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Lady Hornets earn pair of wins over NEB, Sullivan County
By: Ed Weaver | PIAA District IV | October 2, 2019
The Wellsboro Varsity Girls Cross Country team kept up their strong season by scoring a pair of wins against Northeast Bradford and Sullivan County on Tuesday, October 1.
The Lady Hornets topped Northeast Bradford 15-43 and beat Sullivan County 17-40. Northeast Bradford also edged Sullivan County 27-28.
Wellsboro had the top 3 runners of the event as freshman Madeline Gage (22:37), sophomore Madeline Bryant (23:06), and freshman Julia DeCamp (23:36) finished 1, 2, 3. Wellsboro also had 2 more runners in the top 6 as senior Kylie Butler (24:10) and junior Aislinn Hoose (24:42) were 5th and 6th, respectively. Junior Alexis Banik (28:23) was 11th.
In the boys race Northeast Bradford swept both Sullivan County (17-44) and Wellsboro (15-48) while Wellsboro beat Sullivan County (24-34).
Junior Aidan Fletcher (20:42) was the highest finishing Hornet in 7th. Sophomore Gabe Guignard (21:24) was 11th, junior Tylar Wright (22:21) was 13th, sophomore Drew Manning (22:59) was 15th, sophomore Liam Manning (23:33) was 16th, junior Anthony Dunkel (23:57) was 18th, and junior Daniel Swanson (27:42) was 23rd.
In the Middle School race the Hornets fell to Northeast Bradford (16-47) and Sullivan County (19-42), while the young Lady Hornets lost to Northeast Bradford (15-50) and lost to Sullivan County (15-50). Ian Hoose (11:56) and Hannah Nuss (14:26) were the top finishers.
Both teams are back in action at home next Tuesday, October 8 against Athens.
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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.
