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Emmanuel Christian's boys cross country team qualified for the Division-III state cross country meet after finishing fourth at the Troy regional last weekend.

Botkins and Cedarville tied for first 66 points. Botkins won the tiebreaker based on its sixth runner who finished 27th compared to Cedarville's who finished 43rd. Russia was third with 119, followed by ECA with 120.

Grady Schaadt was the top ECA runner, finishing 23rd overall in 17:21.84. Alex Pinkleton was 30th in 17:42.77, Xavier Fudge was 34th in 17:48.31, Elijah Scales  was 35th in 17:48.99, and Braylon Walls was 40th in 17:56.27.

For team scoring purposes, they finished 19th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 29th. Places are adjusted because individual runners' places don't count for team scoring and are removed. So while Schaadt was 23rd overall, there were four runners ahead of him who ran as individuals.

Elijah Whetstone was 45th/33rd in 18:04.94 and Isaac White was 88th/69th in 20:06.77 to round out the scoring.

Dayton Christian's Sam Ferriman qualified as an individual, finishing eighth in 16:49.09. Legacy Christian's Levi Thompson also qualified as an individual, running 13th in 16:57.24. The top 16 individuals overall qualified.

In the girls race, Legacy Christian Academy's Caroline Hamilton won in 18:10.41 and has the top regional speed in the state.

The state championship meet is at Fortress Obetz and Memorial Park, 4175 Alum Creek Drive, Obetz, 43207, Saturday. The boys run at 10 a.m. Hamilton runs at 10:45 a.m.

Tickets are available at www.ohsaa.org/tickets. No cash sales will be available, per the OHSAA.

The Emmanuel Christian Academy boys cross country team.

The Dayton Christian football team earned its second straight Division-VI playoff berth, finishing 12th in Region 24.

The Warriors (4-5) will take on a familiar opponent in No. 5 St. Bernard-Elmwood Place, a team they lost to in week one, 32-6. DC started 0-2 and then won three straight and four of five overall to fortify its playoff position.

The winner of Friday's game will take on the winner of No. 4 Portsmouth West and No. 13 Chesapeake.

This Friday's game is at Bron Bacevich Memorial Stadium, 35 E. Mitchell Avenue, Cincinnati, 45217.

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.