Eagle girls second at Rocky Grove
By ALLEN SEYBERT aseybert@timesobserver.com It would appear that Youngsville enjoys a challenge. Running on what coach Ray Bennett called “by far the toughest course we’ve encountered all year,” the Youngsville girls cross country team raced to a strong second place showing while the boys team placed sixth at the Rocky Grove Invitational Saturday. “We were able to place three girls in the top 20 today,” said Bennett. “This wasn’t a race against the clock as much as it was a race against the other competitors.” Morgan Eastman paced a tight Youngsville pack with an eighth-place finish in 21:43. Kelsey Stoner followed in 11th, Devon Gruver was 17th and Casaundra Swartzbaugh was 36th. Also competing for the Eagles were Corvette Morrison in 51st and Katie Rose in 64th. The Eagles wound up with a team score of 123 points, falling only behind Elk County Catholic’s winning total of 57. Youngsville’s boys team finished in the top th
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The Blue Devils (18-6) claimed their 13th straight match with a 3-1 win Saturday morning vs. Hunter College, then ran their streak to
Ground game gets Hornets back on track
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The Hornets came out of the gates flying putting up 30 points in the
Running wild
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On the Hillbillies’ second possessio
Genung, Gonzales place first
OBSERVER Sports Report
Dunkirk's Rachel Genung and Alex Gonzales each placed first at the eighth annual Dunkirk Invitational in helping the Lady Marauders to a third-place finish Saturday in high school cross country.
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