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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.

Freshman Paul Sughrue kicked off his varsity career in style, pinning his opponent at 112 pounds in just 1:22 to help Methuen defeat Xaverian, 40-33. Sophomore Jason Pendergast also excelled at 125 with a solid 9-5 win over one of Xaverian's better competitors.

Winning five of the seven lighter weight matches led Salem to a solid early-season victory over Pinkerton, 42-33. Jon Rheaume (112 pounds) had one of five pins overall for the Blue Devils, winning at 112 pounds. David Owens (135) and Collin Crowell shined for the Astros.

Paul Sughrue is a freshman.  In semis he beat Mike Bradley of Mt. Anthony.   All three champions those were their ever tourney wins as hs varisty wrestlers

Sophomore Corey Chaff's pin in the 112 weight class was just one of the many highlights in North Andover's 63-0 rout over Hamilton-Wenham. "It was his first year last year and he just came out for the team to be a part of something," assistant coach Carl Cincotta said about Chaff. "He did not win too much last year. He worked hard in the offseason. He did offseason wrestling, lifted weights and went to camps. That (win) was a highlight."

Timberlane freshman Josh Burnhan had a memorable first ever high school match. He pinned Exeter senior captain Chris Brooks in 1 minute, 54 seconds.

"He was actually winning 7-2 in the first period and ended up getting the fall so he looked very impressive," coach Barry Chooljian said. "We think he's pretty good. We were happy with how he took the mat." aggressively."