Freedom’s boys’ cross country team, host of last week’s meet, swept Stroudsburg, 27-28, East Stroudsburg South, 16-43, and East Stroudsburg North, 34-44.

Freedom’s Alex Hume took second place overall and first for the Patriots with a time of 17:42.

“I was behind the Stroudsburg kids and passed them halfway through the second mile. Once I beat them, I tried to keep a steady pace and keep ahead of them,” said Hume. “Passing someone definitely feels great, especially when I was behind them most of the race. It was a great burst of energy.”

Eric Mann was sixth overall and second for the Patriots with a time of 18:12.

“I took a somewhat aggressive start but not too hard,” said Mann, a junior and first-year runner. “The last mile, I was really gassed, so it was hard to finish strong, but I did my best at the end. It was hard down in the valley, but then I picked one of the Liberty kids off. I ran as hard as I could to get the best time.”

Matt Parkin came in ninth overall in 18:18, and Alex Heidemann finished in 11th place in 18:31.

Liberty’s boys also beat Stroudsburg, 25-32, East Stroudsburg South, 16-47, and East Stroudsburg North, 15-47.

Liberty’s Cole Frank was the overall winner of the meet with a time of 17:24.

Casey Frank came in fifth overall and second for the Hurricanes with a time of 18:06.

Philip Bezas placed seventh overall in 18:15 followed by teammate Andrew Layne who was eighth in 18:15.8. Gavin Evans-Gartley came in 15th in 18:50, and Jacob Orrico was 20th in 18:58, all for the Canes.

“Today we went out a little bit slower because we’ve sacked three races in seven days, so we were trying to be conservative on the front end and then do negative splits for miles two and three,” said Bezas. “Through mile one, our top seven did a really good job of staying in a pack. Casey and I pretty much ran all three miles together and then at the end, he pushed it.

“We’ve been working hard since August. A goal that we have is to try and go to states as a team, so if we could make that happen, that would be great. We’ve been training really hard.”

Bethlehem Catholic tied with East Stroudsburg North, 28-28, but the tiebreaker gave the Timberwolves the win. Becahi lost to Stroudsburg, 17-44, and East Stroudsburg South, 25-34.

Becahi’s Matt Millen placed 12th overall and first for the Hawks in 18:42. Daniel Smith was second for the Hawks and 19th overall in 18:56.

“I felt really good coming out,” said Millen. “I paced myself off of two Stroudsburg guys. They were keeping a nice, light pace, so I kept 10 or 15 yards behind them. In the third mile, I picked it up and got one place higher than last week. I’m running my paces now from my last three races last year so I think I’ll be able to hit below 17:56 this year.”