Westhampton Beach started the season with a surprising 2nd Place finish at the Sprig Gardner Individual Tournament two weeks ago without 40% of their anticipated starting lineup. then a week later the Canes went 5-0 and captured the title at the Yorktown (NY) Dual Meet Tournament going 5-0 during the competition. A very nice start indeed, but this is Long Island wrestling. In Section XI in general, and League VI in particular, successes seen off the Island in particular, should probably come with a warning label affixed to the trophies: "Individual and team results may vary when you return to Long Island". Part humor, part hard reality. League VI Dual meets start quickly in wrestling and the fate of the season often hangs in the balance during the first week. This year the first test was a home dual meet against league rival Sayville. The Canes had to forfeit at 285 and 138 and accepted a forfeit from Sayville at 126, so the Canes would be down net 6 points and in the remaining 12 matches would need to make that up. The key to success in dual meets is to get bonus points with major victories, techs, and pins while not giving up those bonus points to your opponent when you do lose. There were 12 matches wrestled yesterday and through the first 8, WHB had won half, but they had netted 10 more points than Sayville because all the losses were 3 point losses and at the same time the Canes had 3 pins and a major victory. The Canes went 3-1 in the remaining 4 matches netting another bonus point over Sayville and clinched the match with a win by Senior Lawrence Citarelli at 170 pounds with two matches (182 & 195) still remaining. The Canes netted bonus points in 6 of their 7 victories and only allowed Sayvile bonus points in 1 of their 5 wins. A great team effort! The Final Score was 41-30 putting the Canes into the win column and setting them on the path for another League VI dual meet on Friday (12/14/2018) at Islip. Good luck WHB!
Westhampton (WHB) 41, Sayville (Say) 30
December 12, 2018
220 - Liam McIntyre (WHB) pinned Nick Destefano (Say) 3:00
285 - Maximus Maizus (Say) by FFT
99 - Joe D`Agostino (WHB) pinned George Wessels (Say) 2:18
106 - Mack Murtha (Say) dec. Grant Skala (WHB) 16-10
113 - Aiden White (Say) dec. Luke Citarelli (WHB) 6-4
120 - Will Zaffuto (WHB) md. Kenneth Lopresti (Say) 10-2
126 - Jason Montagna (WHB) by FFT
132 - Suraj Patel (WHB) pinned Ryan Lamar (Say) 5:10
138 - Jacob Wolmart (Say) by FFT
145 - James Mejia (Say) dec. James O`Neill (WHB) 10-8 SV
152 - Cody Lopresti (Say) dec. Gage Rubio (WHB) 4-2
160 - Jackson Hulse (WHB) pinned Brody Bergerson (Say) 0:19
170 - Lawrence Citarelli (WHB) dec. Connor Owenburg (Say) 6-1
182 - Joe Lopresti (Say) pinned Tate Buhl (WHB) 3:15
195 - Hunter Burling (WHB) md. Bradley Eisner (Say) 14-3
Westhampton (WHB) 41, Sayville (Say) 30
December 12, 2018
220 - Liam McIntyre (WHB) pinned Nick Destefano (Say) 3:00
285 - Maximus Maizus (Say) by FFT
99 - Joe D`Agostino (WHB) pinned George Wessels (Say) 2:18
106 - Mack Murtha (Say) dec. Grant Skala (WHB) 16-10
113 - Aiden White (Say) dec. Luke Citarelli (WHB) 6-4
120 - Will Zaffuto (WHB) md. Kenneth Lopresti (Say) 10-2
126 - Jason Montagna (WHB) by FFT
132 - Suraj Patel (WHB) pinned Ryan Lamar (Say) 5:10
138 - Jacob Wolmart (Say) by FFT
145 - James Mejia (Say) dec. James O`Neill (WHB) 10-8 SV
152 - Cody Lopresti (Say) dec. Gage Rubio (WHB) 4-2
160 - Jackson Hulse (WHB) pinned Brody Bergerson (Say) 0:19
170 - Lawrence Citarelli (WHB) dec. Connor Owenburg (Say) 6-1
182 - Joe Lopresti (Say) pinned Tate Buhl (WHB) 3:15
195 - Hunter Burling (WHB) md. Bradley Eisner (Say) 14-3
Senior Lawrence Citarelli is all smiles after his 6-1 victory at 170 pounds clinched the victory for Westhampton Beach against Sayville in their first League VI dual meet of the season.
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