Pittis leads five Indian Valley girls into Dover's first nineteen
Indian Valley freshman Bridget Pittis finished third at Dover City Parks on September 19, leading five Braves into the first nineteen places a week after the team's sixteen-point victory at Carrollton.
Pittis ran 21:32, behind Berkshire's Claire Passow in 20:32 and Tuscarawas Valley's Josie Eick in 21:25. Rowan Harshey followed in sixth at 22:13, Bailey Herbert eighth in 22:46, Jillian Welch fourteenth in 23:27 and Blaire Harshey nineteenth in 23:57. Indian Valley's first five finished within 2:25.
Sam Wales ran 25:53 and Sadie Holbrook 27:58 to complete the Braves' seven. Dover's official team totals remain unavailable, so no team placing is reported.
Newcomerstown's Clara Allen placed seventeenth in 23:36 and Solee Garland twentieth in 24:39. Buckeye Trail's Kloie Eagon finished 25th in 25:15, and Cambridge's Marley Mathers was 34th in 26:58.
Indian Valley's Nolan Patacca finished second in the boys race in 17:58, behind Norton's Max Goldy at 17:30. Cambridge's Brayden Biddle was sixth in 18:17, and Indian Valley freshman Mason Curran nineteenth in 19:12. Bryson Eckelberry led Newcomerstown in 39th at 20:51, followed by Buckeye Trail's leading runner, Carter Johnson, in 41st at 21:27.
Indian Valley's TJ Linerode led the area middle-school boys finishers in third at 11:56. Buckeye Trail's Emmett Taylor placed fifth in 12:14, and Indian Valley's Todd Fillman eleventh in 12:39. Cambridge's Simon Kanski and Johnny "Jay" Lyons finished 26th and 27th in 13:26 and 13:32. Carrollton's Henry Roudebush won in 11:16.
Cambridge's Sophie Callahan finished twelfth in the middle-school girls race in 14:57, and teammate Ivy Williams eighteenth in 15:22. Buckeye Trail's Kaylie Shull placed 41st in a season-best 17:45.80.
Source: Dover's complete timer results, September 19, 2026, and Kaylie Shull's public XC profile. Report September 20.