Schuylkill League Cross Cross Country Championships

When: Wednesday, Oct. 16

Where: White Birch Golf Course, Barnesville

Race times: JV boys/girls combined, 2 p.m.; varsity girls, 3 p.m.; varsity boys, 3:50 p.m.

Course length: Varsity — 3.1 miles (Course starts near green on 3rd hole, winds around the golf course and ends on an uphill near the 18th green)

2023 champions: Boys — Francesco Carr (Blue Mountain), Minersville team; girls — Anna Schaeffer (Schuylkill Haven), Tamaqua team

Notes: After many years at Tuscarora State Park, the league has seemed to find a home at White Birch. This will be the third straight year that the golf course has hosted the league meet. … The winding, criss-cross course gives fans multiple vantage points to follow the runners’ progress. … The league meet will serve as a run-off for Blue Mountain and Tamaqua to determine the Division I boys’ champion. The teams finished the regular season tied at 11-1. … Schuylkill Haven’s Anna Schaeffer will aim for her third straight girls’ league championship. A victory would put her on an exclusive list that includes three-timers Kelli Hunt (West Hazleton), Farrah Ryan (Shamokin) and Cori McCormick (North Schuylkill). Tamaqua’s Alexa Griffiths and Pottsville’s Paige Stoner are two of the three four-time league champions. Tamaqua’s Isaac Dunkelberger is the other. … On the boys’ side, Carr will try to make it two in a row and break a long-standing streak. In each of the past 10 seasons, a different boy won his respective race at leagues. Not since Jim Thorpe’s Jonathan Condly went back-to-back in 2013-14 has somebody repeated as league champion. … The District 11 Cross Country Championships will be held Oct. 23 at DeSales University … The PIAA Cross Country Championships will be held Nov. 2 at Parkview Cross Country Course, Hershey.

Past champions

VARSITY BOYS

2023 — Francesco Carr, Blue Mountain

2022 — Justin Williams, North Schuylkill

2021 — Landon Boyle, Minersville

2020 — Colin Phipps, Blue Mountain

2019 — Travis Anderson, Pine Grove

2018 — Kevin Haas, Blue Mountain

2017 — Brad Clemson, Tamaqua

2016 — Chris McCormick, North Schuylkill

2015 — Dylan Bucior, Jim Thorpe

2014 — Jonathan Condly, Jim Thorpe

2013 — Jonathan Condly, Jim Thorpe

2012 — Brendan Shearn, North Schuylkill

2011 — Brendan Shearn, North Schuylkill

2010 — Brendan Shearn, North Schuylkill

2009 — Tyler Rauenzahn, Blue Mountain

2008 — John Reilly, Blue Mountain

2007 — Alex Zubey, Tamaqua

2006 — Isaac Dunkelberger, Tamaqua

2005 — Isaac Dunkelberger, Tamaqua

2004 — Isaac Dunkelberger, Tamaqua

2003 — Isaac Dunkelberger, Tamaqua

2002 — Shane Clauser, Pottsville

2001 — Shane Clauser, Pottsville

2000 — Nick Birosik, Tamaqua

1999 — Keith Davis, Tamaqua

1998 — Peter Dray, Mount Carmel

1997 — Peter Dray, Mount Carmel

1996 — Peter Dray, Mount Carmel

1995 — Kyle Dunkelberger, Tamaqua

1994 — Kyle Dunkelberger, Tamaqua

1993 — Chris Lowthert, Pottsville

1992 — Kevin Truskey, Tamaqua

1991 — Anthony Pecora, West Hazleton

1990 — Damon Brossman, Blue Mountain

1989 — Dave Horning, Pottsville

1988 — Chris Gibas, Nativity

1987 — Gary Sluck, West Hazleton

1986 — Chris Dimmerling, Nativity

1985 — Adam Granito, Blue Mountain

1984 — Adam Granito, Blue Mountain

1983 — John Appicello, Tamaqua

1982 — Kevin McDonald, Mount Carmel

1981 — Marlin Kramer, North Schuylkill

1980 — Craig Lowthert, Pottsville

1979 — Mark Grapsy, Nativity

1978 — Nick Yutko, Blue Mountain

1977 — Kirk Mack, Blue Mountain

1976 — Ed Dougherty, Nativity

1975 — Ed Dougherty, Nativity

1974 — Vic Muncy, Blue Mountain

1973 — Vic Muncy, Blue Mountain

1972 — Tim Thomas, Blue Mountain

1971 — Kent Moyer, Schuylkill Haven

1970 — Mark Herb, Blue Mountain

1969 — Jim Messina, Pottsville

VARSITY GIRLS

2023 — Anna Schaeffer, Schuylkill Haven

2022 — Anna Schaeffer, Schuylkill Haven

2021 — Olivia Haas, Blue Mountain

2020 — Cori McCormick, North Schuylkill

2019 — Cori McCormick, North Schuylkill

2018 — Cori McCormick, North Schuylkill

2017 — Tina Capparell, Marian

2016 — Christina DiFalco, Pine Grove

2015 — Caroline Rickard, Blue Mountain

2014 — Tina Capparell, Marian

2013 — Paige Stoner, Pottsville

2012 — Paige Stoner, Pottsville

2011 — Paige Stoner, Pottsville

2010 — Paige Stoner, Pottsville

2009 — Alyssa Miller, Schuylkill Haven

2008 — Amber Carroll, Tamaqua

2007 — Schuyler Schmidt, Tamaqua

2006 — Alyssa Griffiths, Tamaqua

2005 — Alyssa Griffiths, Tamaqua

2004 — Alyssa Griffiths, Tamaqua

2003 — Alyssa Griffiths, Tamaqua

2002 — Samantha McBreen, Nativity

2001 — Steph Evans, Pottsville

2000 — Kelly Brennan, Pottsville

1999 — Liz Manness, Tamaqua

1998 — Chelsea Mullins, Jim Thorpe

1997 — Lacey Gonzalez, Panther Valley

1996 — Denise Kijewski, Mount Carmel

1995 — Farrah Ryan, Shamokin

1994 — Farrah Ryan, Shamokin

1993 — Eileen McGeever, Pottsville

1992 — Farrah Ryan, Shamokin

1991 — Mary Ann Neibauer, Shamokin

1990 — Kelli Hunt, West Hazleton

1989 — Kelli Hunt, West Hazleton

1988 — Kelli Hunt, West Hazleton

1987 — Kim Beach, Schuylkill Haven

1986 — Krisy Mistal, West Hazleton

1985 — Colleen Zakrewsky, Mahanoy Area

1984 — Lisa McDonald, North Schuylkill

1983 — Michelle Katrishen, Bishop Hafey

1982 —Lori Lawson, Tamaqua

1981 — Lori Lawson, Tamaqua

1980 — Donna Lowthert, Pottsville

1979 — Michelle Pinger, Bishop Hafey

1978 — Fran Chatcho, Pottsville

1977 — Fran Chatcho, Pottsville

1976 — Anne Dougherty, Nativity

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