The Herald, Sharon, Pa.

Sports

September 9, 2012

Hickory wins divisions at Big Red Invite

Herald staff

---- — West Middlesex and Hickory High girls’ and boys’ cross country teams won their respective divisions during the 22nd annual Big Red Invitational Saturday morning.

The Ms. Reds raced past the White Division field, needing only 29 points, while the Big Reds outdistanced Maplewood, 55-104.

In the Red Division, Hickory’s girls and boys both edged Laurel, 53-79 and 71-98, respectively, for team titles.

Individual champions included North Clarion’s Jill Wallace (20:23) and Maplewood’s Jeremy Parsons (17:12) in the White Division, and Laurel’s Emily Maxwell (20:15) and Ethan Wilson (17:06) in the Red Division.

West Middlesex’s top 5 finishers included Kristen White, Chloé Tyillian, Alyson Pierce, Kelsey Murray and Kia-Anne Howe, and Big Reds David Johnson, Levi Canon, Aaron Wilson, Isaac Williams and Jared Germani.

For Hickory it was: Lexi Bible, Jackie Abraham, Haley Boyd, Bailey Brown and Ciara Sonoga, as well as Kyle Boyd, Marcus Sonoga, Kevin Janscar, Derek Work and Tyler Schurko.

Commodore Perry’s Nathan White (18:09) finished 4th to emerge as the leading countian in the boys’ White Division.

“It was a great opportunity for the athletes from western  Pa. to test their abilities against each other and the wet conditions,” said West Middlesex coach Bob Morris. “We salute all who braved the early morning weather to help make the Big Red a huge success.

“Hats off to the school district, administration, maintenance department, cross country parents, alumni parents and the assistant coaches for making this meet possible.”

GIRLS SOCCER

ä Pymatuning Valley 2, Kennedy Catholic 0 — At Thiel College’s Alumni Stadium Saturday morning, Py Valley edged KC as the 2 teams met for the 4th straight season in the annual non-region match.

Only 7 goals have been scored throughout the past 4 seasons in the matchup.

Jenna Lower and Geena Gabriel scored for the Lady Lakers. Lower’s goal came in the 1st half while Gabriel’s came in the 2nd half.

Katie Wright registered the shutout in goal for Py Valley.

Shelby McElhinny recorded 17 saves in net for Kennedy Catholic.

ä Hickory 5, Strong Vincent 0 — At Hornet Stadium, Jackie White scored a hat trick and had 2 assists in leading the Hornettes past the Lady Colonels.

Michelle DeGerolamo and Cali Free had the other goals for Hickory while Isabella Spadafora assisted on 3 goals.

Morgan McBride recorded the shutout in goal for Hickory.

BOYS SOCCER

ä Hickory 0, Gen. McLane 0 (2OT) — At Hornet Stadium, Hickory (1-0-1) and the Lancers played a scoreless thriller as both defenses shined throughout the 100 minutes.

Donte Green made 10 saves in goal for Hickory while Kirk Dillen recorded 5 saves for GM.

The Lancers had 15 shots on goal while Hickory posted 8.

CROSS COUNTRY

Big Red Invitational

Varsity

GIRLS

White Division

Team standings and Key: West Middlesex (WM) 29; Sharpsville (Sv) 107; North Clarion (NC) 125; Youngsville (Y) 130; Union City (UC) 158; Lakeview (L) 178; Maplewood (M) 185; Commodore Perry (CP) 195; Jamestown (J) 245; Reynolds (R), Kennedy Catholic (KC), Rocky Grove (RG), Cochranton (Coch), Neshannock (N) did not field full squads.

