SALEM — As she braced for the final round of her match Saturday, Amelyiah Martinez could not help but glance at the small scoreboard nestled by the official’s table. The sophomore was locked in a heated clash, and knew full well that her next move could be the difference in whether or not history was made.

As the crowd roared, however, she almost felt at peace. The star athlete registered a clutch pin when the lights were at their brightest, winning the final 235-pound match to deliver Lowell its first-ever All-State girls wrestling championship in dramatic fashion at Salem High School.

“I feel very honored,” Martinez said. “This is something that is really once in a lifetime. You can see me coming off the mat, I’m really stone-faced, then I just burst into tears because of how happy, how excited I am. When (the moment) came up, I felt so empowered by the girls around me. I know I can lean on any of the wrestlers if I need something in the match.”

As the marathon day wore on, the Red Raiders watched two athletes progress to the championship stage, with Martinez represented alongside junior Amada Moundele in the 165-pound class.

In a match that went the distance, Moundele fell to Sharon’s Meghan Weibe in a 2-0 nail-biter, shaking up the school rankings. Suddenly, the Red Raiders were trailing by a handful of points.

Sharon, meanwhile, leaped into a tie with Lowell for second place, each program with 46 points. With both schools having a participant in the last bout of the day, it was going to be up to Martinez to pull through when it mattered most.

Ashland leaped to the forefront of the standings with 50 points thanks to a fantastic victory from Nora Quitt, a pin only 10 seconds into the 138-pound match.

Lowell needed its sophomore to win to finish as a co-champion, or a pin to win the title outright.

“I knew that it was down to me and Amada,” Martinez said. “I couldn’t even watch her match, so all I saw was the closing. I went in there, and I knew what I had to do.”

With the match virtually deadlocked in the final period, Martinez was able to pin Sharon’s Samantha Rabkin, and she could celebrate as a champion. When the dust settled, the Raiders finished in first with 52 points.

“We were sitting there, and we kind of knew we needed a pin,” said Lowell wrestling coach Nick Logan. “It kind of looked at the end like we might sneak out a win, but not a pin. So her getting that pin was awesome. I think that did it for us.”

Other impressive performances included Ludlow’s Samantha Bertini, who registered a first-round pin of Josiah Quincy Upper’s Jailyn Edmonds in the 100-pound tilt. Wilmington standout Hannah Bryson completed a 14-0 victory over Kamila Vizcinesk of Arlington at 126.

Logan is driven to continue the momentum that he and his athletes have developed.

“We took fourth in this state tournament last year,” said Logan. “Our pioneer, Amada Moundele, is a three-time placewinner now. She really paved the way for these girls, spread the word, and we were able to pretty much build a full girls group this year, which has been great.”