Local roundup: CM boys, girls cross country teams have success at District 6 championships
Central Mountain’s boys and girls cross country teams competed at the District 6 championships on Saturday at Indiana Valley Elementary. The girls and boys teams both finished sixth overall in their respective fields.
Senior Aubrey Eiler led central Mountain’s girls team with a 24th-place finish with a PR of 21:33.50. Emma Wolfe took 29th and Kaylie McCloskey took 30th and both also set PRs.
Wolfe ran a 21:54.10 and McCloskey finished in 21:57.00.
Rounding out the top finishers for Central Mountain were Abigail Winslow (38th, 23:25.20); Calienna Cardinal (40, 23:55.80), Addison Knipe (24:52.90, PR) and Kennedy Metzger (28;43.20, PR).
Central Mountain senior Damien Winner was the top boys runner with a 24th-place finish in 17:89.80. Shane Walker ran an 18:49.60 to take 31st and Gabriel Houser ran a 18;51.20, a PR for 32nd. central Mountain’s Shayden Hill ran a 19:11.40 for 35th and Che McAllister ran a 19:25.30 for 36th.
Central Mountain’s William Stout (20:33.30), Cody Cardinal (21:06.70), Owen Rippey (22:28.80) and conner Gray (27:55.40) all had PRs.
• In men’s soccer, Lock Haven picked up an impressive 3-1 victory at California (Pa.). The Bald Eagles earned an important three points in a tight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Division race, where the Haven currently sits in third place, just a point behind Seton Hill for second. The win moves Lock Haven’s unbeaten streak to six games.
After a scoreless first half, Noah Brady got the scoring started with a 53rd-minute goal off a Kade Black assist. Twenty minutes later, in the 73rd minute, Brady added another goal from Carter Rosno.
• Lock Haven’s women’s volleyball team rallied from down 2-0 against Roberts Wesleyan this Saturday (Oct. 25) and picked up a 3-2 comeback victory at home. The Bald Eagles won 3-2 (22-25, 22-25, 25-19, 25-16, 15-11) in an exciting non-conference match. With the victory, Lock Haven has won three of its last four matches to improve to 7-14 overall, while Roberts Wesleyan falls to 2-18.
The entire team stepped up for The Haven, while Maddie Mitchell led the offense with a team-high 13 kills. Mitchell added 20 digs as well. Lola Coulter and Avery Smith also added 11 kills.
Madelyn Wagner (24 assists) and Gabby Gealey (21 assists) played their part on offense as well, combining for 45 of the teams 53 assists. Natalie Acevedo and Olivia Taylor each had four service aces.
Lock Haven led Roberts Wesleyan in kills over the first two sets (21-18), despite dropping them.
• The Lock Haven cross country team traveled to Edinboro to compete in the 2025 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships. Kaydence Strange and Katy Todd led the Haven women in the 6K by placing in the top 50 out of 157 runners.
Strange placed 35th in 23:52.0, and Todd placed 43rd in 24:04.4.
Adra Schell placed 73rd in 24:52.7, while Paige Watson and Kristen Schellberg rounded out Lock Haven’s top five finishers today with times of 25:55.4 (107th) and 26:05.2 (113th).
The Lock Haven men’s cross country team finished fifth of 15 teams. Brayden Frair and Jakob Rager both finished in the top-15, earning first-team All-Conference honors. Today marks the team’s best finish since 2022 and it is the first time since 2021 that two Bald Eagles earned First Team All-PSAC honors.
Frair led the way for Lock Haven, finishing seventh out of 154 finishers, after covering the 8,000-meter course in 25:06.7. Friar was the leading freshman finisher in the race.
Rager also impressed, finishing 12th with a time of 25:33.9. and earning him back-to-back first-team honors and his third All-Conference honors of his career.
Cowanesque Valley graduate Kristian Mizdail finished just outside of the top-30 with a time of 26:16.1. coming in 31st.



