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CO-RUNNERS OF THE YEAR Luke Bowlsby and Ty Perez, Amherst Sometimes it seems like picking two athletes to share an award is a cop-out. But in this case, it is completely justified. It is extremely difficult to separate the two, as they are best friends and teammates and have been the dominant male distance runners […]

OBETZ — After just making it to the state meet with the final spot at regionals last week, Bay needed a bounce-back performance on cross country’s biggest stage in Ohio. With All-Ohioan performances from Michael Hanselman and Connor Spellman, the Rockets finished fourth overall as a team in the Division II meet on Nov. 4. […]

BOARDMAN — A lot happens at any regional cross country meet.But this specific one won’t be forgotten anytime soon for some local programs. As a team, Amherst hadn’t qualified for the state meet since 1995. Coach Rob Glatz was a junior on that team. Now he’s the coach of the next group of Comets to […]

It was a good day for the Great Lakes Conference. Boys teams from the GLC fared quite well Oct. 21 at the district cross country meet at Lorain County Community College, as Rocky River won the Division I race and Bay had the individual winner in the Division II race. Junior Michael Hanselman helped the […]

While it’s always been on the schedule as the Great Lakes Conference cross country championships, the meet actually was more like a dual meet. Held on a cool, drizzly Oct. 14 at Cahoon Park in Bay Village, the GLC meet came down to two tight races — the Rocky River boys edged Bay and individual […]

MEDINA — On the final weekend of the cross country regular season, the Avon girls and the Rocky River boys showed they are ready for the postseason. Running in the Medina Milt Place Cross Country Festival Oct. 7, both teams won their respective Division I races against strong fields. For Avon, it was business as […]