01.03.2019 Sports Wrestling: Injuries make small team smaller When numbers are down like this, it can be a challenge not to get down. Riverhead High School has a small enough wrestling team as it is with numbers,...
12.01.2018 Sports Wrestling Preview: Benedetto’s passion brings him to Riverhead Wrestling is a passion for Jake Benedetto. It has been ever since he took up the sport as a youngster. It was a focal point for him as high...
02.24.2018 Sports Wrestling: Petretti takes fourth in state tourney Two Shoreham-Wading River wrestlers, senior John Carl Petretti and freshman Connor Pearce, didn’t get what they went to Albany for. The two Wildcats, both competing in their first state...
02.11.2018 Sports Wrestling: SWR’s Pearce, Petretti claim county titles Connor Pearce was a fitting representative of a young Shoreham-Wading River High School wrestling team that consists mostly of freshmen and sophomores, with only three seniors. Yes, Pearce is...
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...
01.18.2018 Sports Wrestling: For Petrettis, match was a family affair Shawn Petretti straddled two worlds while sitting in the bleachers Thursday night. The Mattituck High School principal had more than a casual interest in the high school wrestling match...
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...