Westhampton Beach dropped their first League V match of the season tonight at King's Park by the final score of 48-24. The Kingsmen feature the #7 ranked dual meet team in Suffolk County and displayed a lot of talent on the mat. The Hurricanes added another teammate to the injury list as Junior Danny Strebel (132) was unable to wrestle tonight. We hope he will be back very soon!
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The Hurricanes jumped to the early 6-0 lead after Junior Dane Mendoza (113) started off with a pin. The Canes lost by decision at 120 & 132 and suffered pins at 126 & 138. So after 5 matches the score was 18-6 in favor of King's Park. Freshman Liam McCintyre (145) righted the ship with a 7-5 decision and Junior Scott Rementer (152) followed with a 4-2 decision closing the gap to 18-12 still in King Park's favor. The pivotal match was a 160 pounds. Senior Alex Kravitz (160) battled extremely hard with Doyle of King's Park and the score was tied 6-6 with about 30 seconds left when Kravitz got taken down and pinned. I'm not sure what happened exactly, but the Canes went from a potential 3 point deficit to a 12 point deficit in the blink of an eye. Instead of 18-15, the Canes found themselves down 24-12 with 8 matches gone. A King's Park pin at 170 and the score was 30-12. King's Park forfeited at both 182 & 195 to give the Canes a glimmer of hope at 30-24, but the Hurricanes would not win another match. A pin at 220 and major decisions at 285, 99, & 106 sealed the deal for the final score of 48-24. This was the short end of a difficult score, but the Hurricanes didn't give up, not in one match and not for a second. I was proud to be out there cheering for a tough group of young men who left everything out there on the mat.
The Hurricanes head to Commack tomororow morning (1/9) for the Commack Duals in an attempt to defend last years title at the event! See you in Commack! Go Canes!
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The Hurricanes jumped to the early 6-0 lead after Junior Dane Mendoza (113) started off with a pin. The Canes lost by decision at 120 & 132 and suffered pins at 126 & 138. So after 5 matches the score was 18-6 in favor of King's Park. Freshman Liam McCintyre (145) righted the ship with a 7-5 decision and Junior Scott Rementer (152) followed with a 4-2 decision closing the gap to 18-12 still in King Park's favor. The pivotal match was a 160 pounds. Senior Alex Kravitz (160) battled extremely hard with Doyle of King's Park and the score was tied 6-6 with about 30 seconds left when Kravitz got taken down and pinned. I'm not sure what happened exactly, but the Canes went from a potential 3 point deficit to a 12 point deficit in the blink of an eye. Instead of 18-15, the Canes found themselves down 24-12 with 8 matches gone. A King's Park pin at 170 and the score was 30-12. King's Park forfeited at both 182 & 195 to give the Canes a glimmer of hope at 30-24, but the Hurricanes would not win another match. A pin at 220 and major decisions at 285, 99, & 106 sealed the deal for the final score of 48-24. This was the short end of a difficult score, but the Hurricanes didn't give up, not in one match and not for a second. I was proud to be out there cheering for a tough group of young men who left everything out there on the mat.
The Hurricanes head to Commack tomororow morning (1/9) for the Commack Duals in an attempt to defend last years title at the event! See you in Commack! Go Canes!
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