Rams' Steele shows mettle with honor

October 19, 2009

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. -- Shepherd University return man Deante Steele tied an NCAA career record Saturday to earn WVIAC special teams player of the week for third time this season.

Steele ran back his 10th career kick return for a touchdown in the Rams' 31-30 loss to West Liberty. The 86-yard kickoff return equaled the conference and NCAA Division II record, held by three other players, including former Shepherd star James Rooths. He also had nine tackles and two pass breakups as a defensive back.

PREP CROSS COUNTRY

Mid Penn Championships

BIG SPRING, Pa. -- Chambersburg placed three girls in the top 10 and Dan Pattie finished 13th to pace the Trojans to top team finishes in the Mid Penn Championships on Saturday.

McKenzie Doyle finished fourth with Maeve Charlesworth taking seventh and Alayna Merkle was ninth as Chambersburg had 62 points to finish a close second to Cumberland Valley for the girls team title. Cumberland Valley scored 58 points, paced by individual champion Leigha Anderson's winning time of 20:18 over the 5K course.

Patti ran a 17:45 to finish 13th and lead Chambersburg to a third-place finish with 135 points. Cumberland Valley won the title with 65 points.

Girls

Team results

1. Cumberland Valley 58, 2. Chambersburg 62, 3. Shippensburg 118, 4. Carlisle 130, 5. Lower Dauphin 154, 6. Hershey 197, 7. Northern York 197, 8. Palmyra 199, 9. Boiling Springs 257, 10. Cedar Cliff 287, 11. Central Dauphin 353, 12. Mechanicsburg 355, 13. James Buchanan 368, 14. CD East 396, 15. Camp Hill 440, Susquehanna Township 452, 17. Bishop McDevitt 511, 18. Red Land 530, 19. West Perry 533, 20. Milton Hershey 551, 21 Gettysburg 559, 22. Waynesboro 676. Incomplete -- Greencastle-Antrim.

Individual Results

Chambersburg -- 4. McKenzie Doyle 20:39.95, 7. Maeve Charlesworth 20:46.99, 9. Alayna Merkle 20:49.73, 20. Laurie Jones 21:19,43, 25. Hayley Jones 21:35.55.

James Buchanan -- 58. Keegan Reed, 22:55.28, 60. Courtney Bernecker 23:08.00, 62. Jenny Linowski 23:15.98, 74. Heather Sempowski 23:32.80, 138. Rochelle Timmons 25:55.56.

Waynesboro -- 116. Kelsey Nair 24:54.71, 129. Alexandria Correll 25:22.83, 152. Marina Simkins 27:56.09, 158. Keirston Kauffman 30:14.14, 162. Courtney Friese 31:41.18.

Greencastle-Antrim -- 23. Charmayne McFadden 21:24.33, 29. Mary Ward 21:46.98, 34. Kari Mellott, 21:52.29.

Boys

Team results

1. Cumberland Valley 65, 2. Carlisle 111, 3. Chambersburg 135, 4. Palmyra 150; 5. Hershey 168, 6. Central Dauphin 191, 7. Red Land 219, 8. Northern York 259, 9. Cedar Cliff 268, Milton Hershey 270, 11. CD East 299, 12. Waynesboro 310, 13. Boiling Springs 312, 14. East Pennsboro 348, 15. Gettysburg 376, 16. Lower Dauphin 389, 17. Susquenita 397, 18. Mechanicsburg 463, 19. Shippensburg 507, 20. Big Spring 539, 21. West Perry 555, 22. James Buchanan 594, 23. Harrisburg 657, 24. Bishop McDevitt 801. Incomplete -- Greencastle-Antrim.

Individual Results

Chambersburg -- 13. Dan Patti 17:45.77, 23. Scott Morrison 18:15.70, 29. Danny Klink 18;19.90, 32. Nick Rotz 18:22.64, 38. Garrett Myers 18:34.84,

Waynesboro -- 18. Kyle Phillips 18:05.60, 51. Philip Bautista 18:50.48, 60. Joseph Needham 19:02.98, 66. Andrew Cole 19:10.39, 118. Nick Fetterhoff 20:10.30.

James Buchanan -- 68. Nathaniel Marshall 19:15.97, 96. Anthony Myers 19;43.67, 119. Williams Rice 20:10.95, 156. Clayton Heebner 21:32.56, 175. John Hook 23:17.97.

Greencastle-Antrim -- 83. Daulton Monn 19:32.56, 89. Brandon Thursh 19:37.67, 151. Mike Hohl 21:21.81, 161. Justin Meridith 21:51.53.