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Methuen tuned up for Wednesday's Merrimack Valley Conference showdown at Haverhill by winning five meets Saturday, including 34-31 over defending South sectional champ Mansfield.

Methuen won all five meets at Marshfield to remain unbeaten at 13-0. Among the highlights for the Rangers were a 4-0 day by 170-pounder Jose Diaz and 2-0 records for Nick Avellani at 126, CJ Brown at 160and Jay Ramos at 195, all of whom looked sharp.

In an attempt to get completely healthy, Nate Green hasn't wrestled in every meet this season for Methuen but, when he has, he hasn't missed a beat.

Green was particularly impressive Saturday as the Rangers won four dual meets to improve to 14-0. He was 4-0 on the day and highlighted the swweep with a 4-2 decision over Marshfield's Jacob Garcia, who ia a returnin All-State placers.

Methuen freshman Jarmany Colon had his best day of the season, going 3-0 with three first-period pins as Methuen improved to 18-0 with an easy sweep of Taunton, Middleboro, Silver Lake and Brockton.

TAUNTON — If the MIAA would have it in their hearts to allow a “do-over” in the state tournament season, the Methuen High girls softball team would like to have another shot at the bottom of the first inning.

Unbeaten Methuen flexed its Merrimack Valley Conference muscles by easily sweeping four meets at Marshfield, averaging 59 points in the romps. Nate Green led the way at 106 for the Rangers (18-0) with four first-period pins. Trevor Abdallah, Travis Manick and Darius Franklin also had four pins on the day and Saul Cabrera and Alex Lima had three pins.

Central Catholic won two of three meets in a quad-meet, losing only to Milton (36-27). Tom Pagliarulo continued his fine season, going 3-0 at 106.