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North Andover's boys track team put the finishing touches on its second straight perfect season, running away from rival Masconomet, 93-52. Lethal leaper Andrew Bernardin paced the victory, taking the long jump and the triple. Mike Reading cleared 13-6 for the pole vault win, and Allan Marcus soared 20-10 in the long jump. The Cape Ann League regular season champs look to defend their CAL Championship Meet title on Saturday.

Kobie Green-Jackson and Matt Spurling combined for seven of Whittier's nine wins as the Wildcats bested Nashoba 76-61. Green-Jackson took the long jump, high jump and 100 and Spurling won the shot put and discus.

Zac Borrelli helped lead the Central Catholic boys track and field team to a first place finish at the Massachusetts Division 2 Relays in Woburn. Central scored 82 points. Borrelli threw a personal best and school record 161 feet, 3 inches in the discus as the discus relay team set a school and meet record with a combined throw of 429-0. 

The Phillips Academy boys track team romped to the New England Class A title, finishing 35 points ahead of runner-up Loomis Chaffee. Junior Malcolm Mason-Rodriguez won both the long and triple (46-4 1/2) jumps and was second in the high jump, team captain Peter Hetzler won the 400 and 300 hurdles and North Reading's Bobby Vardaro had a personal-best winning throw of 53-7 1/4 in the shot put.

Andover held off New Bedford, 46-44, to repeat as the Class A Relays. New Bedford almost tied up the Golden Warriors but the Whalers took third in the high jump and Andover held on. Adam Vetere was a double winner (4x400, 4x800). Connor O'Neill, Kerrick Stevens and the victorious 4x800 team of Scott Waller, Simon Voorhees, Chris Goodwin and Vetere turned in a stellar effort to take that event.

Matt Dionne (long jump, triple jump and high jump) was triumphant in three individual events as Timberlane easily defeated Winnacunnet, 98.5-46.5. Jarret McKallagat was best in the 110 and 300 hurdles while helping both relay quartets prevail.

Andrew Osborne won the long jump (21-9 1/4), high jump (5-10) and ran on the winning 4x100 relay as Andover bested archrival Central Catholic 85-62. Christopher McConnell crushed his area-best this season in the 100 with a 10.7 for the Golden Warriors (5-0), who dealt the Raiders their first loss of the season.

Jonas Joseph won the 400 hurdles with a 61.0, besting his own area-high for the season (61.37) in Haverhill's 74-71 loss to Lowell.

Derek Feole won the shot put (46-2) and discus (129-0) and Tyler Bolduc took the javelin (128-0) as Methuen topped Chelmsford 98-47. Jamil Halaby added wins in the triple jump and 110 hurdles.

Eric Guinto won the 100 and 400 as Pinkerton topped Londonderry 96-49.

The Lawrence Lancers boys track and field team finished their first undeafeated season ever(5-0-1), and won the MVC Championship for the first time since 1982. They capped off the season with a 90-55 beating of Billerica.  

ANDOVER — The order of the Andover 4x100 runners on the results sheet was inaccurate. Francis Nova made sure to make the correction. “No, McConnell ran fourth,’’ emphasized the Lawrence High senior. Who can blame him for wanting to get it right? After all, it’s not often somebody beats Andover great Christopher McConnell, the three-time indoor All-State 55 meter champion. McConnell got him in the 100 meters (10.97-11.00) but Nova’s brilliant anchor leg against McConnell gave the Lancers a thrilling 4x100 win (43.13-43.38). Nova was the MVP and Andover won the boys team title and the combined scoring crown at the 50th Collins-McIntyre Andover Boosters Invitational. It was quite a day for the Westfield State football/track recruit, who also soared 22-8 3/4 to capture the long jump, an event he’s only done four times in his life. Of the relay showdown, Nova said, “At the handoff, we were neck and neck. I love to run with him. It brings out the best in me. He drives me to push myself. I just want to win.’’ This won’t be the last time the relay teams meet. Andover still has the area’s season best time (42.97) while Cuesta and Nova led the Blue and White to the area record with a 42.73 last spring. Nova said winning is always nice, but the best part is sharing it with his teammates. It’s quite a foursome, including area all-time leader Francesco Cuesta, who won the 200 (22.29), 200 runner-up Jean Zorilla (22.81) and Cristian Reyes. Nova the novice looked like an old pro in the long jump, breaking Eric Diaz’s 6-year-old school record (22-6) and moving to 13th in the area’s all-time rankings. Mighty impressive for somebody who only did the event because the Lancers were shorthanded in the event early in the season. “I was surprised,’’ he said of the record-setter. “I didn’t know I could do it. My coach (former Andover star Mike Marcinonis) said just run and jump. I was just proud.’’ He had a 21-7 on his first jump, a 20-8 on the second then the record leap. Nova, who won the All-State 300 title in the winter, still wants to beat McConnell in the 100. “He’s beat me quite a few times,’’ he said with a laugh. “I was gaining little by little in the 100. Damn, I’m ticked he beat me.’’

Pat Farnham won the first race of his track career, taking the 400 in 51.3 to help Andover blast Billerica 108-37.

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. 

Led by a pair of victories from Jay Marchand (400 hurdles and long jump), North Andover remained undefeated by easily defeating Lynnfield, 101-44.