Waynesburg senior Christian Jackson was named the Presidents' Athletic Conference Men's Field Athlete of the Week.
Jackson, a Cornell High School graduate, was a one-man show in the jumps for Waynesburg at the Westminster Invitational in New Wilmington. He won the long jump with a school-record leap of 22 feet, one inch and added a second-place showing in the high jump (6-4) and a fourth-place performance in the triple jump (41-5).
The 11th-seeded Cornell Raiders will get another opportunity to knock off a higher seed as they will play No. 3 seed North Catholic on Saturday. The game will feature two solid scorers who had quality efforts in their teams' first-round victories this past Saturday. The gametime and site will be determined later this week.
Senior guard Mason DePetro led the 12-10 Raiders with a game-high 28 points in Cornell's 61-56 come-from-behind victory over No. 6 seed Carmichaels. DePetro, who averaged 16.1 points per game during the regular season, had four 3-point goals and converted 10 of 16 free-throw attempts.
Name: Mason DePetro
High School: Cornell
Grade: 12
Sport: Girls Basketball
Position: Point Guard
John D' Abruzzo's feature on the Cornell basketball team:
"This has not been an easy season for the Cornell High School boys basketball team.
A season after competing in the WPIAL Class A championship game, the Raiders, who graduated all five starters from that team, have struggled with a less experienced group of youngsters. Cornell has a 3-14 overall record and sat in the basement of WPIAL Class A Section 1 at 0-7.
"It's been a rough season," sophomore guard Dane Jackson said. "We're trying to hang in there, but it hasn't been easy. We knew coming into this season we wouldn't have the experience we had last year, but I believe we can be a better team.""
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