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Andover girls take 8th at EMass meet

WRENTHAM — Methuen’s boys cross country team has been up and down in Eastern Mass. championship races in the past, but Saturday the Rangers were up.

Way up.

In a rugged Division 1 field, the Rangers finished third with 85 points, just four behind Cambridge and five behind MVC foe Lowell.

Junior Jeff Reddy led the way, finishing third in an excellent 15:36 on the Wrentham 5K course, right on the heels of Peabody sophomore Marcelo Rocha (15:35). Xaverian’s Lucas Paxter won in 15:23.

Also running a strong race was Matt Marchand in 13th while John St. Hilaire (16:24), Devin Allen and Cam Pavao came in a pack at 20-24-25 with a spread of 11 seconds.

“It was an amazing day for us,” said Methuen coach Bill James, whose team qualified for next week’s Division 1 All-State meet at Franklin Park. “Pretty much everyone ran the best race of their lives.”

Of particular note was the performance of Allen, who lost a shoe at the half-mile mark and ran the rest of the race with just one shoe.

Knights pass the cut

North Andover’s big trio led the way as the Knights qualified for All-State by placing fourth in Division 2.

Zach Frahlich was the first Knight to finish, in seventh in 16:21.70, while Marty Conrad was 9th and Chris Lord, coming back from mononucleosis, was 15th. Freshman Cam Leonard was 40th for Central, which came in ninth overall. 

Reggies qualify pair

For the first time, Greater Lawrence qualified two runners for the All-State meet. Yosvaldy Tejeda advanced for the second straight year, finishing eighth (16:38.60) while surging junior Dylan Colon will join him in the Division 2 race after he came in 10th with a 16:41.10. The Reggies finished 12th as a team.

Demeule takes second

Pentucket senior Alex Demeule will probably never beat Pentucket ace Nick Carleo, but he continues to beat just about everyone else. He finished second overall with a time of 16:20.3 to pace the Sachems to sixth in the 25-team EMass. Division 5 field. Jake O’Connell was sixth overall for North Reading, which came in 10th.

Andover girls take 8th

Andover’s girls led area teams at the EMass. meets Saturday, finishing eighth in a strong Division 1 field. Sarah Rothmann (19:33.1), Chantal Kellerd (19:35.4) and Caroline Wacome (19:39.5) finished 13-14-16 and will all compete in next week’s Division 1 All-State meet at Franklin Park. The top local finishers in Division 2 were North Andover’s Mia Drury in 23rd and Central’s Tiffany Simione in 25th.

Austin Prep’s Stephanie Casaletto of Groveland was fifth in Division 6 with a time of 19:24.7.

EMass. Boys Sectional Meets

at Wrentham (3.1 miles)

Top Div. 1 team scores (22 team scores): Lowell 80, Cambridge 81, Methuen 85, Peabody 100, Lexington 122, 18. Andover 453, 20. Haverhill 507

Winner and top area finishers: 1. Lucas Taxter (Xaverian) 15:23.5, 3. Jeff Reddy (Meth) 15:36.8, 13. Matt Marchand (Meth) 16:08.8, 20. John St. Hilaire (Meth)16:24.5, 24. Devin Allen (Meth) 16:33.8, 25. Cam Pavao (Meth) 16:35.5, 33. Evan Macmullen (SJP) 16:44.5, 58. Andy Chaves (And) 17:04.4, 68. Chris White (Hav) 17:15.9, 69. Cam Simes (Hav) 17:16.2, 82. Will McGrath (Meth) 17:23.0

Top Div. 2 team scores (20 team scores): Mansfield 79, Chelmsford 90, Needham 103, North Andover 156, L-S 162, 9. Central Catholic 226

Winner and top area finishers: 1. Quinn Cooney (Chelmsford) 15:37.2, 7. Zach Frahlich (NA) 16:21.2, 9. Marty Conrad (NA) 16:21.7, 15. Chris Lord (NA) 16:36.4, 26. Cam Leonard (CC) 16:51.7, 40. Cam Fagan (CC) 17:14.5, 48. Paul Fleury (CC) 17:29.1, 57. Charles Gaultier (CC) 17:38.1, 58. Will Ferguson (NA) 17:40.7, 59. Carlos Gonzales (CC) 17:42.8

