Hamptons Online
February 20, 2007
Westhampton’s DiLandro Falls To Nemesis
Mazara In County Final
Stony Brook - At the end of the day, Westhampton Beach’s Paul DiLandro had to just tip his...
Hamptons Online
February 11, 2008
Westhampton Takes Fourth In League VI;
Seven ’Canes Advance To Counties
Miller Place - At every meet, wrestlers
and their coaches recognize missed opportunities, and in that regard, the League VI championship was like any other
meet for the Westhampton...
January 31, 2008
Canes, Edged by Knights, Hoping for Strong
Finish
Westhampton Beach head coach Paul Bass knew his wrestlers would have to
pull together the perfect match to take down undefeated Elwood/John Glenn. Although his Hurricanes...
Hamptons Online
January 26, 2008
Westhampton Rally Moot After Early
Lapse Against Unbeaten Glenn
Westhampton Beach - Head Coach Paul Bass leaned his elbows on his
knees and rubbed his eyes. Could this really be happening? He had gone through every scenario possible to set the
lineup for the biggest...
January 24, 2008
Canes Crush Shoreham, Fall to Mustangs
Westhampton Beach wrestlers had not dropped a match since December 22, when
they were downed by Copiague. That changed on Friday when...
January 17, 2008
Detore Is Strong for Canes
A victory at 112 pounds for Westhampton Beach wrestler Pete Detore was the
highlight of his team’s 37-18 road win over League VI Amityville...
Hamptons Online
January 13, 2008
DeTore’s Revenge Ignites Westhampton
To Rout Of Amityville On The Mats
Amityville - For nearly a year, Westhampton Beach sophomore Pete DeTore
had to think about a dark two-minute period in an otherwise brilliant debut season. Cruising along as a first-year...
January 10, 2008
Canes Are Sharp in Winning Tourney
There’s nothing better than dominating at your own tournament.
And that is exactly what the Westhampton Beach wrestling team..
January 3, 2008
Making Strides on the Mat
Tough schedule has Hurricanes working extra hard
The only way a team can improve is to stand toe to toe against the best squads in the league, and the Westhampton
Beach wrestling team has done...
December 7, 2007
Canes Among the Best In Competitive League
While some of the teams have changed, the competitiveness of Suffolk County’s
League VI remains the same and, as always, Westhampton Beach will be in the thick...
December 7, 2007
All-County Wrestlers To Be Honored
Westhampton Beach will honor All-County wrestlers from throughout the history
of its program in a special ceremony held...
February 8, 2007
Another Tough Loss for Canes
In a season of frustrating losses, the Westhampton Beach wrestling team
added another one to the list on Friday night, when it dropped 33-19 decision at Mount Sinai in the League VI finale
for both teams. The Hurricanes fell to 3-4 in fourth place with the loss, while Mount Sinai...
February 1, 2007
Despite Missing Starters, Hurricanes Win
Sophomore provides most thrilling match
When he stepped into the starting rotation in early January, Westhampton
Beach sophomore Ryan Marin won his first outing against Newfield on January 6, but...
January 25, 2007
Third Straight Title Won’t Be Happening
Hurricanes fall to 2-3 with two more losses
With a third straight League VI title out of reach, the focus for the Westhampton
Beach wrestling team is on winning out the rest of the season and defending...
January 18, 1007
Canes’ Title Hopes Take Major Blow
The last time the Westhampton Beach wrestling team took the mat at Shoreham/Wading
River, the Hurricanes suffered an 11-point loss in the season finale and missed out on their first league title
since...
January 11, 2007
Defense of Title Begins with
Pair of Victories
This week brings start of run with ‘the big boys’
Just call it the seven-step program to a third-straight title.
Moments before the first match of the league season was to get underway, the Westhampton Beach wrestling team huddled
for a premeet talk. And just before the team broke for the mat, in unison...
January 4, 2007
Hurricanes Are Rolling Into
League
In a tournament stocked with some of the best teams Long Island has to offer,
the Westhampton Beach wrestling team put on an impressive showing, finishing second among 10 teams at the two day
Half Hollow Hills East Tournament...
December 21, 2006
Hurricanes Are Dominant Once
Again
There might not have been an official team score count kept at the Rick
Hermann Memorial Wrestling Tournament at Bellport High School on Saturday, but with a quick glance at the numbers,
it’s clear that Westhampton Beach...
December 14, 2006
Westhampton Rules With Seven
Champs
It was a monumental day for the Westhampton Beach wrestling team at the
Sprig Gardner Tournament at East Hampton on Saturday, as the Hurricanes crowned seven champions, the most ever...
