Canton 41st, Potsdam 46th, Tupper 48th in State Competition

2009 Boys Section X
Cross Country Team Standings


Norwood-Norfolk
Canton
Malone
Potsdam
Tupper Lake
Brushton-Moira
Ogdensburg
Massena
Salmon River
Gouverneur
 W-L   Pct.    GB
  9-0    1.000    -
  8-1      .889    1
  7-2      .778    2
  6-3      .667    3
  5-4      .556    4
  5-5      .500    4½
  4-5      .444    5
  0-7      .000    8
  0-7      .000    8
  0-9      .000    9
 
 


Welcome to Section X and Northern Athletic Conference Boys Cross Country.  Start of the NAC Invitational at Ogdensburg.
 

  New York State Championships: November 15, 2009
 2009 Section X Boys Cross Country Results
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009
N.Y.S. Public High School Assn. Championships
at SUNY Plattsburgh  Complete Meet Results listed here


Runners from various section run with tags that list their Section number as the first two digits.  A Section X competitor from Potsdam, Zach Hunt, runs between runners from Sections 8 & 9 across the back stretch of the course.  Among the other top finishers from Section X and VII across the North Country:
Mike Champagne of Seton Catholic in Plattsburgh captured his second-consecutive individual championship.
 

ENG 12th, PIERCE 21st IN STATE CROSS COUNTRY FINALS


Gouverneur's Donovan Adams (1082) runs 19:47 just ahead of AuSable Valley's Jay Campion (725) in the N.Y.S. Cross Country Championships at Plattsburgh.  Norwood-Norfolk's Jon Eng finished 12th in the state in Class D, while Matt Pierce of Canton captured 21st in Class B,  (Coryea photo)  Meet Gallery
Complete State Championship Meet Results listed here

  Potsdam's Seth Hinman (1017) runs between a pair or competitors from Sections 2 and 4.  
 

  Section X Championships: November 5, 2009
 2009 Section X Boys Cross Country Results

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009
Section X Boys Cross Country Championships
Class B

Canton                31
Malone                37
Ogdensburg          62
Massena             inc.
Class C
Potsdam              15
Salmon River       inc.
Gouverneur         inc.
Class D
Tupper Lake         25
Norwood-Norfolk 35
Brushton-Moira    66

Section X Boys Cross Country Top Five Runners
Class B

Matt Pierce (Canton) 16:46.3 (course record)
Corey Lamere (Malone) 17:17.2
Andy Tupper (Canton) 17:41
Alex Wood (Ogdensburg) 17:47.5
Morgan Marlow (Malone) 17:58
Class C
George Morris (Potsdam) 17:50.7
Max Romey (Potsdam) 18:12.5
Thomas Lauzon (Salmon) 18:20.3
Seth Hinman (Potsdam) 18:39.6
James Whitehead (Salmon) 19:25.6
Class D
Jon Eng (N-N) 17:03
Charlie Beaudette (Tupper) 17:35.2
Charlie Bencze (N-N) 18:35,5
Josh Eng (N-N) 18:37.9
Josh Scranton (Tupper) 19:19.2

Canton's Matt Pierce set a course record at the championship, winning the boys’ 3.1-mile event at 16:46.3. Tupper Lake surprised undefeated, sickness-plagued Norwood-Norfolk (season record 9-0) by ten points in the final team tally.
 

TUPPER LAKE UPSETS FLYERS, CANTON, POTSDAM WIN TITLES


Canton’s Matt Pierce (1718) leads the pack just moments after the start of the Boys Cross Country Championship in Massena. Pierce would go on to win the event. Canton won the Section X boys Class B title, Potsdam captured the Class C title and Tupper Lake claimed the Class D crown.  Meet Gallery

Runners from Malone and Norwood-Norfolk head up an incline in a close footrace at the Massena Country Club. 
 

  Meets of Weeks 4-7: October 6-27, 2009
 2009 Section X Boys Cross Country Results
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009
Intersectionals at Malone
Canton Golden Bears         55
Malone Huskies                  59
Norwood Norfolk Flyers     66
Potsdam Sandstoners        83
Tupper Lake Lumberjacks  99
Ogdensburg Blue Devils   134
Brushton-Moira Panthers  200

