ON TAP TODAY: ATHENS DUO RUNS AT PIAA CROSS COUNTRY MEET; WAVERLY GIRLS PLAY FOR FIRST-EVER SECTION IV SOCCER TITLE (2024-11-02)

Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Athens senior Sara Bronson and sophomore Graham Wanck look to improve on last year's finishes today at the PIAA Cross Country Championships, while Waverly plays for its first-ever Section IV girls soccer title in Saturday's headliners.

CROSS COUNTRY
Sara Bronson, Graham Wanck at PIAA Championships @ Hershey: Bronson, who finished 56th last year and 54th as a sophomore, will run in her fourth state meet.

Wanck finished 53rd as a freshman, clocking in at 17:29.

GIRLS SOCCER
Section IV Playoffs
Class B Finals
1-Waverly (12-4) vs. 3-Chenango Forks (9-6-1), 1 p.m. @ Wright National Soccer Complex, Oneonta: The Wolverines advanced with a 2-0 win over fourth-seeded Lansing last week, while the Blue Devils advanced with a win over seventh-seeded Union Springs-Port Byron.

Waverly's four losses this season are to unbeaten and state-ranked Chenango Valley, which is in the Class A finals, and Class AA finalist Horseheads, and Section III's Central Valley Academy.

Two of Chenango Forks' losses this season came to Waverly — 1-0 at Waverly on Sept. 21, and 2-0 at Forks on Oct. 5.

These two teams have a history in the Section IV finals as the Blue Devils kept the Wolverines in title in three straight seasons (2016-18). Forks went on to win state titles in 2016 and '18.


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