The Massabesic wrestling team is in good position to defend their Class A crown after a convincing win in the Western Maine Regionals Saturday. The Mustangs had nine finalists in 14 weight classes and racked up 218 points. Second place Noble finished with 150.5 points. The Mustangs finished with five individual titles. Gage Desrosier at 103 pounds, Nick Spaulding at 125, Peter Gilman at 130, Joey Eon at 140 and Josh Eon at 171.

Deering was third in the meet with 117 points, followed by Bonny Eagle with 89, Marshwood with 85, Sanford with 76, Westbrook with 68, Biddeford with 42.5, Kennebunk with 37.5, Cape Elizabeth with 24, Scarborough with 18, Thornton Academy with 12, Windham with eight and Cheverus with one point.

The top four wrestlers in each weight class qualify for next week’s state championship meet. Massabesic qualified 11 wrestlers for the 14 weight classes. In addition to those who won individual titles, the Mustangs will be sending Justin Dumond at 130 pounds, Derek Cloutier at 152, Ike Brochu at 160, Alex Holland at 189, Peter Lepage at 112 and Ethan Norwald at 119.

Next week, the Mustangs will boast the most qualifiers from the West. They have three defending individual state champions in Gilman and the Eon brothers.

Derosier won the regional title at 103 pounds with a pin of Jake Rasque of Marshwood at 5:14 of their bout. Spaulding won at 125 pounds due to an injury to his opponent, Jake Longley of Noble. Gilman took the title at 135 pounds with a 14-1 decision over Noble’s Mark Richardson. Joe Eon won by forfeit at 140 pounds. Josh Eon won at 171 pounds with an 8-0 decision over Patrick Chute of Biddeford.

Other regional winners were Dalton Groeger of Bonny Eagle at 112 pounds, Chris Smith of Deering at 119, Ryan Toussaint of Deering at 130, Peter Bronder of Noble at 145, Steve Martin of Bonny Eagle at 152, Jon Hussey of Marshwood at 160, Westbrook’s Andrew Drouin at 189, Riastlin Delisle of Kennebunk at 215 and Nathanael Lavallee of Cape Elizabeth at 285.

Bonny Eagle will be sending five wrestlers to the state meet this weekend. Groeger and Martin will represent the Scots as regional champions. Groeger was the state champion last year at 103 pounds. Ryan Cook qualified at 103 pounds with a win in the consolation finals. Patrick Gallant finished fourth at 119 pounds and Josh Lund was third at 215 pounds.

Sanford will send seven wrestlers to the state finals. Paul Rivard was the runner up at 145 pounds to qualify. Zachary Clarke won his consolation bout to qualify for the state meet. Redskins Ian L’Heureux, Colby Pepin, Russell Gray, Ryan Bogan and Tony Labbe placed in the top four and will be wrestling this weekend. L’Heureux will wrestle at 140 pounds, Pepin at 152, Gray at 160, Bogan at 189 and Labbe at 215.

Four wrestlers will represent Westbrook Saturday. Regional champion Drouin will be joined by teammates Glenn Emery at 103 pounds, Harrison Strondak at 135 and Nicholas Marchant at 171 pounds.

Biddeford will send three wrestlers to the finals at Cony High School. Chute who was the runner up at 171 pounds will be joined by teammates John Hybers at 112 pounds and Josh Scott at 152.

Lavallee will be the lone representative to the meet for Cape Elizabeth. Lavallee is the defending state champion at 285 pounds and will look to retain that title. One wrestler will represent Scarborough. Brandon Carroll won the consolation bout at 189 pounds and will represent the Red Storm Saturday. Thornton Academy will also have one wrestler at the meet. Zach Sheehan will wrestle at 145 pounds for the Golden Trojans.