Taconic's O'Shea, Burke Advance at Lowell Tournament
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Taconic is in 14th place out of 80 schools at the two-day tourney. It has 66 points. Concord, N.H., leads the way with 96.5 points, just ahead of second-place Springfield Central and Timberlane, N.H., with 89 points apiece. Mount Anthony Union of Bennington, Vt., is in fourth with 88.5 points.
O’Shea at 195 pounds started his day with a 2-1 win over Nashua, N.H.’s, Tyler Griffen. He then pinned Justin Quinton of Westford Academy to reach Saturday’s quarter-finals.
At 182, Burke started Friday with a pin of Taunton’s Peter Ye. He then outpointed Timberlane’s Cooper Kelly, 5-1.
In addition to the two competitors in the main draw, Taconic has three wrestlers alive in the consolations: Mike LaFreniere at 132, Mike Puskey at 170 and Eric Packard at 220.