Woodridge High School’s boys cross country dynasty added another chapter Saturday, November 7, at Fortress Obetz, where the Bulldogs won their second straight Ohio High School Athletic Association Division III state championship and their 12th state title overall, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. Woodridge scored 65 points to win by a wide margin over runner-up Fairless, which finished with 115 points, the Beacon Journal reported.
The Repository of Canton independently confirmed the top of the standings, reporting that Fairless finished runner-up behind 12-time state champion Woodridge and matched its best state finish since the Falcons placed second in Class AA in 1978. The two accounts together confirm both the champion and the size of the gap: Woodridge did not edge the field at Obetz — it separated from it by 50 points.
Woodridge won the title the way deep programs do — without the individual champion. The Beacon Journal reported the Bulldogs’ two All-Ohio runners were Remington Griffiths, 14th in 15:39.6, and John Brock, 18th in 15:47.3, followed by Eli White in 30th at 16:10.8, Nathan Adams in 32nd at 16:12.5 and Devin Pietrowski in 51st at 16:33.6. All five Woodridge scorers finished inside the top 51, a spread no other Division III team in the race could match, according to the Beacon Journal’s results…