WEATHERLY — Adam Bahrey set a course record and teammate Willie Streisel finished 1 second later as Mahanoy Area swept Marian and Weatherly on Wednesday to take command of the Schuylkill League Division II boys’ cross country race.
Bahrey ran an 18:42 on Weatherly’s 3.1-mile layout to lead the Golden Bears past the Colts 24-31 and the Wreckers 21-34.
Marian’s Aaron Srinivasan placed third in 18:55 to key the Colts’ 20-35 win over Weatherly in the other portion of the tri-meet.
With the wins, Mahanoy Area (6-2, 5-0 D-II) remained undefeated in the league heading into next Wednesday’s regular-season finale at Minersville.
Mahanoy Area 24, Marian 31
Mahanoy Area 21, Weatherly 34
Marian 20, Weatherly 35
1. Bahrey (Mah) 18:42*, 2. Streisel (Mah) 18:43, 3. Srinivasan (Mar) 18:55, 4. Derr (Mah) 19:07, 5. Pulaski (Mar) 19:30, 6. Roberts (Mar) 19:49, 7. Kelly (W) 19:57, 8. Barraza (Mah) 20:09, 9. Witczak (Mar) 20:27, 10. Hinkle (W) 20:27, 11. Sirkot (W) 20:38, 12. Coll (W) 20:40, 13. Kreisl (Mar) 20:53, 14. Dempsey (W) 21:12, 15. Rivera (Mah) 21:32
*Course record
Minersville 27
Schuylkill Haven 28
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Wesley Yutko finished third overall in 19:22 as Minersville edged Schuylkill Haven in a Division II dual meet.
Sam Brennan and Owen Pothering came in first and second, respectively, for the Hurricanes. Brennan won the race in 18:26, and Pothering’s time was 19:17.
The Miners’ grouping of places 3-6 helped them pull out the win.
1. S. Brennan (SH) 18:26, 2. Pothering (SH) 19:17, 3. Yutko (Min) 19:22, 4. DiBiase (Min) 19:26, 5. Stephen (Min) 19:39, 6. Rushanan (Min) 19:51, 7. James (SH) 20:16, 8. Schaeffer (SH) 20:28, 9. Brown (Min) 20:40, 10. J. Brennan (SH) 21:11
Jim Thorpe cruises
past Eagles, Cards
ORWIGSBURG — Johnathan Condly won the race in 17:16 as Jim Thorpe beat Blue Mountain 20-38 and Pine Grove 15-50 in a Division I tri-meet.
The Olympians had four runners in the top five, including Dylan Bucior, Jake Saxon and Ben Saxon.
With the sweep, Jim Thorpe (10-0, 6-0 D-I) remained undefeated. The Olympians host Lehighton in next Wednesday’s regular-season finale.
Cameron Greenawalt led the Eagles with a second-place finish in 18:08 to propel Blue Mountain to a 15-47 win over the Cardinals.
Michael Elo led Pine Grove, coming in 15th overall in 21:24.
Jim Thorpe 20, Blue Mountain 38
Jim Thorpe 15, Pine Grove 50
Blue Mountain 15, Pine Grove 47
1. Condly (JT) 17:16, 2. Greenawalt (BM) 18:08, 3. Bucior (JT) 18:24, 4. J. Saxon (JT) 18:37, 5. B. Saxon (JT) 18:54, 6. Kluge (BM) 19:09, 7. Gentile (JT) 19:15, 8. Firing (BM) 19:21, 9. Valdez (JT) 19:28, 10. Menuchak (BM) 19:56, 11. Challenger (BM) 20:13, 12. Name not provided 20:15, 13. Fields (JT) 20:36, 14. Carr (BM) 20:56, 15. Elo (PG) 21:24
North Schuylkill sweeps Indians, Tide
LEHIGHTON — Chris McCormick led North Schuylkill with a third-place finish in 18:18 as the Spartans earned a pair of 24-31 wins over Lehighton and Pottsville in a Division I tri-meet.
Michael Blacketter (18:12) came in first place overall, leading the Indians to a 25-30 win over the Crimson Tide.
