Albion, Medina and Roy-Hart girls score N-O cross-country wins

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 26 September 2023 at 9:06 pm

Photos by Tom Rivers: (Left) Cordelia Rivers of Albion won today’s variety girls cross country race in Albion which also included Wilson and Roy-Hart. (Right) Marissa Bryant (back) of Roy-Hart was second, followed by teammate Julia Miles in third (front in this photo).

Albion, Medina and Roy-Hart all scored wins in Niagara-Orleans League girls cross-country competition this afternoon.

Host Albion downed Wilson 23-30 as Cordelia Rivers finished first and Gina Sidari 5th.

Medina edged host Akron 27-29 sparked by the 1-2-4 finish of Madeline Mark, Ariel Smith and Faith Baker-Austin. Akron’s Kristine Wall placed third.

Roy-Hart scored a sweep downing Albion 25-30 and Wilson 24-31 led by the 2-3 finish of Marissa Bryant and Julia Miles.

In the other girls’ meet, Newfane downed Barker 41-20. Bella Pasqualle finished first for Newfane and Mikayla Woock second for Barker.

The Wilson boys scored a pair of wins downing Albion 24-33 and Roy-Hart 26-29 as Jaydan Ruble and Joey-Dane Jones finished 1-2. Ronan Klug finished third for Roy-Hart which defeated Albion 21-34 in the other portion of the meet.

The Akron boys defeated Medina 19-38 behind the 1-2-3 finish of Dawson Stone, Colten Cleveland and Logan Meyers. Ryder Jones and Jack Cecchini finished 4th and 5th for Medina.

In the other boys’ meet Barker edged Newfane 26-29. Newfane’s Liam Betteridge won the race and Barker’s Luke Fay finished second.

N-O Boys Standings: Barker 2-0, Akron 2-1, Newfane 2-1, Roy-Hart 2-1, Wilson 2-1, Medina 0-2, Albion 0-4
N-O Girls Standings: Newfane 3-0, Roy-Hart 3-0, Barker 1-1, Medina 1-1, Akron 1-2, Albion 1-3, Wilson 0-3

Jaydan Ruble leads the race today in Albion at about the halfway point in the cornfield, just ahead of his teammate Joey-Dane Jones and Ronan Klug of Roy-Hart.