PDT Sports Report

The Wheelersburg boys and the Waverly girls cross country teams captured the 2012 Southern Ohio Conference cross country titles in Saturday’s race at Valley High School.

The Pirates’ 19 points was led by race winner Max Conley. His time of 17:42 was 17 seconds faster than teammate Brandon Adams’ run.

Western captured runner-up honors as the Indians used a tiebreaker to edge Minford. Waverly was fourth and Northwest was fifth.

On the girls side, Rachel McCambridge’s runner-up finish with a 22:44 paced the champion Tigers. The girls race was won by Wheelersburg’s Lauren Bays, who crossed the tape six seconds before McCambridge.

Oak Hill finished second, the Pirates were third and the host Indians were fourth. Their coach, Linda Scarberry, along with Wheelersburg’s Gary Johnson were named conference coaches of the year.

The first 14 placers in each race were named All-SOC. The top seven received First Team honors while Second Team go to the second seven.

The attention for all of the area cross country teams now shifts to next week’s district meet. The Southeast District meet for both Divisions II and III will take place next Saturday at the University of Rio Grande.

2012 SOC Cross Country Meet

Girls results

1. Lauren Bays- Wheelersburg- 22:38

2. Rachel McCambridge- Waverly- 22:44

3. Jamie Welch- Waverly- 23:08

4. Alyssa Conn- Wheelersburg- 23:22

5. Kelsey Hoskins- Oak Hill- 23:47

6. Sarah Dresbach- Waverly- 23:53

7. Shelby Stapleton- Oak Hill- 23:54

8. Emily Davie- Oak Hill- 23:56

9. Kirsten Nolfi- Wheelersburg- 24:49

10. Olivia Maple- Waverly- 25:06

11. Catherine McCroy- Valley- 25:43

12. Jordan Prall- Waverly- 25:58

13. Kailee Myers- Eastern- 26:18

14. Abby McCoy- South Webster- 26:58

15. Natalie Davis- Oak Hill- 27:28

16. Sydney Strite- Oak Hill- 27:42

17. Aleigha Pruitt- Valley- 27:46

18. Charli McClay- Northwest- 27:59

19. Merrill Melvin- Oak Hill- 28:01

20. Dannah Diedrick- Eastern- 28:06

21. Lexi Blair- Wheelersburg- 28:09

22. Jordyn Covcoran- Waverly- 28:22

23. Macy Melvin- Oak Hill- 29:22

24. Emily Brewer- Oak Hill- 29:28

25. Brittany Green- Waverly- 29:35

26. Kayla Stone- Western- 29:39

27. Keionna Riddlebarger- Valley- 29:42

28. Kayla Alley- Eastern- 30:12

29. Sarah Howard- Northwest- 31:13

30. Miranda Melvin- Oak Hill- 31:17

31. Megan Hiles- Wheelersburg- 31:17

32. Chelsey Thompson- Western- 32:32

33. Megan Knox- Valley- 33:26

34. Johelen Taylor- Valley- 33:27

35. Hannah Spohn- Oak Hill- 34:03

36. Kelsey Gaines- Oak Hill- 35:03

37. Kasey Arrowood- Oak Hill- 42:37

Team results:

1. Waverly — 33

2. Oak Hill — 47

3. Wheelersburg — 55

4. Valley — 99

Coach of the Year: Linda Scarberry (Valley)

Boys results

1. Max Conley- Wheelersburg- 17:42

2. Brandon Adams- Wheelersburg- 18:09

3. Tyler Evans- Minford- 18:29

4. JD Widdig- Wheelersburg- 18:40

5. Brian Stiers- Wheelerburg- 18:44

6. Nick Shambo- Western- 18:52

7. Alex Mullins- Wheelersburg- 19:08

8. Joe Wolford- Western- 19:19

9. Devon Applegate- Minford- 19:23

10. Jeffrey McCambridge- Waverly- 19:27

11. Daniel Evory- Waverly- 19:41

12. Skylar Dirst- Western- 19:49

13. Matthew Veach- Minford- 19:50

14. Dolan Lee- Western- 19:54

15. Lee Wartluft- Northwest- 20:03

16. Alex Phipps- Eastern- 20:13

17. Patrick Sloan- Wheelersburg- 20:22

18. Ian Locher- Minford- 20:34

19. Nathan Schaffer- Waverly- 20:38

20. Jake Nickell- Eastern- 20:41

21. Ben Evory- Waverly- 21:02

22. Alex Powell- Minford- 21:04

23. Dustin Sheets- South Webster- 21:11

24. Trenton Stenger- Northwest- 21:14

25. Zak Robrnette- Western- 21:23

26. Adam Salmons- Wheelersburg- 21:32

27. Gaige Robrnette- Western- 21:55

28. Dakota Garrett- Western- 21:57

29. Carlin Hagerty- Oak Hill- 22:23

30. Caleb Mills- Northwest- 22:28

31. Brandon Muck- Minford- 22:31

32. Shane Bush- Northwest- 23:08

33. Rick Besco- Wheelersburg- 23:09

34. Jared Howard- Minford- 23:22

35. Blake Wolf- Western- 23:34

36. Alden Hicks- Clay- 23:35

37. Quin Leslie- Waverly- 23:40

38. Bobby Madden- Clay- 23:45

39. Nick Kallas- South Webster- 23:48

40. Colton Salyers- Oak Hill- 23:56

41. Lgnacio Asado Isac- Eastern- 24:00

42. Evan Martin- South Webster- 24:17

43. Michael Schmidt- Clay- 24:46

44. Cody Hagler- Valley- 25:24

45. Jimmy Madden- Clay- 26:01

46. Michael Woolum- Oak Hill- 27:30

47. Jordan Book- Minford- 27:31

48. Nick Penix- Northwest- 30:09

49. Zak Kiser- Oak Hill- 31:09

50. Robbie McKinney- Minford- 39:46

Team results:

1. Wheelersburg — 19

2. Western — 62*

2. Minford — 62

4. Waverly — 88

5. Northwest — 121

* — Won Tiebreaker

Coach of the Year: Gary Johnson (Wheelersburg)