By Will Tuell

Thursday marked the beginning of the cross country season for area schools, and two young ladies from Machiasport who happen to be sisters -- Ellie and Josie Ingrish -- set the pace in their respective divisions. In boys' action, Isaac Holmes of Jonesboro Elementary won the third-to-fifth grade race, while veteran Sean Sprague of Lubec Elementary cruised to victory in the boys’ sixth-to-eighth grade run at Rose M. Gaffney School in Machias.