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The Timberlane boys and girls cross country teams both finished second in a five-team home meet. For the boys, who finished just four points shy of Bishop Guertin, Peter Saviano and Liam Kimball finished second and third respectively while Lauren Oligny was runner-up for the Owls in the girls race.

North Andover's boys took the first five places in a surprising 15-44 rout of Central Catholic in cross country. Zach Frahlich was first in 15:10 over 2.75 miles as the Knights took the first five places, all within 30 seconds.

Methuen sophomore Jeff Reddy won his first varsity meet as the Rangers shut out lawrence 15-48. Reddy was clocked in 16:33 over 3.01 miles, one second ahead of teammate Matt Marchand.

The Windham boys cross country team finished seventh at the 21-team Bobcat Invitational, led by Brandon Bielinski, who came in 16th. The Windham girls, meawhile, came in eighth among 18 teams, led by Kristen Tilley in 16th.

Edward Quezada took a wrong turn at the Lawrence Reservoir course but the Lawrence star had enough left in the tank to hold off hard-charging Central Catholic rival Andrew Devaney. Both were clocked in 18:29. Central rolled 20-42.

Four cross country meets were postponed yesterday because of temperatures in the mid-90s. Andover-North Andover, Haverhill-Tewksbury and Lawrence-Central Catholic were all moved to tomorrow while Greater Lawrence-North Shore will square off today.

Pelham's boys reached its goal of finishing in the top three in the Division 3 meet, grabbing third with 96 points, trailing just Hopkinton and Fall Mountain.

You've got to hand it to the Pinkerton boys cross country team  it's consistent in the big meets.

For the fifth time in seven years, the Astros finished runner-up in the Division 1 meet, this time to rising power Bedford.

Mike O'Donnell made history yesterday at the Merrimack Valley Conference meet at Chelmsford.

The Methuen senior placed first in 15:50 on Chelmsford's 5K course, besting runner-up Lowell standout Patrick Coppinger by 13 seconds making him the first runner to ever win the MVC meet twice. He also beat his time of last year by 19 seconds and set a new course record.

 The Greater Lawrence boys cross country team is back on top of the Commonwealth Conference and it's back in overwhelming fashion.

The Reggies, who last won the CAC crown in 2007, put four runners in the top seven and won with just 27 points, comfortably ahead of runner-up Greater Lowell (44). Shawsheen, which had won the last four years, came in third.