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Haverhill put the finishing touch on its second straight unbeaten regular season by topping Central 36-19. Julie Solimine and Beth Fullerton went 1-2 for the 10-0 Hillies. Improving sophomore Samantha Kelleher finished fifth for Haverhill, which rested two of its top runners.

Andover's Julia Caffrey, who missed last season while studying abroad, had her best performance of the season, finishing second overall, and first on the team, as Brooks beat Rivers 23-32 in girls cross country. She was clocked in 22:26 over 3.1 miles.

Haverhill junior Julie Solimine smashed the course record at the 2.8-mile Shedd Park course. That's always special, but when it is by a whopping 36 seconds, and the owner of the mark was ex-Hillie great Colleen McNaughton, that makes it unforgettable. The unbeaten Hillies swept Lowell and Tewksbury.

North Andover's girls cross country team packed four runners from second to fifth, led by Katrina Martyn and Ally Brillard, to stun once-beaten Pentucket 22-33. Pentucket senior Alanna Poretta was an easy winner, covering the 2.85-mile course in 17:15. Martyn and Brillard were clocked in 17:58 and 18:00 respectively.

Led by a tremendous first-place finish by Jared Reddy, Methuen's boys cross country team finished an impresive second in its 28-team division at the Manhattan Invitational.

On a 2.5-mile course at Van Courtlandt Park, Reddy pulled away in the last mile and then held on to take top honors in 12:51, two seconds ahead of Nathan McCabe of Baldwinsville, N.Y.

Finishing within 21 seconds of each other, Danielle Silva, Julia Splaine and Taylor Hume drove PMA to a convincing 18-40 victory over Notre Dame Academy.

North Andover's girls cross country team took a wrong turn and was upset by Lynnfield 27-29

Amy Brillard and Katrina Martyn were running one-two late in the race when they took a wrong turn and went too far out of the way to recover. Olivia Marshall still finished first but, without the wrong turn, the Knights (6-2) would have finished 1-2-3 to clinch the win.

Even with standout Alanna Poretta getting the day off, Pentucket's girls cross country team ripped Ipswich 20-43. Pentucket took places 2-6 with Amy Babeu leading the way in second, running 21:04 on West Newbury's 2.95-mile course.

The Pinkerton girls cross country team placed its top seven runners under 20 minutes on its 3.05-mile course in a 20-41 romp over Londonderry. It was the first time more than four girls were under 20.

Don't look now, but North Andover's girls cross country team, which was supposed to be rebuilding, is 6-1 after yesterday's 15-46 rout of Newburyport. Alli Brillaud, who was the No. 5 runner last year, was first in 20:02 over three miles, Katrina Martyn and Olivia Marshall took the next two spots .

Concord's slight advantage in depth made enough of a difference to hold off Salem by three points (31-34) in a six-team meet at Manchester's Derryfield Park. Timberlane was next with 83 points followed by Manchester West (96), Goffstown (116) and Dover (160). The Blue Devils (6-3) had half of the top eight finishers led by second-place finisher Samantha Hutchins (21:44 over 3.1 miles) and Alyssa Lambert in fourth (22:40). Hannah Kimball was tops for the Owls, finishing third in 22:02.

The Greater Lawrence girls cross country team won their first meet in two years, 24-32 over Minuteman. Mariah Magee was the first Reggie, in fourth, and Alexandra Rodriguez was fifth.

Pentucket senior Alanna Poretta took over the race in the second mile and won going awayto capture first in the Division 2 McIntyre Invitational at Franklin Park.

Sisters Amy and Carolyn Babeu along with teammate Alanna Poretta finished within a second of each other as Pentucket rolled to a 16-47 win over Amesbury.

Sophomore Kelsey Kowal, who played soccer last fall, ran well in her first ever high school cross country meet. She posted the best time for Central Catholic. But the Raiders still lost their opening meet to Billerica.