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For the ninth straight year, the Shawsheen Tech wrestling team captured the state vocational school championship on Saturday.

Wrestling

The Rams finished with 249 points to best the 17-team field and edge out runner-up Putnam (243).

Jake Ferri was the champion at 113 pounds and was name Most Outstanding Wrestler in the lightweight classes. Bryan Caldwell was also a champion at 132 pounds.

Chance Harper (2nd, 138), Cody Sughrue (152, 2nd), Bryan Domek (2nd, 170), Omar Eldaly (220, 2nd), Dylan Melanson (3rd, 106) and Tom Strow (3rd, 145) also starred for Shawsheen Tech.

Chelmsford

The Lions swept three matches and improved to 18-3 on the season.

The Lions took down Ludlow (57-10), Woburn (36-32) and Brockton (39-26).

Evan Goodall (138 pounds), Joe Vecchione (170) and Mike Kilmartin (182) each had 3 pins. Ben Rossano (195) won three matches by decision.

Patrick Hughes (106), Jack Stansfield (120), Devon Giannino (145), Aiden Ahern (160) and Jack Flaherty (220) each won 2 matches.

Billerica

The Indians defeated Walpole (40-24), Hopkinton (42-15) and Westford Academy (42-39).

Henri Behaegel was three-time winner at 195 pounds, as was Chris Derosa at 120 pounds.

James Best (113 pounds), Anthony Menezes (132 pounds), Jeremy Mancini (152 pounds), Nick Scuccimarra (160 pounds), Mark Gentile (182 pounds) and Ryan Higgins (220) won two matches each.

Westford Academy

The Grey Ghosts defeated Hopkinton, 51-24, but fell to Billeirca (42-39) and Walpole (39-34).

Westford's undefeated wrestlers for the day were Luke Donovan (138), Mike Attardo (145), Andrew Piedrahita (152), Cam Eldridge (160) and Max Chernauskas (182).

Tyngsboro

The Tigers finished 7th with 55 points at the Winnacunnet Invitational Tournament.

Leading the way was Josh Ducharme, who was the champion at 120 pounds.

Matt Butler took 2nd at 138 pounds, while Evan Rankin was 3rd at 106 pounds.

Lowell

The Red Raiders split four matches, defeating Acton-Boxboro (32-24) and New Bedford (42-34), while losing to BC High (39-34) and Lincoln-Sudbury (57-9).

Tewksbury

The Redmen competed at the 15-team Methuen Invitational.

Braden Hiltz placed 4th at 145 pounds by going 3-2 for the day.

Burlington

The Red Devils had three place-winners at the Capitol City Classic in Concord N.H., all of them juniors. Burlington finished 14th out of 22 teams.

Co-captain Josh Lee (132 lbs.) won his first two matches but fell in the finals, 3-2 in double OT.

Colin Moroney (106) won 4 out of his 6 matches with 3 pins. Moroney finished in fifth place.

Dylan MacKinnon (170) had 3 pins to finish in sixth place.

Anthony Rivera (160) won 3 matches (2 pins) and Josh Becker (152) had 2 wins on the day.

Greater Lowell

The Gryphons had three individual champions and took 3rd place out of 17 teams at the state vocational championships.

Zack Hamilton won the crown at 170 pounds and was awarded Most Outstanding Wrestler in the upper weight classes. He also had the most falls in the least amount of time. Ron Rossetti had 3 pins to win the championship at 120 pounds. He also won his 100th career match. Brett Weissbach was the champ at 106.

Patrick Carney (113), Anthony Blatus (160) and Donny Wilson (182) each took 2nd place. Dave McKay was 3rd at 138. Spencer Sayachack took 6th at 126.

Nashoba Tech

The Vikings wrestled at the state vocational championships, and were led by a 3rd-place finish from Kevin Keins at 120 pounds.

DJ Fraser took 4th at 220 pounds. Kenny Keins (113), Jason Mendonca (132) and Hunter Nigro (182) each placed 5th. Terry O'Reilly was 6th at 195 pounds.

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Rams are State Voke champs again; Chelmsford keeps rolling - Lowell Sun