02.03.2018 Sports Wrestling: Leonard, Debose are league champs “Shocking.” That, in a word, summed up Riverhead wrestling coach Tom Riccio’s feelings about what his two newly crowned league champions had accomplished moments earlier.
01.27.2018 Sports Wrestling: Matyka, Debose win tourney titles So far, so good for Mark Matyka. Make that undefeated Mark Matyka. The Riverhead High School senior has been enjoying a seamless wrestling season to date, with the exception...
01.12.2018 Sports Wrestling: In league final rematch, Riverhead’s Matyka gets revenge Even on a night in which his team endures a tough wrestling match, a coach still can find some solace. Take, for instance, Riverhead’s 57-18 loss at Smithtown West Friday...
01.09.2018 Sports Wrestling: Matyka dominates, Riverhead ekes out win Not that one could tell, because there were no outward signs of it, but Mark Matyka wasn’t feeling his best before Tuesday’s Suffolk County League III wrestling match at...
11.28.2017 Sports Wrestling Preview: Wildcats younger, but experienced Last season the Shoreham-Wading River High School wrestling team’s lineup was loaded with seniors and juniors. Seven starters from that team have moved on, leaving the Wildcats younger.
02.25.2017 Sports Wrestling: Matyka’s season ends with consolation quarterfinal Mark Matyka has a lot to be proud about, but his high school wrestling season ended in tears on mat No. 2 at Times Union Center in Albany Saturday....
02.01.2017 Sports Wrestling: She’s not just one of the boys One can say this about Katie Moore, she has courage and toughness. “Oh, there’s no doubt about that,” Riverhead High School wrestling coach Tom Riccio readily agreed.
12.07.2016 Sports Wrestling Preview: Familiar name leads Riverhead It had been six years between county champions for Riverhead when Ed Matyka pulled off an improbable comeback in the Section XI Championships in February 2015. Matyka, then a...