Bethlehem Catholic, Freedom, and Liberty's girls cross country teams scored two victories apiece over Pocono Mountain East and Pocono Mountain West last week.

The Hurricanes defeated the Cardinals, 19-44, and the Panthers, 15-50.

Liberty sophomore, Raisa Kochmaruk, took first place overall with a time of 19:07. Alicia Valladares placed 7th in 21:18, Julie Vernarr came in 10th in 21:49, and Delaney Davis was 12th with a time of 22:16, all for the Hurricanes.

Davis said, "Earlier in the year, I was running 6:40s, so I've been slowing it down to 7:00, which helps in the end so I can have a kick of some kind. Today, I p.r.'d for the year. What I think helped was that it was the second consecutive week running this course. One Beca girl was pretty close to me the whole time, so it took a lot of sprint power [at the end]. I was really happy."

The Patriots defeated the Cardinals, 19-43, and the Panthers, 15-50.

Freedom senior, Shaina Palmer, placed second overall with a time of 19:19. Olivia Salerno came in 6th in 21:09, Elena Spengler was 7th in 21:10, and Bridget Tarnowski placed 11th with a time of 22:06, all for the Patriots.

The Hawks defeated the Cardinals, 19-39, and the Panthers, 15-50.

Bethlehem Catholic junior, Kassi Yocco, placed third overall with a time of 19:25.

"I tried to stay with the pack. For the first mile, I wanted to do a nice mile, and then keep the same pace in the second because I knew I would be getting tired, and then I picked it up in the third mile," said Yocco.

Rowan Pepe placed 5th in 20:08, and Lauren Bunke came in 9th with a time of 21:24, both for the Hawks.

"There was a 50 to 70 yard gap between the first group and me. I had a pretty good race. I think I got a p.r., just above 20:10," Pepe said.