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Chambersburg Girls Place Sixth at Carlisle Invitational

by Ed Gotwals

Chambersburg’s girls cross country team placed sixth at the Carlisle Invitational on Saturday, scoring 240 points against a field that included several top teams. Dallastown won with 86 points.

Natalie Quinn led the Trojans by finishing sixth on the 5,000-meter course in 18:15.5. Lilly Spohn placed 24th in 19:14.1, while Taliya Raber finished 66th in 20:47.5. Bella Rife placed 81st, Kaylie Savage was 83rd, Maggie Holtry took 92nd and Atlea Pereschuk finished 99th.

The Chambersburg boys placed ninth among 30 teams in the Challenge Division with 275 points. Liam Coy led the Trojans in 32nd place with a time of 16:42.5, his first sub-17-minute performance. Boston Vincenti, Cole Lehman, Tobias Willson and Aaron Goshorn also scored. In the junior varsity race, Chase Goshorn placed second and Alexander Kalathas finished fourth.

Liam Coy

In boys soccer, State College defeated Chambersburg 2-1 in a Mid Penn Commonwealth game. Levi Findley scored for the Trojans in the 58th minute on an assist from Deklin Shank. State College scored twice from set pieces during the final 15 minutes. Chambersburg fell to 4-4 overall and 1-3 in the conference.

Levi Findley

Published with Permission from Mid Penn Broadcasting. Read the full story here: https://thesportspage.blog/2026/09/26/chbg-roundup-trojan-girls-place-6th-in-carlisle-x-c-race/

Franklin County Employees Raise $7,224 for United Way

Franklin County employees raised $7,224.12 for the United Way of Franklin County through the organization’s annual fundraising campaign. A total of 139 employees across 26 departments participated through monthly dress-down

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