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METHUEN — Haverhill’s super sophomores are now chiseled juniors and they proved it Saturday afternoon at the Division 1 North sectional.

Reece Millington breezed through his 145-pound weight class to win his first sectional while Luc Chretien was a repeat champion, dominating the 195-pound division.

Haverhill senior Orlando Rojas had two pins for his 99th and 100th wins as the Hillies won both ends of a tri-meet at Andover. Reece Millington (145) and freshman Rolando Corrasco both had two pins as the Hillies improved to 12-6.

Methuen continued its dual meet splurge, defeating a strong Lowell team (41-27) as well as Tewksbury (48-25) and Andover (58-6).

Freshman Travis Manick continued to impress, winning all three matches, including a solid 7-3 decision over Lowell Holiday Tourney placer Brandon Sao of Lowell and Alex Lima moved up to heavyweight and had meet-clinching pins against Lowell and Tewksbury.

Trailing 3-0, freshman Matt Meagher had a pin in the first period to key Andover's fourth wrestling win of the year, 33-30 over Everett.

Pentucket freshman Nick Murphy finished fifth in the Frosh-Soph Auerbach meet Saturday, recording a school record time of 10:27 in the process.

Londonderry, with five quarterfinalists, stands in second place after the first day of the George Bossi Lowell Holiday Tournament.

Defending champion Mt. Anthony, with eight quarterfinalists, leads with 124 points, followed by the Lancers at 108 with Springfield Central third at 101. Timberlane, with four quarterfinalists, is sixth with 88 points.

Two out of three was a good ratio for Haverhill Saturday.

Both Reece Millington (145) and Luc Chretien (195) both won their weight classes to pace the Hillies to third place, a spot behind undermanned North Andover and trailing just powerful WInchester and Shawsheen.