CROSS COUNTRY ROUNDUP: Dallas teams place seventh

Both Dallas teams placed seventh during the NEPA Invitational cross country meet Saturday at Bloomsburg University.

Hazleton Area’s Jillian Wolk and Elk Lake’s Justice Johnson had the best individual finishes while the Hazleton Area girls joined the Dallas boys as the top finishers among District 2 teams.

Dallas was seventh and Hazleton Area 12^th among 20 full teams in the boys standings.

Elk Lake did not have a full team, but Johnson placed 12^th and Dylan Way 40^th in the 139-runner field.

Ben Bradley was 27^th to lead Dallas, which had Aiden Cotter, Ryan Borton, J.T. Wysocki and Peter Federici come in between 45^th and 51^st.

Nicholas Hebel was 33^rd and Russell Blew 62^nd to lead Hazleton Area.

Hazleton Area was sixth, Dallas seventh and Elk Lake 10^th out of 15 girls teams.

Wolk was 10^th and Hazleton Area teammate Milanna Daiute 11^th out of 123 girls

Sarah Williams was 15^th, Olivia Thomas 27^th and Julianna Sobocinski 32^nd to lead Dallas.

Makayla Wagner was 33^rd, Sidney Upright 35^th and Mackenzie Strohl 38^th for Elk Lake.

Blue Ridge and Montrose entered the McQuaid Invitational in Rochester, N.Y.

Montrose placed three girls in the top 25 and had Nate Sinkovich placed eighth in the varsity A-1 races for small schools.

Paige Brewer was 11^th, Daegan Giannone 22^nd and Stephanie Summerville 25^th out of 260.

Sinkovich was eighth and James Bixby 47^th in the 317-runner field.

Blue Ridge was part of the varsity A-2 races, which included 357 boys and 274 girls.

Heather Bowker was 24^th and Duncan Geyer 32^nd to lead the boys while Emma Piechocki was 26^th in the girls race.