CC continues winning streak, start 2-0

Ellwood City Cross Country picked up where they left off last year as the regular season section winning streak continues as the Wolverines defeated the Lancers and Lions on Tuesday this week.

Talk about winning streaks - now to 22 straight victories in section play, dating back now two years plus as the Wolverines are looking for not only their third section title in a row, but also doing by defeating all of their section opponents.

EC VS. NESHANNOCK

The Wolverines defeated the Lancers 24-33 to pick up the victory while posting a team average of 19:51.71 and an overall time of 1:39:18.56. Leading the charge for the Wolverines was Bradley Custer finishing 2nd overall with a time of 19:15.87 along with Ian Stoneking finishing 3rd overall with a time of 19:17.59. Overall 1st place went to the Lancers’ Brendan Burns who finished with a time of 17:58.57.

EC VS. NEW BRIGHTON

Wolverines picked up the second win easily over the Lions, winning 15-45. Bradley Custer’s results had him place 1st against the Lions, while Ian Stoneking finished 2nd. Wolverines picked up 3rd through 5th as well to the likes of Drew Steffler, Nick Wise, and Kaden Schlichtkrull. Will White finished 6th overall to pace the Lions in the 30 point loss.

Check out the results from the first meet below on the Cross Country sports page on the ECS website.

EC will now wait till Tuesday of next week as they will travel to Freedom to take on the Bulldogs and Laurel Spartans in a tri-meet slated for 3:30 PM.