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Jacob St. Onge pulled away from the lead pack with about 800 yards to go to finish first for Methuen to spark the Rangers (6-1) to a 26-31 win over Tewksbury. Sam Cook was a solid fourth.

Peter Lopata and Nick Murphy finished with the same time, 16:36, for 2.95 miles, to lead Pentucket's boys past Newburyport in a battle of unbeatens.

Joe Gagnon took first overall in 16.00, his career-best on Pinkerton's 3.0 mile course, and the Astros took the top seven placed on the way to scoring 15 points to defeat Alvirne (53) and Spaulding (78).

Pentucket had a brilliant performance to place second in the championship race at the Frank Kelley Invitational in Wrentham. The Sachems (142 points) were second to Wakefield (120).

Eddie Adams, Omar Abreu and Josh Small went 2-3-4 to key Greater Lawrence to a pivotal 26-31 cross country win at Chelsea.

Colin Dunn continued his tremendous improvement for the Whittier Tech boys cross country team, placing first overall as the unbeaten Wildcats (6-0) shut out both Lynn Tech and Northeast by 15-50 scores.

Youth was on display for both Pinkerton and Londonderry Saturday at the Manchester Invitational.

With a lineup of underclassmen led by Joe Gagnon, Pinkerton finished 11th while Londonderry came in 16th. But the Lancers showed great promise by finishing 1-2-6 to win the freshman race.

PMA junior first-year runner Sebastian Martinez, who switched over from soccer, placed first to pace the Panthers to their first win, 18-37 over Minuteman.

Led by super freshmen William Heenan and Ryan Young, who finished11th and 12th respectively, Londonderry finished a strong third at the Nashua Invitational.

Pentucket finished in a five-way tie for first in a 15-50 win over Lynnfield. The runners were: Peter Lopata, Will Coppola, Nick Murphy, David Gangemi and Sam Stys.