Cross country teams run season opening races
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | September 13, 2017
The NTL cross country regular season kicked in to high gear on Tuesday, September 12.
NEB/Sayre/North Penn-Mansfield Boys
NEB 15, Sayre 50; NPM 15, Sayre 50; NEB 20, NPM 43
North Penn's Blake Nelson ran a 17:38 for a 1st place finish. Northeast Bradford's Destin Moore (18:21), Zach Smith (18:32), Nate Mosier (18:58), and Aaron Boss (19:05) finished out the top 5. North Penn's Jacob Green (20:01) was the second highest finisher for the Tigers while Sayre's Joshua McClelland (20:10) was 10th to lead the Redskins.
NEB/Sayre/North Penn-Mansfield Girls
NEB 22, Sayre 37; NPM 21, Sayre 39, NPM 24, NEB 33
NEB's Karli Moyer was the class of the field, finishing 1st in 21:29. North Penn's Emma Harris (22:54) was 2nd, Sayre's Carrie Claypool (23:42) was 3rd, NEB's Megan Allbaugh (23:59) was 4th, and North Penn's Carmen Bates (24:42) was 5th.
Wellsboro/Athens/Wyalusing Boys
Wellsboro 19, Athens 36; Wyalusing 27, Wellsboro 28; Wyalusing 21, Athens 34
The Rams' Kevin Heeman won on the Hornets' course with an 18:44, followed by teammate Alex Patton in 2nd (18:45), Wellsboro's Aidan Perry was 3rd at 18:46, Wellsboro's Connor Brought (20:03) was 4th, and the Rams' Logan Newton (20:08) was 5th.
Wellsboro/Athens/Wyalusing Girls
Athens 23, Wellsboro 32; Athens 23, Wyalusing 32; Wellsboro 23, Wyalusing 32
Wellsboro's Anna Bleggi won the girls race in 24:39, Athens' Emily Arnold (25:01) was 2nd, Wyalusing's Catherine Brown (25:59) was 3rd, Athens' Selkie Bishop (26:56) was 4th, and Athens' Caitlyn Powell (26:59) rounded out the top 5.
CV/Troy/Sullivan County Boys
Troy 18, Sullivan 39; Troy 22, CV 34; CV 25, Sullivan 33
CV's Madden Doud took home a 1st place finish for the Indians in 19:31. Troy's Kale Weidner (19:49) and Owen Williams (19:51) were 2nd and 3rd, Sullivan County's Jake Doyle (20:48) was 4th, and Troy's Jacob Brown (20:50) was 5th.
CV/Troy/Sullivan County Girls
Troy 15, Sullivan 50; Troy 20, CV 43; CV 15, Sullivan 50
CV's Jules Jones beat out 5 Lady Trojans with a time 22:22 for a first place finish. Troy's Courtney Case (24:37) was 2nd, MaKenzie Bellinger (24:59) was 3rd, Brooke Hinman (25:25) was 4th, and Katherine Polakowski (25:31) was 5th. Troy took spots 6-11, CV's Claire Miller (27:20) was 12th for CV, and Sullivan County's Macrina Pochatko (29:40) finished 15th for the Lady Griffins.
Northeast Bradford, Troy, and Wyalusing boys start the season 2-0; North Penn-Mansfield, CV, and Wellsboro are 1-1; and Sullivan County, Athens, and Sayre are 0-2.
Athens, North Penn-Mansfield, and Troy girls are 2-0; CV, Wellsboro, and Northeast Bradford are 1-1; and Wyalusing, Sayre, and Sullivan County are 0-2.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
