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West Wrestlers Win Three Meets in a Week
Busy schedule yields victories over Centereach, Newfield and Hills East and a 3-1 record in League III
The Smithtown West wrestling team had a busy week with an unusual three League III dual meets, and the Bulls took advantage by winning all three, improving to 3-1 in league play.
West traveled to Half Hollow Hills East on Friday for its third meet in four days and showed no signs of fatigue, winning handily, 59-14. The Bulls won the three lightest weights, and while the Colts took weights 119 through 135, West romped in the heaviest weights, sweeping the bouts from 140 through 285. Three of the victories were by forfeit.
Chris Ardizzone won by technical fall at 103 pounds and Joe Giamis won a 4-2 decision at 112 over Josh Sycoff.
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Four consecutive pins by West got the Bulls going in the middle weights. Joe Hunsucker (140), Marco Mosleh (145), Justin Pardo (152) and Joe Nappi (160) preceded an 8-6 decision by Nick Weitemeyer and two forfeit victories at 189 and 215. Michael Hughes improved to 22-3 on the season with a first-period pin at 285.
West won the previous night’s dual meet at Newfield High School, handing the Wolverines a 56-15 defeat.
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Nicholas Hoffmann and Ardizzone won on pins at 96 and 103 pounds, respectively, while scored a narrow, 3-2 decision over Brandon Aviles at 112.
Patric Dudek won another narrow decision for West, edging Jesse Dilevo, 9-8, at 125, and then West went on its middleweight rampage.
Richard O'Leary got it going with a 3-2 decision at 134, followed by second-period pins by Mosleh (140) and Hunsucker (145), and then major decisions by Pardo at 152 (13-3) and Nappi at 160 (14-3).
Weitemeyer won his match at 171 by forfeit, and Orrie Wolfer pinned Carlos Cartagella in just 26 seconds at 189. Hughes won a 3-0 decision at 285.
West won its first league meet of the season Tuesday, pummeling Centereach, 57-18.
Hoffmann (96) and Ardizzone (103) won on pins and Giamis won a 6-0 decision at 112 pounds to give West a big advantage at the lighter weights. The middleweight dominance was seen again as West took two bouts by forfeit plus pins by Hunsucker and Kyle Gruder at 140 and 145, respectively.
West won three more matches by pinfall, recorded by Nappi (160), Wolfer (189) and Hughes (285).
