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Eagles Scoreboard: Wrestling Drops Close Match to Westhampton
Boys and girls basketball lose their respective games.
In a week where snow reigned supreme, many sporting events were cancelled or delayed. Despite the weather, the Rocky Point Eagles did manage to compete in four contests this week.
Wrestling
After defeating the Miller Place Panthers in a make-up match Friday, the Eagles battled Westhampton in a key league match on Saturday.
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Despite wins by top-ranked wrestlers Tommy Dutton and Matt Ross, losses by CJ Archer at 96 and Nick and Vin LoScalzo at 135 and 140 respectively were too much to overcome in a 39-30 loss.
Weight Winner Loser Result 96 Alex Tanzman CJ Archer Decision 103 Kevin Mauro Eric Hayes Major 112 Vincent Garafola Connor O'Gallagher Decision 119 Tommy Dutton Andrew Tufariello Pin 125 Nick Accardi Ryan Osbourne TF 130 Frank Sciulla Ronan Seltenreich Injury FFT 135 Conner Bass Nick LoScalzo Pin 140 Tim Daley Vin LoScalzo Decision 145 Matt Ross Zach Bass Decision 152 Matt Mazarakis Matt Guerrisi Pin 160 Tyler Yastrub Bryce Anderson Decision 171 Kyle Cobb Matt Amascato Pin 189 Bryan Moore Zachary Yazak Decision 215 Adam McKillop FFT FFT 285 Alex Reilly FFT FFT(Eagles in bold)
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Boys Basketball
The Eagles dropped their fifth straight game Friday, this time to Kings Park, 61-46. They now stand at 1-6 in League V play.
Joe Kingston led the Eagles with 15 points, all from five three-pointers. Steven Soltysik added 12 points for Rocky Point, but no one else was able to score over five points in the loss. Kings Park's (5-3) Nick Borkowski proved tough to stop as he put up 19 points to help down the Eagles.
Team 1 2 3 4 F Kings Park 13 13 18 17 61 Eagles 8 15 8 15 46Girls Basketball
The Eagles fell to 0-8 in League V play with a 58-41 loss to first-place Kings Park Friday evening.
Senior captain Shannon Grodotzke continued her impressive season by leading the Eagles with 15 points. Freshman Annie Kennedy played well once again, adding nine points. Marion Kawecki had 14 points and five rebounds and Brittany Mueller added 12 points and eight boards for Kings Park (7-1)
Team 1 2 3 4 F Kings Park 13 15 21 9 58 Eagles 12 5 10 14 41What's Next?
The boys and girls basketball team each play two games this week. The main attraction will take place on Thursday, Feb. 3 at 4p.m. when the boys basketball team heads to Miller Place and tries to crush the Panthers' playoff hopes. The Eagles only league win this season came in a 55-48 win at home back in early January.
