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Newburyport's Lindsay Cullen split up Triton's 1-2 punch of twins Colleen and Erin Loughlin in the Clippers' (7-4) victory at Wilmington High (3.1 miles). Triton's Colleen Loughlin placed first (19:18) — one second ahead of Cullen (19:19), who finished one second ahead of Erin Loughlin (19:20). Newburyport's Kim Martins placed fourth overall (20:23). Kristin Cole finished fifth (20:35). Maura Welch (seventh, 20:51) and Maddie Cutrione (ninth, 20:59) sealed the Newburyport victory.

The battle of unbeatens wasn't much of a duel, as North Andover's Kirsten Kasper ran away from Pentucket's Alanna Poretta in a tri-meet at North Reading.

Kasper ran a blistering 16:13 over the 2.9-mile course, more than a minute ahead of Poretta (17:17) as the Knights defeated the Sachems 25-31.

The Lawrence girls cross country team won its first meet in eight years, defeating Notre Dame 20-35 as part of a tri-meet with Billerica. Giselle Munoz ran a fine race to take the win, finishing sixth overall in 21:11 for 3.03 miles.

Pentucket's Alanna Poretta and April O'Brien settled for a vertal tie in a 17-44 win over Ipswich yesterday, with both running a comfortable 20:18 for 3.1 miles. It served as a warmup for Poretta's anticipated duel with North Andover's Kirsten Kasper.

Kirsten Kasper won another race but Karissa Mako was also strong, finishing second in North Andover girls cross country's dual-meet win over Lynnfield.

Caroline Martin was a bright spot for the Hornets (0-8) as she placed fifth in a time of 17:18.

Colleen Loughlin placed second (19:41) for Triton (6-3) at Bradley Palmer State Forest (3.1 miles). Erin Loughlin finished fourth (20:25). Sara Auwerda placed fifth (20:38).

Megan Gallagher was sixth (22:00) for Amesbury (2-8) at Woodsam Farm (2.9 miles). Deryn Zahoruiko placed seventh (22:05).

Lindsay Cullen placed fourth (17:15) for the Clippers (5-4). Kim Martins finished sixth (17:51). Megan Clarke placed ninth (18:18).

"Hamilto-Wenham is one of the best teams in the state," Newburyport coach Don Hennigar said. "We're improving every meet, and our big meet is at the end of the year, so we should be in good shape."

Both the boys and girls cross country teams fell to powerful Masconomet yesterday. Caroline Martin finished first in the girls race with a time of 17:31 while Eric Kimball finished first in the boys race with a time of 14:41.