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Minerva boys, girls cross country teams win OHSAA district titles at Cambridge meet

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CAMBRIDGE DIVISION II

The Minerva boys and girls cross country teams won district championships on Saturday at the Cambridge Division II meet.

The Minerva girls, the defending Division II state champions, took four of the top five places to win convincingly with 29 points.

Hera Hoffee won the individual district championship for the Lions with a time of 19:08.63. Caitlyn Hopple was second in 20:07.25. Annabelle Crissman (20:40.49) and Kayle Crissman (20:48.20) were fourth and fifth, respectively.

Hera Hoffee leads Minerva to the overall girls team title at Saturday's Stark County Cross Country Championships.
Hera Hoffee leads Minerva to the overall girls team title at Saturday's Stark County Cross Country Championships.

West Holmes was a distant second place with 67 points. Minerva will advance to the Pickerington North regional meet next week.

Carrollton finished in the top six as a team and advanced. Carrollton took third with 93 points.

Maddie Burgett was the top individual finisher for Carrollton (20:19.90) with a third-place finish.

The Minerva boys took first place with 46 points and will advance to the Pickerington North regional. Grasyn Rettig came in fourth in 17:05.27 to lead the Lions.

Minerva's Grasyn Rettig (black) runs alongside St. Clairsville's Ben Shields in the Division II district cross country meet on Saturday at Cambridge.
Minerva's Grasyn Rettig (black) runs alongside St. Clairsville's Ben Shields in the Division II district cross country meet on Saturday at Cambridge.

Indian Valley took second place with 85 points.

Also finishing in the top 24 and advancing as individuals were Carrollton’s Andrew Lane (18:16.66) and Ricky Sibila (18:18.39) with 20th place and 21st place finishes, respectively.

CAMBRIDGE DIVISION III

The Tusky Valley boys and Sandy Valley girls won district championships on Saturday at the Cambridge Division III district meet.

The Cardinal girls (65 points) narrowly held off Tusky Valley (70) for the district title. Kaydence Hoover (21:10.40) was ninth individually to lead Sandy Valley. Trista Lieser (21:02.43) was fourth for the Trojans.

Sandy Valley's Kaydence Hoover (323) was eighth at the district meet with a time of 20:27.
Sandy Valley's Kaydence Hoover (323) was eighth at the district meet with a time of 20:27.

Both teams advance to next weekend’s Pickerington North Division III regional.

The Tusky Valley boys took the top two spots and won the district championship convincingly with 24 points.

Jake Kapper (17:20.27) and Teagan Perkowski (17:31.85) were first and second, respectively, for the Trojans, who advance to the Pickerington North Division III regional.

Also finishing in the top 16 and advancing as an individual was Malvern’s Seth Kandel (18:40.31). He took 13th place.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

GlenOak Division I district

Team standings (Top eight advance to Bordman regional): 1, Jackson 92; 2, Perry 97; 3, GlenOak 111; 4, Green 127; 5, Hoover 160, 6, Stow-Munroe Falls 206; 7, Hudson 236; 8, Austintown-Fitch 238; 9, Wooster 254; 10, Cuyahoga Falls 267; 11, Boardman 294; 12, Canfield 298; 13, New Philadelphia 317; 14, Firestone 337; 15, Wadsworth 361; 16, Dover 402; 17, Lake 453; 18, Louisville 458; 19, Hoban 473; 20, McKinley 498; 21, Roosevelt 536; 22, Alliance 585; 23, Walsh Jesuit 633; 24, Massillon 793; 25, Barberton 803.

Individual finishers (Top 32 advance to Boardman regional): 1, Rice (GO) 15:31.86; 2, T. Papas (Gre) 15:49.67; 3, Young (GO) 15:50.03; 4, Johnson (Hoo) 15:55.84; 5, Con. Reed (P) 16:04.04; 6, Baker (Can) 16:07.63; 7, Hill (P) 16:10.23; 8, Adelman (NP) 16:11.78; 9, Julian (F) 12:12.93; 10, Zuckett (J) 16:13.29; 11, D’Altorio (Boa) 16:17.87; 12, Ilg (J) 16:20.50; 13, Reese (P) 16:24.43; 14, Coo. Reed (P) 16:27.85; 15, S. Papas (Gre) 16:28.79; 16, Farris (Boa) 16:29.56; 17, Norton (CF) 16:30.52; 18, Bentley (SMF) 16:31.97; 19, Prato (J) 16:40.23; 20, Keating (Woo) 16:43.16; 21, Sahli (AF) 16:45.81; 22, Medina (Hoo) 16:47.48; 23, Brown (Lou) 16:48.50; 24, Hull (J) 16:48.91; 25, Shawala (SMF) 16:49.00; 26, Cain (AF) 16:52.68; 27, Ball (J) 16:53.83; 28, Henry (Gre) 17:03.69; 29, LeVan (Hud) 17:06.15; 30, Scarberry (SMF) 17:06.67; 31, McNulty (J) 17:14.61; 32, Redle (Hob) 17:20.77.

