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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.

Central Catholic's improving wrestling team picked up perhaps its biggest win of the year, clipping Methuen 37-24. A key for the Raiders (16—8) were three close wins — 5-4 by Riley Sergi at 132, 4-3 by Cam Hebert at 145 and 2-0 by Donovan Nolan at 160.  

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.

North Andover got a fifth from Jake Caporale at heavyweight to slip past lawrence for third place at the Methuen Invitational yesterday.

Methuen continues to wrestle well but lose some of the close meets, falling to New Bedford 43-36 in the finals of the Duxbury Duals yesterday. But nothing has derailed senior Christian Monserrat or freshman Darius Franklin, both of whom had three pins for the Rangers (15-4).

Manny Arias got a pin in the final match to lift Lawrence past Methuen, 36-35, in a battle of MVC unbeatens.

Methuen won twice but also dropped its first two meets of the season, both on the last match of the meet, 42-36 to Milton and 40-33 to New Bedford. Christian Monserrat and Darius Franklin both remained unbeaten on the year despite wrestling in two weight classes, Billy Wehring was 4-0 despite moving up to 120 and Mike Golio continued his recent surge by winning three matches at 120.

Tied with Westford at 28-28, Methuen's Saul Cabrera got a late takedown and back points for a 10-7 win at 195, Mike Golio followed with a pin at 220 and Alex Lima had a late takedown for a 9-8 decision as the Rangers defeated Westford 40-28 on their way to four wins at Lowell.

Methuen's standouts got some assistance yesterday as the Rangers defeated four teams to improve to 5-0.

Returning New England champ Christian Monserrat (138), sophomore star Billy Wehring (113), transfer Brad Andrews (126) freshman Darius Franklin (160) and Mike Golio (220) were all 4-0, but 182-pounder Jon Gonzalez went 3-0 and had a big pin to help clinch a 48-32 victory over Haverhill.