Tuesday, December 03, 2024
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EHS girls go 3-1 at Penn Manor


ImageThe Ephrata girls cross country team continued its impressive showing, going 3-1 at Penn Manor Tuesday afternoon. With the victories, the Lady Mounts finished the regular season 17-4 earning them a share of third place.

The Mounts finished behind Manheim Township (21-0) and Warwick (20-1), while finishing even with Cedar Crest, Lampeter-Strasburg and Lancaster Mennonite.

The Lady Mounts defeated Penn Manor (23-32), CV (21-34) and Lancaster Mennonite (25-30) while losing only to Warwick (15-43).

Individually, Aslhey Smith (21:28) and Kate Anderson 921:33) both were top 10 finishers for Ephrata, finishing ninth and 10th respectively. Other top finishers for Ephrata included: Sam Fink (15th, 22:17); Brynn Lyons (15th, 22:19); and Caitlin Davies (17th, 22:23).

On the boys' side, Ephrata split on the day going 2-2. The Mounts defeated Penn Manor (16-51) and CV (20-43) but lost head-to-head versus Warwick (20-40) and Lancaster Mennonite (20-36). The split left the Mounts in 7th place in the league with an overall 15-6 record.

Individually, Joe Kline (16:58) was second behind winner Vince McNally (16:45) of CV. Givi Palagashvili was next for Ephrata in the 14th position (18:03) while Andrew Redcay (17th, 18:16) and Mickey Molchany (20th, 18:41) also were top 20 finishers for the Mounts.