9/14 Weekend Preview!

This weekend is fairly empty as far as meets go since Briarwood was moved to next weekend, which is a shame since that and the PIAA Foundation meet are now on the same weekend. I’m interested to see what O’Hara does then. But enough about 9/21, let’s take a look at 9/14.

Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational

                Not huge competition here, but I do really like who we get to see race, starting with Carlisle’s Zach Brehm who hasn’t hit the trails at an invite yet. He’ll be competing with Brady Wilt (Biglerville) and William Cather out front. The Cather/Brehm battle is one we’ll be seeing quite a bit this season, which I’m excited about. This meet we’ll get to see just how good State College is as they’ll be going up against some of the top AA teams in Scranton Prep and Tunkhannock. Also look for Cumberland Valley as they lost a lot of seniors last year and we’ll get to see how they have reloaded. Hempfield is also a team to look out for that could definitely make it out of district 3. Another individual to look out for is Punxsutawney Junior Bo Dinger (A)

24^th Bulldog Cross Country Invitational

                Large School vs Small School: Sadly this invite divides teams into large and small school’s that go off at different times.

      Small School: Henderson’s women’s team is racing, but their men’s team is not which is really disappointing, since it would be an O’Hara vs. WCH battle almost dual meet style. O’Hara should dominant this race as they did last season. Penn Charter should be able to take second, although it’s been rumored that Ben Szuhaj (#22) is injured.

        Large School: This race is stacked with really solid D1 schools that will be going at it all season, especially at districts as many of them are state team hopefuls. We’ve got WCE confidently coming off of a win at the Abington Invitational. Right behind them is DTW, NP, Wissahickon, and DTE. In terms of front runners we’ll get to see the Marcelis brothers who continue to mix it up, Cummings (#35), Diestelow (#33), Billy Caldwell (#43), Kyle Francis (#38), Joey Logue (#46), and last but not least Jake Brophy (#12). Cummings and Caldwell seem to be in sick shape right now so I’m excited to see them go at it with Brophy out front. This should be a really great race to watch.

34^th Annual Centaur Invitational

                Fairly small meet, but I think the Twin Valley vs. William Tennent will be a very good match up. I always forget that TV is a D3 team not D1, they do have a shot at making out of their district. Out front we should see HGP’s Christian Kardish (#20) running away with the top spot. His team may also challenge TV and WT for the victory. 

Boardman Spartan Invitational

                This meet out in Ohio will be headlined by North Allegheny who won last year, but scored 97 pts, this year I think they could go under 50, since neither Seel nor Love raced in this meet. Watch their spread, because last season it wasn’t great at this meet, as it is a quite a tough course. We’ll also see Grove City so I’ll have my eye on Aaron Benka (#31) to see if he bounces back. 

That's all for now Folks!

--ForrestCRN