High School results are on for the Washington County Coaches Meet, Lehigh Valley Conference, Mid-Penn Conference, Tim Cook JV Meet, Mountain Valley Conference, Lebanon-Lancaster League, Mountain Athletic Conference, Freedom Inv, Schuylkill League, Tri-State Coaches, Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference, Pioneer Athletic League, Southern Chester County League, Ed Narkiewicz All-League, Berks County Championships, Ches-Mont League, Colonial League, Central League, Bicentennial, SOL American, SOL National (partial), SOL Continental, Susquehanna Valley Conference, Northern Tier Champs, Philadelphia Public League Qualifiers (partial), PIAA DIstrict 8, D10 Region 1, D10 Region 5, Inter-Ac League Champs. WE NEED RESULTS FOR ANY MEET NOT LISTED ABOVE.
Trinity captured a pair of individual titles at the 10/17 Washington County Coaches Meet to go along with a pair of runner-up team spots... to Peters Township in the girls\' race, and to Canon-McMillan in the boys.
Easton athletes captured the individual races, but it was Allentown Central Catholic\'s girls and the Parkland boys who won the Lehigh Valley Conference team titles on 10/18.
The Dallas boys and girls sweep the Ed Narkiewicz meet on 10/19 at Kiirby Park in Wilkes-Barre. Pack running helps both, but Lisa Giacometti\'s 1 point for a first place 19:25 goes a long way, as well.
Riverview\'s girls place three in the top five, but have to wait awhile to know if they would beat Center... which they did, by a single point at the Freedom Invitational. Brentwood\'s Rachel Erny won by almost a minute. The Washington boys beat Sewickley Academy, despite Kenny Burgess winning the individual title.
Chambersburg won the girls team title at the 10/19 Mid-Penn Conferences behind a 3rd place finish by Sarah Morrison. Big Spring\'s Lara Crofford earned an individual win. In the boys race, Cumberland Valley moved up from 2nd to first this year, just as team leader Curtis Bixler did in taking the individual win in a quick 16:07.
The State College boys and girls won the Mountain Athletic Conference on 10/19. Katherine Ward led wire-to-wire, and Zach Epple came from behind to win the boys race. (with Photo Galleries)
The Daniel Boone Homestead course was as mean to its competitors as ever, but that didn't stop Pioneer Athletic Conference harriers from putting up some of the best performances in the meet's history on 10/19. Kristin Reed, Upper Perkiomen, won the girls race as Perkiomen Valley won their 4th consecutive team title. In the boy's race, Boyertown junior Jason Weller picked up his first PAC10 XC title.
Unionville narrowly swept the teams titles over Great Valley at the 10/19 Southern Chester County League meet at Nottingham Park.
NE#7 Coatesville\'s boys had to earn their Ches-Mont title in the state\'s toughest boys\' league. West Chester East\'s Duriel Hardy set a course record. Downingtown East\'s girls are almost as dominant in the girls race, but West Chester Easy Alycia Woodruff set the individual pace for the 10/19 Ches-Mont League Champs @ Malvern Prep.
Central Cambria swept the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference, taking one individual championship and placing three in the top ten of both races. Carly Seymour led her team with a first place. Travis Dean, Westmont Hilltop, won the boys race.
The Tamaqua\'s have it. Once again, Alexa Griffiths and Isaac Dunkelberger won the Schuylkill League Championships at the Tuscarora State Park 3-mile layout. Actually, it\'s a three-peat for the pair... and next year would be a high school sweep. Photo by Craig Lowthert. Video now on the Summary page) This time he wasn\'t pushed to the ene. On what is described as a slightly tougher course than Gettysburg, Craig Miller ran 15:19.60 to set a new course record at the Ephrata Middle School. Conestoga Valley sophomore Vince McNally was 2nd in 15:44, with Brad Miller in 3rd ten seconds back. Manheim Township used an impressive compression of 1:14 to win the team title with just 27 points (1-3-4-9-10 / 15-25). Conestoga Valley tallied 97 for 2nd. The Lancaster Mennonite trio of Lindsey Shertzer, Lisa Wingard, and Katie Ruth went 1-2-4 in 19:09 and a pair of 19:15\'s to lead their team to the Lebanon-Lancaster Championship with 68 points, 15 up on 2nd place Manheim Township.
Craig Miller sets a course record 15:20 in the Lebanon-Lancaster League Championships. Vince McNally of Conestoga Valley was 2nd. But this time, Craig wasn\'t pushed. Brad took 3rd, and the boys of Manheim Township used a 1:14 compression to score just 27 points. Lindsay Shertzer (19:09), Lisa Wingard (19:15) and Katie Ruth (19:15) went 1-2-4 to lead Lancaster Mennonite to a team win with 68 points.
