Ari Snyder

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Trojans claim team victory: Chambersburg put four runners in the top 10 and rolled to the team championship Saturday at the Gettysburg Invitational.

The Trojans’ 43 points easily surpassed second-place Lower Dauphin (94).

“It was a fine day and we showed great bounce back after a rough week last week when five of our seven guys were sick,” Trojan coach John Ambrosio said.

Ari Snyder was the lead dog, taking first place with a time of 15:56.1 on the 5K course.

Ambrosio said, “Ari ran real well, and there was only a time gap of 1:01 between him and our fifth guy. If we keep that gap we can be competitive with any team in District 3 and most in the state.”

Owen Shrader finished sixth in 16:24.8, followed by Liam Kirkpatrick in eighth (16:31.8), Aiden Alleman in ninth (16:37.2) and Kaden Rife in 20th (17:07.4. Brian Morales also placed 39th in 17:32.6.

Lexi Boyd

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Chambersburg places 3rd: The Trojans scored 118 points and finished just behind Exeter Township (102) and Lower Moreland in the girls team standings at the Gettysburg Invitational on Saturday.

“I was pleased with our performance, but we still need to put it all together on the same day, and hopefully that will happen in the postseason,” Chambersburg coach Chris Monheim said.

Lexi Boyd ran a 5K time of 19:17.1 to capture third place for the Trojans.

The rest of the scoring runners included Madelyn Koons (14th, 19:53.6), Samantha Faust (20th, 20:06.8), Brook Boone (43rd, 21:01.7) and Dana Rosenberry (47th, 21:14.7). The next two finishers were Raegan Hepner in 52th (21:29.4) and Natalie Green in 57th (21:31.5).

Jeremy Otto

GOLF
3 Trojans fall short of states: Three Chambersburg players competing in the District 3 golf championships Saturday at Honey Run G.C. were not able to qualify for the PIAA Championships.

All of the five area golfers — in fact the majority of all players — had a higher score on Saturday on a course softened by overnight and morning rain.

On the boys side, Chambersburg’s Jeremy Otto shot an 81, which put him at 13-over par for the two days, 6 strokes over the qualifying score.

Waynesboro’s Tyler Fortney slipped to a 79 on Saturday and finished at 9-over par with three other golfers tied for 19th place  — all four fell one stroke short of the cut.

For the girls, Chambersburg’s Emily Rensch finished tied for 11th, which was two places over the cut score. Rensch shot 91 on Saturday and was 27-over par. Teammate Emma Tolbert shot a 98 on the second day and placed 16th.

Abby Byers of Waynesboro finished one stroke ahead of Tolbert in 15th place with her score of 99.