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Phillips pounded Governor's behind double winners Patrick Wolber, Joseph Kruy and Michael Garai.

Methuen High's Cam Kelley, Mike Capomaccio, Eric Lacroix and Stephen Lilja finished in fifth place in the 1,600 sprint medley at the McIntyre Relays with a time of 3:40.79 to set a new school record in the event. 

Simon Voorhees was the standard bearer for area tracksters, bringing home the victory in the mile at the State Coaches Invitational meet at the Reggie Lewis Center.

Voorhees, who also ran the opening leg in Andover's 4x800 relay that placed third, turned in a strong time of 4:21.94 to prevail.

Londonderry's Zachary Joy came away with the lone Division 1 individual victory in Open Qualifying Meet competition at USM, but Pinkerton's Emmitt Smith certainly left his mark.

Carrying over their speed from the football field, Salem's Jerickson Fedrick (6.3 seconds) and Max Jacques (6.5) finished 1-3 in the 55 meter dash at the Open Qualifying Meet at UNH.

Newburyport remained unbeaten by nipping North Andover, 46-40. The Clippers (9-0) sewed it up before the relay. The Knights also raced Manchester Essex, and won big, 75-11. Greg MacArthur and Jim Quinlan went 1-2 in the 1,000 (2:48.4, 2:48.6) vs. both teams to lead the Knights.

“Any time you beat Central in anything in Andover, it’s a big deal,” said Andover track coach Peter Comeau. So yesterday was a big deal times two. Andover won a pair of track showdowns at the Richard Collins Field House by identical 48-38 scores. Both meets came down to the mile relay, the final event. Both likely decided the MVC Large titles. Andover still has a meet left with Lowell. The unbeaten Andover girls will be heavily favored but the winner-take-all boys’ meet could be tight. Yesterday’s meets were tight and the boys’ clash had a dramatic ending. Speedster Pat Farnham had a tough time of it in the 300, settling for second place, and in the relay he was again beat to the break line. And this time there was a collision. “Pat flipped,” explained Comeau. “He rolled over and jumped back up. He was 15 yards behind him then but beat him to the exchange! He’s my nephew, but I wanted to kill him. I had the same expression on my face I did when I was watching the Patriots in the playoffs! After the meet, all the coaches made a point to say most kids would have quit.” But the legendary Farnhams don’t quit. Ryan Cooney ran a terrific third leg and Simon Voorhees cruised home to win 3:41.1 to 3:41.9 to hold off the upset-minded Raiders, who dropped to 3-2-1 overall. Andover (5-0, 3-0 MVC Large) has a talent-laden relay crew with Farnham teaming with Brian Knapp (600), Cooney (1,000) and Voorhees (2-mile), who each won an individual event. The Central girls came in on a high note having won the Division 2 state relays over the weekend. The Raiders were hoping to upset an Andover quartet which ran a 4:05.65 to place second at the Dartmouth Relays. But Andover’s Eve Bishop, who was second in the 300 at Dartmouth, was just too tough in the anchor leg and the Blue and Gold won in 4:14.5, about two seconds ahead of the Raiders. “Eve is amazing,” said Comeau. “Their anchor ran incredibly,” said Central coach Katie Sullivan. The Raiders (6-1, 3-1 MVC Large) got out to a commanding 20-7 early lead but Andover (5-0, 3-0) roared back. One key was Meghan McPhee’s six-second personal best of 3:14.4 to win the 1,000. Eagle-Tribune cross country MVP Maggie Mullins won the mile in 5:15.9. She had to bring her A game as Central’s Lanie Jowett ran an indoor school record 5:16.9. Another Raider highlight was Leanne Kent and Julianna Piemonte going 1-2 in the 50-yard dash.

Tewksbury edged the Methuen boys 49-37 to wrap up the Merrimack Valley Conference Division 2 inoor track title. Cam Kelley won the 1,000 in 2:44.6 and Kyle Moschetto had a big personal-best 2:49.7 to take the runner-up spot to put the Rangers (4-2) in position to possibly win the meet, but Tewksbury swept the high jump to clinch the victory.

Salem's Max Jacques won the 55 meter dash (6.4) and long jump (21-01) at the New Hampshire qualifying standards meet at UNH.

Xavier Peralta and Matt Fenlon each scored in three events to lead Central Catholic to a runner-up finish at the Division 2 state relays. Kevin Conboy, Shawn Fournier and Nick Bordanu combined to win the shot put.

Matt Fenlon battled Lowell's anchor in the final lap and ended up winning on a lean to get the dramatic win and earn Central Catholic a 43-43 tie with Lowell. The other relayers were Brad Donahue, Trae Musumarra and Cam Walsh. Xavier Peralta's career-best 6-foot leap won the high jump.

North Andover swept the shot put (James Winslow, Stephen O'Grady, Alex Cora) and high jump (John Hufziger, Ahamdi Ogwuru, Kyle Quinn) in a 62-24 rout of Hamilton-Wenham.

Dan Cormier heaved a stellar 50-6 in the shot put, the best in the league this season, to help Methuen top Lawrence 45-41.

The Methuen boys track team, led by Dan Cormier's 48-8 toss, swept the shot put in a 61-25 romp over Billerica. The Rangers haven't given up a point in the event all season.

Central Catholic senior Kevin Conboy had a personal-best winning heave of 45-9 in the shot put and Connor Habib ran a PR time of 4:50.4 to win the mile as the Raiders whipped Dracut 61-25.