Long Beach wrestling sits atop Big 10
Long Beach's Jacori Teemer, rear, wrestles teammate Trey Sofield during their 126-pound match at the Massapequa Holiday Tournament on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015 at Massapequa. Credit: Richard T. Slattery
1. LONG BEACH WRESTLING: It’s been an amazing two weeks for the Marines. They captured the Union-Endicott dual meet title with a 34-31 win over Hilton. The tournament decides the state’s dual meet champion. Long Beach improved to 11-0. Jacori Teemer captured the 126-pound class at the Eastern States Tournament at Sullivan CC and the Marines finished fourth in the 150-team field.
2. WARD MELVILLE BOYS FENCING: The Patriots defeated Commack, 18-9, and Huntington, 22-5, to improve to 10-0 and extend their win streak to 135 matches. Daniel Solomon and Dan Deto went 3-0 in sabre against Huntington.
3. BAY SHORE GIRLS TRACK: Aviana Goode had the top 55-meter hurdle time on L.I. and ran an 8.00 at the Hispanic Games at The Armory. Bay Shore also had the top 4 x 55-meter shuttle hurdle relay time (37.59) and 3 x 55-meter shuttle hurdle relay time (27.34), according to the website Milesplit.
4. BALDWIN GIRLS BASKETBALL: The defending county champions have allowed just 28.7 points per game over the last seven contests. Jenna Anneccharico had 16 points and Aziah Hudson added 15 in a 72-27 win over Plainview JFK.
5. EAST ISLIP GIRLS BOWLING: The members of the starting team are all in the top 12 in county averages. Olivia Lopera leads East Islip with a 217 average through 30 games. Sisters Lyndsay and Melissa Mavrich, Julia Bocamazo and Jenny Murphy round out the lineup.
6. HUNTINGTON BOYS TRACK: Huntington will be well represented at next month’s Millrose Games. Kyree Johnson ran a 6.45 in the 55-meter dash at the Millrose Trials. Johnson and teammates Exzayvian Crowell, Lawrence Leake and Infinite Tucker also won the Long Island 4 x 400-meter relay in 3:20.71 at the trials to qualify for the relay portion of the prestigious meet on Feb 20.
7. SACHEM BOYS BOWLING: Sachem has looked dominant this season, its first as a combined team. Nick Caruana leads Sachem with a 230.75 average through 36 games and Anthony Naujokas is second with a 225.41 through 32 games.
8. ST. ANTHONY'S BOYS SWIMMING: After a week off, St. Anthony’s prepares for a showdown against five-time defending state champions Fordham Prep Tuesday at 5 p.m led by seniors Sean Cannon, Tyler Meyers and Noah Chernik.
9. HALF HOLLOW HILLS BOYS SWIMMING: Half Hollow Hills defeated Sachem, 98-83, Friday in a battle of unbeatens in Suffolk I. Alex Park, who has posted state qualifying times in five individual events and as a member of two relay teams, has been the team’s focal point.
10. LONG ISLAND LUTHERAN GIRLS BASKETBALL: The Crusaders were 1-1 this week: a 71-21 win against Murry Bergtraum (Manhattan) and a 42-27 loss to Rutgers Prep (N.J.). Sarah Mortensen had 23 points and seven rebounds against Murry Bergtraum.
On the cusp: Baldwin girls basketball, Half Hollow Hills girls fencing, Bethpage girls bowling, Brentwood boys basketball, Baldwin boys basketball.
BOYS BASKETBALL
1. L.I. Lutheran (12-2)
2. Brentwood (9-1)
3. Baldwin (10-2)
4. Northport (10-0)
5. Chaminade (12-2)
6. Hills West (9-2)
7. St. Anthony’s (11-2)
8. Kellenberg (9-3)
9. Harborfields (9-3)
10. Uniondale (9-5)
GIRLS BASKETBALL
1. Long Island Lutheran (8-2)
2. Baldwin (9-0)
3. St. Anthony’s (9-3)
4. Commack (10-1)
5. Ward Melville (10-1)
6. Massapequa (11-3)
7. Elmont (12-1)
8. Kings Park (9-2)
9. North Shore (9-2)
10. Floral Park (12-1)
WRESTLING
1. Long Beach (11-0)
2. Wantagh (18-3)
3. Massapequa (15-1)
4. Rocky Point (15-2)
5. Hauppauge (10-0)
6. North Babylon (20-1)
7 Mattituck (22-1)
8. Longwood (7-1)
9. Lindenhurst (12-1)
10. Kings Park (7-3)
GIRLS GYMNASTICS
1. Massapequa
2. Plainview JFK
3. Sewanhaka
4. Wantagh
5. Bethpage
BOYS BOWLING
1. Sachem (12-0)
2. East Islip (10-2)
3. Patchogue-Medford (10-2)
4. Lindenhurst (10-2)
5. Middle Country (10-0)
GIRLS BOWLING
1. East Islip (10-0)
2. Bethpage (11-0)
3. Longwood (6-3)
4. Middle Country (7-1)
5. North Babylon (10-0)
BOYS SWIMMING
1. St. Anthony’s (7-0)
2. Half Hollow Hills (5-0)
3. Syosset (8-0)
4. Garden City (7-0)
5. Chaminade (6-1)
BOYS FENCING
1. Ward Melville (10-0)
2. Half Hollow Hills (12-1)
3. Jericho (9-2)
4. Garden City (9-1)
5. Commack (9-3)
GIRLS FENCING
1. Half Hollow Hills (13-0)
2. Ward Melville (9-1)
3. Great Neck South (11-1)
4. Great Neck North (8-2)
5. Commack (9-3)
GIRLS TRACK
1. Bay Shore
2. St. Anthony’s
3. Uniondale
4. Sachem East
5. Kellenberg
BOYS TRACK
1. Huntington
2. St. Anthony’s
3. West Islip
4. Hauppauge
5. Half Hollow Hills West
Gregg Sarra is Newsday's high school sports editor and has been on the beat since the mid-1980s.