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Cross country district meets set for Saturday in Boardman, Malone, Trumbull
The district meets involving area schools are on Saturday at Boardman High, Malone University and the Trumbull County Fairgrounds.
A super regional will be held at Boardman High on Oct. 27 for Divisions I, II and III.
Of the 16 Division I schools at the Malone district, area teams ,both boys and girls, will be Fitch, Boardman, Canfield, Howland and Warren Harding.
Area Division II schools at the Trumbull Fairgrounds district will be Brookfield (boys only), Mooney, Champion (boys), Girard, Grand Valley (boys), LaBrae, Lakeview, Liberty (boys), Niles, Poland, Pymatuning Valley and Struthers, while area schools at Malone will be Salem and West Branch.
Area Division II schools at the Trumbull Fairgrounds district will be Badger, Bristol, Brookfield (girls), Champion (girls), Southington, Jackson-Milton, Lordstown, Lowellville, Maplewood, McDonald, Mineral Ridge, South Range, Springfield Local, Ursuline, Warren JFK and Western Reserve.
Area Division III schools at Malone will be Columbiana, Leetonia (girls), Lisbon, East Palestine, Sebring, Southern (boys) and United.
State rankings
In the seventh regular season OATCCC cross country poll as of Oct. 11, the McDonald and Maplewood boys’ teams were a close 1-2 in Division III. The Boardman High boys stood in the 12th spot in Division I. No area Division II schools were ranked.
Poland’s girls’ team was third in Division II behind Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary and Archbishop Alter, while McDonald and South Range were eighth and 11th, respectively, in Division III. No area girls’ teams were listed in Division I.
J-M looking ahead
Looking into districts, Jackson-Milton coach Taylor Sowers expects to make a decent showing.
“Both the boys and girls team have been looking very good,” Sowers said.
Sophomore Caleb Spalding and freshman Olivia Wolfe have personal bests of 18:30 (at Austintown) and 23:13 (at Lordstown), respectively.
“Both are hard-working athletes who have been proving themselves to be very good runners,” Sowers said. “I’m excited for all athletes on the Jackson Milton squad and can’t wait to see what pans out over these upcoming weeks.”
kicking up a storm
Back during the week of Sept. 24-30, United’s Cole Weikart scored four goals in three soccer matches, finished second overall at the Columbiana County cross country meet to lead the Eagles to the team title and kicked four extra points in United’s 42-27 win over Lisbon.