BOYS TRACK & FIELD
Chambersburg 117, Central Dauphin 33: The Trojans moved to 4-0, with 3 of them being wins of at least 76 points, with a comfortable Mid Penn Commonwealth victory over the Rams at Trojan Stadium on Thursday afternoon.

Owen Shrader

The distance runners had an impressive day, winning the 800 (Aiden Alleman, 2:04.7), the 1600 (Ari Snyder, 4:33.2) and the 3200 (Owen Shrader, 9:48.0).

Chambersburg coach Jim Boyer said, “We had four boys break 10 minutes in the 3200, which is certainly a rarity and maybe the first time in team history. Owen Shrader, Liam Kirkpatrick, Kaden Rife and Ari Snyder worked together through all eight laps to achieve that exceptional feat, putting on quite a show for distance fans.”

Daniel Casagrandi won the 400 in 52.8, then ran a nearly identical time to anchor the 4 x 400 team (Jackson Dawe, Gabe Putt and Emilio Frye-Reyes) to a win in 3:36.7, just one second ahead of the Rams.

Also picking up wins on the track were Jermere Jones in the 110 hurdles (15.2), Jonathan Dawe in the 300 hurdles (45.1) and the 4 x 100 relay team of Frye-Reyes, Blake Mallast, J.J. Kelly and Antonio Harrison II (48.4).

In the field, the Trojans (4-0, 4-0 MPC) had a pair of double winners — Peter Mertz in the discus (163-7) and shot put (47-8.5), and Kelly in the high jump (6-6) and triple jump (45-5.25).

Other winners were Jude Grillo in the javelin (132-10) and Luke Mertz in the pole vault (9-6). The Trojans outscored CD 52-11 in the field and 65-22 on the track.

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
Chambersburg 113, Central Dauphin 38: The Trojans dominated the Rams in the field (48-15) and on the track (64-23) to earn a Mid Penn Commonwealth victory on Thursday afternoon at Trojan Stadium.

Alaina Morris

“The distance runners took advantage of good running weather, and we had three separate individual winners between the 800 and 3200,” Trojan coach Chris Monheim said. “All three girls — Lexi Boyd (800, 2:23.8), Samantha Faust (1600, 5:38.9) and Madelyn Koons (3200, 11:48.0) — had personal bests in their events.”

Also taking firsts on the track were Natalia Holmes in the 100 (12.4), Katy Weller in the 400 (1:04.2) and Marlee Jackson in the 300 hurdles (49.7). The 4 x 100 relay of Jaxin Frazer, Jahnaya Trotter-Wimberley, Leshae Hang and Holmes (50.9) and the 4 x 400 team of Weller, Olivia Coy, Maggie Holtry and Holmes (4:18.5) also won.

Winners in the field for Chambersburg (3-1, 3-1 MPC) included Sienna Scott in the high jump (4-8), Cami Bender in the javelin (97-4), Trotter-Wimberley in the long jump (16-6.5), Alaina Morris in the pole vault (9-0) and Ashley Gunkleman in the shot put (31-4.75).

Monheim said, “It was nice to see Jackson going sub-50 so early in the season in the 300. Morris cleared nine feet in the pole vault and Gunkleman had her best throw of the season in the shot put.”

BOYS LACROSSE
Mechanicsburg 10, Chambersburg 9, OT: The Trojans were turned away several times on chances for a game-winning goal and were edged in overtime by the Wildcats in a road Mid Penn Commonwealth game on Thursday evening.

Jackson Beardsley

“Matt Turner got a great look at the end of regulation and their goalie made a save,” Chambersburg coach Joey Wilmot said. “In overtime, Riley Harmon’s shot hit the pipe, and their goalie made another nice save. Then we forced a turnover on the ride and missed an open cage.”

For the Trojans (1-4, 0-1 MPC), Logan Mulkey had 3 goals and an assist, Tucker had a goal and 2 assists, Ryan Cosey scored twice, Sam Kunkleman had a goal and an assist, Quinn Makosy and Blake Dupont each scored and Garrett Iser added an assist.

Harmon went 11-for-18 on faceoffs and 10 groundballs, and goalie Kristian Freeman made 10 saves.

Wilmot said, “Riley was going up against one of the better guys in the league on faceoffs. Mechanicsburg has an elite attackman and an all-conference midfielder and Jackson Beardsley mostly shut them down when he played them 1 on 1.

“I think we learned  a lot about ourselves today and I think it’s a lot of things we can use to propel us in the right direction.”

Mara Costolo

GIRLS LACROSSE
Mechanicsburg 11, Chambersburg 2: The Trojans got off to a slow start and dropped a non-league results at Trojan Stadium to the Wildcats on Thursday night.

“It was a rough first half,” Chambersburg coach Keara Allshouse said. “The second half was a battle and the girls left if all out on the field.”

The goals for the Trojans (1-3) were scored by Gabriella Sabatino and Mara Costolo. Goalie Megan Mickey made 10 saves.