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Lady Hornets Top Sullivan County, Fall To Athens; Boys Drop Both Races
By: Ed Weaver | PIAA District IV | October 4, 2023
The Wellsboro Varsity Girls Cross Country team split a pair of races against Athens and Sullivan County while the Varsity Boys team dropped both races on Tuesday, October 3.
The Lady Hornets beat Sullivan County 8-13 while the Lady Wildcats won 21-36. Athens also beat Sullivan County 16-39.
Freshman Lauren Kosek won the race in 22:33. Sophomore Sophia Yoder finished 7th in 26:35 and junior Karah Blackwell crossed the finish in 9th with a time of 31:53.
In the boys race Athens beat Wellsboro 21-36 and Sullivan County won 24-31. Athens also defeated Sullivan County, 24-33.
Sophomore Max Macias led the Hornets with a 2nd place finish in 20:41. Fellow sophomore Henry Whitney finished 8th (23:31), sophomore Robbie Bowers (24:19) was 12th, sophomore Ethan Geneski (24:22) was 13th, freshman Ethan Pollaro (43:57) came home 23rd, and senior Tristan Lane rounded out the field in 24th (48:06).
In the Junior High race Wellsboro beat Athens in both races, 27-28 in the boys and 13-23 in the girls.
For the boys Taitt Webster finished 6th in 13:41, Lane Cozby (14:09) was 8th, Jacob Patterson (14:10) was 9th, and Owen Stumbo (14:33) was 12th. Kaci Kosek (12:53) won the girls race, Addie Chaborek (15:07) was 7th, Molly Tice (15:27) was 9th, and Anja Przybycien (18:06) was 13th.
Wellsboro hosts rival North Penn-Mansfield and Wyalusing next Tuesday.
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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.
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