LEXINGTON — Latrell Hughes and his Lexington teammates can’t wait. The Minutemen will have a target on their backs when the Division II boys race goes off at Saturday’s state cross country meet at Fortress Obetz. Hughes is looking forward to the challenge. Lexington has been ranked atop the cross country coach’s state poll for […]
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Lex boys, girls dominate at Tiffin regional
TIFFIN — Lex flexed again at Saturday’s Tiffin regional cross country meet. The boys program won its seventh team championship under longtime coach Denise Benson while the girls captured regional title No. 13 on a sun-soaked afternoon at Hedges-Boyer Park. It was a tour de force performance by Lexington. The girls won with a score […]
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Junior Achievement: Lex’s Hughes is boys Runner of Year after breaking school record
LEXINGTON — After breaking the school record in his final race as a junior, what will Latrell Hughes do for an encore? It should be fun to watch. The newly-crowned North Central Ohio Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year, Hughes broke the program record en route to a second-place finish at the Division II […]
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Lexington boys finish 2nd, girls 5th at state cross country meet
OBETZ — Lexington’s Latrell Hughes made history Saturday afternoon. A junior, Hughes took second in the Division II boys race at the state cross country meet at Fortress Obetz. He finished in 15 minutes, 13.46 seconds, breaking the school record of 15:14.28 set by teammate Chance Basilone at last week’s Tiffin regional. “It was a […]
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Shelby, Ashland, Crestview, Mansfield Christian runners shine at Galion CC Festival
GALION — Mother Nature made things difficult Saturday at the Galion Cross County Festival. Cloudless skies and temperatures in the mid-80s created tough conditions at Amann Reservoir Park, where times were a little slower than usual on a traditionally fast track. “I wasn’t thinking it was going to be this hot,” Crestview’s Cooper Brockway said […]
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Lady Lex takes third at state cross country meet
OBETZ — Brailey Slone exceeded expectations. Lexington’s sophomore distance dynamo placed fifth in the Division II girls race at Saturday’s state meet at Fortress Obetz, helping Lady Lex to a third-place finish in the team standings. Slone finished in 18 minutes, 38 seconds — more than 40 seconds faster than last year, when she placed […]
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Lex boys win Ashland Invitational
ASHLAND — The Minutemen made a statement Saturday at Freer Field. Chance Basilone placed fourth and Lincoln Rice was eight as Lexington won the Division I boys race at the Ashland Cross Country Invitational. Lex finished with a score of 119. Stow-Monroe Falls (136) was second and Dover (160) was third. A junior, Basilone picked […]