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St. John's Prep Runner Mike Masse, a resident of North Andover, was named the MVP of the Tri-County League during the League Championship meet at the Reggie Lewis Center. Masse then went on to win the 1,000 meter race with a time of 2:34.50.  

Seniors Adderly Gonzalez (1,000), Ramses Rafael (600) and Manny Paulino (shot put) all won their events to lead Lawrence to a win over Dracut.

According to coach Sully Grella, Armando Bucciarelli's first place 6-4 1/2 high jump leap in Central Catholic's 62-24 victory over Chelmsford is now the new area best in the event. Also claiming firsts for the Raiders were John DiBitetto (dash), Mike Sullivan (hurdles), Brandon Walsh (300), Victor Silva (1,000), Nate Webber (mile) and Zack Borrelli (shot put).

In a really close battle, Haverhill broke into the winning column with a 43-39 victory over Lawrence. Tim Nutter paced the victory for the Hillies (1-4) as he was triumphant in the hurdles (7.6) and the high jump (5-6). Adderly Gonzalez continued a soild season for the Lancers (1-4), winning the 600 (1:21.2) and running the anchor leg in the victorious relay.

Haverhill's boys track team had some unlikely heroes in a 43-39 win over Lawrence. Tim Nutter not only won the hurdles but had his best clear in the high jump to take first and Kyle Sullivan won the high jump on his final attempt.

Methuen boys track captured the 15th indoor dual-meet title in school history, beating Billerica 60-26. Adam Avedisian and Mark Dougherty finished 1-2 in the 300 to help the Rangers finish 6-0 on the regular season. Josh Adams took first in the 50 (5.6). He hasn't lost a race so far this winter.

Scott Waller took the 2-mile in 10:16 as Andover won every event on its way to besting Chelmsford 70-19. Simon Voorhees added a win in the mile and ran on the winning 4x400 relay. 

 Central cruised past Dracut with Phil Taberner (50) and Nate Webber (1,000) setting season bests in their victories.

At yesterday's Division 1 relays, Methuen earned three qualifiers for the Mass state meet.  In the 4x200, Josh Adams, Josue Henriquez, Adam Avedsian and Mark Dougherty finished fifth overall in a time of 1:34.94.

Adderly Gonzalez won the 1,000, Luis Cruz took the 2-mile and they ran on the winning 4x400 relay as Lawrence downed Tewksbury 49-37 for its first MVC win in at least five years. Sam Kim and Marco Belliard also ran on the relay.

Newburyport improved to 5-1 with a win over North Reading as Kyle LeBlanc (55m, shot put), Sean Hickman (2-mile), Tom Svirsky (300), Tyler Stotz (high jump), Thayer Adsit (600), and Greg Englehart (1000)

Methuen senior Josh Adams placed second in the long jump, at 21-1 and then finished 5th in the 55-meter dash (6.69) at the Dartmouth Relays. Both results qualified Adams for the Massachusetts Class A meet, on Feb. 21.  Also qualifying for the states were Stephen Fitzsimmons and Andrew Stamatopulos who finished the two mile with times of 9:56.10 and 9:57.98, respectively, and Jared Reddy who ran the mile in 4:32.38.

Andover's Chris McConnell won the 55-meter dash in a time of 6.52 at yesterday's Winter Festival, at the ReggieLewis Center. MConnell then ran with Mark Vetere, Brenden Campbell and Kerrick Stevens to win the 4x200 in a time of 1:32.65.

Haverhill and Central Catholic boys and girls indoor track split with the Central boys winning 59-27 and the Haverhill girls winning 51-35.

On the boys' side, Central got huge contributions from Mike Sullivan, who won the hurdles in 6.6, and Chris Wilbar, who took first in the 600 with a time of 1:21.4. Also picking up wins for Central were John DiBitetto (50 yard dash), Andy Scott (1,000), Kevin Soucey (mile), Jeremy Hall (shot put), and Armando Bucciarelli (high jump). 

 The Timberlane boys and girls track teams both threw around their weight to finish second at 11-team meets at UNH.

For the Owl boys, Cam Lyle was first in the shot put (48-7 1/2) and Casey McDonnell was third while Vicky Polito was first in the shot put for the girls. Also for the boys, Chris Dow was first in the 600 while Katherine Grzejka,  (long jump, 16-3 1/4), Taylor Ordway (300, 45.7) and the 4x 160-meter relay also grabbed firsts.