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Girls Lacrosse: SWR headed back to county finals

By Joe Werkmeister | 05/21/2013 9:40 PM | Just In, Sports, Top News

SUFFOLK CLASS C SEMIFINALS | WILDCATS 8, PANTHERS 7 (OT) Meredith Bushell doesn't crave the spotlight on a lacrosse field. It's her competitiveness that drives her, and what has helped her thrive as a defensive player. She rarely cracks the box score for goals or assists. And she's fine with that. "I don't...

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Boys Track and Field: SWR’s Udvadia, Fleming score triumphs

By Bob Liepa | 05/21/2013 9:09 PM | Sports, Top News

DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS It was typical Ryan Udvadia. After the Division III 3,200-meter final started, the Shoreham-Wading River junior was hanging well back in the bottom third of the field, as if toying with the opposition, who surely knew what was coming. Early in the third lap, Udvadia made a tremendous move, passing...

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Football: Maysonet claimed off waivers by Cleveland Browns

By Joe Werkmeister | 05/21/2013 7:03 PM | Featured Story, Sports, Top News

The Cleveland Browns claimed Riverhead's Miguel Maysonet off waivers this afternoon, the team announced. Maysonet was cut by the Philadelphia Eagles Monday morning, a move that put him through the NFL's waiver process. The Browns opted to pick him up and waived another player, Jamaine Cook, to create a spot. Maysonet boarded...

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Softball: Riverhead’s bats erupt in first-round playoff victory

By Joe Werkmeister | 05/20/2013 8:42 PM | Sports, Top News

SUFFOLK CLASS AA FIRST ROUND | BLUE WAVES 11, BULLS 6 The ball came scorching off the bat of Smithtown West center fielder Teresa Staiano, a lined shot into left field. Two runs had already scored for the Bulls in the opening inning Monday and two more runners were steaming toward home. The...

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Eagles release Riverhead’s Miguel Maysonet

By Grant Parpan | 05/20/2013 9:57 AM | News, Sports, Top News

Miguel Maysonet's run with the Philadelphia Eagles is over. The Riverhead native was released by the team Monday morning, according to the Eagles' website. CSNPhilly.com had previously reported his imminent release. Maysonet's days in Philadelphia appeared numbered after the Eagles signed former Dallas Cowboys running back Felix Jones last week. That move all...

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Auto Racing: After three years, Brode breaks into victory lane

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/19/2013 12:25 PM | Sports

RIVERHEAD RACEWAY ROUNDUP Howie Brode of East Islip snapped a nearly three-year winless spell when he swept the Twin 30 NASCAR Modified feature events at Riverhead Raceway on Saturday night. Threatening skies forced the features to be moved up in the track’s running order because of unexpected rain showers all around the facility. That...

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Softball: Graziano inks another college scholarship

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/18/2013 3:00 PM | Sports, Top News

After guiding the Riverhead softball team into the postseason and finishing just shy of a league title, Riverhead senior Amanda Graziano inked another college scholarship this week when she officially singed to play softball next year at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Graziano already signed to play field hockey in...

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Baseball: Early offense fuels Eastport past SWR in playoffs

By Joe Werkmeister | 05/17/2013 7:22 PM | Sports, Top News

There will be a new county champion in 2013. Shoreham-Wading River fell 8-1 Friday afternoon at Eastport-South Manor in a Class A loser's bracket game, ending the Wildcats' run of two straight county championships. The Wildcats dropped into the loser's bracket after a 4-1 loss to Sayville Wednesday. The sixth-seeded Wildcats caught...

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Softball: Blue Waves open playoffs at home vs. Smithtown West

By Joe Werkmeister | 05/17/2013 2:00 PM | Sports, Top News

The Riverhead softball team will open the Class AA playoffs Monday with a home game against Smithtown West. The Blue Waves were seeded eighth in the bracket after finishing the season 15-5 overall. The Bulls are seeded ninth, according to the brackets released Friday afternoon by Section XI. The game is...

