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 Central Catholic's Armando Bucciarelli, Xavier Peralta and Chris Berganti won the high jump at the Division 2 state relays. The Raiders, who tied for third place, also got a second in the hurdles where those three teamed with Luis Penzo.

Max Jacques ran a school record 6-3 to win the 55 meters to lead Salem to a win in a five-team meet. Runner-up Pinkerton got school records from Jake Hawkins in the 1,500 (4:00.6) and Chris Pietrocarlo in the 1,000 (2:34.0).

Senior Jason Martin, a first-year indoor track runner, set a personal best 5.6 to win the 50 yard dash and help Central Catholic down Billerica, 49.5-36.5. Chris Wilbar (1:20.2) remained unbeaten in the league in the 600.

Eric Guinto tied the Pinkerton school record with a 6.54 to place third in the 55 meters at the prestigious Dartmouth Relays. He equalled the mark set by former Class L champ Mike Grella. Chris Pietrocarlo took a fourth in mile in 4:24.3.

Central Catholic shined at the Winterfest Large School meet at Reggie Lewis including a victory by Jason Martin, Trae Musumarra, Luis Penzo and Chris Wilbar in a state-leading team 1:32.89. Martin also was second in the dash.

Armando Bucciarelli matched the school record in the high jump with a 6-5, and added a victory in the 50 hurdles as Central Catholic bested Chelmsford 63-18. Gio Frias origninally set the mark in 2008.

Dan Cormier went from fourth to first on his final throw in the shot put, with a 44-3/4 heave, to pace Methuen's boys track team to a 50-36 victory over Lawrence. Junior classmate Derek Feole was second with a 44-1/2 throw.

Dylan Lurvey's 44-7 in the shot put led the North Andover boys to victories over North Reading and Ipswich and Candice Waldie broke her own school record with a 34-3 3/4 in the shot to give the Scarlet Knight girls wins over the same to schools.

Despite sweeps in the hurdles and the 600, Pinkerton dropped a 47-43 verdict to Merrimack. Joe DiSalvo won a barn-burner in the 1,500 as did Eric Guinto in the dash, beating their Merrimack opponents by one-tenth of a second each.

Winning every event, Andover ran past Chelmsford, 74-12. Andrew Osborne excelled for the Golden Warriors in their opener, winning the dash (5.8 seconds) and the high jump (6-0).

Malcolm Rodriguez soared to a 5-10 in the high jump and Dionys Quezada captured the shot put with a 42-10 throw to lead Lawrence past 45-41.

Methuen picked a dramatic way to open its season.

With the meet to be decided on the the final event, the team of Steven Lilja, Cameron Kelley, Ben Pare and Jarred Reddy combined to cruse to victory in the 4x400 relay in 3:49.7 and give the Rangers a 46-40 win over Dracut. Kelley (1,000) and Reddy (mile) each added an individual win.

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.