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With the seven of the top eight finishers at Bradford Ski Area yesterday, St. John's Prep easily swept past Andover and Masconomet to remain unbeaten in North Shore Ski League competition.

  St. John's Prep's wrestling team blasted Malden Catholic 59-3 to wrap up its 14th straight Catholic Conference title. Among the eight wrestlers who had pins for the Eagles (29-1), who have won 59 straight league meets, was 170-pounder David Kou of Andover.

LAWRENCE – The anticipated showdown between the past two defending Division 1 state champions proved an unexpected runaway.

The St. John's Prep wrestling team swept a quad, which included big wins over good Shawsheen (43-15) and West Springfield  (37-21) teams to improve to 27-1. North Andover freshman Ian Butterbrodt was 3-0 on the day at 182 and is now 30-1 on the year.

A strong, deep St. John's Prep squad placed three of the top four skiiers to handily win its opener over North Andover, 103-32, despite Nate Miceli's seventh-place finish. The Knights recovered to beat Manchester Essex. Andover rode the efforts of Tom Suglia and Adam Risman to a split, beating Austin Prep and falling to Masconomet. Despite the best efforts of Owen Kallery, Haverhill lost to Austin Prep in its season opener.

In his first action since recovering from a concussion suffered in football, Haverhill senior Parris Williams went 3-0 with three pins in a multi-team wrestling meet at Pentucket.

Methuen tuned up for tomorrow's showdown at North Andover by crushing St. John's of Shrewsbury 62-6. Cuong Nguyen looked impressive at 106 with a second-period pin and both Giovanni Rivera (170) and Scott DelRossi (182) had strong performances. 

The St. John's Prep golf team showed that the Division 1 North state title will again go through Danvers, dropping Central Catholic, 225-245. Nick Pandelena fired a one-under par 35 for medalist honors at Salem Country Club. Joe Leavitt was the low Raider at 37.

LAWRENCE — Central Catholic's defense was ferocious for two quarters, fortunate in the third and hanging on opportunistically in the fourth.

But one decisive overtime stand deemed the entire package priceless.

LAWRENCE — Central Catholic's defense was ferocious for two quarters, fortunate in the third and hanging on opportunistically in the fourth.

But one decisive overtime stand deemed the entire package priceless.