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Wild cards keep multiple aces in play

Top-seeded Sean McCabe of Connetquot (red) struggles against

Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin | Top-seeded Sean McCabe of Connetquot (red) struggles against Islip's Natt Haag (purple). (Feb. 10, 2012)

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Connetquot's Sean McCabe finished third in the state wrestling tournament as a junior and was hoping for another shot at the state title this season. McCabe, who had one loss, was the top seed heading into the ultracompetitive Suffolk sectional tournament, and suffered a 3-2 loss to Sayville's unseeded Matt Leshinger in a 120-pound quarterfinal bout.

Leshinger went on to win the Suffolk crown...

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