Hamptons Online
December 10, 2007
Westhampton Grapplers Lead ’Canes To
Third Place In Sprig Gardner Tourney
East Hampton - It was late afternoon by the time Westhampton Beach’s Alex
Mazarakis finally stepped in for his first match as the top seed in the 171-pound weight class at the 31st Annual
Sprig...
December 7, 2006
Canes Are Stocked And Ready
To Go
Carrying back-to-back undefeated league titles and an arsenal of weapons
to the mat for the 2006-07 season, the Westhampton Beach wrestling team should find itself looking for a three
peat, as it battles it out for the...
November 23, 2006
Wrestler Feeling Pain of Title
IX
Since its enactment in 1972, Title IX has most often been synonymous with
increasing the number of females participating in inter-scholastic athletics. And with all the positives the federal
act aimed at ending discrimination in sports has brought about in creating equal...
March 2, 2006
Broccoli Caps Off Stellar Career
with All State Honors
It’s been quite the career for Westhampton Beach’s Nick Broccoli and he
wrapped it up with a moment to be proud of. Broccoli became the school’s first ever All State wrestler when he
placed sixth at 145 pounds at the New York State Wrestling...
March 2, 2006
Hurricane Is Named All State
’s quite career.
Westhampton Beach’s Nick Broccoli and he wrapped it up with a moment to be proud of.
Broccoli became the school’s first-ever All State wrestler when he placed sixth at 145 pounds at the New York State
Wrestling Championships...
February 16, 2006
Westhampton Beach Wins Tourney
Title
What makes a successful dual meet team doesn’t always make a successful
tournament team. Westhampton Beach has what it takes to have both. Just a week after winning its second straight
undefeated regular season League VI title, the Westhampton Beach wrestling team won...
February 10, 2006
Hurricanes are perfect yet
again
With Westhampton Beach holding an ever-so-slight 15-13 edge over Amityville
last Friday, a concerned coach Paul Bass looked to the four most reliable guys on his roster, Jon Gress, Nick Broccoli,
James Uresk and Steve Kobus...
January 26, 2006
Wildcats No Match For Hurricanes
It had the feel of a league-championship meet, although the journey is not
over yet. In front of a hometown, packed house, the Westhampton Beach wrestling team crushed...
January 12, 2006
Defense Of League Title Has
Begun For Canes
The quest to defend the League VI title has begun for the Westhampton Beach
wrestling team and the Hurricanes started the league season right where it left off last February, winning. The
Hurricanes crushed...
January 5, 2006
Westhampton Beach Is Ready
To Defend
The holiday break was something less than relaxing for members of the Westhampton
Beach wrestling team, as a pair of tough tournaments coincided with their brief vacation. But the Hurricanes and
their coach, Paul Bass...
December 26, 2005
Lessons Learned at Fallot Tournament
It was a learning experience for both the Westhampton Beach and Hampton Bays
wrestling teams at the Doc Fallot Tournament on Saturday in Hampton Bays.
Westhampton Beach coach Paul Bass found one positive in his team’s...
December 15, 2005
Westhampton Beach Perfect in
Finals
The Westhampton Beach wrestling team had just a single first-seed and single
second seed wrestler at East Hampton’s Sprig Gardner Tournament on Saturday, but the Hurricanes were able to put
six in the finals...
December 8, 2005
Strong feeder programs help
keep Westhampton Beach in the running
It seems that the story is the same for Westhampton Beach at the start of
every wrestling season: A significant number of accomplished wrestlers say goodbye, but thanks to the feeder...
April 15, 2005
Wrestlers lead honorees
The Center Moriches, Eastport/ South Manor and Westhampton Beach wrestling
teams dominated the postseason honors this year.
Center Moriches seniors Anthony Leone...
February 3, 2005
League VI Title is Within Reach
Westhampton Beach wrestling coach Paul Bass came to Rocky Point to win.
At the last second, he decided to forfeit the 135-pound match...
January 20, 2005
Canes Improve to 3-0, Take
Third at Kujan Tourney
The lineup is riddled with injuries and illness but the Westhampton Beach
wrestling team proved its depth this week, winning two League VI matches and placing third...
January 13, 2005
Canes Are Off To Hot Start
The league season got off to a good start for the Westhampton Beach wrestling
team as the Hurricanes dominated Amityville, 42-20, on Friday at home and placed second...
December 16, 2004
Canes Take 2nd at East Hampton
Tournament
The Westhampton Beach wrestling team crowned five champions at the Sprig
Gardner Tournament at East Hampton High School on Saturday en route to taking second place as a team. Hauppauge
won the tournament with 333 points, the Hurricanes took second...
