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Jake Prescott continued to look good, with two pins at 152, and freshman Nick Tejada won his first varsity match at 106 as Haverhill won a home quad meet to improve to 7-3 on the year.

Springfield Central controlled the meet but Lawrence's Anfernee Green and Methuen's Christian Monserrat were both impressive champions at the Division 1 state meet last night at Lawrence High.

CHELMSFORD — On a day when St. John's Prep rolled to the Division 1 North sectional title, Christian Monserrat stole the spotlight.

 Monserrat not only won his fourth straight sectional title, but he captured his 200th victory and was named Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. he is now four wins shy of the Methuen scghool record of 204 wins set by John Sughrue.

Haverhill and Methuen both won four meets in a multi-team meet at Haverhill. For the Rangers (19-6), Christian Monserrat remained unbeaten at 138 and Billy Wehring and Rafael Caceres was also 4-0. For the Hillies (18-6), Danny Dejesus, Reece Millington, Orlando Rojas, Jake Prescott and Jordan Faulkner were all 4-0.

In the last match of the day, with Haverhill trailing by two points, Jamal Babiker grabbed a 10-9 decision to give the Hillies a 39-33 victory over the host team and a sweep on a quad-meet that included Franklin Tech and Whittier Tech.

Haverhill's wrestling team, without three of its best wrestlers (Reece Millington, Jordan Faulkner and Samie Al-Ziab), all out with injuries or illness, defeated Tewksbury 45-29. Freshman Justin Bustamante sparked the win with a first period pin in the opening match at 120 pounds and Luc Chretien had a huge win over Tewksbury standout Brock Dokos at 182.

Sometimes, even in wrestling, the best offense is a good defense.

Lawrence showed that quality yesterday with a 39-18 victory over Haverhill that completed a sweep, having also beaten Billerica (51-24) and Central Catholic (46-21), to improve to 10-4 and set up a big duel meet with Methuen on Wednesday.

Zane Melillo, who just began wrestling a week ago, had a huge 4-2 decision over previously unbeaten Reece Millington at 132 pounds as North Andover rolled over Haverhill, 55-12.

Reece Millington continued to shine for Haverhill, placing first in the Chelmsford Tournament  in impressive fashion, pinning his way to the 132-pound title. He is now 14-0 on the year with 12 pins.