By HockomockSports.com Staff

Oliver Ames senior Landon Sarney continued his torrid run this fall with a second place finish while junior Devon McStowe followed up his impressive performance at Hocks with a sixth place finish to lead the Tigers to the Division 1C title over the weekend at the Wrentham Development Center.

The Tigers had 60 points to edge out Reading, who came in second with 64. Mansfield and Sharon, who came in seventh and eighth respectively, also placed inside the top 10. North Attleboro junior Anthony Malakidis crossed fourth overall and Sharon junior Alex Pinnix was seventh.

After storming to a first place finish at Hocks two weeks ago, OA’s top five runners placed in the top 21. Sarney (15:34.00) was just over four seconds behind first place while McStowe clocked in at 16:03.20 on the 5K course. Senior Lawrence Dear was third for the Tigers and 13th overall at 16:28.50, junior Colin Donahue took 18th overall in 16:42.20, and senior Douglas Smith clinched the win with a time of 16:47.60, good for 21st overall. Junior Jake Hauvuy also had a strong race, crossing the finish line in 17:18.

Pinnix set a new PR with a time of 16:14.30 to lead the way for the Eagles, who finished with 76 points as a team. Mansfield was led by senior Joey Federline‘s time of 17:17.20 (32nd overall) and the Hornets finished seventh overall to qualify for the MIAA Meet of Champions for the first time since 2018. Stoughton junior Matthew Pritchard crossed in 17:22.70 to set a new personal best for 39th, and Milford junior Benjamin Tetreault was right behind him at 17:25.20 for 40th overall.

In the Division 1A race, Franklin had the top finish for a Hockomock team at 12th overall. Junior Kyle Twomey paced the Panthers with a 47th place finish, qualifying for the Meet of Champions with a time of 16:59.50. Attleboro senior Camden Martin and junior Owen Lacaillade crossed the finish together shortly before, both clocking in at 16:52.70 to move on to the Meet of Champions. Junior Jordan Trucchi had the top race for the Tigers at 17:56.00.

King Philip was the lone Hock team that competed in the Division 1B race. Junior Michael Joseph led the way for the Warriors with a 33rd place finish in 16:54.30. In Division 2, Foxboro senior Timothy Chase took 15th overall in the 2B race at the Northfield Mountain Rec Center. Chase clocked in at 17:18.96 for 15th overall while classmate Eamonn Kelly took 36th in 18:23.97. In the 2A race, Canton sophomore Tristan Grant clocked in at 18:09.20 for 32nd place.

Canton, OA Girls Each Take 6th

After running away with the team title at Hocks two weeks ago, Canton took sixth overall at the Division 2A meet in Northfield. Junior Lauren Raffetto was well ahead of the pack but came up just short of first place, taking second (19:38.93) by less than a second to Boston Latin Academy’s Sara Blanco (19:38.16). Sophomore Adileh Azar clocked in at 20:55.82 for 13th overall, junior Isabella Holland was 24th in 21:44.82, and senior Madeleine Driscoll secured 40th overall with a time of 22:28.92.

Back in Wrentham, the Tigers took sixth overall with 189 points in the Division 1C race. Billerica dominated the race with all of its top five runners inside the top 10. Kathleen Beaulieu had the top race of any Hock harrier with a time of 19:57.10, good for 16th overall. Classmate Devin Thomas (20:26.70), seniors Ashley Powers (20:34.80) and Erin Reilly (21:50.10), and freshman Norah Dupill (22:16.30) rounded out the scoring for the Tigers.

Sophomore Cameron Ward clocked in at 21:56.10 to lead the way for North Attleboro, sophomore Iris Nolan was the top Sharon runner in 22:48.60, and senior Alex Leman (23:03.90) paced Mansfield.

In the Division 1A race, Franklin senior Victoria Courtright-Lim qualified for the MIAA Meet of Champions by taking 35th overall in a time of 20:21.80. Junior Annabelle Santiago also had a strong race for the Panthers, clocking in at 20:54.40. Taunton eighth-grader Rylee Levesque had the top time for the Tigers, finishing in 22:05.90, while Attleboro senior Alexa Frackelton clocked in at 22:20.10 to lead the Bombardiers. Over in the D1B race, junior Ashley Cleverdon was 31st overall with a time of 20:41.10. Freshman Lillian Almeida also finished in the top 50, clocking in at 20:57.00 for 42nd overall.