Brown & Hendricks Medal as Leopards Place 5th at Sandy Valley – Boys Cross Country

Evan Brown Istavan Hendricks Sandy Valley Cross Country Invitational 2025

Louisville 130 (5th Out of 8)

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On Saturday the LHS boys cross country team competed in the Sandy Valley Invitational. The weather was hot and the competition was even more heated as 3 of the best teams in Stark County were there. One of the top Leopards was injured, as Luke Boldon is nursing a pulled hamstring muscle. The Leps finished 5th.

Two Leopards medaled in the meet: Evan Brown (finishing 17th), and Istvan Hendricks (finishing 20th). Istvan ran a great race, achieving a personal best time of 17:49. He was the only Leopard to PR.

My Fit Life Personal Trainer Side AdCael Benson also ran very well, moving up to finish as the Leps #5 runner. He was close to a PR, as was Weston Sudomir. That is a great achievement considering the conditions and the course.

The other 2 finishing in the top 5 for Louisville were Ryan Mann (3rd, and 36th overall) and Gianni Faiello (4th, and 37th overall). Isaac Beltz finished 6th for the team, and Brock Cole finished 7th as the final 2 varsity runners.

This Saturday, the Leopards will represent their school and our community at the Stark County Championship Meet at Glenoak High School.

– Rick Brown

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Middle School Team Results | Middle School Individual Results

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UP NEXT: The Leopards will next compete at the Stark County Championships on Saturday, September 27. 


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Boys Varsity Large School Team Results

Place Team Points Scorers Times
1 Minerva 32 2+4+6+7+13 (14+36) 1:13 1-5 Split | 16:31 Avg
2 CF Northwest 53 1+5+12+17+18 (27+28) 1:46 1-5 Split | 16:56 Avg
3 Mass. Jackson 88 9+15+19+22+23 (24+26) 1:04 1-5 Split | 17:34 Avg
4 Canton South 120 3+10+32+34+41 (42+47) 3:12 1-5 Split | 17:53 Avg
5 Louisville 130 16+20+30+31+33 (38+40) 0:58 1-5 Split | 18:11 Avg
6 Meadowbrook 168 8+21+45+46+48 (52+56) 3:22 1-5 Split | 18:56 Avg
7 Carrollton 172 25+29+35+39+44 (49+51) 1:51 1-5 Split | 18:48 Avg
8 Canton McKinley 194 11+37+43+50+53 (54+55) 5:20 1-5 Split | 19:42 Avg

