Lady Hornet XC edges NEB
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | September 26, 2018
The Wellsboro Varsity Girls XC team edged Northeast Bradford on Tuesday, September 25 to score their second win of the season.
The Lady Hornets tied NEB 29-29 but won on the sixth-runner tiebreaker. Canton scored two wins on the afternoon, beating Wellsboro 19-36 and NEB 27-30.
Junior Kylie Butler was the highest finishing Lady Hornet in 4th with a time of 23:21. A swarm of Hornets finished 10-13 led by sophomore Aislinn Hoose (25:22) and followed by freshman Madeline Bryant (25:23), senior Kara Doane (25:48), and junior Alex Chilson (25:51). Sophomore Alexis Banik (27:40) was 15th and freshman Regan Regina (28:11) was 17th.
In the boys race Wellsboro fell to both Canton (29-38) and NEB (20-43). Seniors Bergen Weiner (18:52) and Zack Busch (19:18) were 3rd and 5th overall to lead the Hornets while senior Aidan Perry finished in the top 10 (9th overall) in 19:34. Rounding out the rest of the Hornet runners were junior Brennan Warner (21:38) in 21st, sophomore Aidan Fletcher (21:55) in 22nd, and freshman Gabe Guignard (22:59) in 27th.
In the Middle School races, the young Lady Hornets scored two wins beating Canton 15-50 and NEB 25-30. Madeline Gage won the race in 9:57 and Julia DeCamp was in 4th at 10:56. In the boys race Ezra Lawton finished 6th overall in 12:23.
The Hornets will be back in action this weekend at the NEPA Invite at Bloomsburg University.
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.