GlenOak Division II district

Team standings (Top five advance to Boardman regional): 1, Marlington 21; 2, St. Vincent-St. Mary 134; 3, Salem 138; 4, Field 162; 5, Tallmadge 166; 6, South Range 172; 7, Northwest 202; 8, Fairless 225; 9, Poland Seminary 244; 10, Springfield 254; 11, West Branch 272; 12, Coventry 292; 13, Norton 335; 14, Canton South 387; 15, Girard 396; 17, Manchester 455.

Individual finishers (Top 20 advance to Boardman regional): 1, Cernansky (Mar) 15:33.74; 2, Minor (Mar) 16:06.73; 3, Nicholls (Mar) 16:20.32; 4, Murray (Hubbard) 16:29.73; 5, Boyce (Mar) 16:33.21; 6, Flament (PS) 16:35.15; 7, Naiman (Tall) 16:37.82; 8, Carney (Spr) 16:44.65; 9, Ehler (Nor) 16:59.81; 10, Citino (Mar) 17:00.30; 11, Dorris (WB) 17:11.03; 12, Denison (Cov) 17:15.13; 13, Hearn (Fair) 17:15.97; 14, Madison (Sal) 17:20.72; 15, Ryan (Mar) 17:24.99; 16, Black (Tall) 17:26.83; 17, Thomas (SVSM) 17:30.77; 18, Brock (Mar) 17:31.40; 19, Easterling (NW) 17:32.38; 20, Hottensmith (Fie) 17:35.16.

Cambridge Division II district

Team standings (Top six advance to Pickerington North regional): 1, Minerva 46; 2, Indian Valley 85; 3, John Glenn 95; 4, West Holmes 98; 5, St. Claisville 163; 6, River View 190; ...8, Carrollton 274; ...12, Sandy Valley 305

Individual results (Top 24 advance to Pickerington North regional): 1, Galbraith (West Holmes) 16:37.42; 2, Shields (St. Clairsville) 16:48.50; 3, Heil (Indian Valley) 16:57.42; 4, Rettig (Minerva) 17:05.27; 5, Carlisle (Indian Valley) 17:09.03; ...7, Steele (Minerva) 17:12.74; 8, Hoffee (Minerva) 17:08.19; ...10, Grubb (Minerva) 17:26.05; ...17, Cassidy (Minerva) 18:10.74; ...20, Lane (Carrollton) 18:16.66; 21, Sibila (Carrollton) 18:18.39.

GlenOak Division III district

Team standings (Top five advance to Boardman regional): 1, East Canton 43; 2, Central Catholic 81; 3, Mogadore 110; 4, Tuslaw 145; 5, Southern 194; 6, Lowellville 194; 7, United 194; 8, Chippewa 204; 9, Jackson-Milton 222; 10, Rootstown 225; 11, Heartland Christian 245; 12, Southeast 246; 13, Lake Center Christian 325; 14, Columbiana 388.

Individual finishers (Top 20 advance to Boardman regional): 1, Holland (EC) 15:52.45; 2, Nastari (U) 16:12.40; 3, Vlacovsky (CC) 17:00.60; 4, Swartz (T) 17:25.41; 5, Redfern (Southern) 17:34.64; 6, Wade (EC) 17:35.90; 7, Sokol (JM) 17:36.24; 8, Martin (EC) 17:44.31; 9, Yon (Low) 17:46.85; 10, Katula (Low) 17:54.40; 11, Collins (EC) 17:55.26; 12, Szabo (HC) 17:55.29; 13, DePasquale (CC) 18:02.04; 14, Cantera-Quintero (CC) 18:07.99; 15, Ganslein (UP) 18:12.36; 16, Navarrete (M) 18:15.35; 17, Nelson (EC) 18:15.88; 18, Hennis (Chipp) 18:24.54; 19, Keren (M) 18:27.05; 20, Carter (M) 18:38.81.

Cambridge Division III district

Team standings (Top four advance to Pickerington North regional): 1, Tusky Valley 24; 2, Barnesville 61; 3, Garaway 86; 4, Bellaire 107; ...7, Malvern 172.

