09.04.2025 Sports Madison Herr leads SWR field hockey to season opening win Every time Shoreham-Wading River junior forward Madison Herr had the ball at her stick with space to maneuver in the season opener on Tuesday against West Islip, the defenders...
09.03.2025 Sports Blue Waves boys soccer substitutes ‘me’ for ‘we’ There’s a certain pressure on a team that knows it has the ability to win but just can’t find a way to do it. Every year, it’s the same...
08.29.2025 Sports Riverhead football swaps mindset, renews commitment After a 1-7 season last year and a total re-haul of the football program at Riverhead, new head coach Don Nelson has the team believing in themselves more than...
08.25.2025 Sports Hans Wiederkehr comes out of retirement for Riverhead school post Just a few weeks ago, Hans Wiederkehr was in South Carolina enjoying his retirement. But that word “retirement” really started to itch at him. “You know what they say...
08.20.2025 Sports Gridiron report, fall season schedules for local teams With summer coming to an end, here’s a look at what’s to come for the high school football season across all local teams. Riverhead (1-7 Division I) Coming off...
08.13.2025 Sports SWR boys basketball team tops summer league It’s been six years since the Shoreham-Wading River varsity boys basketball team won the Town of Brookhaven summer league. Team captain Carter Baumeister remembers it well. “That was my...
08.13.2025 Sports Riverhead star pitcher Zambriski is bound for St. John’s By NCAA rules, collegiate teams aren’t allowed to formally contact any player and offer an athletic scholarship until Aug. 1 of their incoming junior year. Once that date rolled...
08.11.2025 Sports Young baseball players take championship for Riverhead The 13-and-under Riverhead Waves Baseball Club capped a tremendous summer with a 10-8 victory over Hub 44 Riptides 13 in the Town of Brookhaven that earned them the championship...
08.06.2025 Sports SWR basketball boys to compete in league championship Following an 8-1 summer campaign that landed the Shoreham-Wading River boys basketball team the No. 2 seed in the Town of Brookhaven Varsity small school playoffs, the Wildcats stayed...
08.05.2025 Community Aldrich Sports League closes season with full day of championships The second annual U.S. National Amputee Soccer fundraiser at Aldrich Lane Soccer Fields in Laurel was an all-day — and possibly all-night with the afterparty at North Fork Taps...
08.05.2025 Education New athletic director Ferry to lead SWR wildcat pack There’s a new athletics director on the block this year at Shoreham-Wading River Central School District. Deb Ferry leads the Wildcats starting Aug. 13. Ms. Ferry was appointed Shoreham-Wading...
08.01.2025 Sports New coach, new goals for Riverhead H.S. football Coming off of one of the most disappointing seasons in recent history with a record of 1-7, Riverhead High School’s varsity football team has been putting in the work...
07.29.2025 Sports Building a bright baseball future for Riverhead With the success of the Riverhead High School varsity baseball team last season, achieving something that hasn’t been done in over two decades by winning multiple playoff games, the...
07.28.2025 Sports New SWR soccer coach Braga brings a winning tradition Dani (pronounced “Donny”) Braga is no stranger to championships, having won multiple as a player and coach over his career. Now, he’s trying to bring that winning pedigree to...
07.24.2025 Sports RAC seeks Riverhead Hall of Fame nominations The Riverhead Athletic Club is seeking nominations as they begin a new Hall of Fame to honor former athletes, coaches and others in the district that have significantly impacted...