Boys Large School Individual Results

Place Athlete Year Team Mark Points
1 Luca Novakovic 11 CF Northwest 15:55.70 1
2 Anderson Scott 9 Minerva 15:59.00 2
3 Logan Howard 10 Canton South 16:05.60 3
4 Rowen Hoffee 12 Minerva 16:06.20 4
5 Smith Doubet 12 CF Northwest 16:29.40 5
6 Tyson Fetty 10 Minerva 16:38.30 6
7 Owen Yoder 12 Minerva 16:43.40 7
8 Vincent Campbell 9 Meadowbrook 16:46.30 8
9 Andrew Huzyak 12 Mass. Jackson 16:51.40 9
10 Brayden Pipher 11 Canton South 16:51.90 10
11 Elijah Corrin 12 Canton McKinley 16:55.10 11
12 Colin Harris 9 CF Northwest 16:56.50 12
13 Nolan Patacca 11 Indian Valley 17:05.00  
14 Fox Johnson 11 Minerva 17:12.00 13
15 Brady First 11 Minerva 17:18.70 14
16 Liam Parks 10 Mass. Jackson 17:23.70 15
17 Evan Brown 12 Louisville 17:37.50 16
18 Elijah Givens 11 CF Northwest 17:40.00 17
19 Isaac Garber 12 CF Northwest 17:42.60 18
20 Blake Hull 10 Mass. Jackson 17:44.60 19
21 Istvan Hendricks 9 Louisville 17:49.20 20
22 Luke NORMAN 10 Meadowbrook 17:51.90 21
23 Ashwin Van Bruggen 11 Mass. Jackson 17:54.50 22
24 Blake Akers 11 Mass. Jackson 17:56.20 23
25 Caleb Hopper 10 Mass. Jackson 17:57.30 24
26 John Childs 12 Carrollton 18:03.80 25
27 Simon Desramaux 12 Mass. Jackson 18:05.60 26
28 Logan Sidel 11 Mass. Jackson 18:07.50  
29 Isaac Swartz 11 CF Northwest 18:11.50 27
30 Ben Dick 12 Mass. Jackson 18:12.90  
31 Liam Geinzer 9 Mass. Jackson 18:18.30  
32 Daniel Stair 12 CF Northwest 18:18.40 28
33 Carter Scheetz 11 Mass. Jackson 18:20.60  
34 Landyn Wade-Perkins 10 Carrollton 18:21.40 29
35 Jacob Caldwell   Mass. Jackson 18:21.80  
36 Ryan Mann 9 Louisville 18:23.90 30
37 Gianni Faiello 12 Louisville 18:28.70 31
38 Tyler Elliott 11 Canton South 18:34.30 32
39 Cael Benson 11 Louisville 18:36.10 33
40 Ronan Lang 12 Canton South 18:38.00 34
41 Carson Murphy 9 Carrollton 18:40.60 35
42 Dylan Hull 12 Mass. Jackson 18:41.30  
43 Grady Troyer 9 Minerva 18:43.10 36
44 Henry Snyder 11 Canton McKinley 18:54.90 37
45 Sam Ostrout 9 Mass. Jackson 18:56.80  
46 Isaac Beltz 11 Louisville 19:00.30 38
47 Andrew Childs   Carrollton 19:03.20 39
48 Rylan Ellis 12 CF Northwest 19:04.40  
49 Zach Norris 10 Minerva 19:05.50  
50 Roman Baroni 9 CF Northwest 19:11.60  
51 Malcolm Thompson 11 Mass. Jackson 19:14.30  
52 Brock Cole 12 Louisville 19:17.80 40
53 Mason Elliott 10 Canton South 19:18.50 41
54 Dominic Prosperi 12 Canton South 19:22.30 42
55 Alex Lewton 12 Louisville 19:22.80  
56 Noah Brown 12 Canton McKinley 19:23.50 43
57 Noah Olenick 11 Mass. Jackson 19:27.40  
58 Landon Causey 10 CF Northwest 19:29.40  
59 Sam Blum 10 Minerva 19:29.40  
60 Evan Owuor 9 Mass. Jackson 19:30.00  
61 Caleb Becker 10 Minerva 19:32.90  
62 Cade Allan 10 Louisville 19:34.10  
63 Brady Wyss 12 Mass. Jackson 19:34.90  
64 Sylar Carson 11 Minerva 19:35.30  
65 Tyler Brown 9 Mass. Jackson 19:38.60  
66 Caleb Lemasters 9 Minerva 19:44.90  
67 Ben Hoppe 11 Mass. Jackson 19:46.50  
