JD Tette wins 3rd X-Country title in a row

Rob Maeske The Chronicle-Express Cross Country Sectionals Nov. 5 Section V Championships at Letchworth State Park Class C

Penn Yan’s JD Tette won the boys’ race, securing his third straight Sectional Cross Country title, with PYA taking third overall in points. A Senior this year, Tette has had an impressive varsity career in XC and is indisputably one of Penn Yan Academy’s best all-time runners in the school’s history. Marcus Whitman finished first overall in the boys’ race, with Fletcher Dickmann taking second place and Brendan Laity taking third. In the girls’ race, Midlakes’ Katelyn Wilkes came in first, while Dansville won in overall points.

Boys Team Results: 1 - Marcus Whitman 62, 2 - Waterloo 109, 3 - Penn Yan 120, 4 - Livonia 124, 5 - Newark 125

Boys Individual Results: 1 - JD Tette (Penn Yan, 16:19), 2 - Fletcher Dickmann (Marcus Whitman, 17:26), 3 - Brendan Laity (Marcus Whitman, 17:31), 4 - Alston Anaya-Hernandez (North Rose-Wolcott), 5 - Kaleb Swartley (Waterloo, 17:44)

Girls Team Results: 1- Dansville 48, 2 - Wayland-Cohocton 95, 3 - Waterloo 99, 4 - Midlakes 102, 5 - Attica 117, 8 - Marcus Whitman 160

Girls Individual Results: 1 Katelyn Wilkes (Midlakes, 19:04), 2 - Addi Bree (Waterloo, 19:49), 3 - Charlotte Blake (LeRoy, 20:20), 4 - Bailey Nixon (Attica, 20:38), 5 Emma Ubbink (Midlakes, 20:38)

Class D Arkport-Canaseraga did well, taking first place overall for the boys, with Connor Domoy winning the boys race, improving from a second- place finish last year, and taking second in the girls race. Bloomfield/ Naples’ Jude Rischpater and Drew Reigelsperger came in second and third (respectively) in the boys’ race, faring much as they had throughout the season, as the BN runners often found themselves at the top of the pack and within one finishing spot of each other at meets this fall. Erica Reigelsperger was Bloomfield/ Naples’ top runner in the girls’ race, finishing 11th.

Boys Team Results: 1 - Arkport-Canaseraga 55, 2 - Oakfield-Alabama 61, 3 - Bloomfield/Naples 93, 4 - HAC 150, 5 - Byron-Bergen 178, Dundee/ Bradford (DNP) Boys Individual Results: 1 - Connor Domoy (Oakfield-Alabama, 15:57), 2 Jude Rischpater (Bloomfield/Naples, 16:12), 3 - Drew Reigelsperger (Bloomfield/Naples, 16:38), 4 - Pierce Young (Arkport-Canaseraga, 16:54), 5 - Logan Clark (Oakfield-Alabama, 17:03)

Girls Team Results: 1 - Addison 44, 2 - Arkport-Canaseraga 95, 3 Oakfield-Alabama 109, 4 - Honeoye 144, 5 - Williamson 160

Girls Individual Results: 1 - Faith Skowvron (Addison, 19:01), 2 - Tea Malone-Bonacci (HAC, 19:42), 3 Kylie Paylor (Clyde-Savannah 19:53), 4 - Emma O’Neill (Hammondsport, 20:09), 5 - Jenna Franklin (Arkport-Canaseraga, 20:15)

Football Sectionals Nov. 4 Class C Semifinals (#3) Attica 25, (#2) Penn Yan/Dundee 7 After a strong season, where they put up an average of 41 points a game and won five of the nine games in their schedule by 30 or more points, including a 57-0 blowout against Waterloo, the Penn Yan/ Dundee Scottish Mustangs ended their Sectional run with a heartbreaking home-turf loss to the Attica Blue Devils.

Attica took an early lead, scoring the only TD in the first quarter, though PYD blocked the extra point, keeping the Devils at six. The teams looked evenly matched through the first half, with PYD forcing a turnover on downs early in the second quarter. The Mustangs had to fight hard to get to the red zone and once there struggled initially to get the ball over the line, but a carry into the endzone by Bryant Van Housen followed by a successful extra point by Owen Bishop put PYD ahead 7-6 going into the half.

Both teams continued to battle in the third, but a quarterback keeper from the Devils just past the five-minute mark put Attica ahead once again, with an incomplete twopoint conversion bringing the score to 12-7 for the Devils. Things started to break down for PYD after a Mustangs fumble resulted in another Attica TD, followed by another failed conversion.

PYD had trouble containing Devils RB Landyn Thomas throughout the second half, with Thomas running Attica’s third touchdown midway in the fourth, followed by a successful point after. PYD’s frustrations really began to show in the final minutes of the game, and an interception by Attica’s Clayton Bezon with four minutes left seemed to seal the deal for the Devils.

Overall, PYD quarterback Carter Earl completed 19/31 throws for 181 yards and got picked off once. Van Housen led the Mustangs in carries, running the ball six times, once for a TD. PYD’s top receiver was Tone Druker, who caught the ball five times for 59 yards. Ashtian Dunning made four catches and Caden Dixon made five for PYD, adding 43 yards a piece. Despite some missteps in the second half, the Mustangs’ showed a strong defense, with Reed Bouchard, Jaxson Enos, David Young and Bryant Van Housen each making nine tackles, Bouchard also recovering a fumble. The win earned Attica a spot in the Class C Finals against East Rochester/Gananda, who entered the tournament as the 4th-seed, winning a close 22-21 upset win over the fi rst-seeded LeRoy in their Semifi nal game. That game is scheduled for Nov. 12 at 3 p.m. at SUNY Brockport.

PYD has much of its starting lineup graduating after the 2022 season, with Seniors on the roster including Carter Earl, Anthony Druker, Caden Dixon, Ashtian Dunning, Wyatt Walters, Nick Slavick, Owen Bishop, Jon Bell, Nate Murphy, Michael Layton, Tyler Teeter, and Mason Czymmek. The Scottish Mustangs finished out the season with a total overall record of 7-2, going 6-1 in the regular season and finishing in second place in the Class C points standings.

JD Tette wins 3rd X-Country title in a row

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