Thomas Pellegrino

Thomas Pellegrino has been a key figure in the Warren boys tennis team’s dream season. Last week, Pellegrino helped the unbeaten Dragons sweep the District 10 Class AA postseason titles.

On May 9, he teamed up with Matt Sandberg to win the D-10 Class AA doubles title. The duo rallied to beat Fairview’s top team of R.J. Petrella and Andres Flores in three tough sets, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, in the finals.

On Friday in the Class AA team tournament, Pellegrino added a 7-4, 6-4 victory over Mario Picciotto at No. 2 singles in the Dragons’ 4-1 semifinal win over Kennedy Catholic.

Pellegrino then claimed a crucial victory in Warren’s historic 3-2 victory over Fairview in the title match. He beat Flores 7-6, 6-0 to help the Dragons secure their first D-10 team title.

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District 10 Class AAA track and field athletes are vying for a trip to Shippensburg today at Harbor Creek’s Paul J. Weitz Stadium. The winner of each event is guaranteed a spot in the PIAA championship meet but athletes can also qualify by achieving the state qualifying time or distance. Here are updates from today’s meet, including the top three finishes in each even. Check Thursday’s edition of the Erie Times-News for full results.

Update No. 1
The rain held off this afternoon and we are under way at Harbor Creek High School. The field events will go on throughout the afternoon and evening but on the track we are starting with time trials in several events and the 3,200 relay at 3:30 p.m. Finals for running events won’t start rolling in until around 5 p.m. depending on how long the time trials go and if District 10 officials use the scheduled break. They skipped it last year because of the weather.

Class AAA
Boys
Key: Cathedral Prep (CP) Central Tech (CT) Corry (CO) East (E) Fort LeBoeuf (FL) Franklin (F) George Junior (GJR)  Grove City (GC) McDowell (MC) Meadville (ME) Oil City (OC) Slippery Rock (SR) Strong Vincent (SV) Warren (W)

Shot put (SQT 52-0): 1. LAWRENCE BAUMANN (CP) 52-7; 2. Jared Hollidge (OC) 48-9; 3. Michael Moon (OC) 47-6.
Triple jump (SQT 44-6): 1. DE’VION TATE (MC) 45-7; 2. KYLE TRINCH (GC) 45-0; 3. BRIAN JONES (GJR) 44-7.
3,200 relay (SQT 8:02.04): 1. GROVE CITY (Alex Knaby, Daniel Jaskowak, Ian Brown, John Scott Somora) 8:00.51; 2. Slippery Rock (Ryan Thompson, Jason Anna, Patrick Anna, Brock Sloan) 8:06.20; 3. Warren (Brad Simmons, Rob Bablak, Caleb Hultman, Tanner Rosenberg) 8:16.30.
Discus (SQT 153-0): 1. JARED HOLLIDGE (OC) 150-4; 2. Michael Moon (OC) 148-9; 3. Joshua Daniels (C) 138-7.
100 (SQT 11.10): 1. ERIK RECORD (GC) 11.14; 2. Offel Jordan (CP) 11.20; 3. Marlon Richardson (GJR) 11.36.
110 hurdles (SQT 15.10): 1. JESSE RAGON (OC) 14.91; 2. GREG MIACZYNSKI (CT) 14.96; 3. Kyle Trinch (GC) 15.33.
400 (SQT 50.09): 1. STEPHEN DEAK (MC) 50.13; 2. Tanner Rosenberg (W) 51.29; 3. Avery Kirksey (E) 52.23.
Long jump (SQT 21-10): 1. DE’VION TATE (MC) 22-0; 2. Joe Oduho (CP) 21-9; 3. Malik Moffett (CP) 21-2.
Javelin (SQT 178-0): 1. AUSTIN JERMAN (W) 171-10; 2. Nick Fiorentino (F) 171-3; 3. Adam Fiorentino (F) 167-0.
1,600 (SQT 4:24.22): 1. DANIEL JASKOWAK (GC) 4:21.57; 2. MATT McWILLIAMS (FL) 4:21.94; 3. JOSH NATALIE (SV) 4:23.61.
High jump (SQT 6-5): 1. KEVIN GARDNER (FL) 6-3; 2. Austin Price (ME) 6-1; 3. Mason Depeal (GC) 6-1.
800 (SQT 1:57.32): 1. RYAN THOMPSON (SR) 1:57.80; 2. Matt McWilliams (FL) 1:58.72; 3. Alex Knaby (GC) 2:01.88.
300 hurdles (SQT 39.80): 1. GREG MIACZYNSKI (CT) 38.86; 2. Logan Mooney (F) 40.24; 3. Luke Wortman (W) 40.60.
400 relay (SQT 43.40): 1. CATHEDRAL PREP (Joe Oduho, Malik Moffett, Offel Jordan, Kimani Smith) 43.37; 2. George Junior Republic (Marlon Richardson, Kenny Shoulders, Brian Jones, Austin Baranauskas) 43.97; 3. McDowell (Sean Fleming, Vince Nientimp, Salif Naushad, De’Vion Tate) 44.70.
Pole vault (SQT 14-3): 1. CHAD ACKERMAN (MC) 13-9; 2. Brandon Dreese (C) 13-3; 3. Jake Wyllie (GC) 12-9

