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Plymouth tried to hide Alex Hamel, the No. 3 ranked wrestler in the state at 160 pounds, from Salem's Tristen Cabinta, the No. 1 ranked 160-pounder, by bumping him up a weight class. But Cabinta followed him up to 170 and earned a pin, and James Gibney beat Plymouth's backup at 160 to help the Blue Devils earn a 45-29 win. Salem also beat Winnacunnet easily to go 2-0 for the day.

Salem's Tristen Cabinta earned a huge win. Cabinta, the No. 2 ranked wrestler in the state at 160 pounds, took down No. 1 Kyle Gora of Alvirne by a 3-1 decision. His win helped the Blue Devils, who had five other pins on the day, earn a 38-24 meet win and improve to 11-5.

In his second career match, freshman Andrew Sullivan had an impressive pin to help Salem earn a dual-meet victory over Keene. Matt Adams, Ryan Burke, Connor Chute, Tristen Cabinta and Beau Dillon also had pins for the Blue Devils (10-5).

METHUEN — Methuen senior Travis Manick gave notice to the rest of New England Saturday afternoon.

He proved that he's ready for all comers.

Facing unbeaten Sampson Wilkins of Mount Anthony, who entered the 195-pound Methuen Invitational finals match undefeated and was champion at the Lowell Holiday Tournament while being ranked No. 3 in New England, Manick was up to the challenge.

Justin Berube had a big 3-1 decision over Salem standout Tristen Cabinta at 160 to highlight Timberlane's 57-15 romp over the Blue Devils, putting the Owls' instate win streak at 155. For Salem, Beau Dillon had an impressive 3-2 decision over Dylan Tremblay at 195.

Salem humbled Memorial, 57-0, with Beau Dillon winning 2-1 over Alex Ashoon, the No. 4 220-pounder in the state; and Matt Adams winning 13-9 in a rematch of last year's D1 state final match with Shamir Rai.

Salem had three champions at the Nashua South tournament, highlighted by 195-pounder Beau Dillon. He dropped down to 195 and got a pin in the final despite a broken nose and stiches near his eyes.

Trailing in the first round, Salem's Dylan McKeon came back to earn a pin in 3:59 at 195. His victory helped the Blue Devils earn a comfortable win over Milford.

LOWELL — Timberlane placed seven wrestlers in today's quarterfinals at the 76-team George Bossi Lowell Holiday Tournament and is in a dogfight for first place with defending champion Mount Anthony, followed closely by Chelmsford.

With Nashua North fofeiting seven weight classes, Salem made fast work in a 27-10 victoru, a meet that lasted about a half hour. The Blue Devils had four pins and, in the closest match of the day, Kyle Chute had an 8-6 decision