Individual Results 1. Jill Wallace (NC) 20:23; 2. Lizzie Manickas (N) 20:35; 3. Kristen White (WM) 20:50; 4. Chloé Tyillian (WM) 21:10; 5. Alyson Pierce (WM) 21:23; 6. Kelsey Murray (WM) 21:37; 7. Maddie Przcina (Sv) 21:59; 8. Shae Grinnell (CP) 22:05; 9. Maggie Prorok (RG) 22:06; Savannah Phillips (M) 22:07; 11. Kia-Anne Howe (WM) 22:14; 12, Izzy Schell (Sv) 22:25; 13. Candice Arnold (R) 22:42; 14. Logan Nitsche (WM) 22:47; 15. Ashley Keefer (UC) 22:53; 15. Abbie Swartzbaugh (Y) 23:00; 17. Abbie Schmadar (NC) 23:14; 18. Anna Zrile (WM) 23:14; 19. Andrea McConnell (L) 23:15; 20. Brittany Jackson (Coch) 23:15; 21. Aerial Smith (Coch) 23:15; 22. Eve Gardner (UC) 23:42; 23. Olivia Trauner (UC) 23:42; 24. Hannah Morris (Y) 23:45; 25. Brooke White (Sv) 23:52. 

Red Division

Team standings and Key: Hickory (H) 53; Laurel (L) 79; Wilmington (W) 129; Cambridge Springs (Spa) 144; Greenville (Gv) 148; Cranberry (Cran) 156; Riverside (Rv) 227; New Castle (NC) 254; Oil City (OC) 257; Slippery Rock (SR) 292; Franklin (F) 318; Ellwood City (EC) 321; TItusville (T), Conneaut Area (Con), Sharon (Sh), Girard (Gir) did not field full squads.

Individual Results: 1. Emily Maxwell (L) 20:15; 2. McKenna Spence (Cran) 20:19; 3. Reilly Walsh (Spa) 20:32; 4. Lexi Bible (H) 20:46; Olivia Mamula (CS) 20:48; 6. Maddie Thrasher (Gv) 21:08; 7. Jackie Abraham (H) 21:16; 8. Rikki Brumbaugh (W) 21:30; 9. Leah Henderson (T) 22:01; 10. Allison Baldwin (W) 22:03; 11. Kahla Kemick (F) 22:05; 12. Haley Boyd (H) 22:15; 13. Bailey Brown (H) 22:20; 14. Kristin Dicks (L) 22:25; 15. Brook Phelps (Con) 22:32; 16. Alison Filer (L) 22:35; 17. Ciara Sonoga (H) 22:36; 18. Jessica Kalosky (Rv) 22:39; 19. Lacey Murray (Con) 22:41; 20. Andrea Lansdownr (NC) 22:43; 21. Nanami Mano (Gv) 22:48; 22. Hannah Winters (W) 22:50; 23. Brooke Dicks (L) 22:53; 24. Emily Marshall (Gv) 22:58; 25. Kacee Caughey (L) 23:01.

BOYS

White Division

Team standings and Key: West Middlesex (WM) 55; Maplewood (M) 104; Union City (UC) 110; Cochranton (Coch) 119; Lakeview (Lv) 127; Commodore Perry (CP) 142; Neshannock (N) 166; Cambridge Springs (Spa) 177; Cranberry (Cran) 267; Jamestown (J) 297; North Clarion (NC) 303; Youngsville (Y) 312; Kennedy Catholic (KC) 359; Rocky Grove (RG) 359; Union Twp. (U) 372.

Individual Results: 1. Jeremy Parsons (M) 17:12; 2. Robbie Kroner (N) 17:25; 3. Jake Parsons (M) 17:57; 4. Nathan White (CP) 18:09; 5. David Johnson (WM) 18:14; 6. Levi Canon (WM) 18:15; 7. Devon Workman (Lv) 18:18; 8. Ryan Northcott (Coch) 18:22; 9. Nathan Kline (Coch) 18:24; 10. Isaiah Gardner (UC) 18:28; 11. Aaron Wilson (WM) 18:29; 12. Logan Herzberger (Coch) 18:33; 13. Hanz Wentz (M) 18:34; 14. Ben Luce (UC) 18:34; 15. Billy Kinsey (Lv) 18:35; 16. Isaac Williams (WM) 18:43; 17. Jared Germani (WM) 18:48; 18. Isaac Wilson (NC) 18:52; 19. Christian McElhaney (J) 18:58; 20. R.J. Gilliland (WM) 19:00; 21. Steele Henderson (Spa) 19:01; 22. Brett Kirk (WM) 19:01; 23. Matt Turner (N) 19:02; 24. Cody Thomas (UC) 19:23; 25. Cody Schreiber (CP) 19:24.

