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Methuen High clinched its fifth straight Merrimack Valley Division 2 title, rolling up 101-79 win over Billerica.
"That's five straight, four with (Laura) Moriarty and one after her," joked Methuen High swim coach Jason Smith, who lauded this team's efforts rebounding from the loss of the All-American to graduation.

The Methuen girls swimming team topped Melrose 94-76 thanks in large part to impressive performances by Meaghan Arsenault and Maggie Conlon. Arsenault took the top spot in the 50-meter freestyle (27.02) and the 500-meter freestyle (5:51.67), and she swam the first leg of the winning 200 medley (2:07.92) and 400 freestyle relays (4:16.23). Conlon finished first in the 200-meter IM (2:24.02) and 100-meter backstroke (1:10.61) in addition to being on both relay teams. The Rangers improved to 7-4 with the victory.

Andover swimming topped Belmont, 97-86, to improve to 8-1-1 and set up next week's season-ending showdown with Chelmsford.   

"Every single year it comes down to this meet," said Andover head coach Marilyn Fitzgerald. 

It was the Courtney Smith show as Central Catholic cruised past Notre Dame. Courtney Smith and Courtney Smith — no relation and both are from Windham — both shined. One Smith placed first in the diving (186.70) and was part of the winning 200 medley relay team and the other won the 100 butterfly (1:12.35) was part of the winning 400 freestyle relay team.

Andover's Courtney Stone won diving (189.56) to lead the Golden Warriors swim team over Lowell.

Marissa Botting swam two personal bests, winning the 50 freestyle (26.41) and the 100 butterfly (1:04.47) as Central Catholic rolled to an easy win over Lowell.

Andover freshman Jill Beucler picked up her first varsity swimming victory, taking the 100 freestyle  in  1:06.03 during the Golden Warriors' win over Dracut.

Andover swimmer Katie Sullivan had a big day in the water, swimming the second leg of the winning 200 medley relay and winning the 100 breaststroke.

Early victories for Chanelle Arsenault in the 200 freestyle and Abbey Carbonneau in the 200 individual medley set the tone in Methuen's 93-84 triumph over St. Peter Marian in Worcester. Meaghan Aresnault, Chanelle's sister, won the 50 freestyle and was part of three winning relay teams for the Rangers (3-4).

Methuen goes 1-2 in backstroke but falls

Methuen lost to undefeated Chelmsford, but the Rangers did claim the top two spots in the backstroke with Meaghan Arsenault winning in the event in a time of 1:07.96. Maggie Conlon was right behind Arsenault, finishing at 1:07.97.