Publication: The East Hampton Press & The Southampton Press By: Cailin Riley Feb 8, 2016 7:16 PM
Crazy.
That’s how Westhampton Beach wrestling coach Paul Bass describes League V and the level of talent within it. The league features the top two teams in Suffolk County—Rocky Point and Hauppauge—who recently battled for the Suffolk County Dual Meet Championship, and three more ranked in the top 20 (Kings Park, Eastport South Manor and Westhampton Beach). Given the talent that entered the gym at Hauppauge High School for the League V Championships on Saturday, Bass figured the best he could hope for was to see nine of his wrestlers finish in the top four in their weight classes and secure at spot at the Division I county tournament, but he knew that number could easily drop as well. So he was quite happy at the end of the day, when eight Hurricanes stamped their ticket to counties by finishing in the top four.
Senior Dan McClure was the only champion for Westhampton Beach, beating Hauppauge’s Rich Dailey in a 3-1 decision. The bout was scoreless after the first period, and McClure went up 1-0 after choosing the bottom position to start the second and getting out right away. Dailey started on bottom in the third and got out to tie it at 1-1, and McClure sealed the win with a takedown. While the final score was close, McClure was the favorite, as he’s been ranked first in the county at his weight for much of the season.
“[Dailey] came out with a good game plan, and we have to get better at wrestling kids who are trying to stall, which is what you do against someone better than you,” Bass said. “Dan did what he had to do.”
McClure’s best effort of the day came in the semifinals, where he beat a talented wrestler in Sam Schuyler of Kings Park, a county-ranked 170-pounder who was wrestling up a weight. McClure won in an 8-2 decision.
McClure was seeded third for the county tournament, but Bass said he believes the senior has a shot to win a county title.
“I still think he’s the best kid in the weight,” Bass said.
Three other Hurricane wrestlers advanced to the finals—Dane Mendoza (113) was pinned in 1:09 by Rocky Point’s Anthony Cirillo; Liam McIntyre (145) was pinned by ESM’s John Busiello in 1:24; and Scott Rementer (152) lost by injury default to Hauppauge’s Chris Mauriello, who collected his sixth straight league championship. Rementer busted his lip during the match and couldn’t get the bleeding to stop. He got four stitches later that night, and Bass said he’ll be ready to go for counties.
Bass said he was particularly proud of the efforts of McIntyre and Rementer.
“They had a great tournament,” he said. “It was good to see Liam beat some kids he had had some real tight matches with; it’s tough to beat quality kids twice. And Scott beat a few kids who had beaten him earlier on in the season. I think Scott might be coming out of his shell.”
In the consolation finals, Tyler Skala (99 pounds) beat Logan Sciotto of Rocky Point, 2-0, to take third. Skala nearly made it to the finals, losing 4-2 to ESM’s Zach Redding. Skala nearly scored a reversal on Redding with 10 seconds left in their match, but couldn’t quite pull it off. Redding injury defaulted to Anthony Sciotto in the final.
At 113 pounds, Matt Tanzman lost, 6-0, to Jay Best of Harborfields to finish fourth, and at 120 pounds, Connor Glynn lost a 6-2 decision to William Romero of Rocky Point. Glynn made it to the final in a tough weight class with a 1-0 win in the quarters over Manny Romero of Rocky Point. At 170 pounds, Billy Campbell finished fourth for the Hurricanes by injury default, bowing out after he made the semifinals to rest a nagging injury so he can be ready for counties.
For seniors Glynn, Tanzman, Campbell and McClure, the county meet will be their last action in a Hurricane uniform, unless they can get to states.
Mendoza, who finished fifth in the county last year, is making a return to counties, while it will be the second trip to the big meet for Skala, Rementer and Campbell as well.
Bass added that while he was very happy to get eight wrestlers to counties, he was sad to see senior Alex Kravitz fall short of getting to counties. Kravitz lost, 4-2, in overtime to Steven Holder in a weight class that featured six very equally strong wrestlers. During the regular season, Kravitz defeated the eventual champion, Claude Corbett of Comsewogue.
Wrestling will start at 10 a.m. on Friday at Hofstra University. Wrestlers who advance to the semifinals and second round of wrestle-backs will return on Sunday, where wrestling will begin again at 10 a.m.
