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All photos courtesy of Scott Davis
The MS Big Orange Cross Country teams competed at the Max Evans Invitational hosted at the Ohio Caverns Saturday.
The boys finished 2nd out of 9 teams. The team was led by Andrew Kimball's 3rd place finish in a time of 11:47. There were 75 runners. Other finishers for the Big Orange MS Boys were: Ryan Henry was 6th 12:05 Owen Harrison 23rd 13:06 Joey Laroche 24th 13:08 Owen Garmin-King 35th 13:40 Philip Marr 47th 14:12 Sam Lauck 54th14:54 Mason Barger 61st, 15:41 The girls were 1st place out of 9 teams. The team was led by Ashley Yoder and Taylor Kennedy who finished 2nd (12:40), and 3rd place (12:50) respectively. There were 74 runners. Other finishers for the Big Orange MS Girls were: Lilly Weaver 5th 13:30 Maggie Davis 8th 13:40 Makenzie Bahan 26th 14:52 Lily Smith 29th 15:02 The teams will compete next Saturday at the Buck Creek Invitational.
The race kicks off the 46th Annual Ohio Caverns Max Evans Memorial Cross Country Invitational. This year’s meet features 19 teams, including our own state ranked Big Orange boys and girls teams and state ranked Columbus Grove boys and girls teams.
Race schedule: 8:30 a.m. Big Orange Alumni 5K 9:00 a.m. High School Boys 9:30 a.m. High School Girls 10:00 a.m. Middle School Boys 10:30 a.m. Middle School Girls 11:00 a.m. Awards and Senior Recognition Special thanks to Eric Evans and the Ohio Caverns for hosting our meet! The 2018 Kiwanis Logan County Cross Country Championships were held at Benjamin Logan Tuesday, August 28. Runners from Bellefontaine, Benjamin Logan, Indian Lake, Riverside, Triad, and West Liberty-Salem competed. West Liberty-Salem took home Logan County titles in the High School Boys & Girls races, as well as the Middle School Boys & Girls races.
Please come out and support the 1977 Big Orange state championship cross country team at its induction into the West Liberty-Salem Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday night (Feb. 9th) before the start of the varsity boys basketball game. Let’s fill the gym wearing our Big Orange gear. There will be a dessert reception following the game in the auxiliary gym.
For more information visit www.wlstigers.org All of us at Born and Raced in West Liberty would like to thank our community, businesses, volunteers, friends and family for the love and support they've shared with our West Liberty runners in 2017. From road races, track and cross country meets, All-Ohioans, to our Big Orange youth running program, West Liberty is truly a running community. Here are some of 2017's best photos of our runners. May 2018 bring you health, happiness, and miles and miles of good running! Congratulations to the winners of the 19th Annual West Liberty Luminaria 5K on Friday, November 24th in downtown West Liberty...especially West Liberty-Salem cross country alum Aaron Scott! Women's Winner: Summer Doty (22:42.1) Men's Winner: Aaron Scott (16:34.9) And thank you to everyone who participated in another fantastic West Liberty race and supported the West Liberty Business Association! [2017 Luminaria Men's Results] [2017 Luminaria Women's Results]  Directions to the meet: Address 2650 National Road SW, Hebron, Ohio. Do not use GPS and follow the instructions given by the OHSAA to avoid traffic backup. Spectators traveling from the West on I-70 should exit at Exit 122 State Route 158 N. then turn right on State Route 40. Spectators can avoid lines and purchase mobile tickets in advance via theTIK TAP app. When you arrive at the meet be sure to have your mobile ticket open in the TIK TAK app and the gate worker will do the rest. Visit www.ohsaa.org and click the Cross Country link for details. As per OHSAA guidelines, no pets, recreational vehicles, drones, pets or balls, frisbees, etc. are permitted at National Trail Speedway. 
The Big Orange girls cross country team is STATE BOUND again! WL-S won the DIII Southwest Regional Championships Saturday at Troy Memorial Stadium. The Big Orange was led by senior Reghan Bieleski who finished 2nd overall. This will be Reghan's 4th state meet appearance. She joins Big Orange alumni Amy Wallace McDaniel, Shawnda Henault, Savanna Shipp, Jasmine Smith, Jordan Smith, Alyssa Strickland and Meghan Vogel as the only Big Orange female athletes to do so in the program's history. This year's state meet berth is the 7th in the Big Orange girls program's history (2000, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016). It's the most state appearances of any girls athletic program at West Liberty-Salem. The Big Orange will race at 11:00 a.m. this Saturday at National Trail Speedway in Hebron, Ohio. Please come out and support these hard-working student athletes! Complete results of the DIII Troy Regional are posted on www.finishtiming.com. Info on the State Cross Country Championships is below and HERE.   OHC Champs! Congrats to the Big Orange middle school boys and girls cross country teams for capturing OHC titles this year!
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