Williamstown’s Chase Trembly, left, greets teammate Zach Cannon after he two completed their race throughout Saturday’s W.Va. Class A State Cross Nation Meet in Ona. Trembly’s runner-up end and Cannopn’s ninth-place effort earned the duo all-state honors and paved the way in which to a second straight staff championship.
(Picture by Kerry Patrick)
ONA — On one finish, Williamstown boys cross nation coach Cliff Taylor got here up on the brief finish of a pleasant competitors together with his brother who coaches the Yellowjackets’ women staff.
No onerous emotions since each packages gained a Class A state championship. As a bonus, members from each groups will be a part of each other for a celebration journey by city.
Throughout Saturday’s Class A State Cross Nation Meet in Ona, Williamstown repeated as boys state champions after scoring 43 factors. Buffalo positioned runner-up at 71 factors, whereas Doddridge County (87) and St. Marys (92) rounded out the highest 4.
Three Williamstown runners positioned within the prime 10 and earned all-state recognition. Earlier within the day, 5 Williamstown women earned all-state honors. Up to now 5 seasons, the Williamstown girls and boys have mixed for six state titles.
“Getting three within the prime 10 is fairly good,” Taylor mentioned. “The fellows lay it on the road actually purchase into our coaching strategies.”
Senior Chase Trembly paced the Yellowjackets with a runner-up end after handing over a time of 16:58.40.
“We knew Chase was going to take off — he wished to win it,” Taylor mentioned. “He was in management. He simply let the man get too far on him, and it was an excessive amount of to make up.”
Additionally contributing a serious enhance had been sophomore Julian Johnson (eighth place) and senior Zach Cannon (ninth place).
“I gave my ultimate pre-race speech within the huddle (earlier than the race) and instructed them that any one of many boys on the staff I might take to conflict with and at present we had been going to battle,” mentioned Trembly, who’s considered one of three seniors who ran for Williamstown. “At the moment we did that and obtained that win at present. “
Wheeling Central Catholic’s Aidan Scott led from begin to end and crossed the end line in a time of 16:23.60. Trembly additionally obtained little firm whereas operating second all through the course and created an eight-second hole between him and Paw Paw’s Donovan Tanouye whereas handing over a time of 16:58.40.
“Aidan has a historical past of outkicking me,” Trembly mentioned. “It’s at all times an excellent time racing towards him. He at all times races quick instances. I positively wished to get him at present. He obtained me, however we’ll race towards one another throughout the monitor season. At the moment, I waited too lengthy, and he obtained an excessive amount of floor on me.
“My gameplan in my head, on the two-mile mark I used to be going to reel him in. I attempted to do this and I did reel him in considerably however he already had an excellent 15 seconds on me at that time.”
Space runners additionally incomes all-state recognition included Doddridge County’s Carter Sias (fourth) and Magnolia’s Landen Davis (seventh).
Freshman Max Dauch led the St, Marys cost with an eleventh place end, whereas Ravenswood senior Cade Curfman took thirteenth place. A pair of Tyler Consolidated qualifiers took the that means of a pack to coronary heart as freshman Amos Kimble and sophomore Jaden Ebert positioned sixteenth and seventeenth, respectively.
Class AAA
Aiden Blake’s expertise at his ultimate highschool cross nation meet rated proper up there as one of the vital emotional. The senior turned in Parkersburg South’s second quickest efficiency and now turns his focus to the boys basketball season.
“I’m pleased with myself, pleased with my staff — couldn’t ask for higher teammates throughout this expertise,” Blake mentioned. “Unhappy to see it go, however all in all I made so many reminiscences. It’s only a blessing every single day with the ability to run. I’ll miss it rather a lot. Now it’s time for basketball.
“You already know (boys basketball coach Mike Fallon) likes to press. This sport has helped my stamina and endurance.”
Brody Cochran paced South with a fortieth place end.
Parkersburg’s lone consultant, junior Jack Mills, completed twenty sixth.
Contact Kerry Patrick at kpatrick@newsandsentinel.com
