{"id":123586,"date":"2024-12-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/?p=123586"},"modified":"2024-12-18T16:35:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T21:35:40","slug":"outnumbered-riverhead-wrestlers-leave-it-all-on-the-mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2024\/12\/123586\/outnumbered-riverhead-wrestlers-leave-it-all-on-the-mat\/","title":{"rendered":"Outnumbered, Riverhead wrestlers leave it all on the mat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Though participation is still down in the Riverhead wrestling program, forcing the team to forfeit some weight divisions in league matches, the Blue Waves who are on the roster are committed to becoming elite wrestlers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSmall numbers but a lot more fight,\u201d Riverhead varsity wrestling coach Jake Benedetto said. \u201cThis is the toughest group of kids that I\u2019ve had in my nine years here. They\u2019re gritty, they\u2019re tough, and they want to get better. They\u2019re really putting their all into the sport and I can\u2019t ask for more than that as the coach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riverhead dropped its second consecutive league match Friday in a 53-13 defeat to Brentwood, but there were moments that showed the team\u2019s true quality. Wrestling at Brentwood High School, the opposing fans were loud and even unruly at times, but that didn\u2019t stop the Blue Waves from coming up with a few victories. At the beginning of the match, they were actually ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI told the kids, don\u2019t look at the scoreboard,\u201d Benedetto said. \u201cWe\u2019re a team but with the forfeits we just can\u2019t compete as a team. This season is about getting better individually. There\u2019s no pressure to get the team a pin for the points; we just want to prepare the guys we have for the postseason.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After forfeiting the 101-weight class, Liam MacGray flipped the tables and put some points on the board with a 10-3 victory in the 108-pound division. MacGray slammed his opponent in the opening minutes of the match, earning a takedown, and didn\u2019t look back from there. Brentwood\u2019s lead of 6-0 due to the forfeit was cut down to 6-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-123590\" data-id=\"123590\" src=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5116-1024x683.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5116-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5116-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5116-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5116-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5116-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">(Credit: Bill Landon)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-123589\" data-id=\"123589\" src=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5033-1024x682.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5033-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5033-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5033-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5033-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5033-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">(Credit: Bill Landon)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-123588\" data-id=\"123588\" src=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5012-1-1024x683.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5012-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5012-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5012-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5012-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/timesreview-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/WJL_5012-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">(Credit: Bill Landon)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been looking forward to getting MacGray on the varsity level,\u201d Benedetto said. \u201cHis brother wrestled here and he\u2019s got wrestling in his blood. Liam\u2019s got big shoes to fill and he\u2019s doing a great job of it. He works hard, he listens and is very coachable. He\u2019s athletic and very savvy out there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After losing in the 116-pound weight class, Christopher Ramos stepped onto the mat for the 124-pound bout and simply put on a show. From the opening whistle, Ramos was in attack mode, earning points and controlling the entire match. He jumped out to a 5-0 lead before earning the team\u2019s only pin in the first period, with 19 seconds remaining on the clock. The pin earned the Blue Waves six points and cut the Brentwood lead to 10-9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor Christopher Ramos, I know it\u2019s cliche to say but you have to trust the process,\u201d Benedetto said. \u201cLast year in the first match against Mattituck, he\u2019ll never forget it because he lost by one point. He lost because he got tired. We talked about getting tired requires no wrestling ability, that\u2019s on you. And he became such a hard worker after that loss and it\u2019s snowballing now. He put in a strong offseason, wrestling with some clubs, and this is the result.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Ramos silenced the crowd, sophomore Kamel Coaxum in the 131-pound division left spectators scratching their heads. The Blue Waves weren\u2019t just competing, they were winning. Coaxum jumped out to a 4-0 lead with a takedown in the first and extended his lead to 7-2 by the end of the second period. He closed out the third period, leading 11-3 and put Riverhead ahead 13-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCoaxum is another guy that came around as a freshman and we saw potential and a ceiling in him.\u201d Benedetto said. \u201cI told him that doing the right things 99 percent of the time is going to make you good but that extra 1 percent is going to make you great. If he continues to grind and put 100 percent into everything he does, he\u2019s going to be a special wrestler. His ceiling is incredibly high. He\u2019s a year away from being a star.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Blue Waves didn\u2019t win any other matches the rest of the way and had to forfeit the 170 and 190 weight divisions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps Riverhead\u2019s best wrestler didn\u2019t even step on the mat against Brentwood. Zachary Gevinski, the team\u2019s 101-pound wrestler and only All-League medalist last year, has been put on a weight loss program by Suffolk County. Wrestlers can lose only a small amount of weight week-over-week and Gevinski was over the limit therefore needing to sit out one match. But the sophomore, when in action, is among the league\u2019s, if not the county\u2019s, best. The matches he\u2019s wrestled this year haven\u2019t lasted a minute before the opponent was pinned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe feel like Gevinski will be all-county this year,\u201d Benedetto said. \u201cHe comes from a lineage of Riverhead wrestlers. He\u2019s been doing it since he could walk. I just feel like it\u2019s his time. He knows what it\u2019s going to take to win. Last year he was small for the weight class and now he\u2019s filled in and will be able to compete with anyone. Every piece that was missing is now connected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though participation is still down in the Riverhead wrestling program, forcing the team to forfeit some weight divisions in league matches, the Blue Waves who are on the roster are committed to becoming elite wrestlers. \u201cSmall numbers but a lot more fight,\u201d Riverhead varsity wrestling coach Jake Benedetto said. \u201cThis is the toughest group 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