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| In the Eastern States girls race, F-M took 13th place. Laurel
Burdick, with a time of 15:55, was the first F-M runner to finish.
Phoenix Invitational:Two course records were set Saturday at the annual Phoenix event. Chittenango's Mike Albanese ran 16:11 for a new boys mark in the Varsity I race. Freshman Tracey Brauksieck of Homer finished the girls Varsity I race in 18:51 to establish a new girls course record. Sunday Oct 11, 1998 |
| Auburn runners suffer rare defeat
C-NS runners take top two spots to lead their team past the Maroons. By M.F. Piraino A one-two finish by Cicero-North Syracuse's Amanda Hughes and Lindsay McClintock helped the Northstars to a 15-31 girls cross country victory over Auburn, snapping the Maroons four-year National Division dual meet win streak. Auburn, the defending Class A sectional champions, had won 26 straight dual meets prior to Wednesday's race. With the win, the Northstars avenged last year's one-point loss to the Maroons. Hughes, the No. 2 ranked runner in the Class A sectional rankings this week, won the race in 19 minutes, 14 seconds, followed by McClintock, who finished one second behind her. The Northstars also scored points with Jessie Frezza (sixth), Nicole Zablotny (seventh), Nakida Robinson (ninth) and Beth Quartier (tenth). Krista Buttaro was Auburn's top finisher, placing third in 20:01. More girls cross country Homer 17, Phoenix 50: Freshman Tracey Brauksieck, the top-ranked runner in the Class B sectional rankings, crossed the finish line in 19:58 to win the race. Pulaski 15, Bishop Ludden 49:The Blue Devils were led by race winner Lisa Kirby, who was timed at 21:49. Corcoran 15, ES-M 48: Paced by Colleen Tickner, the Cougars downed the Spartans in an American Division meet. Tickner, a junior, won the race in 20:33. Boys cross country Corcoran 20, ES-M 43:Despite a first-place finish by ES-M's Scott Shaw, the Cougars used superior depth to get past the Spartans. After Shaw, the Cougars took the next seven places with second-place finisher Pat Brofuehrer leading the way the winners. Henninger 27, Baldwinsville 30:The Black Knights edged the Bees as Jamal Padgett, Kirk Dornton and Randy Rudd all tied for first place with a time of 17:07. |
| Northstars' Cross-Country Streak Reaches 34 With Sweep in Tri-Meet
Cicero-North Syracuse's boys team beats Baldwinsivlle and Rome Free Academy. Paced by Matt Curinga's first-place finish, defending Onondaga League National Division cross-country champion Cicero-North Syracuse sped past Baldwinsville, 15-46, and Rome Free Academy, 15-49, in a three-way league meet at Oneida Shores State Park Wednesday. The twin wins enabled coach Rick Nastasi's No. 16 state-ranked Northstars to improve their National Division winning streak to 34 straight meets over five seasons. Curinga's time of 16:30 led the way as the Northstars swept the first five places. Trailing the leader were Rocky Visioni (16:35), Rick Streeter (16:40), Mike Discenza (16:57) and Adam Lovecchio (17:24). Tim Miller of Baldwinsville took sixth place in 17:27 to lead the Bees. Though pleased with the win, Nastasi realizes his team faces serious opposition down the road. "Liverpool is ranked ahead of us in the section and in the state ratings also," Nastasi said. "I haven't seen that team yet but we will go head-to-head with them in two weeks to decide the league title. And, of course, there's (American Division leader) Fayetteville-Manlius, which is still the team to beat for the Class A title in Section Three. They still have to regarded as the favorite for the Section Three title. Our top goal is to at least qualify for the Federation Meet at season's end. We placed second to F-M at that meet last year." F-M, the state's No. 4-ranked Class A team this week, is the defending state Class A and Federation Meet champion. Also, Wednesday, Liverpool lost for the first time this season, falling to Henninger, 29-30, in the mild upset. The Black Knight got a 1-2-3 finish by Randy Rudd, Jamal Padgett and Kirk Dornton. Auburn 25, Oswego 34: Overcoming a first-place finish by Oswego's Kris Enright (16:34), the Maroons nipped the Bucs in OHSL Class A racing. Central Square 20, ES-M 40; Central Square 15, Fulton 49; ES-M 17, Fulton 46. Despite a first-place finish by ES-M's Scott Shaw, in 17:27, Central Square packed its runners 2-3-4-5-6-7 to easily win the OHSL Class A American Division meet. Skaneateles 15, Cazenovia 50: Coach Jack Reed's Lakers, ranked second in the state Class B poll behind arch-rival Jordan-Elbridge, easily outdistanced Cazenovia as Paul Jones finished first in 16:48. Jones crossed the line eight seconds ahead of teammates Steve Alexander and Tom Poppenger in the OHSL Class B dual meet. Homer 16, Cortland 45: The Trojans stayed unbeaten (3-0) in OHSL Class B racing as David Ames finished first. Girls cross country Auburn 20, Oswego 35: The defending Section Three Class A champions, ranked 19th in the state Class A poll this week, moved past the Buccaneers as Krista Buttaro and Bevin Connery shared first place. It was the 26th straight win since 1994 for coach Al Wilson's Lady Maroons in OHSL National Division competition. C-NS 18, Baldwinsville 39; C-NS 22, Rome Free 35; RFA 24, Bville 32. Paced by Amanda Hughes (19:31) and Lindsay McClintock (19:33), the Lady Northstars defeated both the Bees and the Black Knights in OHSL Class A activity. Liverpool 20, Henninger 43: Christina Smith won the race for Henninger, in 21:34, but the Warriors took the next nine places to easily win the Class A National Division meet. Homer 15, Cortland 50: The uneaten Trojans improved to 3-0, paced by
freshman Tracey Brauksieck, who won the race by two and a half minutes
over teammate Katie Reagan.
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In the varsity girls race, Fayetteville-Manlius was first with 57 points.Colleen Eccles of Jamesville-DeWitt won the race in 19:29. In other girls divisions, Jordan Elbridge was number one with 47 points.
Homer's Tracey Branksieck was first with a time of 19:19.The top girls'
time of the day went to Sandy Creek's Nicollette Bolton, who ran her race
in 18:43.98.
Oriskany Invitational -The Beaver River boys and girls both won the Oriskany Invitational, and each team had multiple top finishers.For the boys, Aaron Emery took first place with a time of 15:57. Emery also set a course record.Bobbie Mathys placed first for the Beavers in the girls race, clocking in at 20:31. Teammate Holly Lehy was ninth at 22:04.South Jefferson placed second as a team with 64 points, and V-V-S was third with a total of 108. September 20, 1998 |
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The Fayetteville-Manlius boys track team broke a nine-year, 74-win dual meet streak Monday by defeating Central Square 81-51 at F-M. Utilizing a core of distance runners and some new faces in the field events, the Hornets nearly reversed the 88-53 score of last year's meeting with Central Square. "They beat up on us last year in the field events, and this year we reversed that," F-M coach Jerry Smith said. "The seniors like (Chris) Angier, (Adam) Wasileski and (Jeremy) Block really did the job in distance events where we needed it. Our team's so varied and deep in distance." Newcomer Pat Waters won the discus and placed second in the triple jump and high jump. "We didn't have that last year," Smith said. With the win, the F-M boys become the regular season Onondaga High School
League Class A American champions. |
