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Methuen's top boys relay team ran a superb 30:10 to place first and set a meet record at the Clipper Relays at Newburyport yesterday.

Andrew Stamatopoulos led off and handed to Ben Pare, who ran 9:54 for his 2-mile leg and then handed to Jared Reddy, who overcame a 40-yard deficit to win going away, defeating runner-up Lowell by 33 seconds.

Hosting its season opener, Pentucket succumbed to Masconomet, 15-50, and Wilmington, 22-33. The Sachems were paced by Jason Cox (18:59 over the 2.95-mile course) and Kam Doe (19:35).

Opening day translated into a sparkler for the North Andover boys and girls cross country teams,which swept Amesbury and Georgetown.
Ally Brillaud, a senior, picked up her first career victory in the girls meet.
For the boys, both winner Max O'Brien and runner-up Darryll Varney snapped the old Georgetown course mark in a sweep.

North Reading's boys cross country team split its season-opening tri-meet, defeating host Triton, 20-36 and dropping a 21-40 verdict to a strong Hamilton-Wenham squad. Mark Rollff rolled to a third place finish overall for the Hornets, covering the 3.1 mile course in 16:41 with teammate Liam Cregan only four seconds behind to place fourth.

Newburyport's Greg Englehart and Brian Morse tied for first place (16:29) at Maudslay State Park (3.0 miles). Sean Hickman finished third (16:50). Ryan Clark (fourth, 17:29) and Ian Wood (fifth, 17:34) rounded out the scoring for the Clippers (9-3).

Brian Cosgrove (first, 17:41), T.J. Howard (third, 18:08) and Andrew Buckless (fourth, 18:21) placed the victory for Triton (7-5). Jason Cox (17:51), Matt Pearsall (18:54), and Mark Pigott (19:01) all ran well for the Sachems (2-10).

Amesbury's Jeff Larnard placed seventh overall (17:22) at Patton Park (2.9 miles). James Parady placed 10th (17:43) for the Indians (4-7). Liam Leary finished 11th (17:49).

Pentucket's Jason Cox placed 12th overall (16:47) at North Reading High (2.85 miles). Mark Pigott finished 15th (17:22) for the Sachems (2-9). Matt Pearsall placed 16th (17:24). Connor Tribble finished 17th (17:25).

Newburyport's Greg Englehart placed first overall (17:02) at Wilmington High (3.1 miles). Brian Morse finished second (17:09) for the Clippers (8-3). Ryan Clark placed fourth overall (17:47).

Jason Cox placed fifth (18:07) at Ipswich High (3.1 miles) for Pentucket (2-7). Mark Pigott placed ninth (19:21). Lee House finished 10th (19:25).

The Hornets (5-5) lost a tri-meet to Newburyport (21-32) and Hamilton-Wenham (18-42). Manchester Essex had strong showings from Eric Kimball (6th, 14:58), Ben Girard (9th, 15:16), Leo Daley (13th, 15:31), Spencer Lange (17th, 15:55) and Nate Jermaine (18, 15:59).  

First-year cross country athlete Andrew Buckless placed fifth (18:24) for Triton (5-4) at Bradley Palmer State Forest (3.1 miles). Zach Peabody finished ninth (18:33). TJ Howard placed 11th (18:45).

Jeff Larnard placed second (17:31) for Amesbury (4-6) at Woodsom Farm (2.9 miles). James Parady was third (17:34). Alex Tamburello was fourth (17:45). Peter Seiss placed fifth (17:51).

Greg Englehart finished third overall (14:38) for Newburyport (6-3) at Manchester Essex (2.75 miles). Brian Morse placed fourth (14:45). Sean Hickman was seventh (15:07).

Brian Cosgrove placed third overall for Triton (5-3) at Georgetown's course. Zack Peabody (18:24) placed eighth. Andrew Buckless finished ninth (18:26). Kenny Mitchell placed 11th (18:47). T.J. Howard placed 12th (18:55).