Jan 14, 2013 4:05 PM
With injuries, illness and other off-the-mat issues plaguing the Westhampton Beach wrestling team, it would have been understandable if the team had an off week.
That’s not what happened.
Despite going into a pair of tough League VI dual meets and a competitive dual meet tournament last week, the Hurricanes delivered, winning both league meets and also going 4-1 at Commack Duals on Saturday. The wins pushed Westhampton Beach’s dual meet record to 17-4. The effort over the week had head coach Paul Bass singing his team’s praises and marveling at its capacity to handle adversity.
“They just overcome,” he said. “I’m extremely, extremely proud of how these kids handled adversity, with sickness, injury and issues outside of wrestling. They come to compete no matter what’s going on in their lives. We have... more
That’s not what happened.
Despite going into a pair of tough League VI dual meets and a competitive dual meet tournament last week, the Hurricanes delivered, winning both league meets and also going 4-1 at Commack Duals on Saturday. The wins pushed Westhampton Beach’s dual meet record to 17-4. The effort over the week had head coach Paul Bass singing his team’s praises and marveling at its capacity to handle adversity.
“They just overcome,” he said. “I’m extremely, extremely proud of how these kids handled adversity, with sickness, injury and issues outside of wrestling. They come to compete no matter what’s going on in their lives. We have... more
