BOARDMAN — Teams in all four divisions in the Northeast district converged on Boardman High School on Saturday to determine who would advance to Fortress Obetz for the 2025 Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) state cross country meet next weekend.

Of the many who attended Saturday’s regional meet, four area schools qualified as a team: Boardman, Salem, Maplewood and McDonald. While only the Quakers’ girls team punched their proverbial team ticket, the Spartans, Rockets and Blue Devils will have both their boys and girls teams represented in Obetz next Saturday.

For the host, in particular, it was a long time coming.

“We made it last year for the first time since 2013 as a team, so to do it back-to-back, we haven’t done that for a while for our program. In fact, I have to go lo

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