68 Vinny Lattavo 10 Mass. Jackson 19:51.50  
69 Jaxon Sutton 9 Carrollton 19:54.90 44
70 Gavin Koscoe 11 Meadowbrook 19:55.40 45
71 Lucas Wells 9 CF Northwest 19:57.50  
72 Marcus Casey 11 Meadowbrook 19:58.40 46
73 Mason Richards 9 Canton South 19:59.10 47
74 Edmond Zhou 10 Mass. Jackson 20:00.80  
75 Louis DelCorso 11 Mass. Jackson 20:07.20  
76 Marko Vranesevic 10 Mass. Jackson 20:08.40  
77 Robert Keglovitz 10 Meadowbrook 20:08.90 48
78 Mason Hergenroder 12 Minerva 20:12.40  
79 Lukas Schanz 9 CF Northwest 20:18.30  
80 Jacob Bolinger 11 CF Northwest 20:18.60  
81 Ayden Colaner 10 Indian Valley 20:37.90  
82 Luke Neisel 10 Canton South 20:38.20  
83 Brayden Mollet 9 Mass. Jackson 20:38.40  
84 Andrew Husk 10 Carrollton 20:44.20 49
85 Liam Graham 11 Mass. Jackson 20:51.80  
86 Kai Swartz 9 CF Northwest 21:01.10  
87 Bentley Bailey 9 Canton McKinley 21:03.80 50
88 Leo Rozmajzl 10 Mass. Jackson 21:07.40  
89 Diesel Long 9 Carrollton 21:11.00 51
90 Paul Childs 9 Carrollton 21:11.00  
91 Luke Boldon 12 Louisville 21:13.80  
92 Weston Sudomir 9 Louisville 21:14.50  
93 William Marshall 9 CF Northwest 21:19.40  
94 Daniel Rousos 10 Mass. Jackson 21:26.10  
95 Jahyden Black 11 Meadowbrook 21:36.40 52
96 Benjamin Schanz 12 CF Northwest 21:39.40  
97 Daven Ford 10 Mass. Jackson 21:46.00  
98 Aiden Cassidy 9 Minerva 21:53.70  
99 Julian Elliott 12 Minerva 21:54.10  
100 Isaac Day 9 Carrollton 22:01.10  
101 Jayden Sutton 11 Carrollton 22:09.90  
102 Hunter Bowman 10 Mass. Jackson 22:13.30  
103 Dash Everman 9 Canton McKinley 22:16.00 53
104 Ezekiel Wengerd 12 Minerva 22:25.40  
105 Aiden Perrin 12 Minerva 22:28.30  
106 Andrew Davis 9 Canton McKinley 22:40.00 54
107 Andrew Knight 11 Mass. Jackson 22:41.70  
108 Tanner Stowe 9 Minerva 22:59.10  
109 Ben Weed 11 CF Northwest 23:07.10  
110 Mark Bailey 9 Louisville 23:13.90  
111 Evan Brunoni 10 Mass. Jackson 23:20.40  
112 Juan Diaz 10 Minerva 23:32.80  
113 Ben Hamilton 9 Carrollton 23:35.80  
114 Thayne Casey 10 Mass. Jackson 23:43.20  
115 Grant Holbrook 9 CF Northwest 23:46.40  
116 Ethan McCallin 12 Mass. Jackson 23:47.90  
117 Connor Long 9 Mass. Jackson 23:52.20  
118 Blake Eckard 10 Mass. Jackson 23:52.60  
119 Zachary Ayayo 12 Mass. Jackson 23:53.00  
120 Oliver Hudas 9 Mass. Jackson 23:59.00  
121 Lucas Lamielle 10 Mass. Jackson 24:04.00  
122 Carson Brooks 10 Canton McKinley 24:12.60 55
123 Chase Solether 10 Canton McKinley 24:19.40  
124 Eric Boyd 12 Canton McKinley 24:20.20  
125 Reid Jeffers 12 CF Northwest 24:41.60  
126 Absalom Cruz Cantellano 9 Canton McKinley 25:12.50  
127 Caleb Dingey 9 Meadowbrook 25:13.70 56
128 Chase Mendoza 9 Mass. Jackson 25:37.30  
129 Jace Ellis 10 Canton McKinley 25:42.90  
130 Vivan Bhargava 9 Mass. Jackson 26:02.50  
131 Anthony Wasco 9 Mass. Jackson 26:27.90  
132 Greyson Kramer 9 CF Northwest 26:39.20  
133 Dominick Green 10 Mass. Jackson 27:18.20  
134 Jason Milligan 9 Meadowbrook 28:21.60  

