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It was a big day for Pentucket at the Eastern Mass. cross country meets at Wrentham Saturday.

Lowell dominated the Merrimack Valley Conference boys meet as expected, taking the top four places and seven of the top 11, but North Andover’s Patrick Kitchen broke up the domination a bit, taking fifth overall with a 16:23 on Chelmsford’s 5K course.

Fernando Damota, recovering from a stress fracture, cracked Methuen's top five for the first time this year as the Ramgers improved to 6-2 by sweeping Central Catholic and Haverhill. Cam Leonard and Evan Fagan finished one-two for Central and Jacob St. Onge led Methuen, taking third.

Haverhill sophomore Keith May had a personal-best time of 16:37 on the 2.9-mile Winnekenni Park course to take top honors for the first time in a double dual with powerfull Lowell and Lawrence. Lowell took places 2-10 to sweep the meet. 

Dueling seniors Vikram Daesety and Andy Chaves finished second and third and junior newcomer Devin Connell was fourth as the Andover boys cross country team swept Haverhill, Billerica and Dracut.

Patrick Kitchen, Dan Kenney and Max Litster took the top three spots and North Andover opened with a 19-36 win over Haverhill.