Individual finishers (Top 16 advance to Pickerington North regional): 1, Jake Kapper (Tusky Valley) 17:20.27; 2, Perkowski (Tusky Valley) 17:31.85; 3, Starr (Barnesville) 17:41.94; ...6, Wertz (Tusky Valley) 18:03.89; ...9, Hursey 18:22.20; ...12, Owens (Tusky Valley) 18:32.29; 13, Kandel (Malvern) 18:40.31; 14, McElwee (Tusky Valley) 18:44.37.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

GlenOak Division I district

Team standings (Top nine advance to Boardman regional): 1, Jackson 94; 2, Stow-Munroe Falls 117; 3, GlenOak 129; 4, Hudson 139; 5, Lake 141; 6, Boardman 154; 7, Hoover 198; 8, Wooster 231; 9, Green 232; 10, Wadsworth 242; 11, Perry 242; 12, Dover 342; 13, Louisville 356; 14, Walsh Jesuit 368; 15, Roosevelt 400; 16, New Philadelphia 413; 17, Cuyahoga Falls 441; 18, Firestone 451.

Individual finishers (Top 36 advance to Boardman regional): 1, Scheffler (Lake) 18:59.93; 2, Meyer (Lou) 19:40.46; 3, Zagst (J) 19:49.19; 4, Atkinson (SMF) 19:57.13; 5, Ingrassia (SMF) 20:00.20; 6, Degenhard (J) 20:12.65; 7, Tzouloufis (GO) 20:24.69; 8, Bero (B) 20:26.06; 9, Miller (Hoo) 20:31.01; 10, Will (Hud) 20:33.84; 11, Vennetti (Boa) 20:36.53; 12, Salem (GO) 20:37.24; 13, Dostal (P) 20:37.52; 14, Signorino (Woo) 20:40.76; 15, Russo (Boa) 20:45.48; 16, Swanson (Barberton) 20:46.47; 17, Householder (P) 20:46.91; 18, Reaper (Hud) 20:47.44; 19, Stevenson (D) 20:47.71; 20, Mushrush (NP) 20:49.27; 21, Wierzbicki (Lake) 20:51.27; 22, Witmer (Gre) 20:54.34; 23, Ross (Wads) 20:58.98; 24, Biecker (Wads) 20:59.27; 25, Caldwell (J) 21:03.16; 26, Williams (J) 21:06.53; 27, Cross (Lake) 21:07.25; 28, Pitcovich (SMF) 21:14.55; 29, Cicerchi (Gre) 21:15.97; 30, Barzellato (R) 21:19.10; 31, Clemens (Hud) 21:23.47; 32, May (GO) 21:26.56; 33, Tzonev (Woo) 21:28.65; 34, Reimund (WJ) 21:29.58; 35, Henderson (Hud) 21:30.04; 36, Hiner (Woo) 21:31.11.

GlenOak Division II district

Team standings (Top eight advance to Boardman regional): 1, Salem 43; 2, Tallmadge 90; 3, St. Vincent-St. Mary 95; 4, Canfield 131; 5, Northwest 148; 6, Marlington 152; 7, Southeast 162; 8, Field 210; 9, Poland Seminary 256; 10, Springfield 280; 11, Ravenna 337; 12, Chippewa 340; 13, Hoban 352; 14, Norton 360; 15, Tuslaw 400; 16, Canton South 430; 17, Girard 454; 18, Manchester 515; 19, Coventry 535.

Individual finishers (Top 32 advance to Boardman regional): 1, Graham (Mar) 18:26.16; 2, Begert (NW) 19:23.48; 3, Kindbom (SVSM) 19:32.83; 4, Hall (Sal) 20:10.96; 5, Stafford (Sal) 20:12.63; 6, Hopple (Sal) 20:19.55; 7, Rea (SVSM) 20:21.20; 8, Double (Sal) 20:24.42; 9, Martin (West Branch) 20:43.30; 10, Hay (Tall) 20:46.44; 11, Becks (Tall) 20:52.81; 12, Mcvicker (SVSM) 20:54.50; 13, Wheeler (SE) 20:53.64; 14, O’Brien (Can) 20:56.62; 15, Ross (Tall) 20:57.64; 16, Campbell (SE) 21:01.15; 17, Adams (Fie) 21:02.62; 18, Wells (Fie) 21:07.99; 19, Gassman (Gir) 21:08.68; 20, Plant (Can) 21:11.89; 21, Rohm (Sal) 21:16.67; 22, Jarvis (Mar) 21:23.74; 23, Doane (Fairless) 21:29.08; 24, Hovorka (Sal) 21:35.01; 25, Davis (Spr) 21:48.65; 26, Ferguson (Can) 21:49.88; 27, Frick (SE) 21:52.63; 28, Weaver (NW) 21:52.99; 29, Wackerly (CS) 21:55.89; 30, Walters (Tall) 21:59.06; 31, Basso (Tall) 22:00.82; 32, Runion (Can) 22:01.94.

