ON TAP TODAY: CROSS COUNTRY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, REGIONAL VOLLEYBALL RULE THE DAY (2018-11-10)

Tioga County Sports Report
TIOGA COUNTY - The Owego boys cross country team leads a contingent of 16 Tioga County competitors to Long Island for the NYSPHSAA state championships. The meet is being held on the grueling 5K course at Sunken Meadow State Park in Kings Point.

Capping the day will be the Owego volleyball team, seeking yet another trip to the state championships in Glens Falls as it compete in the regional final in Cross River.

CROSS COUNTRY
State Championships
Boys Class B
Senior Nate Bowers leads the two-time Section IV champion Indians, who begin the next-to-last race of the day at noon. Joining him will be classmates Cameron Szabo, Gavin Watkins, Eaan Hackett and Lewis Race and Owego juniors Joel Choynowski and James McDonald.

Boys Class C
Newark Valley freshman Jonny Sherwood and SVEC sophomore Calum Avery placed third and fourth, respectively, at sectionals to qualify for states. Waverly sophomore Collin Wright, who placed eighth and was an alternate, has earned a spot and is also making the trip to the island race. The final race of the day starts at 12:30 p.m.

Girls Class B
Owego seniors Brittany Sanguinito and Jenna Hunsinger, and sophomore Mary-Carol Hoover will represent their school in the 10 a.m. race.

Girls Class C
Newark Valley senior Marissa Silba, coming off a Section IV individual title, looks to finish high. Joining her in the 10:30 a.m. race will be classmate Sophie Stewart and Waverly junior Sheridan Talada.

VOLLEYBALL
Class B Regional Final
Owego (16-2) vs. Ardsley (18-2), at John Jay-Cross River, 4 p.m.
The Indians have won three Class B state titles in the past five years and are hoping to go back-to-back for the first time. To do that they have to get past the Panthers, who knocked off top-seeded Pearl River in the Section I championship match and come in riding a 16-match win streak.

Ardsley boasts highly-touted sophomore hitter Rory McNerney.

Owego battled past nemesis Windsor in five sets to win Class B honors, then turned away Section IX champion Red Hook in the regional semis. The Indians are led by all-state senior setter Grace Thomas.