Ed Hossler led Pottsville with a second-place finish in 18:15.
North Schuylkill 24, Lehighton 31
North Schuylkill 24, Pottsville 31
Lehighton 25, Pottsville 30
1. Blacketter (L) 18:12, 2. Hossler (P) 18:15, 3. C. McCormick (NS) 18:18, 4. Welkie (P) 18:22, 5. Anthony (NS) 18:28, 6. Sokoloski (NS) 18:35, 7. Fisher (L) 18:46, 8. Frey (L) 18:50, 9. Bolinsky (NS) 18:53, 10. Kessler (NS) 18:59, 11. Howell (P) 19:12, 12. Johnson (L) 19:14, 13. Tavella (L) 19:17, 14. Vilcheck (P) 19:18, 15. Scanlan (P) 19:24
Tamaqua 16
CMVT 45
TAMAQUA — Joe Nortavage, Adam Melnick, Andrew Tite and Raymond Kinder finished as the top four runners to give Tamaqua a Division I win over Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech.
Nortavage won the race in 19:30.
Jordan Heintz led the Rams with a fifth-place finish in 21:31, while Lee Pitonyak and Shawn Cool also placed in the top 10 for CMVT.
1. Nortavage (T) 19:30, 2. Melnick (T) 19:49, 3. Tite (T) 20:09, 4. Kinder (T) 20:18, 5. Heintz (CMVT) 21:31, 6. Roseland (T) 22:00, 7. Pitonyak (CMVT) 22:08, 8. Boyer (T) 22:39, 9. Miller (T) 22:48, 10. Cool (CMVT) 22:56
Shenandoah Valley 25
Nativity 30
Daniel Young (17:11) and Brett Rushannon (17:21) finished 1-2 overall for Nativity, but Shenandoah Valley’s depth produced a Division II victory.
Austin Uholik placed third in 18:00 for the Blue Devils, who swept spots 3-7.
1. Young (N) 17:11, 2. Rushannon (N) 17:21, 3. A. Uholik (SV) 18:00, 4. Liu (SV) 18:36, 5. Hoats (SV) 18:46, 6. Link (SV) 19:07, 7. Z. Uholik (SV) 19:38, 8. Cooper (N) 20:07, 9. McCabe (N) 20:32, 10. Westcoat (N) 20:35
Girls’ results
Mahanoy Area sweeps;
Marian star sets record
WEATHERLY — Marian’s Tina Capparell continues to break barriers.
The freshman sensation set a course record at Weatherly, running a 19:58 to help the Fillies top the Wreckers 15-50.
Megan Babinsky, Megan Bisco and Jacqui Pitts finished 2-3-4 to enable Mahanoy Area to sweep Marian 22-34 and Weatherly 15-50.
In the process, the Golden Bears (6-2, 5-0 D-II) remained atop the Division II standings. They visit Minersville next Wednesday in the regular-season’s final meet.
Mahanoy Area 22, Marian 34
Mahanoy Area 15, Weatherly 50
Marian 15, Weatherly 50
1. Capparell (Mar) 19:58*, 2. Babinsky (Mah), 3. M. Bisco (Mah), 4. Pitts (Mah), 5. Pulaski (Mar), 6. Lawrence (Mah), 7. Levy (Mah), 8. Matunis (Mar), 9. Reinoehl (Mar), 10. P. Bernardyn (Mah), 11. Wheeler (Mar), 12. Granados (Mah), 13. L. Bisco (Mah), 14. Craver (W), 15. Shuman (W)
*Course record
NOTE: Times for places 2-15 were not available.
Minersville 15
Schuylkill Haven 45
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Autumn Pedron led a Minersville squad that swept the top five spots as the Miners beat Schuylkill Haven in a Division II dual meet.
Pedron won the race in 23:44.
Casey Renninger led the Hurricanes with a sixth-place finish in 26:35.
