Publication: The East Hampton Press & The Southampton Press By: Cailin Riley
Things were not looking good for the Westhampton Beach wrestling team on Friday night.
The Hurricanes were coming off a tough 48-24 League V loss at Kings Park, and after a long bus ride home, had only five hours of sleep to look forward to before getting back on a bus again for the Commack Duals, one of the toughest tournaments of the season in Suffolk County, where they’d be attempting to defend their title from last year.
But as the Canes have shown in recent seasons, coming up big when the chips are down seems to be their specialty.
Against five quality teams, the Hurricanes went 4-1 at the Commack Duals, their only loss coming to North Babylon, the third-ranked team in Suffolk County. While they did not defend their title, the Hurricanes made head coach Paul Bass extremely proud, and he was not disappointed with the loss to North Babylon, a talented team that was not in the tournament last year.
“The kids were really down after [the loss to Kings Park],” Bass said, pointing out that while Kings Park is ranked seventh in Suffolk County, his team still felt it had a chance to win. “We feel we have a shot against anybody. But I wanted to see how they responded after that. This was the toughest Commack Duals we’ve ever been to; there were no weak teams. So I was extremely happy with how they rebounded from a not-so-great week. They wrestled their [butts] off. It was really awesome.”
The Hurricanes moved to 15-5 on the season in dual meets, and they are 2-1 in League V. Before the loss to Kings Park, they beat rival Eastport South Manor, 39-36, at home on January 6 in a League V showdown.
The Canes kicked off the tournament against Trumbull High School, the third-ranked team in Connecticut, which boasts five All-State wrestlers. Westhampton Beach came away with a 42-33 win, which was the only loss of the day for Trumbull. After that, the Canes rallied in the last three matches to beat Freeport—the ninth-ranked team in Nassau County—39-24, and went on to beat another Nassau team, Mepham, 52-19. Westhampton Beach then beat host Commack, 42-27, before finishing with a 45-25 loss to North Babylon.
Over the course of the day, Westhampton Beach wrestled in 14 bouts against state or county-ranked wrestlers, and gave up only three pins and one technical fall in those matches, while also scoring an upset win in one of them, when Matt Tanzman (106 pounds) upset Mepham’s Kyle Althenn in a 10-2 major decision.
Westhampton Beach’s Dan McClure (182 and 195) went 5-0 on the day, scoring 24 team points, while Connor Glynn (120) went 4-1, scoring 18 team points. His only loss came to North Babylon’s Anthony Sparacio, a returning All-State wrestler who is currently ranked second in the county in his weight class.
By the end of this week, Westhampton Beach will have taken on eight of the top 10 ranked teams in Suffolk County, including the top three. All five of their losses thus far have come against county-ranked teams. The Hurricanes were scheduled to host Comsewogue for a league match on January 13 and will visit Hauppauge, the top-ranked team in the county, for another league match the following day before competing in the Kujan Tournament at Floyd on Saturday.
In the win over ESM, Bass said he was happy with how Tanzman wrestled in a loss to defending state champion Adam Busiello, losing by technical fall in the final seconds of a match where most people expected a quick pin.
“He didn’t wrestle afraid, and he frustrated [Busiello],” Bass said.
Westhampton Beach had six pins on the day, including Billy Campbell (170); Dan McClure (182), who is currently ranked first in the county at his weight; Thomas O’Shea (195); Dane Mendoza (113), currently ranked third in the county at his weight; Connor Glynn (120); and Danny Strebel (132).
In the loss to Kings Park, Bass was happy with the effort of Liam McIntyre (145) and Scott Rementer (152). McIntyre won a 7-5 decision over Joe Broems while Rementer won a 4-2 decision over Nico Ziccardi.
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The Hurricanes were coming off a tough 48-24 League V loss at Kings Park, and after a long bus ride home, had only five hours of sleep to look forward to before getting back on a bus again for the Commack Duals, one of the toughest tournaments of the season in Suffolk County, where they’d be attempting to defend their title from last year.
But as the Canes have shown in recent seasons, coming up big when the chips are down seems to be their specialty.
Against five quality teams, the Hurricanes went 4-1 at the Commack Duals, their only loss coming to North Babylon, the third-ranked team in Suffolk County. While they did not defend their title, the Hurricanes made head coach Paul Bass extremely proud, and he was not disappointed with the loss to North Babylon, a talented team that was not in the tournament last year.
“The kids were really down after [the loss to Kings Park],” Bass said, pointing out that while Kings Park is ranked seventh in Suffolk County, his team still felt it had a chance to win. “We feel we have a shot against anybody. But I wanted to see how they responded after that. This was the toughest Commack Duals we’ve ever been to; there were no weak teams. So I was extremely happy with how they rebounded from a not-so-great week. They wrestled their [butts] off. It was really awesome.”
The Hurricanes moved to 15-5 on the season in dual meets, and they are 2-1 in League V. Before the loss to Kings Park, they beat rival Eastport South Manor, 39-36, at home on January 6 in a League V showdown.
The Canes kicked off the tournament against Trumbull High School, the third-ranked team in Connecticut, which boasts five All-State wrestlers. Westhampton Beach came away with a 42-33 win, which was the only loss of the day for Trumbull. After that, the Canes rallied in the last three matches to beat Freeport—the ninth-ranked team in Nassau County—39-24, and went on to beat another Nassau team, Mepham, 52-19. Westhampton Beach then beat host Commack, 42-27, before finishing with a 45-25 loss to North Babylon.
Over the course of the day, Westhampton Beach wrestled in 14 bouts against state or county-ranked wrestlers, and gave up only three pins and one technical fall in those matches, while also scoring an upset win in one of them, when Matt Tanzman (106 pounds) upset Mepham’s Kyle Althenn in a 10-2 major decision.
Westhampton Beach’s Dan McClure (182 and 195) went 5-0 on the day, scoring 24 team points, while Connor Glynn (120) went 4-1, scoring 18 team points. His only loss came to North Babylon’s Anthony Sparacio, a returning All-State wrestler who is currently ranked second in the county in his weight class.
By the end of this week, Westhampton Beach will have taken on eight of the top 10 ranked teams in Suffolk County, including the top three. All five of their losses thus far have come against county-ranked teams. The Hurricanes were scheduled to host Comsewogue for a league match on January 13 and will visit Hauppauge, the top-ranked team in the county, for another league match the following day before competing in the Kujan Tournament at Floyd on Saturday.
In the win over ESM, Bass said he was happy with how Tanzman wrestled in a loss to defending state champion Adam Busiello, losing by technical fall in the final seconds of a match where most people expected a quick pin.
“He didn’t wrestle afraid, and he frustrated [Busiello],” Bass said.
Westhampton Beach had six pins on the day, including Billy Campbell (170); Dan McClure (182), who is currently ranked first in the county at his weight; Thomas O’Shea (195); Dane Mendoza (113), currently ranked third in the county at his weight; Connor Glynn (120); and Danny Strebel (132).
In the loss to Kings Park, Bass was happy with the effort of Liam McIntyre (145) and Scott Rementer (152). McIntyre won a 7-5 decision over Joe Broems while Rementer won a 4-2 decision over Nico Ziccardi.
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