Boardman High School cross country teams dominated last weekend’s All America Conference cross country championships, winning crowns in male and female competition on a muddy and slippery course at Howland Township Park.
      Varsity Boys
      In varsity boys’ competition, Boardman ran by Canfield, 31-54, as Howland was third with 105 points, Austintown garnered 127 points and Warren G. Harding did not have enough harriers to qualify as a team.
      Boardman senior Brock Farris earned AAC Athlete of the Year in cross country following his first place finish in a field of 60 runners.
      Also earning first team All AAC laurels were junior David D’Altorio with a third place finish, and senior Ethan Boots, who finished in seventh place.
      “A great team win-everyone contributed to this victory, but this was for our seniors,” said Spartan Head Coach John Phillips. “They have been outstanding leaders and have made winning this championship a priority from day one this past summer.”
      Spartan harriers making second team All AAC were junior Drew Kornbau placing ninth, freshman Dylan White placing 11th, sophomore Chase Moore placing 12th, sophomore Adam Nigro placing 14th, sophomore Dom Theodore placing 15th, and freshman Jonathan Burgos-Perez placing 16th. Junior Danny LaCivita earned honorable mention All AAC with a 20th place finish.
      The Spartan boys next will compete at The OHSAA District Championship on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 2:15 pm at Canton GlenOak High School.
      Boardman will need to finish in the top-8 to advance to the Regional Championship held at BHS on October 28.
      Varsity Girls
      The Lady Spartan cross country team finished the regular season on a high note, winning their fourth straight All-American Conference championship.
      Lady Spartan Gabby Vennetti was the AAC runner of the year bringing home the gold for the team.
      Other Boardman finishers were Olivia Brady, third;, Morgan Russo, fifth; Kenzie Riccitelli, 12th; and Lauryn Swantek, 13th. to complete the team score.
      Cara Zawrotuk and Mia Brown rounded out the top seven for Boardman. Morgan Auck, Sarah Bero, Sarah Butchko, Moriah Doyle, Jordyn Lacivita, Abbi Mihok, Ella McGee and Amie Ngyuen also competed.
      The postseason begins for the top seven runners as they head to GlenOak for the OHSAA District meet on Saturday, October 21 at 1:45 p.m.
      Junior High School
      The Glenwood Jr. High School boys team were the AAC runners-up and Glenwood girls harriers finished fourth.
      The Glenwood boys were led by eighth graders Sam Moritz who placed sixth and Jacob Turek who placed seventh. The rest of the top seven runners were Oswaldo Salinas DeLeon (13th), Luke Kornbau (14th), Evangelos Coutris (17th), Sammy Pickens (26th), and Liam Schaper (28th). The Glenwood girls were led by Haley Bero who placed second.
      The rest of the top seven runners for Glenwood were Matilda Mausteller (11th), Rachel DunLany (25th), Maddy Brady (26th), Jemma Pavone (30th), Colleen Sullivan (33th), and Kara Heavner (35th).