Freedom and Liberty's girls cross country teams scored two victories apiece last week when the Patriots defeated East Stroudsburg South, 15-47, and East Stroudsburg North, 16-47, and the Hurricanes defeated East Stroudsburg South, 15-48, and East Stroudsburg North, 16-47.

Freedom's Shaina Palmer won the meet in 19:05, and Liberty's Raisa Kochmaruk placed second in 19:55.

The Patriots took the next three spots with Olivia Salerno coming in third in 20:40, Elena Spengler coming in fourth in 21:32, and Bridget Tarnowski placing fifth in 21:34.

"We all fell into a pretty good start together, trailing after Shaina, and throughout, I felt like I could keep accelerating and sprint to the end on the last straightaway. I thought I had a good pacing race and enough at the finish to sprint it out," said Tarnowski.

Spengler decided to sprint it out for the last mile.

"I felt good. I had a nice pace, and I sped up around a mile or so," she said.

The Hurricanes took the following three places with Alicia Valladares placing sixth in 21:47, Julie Vernarr placing seventh in 22:04, and Elaine Davis coming in eighth in 22:34.

Vernarr said, "I get nervous in the beginning, but it felt pretty good [placing seventh]. My strategy was to stay with Alicia. I was a little bit ahead, and then she passed me in the middle, but I stayed with her. My coach [Mark Will-Weber] told me to pick it up by the sidewalk."

Sarah Dunn from Freedom placed tenth in 22:55.

East Stroudsburg North and East Stroudsburg South defeated Bethlehem Catholic by the same score, 15-50.

Lauren Hine placed 34th for the Hawks in 30:19.

"In the beginning, I just tried to stay with everybody and slowly pass people. I've been sick for a week, so my coach told me to run it like a practice, but I tried [harder]. It was my best time for this year," Hine said.