Both of the Jamesville-DeWitt cross country streaks continued last Wednesday afternoon, as the girls have now beaten 29 straight OHSL Freedom division opponents and the boys have conquered its last 25 league foes in a row.
The Red Rams did this by stopping Homer and Fulton – but it wasn’t easy on the girls side, as J-D managed to squeak out a 28-29 victory over the Trojans as it was handling the Red Raiders 16-45.
Ameena Dye had to settle for second place among individuals in a time of 19:09 behind Homer’s Bori Toszer (18:18), and when Trojan teammates Abbey Gray and Jane Auchmoody finished third and fourth, respectively, the streak was in real trouble.
J-D was ready for it, though, getting its next four runners across the line before Homer did. Rebecca Bergman, in fifth place with a time of 20:10, led that push as Katie Pinkes took sixth (20:23) and Laura Wengert was seventh in 20:27. Avery Share clinched yet another Rams victory when she took ninth place in 20:47.
There was less suspense in the boys race, where J-D ripped past Homer 19-38 and Fulton 17-44. In a 1-2-3 sweep at the top, Austin Davis won in a clocking of 16:40, with Dan Driscoll second in 16:42 and Will Hohreiter gaining third place in 17:07. Jack Healy was seventh, in 17:37, while Isaac Tupper rose to eighth place in 17:38.
In another OHSL Freedom three-way meet, East Syracuse-Minoa’s boys team rolled to a 17-45 win over Cortland and also roared past Phoenix 20-41.
Mike Coogan won again, his time of 17:27 nearly a minute better than Phoenix’s Jeff Well. Louis Ferrone was third, in 18:45, with Paul Schneible fourth in 18:47. Jesse Perrone took sixth place (18:58) as Connor Garris (19:27) and Brandon Miller (19:30) also reached the top 10.
The girls Spartans easily handled the Purple Tigers 15-49 and Firebirds 18-45 as Gabrielle Pallotta won the race in a time of 21:42 and Megan Crandall took second in 22:35, not quite a minute behind Pallotta.
Liz VanDeusen was third, in 24:18, as Paige Courbat (24:32), Angela Shaw (24:42) and Brittany Kubecka (24:42) landed the next three spots. Bridget Benz (25:26) and Nicole Verlone (25:30) were in the top 10, too.
