The English High boys cross country team broke into the win column, defeating Revere, 24-30, Tuesday at Lynn Woods.”The boys worked hard for this,” English coach Mike Toomey said. “To win in this conference is tough. I told the boys they would have to go out and take it and that is exactly what they did. They were tired of being close.”James Bell finished fifth and, according to Toomey, had “the race of the year” for the team.”I knew our top three would be solid, but to have James step up was huge,” he said.Chris Birotte, Camy Ducasse and Jesse Birotte took the second, third and fourth spots. Alex Santos finished 10th.Fenwick 16, Lowell Catholic 47At Fenwick, the Crusaders won the Catholic Central League title after coming up short last year. Billy Harrington finished first (17:02); Colton Buckley, second (18:06); Andrew Young, third (18:23); and Pete Schaffer, fourth (18:53). Fenwick finished 7-0 and has only lost one regular-season meet in three years.St. John’s 22, Cath. Mem. 39At Bradley Palmer State Park, the Eagles (4-0) won the Catholic Conference, wresting the top spot away from Xaverian, which has won the league the last few years. The Prep’s Mike Masse took first with a time of 16:33, the fifth-fastest time ever recorded on the course by a Prep runner.”We knew at the finish he had broken into the top five. It was a really nice race,” Prep coach Ray Carey said.A.J. Rossi took third (16:41); Brian Keiran, fifth (17:07); Ben Halpin, sixth (17:17); and Tim Murtagh, seventh (17:23).Swampscott 15, Winthrop 50At Winthrop, Sam Rakoc took first with a time of 14 minutes flat. Ilya Smelyanski finished second (14:49) and Casey Collins, third (15:26). The Big Blue (6-0) will take on undefeated Marblehead next week for the Northeastern Conference South title.Marblehead 23, Gloucester 38At Ravenwood Park in Gloucester, the Magicians (6-0) tuned up for next week’s showdown with undefeated Swampscott with a win. Ross Peterson took first (15:27); James Wigglesworth, fourth (16:16); Ned Breed, fifth (16:20); Andrew Gras, sixth (16:29); and Tucker Reece, seventh (16:40).Peabody 20, Salem 41At Salem, Keene Terenzoni finished second (18:17), Nick Christiansen, third (18:30); John Lawrence, fourth (18:31); and Chris Lawrence, fifth (18:33). The Tanners are 6-0.Beverly 15, Classical 50At Beverly, the Rams (0-6) had a tough outing. They’ll wrap up the season next Tuesday against English.GIRLS CROSS COUNTRYFenwick 16, Lowell Cath. 47At Fenwick, Marial Quezada took the top spot (23:18), followed by Joanna DeLorenzo (23:34); Megan Woodcock (23:30); and Marissa O’Brien (23:41). Fenwick is 4-3.Swampscott 15, Winthrop 50At Winthrop, Lindsay Walsh (16:51), Amelia Antrim (17:03) and Kelly Walton (17:10) took the top three spots. The Big Blue are 4-2.Peabody 19, Salem 38At Salem, Jenna Pickard blazed to a first-place finish (21:39) with teammates Brittney Creamer taking second (21:39); Megan Connors fourth (21:50) and Britnie Atkinson fifth (21:55). The Tanners are 5-1.Beverly 15, Classical 50At Beverly, Maritza Malera had the best time for the Rams, finishing with a 24:52. Classical is 0-6.Revere 15, English 50At Lynn Woods, Bianca Fowler and Jasmine Jenks ran well for the Bulldogs, as did Sina Eam and Sam Hoy, who had personal bests on the course.Marblehead 20, Gloucester 43At Ravenwood Park, the Magicans (4-2) swept the two through eight spots led by Bridget Forbes (19:38), Kate Hewig (19:39), Madeline Piela (19:40) and Alex Gerard (19:55).