The Shawsheen Tech wrestling team dominated the Division 1 North Sectional field Saturday, rolling to the title with 258.5 points.
Placing first for the Rams were Dante Giusti (126 pounds), James Tildsley (157) and Logan Holmes (190). Ethan Caceres (120) and Hadi Sibay (138) came in second place. Placing third were Tristan Lane (165), Thomas Conn (113), Kyle Dube (10 6) and Gavin Lane (132).
Mill City thrills: Lowell finished in sixth (115.5 points) in the Division 1 North field, highlighted by a first-place finish from star Emmett Logan (150). Atilio Colon came in second at 285.
Lions roar: In Division 1 West/Central action, Chelmsford’s Christian Ortiz captured the 106-pound title. He picked up the major decision over Caden Anderson of Westford Academy by a score of 12-1 to seal the victory. Elsewhere, Michael Canada placed second at 150, while Frank Molloy (126) Alex Glennie (175) and Patrick Keough (113) pinned down fourth-place honors. Chelmsford finished in eighth (92 points).
Ghost sighting: Capturing second-place honors were Caden Anderson (106) and Jacob Blacksburg (215). Thomas Bonenfant claimed third at 190 as Westford Academy placed seventh.
Taking fourths were Kieran Donaghue at 164 and Alex Luhrs at 285. Ben Chen placed fifth at 157.
Billerica shines: Representing the Indians well at the Division 2 North Sectionals was Shane Breen, who came in second place at 126. Nicholas Costa finished fourth at 138. Billerica amassed 59 points for 10th place.
Tyngsboro/Dracut roll: Headlined by first-place titles from Dylan Walker (120), Samson Xayachack (150) and Jaden Merwin, Tyngsboro/Dracut edged Gloucester for the Division 3 North Sectional title.
Anthony Martinez and Anthony Maraganis took second, while James Shaffer placed third for the champions.
Tewksbury soars: Garnering Division 3 North crowns were Nicky Desisto (126), Sean Callahan (144) and Jack Lightfoot (132).
Brooke Lightfoot (113), Carlo Desisto (157) and Ryan Callahan (138) came in fourth.
Greater Lowell shines: Antoine Jackman won by fall in 47 seconds in the 113-pound final for the Gryphons at the Division 1 North Sectional in Methuen.
Gavin Espinola placed second to Central Catholic’s Sam Winship. The Gryphons picked up a fourth-place finish by Baraka Karanja at 215. Nehemiah Nieves earned sixth at 150.
Pelham goes 1-2: The Pythons defeated Portsmouth (42-17) and fell to Windham (36-35) and Alvirne (45-33) as forfeits again proved costly. The biggest highlight came when junior 285-pounder Victor Zanonni earned his 100th career win in the Alvirne match.
Zannonni went 3-0 on the day. Also going undefeated were teammates Matt Raymond at 126, Drew Nicolosi at 157 and Ben Maslanek at 165.
Girls swimming
Ghosts excel: Westford Academy turned in an impressive performance Saturday at the MIAA Division 1 Swimming & Diving Championships at MIT’s Zesiger Pool.
WA’s 200 medley relay team of Evelyn Hale, Sherry Ye, Maria Reuther and Emily Deeks combined to finish sixth in 1:56.65. The 200 free relay team of Bree Gouldson, Rhianna Barrett, Catherine Sperry and Deeks captured seventh in 1:45.48.
The 400 free relay team of Ye, Hale, Sperry and Gouldson claimed ninth in a clocking of 3:52.35.
Individually, Gouldson had a strong meet, finishing eighth in the 100 free in 55.58 and 10th in the 100 free in 25.87. Ye, meanwhile, placed 10th in the 200 IM in 2:17.88 and 10th in the 100 backstroke in 1:03.35.
Track
Crusaders shine: The Lowell Catholic track team earned seven medals at the Division 4 state track meet at the TRACK at New Balance in Brighton on Friday.
The small but mighty team received medals from senior Sean Ouellette in the 600 meters, junior Tyler Ouellette in the 1,000 and eighth-grader Grace Morasse in the two mile. Lowell Catholic’s 4x800m team of Tyler Ouellette, Sean Ouellette, Xavier Smay and Daniel Smith also earned medals.
G-D soars: Groton-Dunstable had several fine efforts at the Division 4 state track meet at the TRACK at New Balance in Brighton.
G-D multi-event athlete Xander Crouse placed eighth in the 55 hurdles with a time of 8.61, eighth in the high jump by clearing 5 feet, 10 inches, and 14th in the shot put with a throw of 40-7.25.
In the mile, Andrew Kosiba was G-D’s top finisher, placing fourth in 4:30. He was followed by Ashvik Yadav (10th, 4:37), Ashton Duane (18th, 4:50) and Cameron Duane (25th, 5:04). Duane claimed fifth in the 1,000 in 2:35.
