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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.

Pinkerton's girls only placed fourth at the Souhegan Relays, but it did show unusual depth. Their three relays of three runners finished seventh, ninth and 19th and their JV team romped to the title led by Gina Matarozzo, Felicia Dowling, and Madison Weston. 

Haverhill's girls cross country team showed its back in good health as its top relay team repeated as champion at the Clipper Relays in Newburyport.

 After Beth Fullerton led off with a strong 2-mile leg, Julie Sominine took the Hillies to first place in her first competition since being injured in April and Christine McNaughton — also not at full strength in the spring — brought Haverhill to the finish line in 36:40.

Battling powerful Masconomet is always motivating, and after a tight loss last year, Pentucket had victory and revenge on its mind.

With Alana Poretta finishing a minute in front of the field, the Sachems won "a pretty big test" according to head coach Todd Ruland, beating the Chieftains, 24-32 as well as Wilmington, 15-45. Amy Babeu (20:48), Addie Desrosiers (20:55) and Carolyn Babeu (20:57) placed 3-4-5 to lock up the win.

North Reading fell in a tri-meet to Hamilton-Wenham, 15-50, and Triton, 25-34. Laura McBride was the top finisher for the Hornets (0-2), placing 11th overall in 20:59 over Triton's 3.1-mile course.

As usual, the Presentation of Mary-Notre Dame Academy cross country collision was a close one.

The Panthers found an unsung heroine to turn the tide as freshman Abiah Floyd splashed to a brilliant ninth place in her high school debut.

Led by freshman Kate Farrell, the Windham girls cross country team captured the school's first-ever varsity title by placing first in the Sanborn Invitational.

Isaac Fithian finished in a time of 17:18 (3.1 miles) to place first and help the Sanborn boys to a second place finish in its quad meet with Fall Mountain, White Mountain and Conant. Fall Mountain won the meet with 20 points while the Indians finished with 58.

Brooks, despite missing three of its top four runners with injuries, finiashed third in the New England Division 4  prep meet, finishing behind Middlesex and Holderness. Amy Couture of Windham, N.H., finished ninth to lead the Green and White, Yadira Flores was 22nd and Nicole Rosmarin was 23rd.

Winning championships is nothing new for Phillips Academy cross country.

The girls square captured their fourth in a row at the 5k course at Avon Old Farms, beating out Saint Paul and Phillips Exeter with ease, grabbinbg three of the top four places and four of the top eight. Abby Levene led the charge, clocking in at 18:22, a new course record, and Stephane Moroney's third place finish (19:07) and Berol Dewdney's fourth place run (19:10), sealed the deal. North Reading's Georgina Norton finished eighth with a time of 19:46.

The Phillips Academy girls cross country team defeated arch-rival Phillips Exeter 21-39 to complete its third straight undefeated regular season. Abby Levene led the way with a 17:52 course record over Phillips' Exeter's 5K course. Georgina Norton of North Reading was seventh in 19:42.