Top Div. 3 team scores (25 team scores): Walpole 88, Concord-Carlisle 126, North Attleboro 132, 12. Gr. Lawrence 293

Winner and top area finishers: 1. Matt Dynan (Reading) 16:00.7, 8. Yosvaldy Tejeda (GL) 16:38.6, 10. Dylan Colon (GL) 16:41.1, 50. Miguel Cumba (GL) 17:30.1

Top Div. 5 team scores (25 teams): Ham-Wenham 72, Newburyport 72, 6. Pentucket 177, 10. North Reading 295

Winner and top area finishers: 1. Nick Carleo (N’port) 15:36.9, 2. Alex Demeule (Pent) 16:20.3, 6. Jake O’Connell (NR) 16:36.5, 35. Drew Capener (Pen) 17:29.7, 39. Josh Wildes (Pent) 17:35.1, 44. Sam Coppola (Pent) 17:43.4, 57. Ethan Bridgewater (Pent) 18:05.2

Top Div. 6 team scores (30 team scores): Manchester-Essex 42, Coyle-Cassidy 56, Innovation Academy 102, 9. Georgetown 301, 24. PMA 675

Winner and top area finishers: 1. Adam Petti (West Bridgewater) 16:09.8, 46. Casey Reale (Gtown) 18:21.9, 66. Jake Surette (Gtown) 18:41.1, 71. Zack Mitchell (Gtown) 18:48.3, 87. Sean Toomey (PMA) 19:14.6

EMass. Girls Sectional Meets

at Wrentham (3.1 miles)

Top Division 1 team scores (16 teams): Lexington 69, Weymouth 101, Lowell 112, 8. Andover 176, 11. Methuen 223, 12. Haverhill 229

Winner and top area finishers: 1. Kaley Richards (Lowell) 18:22.1, 13. Sarah Rothman (And) 19:33.1, 14. Chantal Kellerd (And) 19:35.4, 16. Caroline Wacome (And) 19:39.5, 20. Jillian Lemieux (Hav) 19:51.8, 21. Jenna Solimine (Hav) 19:52.7, 23. Hannah Wunderlich (Methuen) 19:56.5, 38. Kristen Killkelley (Meth) 20:20.4, 40. Jordan Hanson (Meth) 20:26, 48. Maddie Kelleher (Hav) 20:41.3, 58. Azia Kalil (And) 20:53.9, 67. Cate Donovan (And) 21;14.5, 69. Kelly O’Brien (Hav) 21:15.5

Top Division 2 team scores (19 teams): Needham 43, Lincoln-Sudbury 85, Billerica 117, 10. Central Catholic 246, 11. North Andover 268

Winner and top area finishers: 1. Ariel Keklak (L-S) 17:48.40, 23. Mia Drury (NA) 19:48,80, 25. Tiffany Simione (CC) 19:53.10, 26. Katie Freeman (CC) 19:56.50, 50. Nelson Tarja (NA) 20:32.20, 57. Lily Voke (NA) 20:44.80, 61. Avery Hayes (CC) 20:50.60, 63. Eileen O’Connor (CC) 20:55.30, 68. Laura Dellechiaie (NA) 21:01.40

Top Division 5 team scores (23 teams): Hamilton-Wenhan 49, 11. Pentucket 316, North Reading 537

Winner and top area finishers: 1. Erin Dietz (Bedford) 18:25.7, 25. Vivian Burke (Pent) 20:34.4, 65. Bella Doyle (Pent) 21:53, 72. Siobhan O’Keefe (Pent) 22:08.6

Top Division 6 team scores (24 teams): Manchester Essex 50, 12. Georgetown 340

Winner and top area finishers: 1. Olivis Lantz (M-E) 18:05.9, 5. Stephanie Casaletto (Austin Prep) 19:24.7, 37. Kylie Hayward (Gtown) 21:19, 52, Grace Sousa (Gtown) 21:53, 73. Maria Splaine (PMA) 22:33.9, 75. Jackie Simmons (Gtown) 22:36.9