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Luke Bowlsby and Ty Perez will always be linked together. With the amount of success Amherst has achieved behind its two senior distance runners, it’s a given. Their cross country accomplishments speak for themselves, but there’s this final season of track and field to make some more magic happen. “It’s huge,” Perez said. “It’s been […]

If you ask any senior in any sport, every athlete wants to end their high school career on a high note. That rings true for Amherst senior Natalie Pleban. Pleban had a strong junior season, qualifying for the Division I state meet in the 100 hurdles. She’s on a quest to return to state as […]

As a freshman, Amherst’s Ty Perez had goals early on, and he attacked them. Now as a senior signing his National Letter of Intent to run at Division I IUPUI, his legacy will be remembered as a Comet. Putting pen to paper is a new beginning, and it wraps a bow on his cross country […]

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. […]

Where: Fortress Obetz, 4175 Alum Creek Drive, Obetz, OH 43207. Division III When: Nov. 4. 10 a.m.: Girls; 10:45: Boys. Area team qualifiers: none. Area individual qualifiers: Girls — none; Boys – Joe Fox, Wellington. Favorites: Minster and Caleigh Richards of Cortland Maplewood for girls and Mount Gilead and Luke Snyder of Rittman for boys. […]

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 […]

Division III Where: Boardman High School 7777 Glenwood Ave, Youngstown When: Oct. 28 — 10 a.m.: girls varsity; 10:45: boys varsity Area team qualifiers: (Boys): Open Door; (Girls): none. Area individual qualifiers: (Boys): Joe Fox, Wellington; Andrew Young, Lake Ridge. (Girls): Claire Hepner, Open Door. Favorites: Cortland Maplewood and Luke Snyder of Rittman for the […]

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 […]

The more things change in Southwestern Conference cross country, the more they stay the same. At the 2023 SWC championships on Oct. 14 at Lorain County Community College, Amherst’s Ty Perez and Luke Bowlsby took the first two spots for the third straight year, Samantha Goodnough won the girls’ race to give Olmsted Falls five […]

The Division I boys race at the Obenour Invitational in Vermilion brought a competitive field on Sept. 30. Amherst won the team championship. Seniors Ty Perez and Luke Bowlsby finished first and second out of 127 runners to lead the way. The Comets’ 49 points outlasted Bay’s second-place total of 52. Behind Perez and Bowlsby, […]