PIAA District 3 Championships
Cedar Cliff is for real. And the showdown next week with Council Rock (and others) at the Hersheypark course will be a great race. Patrick Philbin led the Colts with his second place 16:33 on the tough course, followed within 1:09 by their fifth for a total of just 60 points. Also qualifying for the AAA trip to States were Red Land, Cedar Crest, Cumberland Valley and Carlisle. CV's Mark Turner took the individual title in 16:24 after battling Philbin and the Colt's John Butler most of the way. (Nearly 2000) Footlocker finalist Angie Saterstad, running for the first year with Hershey (and feeling ill much of the way), showed the talent that XC fans have come to expect, taking the AAA girls title in 19:18, the fastest of the day. Red Lion's Kate Papenberg, a soph, was second, 20 seconds back. Cumberland Valley took the team title with 103 points, and will be joined by Chambersburg, Carlisle, Hempfiield, and Manheim Township. Ryan Blood, the smooth East Pennsboro sophomore, and defending D3 AA champ, repeated with a 16:34, running just hard enough to win comfortably. Eastern York took the team title by just five points over Wyomissing. The two teams will be joined at States by York Suburban. And the Wyomissing girls, a definite AA dynasty in the making, took care of business, led by the other twin, Amy, in 19:42. Debbie, who was 7th this year, won the District title in 2000. Wyo went 1-5-6-15-16 for just 43 points, over 100 better than York Suburban and Tulpehocken.