Teen wrestler joins
Bay State games
 | Jake Genereux of Duxbury with his mobile hot dog business. |
Jake Genereux loves to wrestle, but there are priorities. Last summer, the Duxbury teen passed on competing in the annual Bay State Games because there was other business to tend to: he owns a mobile hot dog cart in town.
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An incoming freshman at Duxbury High, he will be back on the mat tomorrow, at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, hoping to improve on his third-place finish from 2007, while making the jump to the scholastic division from the junior level.
Last summer, he was dishing out hot dogs.
“I wanted to earn some money so I could pay for college,’’ he said, noting that he makes roughly $200 per day.
“My mom will be working for me [this year]; she just volunteered.’’
The 14-year-old has already compiled a pretty impressive resume: he earned runner-up finishes at both the Big East Gold Tournament and the Mass State tournament. He is also this year’s Big East Regional champion and South Shore champion. He is a member of the Dungeon Wrestling Club in Quincy.
The 118-pounder is not concerned about the Bay State Games’ wide-ranging weight classes, which could pit him against grapplers as small as 112 pounds or as big as 125 pounds depending on who enters the field.
“I think I can take on [bigger] people,’’ he said. “I have some good technique and I’m strong.’’
While most Bay State events start tomorrow and this weekend, the baseball tournament began Monday with the Southeast squad kicking off its gold medal defense by beating Metro 2-0 at Bentley University.
“I think we’re going’’ to repeat, said right-handed pitcher David Gibson, who picked up Monday’s win. “It’s a great team. . . . I think we have what it takes.’’
Gibson, who will be a senior at Hanover High this fall, was honored to be selected to start the tournament’s opening game.
“It was great,’’ he said after striking out four batters, walking one and allowing two hits in five innings.
The Southeast squad plays at 8:30 this morning and the gold medal game is scheduled for 4:15 p.m.
A number of other area athletes are also competing:
◼Brittney O’Brien, who registered a 1.7 goals-against average with six shutouts for the Carver High field hockey team last fall, is suiting up for the Southeast squad.
◼ Catherine Byrne of Duxbury, entering her junior year at Hebron Academy, will skate for the Southeast/Coast girls’ hockey team again.
◼The Southeast/Coast boys’ scholastic hockey squad includes James Murray of Scituate, a Patriot League all-star this past season.
◼Norwood’s John Pooley III is aiming to medal again in archery. He was a Bay State Games silver medalist in 2006 and 2007 and won the bronze last year. He was a Mass Outdoor Championships silver medalist in 2006 and 2007.
The Thayer Academy teacher who runs Project RISE, the nonprofit summer program for at-risk youth, is one of 30 winners chosen for their extraordinary community work.
“I was excited, it’s a great opportunity, we’ve been trying to get exposure for our program for a number of years,’’ said Dixon, adding that he hopes to meet President Obama, who will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the game.
Dixon was nominated by Jeff Gulko, his former student who serves on Project RISE’s board.
“I wasn’t aware of the nomination,’’ Dixon, who was one of 60,000 applicants in the region, said. The 90 finalists were narrowed down to 30 winners based on an online vote.
The 26-year-old Whitney, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound defenseman for the Anaheim Ducks, is one of 34 players invited to take part in the camp, which will serve as the groundwork for forming the national team set to compete at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games.
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