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Miami Valley School's doubles team of senior Ginevra Muratori and junior Kennedi Washington was the Division-II state runner-up at last weekend's tournament at The College of Wooster.

The lost in the finals to Grier Peckham and Caroline Koch of Gates Mills Gilmour Academy, 4-6, 1-6. To get to the finals they beat Canfield's Hadley Moser and Whitney Miller, 6-1, 6-0; Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown's Anna Mills and Ava Kamensky, 6-3, 2-6, 6-0; and Toledo Ottawa Hills' Taylor Kayse and Bryn Tangeman, 6-0, 6-2.

This is the second time Miami Valley has had a state-runner up and the third time it has had a state placer in 13 appearances.

The doubles team of Kennedi Washington and Ginevra Muratori was the Division-II state runner up. They are pictured with coach Buddy Pitts.

The Metro Buckeye Conference made a little of history at the Division III district cross country meets last weekend.

Legacy Christian Academy's Caroline Hamilton won the girls race in 18:07.11, posting the third-fastest time ever at the Cedarville University course. Last year she posted the eighth-fastest time of 18:56.30.

Teamwise, four of the six boys teams advanced to Saturday's regional at Troy, while the Dayton Christian girls team advanced as well.

Emmanual Christian's boys and Dayton Christian's boys were district runners-up, while Miami Valley and Legacy also qualified their boys teams. This is the first time ECA has qualfied a team to the regional.

At the Voice of America race in Butler County, DC's boys had 74 points, four behind district champ Summit Country Day. MVS was fourth with 113 points. Points are based on where each runner finishes. The winner gets one point, second place gets two, etc. Lowest score wins.

Sam Ferriman of Dayton Christian was second overall in 16:21.4. Lochlan Dwyer of Miami Valley was fourth in 17:02.8, Aaron Davey of Dayton Christian seventh in 17:44.7, Asher Pachman of Miami Valley 16th in 18:30.2, Gavin Bohrer of Miami Valley 18th in 18:49.3, and Josiah Smith of Dayton Christian 20th in 18:57.0 to round out the top 20.

In the girls race, Dayton Christian was third with 105 points. Summit Country Day won with 42 points, while Madeira was second with 42. Four MBC runners finished in the top 20. Charlotte Lethander of Dayton Christian was 14th overall in 20:47.5 and Amber Prentice of Dayton Christian was 16th overall in 21:11.8. Their team scores were two places higher because there were two runners competing as individuals and their overall places are not scored.

Katelyn Smittle of Miami Valley was 17th overall in 21:19.8 and Ciara Dwyer of Miami Valley was 20th in 21:43.5. Neither qualified as individuals, however, as only the top 16 individuals advance, whether they are on a qualifying team or not.

In the boys race at Cedarville, Emmanuel Christian was fourth with 141 points, while Legacy was seventh with 195 points. Cedarville won with 69 points. In this race, the top seven teams advanced.

Levi Thompson of Legacy was eighth 16:52.80. Kyle Johnston of Yellow Springs was 15h in 17:11.57, and Grady Schaadt of Emmanuel Christian was 16th 17.12.69. Johnston qualified as an individual.

No girls teams qualified from Cedarville and Hamilton was the only MBC runner in the top 20.

A pair of Miami Valley School tennis players are heading to the state tournament.

The doubles team of Kennedi Washington and Ginevra Muratori won the Division II district championship last week, losing just three games prior to the finals. They beat a Wyoming team, 6-1, 6-0, in the first round; Indian Hill, 6-0, 6-0, in the second round; Summit Country Day, 6-0, 6-3, in the third round; and another Indian Hill team, 6-2, 7-5, in the championship match.

They will take on Canfield's Hadley Moser and Whitney Miller, who finished fourth in the northeast district, beginning Oct. 17 at The College of Wooster.

This is the 13th time MVS has qualified for the state tournament and second in a row as Muratori qualified in singles last year. In 1978 Susan Rudd was the state runner-up in singles before finishing third in 1979. Other state appearances came in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 2007, 2012, and 2013 according to the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

A pair of Metro Buckeye Conference teams received high seeds in the district volleyball tournament. 

In Division-V, Dayton Christian is the No. 2 seed, takes on No. 7 Milton-Union at 1 p.m. Sat. Oct. 19 at Butler.

In D-VII, No. 1 Middletown Christian has a bye and takes on the winner of No. 4 Oyler and No. 5 Felicity Franklin at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 at Princeton.

In D-VI Yellow Springs is No. 8 seed takes on No. 3 Fort Recovery at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16 at Arcanum

Calvary Christian (joining the MBC next year) is the No. 11 seed (5-11) and takes on No. 4 Tri-Village at 12:30 p.m Saturday, Oct. 19 at Newton

In D-VII, No. 13 Emmanuel Christian takes on No. 14 Catholic Central at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 at Fairmont.

No. 17 Legacy Christian takes on No. 1 Fort Loramie at 12 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, also at Fairmont.

Some MBC boys soccer teams could face each other in the Division-V district tournament.

No. 1 Dayton Christian could take on either No. 5 Yellow Springs or No. 9 Emmanual Christian in one district final, while No. 6 Middletown Christian could take on No. 14 Miami Valley in another.

Dayton Christian takes on No. 18 Northeastern Saturday, Oct. 19 and then would play No. 19 Newton on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Yellow Springs takes on No. 15 Springfield Catholic on Oct. 19, while Emmanual Christian takes on No. 6 Dixie on Oct. 19. They would play each other Oct. 22 if both win their first game.

Middletown Christian, No. 6 in the south portion of the bracket, takes on No. 3 Cincinnati Christian Oct. 19 and then would face either No. 4 Deer Park or No. 5 Cincinnati Country Day Oct. 22.

Miami Valley takes on No. 12 Tri-County North on Oct. 19 and then would play No. 2 Botkins or No. 18 Fairlawn in the district semifinal on Oct. 22.

Legacy Christian is No. 4 and takes on No. 16 Stivers at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19.