Alvirne wrestling defeats Souhegan in dual meet

The Alvirne High School wrestling team recorded seven pins to defeat Souhegan 50-24 in a Division II dual meet on Wednesday.

Three of those pins came in less than a minute, as Tyler Burgess won at 285-pounds, Taylor Thyne was a winner at 106 and Patrick Morse took the 160 match for the Broncos.

Burgess defeated Souhegan's Caleb Jackson in 31 seconds, while Thyne needed 26 seconds to pin Michael Robisheau and Morse recorded a pin against Jae Clarke-Randolph in 23 seconds.

Brendan Smith of Alvirne won at 132, pinning Thomas Lott at 2:28, while John Roark won at 152 with a pin of Souhegan's Peter Foley at 3:29. Steve Lichtenberg won at 220 by pinning Cameron Crook in 1:19, and John Plante pinned Lyle Bellamy at 5:02 to win at 113 for Alvirne.

Alvirne's Michael Meli defeated Dylan Adams 4-2 at 138, and Tyler Dube beat Mike Olson 16-1 at 170.

Souhegan's James Ewing won at 182 by pinning Bryce Yarmo at 3:30 and Mitchell Ilacqua needed 37 seconds to pin Chad Collins at 126. Conner Chareth got the other win for the Sabers, pinning Ben Kastonis at 1:14 of the 120 match.