Red Division

Team standings and Key: Hickory (H) 71; Laurel (L) 98; Titusville (T) 130; New Castle (NC) 146; Oil City (OC) 170; Greenville (Gv) 185; Riverside (Rv) 197; Wilmington (W) 218; Franklin (F) 234; Ellwood City (EC) 256; Conneaut Area (Con) 283; Sharon (Sh) 299; Girard (Gir) 338; Slippery Rock (SR), Sharpsville (Sv), Reynolds (R) did not field full squads.

Individual Results: 1. Ethan Wilson (L) 17:06; 2. Gordon (OC) 17:20; 3. Jared Hazen (T) 17:23; 4. Trevor Blackwell (NE) 17:25; 5. John Danvers (F) 18:15; 6. Kyle Boyd (H) 18:18; 7. Austin King (OC) 18:25; 8 Clint Glenn (L) 18:27; 9. Quentin Brunst (T) 18:28; 10. Adam Snowden (Rv) 18:29; 11. Cody Buchanon (Sh) 18:36; 12. Marcus Sonoga (H) 18:39; 13. Christian Ladabu (Con) 18:41; 14. Matt Reed (EC) 18:42; 15. Kevin Janscar (H) 18:48; 16. Derek Work (H) 18:50; 17. Caleb Bickel (SR) 18:52; 18. Dylan Foley (Gv) 18:55; 19. Matthew Diltz (Sh) 18:59; 20. Mercer Mertin (Gv) 19:06; 21. Justin Pago (R) 19:07; 22. Tyler Schurko (H) 19:11: 23. Matthew Hecking (Gv) 19:12; 24. Andrew Maxwell (SR) 19:13; 25. Nick Moss (Con) 19:14.

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Junior Varsity

GIRLS

Team standings West Midlesex 18; Hickory 40.

Individual Results: 1. Jordan Aubel (WM) 10:38; 2. Madison Weimer (WM) 11:03; 3. Olivia Slater (WM) 11:12; 4. Mia Perilli (WM) 11:21; 5. Paige Brown (H) 11:27.

BOYS

Team standings: West Middlesex 72; Hickory 85; Cochranton 89; Laurel 134; Lakeview 183.

Individual Results: 1. Aaron Fitzgerald (WM) 9:09; 2. Dyllan Long (WM) 9:13; 3. Trand Wright (H) 9:16; 4. Chandler Tyillian (WM) 9:17; 5. Austin McClelland (L) 9:19.

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Junior High

GIRLS

Team standings: Laurel 56; West Middlesex 114; Slippery Rock 156; Cranberry 166; Union City 239.

Individual Results: 1. Lexi Brumbaugh (W) 10:12; 2. Stephanie Kaminski (L) 10:19; 3. Cassandra Patterson (L) 10:34; 5. Alyssa Boyd (UC) 10:34; 5. Hope Pursel (WM) 10:35.

BOYS

Team standings: Cranberry 62; Hickory 106; West Midlesex 124; Ellwood City 142; Girard 192.

Individual Results: 1. Connor Walsh (Spa) 9:07; 2. Parker Redmond (H) 9:20; 3. Tanner Burns (Y) 9:20; 4. Sam Lander (Cran) 9:23; 5. Harrison Keenan (Cran) 9:28.

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