LEHIGHTON — Caroline Rickard’s victory Wednesday lifted Blue Mountain over Lehighton 19-40 and Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech 15-50 in a Schuylkill League Division I tri-meet.
Rickard finished in 21:14, as Blue Mountain (6-0, 2-0 D-I) dominated with seven runners in the top 10. Sarah Brooks, Shannon Henninger, Kathryn Thompson and Courtney Dukmen placed 3-4-5-6 for the Eagles.
Blue Mountain, the defending Schuylkill League champion, has won 16 straight meets over the past season and a half.
Jennifer Beers led the Indians with a second-place finish in 21:28 to give Lehighton a 15-50 win over CMVT.
Blue Mountain 19, Lehighton 40
Blue Mountain 15, CMVT 50
Lehighton 15, CMVT 50
1. Rickard (BM) 21:14, 2. Beers (L) 21:28, 3. Brooks (BM) 21:37, 4. Henninger (BM) 21:48, 5. Thompson (BM) 22:14, 6. Dukmen (BM) 22:18, 7. Gaston (L) 22:31, 8. Rehnert (L) 22:41, 9. Krause (BM) 22:47, 10. Laughlin (BM) 24:06, 11. Dolbin (BM) 24:27, 12. Heffner (BM) 25:51, 13. Collins (L) 26:33, 14. Johnson (BM) 27:21, 15. Pace (L) 27:33
Pottsville cruises
by Cards, Fillies
PINE GROVE — Brenna Nagle and Bailey Nagle placed second and third, respectively, to give Pottsville an 18-41 Division I win over Pine Grove and a 25-32 non-league victory over Marian in a tri-meet.
Brenna Nagle finished in 23:18, and Bailey Nagle’s time was 23:39.
Tina Capparell won the race in 20:17 for the Fillies, who topped the Cardinals 19-38 for a non-league win.
Elisa Seip led Pine Grove with a fourth-place finish in 23:58.
Pottsville 18, Pine Grove 41
Pottsville 25, Marian 32
Marian 19, Pine Grove 38
1. Capparell (M) 20:17, 2. Br. Nagle (P) 23:18, 3. Ba. Nagle (P) 23:39, 4. Seip (PG) 23:58, 5. Pulaski (M) 24:38, 6. McMullin (P) 25:31, 7. Matunis (M) 25:54, 8. Heinbach (P) 26:03, 9. Kiapes (P) 26:39, 10. Sites (P) 27:43, 11. Reinoehl (M) 28:36, 12. Wheeler (M) 29:18, 13. Kostick (P) 30:06, 14. Somers (PG) 32:00, 15. Wolfe (PG) 32:01
Minersville sweeps Wreckers, Wave
MINERSVILLE — Autumn Pedron won the race for Minersville in 23:37, giving the Miners a pair of 15-50 wins over Weatherly and Nativity in a Division II tri-meet.
Minersville had the had the top seven runners, with Amanda Conshue, Kaylene Raczka, Katie Glore and Brittany Cory rounding out the top five.
Katie Sernak led the Wreckers with an eighth-place finish in 27:44.
Minersville 15, Weatherly 50
Minersville 15, Nativity 50
Nativity vs. Weatherly, no contest
1. Pedron (M) 23:37, 2. Conshue (M) 24:56, 3. Raczka (M) 25:03, 4. Glore (M) 25:07, 5. Cory (M) 25:31, 6. Ellis (M) 26:12, 7. Lowe (M) 26:17, 8. Sernak (W) 27:44, 9. Pytko (M) 28:07, 10. Shuman (W) 28:35, 11. Harrison (W) 31:16, 12. Bowers (M) 34:01, 13. Weiss (M) 34:09, 14. Hoffman (M) 34:17, 15. Oshman (M) 34:28
Mahanoy Area runs past Hurricanes, Devils
MAHANOY CITY — Megan Babinsky won the race for Mahanoy Area in 23:37 to give the Golden Bears a 17-44 win over Schuylkill Haven and a 28-28 win over Shenandoah Valley in a Division II tri-meet. Mahanoy Area beat the Blue Devils with a higher sixth place finisher.
Carly Teaschenko led the Shenandoah Valley with a second place finish in 23:45 as the Blue Devils topped the Hurricanes 17-39.
Casey Renninger led Schuylkill Haven, coming in seventh overall in 26:06.
Mahanoy Area 28*, Shen. Valley 28
Mahanoy Area 17, Schuylkill Haven 44
Shen. Valley 17, Schuylkill Haven 39
1. Babinsky (MA) 23:37, 2. Teaschenko (SV) 23:45, 3. Luna (SV) 24:48, 4. M. Biscoe (MA) 24:52, 5. Joseph (SV) 24:52, 6. Pitts (MA) 25:22, 7. Renninger (SH) 26:06, 8. Cole (SV) 26:16, 9. L. Biscoe (MA) 26:28, 10. Lawrence (MA) 27:04, 11. Levy (MA) 27:21, 12. Uholick (SV) 27:56, 13. P. Bernardyn (MA) 28:29, 14. N. Bernardyn (MA) 29:06, 15. Granadoes (MA) 29:22
*Mahanoy Area won on higher-placing sixth runner.
