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...
12.30.2017 Sports Top Sports Stories 2017: Riverhead wrestler competes at states Mark Matyka was following in his brother’s footsteps when he stepped onto the mat for the 99-pound Division I wrestling final in the Section XI Dr. L. Robert “Doc”...
12.06.2017 Sports Wrestling: Blue Waves fall in dual meet at Mattituck Neither Mattituck nor Riverhead needed to consult their advanced scouting reports ahead of Wednesday night’s dual meet. After all, the teams had just wrestled each other four days earlier.
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....
02.24.2017 Sports Wrestling: Riverhead’s Matyka chasing third place Mark Matyka, who gained entry into the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Championships by being granted a wild card, lost his first-round Division I wrestling match at...
02.12.2017 Sports Wrestling: Riverhead’s Matyka loses in county final Mark Matyka has had quite a high school wrestling season. The Riverhead junior achieved a lot, just not what he really wanted. Matyka came close, though, reaching the 99-pound...
02.04.2017 Sports Wrestling: SWR’s Petretti nails down second league crown The benefit to being the No. 1 seed in a wrestling tournament is that, theoretically at least, it offers the path of least resistance. John Carl Petretti made the...