Girls
Key: Central Tech (CT) Corry (CO) East (E) Fort LeBoeuf (FL) Franklin (F) Grove City (GC) McDowell (MC) Meadville (ME) Oil City (OC) Strong Vincent (SV) Warren (W)

High jump (SQT 5-3): 1. ABBY JONES (F) 5-5; 2. PAIGE KASSAB (ME) 5-3; 3. SABRINA ANDERSON (W) 5-3.
Shot put (SQT 37-6): 1. JAYNEE CORBETT (C) 40-11; 2. Alexis Smith (ME) 33-1/2; 3. Vanessa Sprando (GC) 33-1/4.
Pole vault (SQT 11-0): 1. KELLY BAGLIA (GC) 10-6; 2. Evyn Selden (GC) 10-6; 3. Julia Marn (MC) 9-0.
3,200 relay (SQT 9:35.48): 1. GROVE CITY (Abby Casalnova, Mariah Treiber, Kara McClain, Lauren Decker) 10:01.69; 2. Meadville (Heather Ziegler, Abbey Peters, Paige Whitney, Samantha Whitney) 10:12.14; 3. Warren (Amanda Castagnino, Sydney Paris, Anna Falvo, Paige Rimer) 10:24.43.
Javelin (SQT 122-0): 1. CHAYKALA LINDSEY (ME) 119-3; 2. Abbey Rose (FL) 111-4; 3. Jaynee Corbett (C) 109-0.
100 hurdles (SQT 15.65): 1. ELIZA LOWE (GC) 14.97; 2. Paige Kassab (ME) 15.92; 3. Anna Chodubski (MC) 16.67.
100 (SQT 12.67): 1. COURTNEY CORBIN (GC) 12.63; 2. Heather Sternby (ME) 12.74; 3. Deanna Smith (SV) 13.06.
1,600 (SQT 5:13.37): 1. ELLIS BEARDSLEY (W) 5:26.80; 2. Amanda Krawiec (MC) 5:29.44; 3. Mary Jaskowak (GC) 5:34.69.
400 (SQT 58.80): 1. LAUREN DECKER (GC) 59.78; 2. Sabrina Anderson (W) 1:00.33; 3. Courtney Sargent (SV) 1:02:49.
Discus (SQT 118-0): 1. JAYNEE CORBETT (C) 115-11; 2. Rachel Patterson (C) 100-0; 3. Alexis Smith (ME) 100-0.
Pole vault (SQT 11-0): 1. KELLY BAGLIA (GC) 10-6; 2. Evyn Selden (GC) 10-6; 3. Julia Marn (MC) 9-0.
200 (SQT 25.91): 1. HEATHER STERNBY (ME) 26.24; 2. Courtney Corbin (GC) 26.37; 3. Deanna Smith (SV) 27.98.
800 (SQT 2:18.47): 1. ELLIS BEARDSLEY (W) 2:25.51; 2. Abby Casalnova (GC) 2:26.09; 3. Paige Rimer (W) 2:27.76.
400 relay (SQT 49.96): 1. GROVE CITY (Eliza Lowe, Abby Casalnova, Lauren Decker, Courtney Corbin) 50.92; 2. Fort LeBoeuf (Katlyn Blackmon, Kenzie Blackmon, Cecelia Miller, Jess Rose) 51.60; 3. McDowell (Anna Chodubski, Kelly Smrekar, Stefanee Ferrier, Kristen Swain) 51.90.
300 hurdles (SQT 46.60): 1. ELIZA LOWE (GC) 45.88; 2. Savannah King (OC) 49.59; 3. Sydney Sokol (MC) 50.04.