The Glen Cove wrestling team continues to have a successful season. After the New Year, the Big Red faced the Westbury Green Dragons in a league match. Glen Cove was wrestling well as the team won a 54-19 victory. Comeback victories from Mike Iannetta and Pat Cook highlighted the night. Freshman Rahul Nath continues to get better and he picked up a first-period pin.

The team then competed in the Locust Valley tournament. Steven Paez and Sasha Bogdanich had solid tournaments, placing fourth. Nick Martino wrestled to the finals to take second place. Lewis Linares continued his successful season placing second. Junior Kevin Gardrvits had an outstanding day being crowned champion in the 215 lb. weight class.

The following week, Glen Cove defeated West Hempstead in a rugged dual match. The Big Red won 40-24. The match started off with a bang as Harrison Balisky scored an escape with two seconds to go for the victory. Mike Iannetta, Hector Paez and Ryan Pina scored pins to secure the victory. The team then faced a very tough South Side squad that narrowly beat the Big Red. Eddie Franco had a huge victory over highly-touted Frank Giampaolo of South Side.

On Saturday the team hosted the Cove Cup. The tournament has been won by Lawrence High School for the last two years and Glen Cove was determined to win it back. Steven Suarez, Kevin Nicholas, Harrison Balisky, Ryan Pina, Mike Marino and Scott Michaleas all placed third for the Big Red scoring many points for the team. Rahul Nath scored a pin to take second place. Dan Belfiore, Steven Paez, Mike Iannetta and Eddie Franco all had a great day for Glen Cove, taking second place. Kevin Gardrvits was relentless as he won all of his matches to take first place. Pat Cook and Hector Paez each had matches that went down to the wire as they both took first place. Sasha Bogdanich had three pins scoring 20 points for Glen Cove as he took outstanding wrestler honors for the Big Red squad. Underclassmen Frankie Gaudio, Alexei Bogdanich and Nate Booth are having outstanding seasons at the JV level as they are trying to wrestle their way into the tough Big Red lineup. Hardeep Singh, Aaron Sylver, Marvin Flores, Julio Bonilla, Vinny DiPaola and Tom Marshall are showing that hard work pays off as they continue to win matches for Glen Cove on the varsity and JV levels. The Big Red will be working very hard as the qualifier and countys are coming up next month.

The girls volleyball team has played nine matches with one to go and has a record of seven wins and two losses. Their victories have been convincing, having beaten teams both on the road and at home. These opponents include Manhasset, Cold Spring Harbor and Westbury. The team's Achilles' heel has been Friends Academy, where they lost their last match, two games to three games, but the girls have one final matchup on Wednesday as a fitting finale to a terrific season.

The girls have garnered a real fan club and have given their fans a real treat; they play three-touch volleyball and all the girls serve consistently and many use the over-arm serve. The 12 eighth-graders will be a great addition to the high school program.