Warriors capture Lackawanna League titles

Elk Lake used some creative tinkering in its lineup and captured the coveted boys’ and girls’ Lackawanna League Div. III championships Monday.

Sean Carney, who has been battling an injury, came through with a key win and Mike Bedell, a distance runner, dropped down to the 400-meter run to give the Warriors an emotional lift in an 89-61 win over Blue Ridge in boys’ action while the girls won, 113-34.

BOYS TRIUMPH

Elk Lake moved to 6-0 and won its first outright division title after sharing the last two with Mid Valley.

“This is a big one,” Elk Lake coach Will Squier said. “We really wanted to come through this year winning this. I expected this to be a battle. And it was.”

BOYS’ RESULTS: 110 hurdles: Zach Kruger (BR) 15.5, Ben Stang (EL), Trevor Gowin (EL); 3200 relay: Elk Lake (Bryant Dietrich, Seth Carney, Bryan Grosvenor, Luke Jones) 11:07; 100: Dan Kempa (BR) 11.3, Brad Moore (EL), Sean Stanley (BR); 1600: Mike Bedell (EL) 4:40, Will Bennett (EL), Luke Jones (EL); 400: Sean Carney (EL) 50.8, Bedell (EL), Kruger (BR); 400 relay: Blue Ridge (James, Stanley, Craig Monks, Kempa) 46.1; 300 hurdles: Zach Kruger (BR) 43.3, Chris Carlsen (BR), Stang (EL); 800: Will Bennett (EL) 2:08, Grosvenor (EL), Stonier (BR); 200: Brad Moore (EL) 22.6 (school record); 3200: Luke Jones (EL) 10:29, Bennett (EL), Bedell (EL); 1600 relay: Elk Lake (Bedell, Sean Carney, Moore, Bennett) 3:40; Shot: Eric Onyon (BR) 48-8, Mark Bush (EL), Gage Piechocki (BR); Discus: Eric Onyon (BR) 132-6.5, Bush (EL), Bobby Benscoter (EL); Javelin: Joey Woolcock (EL) 151-8, Onyon (BR), Kempa (BR); Long: Sean Stanley (BR) 19-3.5, Woolcock (EL), Jason Vermeulen (EL); Triple: Sean Stanley (BR) 41-0, Woolcock (EL), Carlsen (BR); High: Dan Kempa (BR) 5-10, Jeremy Schwartzstrauber (EL), Vermeulen (EL); Pole: Jeremy Schwartzstrauber (EL) 11-0, Stang (EL), Zach Edwards (BR).

GIRLS UNDEFEATED

Elk Lake’s girls also finished the season undefeated, beating Blue Ridge 113-34. Cassie VanEtten tied a school record in winning the 800 and was part of the winning 1600 relay team for the Lady Warriors, who won their second title in the last four years.

GIRLS’ RESULTS: 100 hurdles: Cindy Good (EL) 17.8, Carley Bennett (EL), Cassie Salsman (EL); 3200 relay: Elk Lake (Lainey Bedell, Rachel Grosvenor, Emily Williams, Abby Zdancewicz) 12:23; 100: Kirsten Hollister (EL) 13.5, Kailey Ragard (BR), Brittany Garay (EL); 1600: Maria Trowbridge (EL) 5:21, Bedell (EL), Katie Cramer (BR); 400: Kelsey Hermick (EL) 1:04, Williams (EL); 400 relay: Blue Ridge (Brittany Chaffee, Megan Hinkley, Ragard, Allison Hall) 52.7; 300 hurdles: Cassie Salsman (EL) 49.8, Good (EL), Bennett (EL); 800: Cassie VanEtten (EL) 2:22 (tied school record), Hall (BR), Elizabeth Trowbridge (EL); 200: Kelsey Hermick (EL) 27.7, Hollister (EL), Ragard (BR); 3200: Elizabeth Trowbridge (EL) 12:22, M. Trowbridge (EL); 1600 relay: Elk Lake (Hermick, VanEtten, Williams, Salsman) 4:19; Shot: Carolyn Teetsel (EL) 30-7, Megan Bush (EL), Lydia Watkins (EL); Discus: Holly Holbrook (BR) 80-6.5, Bush (EL), Teetsel (EL); Javelin: Chelsea Karabin (EL) 99-11, Holbrook (BR), Lacey Cook (EL); Long: Logan Ellis (BR) 13-3.5, Chaffee (BR), Samantha Milnes (EL); Triple: Samantha Milnes (EL)27-1.5, Teetsel (EL), Rachel Pompey (EL); High: Samantha Milnes (EL) 4-0, Good (EL); Pole: Katie Drake (BR) 8-6, Karabin (EL), Milnes (EL).