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That’s how Westhampton Beach wrestling coach Paul Bass describes League V and the level of talent within it. The league features the top two teams in Suffolk County—Rocky Point and Hauppauge—who recently battled for the Suffolk County Dual Meet Championship, and three more ranked in the top 20 (Kings Park, Eastport South Manor and Westhampton Beach). Given the talent that entered the gym at Hauppauge High School for the League V Championships on Saturday, Bass figured the best he could hope for was to see nine of his wrestlers finish in the top four in their weight classes and secure at spot at the Division I county tournament, but he knew that number could easily drop as well. So he was quite happy at the end of the day, when eight Hurricanes stamped their ticket to counties by finishing in the top four.
Senior Dan McClure was the only champion for Westhampton Beach, beating Hauppauge’s Rich Dailey in a 3-1 decision. The bout was scoreless after the first period, and McClure went up 1-0 after choosing the bottom position to start the second and getting out right away. Dailey started on bottom in the third and got out to tie it at 1-1, and McClure sealed the win with a takedown. While the final score was close, McClure was the favorite, as he’s been ranked first in the county at his weight for much of the season.
“[Dailey] came out with a good game plan, and we have to get better at wrestling kids who are trying to stall, which is what you do against someone better than you,” Bass said. “Dan did what he had to do.”
McClure’s best effort of the day came in the semifinals, where he beat a talented wrestler in Sam Schuyler of Kings Park, a county-ranked 170-pounder who was wrestling up a weight. McClure won in an 8-2 decision.
McClure was seeded third for the county tournament, but Bass said he believes the senior has a shot to win a county title.
“I still think he’s the best kid in the weight,” Bass said.
Three other Hurricane wrestlers advanced to the finals—Dane Mendoza (113) was pinned in 1:09 by Rocky Point’s Anthony Cirillo; Liam McIntyre (145) was pinned by ESM’s John Busiello in 1:24; and Scott Rementer (152) lost by injury default to Hauppauge’s Chris Mauriello, who collected his sixth straight league championship. Rementer busted his lip during the match and couldn’t get the bleeding to stop. He got four stitches later that night, and Bass said he’ll be ready to go for counties.
Bass said he was particularly proud of the efforts of McIntyre and Rementer.
“They had a great tournament,” he said. “It was good to see Liam beat some kids he had had some real tight matches with; it’s tough to beat quality kids twice. And Scott beat a few kids who had beaten him earlier on in the season. I think Scott might be coming out of his shell.”
In the consolation finals, Tyler Skala (99 pounds) beat Logan Sciotto of Rocky Point, 2-0, to take third. Skala nearly made it to the finals, losing 4-2 to ESM’s Zach Redding. Skala nearly scored a reversal on Redding with 10 seconds left in their match, but couldn’t quite pull it off. Redding injury defaulted to Anthony Sciotto in the final.
At 113 pounds, Matt Tanzman lost, 6-0, to Jay Best of Harborfields to finish fourth, and at 120 pounds, Connor Glynn lost a 6-2 decision to William Romero of Rocky Point. Glynn made it to the final in a tough weight class with a 1-0 win in the quarters over Manny Romero of Rocky Point. At 170 pounds, Billy Campbell finished fourth for the Hurricanes by injury default, bowing out after he made the semifinals to rest a nagging injury so he can be ready for counties.
For seniors Glynn, Tanzman, Campbell and McClure, the county meet will be their last action in a Hurricane uniform, unless they can get to states.
Mendoza, who finished fifth in the county last year, is making a return to counties, while it will be the second trip to the big meet for Skala, Rementer and Campbell as well.
Bass added that while he was very happy to get eight wrestlers to counties, he was sad to see senior Alex Kravitz fall short of getting to counties. Kravitz lost, 4-2, in overtime to Steven Holder in a weight class that featured six very equally strong wrestlers. During the regular season, Kravitz defeated the eventual champion, Claude Corbett of Comsewogue.
Wrestling will start at 10 a.m. on Friday at Hofstra University. Wrestlers who advance to the semifinals and second round of wrestle-backs will return on Sunday, where wrestling will begin again at 10 a.m.
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