Spotlight On Talent: Ryan Costello, Newton North

Over the last few weeks, we previewed our top 20 girls’ and boys’ teams this cross-country season. Now it’s on to the individuals. Just who are our top harriers this fall? Leading up to our first statewide competitions of the fall campaign on Sept. 12, we’re going to feature some of the runners we believe […]

Preseason Cross Country Rankings Boys #4: Concord-Carlisle

#4 Concord-Carlisle Concord-Carlisle entered 2025 as one of, if not the favorite, to win it all in November. While things didn’t come together quite that way, there were flashes of brilliance. While they might not be as deep as they were in 2025, we don’t score cross country meets with 10 runners. However, the 2026 […]

Preseason Cross Country Rankings Girls #7: Westwood

#7 Westwood Westwood came into 2025 with high hopes and we had them ranked as the top team in Division 2. In the end they fell to third place behind Boston Latin Academy and Canton at the Meet of Champions. However, they bring too much talent back to be ignored for 2026. While it may […]

Preseason Cross Country Rankings Boys #10: Reading

#10 Reading The Division 1C runner’s up last year, Reading, return five of their top seven from that squad. While they’re top runner from 2025 did graduate this spring, they were also down a man last fall. Finn Johnson-Houlihan shut things down around mid-October last season. At that point he had been in their top […]

Preseason Cross Country Rankings #15: Boston Latin Academy

#15 Boston Latin Academy Slotting in at #15 are the defending Division 2 Champions, Boston Latin Academy. Some may have saw their ascension as a surprise last year, but that won’t be the case in 2026. They’ll have a target on their back and they’re ready to back it up. Brandon Spiess returns after a […]

Preseason Cross Country Rankings Boys #16: Oliver Ames

#16 Oliver Ames While Oliver Ames won’t have defending champion Landon Sarney this season, they retain a strong core and four of their top seven from last season. 2025 saw the Tigers win both the Hockomock Leage Championship, and edge Reading by four points to win the Division 1C crown. 2026 should see them make […]

New Balance Nationals, Day 3: Skeete Takes Gold In Triple Jump

It seemed like only a matter of time. In a breakthrough performance at last year’s New Balance Nationals, Catholic Memorial’s Amar Skeete was third at last year, cracking 50 feet for the first time. With that success came higher expectations as he was near or at the top of the national rankings all year. Now […]

Boys’ New Balance Nationals Preview

The New Balance Nationals feature the best of the best from across the country. It takes a special kind of talent to make it this far. Beginning Thursday and running through Sunday at historic Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Massachusetts’ finest track and field athletes will be looking to make some noise in the City of […]

MIAA Division 4 Championship Preview

MIAA Division 4 Championship-Boys Site/Time: Bridgewater State University Thursday 5/28 3:00PM, Saturday 5/30 2:30PM Teams: Agawam, Barnstable, Blackstone Valley Reg Voc/Tech, Boston Latin Academy,Bristol-Plymouth Reg Voc Tech, Canton, Chicopee Comprehensive, Dartmouth, DohertyMemorial, Greater Lowell Tech, Greater New Bedford RVT, Hingham, King Philip Regional,Longmeadow, Lynn Classical, Malden Catholic, Mansfield, Marshfield, Masconomet Regional,Melrose, Milford, Milton, Minnechaug Reg, […]