DuBois Central Catholic’s Johnny Ritsick, front, leads Elk County Catholic’s Joe Wolfe early in the varsity race during a quad-meet at Ridgway Tuesday. Ritsick finished second on the day, 27 seconds ahead of third-place Wolfe.
Brockway’s Chloe Benden finished third in the girls race Tuesday in a quad-meet at Ridgway. Benden posted a time of 23:14.
Ridgway’s Adria Magnusson, front left, and DuBois Central Catholic’s Jaci Mennetti, front right, take off at the start of the varsity race Tuesday in Ridgway. Magnusson came away with the win, while Mennetti was second.
Elk County Catholic’s Ben Hoffman was the overall winner Tuesday in a quad-meet in Ridgway that also featured Brockway and DuBois Central Catholic. Hoffman crossed the finish line in 17:30.
Brookville’s Emma Fiscus, shown coming into the finish line during a meet at Brockway earlier this season, posted the best finish by an area girl or boy Saturday at the Rocky Grove Invite. Fiscus crossed the line in 14th place (22:04) in the girls event and was one of two Lady Raiders to fin…
DuBois’ Julia Wirths, front and teammate Morgan Rothrock, back — shown in action at home earlier this season — finished first and third, respectively, in a meet at Elk County Catholic Tuesday.
DuBois’ AC Deemer competes early in the boys race during a home quad-meet Tuesday afternoon. Deemer ran to a sixth-place finish on the day.
Brockway’s Mariah Alanskas competes during a quad-meet Tuesday at DuBois. Alanskas was 11th in the girls race.
DuBois’ Anna Wingard powers up the hill on the far side of the practice soccer field for the final time during a home meet Tuesday. Wingard finished 10th in the girls race.
DuBois’ Kyra Hoover competes Tuesday during a home quad-meet against Brockway, DuBois Central Catholic and Punxsutawney. Hoover, one of six DuBois seniors honored prior to the meet, finished fifth in the girls race.
DuBois’ Gauge Gulvas, front with hat, leads a pack of Beaver runners that features Ryan White, Jaedon Yarus, Ed Scott and Ryan Gildersleeve on Tuesday. Gulvas and Scott, the only senior boys DuBois has, were honored prior to the meet. White finished 10th, while Gildersleeve (13th), Scott (16…
Brockway’s Landon Schmader, shown competing earlier this season, finished fifth in the boys race Saturday at the Crimson Hawk Invitational hosted by Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
DuBois’ Julie Wirths won Tuesday’s girls’ race at Brookville with a time of 22:01. She beat Brookville’s Emma Fiscus by 22 seconds.
DuBois’ McKellen Jaramillo (left), DuBois Central Catholic’s Jon Ritsick (middle) and Brookville’s Calvin Doolittle (right) lead the boys’ race early in Tuesday’s meet at Brookville. Ritsick went on to win the race in 17:55, 41 seconds ahead of Jaramillo. Doolittle finished ninth overall.
Brookville’s Amber McAninch leads a pack of runners during Tuesday’s girls’ cross country race. McAninch was the Lady Raiders’ second-fastest runner in seventh overall. In the back is teammate Anna Fiscus, who was eighth.
Brookville's Bryce Baughman (left) and Calvin Doolittle (middle) race against an unidentified Punxsutawney runner during Tuesday's home meet. Baughman finished fourth and Doolittle eighth overall in the team's home opener.
DuBois' Ryan White, left, and Joe Foradora, right, run together during a quad-meet Tuesday at DuBois. White finished third in boys' race, while Foradora was fourth in a meet that featured DuBois Central Catholic, St. Mary and Kane.
DuBois’ Morgan Rothrock, front, leads DuBois Central Catholic’s Jaci Mennetti late in the girls race during a quad-meet at DuBois Tuesday afternoon. Rothrock won the girls’ race by eight seconds over Mennetti.
St. Marys’ top five girls runners (right to left from the front) Megan Quesenberry, Tessa Grotzinger, Izzy Catalone, Lucy Anthony and Brianna Grotzinger all run together during a quad-meet at DuBois Tuesday. The group stayed together all race and crossed the finish line together with near-id…
DuBois’ McKellan “Mack” Jaramillo, left, leads DuBois Central Catholic’s Jon Ritsick, right, as they make the turn after coming off Monument Hill during a quad-meet at DuBois Tuesday. Jaramillo won the event with a time of 18:09 to lead the Beavers to a 3-0 day. Ritsick was second, 13 second…
Brookville's Emma Fiscus competes Tuesday during a tri-meet at Brockway. Fiscus won the girls race by more than a minute over Ridgway's Adria Magnusson.
