Girls Cross Country Capsules

Coach: Karen May

Last Season: 11-6

Home Course: Evansville Lake

Key Losses: Abby Bull, Gina Montecalbo

Key Runners: Lizzi Dyer, So.; Moni Ni, Jr.

Coach's Outlook: "All of our runners are working extremely hard. We expect to be very competitive and continue the tradition of Berwick cross country."

Coach: Paul McGrane

Last Season: 2-15

Home Course: Kirby Park

Coach's Outlook: Still forming the team.

Coach: Fran Gough

Last Season: 9-8

Home Course: Crestwood High School

Key Loss: Hannah Coffin

Key Runner: Allie Kachel, Jr.

Coach's Outlook: "We lost our No.1 girl, Hannah Coffin, to graduation. Three of our next five top runners play soccer, which moved to the fall season, so I am not sure how we are going to look on the girls' side."

Coach: Matt Samuel

Last Season: 15-2

Home Course: Dallas High School

Key Runners: Regan Rome, Jr.; Bryanna Dissinger, Jr.; Lindsey Oremus, Jr.; Maggie Sannick, Jr.

Coach's Outlook: "We're looking to compete with a strong Holy Redeemer team and make our way to the state championships. We have a lot of girls coming back so that gives us an excellent shot to compete on both the district level and the state level. We're looking for a good, consolidated team effort to shake things up a little bit."

Coach: Jeff DeRocco

Last Season: 9-8

Home Course: Hanover Area High School

Key Runners: Peige Antall, Sr.

Coach's Outlook: "Numbers are low on our varsity squad but we return two runners with experience at the state championships. They will make an impact on the medal races toward the end of the season."

Coach: Jason Smolinsky

Last Season: 16-1

Home Course: Valley Elementary/Middle School

Key Runners: Nicole Buerhle, So.; Cassie Papp, Jr.; Briana Papp, Jr.; Angie Marchetti, Jr.; Becki Marchetti, Jr.

Coach's Outlook: "The girls were fourth last year in districts and we have them all back. Now we just have another year of experience. They kind of know what to expect and our lead runner last year is only a freshman so now she has a year underneath her belt. They're looking for big things. I don't see any reason why they couldn't, as a team make, it to states."

Coach: Ed Roman

Last Season: 17-0

Home Course: Kirby Park

Key Loss: Brianna Ligotski

Key Runners: Marissa Durako, Sr.; Rachel Sowinski, Sr.; Cassandra Gill, Sr.; Melissa Cruz, Sr.; Jenna Nitowski, Sr.

Coach's Outlook: "We have a lot more depth than we've had in previous years. We hope to be competing for a district championship once again."

Coach: John Sobocinski

Last Season: 13-4

Home Course: Lake-Lehman High School

Key Losses: Allie Jayne, Shelby Foster, Emily Sutton, Jr.; Kaylee Hillard, Jr.

Key Runners: Sami Sabol, Sr.; Amelia Jenkins, Sr.; Katie Heindels, Sr.

Coach's Outlook: "We lost some quality, young ladies but the three young ladies we have are going to work really hard and they're going to go out and compete each week and we just hope to be better on the girls' side week in and week out. I'm very happy with how these ladies are working for us."

Coach: Erik O'Day

Last Season: 2-15

Home Course: Kirby Park

Key Losses: Ingrid Ritchie, Emmalie Langan, Sr.

Key Runners: Florence Kwok, Sr.; Laura St. Preux, Sr.

Coach's Outlook: "The group has been working really hard so we're hoping for some personal bests this season. Every week we'd like to see the team get better."

Coach: Jon Weaver

Last Season: 5-12

Home Course: MMI Prep

Key Losses: Brianna Simpkins, Brittany Fisher

Key Runners: Kaitlyn Frey, Sr.; Devon Sherwood, Sr.

Coach's Outlook: "We should have a solid five girls that could contend for the division."

Coach: Ed Pascoe

Last Season: 0-17

Home Course: Nanticoke High School

Key Runners: Kayla Gronkowski, Jr.; Becky Morgis, So.; Jules Waclawski, Fr.

Coach's Outlook: "With Becky, Gronkowski and Jules coming up, if we get some numbers, I think we'll be okay."

Coach: Brian Barchik

Last Season: 3-14

Home Course: Northwest Area High School

Key Losses: Rachel Walker, Alicia Stavitzski

Key Runner: Molly Rupert, Sr.

Coach's Outlook: "We don't have a lot of depth but we have high quality. Hopefully the hard work pays off. We have a lot of new people from junior high coming up."

Coach: Joe Struckus

Home Course: Pittston Area High School

Last Season: 14-3

Key Losses: Bianca Bolton, Ashley Menichini

Key Runners: Catherine Lombardo, Sr.; Kristen Lombardo, Sr.; Olivia Lanza, Sr.; Kaitlynn Kuchta, Sr.; Emily Seamon, Sr.

Coach's Outlook: "We're returning most of our key runners from last year so we're looking to improve on last year's record and have an excellent showing at districts.

Coach: Randy White

Last Season: 8-9

Home Course: Wyoming County Fairgrounds

Key Loss: Amelia Ayers

Key Runners: Maggie Toczko, Fr.; Alexa Perbola, So.; Megan Manglaviti, Fr.; Morgan Manglaviti, Fr.

Coach's Outlook: "We're going to be very young. I only have one senior on the whole squad. The lack of experience could hurt us but we should win at least as many meets as we did last year if not more."

Coach: Mike Stefanik

Last Season: 5-12

Home Course: Luzerne County Sports Complex

Key Losses: Sara Radzwilka, Angela Coco, Sarah Crake, Kim Golden, Alison Golden

Key Runner: Amanda Ostrowski, Sr.

Coach's Outlook: "We're a very young team. We have to replace five seniors so I'm going to rely heavily on my freshmen and sophomore runners to pick up the slack. I'm expecting the girls to be fairly competitive in the Wyoming Valley Conference this year."

Coach: John Dickinson

Last Season: 7-10

Home Course: Kirby Park

Key Losses: Katie Perrine, Renatta O'Donnell, Julia Mag, Sally Mooney

Key Runners: Alannah Trombetta, Jr.; Kate Maximov, Sr.; Madison Sweitzer, So.; Kat Rogers, So.

Coach's Outlook: "The outlook is the same for the girls as it was for the boys (we'll be competitive in the single A division and I hope that we improve upon our record from last season) except Alannah Trombetta will be a pretty strong runner. She has potential to go back to states again."

Coach: Anthony Dicton

Last Season: 12-5

Home Course: None

Key Runners: Alex Plant, Sr.; Julia Mericle, Sr.; Amy Paddock, Sr.; Elizabeth Wood, Fr.; Onyoo Park, Jr.

Coach's Outlook (Girls): "The girls should also improve their record with all the veterans they have on their team."