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Boys Lacrosse: Riverhead ousted in its first ever playoff game

By Bob Liepa | 05/16/2013 7:41 PM | Sports, Top News

SUFFOLK COUNTY CLASS A TOURNAMENT, FIRST ROUND | BULLS 12, BLUE WAVES 5 The Riverhead boys lacrosse team waited 11 years for this day, so when it finally arrived, the Blue Waves made sure that they were ready. But then again, so was Smithtown East. On an historic day for Riverhead’s program,...

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Maysonet shares Stony Brook athletic award

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/15/2013 11:02 PM | Sports, Top News

Miguel Maysonet of Riverhead, who played for Stony Brook University’s football team, was named the school’s Co-Male Athlete of the Year on Wednesday night along with Tommy Brenton of the men’s basketball team. The presentations were made at Stony Brook’s annual awards ceremony, The Wolfies, at the Student Activities Center on campus with...

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SWR’s Rotanz third all-time for points on L.I.

By Joe Werkmeister | 05/15/2013 8:00 PM | Sports, Top News

There was little fanfare late last season when Tim Rotanz quietly became Shoreham-Wading River’s all-time leader in career points, blowing past a 10-year-old record with still another year to play. “He is absolutely clueless,” his father and coach, Tom Rotanz, said last year about the record. It would be harder, however, for...

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Register now for Bob Wall Tennis Tournament

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/15/2013 6:00 PM | Sports, Top News

TENNIS: Bob Wall tournament Registrations are being accepted for the 2013 Bob Wall Memorial Tennis Tournament. The tournament, sponsored by Times/Review Newspapers of Mattituck, will be held over a six-week period this summer from the last weekend in June through the last weekend in July. A portion of the proceeds...

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Video: Riverhead rowing team wins four medals at states

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/14/2013 8:00 PM | Sports, Top News, Videos

The Riverhead High School rowing team won four medals at last weekend's New York State Scholastic Rowing Championships in Saratoga Springs. The Riverhead team picked up two silver medals and two bronze competing against 73 teams. Ethan Zaweski and Jonathan Schmitt won silver in the Boys Lightweight 150 Double with a...

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Photos: Conti leads Riverhead to league title

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/13/2013 11:17 PM | Sports, Top News

Riverhead’s girls track and field team sealed the League IV championship in its final dual meet of the season on Monday, an 84-56 victory at East Islip. Rachel Conti led the way for the Blue Waves, posting wins in both the 1,500- and 3,000-meter races. Her times were 5 minutes 18...

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Rowing: Riverhead freshmen win Long Island championships

By Riverhead News-Review | 05/11/2013 8:00 PM | Sports, Top News

Riverhead High School freshmen Nolan Renshaw and Bryce McKissick won Long Island championships in the novice double on Sunday. They competed in the Long Island Rowing Championship in Oyster Bay. Riverhead rowers, racing against 40 other rowing programs from 32 cities and four states, also won bronze in the boys...

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Boys Track: Udvadia runs fastest 3,200 time in state

By Joe Werkmeister | 05/11/2013 5:46 PM | Sports, Top News

Before the start of the 3,200-meter race Friday at the prestigious Loucks Games in White Plains, Shoreham-Wading River coach Bob Szymanski hoped to see junior Ryan Udvadia run around 9 minutes 15 seconds. Udvadia had his sights set a little higher, hoping for about 9:10. Neither, though, could have imagined what came...

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Blue Waves finish 13th to earn final playoff spot

By Joe Werkmeister | 05/11/2013 10:00 AM | Sports, Top News

The wait is over. After a 10-win season last year that left them on the outskirts of the playoffs, the Riverhead Blue Waves will enter the dance this season for the first time. The Blue Waves' 8-6 Division I record positioned them 13th in the power rankings at the conclusion of the...

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