Wantagh wrestling continues to dominate
Wantagh's James Corbett, left, battles Giovanni Santiago of Sachem North during the David Bloom Memorial Duals at Wantagh. Corbett won the 182-pound match by decision, 5-2. (Dec. 15, 2012) Credit: James Escher
League wrestling is closer to the county meets, and Long Island's top team Wantagh continues to dominate. Fresh off defeating two of Suffolk's top teams -- Sachem East and Islip -- on its way to winning the Union-Endicott duals in Binghamton, Wantagh also dominated Herricks, 70-9, then defeated Westbury, 58-21.
Manhasset moved to the top of Conference III-B with three wins last week. A tight 35-26 decision over Bethpage was followed by a decisive 81-6 victory over Valley Stream South. The Indians concluded with a 41-22 victory over Glen Cove to move to the top of the conference standings.
Last week in Suffolk Rocky Point asserted its dominance in League VI with a 55-21 win over Shoreham-Wading River, then defeated league foe Amityville, 59-18.
East Islip put itself in front in League IV with consecutive wins to open the league season, defeating perennial contender Hauppauge, 39-31, on the back of an upset pin by the Redmen's Griffin Brown over Hauppauge's Ben Tepperman, then put Copiague away, 58-14.
