Seven wrestlers from Maine placed among the top six in their weight class at this weekend's 48th annual New England High School Wrestling Championships in Providence, R.I.
Brent Waterman of Belfast went 4-0 to capture the 132-pound championship and junior Danny DelGallo of Gardiner went 3-1 to finish as runner-up in the 138-pound division.
Fourth-place finishers included previously unbeaten Connor Sheehan of Fryeburg Academy at 113 and Rhett Chase of Camden Hills at 220.
Freshman Cody Hughes of Marshwood finished fifth at 138 pounds. Sixth-place finishers included Jared Jensen of Brunswick at 152 and Josh Andrews of Massabesic at 220.
Timberlane High School of Plaistow, N.H., compiled 77 points to capture its sixth consecutive New England team championship. Daniel Hand High of Madison, Conn., followed with 68.5 points. Mount Anthony Union of Bennington, Vt., finished third with 67 points.
Belfast, with 27 points, finished in a tie for 21st place among the 130 schools that sent wrestlers to the six-state competition.