Boys’ Cross Country
Lehighton sweeps
Eagles, Rams
LEHIGHTON — Michael Blacketter and Luke Fisher led Lehighton with third- and fourth-place finishes, respectively, to give the Indians a 25-32 win over Blue Mountain and a 22-39 win over Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech in a Division I tri-meet.
Blacketter’s time was 18:24 and Fisher was five seconds behind his teammate.
Cameron Greenawalt won the race for Blue Mountain in 18:13, giving the Eagles a 21-39 victory over the Rams.
Marcus Joline led CMVT with a second-place finish in 18:18.
Lehighton 25, Blue Mountain 32
Lehighton 22, CMVT 39
Blue Mountain 21, CMVT 39
1. Greenawalt (BM) 18:13, 2. Joline (CMVT) 18:18, 3. Blackletter (L) 18:24, 4. Fisher (L) 18:29, 5. Kluge (BM) 18:42, 6. Frey (L) 18:43, 7. Firing (BM) 18:59, 8. Heintz (CMVT) 19:22, 9. Johnson (L) 19:26, 10. Tavella (L) 19:27, 11. Menuchak (BM) 19:47, 12. Dubble (L) 19:56, 13. Zhang (L) 19:57, 14. McCabe (L) 20:01, 15. Martino (L) 20:25
Pottsville defeats
Cardinals, Colts
PINE GROVE — Justin Welkie, Ed Hossler and Josh Howell placed 1-2-3 to give Pottsville a 15-50 Division I win over Pine Grove and a 17-42 non-league win over Marian in a tri-meet.
Welkie won the race in 18:29, Hossler finished in 18:51, and Howell’s time was 19:04.
Aaron Srinivasan led the Colts with a fourth-place finish of 19:10 to give Marian a 17-38 non-league win over the Cardinals.
Ty Zimmerman came in 11th for Pine Grove in 21:24.
Pottsville 18, Pine Grove 41
Pottsville 17, Marian 42
Marian 17, Pine Grove 38
1. Welkie (P) 18:29, 2. Hossler (P) 18:51, 3. Howell (P) 19:04, 4. Srinivasan (M) 19:10, 5. Scanlan (P) 19:38, 6. Schuster (P) 19:53, 7. Vilcheck (P) 19:56, 8. Pulaski (M) 20:38, 9. Liptock (P) 20:53, 10. Witczak (M) 21:22, 11. Zimmerman (PG) 21:24, 12. Kreisl (M) 21:46, 13. Roberts (M) 21:52, 14. Dudash (P) 22:07, 15. Kreiser (PG) 25:29
Minersville tops Wreckers, Wave
MINERSVILLE — Sam DiBiase, Wesley Yutko, Kyle Stephen and Simon Wagner finished as the top four runners to give Minersville a 16-44 win over Weatherly and a 17-44 win over Nativity in a Division II tri-meet.
DiBiase won the race in 19:18, Yutko finished in 19:32, Stephen’s time was 19:44, and Wagner finished six seconds behind Stephen.
Brett Kelly led the Wreckers with a fifth-place finish in 19:57 to give Weatherly a 23-38 victory over the Green Wave.
Brett Rushannon placed sixth for Nativity in 19:58.
Minersville 16, Weatherly 44
Minersville 17, Nativity 44
Weatherly 23, Nativity 38
1. DiBiase (M) 19:18, 2 Yutko (M) 19:32, 3. Stephen (M) 19:44, 4. Wagner (M) 19:50, 5. Kelly (W) 19:57, 6. Rushannon (N) 19:58, 7. Young (N) 20:07, 8. Rushanan (M) 20:20, 9. Sirkot (W) 20:33, 10. Brown (M) 20:46, 11. Hinkle (W) 20:47, 12. Rinaldo (M) 20:55, 13. Cazonie (M) 21:02, 14. Bizarre (W) 21:15, 15. Dempsey (W) 21:26
Mahanoy Area cruises by Hurricanes, Devils
MAHANOY CITY — Adam Bahrey won the race for Mahanoy Area in 18:32 as the Golden Bears swept Schuylkill Haven 23-32 and Shenandoah Valley 20-35 in a Division II tri-meet.
Sam Brennan led the Hurricanes with a second-place finish in 19:29 to give Schuylkill Haven a 25-30 win over the Blue Devils.
Austin Uholick led Shenandoah Valley, finishing eighth overall in 22:02.
Mahanoy Area 23, Schuylkill Haven 32
Mahanoy Area 20, Shen. Valley 35
Schuylkill Haven 25, Shen. Valley 30
1. Bahrey (MA) 18:32, 2. S. Brennan (SH) 19:29, 3. Striesel (MA) 19:42, 4. Derr (MA) 20:32, 5. James (SH) 21:30, 6. Barraza (MA) 21:30, 7. J. Brennan (SH) 21:30, 8. Uholick (SV) 22:02, 9. Hoats (SV) 22:10, 10. Liu (SV) 22:30, 11. Link (SV) 23:17, 12. Uholik (SV) 23:33, 13. Garvey (SH) 23:38, 14. McPherson (MA) 23:40, 15. Sterner (SH) 24:51