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At the Frank Mooney Invitational at Wrentham, it was a good day for the Methuen boys and the Haverhill girls.

For Methuen, Freddy Coleman won the sophomore race with a terrific time of 16:22.87 while teammate Xavier Metivier was runner-up in the senior race with a time of 16:36.58.

LOWELL — Junior Jack Bicksler ran a terrific all-around race to place second overall to pace North Andover's boys to second as a team at the Merrimack Conference meet Saturday.

Seniors James Pothier (1st), Luke Ryan (4th), Cormac Crippen (6th) and Duncan Louis (15th) ran big races to help Central Catholic (8-2) wrap up its regular season with a 24-31 win over Chelmsford.

James Pothier was the first runner to cross the finish line at the 2.9-mile Winnekinni course in 15:51 to lead the Central Catholic boys track team to a 28-29 win over Billerica. The Raiders also beat Haverhill in the tri-meet (17-40), as Matt Giannasca came in third overall in 15:58.

North Andover senior Jeff Stad ran perhaps the best race of his career to finish third overall with a 16:43 time for 5K, beating Central's James Pothier and Methuen's Xavier Metivier, in a quad-meet at Lowell. The Knights won two of three meets.