Plymouth's boys cross country team continued its winning ways Tuesday by registering a convincing 19-50 victory over Livonia Franklin in a KLAA South Division dual meet held at Nankin Mills.

  The Wildcats improved to 2-0 in the South with the victory. Derek Gielarowski placed first with a time of 17:19, 10 seconds ahead of runner-up Matt Neumann. Warren Buzzard placed third for the winners in 17:35.

  Also scoring for Plymouth were Jimmy Eiben (sixth in 18:06) and Justin Heck, who placed seventh in 18:32. Also running for the 'Cats were Stephen Balaze (ninth in 18:41) and Jimmy Maciag, who placed 10th in 18:50.

  Franklin was paced by fourth-place finisher Bobby Wilson, who was clocked in 17:39. Also scoring for the Patriots were Nik Gheradini (fifth in 17:48), Joe Steckel (eighth in 18:40), Zach Belanger (16th in 20:09) and John Ferreira (17th in 20:14).

CHARARA WINS, BUT ROCKS FALL

  Salem dropped to 1-1 in the KLAA Central Division Tuesday after dropping a 21-36 decision to Livonia Stevenson.

  Salem's Mike Charara dominated the field, winning in 17:37, 30 seconds ahead of Stevenson's top runner. Freshman Steve McEvilly also ran well for the Rocks, placing sixth.