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Haverhill senior Luc Chretien worked hard to get down to 195 pounds and it paid off as he had three pins, including a first-period fall in the finals, as he grabbed the title at the Sons of Italy tournament in Wilmington.

Londonderry had four finalists and and nine placers in the Londonderry Holiday Tournament, but only 152-pounder Colin Reardon was the only champion. Winnacunnet won a close battle for first with New Fairfield, Conn. The Lancers placed fourth in the 14-team field.

An alert to Liam McEvoy's teachers at North Andover High, the senior remains driven in the classroom, despite a couple absences this week and another coming up Monday.

LYNN — Earlier this week the Royals were crowned kings of the north, but yesterday they were unable to dethrone the champs, as the Georgetown baseball team lost to defending state champion St. John Paul II in the Division 4 state semifinal 7-3 at Fraser Field.

Rhode Island College's Terrance Jean-Jacques of Haverhill, seeded eighth, advanced to the Division 3 semifinals at the national championships in Hershey, Pa., Friday night with two major decisions, including a 13-2 whipping of No. 1 seed Cody Lovejoy of Ohio Northern.

Lawrence Chery scored a team-high 23 points to lead Bradford Christian 72-56 over Storm King School of New York in the first round of the NEPSAC tournament. 

The Northern Essex Community College men's basketball team beat Mass. Bay 61-57 to improve to 12-15. It was the 10th conference win for the Knights, qualifying for the Region 21 tournament.

BOSTON — Methuen’s boys made the most of their first trip to the Division 1 All-State meet in four years with a superb performance at Franklin Park Saturday.

Saving its best performance of the season to last, the Rangers finished third with 127 points, trailing behind just MVC foe Lowell (97) and Cambridge (107).

WRENTHAM — Methuen’s boys cross country team has been up and down in Eastern Mass. championship races in the past, but Saturday the Rangers were up.

Way up.

WRENTHAM — Methuen’s boys cross country team has been up and down in Eastern Mass. championship races in the past, but Saturday the Rangers were up.

Way up.

In a rugged Division 1 field, the Rangers finished third with 85 points, just four behind Cambridge and five behind MVC foe Lowell.