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NORTON - The Norton High wrestling team could have easily went 0-3 in Saturday's quad meet against Melrose, Somerset and Sharon.

But freshman Brett Gallagher had the biggest win of his short varsity career and Zack MacTavish continued his stellar year for the Lancers, both wrestlers helping Norton come from behind in the final matches of meets with Melrose and Sharon en route to finishing the meet 2-1.

The Lancers were trailing Melrose going into the meet's final match. But Gallagher came up big when he was needed the most, getting a pin at 119 pounds when only a pin would do and leading the Lancers to a 37-35 victory.

"He is a very good young wrestler," Norton coach Pat Coleman said. "He's a terrific athlete. It looked like he was going to win the match, but I was surprised he got the pin."

Gallagher is now 12-4 on the year. After one comeback, it was time for another. The Lancers were trailing Sharon by five going into that meet's final match, meaning only a pin would give the victory to Norton. Zack MacTavish dominated his opponent from the get-go, but couldn't get past an 8-1 advantage after two periods. Luckily, in the last period, MacTavish got the top position, his best, and turned his man for a pin with just 19 seconds remaining.

"He's very good at turning his man in the top position," Coleman said.

MacTavish is now 14-2 on the year. The Lancers, 10-3 overall, host Foxboro in a non-league match on Wednesday.

** Three Rocketeers took home individual titles and NORTH ATTLEBORO finished in second out of 17 teams at the Cumberland High School Invitational Tournament.

The Rocketeers only finished behind Cumberland High School, the defending Rhode Island dual meet state champions.

Junior Kyle Senechal had the best day of any North wrestler, going 4-0 with four pins to take home first place at 145 pounds.

"He was the star of the day," North coach Wayne Griffin said. "If he continues along this line he's going to be a tough kid to stop."

Senior Garrett Dunn went 3-0 with two pins at 130 pounds to take first at 130 pounds. Dunn beat the defending runner up state champion from Rhode Island by deicision, 8-2, in the final.

Josh Wainwright took first at 215 pounds thanks to a 4-0 record, three by pin.

Micky Taylor was a runner-up at 112 pounds as was Ben Cross at 189 pounds. Ray Sturdy rallied from losing his first bout to win four in a row and took third at 275 pounds while Jesse Kummer also took third at 160 pounds. Every North wrestler scored a point and the Rocketeers went 34-17 as a team for the day.

The Rocketeers wrestle Sharon at home on Wednesday.

Norton 37, Melrose 35; Somerset 52, Norton 19; Norton 30, Sharon 29: 112-John Norton 2-1; 119-Brett Gallagher 2-1; 125-Scott Coleman 1-2; 130-Zack MacTavish 2-1; 135-Derek Hoyt 2-1; 140-Nick Mobilia 0-3; 145-Jake Bergeron 2-1; 152-Joe Alberico 2-1; 160-Erik Lane 0-3; 171-Josh Archer 2-1; 189-Jason Platt 2-1; 215-Seamus Slattery 0-1, Shawn Washburn 0-2; 285-Chris Hamel 1-2.

Cumberland, R.I. Invitational

Team placements: 1-Cumberland 1841/2, 2-North Attleboro 159, 3-LaSalle 1521/2, 4-Weymouth 99, 5-East Longmeadow 881/2.

North Attleboro results: 103-Shane LeBlanc 1-2; 112-Micky Taylor 3-1; 119-Joe Krzyzek 1-1; 125-James Nettney 1-2; 130-Garrett Dunn 3-0; 135-Rayshawn Green 1-2; 140-Shane Devlin 2-2; 145-Kyle Senechal 4-0; 152-Rick Delleck 1-2; 160-Jesse Kummer 4-1; 171-Rick Garceau 3-2; 189-Ben Cross 2-1; 215-Josh Wainwright 4-0; 275-Ray Sturdy 4-1.