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Dunham advances to regional championships
The Boardman Spartan junior Mitchel Dunham advanced to the OHSAA Regional Championship for the third consecutive season after placing 11th overall in career-best time of 16:05 on Oct. 20 at the OHSAA District Championship in Warren. That time moves Dunham to 11th All-Time in Boardman High School history. The Spartans finished 10th overall as a team. Scoring for the Spartans was sophomore Frank Bero in 21st place at 16:45, sophomore Caydin Newberry in a career-best time of 17:43 for 55th, sophomore Anthony Marshall in a personal-best time of 17:44 in 56th and sophomore Beau Gorby in 68th place in a career best time of 17:58.
Glenwood hosts Greek Olympic Games
The 2018 edition of the Boardman Glenwood Junior High School Greek Olympic Games took place this on Oct. 19. The competitions are part of the seventh-grade social studies teachers’ unit on ancient Greece. This year, team champion was the city-state of Sparta with nine event winners. Athens and Thebes had six events winners each, and Syracuse finished with two event winners. The following students were individual Greek Olympic winners in their event: Molly Stevens - girls chariot race, Mason Janis - boys chariot race, Cara Zawrotuk - girls gallop race, Brock Farris - boys gallop race, Morgan Auck - girls sprint, Jack Ericsson - boys sprint, Gabby Goddard - girls marathon race, Sava Cmjak - boys marathon race, Ali Boyer - girls free throw, Jeff Markovitch - boys free throw, Gina Sferra - girls bean bag toss, Timmy Combis - boys bean bag toss, Lilly Deitz - girls javelin, William Torres - boys javelin, Catherine Olivier - girls discus, Ivan Lindberg - boys discus, Mackenzie Riccitelli - girls football toss, Tomas Andujar - boys football toss, Kaylee Davison - girls Greek kahoot, Owen Lee - boys Greek kahoot, Swathi Padmanabhan - girls Math 24, Chris Kaufman - boys Math 24 and Gabby Bagdassarian - hula hoop.
Girls varsity team has loss to Hoover
The Boardman girls varsity volleyball team fell to Hoover 3-1 on Oct. 17. The team ended their season with a loss to North Canton Hoover in the first round of tournament play. Kaylin Burkey had 15 kills and 17 digs. Maria Torres had 12 kills, three aces, 13 digs and one block. Raegan Burkey had 32 assists, 13 digs, three aces, two kills and two blocks. Katie Stamp had six kills, five blocks, six digs and one ace. Hannah Nawrocki had four kills and two blocks. The Spartans finish with a record of 17-6 on the season.
Neighbors wants winter sports news
Winter athletics will soon arrive and Neighbors wants to be there every step of the way. If you’re a sports coach or the parent of an athlete, we need your help. In order to get teams and players the recognition they deserve, we want to showcase them in our pages. We can only do that if you commit to sending us game reports and photos each week. If you send it, it will get in. You can email us at neighbors@vindy.com. You don’t have to be a writer — just send us the information and we’ll put it all together. When emailing pictures, send them as JPEG files and as large as possible. Provide caption information and where people are located from left to right, front row to back. The sports news we’re looking for ranges from varsity high school teams down to middle school and even elementary and recreational leagues. We look forward to hearing about your teams successes.
Send Neighbors your news
If you’re a winter sports coach or the parent of an athlete, we need your help. In order to get teams and players the recognition they deserve, we want to showcase them in our pages. You can email us at neighbors@vindy.com. You don’t have to be a writer — just send us the information and we’ll put it all together. When emailing pictures, send them as JPEG files as large as possible. Provide caption information and where people are located from left to right, front row to back.