 Boys Middle School Team Results

Place Team Points Scorers Times
1 Mas. Jackson MS 56 1+10+12+16+17 (22+25) 1:10 1-5 Split | 12:00 Avg
2 CF Northwest 105 3+11+21+24+46 (48+70) 2:28 1-5 Split | 12:35 Avg
3 Shenandoah MS 106 5+19+20+23+39 1:38 1-5 Split | 12:31 Avg
4 Minerva MS 109 4+13+18+31+43 (56) 2:05 1-5 Split | 12:34 Avg
5 Sandy Valley MS 148 7+29+30+37+45 (51+60) 2:04 1-5 Split | 12:56 Avg
6 Tus. Indian Valley MS 154 14+32+33+35+40 (41+72) 1:17 1-5 Split | 12:54 Avg
7 Carrollton 179 2+8+34+64+71 6:32 1-5 Split | 13:49 Avg
8 Louisville MS 204 6+27+55+57+59 (63) 2:56 1-5 Split | 13:40 Avg
9 East Canton MS 210 28+36+47+49+50 (53+54) 1:34 1-5 Split | 13:46 Avg
10 Canton South MS 214 15+26+42+65+66 (69+76) 3:09 1-5 Split | 13:55 Avg
11 Can. Crenshsaw MS 222 9+38+52+61+62 (67+68) 3:13 1-5 Split | 13:59 Avg
12 Union Local MS 324 44+58+73+74+75 6:30 1-5 Split | 17:16 Avg