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009
Norwood-Norfolk 26, Canton 30
Norwood-Norfolk 23, Malone 35
Canton 23, Malone 32
Potsdam 15, Ogdensburg 38
Potsdam 15, Salmon River 50 (inc)
Ogdensburg 15, Salmon River 50 (inc)
Tupper Lake 19, Brushton-Moira 36
Tupper Lake 15, Massena 50 (inc)
Tupper Lake 15, Gouverneur 50 (inc)
Brushton-Moira 15, Massena 50 (inc)
Brushton-Moira 15, Gouverneur 50 (inc)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009
Section X Invitational Meet at Brushton-Moira
Norwood Norfolk Flyers      44
Canton Golden Bears          61
Franklin Academy Huskies  62
Tupper Lake Lumberjacks 110
Potsdam Sandstoners       115
Ogdensburg Blue Devils    138
Brushton Moira Panthers   167
(Other teams incomplete)  Complete Meet Results

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009
Canton 23, Tupper Lake 32
Canton 19, Ogdensburg 35
Tupper Lake 23, Ogdensburg 32
Norwood-Norfolk 15, Brushton-Moira 49
Norwood-Norfolk 15, Gouverneur 50 (inc)
Norwood-Norfolk 15, Salmon River 50 (inc)
Brushton-Moira 15, Gouverneur 50 (inc)
Brushton-Moira 15, Salmon River 50 (inc)
Malone 26, Potsdam 29
Malone 15, Massena 50 (inc)
Potsdam 15, Massena 50 (inc)
 

ENG HEALS & BACK ON TOP; FLYERS SWEEP QUAD MEET


The front seven runners in the front stretch:  Norwood-Norfolk's Jon Eng (2nd from left) led four Flyers, including brother Josh, Kyle Palmer and Ryan Fisher in the early stages of Tuesday's cross country meet at Norfolk.  Also in the top seven were James Whitehead and Tom Lauzon of Salmon River and Gouverneur's Donovan Adams.  Jon Eng finished 13 seconds ahead of Whitehead to rise back to the top, after recovering from injury.  The Flyers swept the Shamrocks, Wildcats and B-M Panthers.  (Bob LaRue photo)  Meet Gallery

Start of Tuesday's race at Norwood-Norfolk, with runners from Salmon River, Brushton-Moira and Gouverneur as well.

  The second tier of runners during an early stretch run.
Josh Eng of Norwood-Norfolk finished fourth, followed in order by N-N's Kyle Palmer, Gouverneur's Donovan Adams, N-N's Dan Colbert, Troy Kovach and Ryan Fisher, and Brushton-Moira's Ryan Bushey to round out the top ten runners.
 

PIERCE LEADS CANTON TO WIN IN INTERSECTIONAL AT MALONE


Canton's Matt Pierce (#154) and Norwood-Norfolk's Jon Eng (#129) hold down the top two spots early in the Intersectional race on Tuesday at Franklin Academy in Malone.  Pierce won the race, while Eng finished second. Canton held on for a narrow four-point win.  (Kyle Coryea photo)  Meet Gallery
View Complete Boys Intersectional Results

Early stage of the Intersectional race.  Canton won the event with 55 points, followed by Malone with 59 and Norwood-Norfolk with 66.
 

WOOD EDGES MORRIS, BUT POTSDAM PREVAILS AT MEET


In a sprint to the finish line in the last 500 feet, Ogdensburg's Alex Wood edges ahead of Potsdam's George Morris by seven-tenths of a second to win the tri-meet at Potsdam.  Wood logged a meet-best 18:14.0.  Both runners outdistanced the rest of the field by 30 seconds.  Meet Gallery

The lead runners from Potsdam, Ogdensburg and Salmon River edge into woods along Clarkson University's cross country trails.  Potsdam's Max Romey took third place, followed by teammate Seth Hinman just 13 seconds later.  Salmon River's James Whitehead improved position to lead the Shamrock running corps with a fifth-place finish.  (Bob LaRue photos)
 

ENG, LAMERE, BEAUDETTE LEAD RUNNERS AT B-M RACE


Norwood-Norfolk's Jon Eng has been back in top form since recovering from an early-season injury.  The Flyers' top cross country runner claimed first place in Tuesday's Northern Athletic Conference run involving all Section X teams, held at Brushton-Moira.  Corey Lamere of Malone finished second, Charlie Beaudette of Tupper Lake was third; Andy Tupper of Canton fourth. (Bob LaRue photo)  Meet Gallery
Complete Boys Meet Results Posted Here

Second set of runners led by Norwood-Norfolk's Ryan Fisher (147) who finished 19th and Jordan Spencer (150) in 22nd.

Another pack or competitors in the backstretch trail near the wooded area at Brushton-Moira.
 

