Latrobe girls\' cross country team sends message: It\'s for real - by Rich Emert, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette...
Scott Van Kooten won the Varsity A Race, but North Allegheny, behind Pat Morgan\'s 5th place, beat Pittsburgh Central Catholic. Natalie Bower is rocking western PA cross country this season, and she has company. Two teammates joined her in the top five at the Pittsburgh Central Catholic Invitational to lead Latrobe to a 41-72 win over North Allegheny. In the Varsity B Race, Punxsutawney held off Greensburg Central Catholic by two points. And in the boys\' Varsity B race, it was Canon MacMillan by 46 over Greensburg Central Catholic.
Katherine Ward is no longer an emerging star in PA. She proved the point with a big win over a talented field at the Steel City Invitational. A field that included defending champ Sarah Morrison of Chambersburg. Ward went 19:20, Morris 19:25, and Kate Ross 19:37, Chambersburg won the girls team, with 67, O;Hara 94, Council Rock North 174. Boyertown\'s Jason Weller ran 15:49, with Conestoga Valley Vince McNally at 15:56, and Greg Thomas, O\'Hara 16:10. Coatesville won for the 2nd week in a row. getting78, with O\'Hara at 122 and Parkland at 166. Natalie Bower is rocking western PA cross country this season, and she has company. Two teammates joined her in the top five at the Pittsburgh Central Catholic Invitational to lead Latrobe to a 41-72 win over North Allegheny.(Cover photo by Karen Ward of Boys Steel City champ, Jason Weller, Boyertown.)