Council Rock isn't letting anyone get close as the season hits the meets than really count.
On the 2.95 mile Ursinus College course, Hatboro-Horsham's girls defeated Wissahickon for the second week in a row, this time on the basis of their sixth runner.
The defending AAA state champs, Parkland, look to be positioning themselves for a solid defense after going 1-2-5-16-17 (41) 1:58 spread, to win the Mountain Valley Conference championship.
Cedar Crest delivered when it counted, taking the Lebanon-Lancaster Leage with 61 points behind the winning effort of P. Clark in 16:22.
First year runner Jessie Yestear of Downingtown tied the course record at Malvern Prep with a 19:53.
The Wyomissing boys and girls teams took the Berks County Championships, the girls for the third straight year.
Mount Lebanon took both team titles on a cold, blustery day behind the 3rd place 16:34 of defending state champ Shawn Cavanaugh and the 2nd place 19:28 of sophomore Lauren Wood.
Devon Prep, behind the 2nd place finish of Tom Bentley, took the SCCL boys title with 46 points.
Great Valley made it a double, winning both the boys and girls championships.
Sonja Hinish led her Bishop Guilfoyle team to the team title at the Mountain Conference Championships with her 19:52, more than a minute ahead of a teammate in 2nd place.
As expected in the boys AAA race, the Cedar Cliff boys, ranked US #18 by The Harrier, easily won their conference championship behind the 16:03.6 run of John Butler.
Joanna Marlow, New Hope-Solebury captured the individual title by two seconds (19:54) over Lynn Morelli of St. Basil, but Merion Mercy took the team championship with 56 points.
WARMINSTER, PA -- For the past three years, the Jamestown boys cross country team has marked the William Tennent on their calendars as the turning point in their season where they begin to gear up for the championship races.
Rocky Grove Invitational @ Two Mile Run County Park - Andy Weilacher and his Eisenhower team continued to dominate Northwetern PA XC this season with a 43-73 win over second place Union City.
Cardinal O'Hara lived up to the pre-race predictions, winning both boys (SE PA #1) and girls (SE PA #4) championships.
Junior Jesi Christensen, the defending AA state champ, cruised to a minute-plus victory in 19:04, but it was Saint Joseph Academy, behind frsoh Mary Moloney's 20:39, which placed five runner within 53 seconds, going 5-6-7-9-16 for 43 points, 21 better than McDowell.
Coatesville's Rob Robertson and Kelly O'Connell took their respective home invitational races, but two District 3 teams stole the team thunder.
PA Schools took all three boys varsity races at the Salesanium Inv. on a very difficult course at the Brandywine Creek State Park.
An in-season injury can be devastating for a runner, especially if the athlete is told they canÌt run during the early stages of the rehabilitation process.
It's not Paige Miller II.
Baldwin senior Dan Mazzocco and Bishop Guilfoyle sophomore Sonja Hinish captured the individual titles and led their teams to second place finishes.
Hosted by Fox Chapel HS at Hartwood Acres just north of Pittsburgh, the Northern Invitational attracted some of the best PA runners this, or any year.
Ben Stern, from Georgetown Day School, took the boys race in the Mercersburg Academy Invitational in 16:19 on a new course, eclipsing the old course mark by 10 seconds.
Is this the best sport, or what? On the same day in Tyler State Park, two Council Rock athletes excel.
North Penn girls upset Harrier's Northeast #8 Cardlinal O'Hara at the Bulldog Invitational held at Rose Tree Park in Media.
Christopher Spooner, a sophomore from Lewisburg, wins in 16:44 on the fairly hilly District 4 Championship course.
Joanna Marlow and Ashley Ippolito, the one-two combination from New Hope-Solebury, did exactly that at the Chris Fretz Invitational.
State contender North Penn's girls took five of the top 10 spots (2-3-5-6-10) to easily claim the team victory in the Conrad Weiser Invitational in Robesonia.