ALLIANCE — The Minerva cross country teams swept Eastern Buckeye Conference cross country titles on Saturday at Marlington High School.

Two-time defending girls state champion Minerva won its eighth straight league title. The Lions are ranked No. 2 in the state in Div. III, while Marlington is No. 7 and Salem is No. 8.

Marlington’s Irelyn Johnson won the girls race in 18:34.

Minerva’s boys were led by Rowen Hoffee’s winning time of 16:10 in winning its second straight league title. Before last season the Lions had not won a league title since 2004.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS

TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Minerva 26, 2. Salem 37, 3. Marlington 105, 4. Carrollton 105, 5. West Branch 118, 6. Alliance 133.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 1. Rowen Hoffee (Minerva) 16:10.5, 2. Sam Yakubek (Salem) 16:20.0, 3. Luke Stephens (Salem) 16:27.5, 4. Anderson Scott (Minerva) 16:47.7, 5. Owen Yoder (Minerva) 16:58.8, 6. Tyson Fetty (Minerva) 17:05.9, 7. Colton Hall (Salem) 17:11.7, 8. Brady Griggs (Marlington) 17:21.3, 9. Alex Rea (Salem) 17:29.4, 10. Fox Johnson (Minerva) 17:36.0, 11. Kyle Ormiston (West Branch) 17:37.4, 12. Brady First (Minerva) 17:38.1, 13. John Childs (Carrollton) 17:41.8, 14. Camden Butcher (Alliance) 17:52.0, 15. Logan Williams (West Branch) 17:58.4, 16. Jackson Dowd (Salem) 18:06.2, 17. Kaden Knappenberger (Minerva) 18:08.0, 18. Carson Murphy (Carrollton) 18:10.8, 19. Andrew Childs (Carrollton) 18:28.7, 20. Andrew Bargerstock (Marlington) 18:33.7

21. Gabe Minor (Marlington) 18:35.5, 22. Trevor Greenfield (West Branch) 18:36.9, 23. Grady Troyer (Minerva) 18:41.6, 24. Zach Norris (Minerva) 18:42.0, 25. Caleb Lemasters (Minerva) 18:50.4, 26. Cj Siembida (Salem) 18:54.1, 27. Gavin Fontaine (Alliance) 18:54.2, 28. Sam Blum (Minerva) 19:00.2, 29. Cooper Barth (Salem) 19:02.8, 30. Nolan Henry (Marlington) 19:08.5, 31. Andrew Husk (Carrollton) 19:15.2, 32. Landyn Wade-Perkins (Carrollton) 19:17.2, 33. Gideon Cox (Alliance) 19:22.1, 34. Casey Minor (Marlington) 19:27.9, 35. Sylar Carson (Minerva) 19:29.4, 36. Logan Thompson (Salem) 19:36.1, 37. Spencer Evans (Marlington) 19:38.0, 38. Caleb Becker (Minerva) 19:44.5, 39. Cooper Fontaine (Alliance) 19:49.8, 40. Dustin Brown (Salem) 19:54.0

41. Jake Blinn (West Branch) 19:58.8, 42. Aaron Rea (Salem) 20:07.3, 43. Avery Lewis (Alliance) 20:08.2, 44. Carter Roller (Alliance) 20:10.2, 45. Mason Hergenroder (Minerva) 20:19.1, 46. Diesel Long (Carrollton) 20:20.1, 47. John Biggs (West Branch) 20:33.0, 48. Bennett Biggs (West Branch) 20:42.1, 49. Trevor Beck (Salem) 20:44.9, 50. Aiden Cassidy (Minerva) 21:03.8, 51. Alex DeRienzo (Salem) 21:13.8, 52. Jaxon Sutton (Carrollton) 21:15.8, 53. Jorge Seddon (Salem) 21:16.2, 54. Charles Ekey (Alliance) 21:37.4, 55. Jordi Gonzalez-Summers (Alliance) 21:37.7, 56. David Wang (Alliance) 21:52.4, 57. Julian Elliott (Minerva) 22:02.4, 58. Liam Taggert (Marlington) 22:16.6, 59. Jayden Sutton (Carrollton) 22:30.0, 60. Jayden Wang (Salem) 22:41.2, 61. Zach Whitemen (Salem) 22:42.2, 62. Aidan Stuchell (West Branch) 22:59.1, 63. Juan Diaz (Minerva) 23:11.5, 64. Tanner Stowe (Minerva) 23:21.3, 65. Carter Bandy (West Branch) 23:27.0, 66. Ben Hamilton (Carrollton) 23:46.9, 67. Ezekiel Wengerd (Minerva) 23:50.7, 68. Aiden Perrin (Minerva) 23:57.3, 69. David Whitehill (Salem) 25:14.7, 70. Lenzy Phillips (Alliance) 27:22.2, 71. Riddick Mikes (Alliance) 28:13.0.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS

TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Minerva 32, 2. Marlington 42, 3. Salem 49, 4. Carrollton 113.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 1. Irelyn Johnson (Marlington) 18:34.0, 2. Tateum Richard (Minerva) 19:23.0, 3. Makenzie Beavers (Minerva) 19:23.4, 4. Charlie Galley (Minerva) 20:16.8, 5. Addison Keyser (Minerva) 20:17.4, 6. Addison Hopple (Salem) 20:25.1, 7. Jordynn Martz (Marlington) 20:27.4, 8. Cassidy Wallace (Salem) 20:33.7, 9. Brin Boyce (Marlington) 20:47.4, 10. Laura Hovorka (Salem) 20:52.4, 11. Emily Sinsley (Salem) 21:10.9, 12. Bella Ritchie (Marlington) 21:13.5, 13. Brynne Reese (Marlington) 21:17.7, 14. Liliana Pimentel-Alexa (Salem) 21:17.9, 15. Olivia Bosca (Marlington) 21:37.0, 16. Chaya Murray (Salem) 21:41.7, 17. Paige Menough (Salem) 21:49.3, 18. Chloe Carson (Minerva) 21:50.1, 19. Gabi McCort (Carrollton) 21:59.9, 20. Taylor McGeorge (Minerva) 22:11.6

21. Ella Barkan (Carrollton) 22:18.9, 22. Olivia McCort (Carrollton) 22:24.4, 23. Sophia Murphy (Alliance) 22:38.7, 24. Callie Yeagley (Minerva) 22:41.5, 25. Karighyn Johnson (Marlington) 22:43.9, 26. Heather Allbritain (Carrollton) 23:03.0, 27. Hannah Imhoff (Marlington) 23:06.8, 28. Chloe Webber (Salem) 23:12.5, 29. Norah Kerr-Jung (Carrollton) 23:14.2, 30. Kelly Ewing (West Branch) 23:14.8, 31. Rainique Simmons (Minerva) 23:39.4, 32. Ivey Rettig (Minerva) 23:44.3, 33. Chloe Hunter (Marlington) 23:45.4, 34. Sonja Sanor (West Branch) 23:53.6, 35. Grace Boyle (West Branch) 23:59.0, 36. Giselle Hafner (Minerva) 24:01.5, 37. Eliah Kirkpatrick (Minerva) 24:05.4, 38. Renae Burtz (Alliance) 24:10.8, 39. Allie Bryan (Carrollton) 25:03.9, 40. Elena Platt (Minerva) 25:14.4, 41. Laney Johnson (Minerva) 25:14.7, 42. Luna Woolf (West Branch) 27:17.7, 43. Alicea Davis (Salem) 28:19.2, 44. Ingrid Willgohs (Salem) 29:11.3, 45. Tiara Brown (Carrollton) 31:18.3.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS

TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Marlington 42, 2. Alliance 68, 3. Minerva 81, 4. Salem 99, 5. Carrollton 100, 6. West Branch 124.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 1. Taven Tice (Salem) 10:52.3, 2. Henry Roudesbush (Carrollton) 11:30.0, 3. Jacob Day (Carrollton) 11:32.6, 4. Zavien Diaz (Minerva) 11:34.9, 5. Gideon Lee (Marlington) 11:39.6, 6. Mason Lovejoy (Marlington) 11:48.1, 7. Eli Butcher (Alliance) 11:58.3, 8. Jake Bailey (Marlington) 11:59.4, 9. Liam Sponseller (Alliance) 12:01.6, 10. Caleb Keyser (Minerva) 12:06.9, 11. Kent Ronske (Marlington) 12:11.9, 12. Apollo Lipfird (Marlington) 12:13.0, 13. Owen Reinsel (Marlington) 12:34.8, 14. Andrew Horning (Alliance) 12:35.4, 15. Braxtyn Moore (Alliance) 12:36.5, 16. Jace Bowlin (West Branch) 12:42.7, 17. Wyatt Turman (West Branch) 12:42.8, 18. Hornyak Caleb (Marlington) 12:44.5, 19. Sawyer Hall (Salem) 12:45.3, 20. Cooper Courtney (Marlington) 12:45.9

