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Not only did North Andover junior Andy Robie jump 6-4 in the high jump, but in his first time doing the triple jump he just missed 40 feet. His teammate, Tyler Glendon, won with a jump of 41-08.5. Trevor Nassar ran a blazing 22.67 to win the 200.

Pentucket's Jack Clohisy placed second overall at the Pentucket Pentathlon, scoring 2,627 points after running a 16.00 in the 110-meter hurdles,long jumping 18-6 1/2, running a 4:57.83 in the 1,500-meters, high jumping 4-7 3/4, shot putting 32-5 1/2. Amesbury's Billy Sydlowski, Francisco Laracuente and John Sydlowski placed third, fourth and fifth respectively and North Reading's Lionel Beane was the overall winner with 2,639 points.

Methuen senior Saul Cespedes had one of the better high jumps of the young season, clearing 6-4. He also won the long jump (21-7.5) to help the Rangers take down Andover 79-66.

Fresh off a dominant season on the basketball court, Governor's Academy's D.J. Frechette had a big day for the boys track team on Saturday, winning both the long jump (19-10 1/2) and the high jump (5-6) to help Governor's take second out of four with 64 team points. Andrew Swiniarski won the discus (124-11), Tae Tantinon won the javelin (155-7) and Dan Flynn won the 300-meter hurdles (48.7).

Jaryd Plante won the discus and 800, Tom O'Mahony captured the long jump and 800 and Spencer Nuzzo took the high jump and 110 hurdles as Whittier beat Essex Tech 94-42. 

Lawrence held off Methuen 74-71. For the Lancers, Alex Suarez won both hurdles, events which Lawrence swept. Randy Reyes won the 100 and the 4x100. Niko Baez won the javelin and took second in the 200. 

Erick Duffy could feel something special was approaching as he ran down the runway.

With his time as a Scarlet Knight nearly over, North Andover’s Erick Duffy delivered another tremendous day on the track.

Central Catholic won the team title at the MSTCA Nothern Area Decathlon on Wednesday, taking first overall with 15,247 team points. Sophomore Greg Desrosiers placed fourth overall with 5,372 points, Joe Howshan took seventh (4,989 points) and AJ Caggianelli placed 10th (4,880).

BRIDGEWATER — Last week at the Eastern Mass. Division 2 championships, Erick Duffy may have put together the greatest double ever by an area trackster.

Yesterday (and Thursday) he outdid that. Thursday he pole vaulted 16-7, breaking his own state record to grab his third straight All-State title. Yesterday, he smashed his own school record of 14.30 with a 14.10 to also win the 110 hurdles. For good measure, he ran on the sixth-place 4x400 team.