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The Youth Council of the Portage Resale Center in Port Clinton recently completed their activities for the 2023–2024 school year with a gifting presentation

Press Contributing Writer sports@presspublications.com Woodmore made some noise in the postseason last year. Is the Wildcats track team up for an encore? If Woodmore’s performance thus far is any indication, this could be one of its best teams.

At the Division III girls state cross country meet, Woodmore senior Ava Beam finished 12th out of 176 runners, earning All-Ohio status. Beam was in sixth place at the first split (5:42.7), seventh place at the second split (11:57) and finished in 19:06.7. 

It is extraordinary that a virus first detected in China could be responsible for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of athletes across the United States not getting to play sports last spring.

Press Sports Editor sports@presspublications.com Behind four top-five finishes, Eastwood won the Northern Buckeye Conference Meet. The Eagles had seven runners finish in the top 13 and easily won the meet with 23 points, followed by Woodmore (40) and Genoa (86).

Press Sports Editor sports@presspublications.com Second, second, second, second, second, third, fourth and fifth. Those are some of the finishes that Woodmore has had at the cross country invitationals in which it has competed.

Team depth wins championships and the Eastwood girls cross country team proved that at the Northern Buckeye Conference meet.. Woodmore junior Olivia Vogelpohl won the individual race, but the host Eagles took the next five spots to win the team championship.

Woodmore senior Ava Beam finished seventh at the Division III regional cross country meet, propelling the Wildcats to a fourth place team finish and qualifying them for the state girls meet for the second straight year.