Northern Bedford boys cross country team captures District 5-8 crown
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EVERETT -- The Northern Bedford boys captured the Class 1A team title in the District 5-8 Cross Country Championships on Tuesday at the Bedford County Technical Center course.
Christopher Corle's third-place finish led the Black Panthers, who scored 33 team points to easily outdistance second-place Johnstown Christian (82). Northern's Weston Hart was fourth, Sole Rhoat was sixth, Jaidyn Shaulis eighth and Jake Keller 13th.
The team will compete in the state meet on Nov. 7 at Big Spring High School in Newville.
Hudson Lease of Johnstown Christian won the 1A boys race, Somerset's Ruari Egal won in 2A, Bedford's Chloe May won the 2A girls race, and North Star's Ava Hawkins won in 1A girls.
Northern Bedford's Leah Steele earned an eighth-place finish in 1A girls and qualified for the state meet.
Other team champions were the Somerset boys (2A), Bedford girls (2A) and Windber girls (1A).
CLASS 2A BOYS
TEAMS: 1, S--Somerset 19; 2, SF--Southern Fulton 40.
INDIVIDUALS: 1, Egal, S, 18:09.7; 2, Fyfe, Bedford, 18:42.4; 3, McCoy, Bedford, 18:50.1; 4, Speelman, S, 19:04.8; 5, DeBolt, Bedford, 19:08.2; 6, ElBayly, S, 19:23.3; 7, Weicht, SF, 19:25.9; 8, King, SF, 20:17.9; 9, Delnore, Obama, 20:48.0; 10, Glover, S, 20:50.9.
CLASS 1A BOYS
TEAMS: 1, NB--Northern Bedford 33; 2, JC--Johnstown Christian 82; 3, FR--Forbes Road 90; 4, NS--North Star 91; 5, W--Windber 103; 6, CR--Chestnut Ridge 104; 7, P--Perry 153.
INDIVIDUALS: 1, Lease, JC, 17:24.1; 2, Hall, NS, 18:08.9; 3, Corle, NB, 18:21.5; 4, Hart, NB, 18:35.3; 5, Taylor, JC, 18:50.7; 6, Rhoat, NB, 18:58.3; 7, Conley, W, 19:02.0; 8, Shaulis, NB, 19:11.0; 9, Fraker, FR, 19:20.4; 10, Tummino, Meyersdale, 19:22.0. ALSO: 13, Keller, NB, 19:30.6; 47, Dasher, NB, 24:23.8.
CLASS 2A GIRLS
TEAMS: 1, B--Bedford 20; 2, S--Somerset 37.
INDIVIDUALS: 1, May, B, 18:10.4; 2, Fisher, S, 18:55.5; 3, Madison, SF, 20:49.0; 4, Yinkey, B, 22:24.0; 5, Comfort, Meyersdale, 23:04.4; 6, Porta, B, 23:19.3; 7, Pemberton, B, 23:30.9; 8, Mikolich, S, 23:47.9; 9, Wise, B, 24:03.9; 10, Sampeer, S, 24:29.9.
CLASS 1A GIRLS
TEAMS: 1, W--Windber 21; 2, CR--Chestnut Ridge 36.
INDIVIDUALS: 1, Hawkins, North Star, 21:31.5; 2, Weyant, W, 21:53.6; 3, Podrasky, W, 22:28.0; 4, Hall, North Star, 22:48.6; 5, Conley, W, 23:06.1; 6, Moyer, CR, 23:35.3; 7, Myers, CR, 23:47.1; 8, Steele, Northern Bedford, 24:05.3; 9, Manges, W, 24:06.9; 10, R. McCreary, CR, 24:12.7. ALSO: 15, L. Miller, Northern Bedford, 26:02.4; 17, C. Miller, Northern Bedford, 27:01.0; 19, Snyder, Northern Bedford, 27:40.4.
GIRLS TENNIS
Lady Tigers defeated
Hollidaysburg bowed out of the PIAA Class 3A Team Tennis Tournament with a 4-1 loss to North Allegheny in the first round on Tuesday at the Gorilla House Gym.
Crosby Denis won at No. 2 singles for the Lady Tigers, the District 6 champs. Winni Hayward and Mia Kaufman did not drop a game in winning singles matches for North Allegheny, the third seed from District 7.