1. Pedron (Min) 23:44, 2. Raczka (Min) 25:18, 3. Glore (Min) 25:21, 4. Conshue (Min) 25:28, 5. Cory (Min) 25:38, 6. Renninger (SH) 26:35, 7. Lowe (Min) 26:47, 8. Schaeffer (SH) 27:56, 9. Garvey (SH) 29:12, 10. T. George (SH) 29:18
Blue Mountain sweeps Olympians, Cards
ORWIGSBURG — Caroline Rickard, Sarah Brooks and Kathryn Thompson finished 2-3-4 as Blue Mountain topped Jim Thorpe 20-42 and Pine Grove 15-50 in a Division I tri-meet.
Rickard’s time was 21:43, Brooks finished in 21:53, and Thompson crossed 5 seconds after that.
With the sweep, Blue Mountain (9-0, 5-0 D-I) remained undefeated. The Eagles, Pottsville and Tamaqua are all 5-0 in the division. The three teams will meet next Wednesday at Pottsville’s Veterans Memorial Stadium to decide the Division I championship.
Kayley Kovac won the race in 21:36 to give the Olympians an 18-45 win over the Cardinals.
Elisa Seip led Pine Grove with an 11th-place finish in 24:51.
Panther Valley’s Delana Nalesnik finished fifth overall in 22:01.
Blue Mountain 20, Jim Thorpe 42
Blue Mountain 15, Pine Grove 50
Jim Thorpe 18, Pine Grove 45
1. Kovac (JT) 21:36, 2. Rickard (BM) 21:43, 3. Brooks (BM) 21:53, 4. Thompson (BM) 21:58, 5. Nalesnik (PV) 22:01, 6. Henninger (BM) 22:20, 7. Dukmen (BM) 22:37, 8. Krause (BM) 23:24, 9. Loyd (JT) 24:04, 10. Laughlin (BM) 24:34, 11. Seip (PG) 24:51, 12. Dolbin (BM) 25:17, 13. Capper (JT) 25:33, 14. Asbrock (JT) 25:58, 15. Kovac (JT) 27:14.
Tamaqua 15
CMVT 50
TAMAQUA — Kailee Carroll came in first place in 22:15 as Tamaqua cruised by Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech for a Division I win.
The Blue Raiders finished with the top nine runners, as Nicole Wasserleben, Chelsea Frantz, Janette Kabana and Arianna Ryan rounded out the top five.
1. Carroll (T) 22:15, 2. Wasserleben (T) 22:57, 3. Frantz (T) 23:41, 4. Kabana (T) 24:33, 5. Ryan (T) 24:56, 6. Kostecky (T) 25:20, 7. LaBar (T) 25:24, 8. Beck (T) 27:15, 9. Fiorilla (T) 29:27, 10. H. Kramer (CMVT) 34:36
Pottsville runs past Indians, Spartans
LEHIGHTON — Brenna Nagle finished in 22:15 to come in third overall and lead Pottsville to a 27-32 victory over Lehighton and a 25-34 victory over North Schuylkill in a Division I tri-meet.
Jennifer Beers led the Indians with a second-place finish in 21:38 to give Lehighton a 26-29 win over the Spartans.
Jess Yeneskie won the race in 21:38 for North Schuylkill.
Pottsville 27, Lehighton 32
Pottsville 25, North Schuylkill 34
Lehighton 26, North Schuylkill 29
1. Yeneskie (NS) 21:38, 2. Beers (L) 21:38, 3. Br. Nagle (P) 22:15, 4. Rehnert (L) 22:24, 5. Ba. Nagle (P) 22:44, 6. Gaston (L) 23:08, 7. Stravinsky (NS) 23:26, 8. Kiapes (P) 23:49, 9. Kane (NS) 23:55, 10. McMullin (P) 24:08, 11. Heinbach (P) 24:26, 12. Sites (P) 25:01, 13. Pogash (P) 26:17, 14. Ferraiolo (NS) 26:25, 15. Pace (L) 26:25
Shenandoah Valley 15
Nativity 50
Carly Teaschenko (20:52) and Alexis Luna (20:55) took the top two spots to lead Shenandoah Valley to a Division II win.
1. Teaschenko (SV) 20:52, 2. Luna (SV) 20:55, 3. Joseph (SV) 21:55, 4. Cole (SV) 22:11, 5. Uholik (SV) 24:24, 6. Najera (SV) 27:15