Nothing has been able to stop the Lynnfield wrestling team from winning this season, including an abbreviated Christmas break. The Pioneers got right back on track after the short vacation with a dual-meet victory over 10 south shore teams on Saturday in North Attleboro.
“It was a nice victory for us coming off of the break,” said Pioneers coach Craig Stone. “We won our last tournament in Pentucket before the break and were able to come out strong again today.”
Lynnfield had four champions on the day to go along with five runner ups. Tom Arseneault won at 220 while John Klug took the victory at 182. Joe Morse (106) and Eric Kerr (113) won for Lynnfield in the lighter weight classes.
The Pioneers got second place performances from Scott McGrath (120), Joey Wise (126), Lucas Pascucci (132), Travis Clark (138), and Andrew Kibarian (285). Lynnfield had two third-place finishers also in Alex Pascucci and Chris Connor at 145 and 195 respectively.
The win improves the Pioneers record to a perfect 12-0 on the season.
Also in wrestling, Marblehead swept its weekend Tri-meet with Saugus and Acton-Boxborough.
At Marblehead, the Marblehead-Swampscott combine got two victories, 48-24 over Saugus and 43-36 over Acton-Boxborough. Marblehead got two wins apiece from Jake Powell (126), Joe Mitlin (160), Maleek Newsome (170), Ali Atallah (182), Sean Taylor (200), and Eugene Bromberg (220).
Saugus (0-8) lost twice, falling just short of its first win of the season to Acton Boxboro 33-30 before falling to the hosts. The Sachems got wins at 145 and 160 from Seth Roy and Gardy Pierre respectively while Al Lam took the victory at 170. Other Sachem winners were Sal Guarino (182) and Luke Surette (220).
The Sachems team is comprised of all underclassman with the exception of one senior and one junior.
St. John’s Prep went 3-1 in a quad meet Saturday with wins over Algonquin (29-11), North Attleborough (44-19) and Bridgewater-Raynham (39-28). Plymouth South got the better of the Eagles, 30-24.
Sweeping their matches were DJ Lemieux (126), Jared Costa (138), Ian Butterbrodt (138), and Corey Jean Jacques (285).
Costa became the third Eagle this year to record his 100th win with a pin over B-R’s Nick Savigusto.
