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Teams around the state are starting to take the Andover wrestling team much more seriously and it showed why again Saturday when it placed second at the Whitman-Hanson Invitational.

LOWELL — The good ones are never satisfied.

That seemed to be the case Saturday with Lowell Holiday champs Mike Glynn of Central Catholic and Beau Dillon of Salem as well as Nick Pallaria and the Timberlane wrestling team.

Surprising Concord, N.H. has been chasing Timberlane for years but, after the first day of the George Bosi Lowell Holiday Tournament, it's the Owls who are doing the chasing.

Central Catholic was highly regarded in the preseason and Saturday the Raiders showed just why by capturing the Sons of Italy crown in Wilmington.

The Raiders, who crowned four champions, finished with 174 points, comfortably ahead of runner-up Brookline (149) and defending champion Haverhill (147).

Haverhill finished second at a tough Ashland tournament, scoring 153 1/2 points, which was just two short of a strong Coventry team. In third and fourth were highly regarded Essex and Springfield Central.