12.07.2015 Sports Girls Basketball Preview: Dunn, Brown lead Riverhead There weren’t many introductions needed on the first day of practice in Riverhead. Eight returning players, including the entire starting lineup, made for a quick start.
08.05.2015 Sports Girls Basketball: Their summer season ended, tears follow Tears at the conclusion of a playoff loss or a season are not unusual in sports. But after a summer league game?
02.05.2015 Sports Girls Basketball: Riverhead seniors extend winning tradition BLUE WAVES 58, COUGARS 33 Senior Night is different. Senior Night is special. It’s not a typical game night, especially not if you’re one of the seniors being recognized....
01.22.2015 Sports Girls Basketball: Riverhead cruises past Hills West, locks up playoff spot BLUE WAVES 64, COLTS 33 As Sam Dunn put it, the Blue Waves had to take their lumps last year. On a team that featured three eighth-graders playing prominent...
01.17.2015 Sports Girls Basketball: Riverhead inches closer to playoff spot BLUE WAVES 56, LIONS 49 Sam Dunn swung a pass to her right to Faith Johnson-DeSilvia as the final seconds of the third quarter wound down. As Johnson-DeSilvia clasped...
01.04.2015 Sports Sports Desk: Spinella’s heart is in the right place The best in people can emerge during trying times. I have known Dave Spinella for a dozen years or so. I have seen him develop players, make them better,...
12.26.2014 Sports Girls Basketball: Spinella says he erred in his public remarks Dave Spinella said he is sorry. He is not sorry for what he said; he is sorry for who he said it to. Riverhead High School’s girls basketball coach...
12.22.2014 Sports Girls Basketball: Spinella says Blue Waves lack ‘heart’ SHARKS 54, BLUE WAVES 50 Any semblance of holiday cheer was wiped off Dave Spinella’s face. He wasn’t happy, and that’s putting it mildly. The Riverhead High School girls...