Abington Heights runners compete in state cross country meet

HERSHEY – Ethan Mattox led the way for Abington Heights Saturday when the Comets finished 14^th in the state in Class 2A boys cross country.

The Abington Heights girls also competed at the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Championships and finished 17^th of 19 teams in Class 3A.

On a day when wind blew over tents and muddy conditions made runners proceed carefully on hills, Mattox completed the 3.1-mile Hershey Parkview Course in 18:20 to finish 96^th in the 228-runner field.

Freshman Allison Dammer led the girls, finishing in 21:32 for 131^st out of 228 runners.

The Abington Heights boys placed ahead of five teams. They lost a sixth-runner tiebreaker for 13^th place after matching Punxsutawney with 309 points.

Three seniors led the way for the Comets, finishing within eight places and six seconds of each other. Stephen Haggerty was 101^st and Ryan Siebecker was 104^th.

The rest of the Comets were: Gavin Ross in 163^rd; Damon Martin, 179^th; Sloan Seid, 203^rd; and Noah Bolus, 208^th.

Abington Heights ran two freshmen and a sophomore in the Class 3A girls race. The other finishers behind Dammer were: Hannah Hughes, 147^th; sophomore Abby Marion, 160^th; Modupe Osuntokun, 173^rd; Sarah Bath, 180^th; Emma Arbuckle, 120^th; freshman Ellie Saunders, 122^nd.

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