Boys Middle School Individual Results

Place Athlete Year Team Mark Points
1 Jacob Piland 8 Mas. Jackson MS 11:09.80 1
2 Jacob Day 8 Carrollton 11:10.60 2
3 Maksim Novakovic 8 CF Northwest 11:41.50 3
4 Zavien Diaz 8 Minerva MS 11:42.60 4
5 Caleb McElroy 8 Shenandoah MS 11:48.00 5
6 Lucas Brown 8 Louisville MS 11:49.80 6
7 Cooper Schoeppner 9 Sandy Valley MS 11:50.30 7
8 Henry Roudesbush 7 Carrollton 11:54.50 8
9 Michael Corrin 8 Can. Crenshsaw MS 11:56.60 9
10 Sam Mazon 8 Mas. Jackson MS 12:03.80 10
11 Colton Eaver 8 CF Northwest 12:06.70 11
12 Drayke Hanham 8 Mas. Jackson MS 12:06.90 12
13 Bryson Eckelberry 8 Newcomerstown 12:07.60  
14 Zachary Becher 8 Minerva MS 12:11.90 13
15 Mason Curran 8 Tus. Indian Valley MS 12:15.00 14
16 Lincoln Howard 7 Canton South MS 12:16.70 15
17 Anderson Isles 8 Mas. Jackson MS 12:20.00 16
18 Drake Morgan 8 Mas. Jackson MS 12:20.40 17
19 Caleb Keyser 7 Minerva MS 12:22.10 18
20 Cooper Hendershot 8 Shenandoah MS 12:22.40 19
21 Garrett Hogue 8 War. River View JH 12:23.60  
22 Bennett Hendershot 7 Shenandoah MS 12:24.60 20
23 Ty Whitmer 8 CF Northwest 12:25.30 21
24 Chase Hummer 7 Mas. Jackson MS 12:31.10 22
25 Drake Voorhies 8 Shenandoah MS 12:34.90 23
26 Ashton Ross 7 CF Northwest 12:35.40 24
27 Charlie Queen 7 Mas. Jackson MS 12:35.70 25
28 Reid Parks 8 Mas. Jackson MS 12:40.70  
29 Gavin Barnes 8 Mas. Jackson MS 12:41.50  
30 Pierce Livesay 8 Canton South MS 12:41.60 26
31 Cohen Lykins 8 Louisville MS 12:41.70 27
32 Jaron Lennington 7 East Canton MS 12:44.60 28
33 Mason Freday 9 Sandy Valley MS 12:48.00 29
34 Broderick Haney 7 Sandy Valley MS 12:48.80 30
35 Lincoln Conn 7 Minerva MS 12:48.80 31
36 Logan Steiner 7 Dalton MS 12:50.60  
37 Gage Kreinbihl 7 Tus. Indian Valley MS 12:52.00 32
38 Dominic George 8 Mas. Jackson MS 12:52.30  
39 Evan Gray 8 Tus. Indian Valley MS 12:56.70 33
40 Jordan Brown 8 Carrollton 12:57.90 34
41 Todd Fillman 7 Tus. Indian Valley MS 12:58.30 35
42 Miles McKee 7 Dover MS 13:04.10  
43 Landon Bias 8 Newcomerstown 13:19.90  
44 Kirby Kilgore 8 East Canton MS 13:21.00 36
45 Braden Wiley 9 Sandy Valley MS 13:21.50 37
46 Zachariah Simms 8 Can. Crenshsaw MS 13:23.10 38
47 Lt Thompson 7 Shenandoah MS 13:26.70 39
48 TJ Linerode 7 Tus. Indian Valley MS 13:32.70 40
49 Noah Bryant 7 Tus. Indian Valley MS 13:32.80 41
50 Nico Golembiewski 7 Mas. Jackson MS 13:33.30  
51 Cohen Muhleman 8 Mas. Jackson MS 13:42.80  
52 Xavier Murphy 8 Canton South MS 13:48.20 42
53 Layne Rettig 7 Minerva MS 13:48.50 43
54 Samuel Garcia 7 Union Local MS 13:54.20 44
55 Parker Hookway 7 Sandy Valley MS 13:54.70 45
56 Diego Berkshire 8 Newcomerstown 14:04.00  
57 James Asciuto 7 CF Northwest 14:10.10 46
58 Ethan Carman 8 East Canton MS 14:10.90 47
59 David Gingerich 8 CF Northwest 14:12.30 48
60 Easton Bell 8 Meadowbrook 14:14.70  
61 Bryce Hogue 7 War. River View JH 14:17.10  
62 Braxton Campbell 7 East Canton MS 14:17.40 49
63 Micaiah Shilling 7 East Canton MS 14:18.60 50
64 Landon Greer 7 Mas. Jackson MS 14:19.50  
65 Henry Downes 7 Sandy Valley MS 14:23.60 51
66 Dae’Meire Clark 7 Can. Crenshsaw MS 14:27.70 52
67 Alexander Hayes 7 East Canton MS 14:30.10 53
68 Izaiah Alspaugh 7 East Canton MS 14:31.10 54
69 Wil Babcock 8 Louisville MS 14:32.20 55
70 Brodie Walter 7 Minerva MS 14:32.20 56
71 Owen Kiko 7 Louisville MS 14:32.30 57
72 Connor Sweat 7 Mas. Jackson MS 14:34.40  
73 Bo Russell 8 Union Local MS 14:34.60 58
74 Graham Seeley 7 Mas. Jackson MS 14:35.90  
75 Kodence Ortiz 7 Harrison Central 14:38.30  
76 Andrew Mellion 8 Mas. Jackson MS 14:39.60  
77 Thatcher Owens 7 Mas. Jackson MS 14:42.70  
78 Travis VanHorn 7 Dover MS 14:44.20  
79 Michael Smith 7 Sal. Southern 14:45.20  
80 Nathan Warner 7 Louisville MS 14:46.30 59
81 Anden Ross 8 Sandy Valley MS 14:46.70 60
82 Bryce Leach 8 East Canton MS 14:46.80  
83 Jameson Newcomb 8 Mas. Jackson MS 14:48.20  
84 Mi’Jeon Miller 8 Can. Crenshsaw MS 15:00.80 61
85 Ethan Singleton 7 Meadowbrook 15:02.20  
86 Jack Henderson 7 Ridgewood 15:05.00  
87 Richard Spencer 8 Can. Crenshsaw MS 15:09.60 62
88 Kaleb Clayton 8 Louisville MS 15:10.60 63
89 Jacob Hill 7 Carrollton 15:23.00 64
90 Tanner Mullen 7 Canton South MS 15:23.00 65
91 Rocco Risaliti 7 Canton South MS 15:26.10 66
92 Zachary Cilona 7 East Canton MS 15:26.20  
93 Julian Bailey 8 Can. Crenshsaw MS 15:37.80 67
94 Alex Moore 7 Mas. Jackson MS 15:38.80  
95 Caidon Raber 7 Dalton MS 15:39.60  
96 Hayden Jarvis 8 Mas. Jackson MS 15:42.00  
97 Aiden Barone 7 Mas. Jackson MS 15:55.50  
98 Kaleb Covell 7 Can. Crenshsaw MS 16:02.40 68
99 Tyler Drivas 7 Can. Crenshsaw MS 16:16.40  
100 Tommy Cramer 7 Mas. Jackson MS 16:18.10  
101 Kole Smailes 7 War. River View JH 16:18.60  
102 Landon Shaheen 7 Canton South MS 16:21.20 69
103 Jase Lombardi 8 East Canton MS 16:31.30  
104 Conan Clark 8 CF Northwest 17:27.90 70
105 Troy Lumley 8 Mas. Jackson MS 17:34.30  
106 Luke Modranski 8 Carrollton 17:42.90 71
107 Silas Jones 8 Tus. Indian Valley MS 17:50.00 72
108 Joshua Freeman 7 Dalton MS 17:53.50  
109 Vaughan Toaltson 8 East Canton MS 18:05.10  
110 Nathanael Syrios 7 CF Northwest 18:16.10  
111 Kolton Hicks 7 Union Local MS 18:22.60 73
112 Cole Rowsey 8 Can. Crenshsaw MS 18:28.10  
113 Will Gribble 7 Mas. Jackson MS 18:32.50  
114 Eli Freeman 8 Can. Crenshsaw MS 18:44.10  
115 Malachi Parson 8 Dover MS 18:49.10  
116 Gavin Grant 7 Union Local MS 19:04.70 74
117 Beckett Miller 8 Dover MS 19:36.90  
118 Kaiden Lombardi 7 East Canton MS 19:37.70  
119 Brantyn Heslop 7 Union Local MS 20:24.30 75
120 Gavin Hilton 7 Canton South MS 20:24.30 76
121 Lucas Smith 8 Can. Crenshsaw MS 20:37.40  
122 Jacob Layfield 8 Dalton MS 20:39.90  
123 Nolan Hanson 7 War. River View JH 22:22.70  
124 Eli DeUnger 7 East Canton MS 22:51.20