Ocean State Invitational – Championship Girls’ Race Preview

The Ocean State Invitational, presented by Marathon Sports and HOKA, is considered one of the top cross-country meets in the eastern region. There’s a reason. Besides producing a well-organized event, the meet directors of the OSI have consistently drawn the numbers to Warwick’s Goddard State Park with schools from throughout the northeast region and several […]
Ocean State Invitational – Championship Boys’ Race Preview

The Ocean State Invitational, presented by Marathon Sports and HOKA, is considered one of the top cross-country meets in the eastern region. There’s a reason. Besides producing a well-organized event, the meet directors of the OSI have consistently drawn the numbers to Warwick’s Goddard State Park with schools from throughout the northeast region and several […]
HOKA Athletes Of The Week: Falmouth’s Silas Gartner & CB&L’s Aoife Shovlin

The Wrentham Developmental Center, site of several of our statewide competitions during the cross-country season, had its inaugural meet of the fall campaign this past weekend with the annual Frank Kelley Invitational. What better way to begin our featured HOKA Athletes of the Week for 2024-25? For this week’s honor, we’d select Falmouth’s Silas Gartner […]
Rainy Weather Didn’t Damper Performances At Frank Kelley

Aoife Shovlin wasn’t alone in pursuit of a victory at Saturday’s Frank Kelley Invitational. After all, there was the lead vehicle she had to follow. With only a view of the ATV in front of her, the Cambridge Rindge & Latin senior claimed gold in the girls’ Championship race with a gun-to-wire victory and PR […]
Knights’ Upton In Charge At Manchester Invite

Michael Upton sure is off to a hot start this cross-country season. For the third time in as many weekends, the Catholic Memorial junior emerged victorious in a statewide competition. After capturing individual titles at the Vineyard XC Invitational on Sept. 7 and last Saturday’s Highland Park Invitational, Upton bested a field of 180 runners […]
Results & Photos From Frank Kelley Invitational

Under less-than-ideal conditions with a steady rainfall and a slight wind, the Frank Kelley Invitational was held on Saturday at the Wrentham Developmental Center In the featured Championship 5K races, Cambridge Rindge & Latin’s Aoife Shovlin and Falmouth’s Silas Gartner claimed the respective girls’ and boys’ title. Shovlin, the two-time Division 1 state champion, cruised […]
Frank Kelley Invitational On Tap This Weekend

More than 300 high schools compete in cross country in Massachusetts. About a third of them will be at the Wrentham Development Center this weekend for the annual Frank Kelley Invitational. Saturday’s meet features separate boys’ and girls’ Small and Large School freshmen and sophomore 3K races, junior and senior 5K races and a Championship […]
Quick Recap Of Highland Park Invite & Duck Races

It was home cooking for Sophie Shaw. Competing on a course she calls home, the Bishop Feehan junior captured the girls’ Varsity race at Saturday’s fifth annual Highland Park Invitational. Shaw won a close race, outdistancing Haddam Killingworth by just three seconds with a winning time of 20:30.19. With all five of its scoring runners […]
MIAA Cross-Country Preview: Division 3C Boys & Girls

Last but not least, this is the last of our fall cross-country previews. Here we feature Division 3C boys and girls. *** BOYS Division 3C Teams: Georgetown, Millis, Mount Greylock, Quaboag Reg., Bromfield, Wareham, David Prouty, Mystic Valley, Springfield International Charter, Boston Collegiate Charter, Maynard, Hopedale, Mahar Regional, Narragansett Regional, Tahanto Regional, Bartlett, Holbrook, Rising […]
Highland Park Invite, Duck Races On Saturday

Just a week after hosting the MSTCA XC Relays, Highland Park will be busy venue once again for our X-C athletes and teams. The Attleboro park and its Mark Coogan X-C Course with be the site of the fifth annual Highland Park Invitational. Schools from throughout Massachusetts and a few from nearby Rhode Island will […]