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All-Area track and field: Emmaus’ Madelyn McCartney leaves a lasting legacy

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By Derek Bast Verified
| The Morning Call Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At the 2023 PIAA Cross Country Championships, a young sophomore runner from Emmaus named Madelyn McCartney topped the rest of District 11 with a 25th place finish at the state meet in Hershey. That was merely a small taste of things to come. Fast forward nearly three years, McCartney is a state champion cross country runner with a few handfuls of league and district championships to cement her legacy as one of the greatest runners in Emmaus history.
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PIAA 2A girls lacrosse: West Chester Rustin edges Southern Lehigh in dramatic finish Original

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By Derek Bast Verified
| The Morning Call Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In a battle between District 1 girls lacrosse runner-up West Chester Rustin and District 11 champion Southern Lehigh, the visiting Golden Knights scored less than a minute into the game and held that lead for the next 45:42. By all accounts, they were headed for their first PIAA tournament win in program history.
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PIAA 3A boys lacrosse: Downingtown West shuts down Parkland Original

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By Derek Bast Verified
| The Morning Call Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In the span of less than two weeks, Downingtown West lost all four of its starting midfielders to season-ending injuries with an undefeated season – the best in program history – hanging in the balance.
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