KNOX, Pa. — Clarion’s Nathaniel Lerch and Karns City’s Rebecca Pennington were named the KSAC boys’ and girls’ cross country MVPs in a voting by the league’s coaches.

(Photo: Nathaniel Lerch of Clarion (left) and Rebecca Pennington of Karns City (right) were the KSAC Cross Country MVPs)

Lerch helped Clarion finish second at the District 9 Class 1A meet and qualify for the PIAA Championships as a team by taking 11th at the D9 meet (17:45). He then followed that up by placing 69th at the PIAA meet (17:54) helping the Bobcats to a 12th-place finish in the state.

Pennington medaled at the PIAA Class 2A meet finishing 19th in a time of 19:44. This after she finished second in District 9 in a time of 19:53.

Here are the complete all-conference teams:

BOYS’ MVP: Nathaniel Lerch, Clarion
GIRLS’ MVP: Rebecca Pennington, Karns City

BOYS’ FIRST TEAM

Daniel Fisher, Cranberry
Dawson Steele, Keystone
Nick Schill, Clarion
Andrew Forrest, Clarion-Limestone
Logan Johnson, Cranberry
Noah Schill, Clarion
Daniel Ketner, Clarion

GIRLS’ FIRST TEAM

Tifany Berry, Cranberry
Kalynne Ziegler, Cranberry
Chelsea McKissick, Cranberry
Katie Craig, Clarion
Haley Bauer, North Clarion
Rachel Bauer, North Clarion
Lauren Varsek, Cranberry

BOYS’ SECOND TEAM

Frank Weber, Clarion
Conrad Lloyd, Keystone
Hunter O’Neil, Cranberry
Brandon Forrest, Cranberry
Gavin Schmoll, Karns City
Josh Homan, North Clarion
Tye Sapien, A-C Valley/Union
Vinnie Gazzo, A-C Valley/Union

GIRLS’ SECOND TEAM

Miranda Beichner, Cranberry
Taylor Geer, Keystone
Addison Shaftic, North Clarion
Ashley Finch, Cranberry
Hannah Rittenhouse, Clarion-Limestone
Abigail Barris, A-C Valley/Union
Carley Schreck, Cranberry