Cross Country District preview

Where: Malone College (Divisions I and III); Trumbull Fairgrounds (II-III)When: Saturday. Trumbull begins at 12:45 p.m. Malone begins at 2 p.m.
Area teams at Malone district
Division I: Fitch, Boardman, Canfield, Howland, Warren HardingDivision III: Columbiana, Lisbon, Leetonia, Southern
Area teams at Trumbull district
Division II: Brookfield (boys), Mooney, Champion (boys), Girard, Lakeview, Liberty, Niles, Poland, Salem, Southeast, Struthers, Ursuline (boys), West BranchDivision III: Badger, Bristol, Brookfield (girls), Champion (girls), Southington, East Palestine, Jackson-Milton, Warren JFK, LaBrae, Lordstown, Lowellville, Maplewood, Mathews, McDonald, Mineral Ridge, South Range, Springfield, United, Ursuline (girls), Western ReserveDiv. I regional qualifiers: Five teams and individuals who finish in the top 20 and are not on a qualifying team.
Div. II regional qualifiers: Seven boys teams and 28 individuals not on a qualifying team; six girls teams and top 24 individuals not on a qualifying team.Div. III regional qualifiers: Top four teams and top 16 individuals not on a qualifying team.Notebook: Regional qualifiers in all divisions will compete at next Saturday's regional meet at Boardman High School. Salem's Aiman Scullion placed first at last year's district meet, leading the Quakers to the boys title in Div. II. Salem's girls placed second. McDonald swept the boys and girls titles in Div. III. McDonald and Salem each won boys state titles last year. Maplewood's boys team is ranked first in Div. III, Salem's boys are fourth in the Div. II and Salem's girls are second in Div. II in the latest state coaches poll.
-- Joe Scalzo