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Kelvin Griffin placed first at 120 pounds to pace Brooks to third place in the Graves Kelsey Class B tournament. Brooks had three wrestlers finish third and four others take fourths.

Phillips Academy finished third in the Class A Prep tournament and had 11 wrestlers with top six places.  Fast-improving Arnav Bhakta of Andover was runner-up at 106, and Lawrence's Ramphis Medina and Windham's Vinny Marino each placed third.

Much improved AJ Suliveras was 3-0 at 160 pounds as Windham swept a quad-meet to improve to 18-10 to end the dual-meet season with an 18-10 record.

Pentucket freshman Tyler Knox continued to dominate Saturday in the Division 3 North sectional, rolling to the 106-pound title with pins in 43, 41 and 36 seconds to raise his record to 38-0 on the year.

Sophomore Ray Devita jumped up to the varsity and had two pins in the first minute as Salem won a tri-meet to finish its best dual-meet season in years with a 21-11 record. Tristen Cabinta had two pins to improve to 48-2 and now stands third all-time in Salem wins with 178.

CONCORD — The showdown became a mismatch Thursday night.

In a battle of unbeatens, Timberlane crushed Concord 55-16 to finish its second straight unbeaten season (19-0) and win its 48th straight meet over three seasons and 172nd straight over New Hampshire teams dating back t0 2007.

Trailing 24-0, the Salem wrestling team won nine of the next 10 matches to whip Windham 47-30. Tristen Cabinta and Beau Dillon both had pins in the first minute for the Blue Devils, who improved to 19-11.

For the second straight year, Andover edged Lawrence in wrestling, this time by a 40-37 score. Kelvin Davila looked impressive at 152 with a pin in 1:29 for the Warriors, who improved to a best-ever 20-8.

BILLERICA  — Haverhill's wrestling team made history Wednesday night in impressive fashion.

The Hillies whipped Shawsheen Tech, which had been the No. 2 ranked team in the state, 49-27 to finish the season with a 21-0 perfect record. It's the first undefeated season in Haverhill history and the 21 wins is a school record.

Phillips Academy usually fares well at the Northern Invitational Tournament and that was the case again Saturday as the Big Blue placed first in the 15-team field, 41 points ahead of the ususally strong Phillips Exeter squad. Phillips finished the tourney with an impressive six champions including Windham's Vinny Marino at 132 and had one runner-up.