Lady Raiders continue winning ways; eye conference championships

Put another "W" in the victory column for the Fryeburg Academy girls cross country team. With the conference championships just around the corner, the Lady Raiders are rounding in top notch form. On Friday they won a five-team meet at Falmouth Country Club. The news on the boy's front, is the young Raiders are starting to make some strides."It's been a tough fall so far for the boys," Bill Reilly, Raiders', head coach, said. "Although we didn't win at Falmouth they are doing much better. I'm hoping everyone can have their best race at the conference championships."The boys from Fryeburg were fifth on the afternoon, scoring 109 points to fall behind Falmouth, 16; Cape Elizabeth, 56; Poland, 87; and St. Doms, 99.Falmouth's Brandon Bansey won the race in 16:50. Leading the way for the Raiders was Craig Baron, 17th, 19:52. He was followed by Joe Langford, 20th, 20:24; Eli Caried, 21st, 20:36; Keegan Ambrose, 23rd, 20:42; and Matt Climo, 29th, 22:15.In the girl's meet, the Raiders scored 28 points to take top honors followed by Cape, 44; Falmouth, 57; Poland, 119; and St. Doms, no score.Karen Egan, of Cape, won the race in 20:46, and was followed by a host of Raiders. Joanna Kinsman led the girls from Fryeburg, placing third overall in 21:30. Stephanie Jette was fourth, 21:32; Mariah Whitney, sixth, 21:59; Mckenzie Walker, seventh, 22:45; Carly Trumann, eighth, 22:48; Amy Winkler, 11th, 23:14; Rebecca Kurnick, 13th, 23:15; and Jen Plowden, 20th, 24:39."The nice thing with the girls is that we're continuing to develop a strong pack," Reilly said. "This was a very good tune-up for us against two very good teams in Falmouth and Cape. The girls heard a good chant from the other teams' supporters, 'Break up that Fryeburg pack.' I like what I'm seeing."Next up for the Raiders are the Western Maine Conference Championships in Greely this weekend. "Division II is much stronger than Division I this year," Reilly said. "I see our chief opponents being Yarmouth, Cape and Falmouth."