COLUMBUS -- It rained, but not on Collinwood's parade. The Railroaders won the Division II girls state track championship, 77-71, over runner-up Columbus Bishop Hartley.
Collinwood Coach Lou Slapnik with his team's eight trophies before Saturday.
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(Lonnie Timmons III, The Plain Dealer)
COLUMBUS -- It rained, but not on Collinwood's parade.
The Railroaders won the Division II girls state track championship, 77-71, over runner-up Columbus Bishop Hartley.
It was Collinwood's ninth girls track state title and its first in Division II. The other eight were in Division I. Collinwood dropped to Division II this year.
It also was the final title for retiring coach Lou Slapnik.
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy was third with 57 points, followed by St. Vincent-St. Mary (26), Warrensville Heights (18), and Lake Catholic (17).
Woodridge was the Division II boys runner-up. Pemberville Eastwood won with 39 points, Woodridge had 32 and Buchtel tied Dayton Dunbar with 30.
With rain falling and a line of thunderstorms approaching, the state track meet was halted for a second time today just as the Division II meet ended and Division I athletes were warming up.