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Lucas Welling battled for an overtime 5-3 decision at 132 pounds, helping Whittier beat Masconomet/Essex Tech 45-34 in the Division 2 North semifinals.

Heavyweight Yasser Maita clinched a 39-33 victory for Andover over Haverhill with a third period pin. It was the Warriors' fifth straight win to conclude a 7-3 season.

Lukas Rousseau had a 14-second pin at 152 and brother Adam Rousseau pinned in 1:15at 132 pounds as Whittier clippedHopkinton 48-33.

A wrestling showdown of unbeatens wasn't much of a showdown after all as Central Catholic crushed Methuen 56-12. Sophomore Nick Spero had an impressive 15-8 decision at 106 for the Raiders (10-0) and classmates James Crippen and Jason Belkis both had pins. Central will wrestle the winner of Danvers-Whittier in the D2 sectional Friday or Saturday while Methuen must face unbeaten St. John's Prep Friday in Division 1.

 Hussain Mahesri had a key pin at 170 pounds and Yasser Maita get the clinching points with a 7-4 decision at heavyweight despite being outweighed by 60 pounds as Andover rallied from a 27-6 deficit to beat Chelmsford 31-27.

Michael Crowe, Anthony Romano and Dom DeMaio had first period pins as Methuen remained unbeaten (9-0) with a 48-30 victory over Lowell.

James Bohenko continued to wrestle well, pinning his man in 1:39 at 120 pounds as Central Catholic remained unbeaten (9-0) by routing Lowell 50-24.

Tewksbury ripped North Andover in wrestling, 57-21, but the Knights' freshmen wrestled well. Among them, Sebastian Hunter got his first varsity win with a pin at 132 and heavyweight Gabe Spanks earned a 7-4 decision.