Ridgway’s Adria Magnusson finished second in the girls race during a tri-meet Tuesday at Brockway. Magnusson crossed the line in 23:03.
Brockway's Micah Williamson sprints to the finish line to come in first overall in a tri-meet against Brookville and Ridgway on his home course Tuesday afternoon. Williamson crossed the line with a time of 18:33.
Brookville’s Ethan Brentham, right, and DuBois Central Catholic’s JP Piccirillo, left, run together during Thursday’s quad-meet at DuBois. Brentham pulled away in the second half of the race to win with a time of 17:40. Piccirillo was fourth.
DuBois’ Kaleb Stevens negotiates a muddy section of the course after exiting the woods for the first time Thursday during a quad-meet. Stevens, one of nine DuBois seniors honored prior to the race, finished seventh.
DuBois’ Emalee Horner watches her step as she starts up the grass hill Thursday afternoon. Horner finished third in the girls race to help the Lady Beavers go 3-0 in a quad-meet in the final home event of the season.
Ridgway’s Adria Magnusson competes early on during a quad-meet at DuBois Thursday. Magnusson won the girls race with a time of 22:18.
DuBois’ McKellen Jaramillo, front, sprints for the finish in front of DuBois Central Catholic’s Jonathan Ritsick during a quad-meet at DuBois Thursday. Jaramillo was second, while Ritsick came in third.
DuBois’ Kaleb Stevens, shown competing earlier this season, finished fifth overall in a quad-meet Tuesday at Kane to help the Beavers score wins against DuBois Central Catholic, St. Marys and host Kane.
Brookville's Ethan Brentham (left) leads Elk County Catholic's Ben Hoffman during Tuesday's cross country race in Brookville. Brentham beat last year's district champion to the line in 17:58 for a 27-second win. The Crusaders, however, edged the Raiders on the scoreboard 26-30.
Brookville's Sadie Shofestall (front) and Emma Fiscus finished sixth and fifth respectively in Tuesday's girls' race at Brookville.
Brookville's Bryce Baughman (front), DuBois Central Catholic's Joe Piccirillo (middle) and Dillon Olson (back) run during Tuesday's cross country meet at Brookville. They finished sixth, eighth, and 11th respectively.
DuBois freshman Abby Dressler starts up the hill after exiting the woods for the first time during the team’s home opener Tuesday. Dressler finished second in the girls race, 10 seconds behind Punxsutawney’s Kate Horner.
DuBois’ Ryan Gildersleeve, front, and AC Deemer run together early in Tuesday’s home-opening quad-meet. Deemer finished ninth in his first varsity race to post the Beavers’ best finish, while Gildersleeve was 11th.
DuBois Central Catholic’s John Ritsick, front left, leads a small pack of runners that also features teammate JP Piccirillo and Elk County’s Catholic’s Isaac Wortman and Jacob Carnovale out of the woods for the first time Tuesday during a meet at DuBois. Wortman finished third on the day, wh…
Elk County Catholic’s Ben Hoffman, left, and Punxsutawney’s Owen Bartlebaugh, right, run up the hill together after exiting the woods for the first time Tuesday during a quad-meet at DuBois. Hoffman eventually pulled away from the Chuck to win the meet, finishing 17 seconds ahead of Bartlebaugh.
DuBois Central Catholic’s John Ritsick, front left, leads a small pack of runners that also features teammate JP Piccirillo during a meet last year at DuBois. Ritsick and Piccirillo return to lead a DCC squad looking to take the next step this season and push a runner through to states for t…
Junior John Ritisick, left, and senior Emily Williams, right, return to help lead the DuBois Central Catholic boys and girls cross country teams, respectively, this season.
DuBois’ Emalee Horner, shown competing at a home meet last year, returns as one of the top runners for the Lady Beavers.
