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Sean McCarthy upset the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds to take first at 215 pounds and help Methuen to a third-place finish at the Framingham Tourney. Also, seeded sixth, C.J. Doherty took first at 135 pounds.

By placing 12 of 14 wrestlers in this morning's quarterfinals, Timberlane ended the first day in first place at the Lowell Holiday George Bossi Tournament.

The Owls have 127 points with Shawsheen Tech next at 111. Lawrence is fifth in the 60-team field and Central Catholic is in 10th.

Edwin Alfonso and Mike Eyssi both bumped up a weight class and had impressive pins to lead Methuen to a 48-27 win over St. John's of Shrewsbury on Christmas Eve.

Lawrence freshman Adrian Sosa had three pins but the Lancers had to settle for two wins in a quad-meet that included Jeremiah Quincy and Wilmington nafter dropping a 41-27 decision to Masconomet. Hugo Dominguez (119) Shaquille Funetes (130) and Kevin Valerio (160) were also 3-0 on the day.

Andover's wrestling team won its first two meets of the season, 40-33 over Beverly and 50-21 over Greater Lowell Tech. Reinaldo Brito (140) and Brian Martin (160) both had a pair of first-period pins for the Golden Warriors (2-1).

In the first match of the night, North Reading's Matt Curran pinned his man as North Reading/Lynnfield (4-2) went on for a 34-30 victory over Malden Catholic.

Surviving some holes in its lineup, Pelham swept a wrestling tri-meet against Campbell and Windham. Mike Perruccio (135 pounds), Peter Soonthornprapuet (140) and Warren Greenhalgh (171) each had a pair of pins for the youthful Pythons (3-1). Dylan Swiderski's late pin at 119 was a highlight for Windham.

Pentucket recorded seven pins to outlast Salem 42-39. Junior 160-pounder Brandon Leach was clutch with a late fall, at 5:30, to secure the win.

Trailing 28-17, Lawrence's wrestling team won its last six matches to defeat Tewksbury 48-28. Joshua Espinal recorded the winning match, a 16-6 major decision, and heavyweight Luis Polanco followed with a rare overtime pin.

Windham, with all underclassmen, won its first varsity meet, 48-18 over Winnisquam. Freshmen Alex Khoury, Dan Rousseau and Tim Bergstresser all had pins in the win.