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Phillips Academy sophomore Anoush Shehadeh continued to shred the opposition as she captured the Division 1 Prep cross country meet with an outstanding 3-mile time of 17:17 as the Big Blue fuinished third. Shehadeh has placed first in every meet this year.

NORTH ANDOVER — The No. 8 Merrimack field hockey team exploded for two goals and 20 shots in the second half, and despite a late goal by the visitors, the Warriors would hold on to down Bentley University, 3-2, in the NCAA First Round last night, clinching the program’s second consecutive trip to the Final Four next weekend. Improving to 17-3 overall by means of the win, the Warriors will now match up against a familiar foe in Final Four host and the NE-10 Champion UMass-Lowell River Hawks, while the Falcons see their season end at 11-8 overall.

It was not a great day for local teams at the Cape Ann League meet, on either the boys or girls side, but things went just fine for North Reading junior Nicole Roberst. She fibnished third overall in 18:37 on the 2.8-mile Bradley Palmer course. 

It was not a great day for local teams at the Cape Ann League meet, on either the boys or girls side, but things went just fine for North Reading junior Nicole Roberst. She fibnished third overall in 18:37 on the 2.8-mile Bradley Palmer course. 

Led by Shannon Arsenault, who was 10th overall, Pelham's girls finished second in the Division 3 meet. Shayly Harrington also had a strong race, finishing 15th as the second freshman in the race and Rhiannon Snide came in 22nd.

The Division 1 meet did not go as Londonderry head coach Ed Burgess expected, but he wasn't complaining about the result.

Thanks to a late surge, the Lancers captured the crown for the first time since 1994, finishing with 89 points, five fewer than runner-up Bishop Guertin.

Newcomer Notre Dame of Tyngsboro dominated the field at the Commonwealth Conference girls meet, but Whittier was an impressive runner-up led by Angie Martinez in ninth and Corinne Bilodeau in 12th.

Sarah Rothman ran one of her best races of the year, finishing 11th overall, as the Andover girls finished a strong third in the MVC meet behind Lowell and Chelmsford. Rothman was just one place behind Warrior standout Leila Aruri, who was clocked in 19:48 on Chelmsford's 5K course.

 Junior forward Candace Waldie of North Andover and senior forward April Daugherty scored the game’s only goals, as the No. 7 Merrimack field hockey team wrapped up the 2012 regular season with a 3-0 Northeast-10 Conference road victory over Adelphi yesterday afternoon. By virtue their eighth consecutive win, the Warriors improve to 15-2 overall to wrap up the regular season and finish league play with a 9-1 record. Adelphi, meanwhile, fell to 7-11 and 6-4 within the NE-10.

Presentation of Mary junior Sydney Moran, despite taking a wrong turn that cost her 30 seconds and two places, charged back to capture first place for the fifth time this year in a tri-meet split with Shawsheen and Lynn Tech.