"I am extremely proud of how the girls competed today against an outstanding team,'' Hollidaysburg coach Brian Denis said. "When we found out that North Allegheny got a new No. 1 that is a freshman and their No. 1 from last year was now playing No. 3, we knew it would be a tall task. Crosby played a great match and kept us alive, giving both doubles teams a big boost. Both doubles matches were very competitive, but in the end North Allegheny was just a little bit better team today.
Hollidaysburg finished with a 19-1 record.
"After an uncharacteristic few years of not winning a district team championship, these five seniors were the backbone of four straight championships, and arguably the greatest four-year stretch in program history,'' Brian Denis said. "Four straight undefeated regular seasons, with our only losses coming in the PIAA State Tournament. We are going to miss their talent and leadership tremendously, and I hope they recognize what they have meant to the program.
"We still have girls competing in the PIAA State Singles and Doubles Tournament next weekend, so there is still some tennis left to be played, so we are really excited for that. Team-wise, it was another awesome year and hopefully the younger girls will keep working hard to continue our run of success."
North Allegheny advances to the quarterfinals on Friday in Hershey against Downingtown East.
In Class 2A, District 5 champ Bedford lost to North Catholic, 5-0, and District 6 champ Westmont Hilltop lost to Conrad Weiser, 4-0.
SINGLES: 1, W. Hayward, NA, def. Muriceak, 6-0, 6-0. 2, Denis, H, def. Leeman, 6-2, 6-3. 3, Kaufman, NA, def. Moritz, 6-0, 6-0.
DOUBLES: 1, Bai-Yu, NA, def. Eardley-Stiffler, 6-2, 6-3. 2, R. Hayward-Thirumala, NA, def. Panaro-Klingner, 6-2, 6-3.
Records: North Allegheny (18-2); Hollidaysburg (19-1).
ICE HOCKEY
Altoona triumphs
JOHNSTOWN -- Altoona opened its season with an 8-4 victory over Richland in varsity hockey action at 1st Summit Arena at Cambria County War Memorial on Tuesday night.
Jack Cousey and Elijah Stroup each had two goals for the Mountain Lions, and Ryan Billetdeaux, Carter Panick, Easton Wenzel and Kellan Yingling each added one goal.
SCORE BY PERIODS
Altoona 0 4 4 -- 8
Richland 1 2 1 -- 4
First period: R--Albert (Dunlap), :39.
Second period: A--Billetdeaux (Cousey), 1:39. A--Panick (Wasovich), 3:11. R--Dunlap (unassited), 8:05. A--Wenzel (Kirsch), 10:08. A--Cousey (Wenzel), 14:39. R--S. Friedman (M. Friedman), 14:56.
Third period: A--Cousey (Wenzel), 1:37. R--Albert (Urbanek), 9:18. A--Stroup (Panick), 11:44. A--Stroup (Wasovich), 13:15. A--Yingling (Billetdeaux, Mock), 14:39.
Goalies: Merrill, A, 37-of-41 saves. Zamias, R, 33-of-41 saves.
Records: Altoona (1-0); Richland (1-2).
JV FOOTBALL
Northern unbeaten
WINDBER -- The Northern Bedford junior varsity football team ended its season Monday night at 9-0, thanks to a 21-12 win over Windber.
Brady Black scored two touchdowns on runs of 21 and 9 yards for the Panthers. Teammate Kollin Brennan added a 9-yard run while Case Ritchey made three extra-point kicks.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Northern Bedford 7 0 7 7 -- 21
Windber 0 6 0 6 -- 12
First Quarter
NB-Black 9 run (Ritchey kick)
Second Quarter
W-Staley 80 run (kick failed)
Third Quarter
NB-Brennan 9 run (Ritchey kick)
W--Staley 50 run (Two-point conversion failed)
Fourth Quarter
NB-Black 21 run (Ritchey kick)
Records: Northern Bedford (9-0)
JH GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
JV wins ICC title
CLAYSBURG -- Juniata Valley defeated Northern Bedford, 25-23, 25-20, to win the Inter-County Conference Junior High Girls Volleyball Championship.
JV, which finished the season 16-3, received 12 service points from Gabriella Grissinger and 11 from Farrah Norris.