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Pentucket Sachems Boys Cross Country '17

Champion Sachems devour competition

WRENTHAM — Next week, the Capital Grille! 
Coach Darrel Cox and the Pentucket boys cross country team had the time of their lives at Fuddruckers in Reading, celebrating another championship.
This was big ... the Eastern Mass. Division 5 title.
"If we win (Division 2) All-States, we'll go to some place real nice," said Cox.
The boys deserve wherever they want to go after what Cox called "the highlight of my career, absolutely."
Cox is in his 13th year at Pentucket and "about his 23rd year" as a cross country coach overall.
Pentucket outdueled Norwell by a wafer-thin 3-point margin (83-86) with Cape Ann League rival Triton in third (114 points).
Norwell went 1-2 over the 3.1-mile Wrentham Development Center course. But after the big 2 of Steven O'Driscoll (16:14.51) and Andrew Corbett (16:19.77), the Clippers couldn't match the Sachems' depth and balance.
The five scorers were: 3. Peter Lopatta 16:22.45, 7. Sam Stys 16:34.70, 12. Nick Murphy 16:51.87, 30. David Gangemi 17:27.40, 31. Colin Costa 17:28.37
Cox (or the Pentucket Boosters) had better be saving up because this group could be eating a lot of celebratory meals in the upcoming years. Lopata, Stys and Gangemi are sophomores and Costa is a freshman. Murphy is a senior but the 31st and 32nd runners in the 165-runner/24-team field were Sachem juniors Will Coppola (17:31.00) and Anthony Accardi (17:31.21).
Eagle-Tribune records reveal the Sachem boys last won an EMass title a quarter century ago. That was the EMass. D4 championship team in 1992. Back then there were only four divisions. 
Cox gave special kudos to Stys and Murphy.
Stys had placed sixth at the Cape Ann League meet (although the CAL is a terrific cross country league) and now took seventh in a major EMass. meet.
"Sam ran the race of his life," said Cox. "The sixth in the league was the second best of his life."
As for Murphy, Cox said, "Nick sacrificed in the early-season races. He was clear-cut No. 1. He'd stay back and run with them (the younger runners) and give them more and more confidence. He's not downtrodden. He's happy for them."
Next week the D2 State Meet is back in Wrentham.
Coach, bring your wallet.
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Boys Cross Country, 11/20/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Sachems finish 2nd at All-State

 

Yes, the Pentucket boys cross country team would have loved to place first in Saturday's Division 2 All-State Meet at Wrentham.

But, in perspective, placing second to Parker Charter is certainly somethng to be proud of.

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Boys Cross Country, 11/18/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Sachems storm to CAL crown

 

Pentucket won not only on its first Cape Ann League boys cross country meet title since 2003, but the Sachems did it convincingly Saturday.

The Sachems, who also won the JV meet, placed five runners in the top 11, led by rising sophomore Peter Lopata, who came in third in 16:13 on the 3.05-mile Bradley Palmer course, nine seconds and one place in front of teammate Nick Murphy.

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Boys Cross Country, 10/28/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Sachems win CAL title

 

Pentucket's boys cross country team wrapped up a perfect 10-0 Cape Ann League regular season title with a 17-39 win over previously unbeaten Triton. Surging sophomore Peter Lopata was first in 17:56 on Triton's brutal 3-mile course, just one second ahead of senior Nick Murphy and sophomore Sam Stys.

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Boys Cross Country, 10/23/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Showdown up next

 

Pentucket's boys cross country team whipped Amesbury 19-40 to set up a showdown next Monday at Triton with both teams standing at 9-0. Sophomore Peter Lopata ran a superb 16:15 on Pentucket's 2.95-mile home course, just eight seconds off the school record. Nick Murphy was third for the Sachems in 16:44.

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Boys Cross Country, 10/18/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Three-way tie

 

Pentucket's Nick Murphy, Peter Lopata and Will Coppola all crossed the line in 16:47 for 2.95 miles on the home course as the undefeated Sachems' boys (8-0) shut out Hamilton-Wenham 15-50.

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Boys Cross Country, 10/11/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Still unbeaten

 

Peter Lopata and Nick Murphy finished with the same time, 16:36, for 2.95 miles, to lead Pentucket's boys past Newburyport in a battle of unbeatens.

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Boys Cross Country, 10/04/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Pentucket stunner

Pentucket had a brilliant performance to place second in the championship race at the Frank Kelley Invitational in Wrentham. The Sachems (142 points) were second to Wakefield (120).

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Boys Cross Country, 09/30/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

High-5

Pentucket finished in a five-way tie for first in a 15-50 win over Lynnfield. The runners were: Peter Lopata, Will Coppola, Nick Murphy, David Gangemi and Sam Stys. 

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Boys Cross Country, 09/15/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars

Coppola does it

Junior Will Coppola won his first-ever meet, running 16:58 for 2.95 miles, as Pentucket swept Ipswich and Georgetown. Usual No. 1 runner Nick Murphy was third and Peter Lopata was fourth for the Sachems.

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Boys Cross Country, 09/07/17 » 0 Comments & 0.0 Stars