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Samantha Valentine set a course record at Northfield Mount Mermon, running 5K in 18:25 as Phillips Academy improved to 3-0 with an easy 15-44 victory.

It was a good day for Samantha Valentine of Phillips, who broke the course record at Northfield Mount Hermon with a time of 18:29. Anoush Shehadeh set the old mark of 18:47 in 2014. Phillips also won the event thanks to good times from Michaela Jones (19:32) and Alisa Crueger-Cain (21:47).

Georgetown's Travis Lane and Rob Cerulle each dominated Northfield-Mount Hermon in their starts as Phillips Academy swept a doubleheader, 10-4 and 17-1. Rich Ciufo drove in six runs on the day.

Phillips beat Northfield Mt. Hermon 88-49 highlighted by a new school and Big Blue pool record of 1:25.30 in the 200 freestyle relay. The swimmers were co-captain Darren Ty of North Andover, Marcello Rossi, Nick Isenhower and Christian Alberga.

Missing two key starters, including Andover's Jackson Quinn who recently broke his leg in a skiing accident, Brooks fell to Phillips Exeter 48-25 after beating both St. Paul's and Northfield Mount Hermon to improve to 9-4. North Andover's Nick Konovalchik, Jake Gottfried and Owen Rosenberger all remained unbeaten on the year.

The Phillips Academy girls cross country team, which was unbeaten last year, remained undefeated this year (4-0) with a 15-48 win over Northfield Mount Hermon. Alana Gudinas, who placed sixth, broke 21 minutes for the first time.

The Phillips Academy Girls Track team won a three-team meet on the road, defeating Loomis Chaffee and host NMH. Peyton McGovern of Methuen won the 800 and Andover's Caroline Shipley took the 400.

Georgetown's Thomas Lane allowed just a single run in the early game and Jake Nelson and Matt Hosman combined for a shutout in the later game as Phillips swept a doubleheader from NMH, winning 7-2 and 4-0.

Charlotte Welch took a pretty pass off the boards from Anna Fucillo and scored with 40 seconds left as Phillips beat NMH 1-0. Alexa Matses stopped a breakaway late in the game.

The Brooks boys basketball team opened its season with a 51-point loss, to Northfield Mount Hermon, and coach John McVeigh was actually encouraged.

"That's probably the best team in the country," said McVeigh. "I actually liked our performance,"