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1987 Boys' Cross Country State Champions
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1987 Boys' Cross Country State Champions
The 1987 Boys’ North East Cross Country team, led by team captains Justin Jones Lantzy and Shane Munger, developed into a championship team over the course of the season.  Despite only winning one major invitational race, the McDowell Invitational, and losing to a strong General McLane team in September, the Grapepickers finished strong, dominating the County Meet, winning by almost 28 points and winning the District X Meet by a one point margin, slipping by Union City and Mercer who tied with 77 points.
Running their best race of the year on the Blue Course at Penn State, the team of Justin Jones-Lantzy, Joel Keith, Shane Munger, Dave McCombs, Jeff Stoddard, Tom O’Leary, and Doug Travis scored 231 points as they outran Green Castle- Antrim by 28 points.  District rivals Mercer and Union City were far behind scoring 402 and 468 points respectively.
On a bright crisp day Justin led his team running a time of 16:23 finishing in 4^th place.  He was followed by teammates Joel Keith 14^th in 16:41, Shane Munger 56^th  in 17:22, Dave McCombs 57^th in 17:22, Jeff Stoddard 100^th  in 17:41,  Tom O’Leary 117^th in 17:41, and Doug Travis 144^th in 18:04.
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1987 Girls' Cross Country State Champions
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1987 Girls' Cross Country State Champions
North East High School clinched the 1987 PIAA Class AA State Championship XC title, competing against 189 runners. Under the guidance of Coach Ted Miller, the team secured first place with a score of 231, outperforming the second-place team, Eastern York, by 60 points. Roberta Raszkowski led the team with a first-place, All-State title. Cindy Koch earned 21st, Holly Bemiss finished 44th, Chris Boland placed 64th, and Julie Clougherty rounded out the team’s scoring in 101st place. Tammy Kimmy and Jill Clougherty also delivered solid performances, finishing 121st and 130th, respectively. Darci Allen served as the team’s alternate.
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1988 Boys' Cross Country State Champions
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1988 Boys' Cross Country State Champions
The 1988 North East Boys’ Cross Country team returned several runners from the previous year’s State Championship team, adding Jamie Seeley a first-year senior.  With a seasoned, experienced team the boys dominated several major championship races including the McDowell Invitational and the Central Catholic Invitational and finishing unbeaten in dual meet competition.  The team also dominated the County and District X meets.
Early in the season, Dallas from District 3 won the prestigious Spiked Shoe Invitational, scoring 98 points while the Pickers ended in 4^th place with 139 points.  At the State Championship race at Indiantown Gap, on a cold, wet, day, running in muddy conditions, the Pickers proved to be the best team as they ran an excellent team race to outrun Dallas and every other team in the State.  The Pickers ended with 205 points with Dallas scoring 221.
Justin Jones-Lantzy led the way, finishing 5^th in 16:03. Justin was followed by Joel Keith in 10^th place in 16:17; Dave McCombs 21^st in 16:35; Jamie Seeley 50^th in 16:56; Jeff Stoddard 17:29 in 119^th; Tom O’Leary 17:34 in 124^th; and Doug Travis 18:02 in 168^th. Their effort stunned Dallas who was the odds-on favorite to win the race. This was the best team performance ever recorded by a North East cross country team as 4 runners broke the 17 minute mark.  Justin, Joel, Dave, Jeff, Tom, and Doug, with help from Jamie Seeley became the back-to-back 1987-1988 State Cross Country Champions.
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1989 Girls' Cross Country State Champions
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1989 Girls' Cross Country State Champions
North East High School triumphed at the 1989 PIAA Class AA XC Championships, competing against over 180 runners from 19 schools. The team, coached by Ted Miller, secured first place with a score of 126, significantly ahead of the second-place team, Eastern York, which scored 285. All-State titles were earned by Roberta Raszkowski, who finished third, Holly Bemiss in 11th place, and Darci Allen in 12th place. Grapepicker standouts, Lisa Gregg and Heidi Wilson rounded out the team's scoring with 23rd and 77th place finishes. Lorie Towsey and Mary Abate also put in solid efforts, finishing 87th and 89th, respectively. Debbie Macko served as the team alternate.
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