Big 10: Glenn grapplers grab top spot

1. GLENN WRESTLING (up from 2) The Knights earned the top spot this week. They had nine individual champions, dominating the Smithtown West Tournament. Jared Cheatham won the 171-pound class and was named Champion of Champions. Glenn (482.5) won the eight-team tournament by 136 points over second-place Connetquot. The Knights won their 45th straight dual meet — one shy of the fifth longest unbeaten streak in Suffolk history last week. The Knights have a grueling League VI meet at home vs. Rocky Point, Friday at 4:30 p.m.
   
2. HALF HOLLOW HILLS WEST BOYS BASKETBALL (down from 1) The Colts posted easy wins over Copiague and Deer Park, with Tyler Harris scoring a career-high 23 against Deer Park, which triple-teamed his brother Tobias. Transfer point guard Tavon Sledge continues to shine. The Colts play at Springfield, Mass., vs. Sacred Heart (Ct.) in the prestigious Hoop Hall Classic on Saturday.
   
3. EAST ISLIP GIRLS BOWLING (holding at 3) They're like an avalanche – on a roll and seemingly unstoppable. They have a team average of 1,014. Freshman Lena Sorrentino has a county-best 236 average and has two 300 games to her credit.
   
4. HALF HOLLOW HILLS BOYS SWIMMING (holding at 4) Hills has been undefeated in dual-meets, league championships and county championships since 2007 and is carrying that three-year trend into the 2010 season. Matt DeBlasio holds the top 50 yard freestyle time in Suffolk (22.67) and Ryan Savit, as expected, is the county's best diver (high score of 277.3).
   
5. KELLENBERG GIRLS BASKETBALL (holding at 5) The Firebirds beat Our Lady of Mercy, 65-45. Senior Emma O'Connor had 16 points, nine assists and five blocked shots and sophomore Khadijah Donaldson had 18 points and nine rebounds. A showdown with St. Anthony’s, which is No. 8 in the BIG 10, looms today.
   
6. EAST ISLIP BOYS BOWLING (not ranked last week) The Redmen are new to the BIG 10 this week. How’s this for a powerhouse lineup; Dan Desimone (238.56 average), Ed Tuskan (230.16) and Jon Knieriemen (225.52). That’s why they find themselves in a comfortable spot: atop the Suffolk boys bowling hierarchy with a 9-0 record. The pinfall of 1,301 in Game 3 against Bay Shore was a L.I. record.
   
7. LONGWOOD BOYS BASKETBALL (holding at 7) The Lions (8-0) continue to score at an Island-best rate with 94 and 75 points in their two wins last week for an 85.4 average. They play in a tournament at Baltimore this weekend.
   
8. ST. ANTHONY’S GIRLS BASKETBALL (holding at 8) The Friars (10-1) defeated St. John the Baptist 46-40 as Kerrin Maurer scored 12 points and Micky Impellizeri had 10 points, 15 rebounds, six assists and five steals.
   
9. NORTH BABYLON GIRLS BASKETBALL (up from 10) The Bulldogs (4-1) beat Hills East as senior guard Bria Hartley scored 27 points. Hartley scored 35 points and surpassed 1,500 career points in a 69-47 win over Moore Catholic (Staten Island). The UConn-bound Hartley has 1,512 career points.
   
10. HAUPPAUGE WRESTLING (not ranked last week) The Eagles finished as the top team at this weekend's Eastern States tournament at Sullivan County Community College behind 96-pound champion Mark West. Hauppauge's 162.5 points were 25.5 more than second-place Rocky Point. Ken Collado (119) and Chanse Menendez (171) each placed third.

ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN Bay Shore girls track, Garden City girls track, Long Island Lutheran boys basketball, St. John the Baptist boys basketball, Rocky Point wrestling, St. Anthony’s boys track.

WRESTLING - DUAL MEET
1. Glenn (7-0)
2. Hauppauge (8-0)
3. Rocky Point (14-1)
4. Wantagh (20-4)
5. Longwood (15-0)
6. Brentwood (9-4)
7. St. Anthony’s (9-3)
8. Sachem East (17-2)
9. Massapequa (4-1)
10. Connetquot (3-0)

BOYS BASKETBALL
1. Half Hollow Hills West (3-0)
2. Longwood (8-0)
3. L.I. Lutheran (9-2)
4. St. John the Baptist (11-1)
5. St. Mary’s (7-4)
6. Uniondale (8-2)
7. Elmont (9-0)
8. Chaminade (7-3)
9. Lindenhurst (7-2)
10. Westbury (5-3)

GIRLS BASKETBALL
1. Kellenberg (5-1)
2. St. Anthony’s (10-1)
3. North Babylon (4-1)
4. Sachem East (6-3)
5. St. John the Baptist (3-7)
6. Long Island Lutheran (10-1)
7. Holy Trinity (7-3)
8. St. Mary’s (6-3)
9. Ward Melville (8-2)
10. Division (8-0)

BOYS SWIMMING
1. Half Hollow Hills (4-0)
2. Great Neck South (4-0)
3. St. Anthony's (4-0)
4. Jericho (5-1)
5. Ward Melville (4-0)

BOYS TRACK
1. St. Anthony's
2. Half Hollow Hills West
3. East Meadow
4. Calhoun
5. Westbury

GIRLS TRACK
1. Bay Shore
2. Garden City
3. Ward Melville
4. St. John the Baptist
5. St. Anthony's

BOYS BOWLING
1. East Islip
2. Sachem East
3. Lindenhurst
4. Middle Country
5. Smithtown

SEE PHOTOSHigh school sports -- January

GIRLS BOWLING
1. East Islip
2. Middle Country
3. Division
4. Islip
5. Longwood

Athletes of the Week

Sara English, Smithtown West: She scored a career-high 28 points and had 18 rebounds in a 71-28 win over West Babylon and had 21 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots in a 68-62 win over Riverhead.

Mark West, Hauppauge: The 96-pound freshman recorded three major decisions and two pins, including a fall in 4:18 against Sayville's Matt Leshinger in the final, to earn the Eagles' only Eastern States crown.

Stephen Dutton, Rocky Point: The 140-pound senior defeated defending Division II state champion Derak Heyman of Tioga (Sec. IV), 3-1, to win the Eastern States title for the second straight year. Dutton also recorded two pins and a technical fall.

Matt Curry, Harborfields: The senior scored a school-record 34 points, shooting 13-for-15, in an 87-63 victory over Islip. Curry, 4-for-5 on three-pointers, broke the record held by for McDonald’s All-American Bret Bearup who scored 32 in a game in 1980.

Patrick Farmer, St. Anthony's: Farmer set a Suffolk County record in the indoor 400-meter dash with a time of 48.20 seconds at the Hispanic Games on Saturday. It's the fastest time in the US this season.

Josh Haghighi, Wheatley: Haghighi set the meet record in the shot put (61-9.5) at the Hispanic Games on Saturday.

Valencia Hannon, Elmont: She won the 55-meter dash in 7.07 seconds at the Hispanic Games on Saturday.