BEDFORD - Bedford's William Kachman set a new home course record with a 17:25 finish to lead the Bisons to a 2-1 record, beating Cambria Heights, 19-44, and Chestnut Ridge, 21-39, and losing to Somerset, 27-31, in high school boys cross country on Wednesday.
Chestnut Ridge's Jimmy Farnan (17:42) finished second. The Lions lost to Somerset, 20-42, and beat Heights, 25-32. Somerset beat Heights, 19-43.
Bedford's Emilee Fierro (21:37) finished second among the girls, and Heights' Lindsay Link (22:37) was third. Somerset's Haylee Rohrer took first place with a 21:22. Heights beat Bedford, 26-30, and lost to Somerset, 19-39. Somerset beat Bedford, 22-38.
BOYS
1, Kachman, B, 17:25; 2, Farnan, CR, 17:42; 3, Desai, S, 17:49; 4, Wilt, S, 18:05; 5, Williams, B, 18:07; 6, Dautlick, CH, 18:12; 7, Troll, S, 18:18; 8, Baker, B, 18:27; 9, Ickes, S, 18:48; 10, Bastian, 18:49.
GIRLS
1, Rohrer, S, 21:22; 2, Fierro, B, 21:37; 3, Link, CH, 22:37; 4, Tokarsky, W, 22:49; 5, Way, S, 22:50; 6, Diehl, B, 22:58; 7, Chan, S, 23:11; 8, Heckman, S, 23:32; 9, Bischof, CR, 23:49; 10, Batistta, S, 23:58.
Records: Cambria Heights girls (9-4); Cambria Heights boys (5-8).
Simendinger leads PC
CRESSON - Arlee Simendinger helped Penn Cambria top Bishop McCort, 17-43, Bishop Carroll, 15-50 and Meyersdale, 15-50 with her first-place time of 19:57.
The McCort girls topped Meyersdale, 15-46, and Bishop Carroll, 15-50.
The Bishop McCort boys topped Penn Cambria, 25-38, Carroll, 15-50, and Meyersdale, 21-44. Penn Cambria beat Meyersdale, 25-30 and Carroll, 15-50.
Garrett Sutton finished second for Penn Cambria in the boys race.
BOYS
1, Day, M, 17:13; 2, Sutton, PC, 17:28; 3, Slatko, PC, 17:38; 4, Mihalko, BM, 18:09; 5, R. Eckenrod, MC, 18:12; 6, M. Eckenrod, BM, 18:19; 7, Howard, BM, 18:42; 8, Hatrick, M, 18:48; 9, Kury, BM, 19:01; 10, Laston, BM, 19:07.
GIRLS
1, Simendinger, PC, 19:57; 2, Baker, M, 21:06; 3, Clauto, PC, 21:15; 4, McGarry, PC, 21:18; 5, Karcher, BM, 21:24; 6, E. Roberts, PC, 21:33; 7, D. Pompa, PC, 21:43; 8, Weaver, BM, 22:04; 9, S. Roberts, PC, 22:27; 10, Szelong, BM, 22:46.
Records: Penn Cambria boys (5-5); girls (8-1).
Lady Devils go 3-0
EBENSBURG - In a meet featuring four area teams, Central Cambria's Alyssa Brandis finished first in 20:03 to help the Lady Red Devils to wins over Forest Hills (22-35), Bishop Guilfoyle (16-47) and Hollidaysburg (18-41) in girls action.
Hollidaysburg's Emily Ansley was the top Lady Tiger, finishing sixth in 22:02. Hollidaysburg beat Bishop Guilfoyle (19-44) and Forest Hills (26-31). Guilfoyle was led by Khristina Slobodnik, who took seventh in 22:26. The Lady Marauders also lost to Forest Hills (19-45).
On the boys side, Central Cambria's Justin Jeffers took second in 18:19 to lead the Red Devils, who beat Guilfoyle (15-45) but lost to Forest Hills (26-30) and Hollidaysburg (28-28 but lost on the sixth runner who finished for the Tigers). The Tigers also beat BG (15-50) but lost to Forest Hills (24-31).
Hollidaysburg was led by Eric Jennings, who took fourth in 18:41. Guilfoyle's top runner was Colin Berkhimer, who took 20th in 21:02. BG also lost to Forest Hills (15-50).
BOYS
1, Diamond, FH, 18:06; 2, Jeffers, CC, 18:19; 3, Lowstetter, FH, 18:41; 4, Jennings, H, 18:41; 5, Neumann, CC, 18:51; 6, Dumm, FH, 19:04; 7, Baronner, H, 19:32; 8, Pierce, H, 19:38; 9, Hodgson, CC, 19:43; 10, Deskavich, CC, 19:44.
GIRLS
1, Brandis, CC, 20:03; 2, Erb, FH, 20:33; 3, Hayward, CC, 21:08; 4, Swope, CC, 21:43; 5, Bracken, CC, 21:55; 6, Ansley, H, 22:02; 7, Slobodnik, BG, 22:26; 8, Pheasant, H, 22:46; 9, McClain, H, 22:47; 10, Chizmar, FH, 22:50.