Latrobe and their front-running freshman Natalie Bower are looking like a strong challenger for state honors, while in the boys Varsity race, it was a AA show at the front by Jake Walker and Lucas Zarzeczny at the 10/20 Tri State Coaches Assocation meet at Cooper\'s Lake.
There were two close races in the 10/20 Colonial League Champs at DeSales Unversity with the Notre Dame boys and Northwestern Lehigh girls taking titles.
Guess what, Governor Mifflin still has that front pack, and now, within 40 seconds, they have their 5th runner. They totaled just 36 points, placing their five scorers in the top 13 behind the 1st place finish by frosh Lindsay Topper...and Twin Valley took the boys title as Exeter\'s Nick Hilton won the individual race at the 10/20 Berks County Championships..
The annual war between St. Basil and Gwynedd-Mercy showed it\'s going to be close again at the District 1 AA meet. This time, St. Basil came out on top by 12, 32 to 44 behind the 3rd place finish of Christina Morelli in 18:48. Holy Ghost Prep placed four in the top eight to edge Jenkintownby two, 31 to 33 at the Bicentennial League Champs on 10/20.
In the second year as a part of the PIAA, Central continued to dominate the AAA races, while Engineering & Science did the same in AA. E&S\'s Lavaughn Jones set a public league course record at Belmont Plateau with a 19:21, while Bartram\'s Shativah Lewis also broke the old record, running 19:31 in the 10/20 Philadelphia Public League Qualifiers.
In the 10/20 YAIAA Championships at John Rudy Park, Kennard-Dale took three of the top five spots in the boys race, as Jonathan Grey led his team with a strong 15:49 at John Rudy Park. York Suburban\'s Emily Perina outsprinted Eastern York\'s Elicia Anderson to win by a second in 18:59.
The Upper Dublin girls were nine-point winners over Wissahickon behind the 18:54 by junior Heather Calisto, and the 3rd and 5th place finishes of Nadia and Alexandra McMillan at the 10/21 SOL American Conference. The Wissahickon boys took care of business, taking five of the top six spots as seniors Paul Thistle and Doug Maisey ran 15:42, and 15:47 respectively.
The Council Rock North girls came into their league meet with a perfect record. They left impressed with the North Penn pack, which threw an impressive 28-second compression at their competitors at the 10/21 SOL National Conference champs at William Tennent. The Council Rock North boys were 12 point winners over North Penn as senior Keith Capecci set the pace.
Josh Hibbs led Hatboro-Horsham to a 19-point win over Central Bucks South and Council Rock South at the 10/21 SOL Continental Conference champs at William Tennent. Claire Smith and Anna Aegenes led Central Bucks West to the girls team title with their 3rd and 4th place performances. Kate Ross, Central Bucks East, won in 19:10.
At the D10 Region 1 meet on 10/22 at Buhl Park, Sharon\'s girls were seven-point winners over West Middlesex, but the West Middlesex boys took their race by six over another region power, Sharpsville.
At the D10 Region 5 meet at Harbor Creek, General McLane girls and boys use front-running clusters to dominate. Harbor Creek frosh Lauren Zarger wins in quick 18:09, while Lane King of Fairview takes the boys\' race in 16:07.
Conestoga\'s Liz Costello posts a very fast 18:34 on a cold, wet day at the rolling Rose Tree Park course. Radnor places four girls in top eight to win by 14 over Strath Haven. Radnor\'s Sean Mahoney edges Conestoga\'s Myles Lund, but Haven puts four in top nine to seal boys\' title at the 10/22 Central League Championships at Rose Tree Park.
At the 10/22 Northern Tier Championships, the Wellsboro girls and the Northeast Bradford boys dominated their races behind a win by Heather Sayre and a 3rd place showing by Ethan Laudermilch.
Danville swept the girls and boys championships at the 10/22 Susquehanna Valley Conference meet, one comfortably, and one by just four points. Lindsey Scheller, Shikellamy, and Ryan Boyer, Southern Columbia, took home individual titles.
Weekend Intro
It\'s league and conference time in Pennsylvania, and there are meets every day of the week through Saturday -- one Monday, one Tuesday, ten Wednesday, eight Thursday, three Friday, and ten on Saturday. If you don\'t see results for a meet, send them on, or a contact. Race well. Districts are just around the corner.