Class A Boys Preview: Saegertown or Masterman? Or NE Bradford repeat? Individual race wide open.

 

 

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By Phil Grove
 

Boys – Teams

Last year’s team champion Northeast Bradford lost a very strong 1-2 punch in Sam Williams and Curt Jewett. However, NEB is back with senior Brandon Devonshire as a returning medalist, having won District 4 with 22 points and a 1-5 spread of 47 seconds.

Other strong contenders hail from the East (Masterman, District 12) and West (Saegertown, District 10). Masterman were nearly perfect in its district meet, scoring just 16 points to earn a starting spot in Hershey.

Saegertown returns all but one from its third-place team in 2012. The Panthers were the first to put their scoring five across the finish line, registering 83 points to win their district in Sharon.

 

Boys – Individuals

The boys’ race was hit hard by graduation as the top four, eight of the top 10 and 16 of the top 20 were in the Class of 2013.

The highest placing returnee is Maplewood’s Jeremy Parsons, who was fifth a year ago and also was a medalist in 2011. In a showdown in Saturday’s District 10 meet, Parsons lost to Mercyhurst Prep junior Sebastian Curtin, whose 15:57 at Sharon is his fastest of the year and No. 2 among Class A runners. Undefeated in 2013, Curtin was 37th in Hershey a year ago.

The fastest thus far in Class A is Jenkintown’s Greg Wagner, who won the District 1 race and was a medalist in 2012. He ran 15:53 in the Bicentennial Athletic League event.

Biglerville’s Brady Wilt, South Williamsport’s Griffin Molino and Eden Christian Academy’s Carter Smith are returning medalists and won their district meets heading into Hershey.

 

District Champs

I.   1  Greg Wagner, Sr            16:35    5:21  Jenkintown
II.  1  Nate Morgan, Jr            16:55    Lakeland
III.   1  Brady Wilt, Jr                  8:02    16:54    5:27  Biglerville
IV.  1 Griffin Molino, Jr         16:03    5:10  South Williamsport
V.  1   Mike Heck    Northern Bedford    17:28
VI.  1   665  Bryce England         Williamsburg Community                  16:44.8
VII. 1  Carter Smith, Sr                5:22       10:36    16:46    5:24  Eden Christian Academy
VIII.   No A Teams
IX.   1 Hunt, Chris               12 Kane Area             16:50.80
X.  1  Sebastian Curtin, Jr            2:20        4:50       10:19    15:57    5:09  Mercyhurst Prep  
XI.   1  Wesley Yutko, Jr           18:43    6:02  Minersville Area
XII. 1 DeGroot Lutzner, Julian   11 Masterman             17:12.52


Returning Medalists

  917     5        Jeremy Parsons, Jr              4:48       10:15    16:28    5:18  Maplewood (10)            
  779     8        Griffin Molino, So              4:59       10:31    16:36    5:21  South Williamsport 4     
  765    12        Brady Wilt, So                  5:00       10:36    16:49    5:25  Biglerville (3)      
  728    14        Greg Wagner, Jr                 4:53       10:31    16:53    5:27  Jenkintown (1)                 
  846    21        Carter Smith, Jr                5:07       10:45    17:07    5:31  Eden Christian Academ
  773    22     7  Brandon Devonshire, Jr          5:07       10:46    17:08    5:31  Northeast Bradford -4
  861    24     9  Spencer Cole, Jr                5:02       10:43    17:11    5:32  Oswayo Valley (9)    
  749    25        Matt Murray, Fr                 4:58       10:44    17:11    5:32  Dunmore (2) 

 

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