Beam, Vogelpohl, Thatcher finish 1-2-3 again

        Woodmore girls took the top three places at the Northern Buckeye Conference cross country meet to breeze their way to a Northern Buckeye Conference championship.
        Woodmore senior Ava Beam won an individual title in 19:55.44, sophomore Oliva Vogelpohl was runner-up in 20:11.35 and senior Olivia Thatcher was third in 20:42.37. Mostly because of those three, the Wildcats are ranked ninth in the statewide Division III coaches poll.
       Last year, Beam was the Alan Miller Jewelers All-Press Runner of the Year because she placed the highest at the regional and state meet. Beam had the team’s best time at state, finishing 46th in 19:57 in the Division III girls meet. Thatcher placed 49th (20:05.9) followed by Vogelpohl (63rd, 20:20.5).
        However, at last year’s NBC meet, the same three Woodmore girls also took the top three spots, although Genoa won the meet because of its depth. This year, the Wildcats had the backup support to make sure they won the title.
        Woodmore freshman Madi Hammer (22:18.64) was ninth, freshman Emma Hammer (22:32.31) was 11th, freshman Kylie Cordie (23:15.95) was 25th, junior Kristen Davis (23:41.71) finished in 29th, freshman Molly McCarthy (25:16.57) was 38th and sophomore Angela Dickerson (26:16.22) was 40th.
        Woodmore scored 24 points to defeat second place Eastwood (31). Genoa (81) was third, Elmwood (109) fourth and Lake (125) fifth.
        For Eastwood, three freshmen filled in the fourth through sixth place spots. Haley Sponaugle (21:00.38) was fourth, Zoe Ramsey (22:09.18) was fifth and Cameron Sechkar (22:13.32) sixth. Eastwood junior Anna Brown (22:25.34).
        Lake junior Izzy Greene (22:32.93) was 12th, Genoa senior Sara Partin was 14th, Genoa junior Jordyn Bronowski (22:52.57) finished in 15th and Genoa junior Sophie Richards (22:56.38) was 16th.
        Eastwood senior Cordelia Howard (23:05.46) was 18th, Eastwood junior Maisy Stevenson (23:07.4) 19th, Genoa freshman Josie Lesniewicz (23:11.38) was 21st, Genoa sophomore Katelyn Bachmayer (23:13.48) was 22nd, Genoa junior Teagan Szych (23:14.08) was 23rd, Genoa freshman Ellie Huss (23:37.21) was 28th and Eastwood sophomore Elle Ruffner (23:46.5) was 30th.