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Boys Cross Country

Here are the boys rankings (preseason ranking in parentheses):

1. Don Bosco (1)

2. Bergen Catholic (14)

3. Indian Hills (2)

4. Leonia (4)

5. Hackensack (5)

6. Passaic Tech (3)

7. Northern Highlands (10)

8. Kinnelon (11)

9. Ridgewood (13)

10. Lyndhurst (9)

11. Dumont (19)

12. Fort Lee (25)

13. Demarest (7)

14.Old Tappan (16)

15. Bogota (6)

16. Secaucus (15)

17. Lakeland (12)

18. Bergen Tech (8)

19. Pascack Valley (23)

20. Ramapo (17)

21. Park Ridge/Emerson (TW)

22. Wayne Hills (20)

23. Fair Lawn (unranked)

24. New Milford (TW)

25. St. Joseph (21)

Teams to watch: Glen Rock; Passaic; Paterson Charter; Ramsey; West Milford.

Girls CrossCountry

Here are the current girls rankings (pre-season in parentheses):

‘1. Ridgewood (1)

2. Leonia (2)

3. Ramapo (16)

4. Lakeland (9)

5. Bogota (7)

6. West Milford (4)

7. Old Tappan (4)

8. Ramsey (11)

9. Tenafly (6)

10. Demarest (5)

11. Hackensack (17)

12. IHA (13)

13. Northern Highlands (10)

14. Passaic Tech (TW)

15. Rutherford (20)

16. Glen Rock (18)

17. Westwood (8)

18. Fort Lee (unranked)

19. Clifton (15)

20. Pascack Valley (24)

21. Weehawken (12)

22. Hasbrouck Heights (22)

23. Saddle Brook (unranked)

24. Lyndhurst (21)

25. Pequannock (unranked0

Teams to watch: Becton, Dumont, Kinnelon, Pompton Lakes, Wayne Valley.