Local roundup: Bellefonte sees success at Middle School XC Championships
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Bellefonte’s Middle School cross country team competed at the sixth annual LHU Pennsylvania Middle School Cross Country Championships at Lock Haven University and had success on both the boys and girls side.
On the boys side, Bellefonte secured 17th place out of 22 teams. Teagan Detar brought home a well-deserved medal by taking 14th overall out of 206 runners with a finish that saw him past at least ten runner sin the final half-mile, finishing in 11:00.
Cedric Kais ran a strong 12:20, Jackson Wells ran a 13:33 and Austin Brumbaugh finished in 14:35. The Red Raiders also saw Brayden Burns (17:44), Teagan Bercel (18;23) and Devon Aukerman (31:38) show heart and grit to close out the team’s score.
Bellefonte’s girls middle school team took 20th as a team out of 23 as Anna Coup led the charge with a standout performance, finishing 38th overall out of 224 runners in 13:06. Ellianna Carter delivered a swift 15:01, Alessia Turco ran a 15:20 right behind Crater and Everlee Hafer ran a 15:31. Ava Burns (15:48) and Sarah Tomlinson (17:27) closed out the field for Bellefonte.
• Maddie Mitchell led the way with 18 kills as Lock Haven (16-6, 8-2 PSAC) toppled East Stroudsburg by a 3-2 tally on Saturday afternoon at Koehler Fieldhouse in a PSAC women’s volleyball showdown.
With the win, the Bald Eagles secured a spot in the PSAC Volleyball Championships for the first time since the 2023 campaign. The victory also wrapped up a season sweep of East Stroudsburg for the Bald Eagles.
The Warriors took the opening set by a 25-21 score. ESU led most of the way, and Lock Haven pulled even at 19-19 before the Warriors closed the set out to take a 1-0 lead.
Lock Haven answered in the second set, hitting .448 with one attack error to win, 25-19. The Bald Eagles built a 13-3 lead in the third stanza before holding on by a 25-22 tally after ESU closed the gap late in the set.
• In men’s soccer, Lock Haven scored twice in the first seven minutes and four more times in the second half as the Bald Eagles ran way from visiting California (Pa.) by a 6-0 tally at Hubert Jack Stadium on senior day.
The victory completed a season sweep of the Vulcans by the Bald Eagles and extends the Lock Haven unbeaten streak to nine games and earned the Bald Eagles a spot in the upcoming PSAC Men’s Soccer Championships.
• Slippery Rock scored in the 21st minute and held off Lock Haven over the remainder of the contest as the Bald Eagles fell by a 1-0 score on Saturday afternoon in a PSAC matchup at Hubert Jack Stadium in women’s soccer
Bailey McGee scored the game winner in the 21st minute off of assists from Abby Paterline and Lillian Snyder to put The Rock in front. The Bald Eagles managed two shots in the first 45 minutes, one of them off the boot of Colleen Lloyd in the 42nd minute.
Lock Haven pressed for the equalizer after the break. Lock Haven took seven second-half shots but couldn’t find the back of the net as Slippery Rock held on for a 1-0 win.
• Sophomore Ryan Ault, a Jersey Shore graduate, competed for Lycoming at the Landmark Conference Fall Preview in men's golf at the par-72, 6,714-yard Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort, posting an 89 for the Warriors.
• Junior Kaydence Strange crossed the finish line in a time of 22:43.7 to finish in 48th place overall to lead the Lock Haven women’s cross country team to a 17th place finish on Saturday morning at the Go Fast River Run on the West Branch Course.
Strange’s performance set a new season best for the Wrightsville, Pa. native at 6,000 meters and paced the way for Lock Haven which finished the event with 476 points.
Closely behind Strange, fellow junior Nicole Carroll finished in 52nd place overall in a time of 22:48.3.
Freshman Madeleine Guzevich finished in the middle of the pack in 145th place overall in a time of 24:34.6 while junior Addison Farrer finished close behind in 158th place crossing the line in a time of 24:48.5.
Lock Haven’s scoring quintet was rounded out by the efforts of junior Sophie Dillon. Dillon finished in a time of 24:50.1, good enough for 161st place overall.