Pearl River Boys Cross Country Sweeps TZ, Albertus

Pearl River senior Brian Cook finished first overall to lead the Pirates' boys cross country team to tri-meet victories over Tappan Zee and Albertus Magnus Tuesday at Pearl River Middle School. 

Cook finished the three-mile course in 15:58, 38 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Luke Gavigan of Tappan Zee. Pearl River took third (Ben McDermott), fourth (Mike Mahoney) and sixth (Brandon Ilie) to pull out a 25-31 victory over Tappan Zee, the defending section champions. Liam Burke finished fifth overall for the Dutchmen.

Both teams beat Albertus Magnus, 15-50.

Boys Cross Country
Team scores

• Pearl River 25, Tappan Zee 31
  
• Pearl River 15, Albertus Magnus 50
• Tappan Zee 15, Albertus Magnus 50

1. Brian Cook, PR, 15:58
2. Luke Gavigan, TZ, 16:36
3. Ben McDermott, PR, 16:45
4. Mike Mahoney, PR, 17:03
5. Liam Burke, TZ, 17:13
6. Brandon Ilie, PR, 17:24
7. Ryan Tsang, TZ, 17:37
8. Flannan Hehir, TZ, 17:49
9. Pat Flanagan, TZ, 17:51
10. Patrick Hehir, TZ, 17:55