Warriors wrap up title, JH championships ran

10/22/2025

By Corey Gesford
In the final week of the Lackawanna League Cross Country season, constants emerged and
surprises peaked out through the grind in the final cluster meets before the District II championships.
Elk Lake finished the regular season unscathed as the Warriors swept the top three spots and defeated Scranton Prep (19-36) and Holy Cross (16-49) to finish the season 22-0. Kendel Jones claimed first place in 15:41.1 and was followed by teammates Cody Adams and Parker Upright. Trever Upright was sixth and Whalen Kinney finished 12th to join their teammates in the top 15.
Paxton Pingarelli finished fourth to lead the Raiders to 23-32 win over Holy Cross
The duo of Nico Christian and Jamison Myers finished ninth and tenth respectively as the Meteors closed out the season with a 20-35 win over Holy Cross.
Meanwhile at McDade Park, Maxx Kelly finished third as Susquehanna picked up a pair of wins
over West Scranton (25-31) and Scranton (19-36). Evan Beamer finished fifth while Matt Schell was right behind at seventh and Jeff Benson was tenth to put three more Sabers in the top 15.
Mountain View also picked up wins over West Scranton (27-28) and Scranton (21-36) despite
missing top runner Sean Larkin. Trey Hummel and Collin Pliska carried the load for the Eagles
finishing 12th and 13th respectively.
In the girls’ races, there was a surprise at Elk Lake as Montrose Senior Avery Kerr made a huge push and captured the race in 20:01.1 as the Lady Meteors defeated Holy Cross 20-20 and nipped Scranton Prep 29-30. Addison Stephens finished sixth and Ava Rebello was sixth to join Kerr in the top 15.
Despite not finishing on top among the local runners for the first time this season Elk Lake’s Kendyl Weisgold still finished strong at second place and led the Lady Warriors to wins over Holy Cross (17-40) and Prep (15-40) to finish the season 20-1. Madison Kerr was right behind Weisgold finishing third while the duo was joined in the top 15 by Kylee Pond who placed sixth and Faith Tracy and Azlyn Gazillo who finished eighth and ninth respectively.
At McDade, Mountain View picked up three wins as all five scoring runners finished in the top 15. Corinne Flynn led the way with a third place finish as the Lady Eagles defeated West Scranton (15-40), Scranton (23-32), and Mid Valley (25-30).
Audrey Anderson was fifth while Amber Price, Anya Curtis and Emma Radford claimed spots
nine through 11, as Mountain View had their complete lineup for the first time all season.
Susquehanna picked up a win over West Scranton 15-21 thanks to Kiera Burke’s winning time
of 20:59.22.
While the regular season is completed, the District II championships are taking place Oct. 22 at the Wyoming County Fairgrounds. The Class A races that all local runners compete in are the first two races of the day as the Boys’ kick off the event with a shotgun start at 10am followed by the girls’ race at 10:45 a.m.
Vince Fedor Lackawanna League Junior High Championships
Over 380 Junior High runners competed Oct. 18 at the Vince Fedor Junior High Championships featuring runners from all the Lackawanna League schools and classifications with local runners showing impressive results. Elk Lake had the top local finisher as Kiera Oakley finished fourth in the girls’ one-mile race with a time of 12:28.3 in a field of 192 runners.
Also finishing in the top 50 were Susquehanna’s Briana Burke (15th) and Stella Maurey (26th),
Mountain View’s Adela McGuigan who placed 36th and Elk Lake’s Madison Ryan who finished
45th. In the boys’ race, Montrose’s Owen Peranich was the high finisher crossing the finish line in 14th place of 194 runners.
Peranich was joined in the top 50 teammate William Scarcelli who finished 20th and Owen
Williams of Mountain View who was 31st. Blue Ridge’s Grayson Drumm and Christian Osterhaut finished just outside the top 50 at 54 and 55.
In the Class 1A team standings Montrose, Elk Lake and Mountain View finished third through
fifth in the boys’ division while Montrose, Elk Lake, Mountain View and Forest City were fifth
through 8th in the girls’ division.