DuBois’ Peter Foradora leads the way early in a quad-meet Tuesday against Brockway, DuBois Central Catholic and Ridgway at the Wasson Elementary School Course. Foradora was the overall winner, crossing the finish line in 17:30.3.
DuBois’ Julie Marchioni, front, leads Brockway’s Sylvia Pisarchick, back left, and teammate Lauren Usaitis, back right, up the hill after the trio exited the woods for the first time Tuesday during a meet at Wasson Elementary. Usaitis pulled away late to win the girls race, while Marchioni f…
Ridgway’s Nicolas Heredero runs up the hill after exiting the woods for the first time Tuesday during a meet at the Wasson Elementary School course. Heredero, a foreign exchange student from Spain, finished second on the day.
DuBois Central Catholic’s Jon Ritsick exits the woods for the final time Tuesday during a quad-meet at DuBois’ Wasson Elementary School course. Ritsick placed seventh in the boys’ race.
Brockway’s Tanner Pearce emerges from the woods for the final time during a quad-meet Tuesday at DuBois’ Wasson Elementary School course. Pearce posted a fifth-place finish on the day.
Brookville’s Ryan Thrush leads the pack during a home cross country meet earlier this season. On Tuesday, Thrush picked up a win over DuBois at Brookville. Thrush ran 16:37.74 to crush his own school record by more than 30 seconds and beat Beaver Peter Foradora by over a minute.
DuBois sophomore Bayley Strouse competes Tuesday during the Lady Beavers’ season-opening meet at the Wasson Elementary School course against Elk County Catholic, DuBois Central Catholic and Punxsutawney. Strouse finished second in the girls race with a time of 22:19.
DuBois’ Peter Foradora starts up the hill before entering the woods for the final time Tuesday during a tri-meet against St. Marys and DuBois Central Catholic. Foradora won the event in 16:39, crushing the previous Wasson Elementary Course record of 16:54 set by Bradford’s Aziz Yousif back in 2012.
St. Marys’ Michelle Bauer, left, and DuBois’ Cassie Folmar, right, take off at the start of a meet Tuesday at the Wasson Elementary Course. Bauer won the girls race in 19:16, while Folmar was second in 19:56. Bauer’s time was just 17 seconds off the overall course record, while Folmar missed…
DuBois senior Lauren Usaitis competes Tuesday during a tri-meet against St. Marys and DuBois Central Catholic. Usaitis finished sixth to help the Lady Beavers complete a Senior Day sweep.
RIDGWAY — With the District 9 Cross Country Championships just 10 days away, the Brockway, DuBois Central Catholic, Elk County Catholic and Ridgway squads all got an extra race in on the district course Tuesday at the Francis S. Grandinetti Elementary School.
The Brockway, Brookville and Ridgway cross country teams were all in action Saturday at the Rocky Grove invite, and the trio of local schools combined for seven Top 50 finishes in an event that featured more than 400 runners.
ST. MARYS — The DuBois and DuBois Central Catholic cross country teams competed in a meet at Elk County Catholic along with Coudersport and Smethport at Benzinger Park Tuesday.
BROOKVILLE — Both Brookville Area High School cross country teams dropped decisions at St. Marys Tuesday afternoon.
DuBOIS — The DuBois cross country teams celebrated Senior Day Tuesday and went a combined 4-2 in a quad-meet against Punxsutawney, Brockway and DuBois Central Catholic.
A pair of area schools — Brockway and Elk County Catholic — had their cross country squads in action Saturday, with Brockway competing in the Crimson Hawk Invitation at IUP and ECC at the 55th Annual McQuaid Invite in Rochester, N.Y.
BROOKVILLE — Both DuBois cross country teams ran to wins over host Brookville and DuBois Central Catholic at Tuesday’s meet at Brookville that also included Ridgway.
BROOKVILLE — In their home meet opener on Tuesday, the Brookville Area High School cross country teams were swept by Punxsutawney in the varsity races.
DuBOIS — The DuBois cross country teams hosted a quad-meet Wednesday in the debut of its new course in the area surrounding the high school track and had both individual winners while going a combined 5-1 on the day.
PITTSBURGH — A trio of area cross country teams — DuBois Central Catholic, elk County Catholic and Clarion — hit the road this past weekend to compete at invitationals, and all three schools had runners bring home some high finishes at those respective events.
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