Cambridge Division II district

Team standings (Top six advance to Pickerington regional): 1, Minerva 46; 2, Indian Valley 85; 3, John Glenn 95; 4, West Holmes 98; 5, John Glenn 140; 6, Indian Valley 161 ...8, Carrollton 274; ...12, Sandy Valley 305.

Individual results (Top 24 advance to Pickerington North regional): 1, Hoffee (Minerva) 19:08.63; 2, Hopple (Minerva) 20:07.25; 3, Burgett (Carrollton) 20:19.90; 4, A.Crissman (Minerva) 20:40.49; 5, K.Crissman (Minerva) 20:48.20; ...16, Ujcich (Carrollton) 21:28.84; ...19, K.Ison (Minerva) 21:30.07; 21, H.Ison 21:36.34; … 23, Baker (Carrollton) 21:43.42.

GlenOak Division III district

Team standings (Top four advance to Boardman regional): 1, Mogadore 26; 2, Central Catholic 96; 3, East Canton 104; 4, Rootstown 113; 5, Heartland Christian 136; 6, East Palestine 160; 7, South Range 161; 8, Lake Center Christian 161; 9, B.C. Western 200; 10, Columbiana 193; 11,

Individual finishers (Top 16 advance to Boardman regional): 1, Geiss (HC) 19:10.58; 2, Wade (EC) 19:39.44; 3, Lane (Mog) 19:55.85; 4, Whetstone (Mog) 20:41.14; 5, Tsarnas (Mooney) 21:14.34; 6, Quilen (Mog) 21:19.74; 7, M. Gaetjens (Mog) 21:23.16; 8, Sullivan (JM) 21:24.19; 9, Ries (CC) 21:26.98; 10, K. Gaetjens (Mog) 21:30.21; 11, Cunningham (EP) 21:53.99; 12, Tompkins (Mog) 22:02.04; 13, Haught (LCC) 22:11.94; 14, Williams (BCW) 22:27.35; 15, Santiago (Mog) 22:27.51; 16, Perrine (JM) 22:44.80.

Cambridge Division III

Team standings (Top four advance to Pickerington North regional): 1, Sandy Valley 65; 2, Tusky Valley 70; 3, Fort Frye 74; 4, Garaway 79

Individual results (Top 16 iadvance to Pickerington North regional): 1, Beckett (Shadyside) 19:49.84; 2, Waller (Fort Frye) 20:44.21; 3, Huck (Fort Frye) 20:54.20; 4, Lieser (Tusky Valley) 21:02.43; … 9, Hoover (Sandy Valley) 21:10.40; …11, Russell (Sandy Valley) 21:36.16; ...16, Ward (Tusky Valley) 22:07.14.

BOYS SOCCER

Hoover 7, Euclid 1

Cleveland 1 sectional final

Goals: VanNatta (H) 3, Dimengo (H), Nunziato (H), McLeod (H), B.Jeffries (H). Assists: VanNatta (H) 2, K.Paxos (H), Schumacher (H), Sheil (H), S.Shaffer (H). Saves: Ellis (H) 2. Shots: Hoover 43-6. Corner kicks: Hoover 13-3. Halftime: Hoover 5-0. Records: Hoover 13-3-2.

Jackson 2, Fitch 1

Cleveland 1 sectional final

Goals: Wanzer (J), Herman (F), Morgan (J). Assists: Corsi (J). Saves: Sorrels (F) 9, Floom (J) 2. Shots: Jackson 15-3. Corner kicks: Jackson 11-1. Halftime: Jackson 1-0. Records: Jackson 9-6-2.

VOLLEYBALL

Marlington 25-25-25, Kenston 16-13-10

Jefferson Area Division II sectional final

Top servers: Swisher (M) 17 points. Kills leaders: Graffice (M) 10. Assists leaders: Swisher (M) 25. Defensive leaders: Hilliard (M) 15 digs, Evanich (M) 3 blocks, Benard (M) 3 blocks. Records: Marlington 20-3.

Lake Center Christian 25-25-29, Mogadore 18-13-27

Columbiana Division IV sectional final

Top servers: M. Zook (LCC) 3 aces, K. Zook (LCC) 3 aces. Kills leaders: Eves (LCC) 14. Assists leaders: Levengood (LCC) 29. Defensive leaders: Wilson (LCC) 15 digs, Harrington (LCC) 3 blocks.

This article originally appeared on The Repository: Sandy Valley, Minerva cross country win OHSAA district championships