February 12, 2004
League Title Slips Through
Their Hands
It was there for the taking.
The Westhampton Beach wrestling team had a chance to win the program’s first league title since 1991 in a battle
of undefeated teams versus Shoreham/Wading River Friday...
December 25, 2003
Canes Split at Connetquot Tournament
The Westhampton Beach wrestling team took home a win and a loss from Friday’s
Connetquot Dual Meet Tournament, the team’s first competition...
January 30, 2003
WHB Falls to Huntington, Tops
Kings Park, Wins Tourney
The Westhampton Beach wrestling team became Huntington’s 67th straight victim
on January 22. The Hurricanes suffered a 40-18 loss to Huntington at home in a League IV...
January 16, 2003
Hurricanes Open with Two Wins
The Westhampton Beach wrestling team got the League IV season off on the
right foot as the Hurricanes topped Half Hollow Hills West, 36-20, on January 8 at home and pounded...
January 8, 2003
Hurricanes Place 2nd at Home
Tourney
The Westhampton Beach wrestling team wrapped up the preseason with a solid
performance to claim second place at the Westhampton Beach Dual Meet Tournament on Saturday.
The third seed Hurricanes...
January 2, 2003
Canes, Sharks Each Win Their
1st Dual Meets of Season
The Eastport/South Manor and Westhampton Beach wrestling teams notched victories
in their first dual meets of the season, both against teams...
February 14, 2002
WHB Wrestlers Close With Win;
Seniors Honored
The Westhampton Beach wrestling team wrapped up the League IV season with
a 34-25 win over Sayville on Thursday at home. The Hurricanes were down 25-22 with bouts remaining at 112 and 119
pounds. Sophomore Todd Fitzgerald...
February 7, 2002
Hurricanes Drop 2nd League
Match, Fall to Hauppauge, 34-20
It came down to the final two bouts in the dual match between the Westhampton
Beach wrestling team and Hauppauge at Westhampton Beach High School on Wednesday, January 30. The Hurricanes (4-2,
8-3 overall) trailed by 11 points and needed pins in the last two...
January 17, 2002
Canes and Sharks Win; Baymen
Struggle
The Westhampton Beach wrestling team opened up League IV competition with
a 42-24 win over Half Hollow Hills East on Friday evening on the road. Westhampton Beach faced off...
January 4, 2002
WHB Upsets Connetquot, Takes 2nd
at Tourney; ESM Places 6th
The Westhampton Beach wrestling team went to Connetquot on December 22 as
the underdog but came home the victor as the League IV Hurricanes upset the League...
December 20 & 27, 2001
Returnees Look To Boost Westhampton
Beach Wrestling Team
Eight members of the Westhampton Beach High School boys wrestling team earned
honors at the Sprig Gardner Tournament at East Hampton High School as the Hurricanes began their non-league schedule
on Saturday. Senior Jay Fredette...
February 17, 2000
Seven Seniors Pace Westhampton
Beach With League Place-Finishes
Westhampton Beach wrestling coach Paul Bass, not one to normally show his
soft side, was feeling special on Saturday after his senior-laden Hurricane team had nine wrestlers place in the
League IV tournament in Huntington. “I couldn’t be more proud...
January 13, 2000
Hurricane Wrestlers Get Team-Minded
The Westhampton Beach wrestling team got team-minded for the first time
this season last week. After stressing individual wrestling up until now in tournament action...
January 6, 2000
Hurricane Grapplers Stay Busy
and Enjoy Success at Tournament
While other high school students sleep away the week between Christmas Eve
and New Year’s Day, wrestlers have some of their busiest days...
December 23, 1999
Wrestling: Grapplers Ready
for Mat Action
The Eastport, Hampton Bays, and Westhampton Beach wrestling teams had busy
Saturdays last week, as they were all in action with the wrestling season now officially open. For Eastport, that
meant a trip to Huntington Station for the Ducks’ first turn on the mats...
December 16, 1999
Vecchio, Hurricanes, Show Promise
at Sprig Gardner Tournament
Even before the annual Sprig Gardner tournament was held at the East Hampton
High School last Saturday, senior Lou Vecchio of the Westhampton Beach wrestling team knew about hometown hero
Lou Russo. During the early rounds, as he pinned his first two opponents...
January 21, 1999
Canes Place Fourth at Kujan
Tournament
Although the team didn't equal last season's second-place performance at
the Kujan Brothers Memorial tournament, the Westhampton Beach wrestling team did have one first-place and six third-place
finishes to take fourth overall at this year's tournament...
