2022 NY Boys XC Preview: Class D

Perry King

Tri-Valley (Bears)


States Teams:   1975 (C-6th), 1976 (C-3rd), 1977 (C-3rd), 1988 (C-2nd), 1990 (C-3rd), 1991 (C-2nd), 1997 (C-6th), 1999 (D-2nd), 2000 (D-5th), 2017 (D-9th), 2021 (D-1st)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers):  Eric Dixon (1974, C-4th), Dave Parker (1976, C-9th) (1977, C-9th), Mark Rosenshein (1988, C-7th), Chip Furman (1988, C-8th) (1989, C-6th), 1990 (C-1st), Kristian Agnew (1988, C-10th) (1989, C-5th), Joseph Iatauro (1997, C-5th) (1998, C-2nd) (1999, D-5th), Travis Wolfe (2003. D-10th) (2004, C-7th), Adam Furman (2021, D-2nd), Greg Costa (2021, D-10th)

Last Year's Summary:  1st in States D, 1st in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Adam Furman
12
1
2
183
Craig Costa
11
2
10
154
Van Furman
10
3
17
149
Vincent Mingo
12
7
24
139
Thomas Houghtaling
12
14
77
116
Connor Weyant
11
18
86
106

Outlook: The Bears' chances for a repeat States title and a sweep of the team and individual titles look pretty solid. Adam Furman is the considerable favorite for the win this year, and Craig Costa and Van Furman are back as States medalists and Vincent Mingo was in the top 25. If TV's schedule is anything like last year's early season cooker, we should know soon how well set they are at the back of the lineup as help will be needed there to replace departed senior Caleb Edwards.

Arkport-Canaseraga (Wolves)


States Teams:   2019 (D-3rd), 2021 (D-2nd)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers):  Brian Gowiski (2007, D-7th), Casey Wellington (2009, D-10th), Jeremiah Ford (2019, D-7th), Pierce Young (2021, D-3rd)

Last Year's Summary:  2nd in States D, 1st in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Pierce Young
12
1
3
174
Salim Ford
11
9
20
145
Ibrahim Ford
9
3
22
145
Brayden Brewster
12
7
25
142
Dylan Cannon
12
79
94
91
Jacob Broughton
12

98
91

Outlook: The Wolves will be strong contenders again for the States title with 3rd place finisher Pierce Young and top-25 guys Salim and Ibrahim Ford and Brayden Brewster. The big question after losing #5 guy Cameron Williams to graduation is whether that spot can be filled from a pretty thin roster. If not, holding off a deeper Oakfield-Alabama team in the S5-D contest will be difficult since last year there were 151 guys and 116 team-runner finishers in that race.

Oakfield-Alabama (Hornets)


States Teams:   1983 (C-9th), 1991 (C-10th), 2004 (D-3rd), 2005 (D-3rd), 2006 (D-4th), 2018 (D-4th)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers):  Mike Kinsley (1983, C-6th), Eugene Peterson (2002, D-10th) (2003, D-9th), Kevin Grazioplene (2008, D-8th), Derek McIntire (2019, D-8th), Connor Domoy (2021, D-7th)

Last Year's Summary:  2nd in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Connor Demoy
11
2
7
163
Logan Clark
10
4
39
144
Carlton Yasses
12
23

131
Eli Williams
10
24

130
Mason Cadieux
12
20

126
Chad Ohlson
12
25

125
Kyle Porter
12
30

124

Outlook: The Hornets' entire varsity is back this year headed by States 7th-place finisher Connor Domoy, but the gap between them and S5-D champ Arkport was 34 points. Some upward movement is needed for Oakfield-Alabama's top 5 this year, and since two of guys were freshmen in 2021, that seems very likely.

Port Jefferson (Royals)


States Teams:   1952 (B-1st), 1953 (B-1st), 1958 (A-2nd), 1964 (A-2nd), 1965 (A-2nd), 1974 (C-1st), 1975 (B-2nd), 1976 (B-1st), 1977 (B-2nd), 1978 (B-5th), 1979 (B-4th), 1980 (B-7th), 1982 (B-4th),1983 (B-4th), 2000 (D-8th), 2001 (D-4th), 2002 (D-7th), 2003 (D-10th), 2004 (D-7th), 2005 (D-5th), 2006 (C-9th), 2007 (C-7th), 2009 (D-5th), 2010 (C-6th), 2011 (C-5th), 2013 (D-5th), 2017 (C-9th), 2018 (C-4th), 2019 (C-3rd), 2021 (D-7th)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers):  Mike Caraftis (1952, B-1st) (1953, B-1st), Melvin Solomon (1953, B-10th), Fred Zittel (1961, A-1st), Lee Jordan (1964, A-3rd), Brian Tolvanen (1970, B-9th) (1971, C-2nd), Joel Carpenter (1976, B-6th), Steve Breit (1987, A-4th) (1989, A-6th), Matt Vanlierop (1990, A-7th), Eric Fleckenstein (1999, D-3rd), Brendan Sullivan (1999, D-4th) (2000, D-3rd) (2001, D-2nd), Sean Sullivan (2002, D-4th), James Burke (2013, C-3rd) (2014, C-6th)

Last Year's Summary:  7th in States D, 1st in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Brendan Capodanno
12
4
44
141
Colin Veit
10
5
61
133
Andrew Schretzmayer
11
8
69
128
Carmen Stanton
11
7
92
126
Ryan Sommerstad
10
9
71
125
Tepel Fukoto
12
10
80
123

Outlook: The Royals have everyone except #2 guy Joyner Gray back from last year, and they have enough depth to likely win a 5th straight S11-D title but also move well up from their 7th place finish at States last year.