21. Jaxson Braden (Marlington) 12:48.0, 22. Zachary Becher (Minerva) 12:51.9, 23. Brodie Walter (Minerva) 13:05.2, 24. Phoenix Devault (Salem) 13:09.2, 25. Austin Ekey (Alliance) 13:09.6, 26. Levi Braisted (Alliance) 13:10.0, 27. Jordan Brown (Carrollton) 13:25.6, 28. Layne Rettig (Minerva) 13:25.9, 29. Austin Macklin (Salem) 13:32.1, 30. Jayden Wang (Salem) 13:32.9, 31. Matthew Edwards (West Branch) 14:19.0, 32. Kaidyn Gamertsfelder (Alliance) 14:20.6, 33. Tegan Jackson (Salem) 14:24.6, 34. Liam Wilson (West Branch) 14:52.1, 35. Nathan Povroznik (Marlington) 14:54.4, 36. Greyson Ewing (West Branch) 14:56.2, 37. Wyatt Smith (Marlington) 14:56.8, 38. Trent Turner (Marlington) 15:06.4, 39. Jax DeWitt (West Branch) 15:07.0, 40. Jacob Hill (Carrollton) 15:08.5, 41. Jayden Grounds (Alliance) 15:12.3, 42. Anthony Waguespack (Alliance) 15:29.7, 43. Tanner Oyster (Marlington) 15:33.2, 44. Gavin Phillips (Alliance) 15:39.4, 45. Steven Penny (Alliance) 15:45.7, 46. Dylan Knickerbocker (Salem) 16:27.5, 47. Timothy Clair (Alliance) 16:28.6, 48. Luke Modranski (Carrollton) 16:30.7, 49. Paul Ward (Alliance) 16:58.5, 50. Eli Hall (Salem) 16:58.7, 51. Chance Smith (Alliance) 17:00.8, 52. Jace Anderson (Salem) 17:07.0, 53. Logan Smith (Salem) 17:31.7, 54. Mason Priest (Alliance) 19:10.9.

MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS

TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Marlington 31, 2. Minerva 42, 3. Salem 62, 4. West Branch 83, 5. Alliance 138.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 1. Lily Mooney (Marlington) 11:59.7, 2. Lily Perkins (Marlington) 12:31.1, 3. Alexis Oberly (Minerva) 13:06.3, 4. Isla Tate (Marlington) 13:09.5, 5. Peyton Jackson (Salem) 13:11.9, 6. Tenley Stitle (West Branch) 13:16.2, 7. Hannah Gram (Minerva) 13:18.8, 8. Presley Tarbet (Minerva) 13:19.1, 9. Addison Butler (Carrollton) 13:21.1, 10. Callie Mutigli (Minerva) 13:21.4, 11. Palin Keller (Marlington) 13:28.5, 12. Elise Kelly (Salem) 13:53.3, 13. Isabella Cantwell (West Branch) 13:53.5, 14. Alexis Bennett (Salem) 13:53.7, 15. Lexi Mooney (Marlington) 13:54.7, 16. Diem Simmons (Minerva) 14:12.8, 17. Ali Herold (Salem) 14:13.9, 18. Beau Cain (Salem) 14:17.4, 19. Ellie Bickle (West Branch) 14:18.2, 20. Elizabeth Hull (Alliance) 14:23.5

21. Belle Jerles (West Branch) 14:24.8, 22. Aaliyah Catania (Salem) 14:26.1, 23. Savannah Smith (Salem) 14:26.5, 24. Madison Yoder (Minerva) 14:29.2, 25. Claire Pflugh (Minerva) 14:33.5, 26. Samara Weaver (Minerva) 14:58.6, 27. Eliza McNutt (Marlington) 15:08.3, 28. Kendra Sommers (Salem) 15:08.3, 29. Mallory Gross (Alliance) 15:14.4, 30. Brenna Brown (Salem) 15:15.1, 31. Theresa Herstine (Minerva) 15:19.1, 32. Rosa Wallace (Minerva) 15:29.2, 33. Aubree Brown (Salem) 15:32.4, 34. Maggie Cosma (West Branch) 15:38.0, 35. Lydia Henry (Carrollton) 15:39.8, 36. Kennedy Fritz (West Branch) 15:53.1, 37. Tempe Ebie (Marlington) 16:01.7, 38. CeCe Barth (Salem) 16:06.8, 39. Ava Roach (Minerva) 16:12.8, 40. Lucy Blum (Minerva) 16:24.0, 41. Braylee Sears (Alliance) 16:25.7, 42. Savanna Modranski (Carrollton) 16:49.5, 43. Katalina Weaver (Minerva) 16:55.0, 44. Trinity Crawford (Minerva) 17:08.5, 45. Alexis Wright (Salem) 17:19.2, 46. Alyssa McCarthy (Alliance) 17:42.1, 47. Ka’dence Williams (Alliance) 19:06.1, 48. Calanthe Weaver (Minerva) 19:19.7, 49. AvaMarie Boyle (Minerva) 20:08.4, 50. Kalena Blake (Alliance) 21:37.3, 51. Kearsten Atkins (Alliance) 24:15.9.