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Central wins D2 title again

NORTH ANDOVER — This is becoming quite an enjoyable tradition for the Central Catholic wrestling team.

For the third straight year, the Raiders captured the Division 2 state dual meet title Satuday, and doing it in overwhelming fashion.

After receiving a bye as the top seed, Central defeated Milford 49-27, crushed Nashoba 57-21 in the semifinals and then romped over Plymouth South 57-21 in the finals.

The Raiders jumpred out to a 15-0 lead against Plymouth South and were in command all the way. Jackie Dehney started the meet at 126 by fighting off her back and then getting a pin her third pin of the day, Stephen Donovan followed with a first period pin and — in his toughest match of the season — unbeaten Mike Glynn decisioned Lucas Pinzino, 2-1.

Among those instrumental in the title for the Raiders, who improved to 19-2, were Jimmy Glynn, who bumped up to 120 pounds and had three pins, 152-pounder Matt Shaw, 182-pounder Owen Bufagna and 220-pounder Anthony Mears, all of whom were 3-0 with Mears recording three dominating pins.

Also of note, 195-pounder Billy DeRocha went 2-1 at 195 in his first action of the season since getting down from 220.

"That's really going to help us," said Central coach Jamie Durkin. "He did a nice job and it shows what a team effort this was.

"It seems like I says the same thing after this meet every year — this is the best we've wrestled all year. We're looking good with the sectional and state coming up."

Also at the D2 duals, Greater Lawrence won two of three meets as Augustin Reina (145) and Amauris Gomez (160) were both 3-0.

Host North Andover was 1-2 on the day but the Knights had several highlights including Anthony McCann going 3-0 at 120 with three pins and Kenlei Milovanovic getting her first varsity win with a pin at 113. Also, Ethan Ford (132) and Jack Carbone (195) were perfect on the day.