Blue Ridge junior varsity runner Ethan Mansfield took first place overall at the Lackawanna County Commissioner\u2019s junior varsity race at McDade Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Mansfield, a junior runner, finished the course in 18:38, 19 seconds ahead of Pittston\u2019s James O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n
Also finishing for Blue Ridge was sophomore Ed Gorick with a 20:24.<\/p>\n
Blue Ridge\u2019s boys\u2019 varsity cross country team took seventh place overall out of 19 teams at in the varsity race.<\/p>\n
The Raiders had 198 total points, while first place finisher Valley View had 85.<\/p>\n
Topping for the Blue Ridge boys was Jake Hinkley with a third place finish at 16:22 while Valley View\u2019s Aaron Wilkinson took first at 15:47.<\/p>\n
Also finishing for the Raider boys was Mike Robbs in 10th place at 16:51, TJ Loomis in 39th at 18:14, Patrick Cramer in 70th at 19:33, George Ward in 76th at 19:48, Mark Oakley in 95th at 20:50 and William Miller in 102nd at 20:58.<\/p>\n
Forest City entered boys into the varsity race as Matt Terry finished in 35th at 17:57 and Zack Reynolds took 115th at 21:30. <\/strong><\/p>\n In the girls\u2019 race, Blue Ridge and Forest City each entered competitors as Forest City\u2019s Cathy Cook topped for the locals at 49th with a 22:34 as Molly MacDonald of West Scranton took first at 19:03.<\/p>\n Blue Ridge\u2019s Katie Cramer topped for the Raiders with a 52nd place finish at 22:51<\/p>\n Also finishing for Blue Ridge was Katharina Kuene in 92nd at 25:55 and Katie Drake in 98th at 26:40.<\/p>\n In the junior high girls\u2019 race, Susquehanna took seventh place overall as a team with 232 points as Dallas topped with 48 points.<\/p>\n The Lady Sabers were topped by Ivy Christenson in sixth place at 11:32, followed by Mikayla Hargett in 29th at 12:30, Alyssa Sweeney in 39th at 12:53, Piper Gautier in 69th at 13:26, Mashawna Hargett in 89th at 13:51, Miranda Groover in 108th at 14:45 and Jessica Plutino in 111th at 15:06.<\/p>\n Blue Ridge and Forest City entered individual girls as Lauren Whitney of Blue Ridge topped in 19th at 12:14.<\/p>\n Also finishing for Blue Ridge was Lindsey Rupakus in 111th at 14:21, Charlotte Hall in 119th at 14:31 and Kim Klim in 127th at 14:48.<\/p>\n For Forest City, Lauren Cook took 175th place at 22:14.<\/p>\n In the boys\u2019 junior high race, Susquehanna finished at 17th in the team standings with 473 points while North Pocono topped at 47 points.<\/p>\n Finishing tops for the Sabers was Nick Acosta in 77th place at 12:10 while Brody Dial took first place at 9:38.<\/p>\n Also finishing for the Sabers was Justin Acone in 78th at 12:10, Sal Pelicci in 82nd at 12:15, Jake Smith in 116th at 15:16, Mike Armitage in 120th at 15:45, Justin Stanford in 125th at 16:24 and Tracy Miller in 126th at 16:43.<\/p>\n Forest City and Blue Ridge also entered individual competitors as Forest City\u2019s Caelin Logar finished in 137th at 13:06, Sonny Albright took 149th at 13:30 and Mike Kitchura took 150th at 13:31.<\/p>\n For Blue Ridge, Jacob Davenport took 163rd at 14:23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Blue Ridge junior varsity runner Ethan Mansfield took first place overall at the Lackawanna County Commissioner\u2019s junior varsity race at McDade Park on Saturday. Mansfield,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n