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It was a big day for Pentucket at the Eastern Mass. cross country meets at Wrentham Saturday.

Lowell dominated the Merrimack Valley Conference boys meet as expected, taking the top four places and seven of the top 11, but North Andover’s Patrick Kitchen broke up the domination a bit, taking fifth overall with a 16:23 on Chelmsford’s 5K course.

Fernando Damota, recovering from a stress fracture, cracked Methuen's top five for the first time this year as the Ramgers improved to 6-2 by sweeping Central Catholic and Haverhill. Cam Leonard and Evan Fagan finished one-two for Central and Jacob St. Onge led Methuen, taking third.

Methuen freshman Xavier Metivier ran 5:46 for a mile time this first week of practice. Yesterday he averaged 5:46 for 3.1 miles and his splendid effort was necessary. He was the No. 6 Ranger runner and broke the 28-28 tie with North Andover. Jacob St. Onge of Methuen ran a personal best and placed fifth among the five teams. The day's overall top runner was the Knights' Patrick Kitchen.

Twins Sam and Allen Cook finished second and fourth respectively as Methuen downed Billerica 15-46. Sam ran a 3.1-mile time of 18:29, while Allen finished at 18:48. Jacob St. Onge finished first with a time of 18:28, while freshmen Xavier Mepizier had a good day, finishing seventh at 18:54.