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North Reading’s John Braga was the area’s top finisher in the North Decathlon held at Burlington High.
With 5,259 points, Braga came in seventh as he moved up five places on a strong second-day effort including fifth-places in the triple jump (40-8 3/4) and the 1,500 (4:50.62).
A pair of Pentucket performers were next on the local ladder as John Burton and Sam Fuller were 16th (4,725) and 17th (4,685) respectively.

Capezzuto sweeps dashes North Reading’s Nick Capezzuto, who normally runs the 200 and 800 meters, pulled off a double in the dashes, winning the 100 in 11.44 and the 200 in 22.71. “I ran a (personal best) in the (100) preliminaries in 11.36, so this was my second best electronic time,” said Capezzuto, who will attend Stonehill next year. “I honestly thought it was going to be cold. I wasn’t expecting the heat or the sun at all. I was just expecting to run fast, not necessarily win. I just wanted to knock off a good time.” Considering it was one of the few times Capezzuto had attempted the distance, it was a more than acceptable time. “I ran the 100 I think three other times before this,” said Capezzuto, who did not run the 800 yesterday. “It started with me moving to the 800 and 200 but since the 200 comes right after the 800, they moved me to the 100 and 800. That’s how I discovered I could run the 100. “I didn’t run (the 800) because I don’t want to have two days of hard running in (a six-day stretch). I’m going to run it Friday. But I love the 800. It’s a good pain. You have to train and you have to want that pain.” Triton won the boys division with 109 points followed by Newburyport with 102 and North Andover with 68. The only other area champion was North Andover’s Eric Riedel, who won the triple jump with a 43-5. “It’s the first time we’ve had good weather all season,” Riedel, a junior, said. “I just came off a hamstring injury and didn’t come back until Tuesday (against Masconomet). It still hurts me, but it wasn’t affecting me that much.”

Jason Cox ran a personal best 4:46.3 in the mile, qualifying for the state meet in Pentucket's dual meet finale against Triton. The Vikings moved to 8-1 with a 97-48 victory over the Sachems (6-4).

North Reading's John Braga exploded for wins in the long jump (20-1), high jump (5-8), 110 hurdles (16.7) and 400 hurdles as the Hornets beat Hamilton-Wenham 99-46 but lost to Triton 95 1/3-49 2/3.

C.J. Lataille continued his upward progress on the track, running a personal-best 11.4-second 100 to qualify for states and anchoring the victorious 4x100 relay as Pentucket defeated Lynnfield, 95-50.

Behind personal-best victories James Winslow (44-3, shot put) Nick Kingswood (60.7, 400 hurdles), North Andover improved to 6-0 with wins over Pentucket and North Reading.

Versatile Greg MacArthur won the mile and ran on the winning 4x200 team to lead North Andover at the Sheldon Classic. Jim Quinlan (800, 4x200) was another double winner. Pentucket was led by be Dan Greene, who won the 200 in a personal best 22.7, and C.J. Lataille, who won the long jump and placed in three events.

John Manteiga 21-1 3/4;

second in the triple (38-5)

third in the 100  meters (11.7)

Returning from long-term concussion issues, C.J. Lataille was victorious in the long jump as part of Pentucket's tri-meet split. Lataille leapt 19-3, qualifying for the CAL Meet as the Sachems defeated Ipswich and lost a close verdict to Newburyport.

North Andover needed to go one-two in the 200 and win the 400 relay to rally past Triton in boys track yesterday and the Knights did just that, prevailing 73-72. Eric Riedel won the 200 in 24.1 with long jump winner John Manteiga in second and the foursome of Kyle Quinn, David Rose, 400 winner Max Almano and Brendan Varney closed it out in the relay.Tim Coppa was first in the mile and runner-up to Alex Sullivan in the 2-mile.

 Daryl Varney set a meet record   4:22.1 - meet recordByung Cha won the 100 meters for the second straight year - 10.9 and anchored our 4x100 to a win "We almost didn't run him today because he was a little beat up.  We were 50-50 and he wanted to run today and be part of the team effort and he convinced us and the results stand for themselves."

Andrew Bernardin tied the North Andover school record in the high jump with a 6-0 to help North Andover defeat North Reading on Wendseday. Current North Andover assistant coach Dana Burbank set the Scarlet Knights' mark in 2003. 

North Reading defeated Amesbury for its first victory of the season led by a pair of wins from Nick Capezzuto (400 and 200). In the tri-meet, including a loss to Masconomet, James Lawlor scored 20 points for the Hornets while Jimmy Willis added 17 points, the "best performances of the day" according to head coach Paul Swaim.

C.J. Lataille ran an impressive 11.4 second 100-meter dash, winning the event as Pentucket split a tri-meet, beating Ipswich and losing to Newburyport. Lataille also was triumphant in the long jump (19-0) while running the anchor leg in the victorious 4x100 relay.