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MARLBORO -- Despite opening the Division 2 team wrestling state championship with six consecutive wins to build a 30-point cushion, Greater Lawrence had to hold on for dear life as it fended off a furious North Attleboro rally and emerged with a 36-32 triumph.

Greater Lawrence watched Matt Buco (103), Miguel Guzman (112), and Franchesco Ortiz (119) open the contest with three consecutive pins and it appeared the Reggies would breeze.

Instead, the Red Rocketeers registered pins from Brett Poirier (140) and Kyle Senechal (145). North Attleboro ultimately won seven of the final eight matches, but Brian Rivera's pin -- wrestling at 152 pounds after Chris Delarosa bumped to 160 -- might have saved Greater Lawrence.

After Kyle Kummer won by technical fall over Victor Sosa at 189 pounds, Greater Lawrence led just 36-26 with two matches to go. Despite a couple of injury timeouts, Greater Lawrence's Jason Orsini was able to avoid being more than decisioned, meaning North couldn't get enough points to tie or pull ahead in the final match.

Orsini persevered despite some nagging injuries (shoulder, ankle, knee) and needing a break for some puffs on his inhaler. North Attleboro's Joshua Wainwright was desperate for the pin early, then started to rack up points while trying to get a major decision.

Orsini wouldn't allow it.

Here are the final results (updated with lineup changes):

• 103 pounds: Matt Buco (GL) pinned Joe Krzyezk (NA) (3rd)
• 112 pounds: Miguel Guzman (GL) pinned Mickey Taylor (NA) (1st)
• 119 pounds: Franchesco Ortiz (GL) pinned Cory Devlin (NA) (1st)
• 125 pounds: Brian Nadeau (GL) decisioned Matt Turcotte (NA), 12-0
• 130 pounds: Ray Diaz (GL) decisioned Rayshawn Green (NA), 7-6
• 135 pounds: Saul Orellana (GL) major decisioned Chris Hanifan (NA), 17-7
• 140 pounds: Brett Poirier (NA) pinned Jonathan De Los Santos (GL) (2nd)
• 145 pounds: Kyle Senechal (NA) pinned Isaac Sosa (GL) (3rd)
• 152 pounds: Brian Rivera (GL) pinned Jessie Kummer (NA) (2nd)
• 160 pounds: Chris Chretien (NA) decisioned Chris Delarosa (GL), 5-3
• 171 pounds: Phil Tyron (NA) defeats Angel Rivera (GL) (injury)
• 189 pounds: Kyle Kummer (NA) technical falled Victor Sosa (GL), 17-2
• 215 pounds: Joshua Wainwright (NA) decisioned Jason Orsini (GL), 10-5
• 285 pounds: Mike D'Attilio (NA) decisioned Chris Sharpe (GL), 11-4

Much like the first match of the night here in Marlborough, Lowell took a back-and-forth battle and turned it into a laugher.

Lowell won four consecutive weight classes starting at 152 pounds, totaling three pins in that span, and running away with a 44-22 win over New Bedford in the Division 1 team wrestling state championship at Marlborough.

The Whalers led on four occasions early and trailed just 21-19 after Kyle Veale won a decision at 145 pounds. Lowel's Nick Bedard (152) and James Downing (160) produced back-to-back pins as Lowell opened some breathing room. Colm Sullivan registered a technical fall for five more points and Dave Hubert added another pin to make it 44-19.

Here are the results:

• 103 pounds: Corey Melo (NB) decisioned Andrew Gauthier (L), 11-1
• 112 pounds: Brandon Gauthier (L) pinned Mitch Gauvin (NB) (2nd)
• 119 pounds: Kenny Francis (NB) pinned Ryan Ahearn (L) (2nd)
• 125 pounds: Christian McCarthy (L) decisioned Curtis Gomes (NB), 2-1
• 130 pounds: Victor DeJesus (L) pinned Jason Fredette (NB) (1st)
• 135 pounds: Dante Rose (NB) pinned Frank McCarthy (L) (1st)
• 140 pounds: Evan Connors (L) pinned Eric Correia (NB) (2nd)
• 145 pounds: Kyle Veale (NB) decisioned Amadu Jalloh (L), 6-2
• 152 pounds: Nick Bedard (L) pinned Ty Morin (NB) (1st)
• 160 pounds: James Downing (L) pinned Williams Gilmour (NB) (3rd)
• 171 pounds: Colm Sullivan (L) technical falled Bobby Bulgar (NB), 15-0
• 189 pounds: Dave Hubert (L) pinned Mike DeOliveira (NB) (2nd)
• 215 pounds: Zach Chandanais (NB) decisioned Robert Kolley (L), 1-0
• 285 pounds: No contest

Winchester closed out the Division 3 team wrestling state final with five straight pins while racing away to a dominating 48-18 triumph over Wayland at Marlborough High School.

The Warriors erased an early nine-point deficit to tie the contest at 18 through nine matches. But the Sachems responded with five consecutive pins at the heaviest weights to emerge with the lopsided result.

Pins by Connor Gregory and John Williams helped the Sachems build that early nine-point cushion, but Wayland's Max Lewin came back with a pin at 145 pounds to make things interesting again. When Matt Lombardo decisioned Greg Kelly at 152 pounds, the match was tied.

But Charlie Hale recorded the first of five consecutive pins -- three of which came in the first round. When Mike McHugh pinned Tyler Sheffels at 189 pounds, it secured the team title for the Sachems.

Here are the results (barring any unannounced changes to the lineups):

• 103 pounds: Connor Gregory (Wi) pinned Griffin McGrail (Wa) (1st)
• 112 pounds: Mike Barber (Wi) decisioned Greg Eng (Wa), 11-5
• 119 pounds: Max Garelick (Wa) decisioned Fernando Monroy (Wi), 3-2
• 125 pounds: Ben Garelick (Wa) decisioned Miguel Tirado (Wi), 7-5
• 130 pounds: Ryan Fitzpatrick (Wi) decisioned Bryant Wolf (Wa), 3-1
• 135 pounds: Mike Testa (Wa) decisioned Kevin Constantine (Wi), 6-2
• 140 pounds: John Williams (Wi) pinned Asher Lovesky (Wa) (2nd)
• 145 pounds: Max Lewin (Wa) pinned Mike Greco (Wi) (1st)
• 152 pounds: Matt Lombardo (Wa) decisioned Michael Juniper (Wi), 8-6 (OT)
• 160 pounds: Charlie Hale (Wi) pinned Zach Sperling (Wa) (1st)
• 171 pounds: Zach Gramlich (Wi) pinned Ross Cunningham (Wa) (2nd)
• 189 pounds: Mike McHugh (Wi) pinned Tyler Sheffels (Wa) (2nd)
• 215 pounds: Andrew Moranian (Wi) pinned Ben Price (Wa) (1st)
• 285 pounds: Andrew Zani (Wi) pinned Abe Freedberg (Wa) (1st)

Welcome to Marlborough High School, site of today's team wrestling state championships.

Winchester and Wayland are on the mat for the Division 3 state final. Get comfortable, we'll check in with periodic updates throughout the night.

Your humble blogger will be live from Marlborough tonight, site of the team wrestling state finals.

Winchester and Wayland kick things off with the Division 3 title match at 4:30 p.m., while Lowell and New Bedford clash at 6 p.m. in the Division 1 championship tilt. Greater Lawrence and North Attleboro punctuate the night with the Division 2 matchup.

We'll pass along updates throughout the night and we'll capture video for the site.

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