The distance boys also competed in the 4×800, breaking the school record again and placing fifth in 8:40.04. On the girls side, Meghan McEleney placed seventh in the mile with a time of 5:13.
McDermott sparkles: Nashoba Tech senior Tristan McDermott took home two medals from the Division 5 state track meet at the TRACK at New Balance in Brighton.
McDermott began the day running a 6.72 in the 55, which placed him into the finals. He subsequently took eighth with a 6.69. He also entered the long jump, where he finished in second place with a jump of 21-5.5.
Wildcats roll: The Wilmington girls soared to fourth place with 33 points at the Division 5 state meet.
Lexi LeBlanc captured the long jump with a leap of 16-11.25, which was also a new Wilmington record. Also, the 4×200 relay team of Kayleigh Walker, Cate MacDonald, Isabel Carriere and LeBlanc won in a meet and school record record time of 1:46.45.
Also placing for the Wildcats were Isabel Carriere with a second-place finish in the 300 meters with a personal best time of 42.28 seconds and Abby Howie with a fourth-place finish in the shot put with a personal best toss of 31-10.75.
Panthers on prowl: The Ayer Shirley girls finished fifth (31 points) at the Division 5 state meet as Sastea Cherduville earned medals with a fifth-place 7.42 in the 55, fourth-place 15-9.25 long jump and 4×200 of 1:49 with Abby Stull, J’aliyah Mayes and Roxane McKenzie, who also took third in the 55.
Lorelai Levy was runner-up in the 55 hurdles in 8.92.
On the boys side, the Panthers scored 12 points. Jake Leone finished fifth in the two mile in 9:44, Aidan Reed finished sixth in the 600 in 1:25, and they also ran the 4×800 with AJ Arakelian and Josh Bly and finished fourth.
Boys hockey
Littleton 3, Abington 2: Riding a two-goal performance from Conor Glew, Littleton stayed red hot with the tough non-league win at Rockland Ice Arena.
Andrew Archer contributed to the offense with a goal and assist, while Liam Glew dished out two assists. Goaltender Jacob Dangel turned aside 11 of 13 shots.
BG 2, Londonderry 1: Jordan O’Hearn continued to pile up the goals with a two-goal performance during the tough NHAA Division 1 win at Skate 3 in Tyngsboro.
Picking up assists were Gavin Santos and Dominic Trepanier. BG held onto its lead during a scoreless third period.
Girls basketball
Dracut 57, Bedford 34: Dracut earned a 37-15 second-half advantage to advance to the finals of the Spartan Classic on Monday (5:45 p.m.) vs Bridgewater-Raynham.
Junior guard Kaylee Maier led the offensive attack with 21 points, freshman forward Lily White poured in 15 points and sophomore center Kelsey Hudon was strong with 14 points.
Tyngsboro 42, Maynard 35: Tyngsboro defeated league rival Maynard in the first round of the Clark Tournament. The Tigers were led by Katie O’Keefe with 14 points and five rebounds. Alanna Anderson added 12 points and Maddie Marino finished with seven points.
Central 44, Chelmsford 40: The Lions were nipped by the Lawrence school during a tough MVC battle.
Chelmsford (6-12) was sparked by sophomore Karlie Maxwell, who came off the bench to drain four 3-pointers and scored 13 points. Junior Elizabeth Robinson and freshman Mary Kathleen McDonald chipped in with nine and eight points, respectively.
Bow 40, Pelham 37: Sophia Guinazzo finished with 11 points for Pelham, the only player to reach double figures, as the Pythons were nipped by Bow in a battle of NHIAA Div. 2 teams that were 11-2.
The Pythons had the lead throughout but couldn’t survive Grace Riley and Jessica Phillips fouling out.
Central 70, Burlington 34: Freshman Addison Holmes-Lavallee collected 21 points to power the Red Raiders to the non-league victory.
Central (8-11) scored 39 points in the second half to pull away. Senior McKenna Devanney was also immense offensively with 20 points, while senior Syenna Diaz contributed 14 points.
WA 52, Lincoln-Sudbury 21: Powered by Alexa Coward, who compiled seven assists, five steals and four rebounds, an extremely well-balanced Westford Academy team romped to the Dual County League victory.
Scoring eight points apiece for the Ghosts were Phoenix Philbrick (5 rebounds), Brooke Nielsen (3 assists), Olivia Pillsbury and Hannah Lupien.
Boys basketball
North Andover 52, Billerica 51: Despite a monster effort from Jackson Vincent, the Indians were nipped in a MVC nail-biter.
Vincent compiled 19 points and 11 rebounds. Ethan Nsubuga contributed nine points and four rebounds, while Braden Martin chipped in nine points and two rebounds for Billerica.
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