Gremlins advance 3 to states
Karns City's girls cross-country team qualified two of its members for the state championship as Emily Schumacher (eighth) and Emily Jones (ninth) both placed in the top 10 in the District 9 Class A Championship with times of 21:02.5 and 21:06.1, respectively, Saturday in Ridgway.
On the boys side, KC senior Matt Slagle also advanced by finishing seventh overall in Class A with an effort of 17:29.7.
Following are finishers from Karns City, Moniteau, Union and A-C Valley.
Class A
Girls
8-Emily Schumacher (KC) 21:02.5, 9-Emily Jones (KC) 21:06.1, 19-Lacee Scheerbaum (KC) 22:08.3, 24-Shannon Quaill (ACV) 22:39.5, 26-Allison DeMatteis (M) 22:59.2, 36-Heather Porter (M) 23:36.2, 37-Drew Barnhart (KC) 23:39.1, 49-Emily Rider (M) 24:18.4, 54-Kelsey Milford (ACV) 24:36.3, 58-Shannon Roberts (U) 24:45.0, 61-Racheal Viertel (ACV) 24:57.9, 68-Erin Logue (ACV) 26:05.6, 80-Tabby Dietz (U) 27:42.0, 81-Samantha Brison (ACV) 27:48.4, 88-Rachel Fleeger (M) 29:32.1, 89-Chelsea Miller (M) 30:08.5, 93-Elizabeth Best (ACV) 33:22.9
Boys
7-Matt Slagle (KC) 17:29.7, 23-Beau Rankin (U) 18:55.4, 25-John Anderson (ACV) 18:57.2, 49-Grant Curdo (KC) 20:32.0, 58-Jordan Krear (U) 20:57.2, 65-Derek Priester (U) 21:15.1, 71-Clayton McNany (ACV) 21:27.9, 73-Drew Kralj (ACV) 21:30.6, 74-Shawn Hazlett (U) 21:33.6, 82-Bryce Ellenberger (KC) 22:03.2, 100-William McKee (ACV) 24:51.8, 101-Bryan Miller (ACV) 25:44.1
Class AA
Boys
11-Evan Miller (M) 18:44.5, 24-Jacob Fullerton (M) 20:08.0, 25-Jacob Taciuch (M) 20:09.6, 32-Roman Weingartner (M) 22:26.3, 33-Austin Stoops (M) 23:52.0
District 10
Slippery Rock sophomore Andrew Maxwell's effort of 18:25 was good for 17th place overall in Class AA, which sends him to the PIAA Championship next Saturday in Hershey.
Grove City's girls placed third as a team and qualified three runners, including Hanna Sanford (10th, 20:56), Katie Jaskowak (14th, 21:11) and Mary Jaskowak (17th, 21:18).
Following are the Slippery Rock runners and Grove City girls who finished the competition held at Sharon's Buhl Park. For information on the Grove City boys, see page 13.
Class AA
Girls
10-Hanna Sanford (GC) 20:56, 14-Katie Jaskowak (GC) 21:11, 17-Mary Jaskowak (GC) 21:18, 27-Lauren Decker (GC) 22:01, 28-Leah Henderson (GC) 22:02, 34-Olivia Lowe (GC) 22:32, 35-Abbey Johnston (GC) 22:33, 42-Madison Hamilton (GC) 22:59, 55-Lauren Dietz (SR) 23:45, 66-Rebecca Novak (SR) 24:15, 71-Amie Cravener (SR) 24:48, 86-Rebecca Masterson (SR) 25:28, 87-Becky Anna (SR) 25:31, 102-Hallie McHattie (SR) 27:55
Boys
17-Andrew Maxwell (SR) 18:25, 33-Caleb Bickel (SR) 19:05, 45-Will Henry (SR) 19:43, 65-James Eilenfeldt (SR) 20:19, 84-Todd Courson (SR) 21:31, 89-Joel Fierschnaller (SR) 22:28, 92-Aaron Eilenfeldt (SR) 22:45
