Seykora of Academy of Notre Dame. Skinner won the Independent State Title by 8 seconds over the defending champion Seykora, winning in 19:10. Notre Dame did retain the team championship, scoring 44 points with five in the top twenty overall. Agnes Irwin was 2nd with 96 points. |
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| 10/30 |
PIAA District 10 Championships
Photots by Carl Strub
AA girls had their own close team title race. Mercyhurst Prep put three runners in front of West Middlesex's number one runner, but they had a combined score of 101 points from their final two scoring places. West Middlesex looked to take advantage with a solid 29 second spread covering places 23-25-28-30-35. But Carly Vicary's 3rd place finished proved to be just enough to help Mercyhurst Prep hold off West Middlesex 138-141. North East finished 3rd with 167 points to take the last team qualifying spot. Morgan Richards of Hickory had a nine second lead at the mile mark and that gap never got smaller as she won the district championship with a time of 19:26. Freshman Maggie Prorok of Rocky Grove was 2nd with a time of 19:35.
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| 10/30 |
Indian Valley
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 Angel Piccirillo had a performance that had district 6 fans comparing her to a former All American. The Homer Center junior won the AA girls district title with ease with her winning time of 17:56. That puts her 2nd All Time in district 6, only trailing two time Foot Locker All American Carly Seymour's 17:39. It is faster than the 2006 18:12 that Seymour ran as a junior. Angel's performance was a 63 second improvement from last season on her way to a 5th place finish at states. Leah Anne Wirfel of Forest Hills ran a solid 18:39 for 2nd place. Team wise, Central Cambria earned the opportunity to defend their state championship and go for a 4th straight title, defeating Forest Hills for the team title 50-74. Kendall Seymour led the charge for the champions with her 3rd place finish of 19:10. The Central Cambria boys followed the lead of their girls team and won the AA boys team championship, surviving a charge from Westmont Hilltop 87-91. Grant Barber led the champions with a 6th place finish in 16:56. Alex Woodrow of Marion Center was the individual champion with his winning performance of 16:19. The State College girls put up 20 points to easily win AAA girls over Somerset Area by 37. Tatum DelBosco (Champion in 19:27) and Kathryn McNaughton (2nd in 19:47) led the charge for the winners. PA#5 Altoona also had very little difficulty in defending their district title, scoring 21 points to beat State College by 24. Wade Endress led the charge once again, winning the district title in 15:37. Teammates Korey RePlogle (2nd in 16:06) and Dylan Mountain (3rd in 16:29) also contributed to the winning cause.Flash result from Jayson Jackson: AA Girls: Homer Center junior Angel Piccirillo wins the District 6 AA title in 17:56. It is faster than the 2006 18:12 run by then junior Carly Seymour of Central Cambria, and within 17 seconds of her course record 17:39 she ran as a senior in 2007. Both years, Seymour became a Foot Locker All American. It is also an improvement of 1:03 over what Piccirillo ran in 2009. Lastly, her performance is tops in AA this season and puts her tied for third for 5000 meters in both classes. Central Cambria and Forest Hills are 1-2 in the team chase. Two-time champ Leah Anne Wirfel took 2nd in 18:39. She won the district in 2008 and 2009, after finishing 2nd as a freshman to Seymour in 2007. AAA Girls: State College goes 1-2 and wins team title. AA Boys: AAA Boys: Wade Endress of Altoona runs a 30 second personal best of 15:36 to win the district title. His PA#5 squad runs tough to win team trophy.
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| 10/30 |
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The Elk County Catholic boys completed the AA team sweep by winning their championship over 2nd place Oswayo Valley 63-69. Elk County Catholic placed two in the top five, including district champion Harley Thompson, who won the race by 30 seconds with his time of 16:46. Both teams will get one more chance at each other at states next weekend.
In AAA boys, Bradford completed the team sweep with their district title win over Saint Mary's Area 39-45. Saint Mary's did have the district individual champion in Gideon Woelfel who won the race with a time of 17:13, 14 seconds better than the field. |
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| 10/31 |
University of Wisconsin - Penn State 4th in both Men's and Women's races.
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For the girls, Taylor Allderdice complete the district team title sweep with a score of 29 points with a 3-4-5-7-10 finish. Individual championship honors went to Kayla Key of Westinghouse with her winning performance of 20:58.
Cooper's Lake was host to the biggest upset of the district championship races thus far. For most of the season, PA#2 North Allegheny girls were coming away team champions in many of the state's big races. Before the WPIAL Championship, their closest win came in Ohio back in September. On the same course where last week they won by 100 points to win the Tri States title, there was a change in another team. North Hills sat out one of their members of the Malone Family triple threat up front who have been tough to beat all season. In the AAA girls championship race, they proved it. Margo (District Champion in 18:41), Shannon (3rd in 19:07) and Mary (7th in 19:23) made a 38-50 finish from their 4th and 5th runners hold up and become the first team to knock off North Allegheny this season by a score of 99-109. North Allegheny had a spread of 45 seconds, something they have relied on for most of the season, but North Hills had three in front of their number one to separate the two teams. Mount Lebanon (3rd with 145) and Pine-Richland (4th with 149) will also represent district seven at states.