Frewsburg (Bears)


States Teams:   1998 (C-4th), 2000 (D-4th), 2001 (D-10th)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers):  Cameron Smith (1998, C-6th), Trevor Cable (1999, D-10th) (2000, D-1st)

Last Year's Summary:  4th in States D, 1st in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Xander Pitts
11
9
--
134
Micah Barber
12
7
60
133
Juvenal Diaz
11
10

130
Cody Kent
10
14

126
Noah Collins
12
19

114

Outlook: The Bears have not made a visit to States in more than two decades, but this could be their best opportunity to go there with last year's largely intact varsity back. Perennial S6-D champ Maple Grove lost two of their top 4 four, but Frewsburg will need to recruit a few more younger runners because the squad is very thin.

Tully (Black Knights)


States Teams:   2000 (D-1st), 2002 (D-2nd), 2003 (D-1st), 2006 (C-1st), 2007 (C-2nd)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers):  Sean Reinhardt (2000, D-10th), Lopez Lomong (2001, D-3rd) (2002, C-1st) (2003, D-1st), Dominic Luka (2002, C-2nd) (2003, D-2nd), Mike Heymann (2006, C-5th), Scott VanderMolen (2006, C-5th), Chris Burke (2007, C-3rd)

Last Year's Summary:  2nd in Sectionals
Roster
Runner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Ian Rauber
12
9

145
Ryan Mize
12
8

141
Jonathan Piano
12
27

120
Zeke Mohat
10
66

113
Ben Petruccio
12
32

111
Logan Bowers
10


93

Outlook: It's been 15 years since the Black Knights have been to States as they have usually been overwhelmed by the Beaver River legions. The Beavers lost two of their top 3 while Tully lost States finalist Connor Jackson, and there may be just enough of an opening for seniors Ian Rauber and Ryan Mize to lead a Black Knights' upset of the team they lost to by 17 points in last year's S3-D race.

Beaver River (Beavers)


States Teams:   1966 (C-5th), 1967 (C-4th), 1968 (C-5th), 1973 (C-5th), 1983 (C-1st), 1984 (C-1st), 1985 (C-1st), 1986 (C-1st), 1987 (C-1st), 1988 (C-1st), 1989 (C-2nd), 1990 (C-4th), 1991 (C-4th), 1992 (C-2nd), 1993 (C-1st), 1994 (C-1st), 1995 (C-2nd), 1996 (C-1st), 1997 (C-1st), 1998 (C-1st), 1999 (C-1st), 2004 (D-4th), 2007 (D-1st), 2008 (D-1st), 2009 (D-2nd), 2010 (D-4th), 2011 (D-3rd), 2012 (D-3rd), 2014 (D-1st), 2017 (D-1st), 2018 (D-1st), 2019 (D-1st), 2021 (D-3rd)
States Individuals (Top 10 finishers):   Barry Austin (1983, C-3rd), James Zehr (1983, C-9th), Brian Nortz (1984, C-5th) (1986, C-6th), Todd Buckingham (1985, C-8th) (1986, C-10th), Matt Wallack (1985, C-10th), Scott Moore (1986, C-7th) (1987, C-3rd), Jeremy Zehr (1988, C-3rd), Don Neddo (1988, C-9th), Jeffrey Lyndaker (1990, C-4th), Jeff Lachausse (1992, C-9th) (1993, C-3rd) (1994, C-7th), Mike Walesman (1994, C-4th) (1996, C-1st), Brian Emery (1996, C-8th (1997, C-2nd) (1998, C-1st) (1999, C-1st), John Flynn (1997, C-10th), Tom Scarpinato (1998, C-4th) (1999, D-7th) (2000, D-7th), Chad Dean (1998, C-10th), Bill Gelling (1999, D-8th), Mike Ardison (1999, D-9th), Justin Munger (2004, D-8th), Matt Cheney (2008, D-4th) (2009, D-2nd) (2010, D-1st), Logan Kempney (2010, D-8th) (2011, D-3rd), Connor Demo (2016, D-9th), Colton Kempney (2017, D-4th) (2018, D-2nd) (2019, D-2nd) (2021, D-1st), Cory Demo (2018, D-3rd)(2019, D-3rd), Josiah Evan (2018, D-6th) (2019, D-4th)

Last Year's Summary:  3rd in States D, 1st in Sectionals

Roster

RUnner
Grade
Section Place
States Place
Speed Rating
Conner Zehr
11
4
11
156
Ethans Moore
12
16
50
131
Tyler Boliver
10
19
57
122
Mason Zehr
9
33
76
118
Julian Moore
11
45

103
Micah Olmstead
11
58

91

Outlook: Last year Colton Kempney claimed the Beavers' fifth States individual title after finishing 2nd in both 2018 and 2019 as a freshman and sophomore, but BR's last States team champ was way back in 2019, which seems like an eon ago for a team that has scored a record 18 crowns. After the departure of Kempney and 28th-place States finisher Brayden Campeau, it will be up to junior 11th-place States medalist Connor Zehr and his freshman brother Mason to be leading the Beaver campaign for a fifth straight sectional title and a 19th state championship, a march that began back in the 1980s when another pair of Zehr brothers were helping to lead the charge.