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ROXBURY — North Andover, which went unbeaten in the regular season, rallied to win the Cape Ann League Meet by placing second in the final event, the 4x400 relay.

Trailing Hamilton-Wenham by 4.5 points, Eleni Coufos, Carrie Manteiga, Danielle Coskren and Mikayla Guthrie combined for a 4:23.78 clocking and vaulted the Knights to the championship.

Rebecca Wagman took home victories in the dash and the 600 to lead Phillips' to a convincing track victory over The Governor's Academy.

Pentucket's Molly Smith, Rachel Perry, Ali Attenasio and Chase Marcotte placed fifth in the shuttle hurdles with a time of 32.88 at the Division 3 relays at the Reggie Lewis Center. Pentucket's Liz Beauregard, Brianna Repke, Emma Marchant and Kelsey Pratt qualified for states in the 4x800 with a 10:30.83. Marisa Lundy, Colleen Kilian, Tori Spofford and Charlotte Merritt qualified for states in the 4x200 with a 1:55.47.

Kelsey Pratt ran a personal best 5:56.52 in the mile to win the event but Pentucket girls track lost 49-37 to Ipswich.

As part of a 49-37 track victory over Lynnfield, Pentucket freshmen Paige Wesolowski (600) and Brianna Repke (1000) posted times that qualified them for the CAL meet. Despite only four victories, the Sachems placed 17 point scorers out of 22 spots for the team win.

 North Andover won its opener over Pentucket, 50-36. Alexa Duffy (dash) and Julia Mehlman (high jump) each won an individual event and ran on the winning relay.

Phillips whipped Governor's 72-14 behind distance ace Katherine Bulger, who won the mile and 2-mile.

Ipswich held onto its unbeaten record, rising to 10-0 with a 54-32 victory over Pentucket. Highlights for the Sachems included Becca Morse (by 13 seconds) and Shannon Lozier (11 seconds) improving their personal best times in the 2-mile, and Lauren Iola qualifying for both the states and the CAL meet in the 1,000.

Rebecca Kelly placed first in two events in North Reading's tack loss to Amesbury and Wilmington. Kelly ran in the 50 hurdles (7.6) and the high jump (4-8).

With the meet on the line in the final event, the team of Bernadette Corrado, Lexi Kitsakos, Marissa Porter and Liz Beauregard won the 4x400 relay in 4:36.6 to give Pentucket a season-opening 46-40 win over North Andover. Kitsakos (high jump), Corrado (300) and Porter (600) each added an individual win for the Sachems, who also bested Wilmington in the tri-meet.

Pentucket's Alanna Poretta placed first in the miile (5:03.51) to break her own school record at the Division III state track meet at the Reggie Lewis Center.

Poretta also qualified for Nike National meet.

   ROXBURY — With all she’s accomplished, Alanna Poretta’s win in the Cape Ann League Meet mile last night probably will be an afterthought. Certainly, it doesn’t measure up to the full tuition scholarship to Boston College, the school records, the Division 2 state cross country title or the Eagle-Tribune MVP honors in cross country. Nonetheless, it was an important step in the process. She ran a 5:09.30 and a mere 10 minutes later ran a 2:22 leg to lead the Sachems to a second-place in the 4x800. “I just ran Saturday,’’ said Poretta, referring to a 5:07.95 at the Boston Reebok Indoor Games. “The goal is to do well at All-States. I’m not peaking yet.’’  This fall, Poretta proved she knows when to peak with her stunning win at Division 2 All-States.  “The goal is to get faster,’’ she said.  And she’s already plenty fast. Her 4:57.83 at All-States last spring moved her to fourth all-time in the area.  “I’m healthy and I’m gearing up for the end of the season,’’ said Poretta, who was named CAL Large co-MVP with Wisconsin recruit Deanna Latham of Triton. “In my track workouts, I’m hitting all my splits. I think I’ll be surprised at how fast I am able to go.’’  Senior slide can hit in the classroom and the athletics fields, but the Groveland resident says that won’t happen with her.  “I’ve worked way too hard to get distracted,’’ she said, noting she’ll ease up in the summer. “Now I have to keep my eye on the prize. I wouldn’t count out a state title. The first goal is to break five minutes, I’m in shape for it.’’  Sachems coach Steve Derro knows he’s blessed to have such a talented athlete, but he’s quick to note she’s more than just a talented scholar (she was also being recruited by Penn and Dartmouth) and runner.  “To show you what a team person she is,’’ he began, “she gave up the mile all season to run the 1,000 and anchor the 4x400. We wouldn’t have been 9-1 otherwise. She had absolutely no problem doing that.”

 Perryman, McManus lead Knights  Krista Perryman (second in 55 meters) and Dana McManus (fourth in 300) placed in individual events and helped North Andover win the 4x200.  Candace Waldie repeated as the shot put champion.  It wasn’t enough though as Hamilton-Wenham knocked off the regular-season champion Scarlet Knights, 70.5-61, at the CAL Open.  “I had it figured out on paper to a tie,’’ said Knights coach Rick Dellechiaie, whose squad won the CAL Open title last winter. “It was coming down to who had the better night. It was a coin toss. They had a better night. They were 8-2, losing to Pentucket and us. But they match up better in the bigger meet scenario.’’

Colleen Flanagan set a school indoor pole vault record of 8-7 to lead the Phillips girls past Governor's 68-41. Sean Hamilton won the 2-mile in 10:12.7 to help the Big Blue boys win big.

Pentucket beat Triton to finish the regular season at 9-1. Alanna Poretta finished the regular season undefeated and with 267 points is third in career scoring for the Sachems. Teammate Bre Yocum is the all-time leader at 288.