  Meets of Week 1-3: September 15-29, 2009
 2009 Section X Boys Cross Country Results

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
Canton 15, Salmon River 50 (inc)
Canton 15, Massena 50 (inc)
Salmon River & Massena incompletes
Norwood-Norfolk 21, Tupper Lake 37
Norwood-Norfolk 25, Potsdam 31
Potsdam 23, Tupper Lake 34
Malone 25, Ogdensburg 47
Malone 15, Gouverneur 50 (inc)
Malone 15, Brushton-Moira 50 (inc)
Ogdensburg 15, Gouverneur 50 (inc)
Ogdensburg 15, Brushton-Moira 50 (inc)
Gouverneur & Brushton-Moira incompletes

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
N.A.C. Invitational at Ogdensburg
Canton                   50
Malone                   78
Norwood-Norfolk 103
Potsdam               104
Tupper Lake         163
Salmon River        175
Brushton-Moira    240
Massena              incomplete
Gouverneur          incomplete

Top 10 Finishers

Pierce (C) 19:15
Whitehead (SR) 16:35
Beaudette (TL) 16:43
Lamere (Mal) 16:46
Wood (O) 16:56
Lauzon (SR) 16:57
Tupper (C) 16:57
M. Marlow (Mal) 17:10
J, Marlow (Mal) 17:17
Kenney (C) 17:25

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
Canton 22, Potsdam 35
Canton 15, Gouverneur 41
Canton 15, Brushton-Moira 50
Potsdam 22, Brushton-Moira 44
Potsdam 15, Gouverneur 50
Brushton-Moira 15, Gouverneur 50
Norwood-Norfolk 24, Ogdensburg 35
Norwood-Norfolk 15, Massena 50
Ogdensburg 15, Massena 50
Malone 23, Salon River 38
Malone 20, Tupper Lake 43
Tupper Lake 25, Salmon River 32
 

CANTON SWEEPS 4-WAY MEET VS. POTSDAM, WILDCATS & B-M


A Canton runner passes a Potsdam runner in a final sprint to he finish line in Tuesday's season-opening cross country race at Canton High School that also included Gouverneur and Brushton-Moira.  Canton's Matt Pierce finished first, 1:08 ahead of teammate Zach Kenny, as Canton collected wins over all three opponents.  Potsdam finished second, Brushton-Moira third.  (Eric Foote photo)  Meet Gallery

  A runner from Gouverneur sprints the last leg to the finish line in front of the stands at Canton.  Among the front three runners, Pierce completed the event at 16:24. Kenny placed second at 17:32, while Potsdam's George Morris finished third at 17:35..
 

 


 

 


Runners from Potsdam, Tupper Lake and Norwood-Norfolk compete in a tight pack midway through the race.
(Scores and Top 10 finishers listed above; more details right)
 

TUPPER'S BEAUDETTE SETS PACE; N-N FLYERS WIN MEET


Four of the top eight runners congratulate each other following Tuesday's Cross Country Meet at Norwood-Norfolk.  (L-R) Potsdam's Max Romey (7th place), Norwood-Norfolk's Ryan Fisher (8th), Potsdam's George Morris (2nd) and Tupper Lake's Charlie Beaudette who finished first at 17:25, by an 11 second margin.  Norwood-Norfolk won the meet, with Tupper 2nd.  (Bob LaRue photo)  Meet Gallery

Bunched at the start of the race, several Norwood-Norfolk competitors break out to an early lead.

However, by the backstretch headed into the woods, Tupper Lake's Charlie Beaudette began to edge into the lead.  Josh Eng of Norwood-Norfolk finished third, with Kyle Palmer fourth and Graham Stone fifth and Seth Hinman sixth.
 

CANTON BEATS MASSENA & SALMON;  PIERCE SETS PACE


Canton's Matt Pierce set the pace and finished the course in 17:40 to lead the Golden Bears in a sweep over incomplete finishes by Massena and Salmon River. Canton's Andy Tupper finished second. Salmon River's James Whitehead was third.
(Eric Foote photo)  Meet Gallery

A Massena runner is squeezed between two Canton runners on the way up a hill near the one-mile mark.  Massena and Salmon River both had insufficient numbers to complete a full team score and finished with incompletes.
 

CANTON DOMINATES SECTION TEN MEET AT OGDENSBURG


Cross Country runners from all ten Section X schools fight for position at the start of the N.A.C. Invitational meet at O.F.A.  Led by top finisher Matt Pierce of Canton, the Golden Bears dominated the event with a team-best low of 50 points. Malone finished second with 78 points. Salmon River’s James Whitehead was 2nd and Tupper Lake’s Charlie Beaudette 3rd for individual runners.  (Eric Foote photo)  Meet Gallery

 

 

 
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