Last week at this venue, PA#3 North Allegheny lost their number one ranking with a 2nd place finish at Tri States behind new PA#2 Baldwin. Ryan Gil didn't run for North Allegheny that day, which could have been a factor for Baldwin winning. Gil returned to the lineup and Baldwin did not leave with the same result. Baldwin had the better spread (56 seconds to 76 seconds) and had three runners before North Allegheny's 3rd. But Gil's 4th place finish in 15:39, followed by a 5th place finish by teammate Logan Steiner in 15:54 to lead four in the top twenty and to the AAA boys title 80-86 over Baldwin. The other big story in the WPIAL district was the 1-2-3 combo of North Hills. Once again, they showed their might with another 1-2-3 finish, led by champion Zach Hebda (15:29), runner up Juris Silenieks (15:37), and bronze medalist Joe Kush (15:38). PA#9 Mount Lebanon hung tough with the PA#2 and PA#3 teams with a 3rd place finish of 112 points. 4th place went to Pittsburgh Central Catholic with 197 points.
PA#2 Quaker Valley boys made a strong case as the favorite going into next week's state championships. In a field of 37 teams, Quaker Valley won the AA boys title with an impressive 25 points with a 1-4-5-7-8 finish with the five scorers separated by only 31 seconds, their best of the season. Their nearest opponent was 131 points back. L.J. Westwood led the charge for the champions with his own championship performance, winning the race in 16:34, eleven seconds better than 2nd place Jack Bagamery of Shady Side Academy. Asa Equels of Beaver Area was 3rd in 16:49. Team wise, South Fayette (2nd with 156), South Side Beaver (3rd with 214), and Northgate (4th with 227) will join Quaker Valley at the state meet.
PA#2 Quaker Valley girls had a similarly dominant performance of their own to win the AA girls championship. They had a spread of 37 seconds, placed their scoring five in the top 16, and was over 100 points better than 2nd place Vincentian Academy (185). Northgate finished 3rd with 208 points and South Park finished 4th with 235 to also make the trip to Hershey. Nicole Hilton of South Fayette came away with another victory, taking home the district championship with a time of 19:10. Birdgit Walters of Northgate was 2nd in 19:38 and Rachel Hilliard of South Side Beaver was 3rd in 19:47.
Megan McGarrity of St Basil's Academy wins AA girls race in 19:00. Emma Mahoney of Villa Joseph Marie was 2nd and Brenna Twomey of Villa Joseph Marie was 3rd. 4th went to Casey Uhrich of St Basil's was 4th and Erin Moss of New Hope Solebury rounded out the top five. St. Basil's wins the team title with 36 points, Villa Joseph Marie was 2nd with 61, and Christopher Dock was 3rd with 72.
AAA girls team champions were PA#1 and still PA unbeaten Pennsbury with 102. PA#3 West Chester Henderson was consistent once again, finishing 2nd with 176. PA#4 Council Rock North proved last week was not a mirage, finishing 3rd with 192. PA#5 Downingtown East proved they can run well in a big race, finishing 4th with 209. The fifth and final state qualifying spot went to PA#6 Central Bucks East, who qualified for the first time in program history with 213. PA#7 North Penn was the first team out, four points behind CB East with 217 to finish 6th. Boyertown had the surprising performance of the race, moving all the way to 7th place with 220. PA#9 Central Bucks West finished 8th with 277, and PA#10 Haverford placed 9th with 328. 
AA boys team championship went to Lower Moreland with 34, with Jenkintown finishing 2nd with 75. John Trueman of Springfield Montco won the individual championship with a time of 16:13.
AAA boys was as good of a race as PA#1 West Chester Henderson could have asked for. The defending champions look ready to defend their title next weekend with their winning performance of 73 points. Unranked North Penn came in a surprising 2nd place with 232. PA#6 Hatboro Horsham put it all together to finish 3rd with 243. Council Rock North also broke into the top five with their 4th place finish with 244. The fifth and final state qualifying spot went to an under the radar Great Valley team with 259. PA#10 Conestoga was the first team on the outside looking in, finishing 6th with 299.
AA PA#5 North East and unranked Fairview were dead even after four runners crossed the finish line at 61 points a piece. The champion was going to be determined by the 5th runner. On this day, Fairview's Doug Squirres was the hero as his 33rd place finish was 11 places better than North East's number five, clinching the team championship for Fairview 94-105. Individually, there was a great race going on between Ryan Smathers of North East and Nate Tallada of Saegertown. After a 4:59 first mile, Tallada broke away in between miles one and two to win the individual championship by two seconds of Smathers with a time of 16:11. The 3rd team spot went to previously ranked West Middlesex, who beat out Mercyhurst Prep by four points, 121-125.
In AAA boys, Jacob Kildoo of Grove City made a case for being one of the top contenders for the state title next weekend with a dominating district title winning time of 15:47, winning by 34 seconds over teammate Daniel Jaskowak. Their 1-2 finish led Grove City to the district team title and the long state qualifying spot over Cathedral Prep 38-49.
Meadville had a 69 second spread and their scoring five in the top eleven to win the AA girls district championship, doubing up 2nd place McDowell 29-58. Heather Ziegler of Meadville and teammate Libby Volna both ran identical 20:19 times to take the top two spots.
Elk County Catholic girls placed four in the top 13 team places to hang on and win the AA girls title over Cranberry 66-76. Both teams will head to Hershey next weekend. Saint Mary's Area's Adair Gennocro ran 18:51 to win the individual championship. Her time was also good enough to set a new course record by 12 seconds that was held by Danielle Kocjancic of Kane Area back in 2008.
In AAA girls, Punxsutawney had the first two finishers, district champion Milea Schall (19:54) and Alexis Young (20:33). But Bradford Area had their scoring five in the top nine team places and their sixth runner scored 12 to win the district title and represent the district at states on the tiebreaker. Each team scored 30 points, but the two 6th runners were separated by four places.