Roundups: Juniata captures TVAA crowns

NEWPORT — The Juniata boys and girls cross country teams earned TVAA titles on Tuesday at the Perry County Fairgrounds. The boys took wins against Susquenita and Newport by having five runners in the top 10.

Juniata 20, Susquenita 43, Newport 65

Upper Dauphin, Halifax, St. Joseph’s, and Greenwood competed, but didn’t have enough runners to score in the team competition. Juniata junior Josiah Barner won the boys race with a time of 18:32. David Mayall-Marker was second with a time of 18:35. Coy Kerstetter came in shortly after in fourth place with a time of 18:45. Joel Hardin placed seventh with a time of 20:53. Elliott Miller rounded out the scoring for the Indians with a ninth-place finish and time of 21:11.

15th place – John Randolph – 22:28

16th place – Luke Weiand – 22:39

20th place – Nicholi Keiter – 23:18

22nd place – Andy Rutherford – 25:55

“It was awesome to see Josiah take the lead early in the 5k race to win his first TVAA title. He puts in the work and deserves the win. David ran a great race coming away with 2nd overall. Coy also ran great today to finish shortly after Josiah and David. Joel and Elliott secured the team win with their top 10 finishes. I thought Andy Rutherford ran his best race this season today,” Indians coach Jeff Miller said.

The Juniata girls cross country team took wins against Upper Dauphin by having their five runners in the top eight overall.

Juniata 15, Upper Dauphin 46

Newport, Halifax, St. Joseph’s, Susquenita, and Greenwood also competed, but didn’t have five runners to score as a team. Juniata junior Carolyn Heidenreich took her first TVAA title by winning the girls race with a time of 22:18. Hannah Wirt placed third with a time of 23:04. Hannah Zeiders placed fifth with a time of 23:58. Juliet Heidenreich was next in 6th place with a time of 24:31. Charlotte Barner rounded out the scoring for the Indians with an 8th place finish with a time of 25:12.

11th place – Moira Doydora – 26:01

12th place – Marissa Henry – 26:33

13th place – Darcy Griffiths – 26:51

14th place – Ella Zimmerman – 27:01

17th place – Adi Peck – 28:52

“Like Joisah in the boys race, Carolyn took charge of the race early on and never looked back taking her first TVAA Championship win. She is a very talented athlete who juggles cross country and soccer in the fall. We are very appreciative that she was able to miss most of her soccer game tonight to help the girls cross country team. Hannah Wirt ran another consistent race to just miss 2nd place. She is one of the most consistent freshmen I have worked with. The entire girls team put their heart into this race today and deserve their second straight TVAA team title,” Miller noted.

The TVAA Championship also had a two-mile cross country race for middle school athletes. Juniata’s Evan Yackey took the win with a time of 12:28. Landon Miller was second overall with a time of 12:50 while Mason Hardin was 7th with a time of 17:34.

“Evan, Landon, and Mason ran great today considering I only wanted them to run around 80% to save their energy for a meet at Mifflin County tomorrow,” Miller said.

BOYS SOCCER

Lions blank Fannett, 6-0

Juniata Christian boys soccer moved to 15-1 after beating Fannett-Metal on Tuesday, 6-0

Jordan Lara and Julian Flores de Valgaz each posted a goal in the opening half.

In the second half, Flores de Valgaz tallied another goal and Lara tacked on three more scores.

JCS’s Connor Leitzel had four saves and Fannett had 11.

JCS has a home game on Friday.

JCS 6, Fannett-Metal 0

First Half Goals

JCS Goal by Jordan Lara

JCS Goal by Julian Flores de Valgaz, Assist by Hudson Stong

Second Half Goals

JCS Goal by Julian Flores de Valgaz, Assist by Warren Fry

JCS Goal by Jordan Lara

JCS Goal by Jordan Lara, Assist by Julian Flores de Valgaz

JCS Goal by Jordan Lara

Shots on Goal

JCS: 23

Fannett-Metal: 4

Corner Kicks

JCS: 10

Fannett-Metal: 6

Saves

JCS: Connor Leitzel; 4

Fannett-Metal: 11

Hershey bests Huskies, 3-0

HERSHEY — Hershey boys soccer defeated Mifflin County on Tuesday, 3-0.

Hershey outshot MC, 8-3. The Huskies had more saves, 5-3.

Hershey posted more corners, 5-1.

Hershey beat MC in JV action, 4-1.

Huskies assistant coach Todd R. Peters said, “Our first half battle was a strong one by all members of our team. Unfortunately, with under 30 seconds to go in the first half, Naton for Hershey put in a rebound that we could've attempted to stop by defensive crashing. Danny came out with his feet and made big saves to keep us in it. We kept pressure on them and created some things but were missing the final pass all night. In the second half, they got one from Bunn with 25 to go. A miscommunication between our outside back and keeper allowed Vinson Peters to score the third with 22:44 left.”

EJ blanks Indians, 4-0

East Juniata boys soccer flew past Millersburg on Tuesday, 4-0.

Cruz Martin, Hudson Rickenbaugh and Isaiah Galeas (two goals) each scored for the Tigers.

Isaiah Galeas, Kole Boop and Matteo LePape each had an assist.

Jonny Hoffman tallied three saves for EJ.

GIRLS SOCCER

Eagles dodge Tigers, 2-0

MANDATA — Mady Grindstaff and Emme Shingara each scored a goal as Line Mountain girls soccer beat East Juniata Tuesday, 2-0.

The Eagles had more shots, 10-3.

McKenzie Hart had eight saves for EJ.

Hershey tames Huskies, 5-0

LEWISTOWN — Mifflin County girls soccer dropped to 0-12-1 on the season as the Huskies fell to Hershey on Tuesday, 5-0.

Claire Caples (hat-trick), Sophia Commissiong and Campbell Stover each scored for Hershey.

Hershey outshot MC, 18-5.

Taryn Hubler tallied 13 saves for the Huskies. Jane Wrenn had five saves for Hershey.

Next, MC visits Red Land today.

In JV action, MC tied Hershey, 0-0.