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05.25.2022 Sports

Girls Lacrosse: Wildcats embrace underdog role, but can’t overcome top-seeded Bayport-Blue Point

Before she could even huddle with her team for the final time, Shoreham-Wading River girls lacrosse coach Alex Fehmel was already talking to those around her on the sideline...

05.24.2022 Sports

Softball: North Babylon pitcher blanks Riverhead in two-hitter

The astounding catch centerfielder Megan McKay made earlier this year is still fresh in Chris Accardi’s mind. Riverhead’s softball coach isn’t likely to forget it any time soon, either....

05.23.2022 Sports

Riverhead Raceway: Soper races like a champion

Defending NASCAR Modified champion Kyle Soper of Manorville, seeking his fourth title in five years, got his championship defense off on the right foot, literally. Soper scored a milestone...

05.19.2022 Sports

Baseball: Two tough pitchers take SWR out in Class A playoffs

Bayport-Blue Point came out hitting — and didn’t really stop. Then, just like that, two games into the playoffs and Shoreham-Wading River’s baseball season was over. As coaches are...

05.18.2022 Sports

With new season on horizon, HCBL seeks host families for Tomcats, Ospreys players

The Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League, including the Riverhead Tomcats and North Fork Ospreys, need host families for college players for its upcoming season, which starts June 10. Players arrive...

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05.16.2022 Sports

On opening night at Riverhead Raceway, super sub Coby steers to victory in Miller Lite 200: Photos

Call him a super sub. It’s hard to think of a six-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion being called a substitute driver, but that is the role Doug Coby...

05.15.2022 Sports

Girls Lacrosse: After breakfast, Harding plays like a champion

After watching Shoreham-Wading River goalie Maggie Harding play the way she did Saturday morning, one wondered if she had been fortified by the breakfast of champions. Well, sort of....

05.12.2022 Sports

Baseball: Steele’s super season features no earned runs allowed

He’s Shoreham-Wading River’s man of Steele. Along with a fastball that may seem faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive, there’s a slider that avoids...

05.09.2022 Sports

Baseball: Votruba’s arm, Bowes’ bat lead league champ SWR to another victory

With so much to like, the question wasn’t so much what’s not to like as it was what do you like better? Was it Gordon Votruba’s pitching arm or...

05.09.2022 News

Historic marker unveiled, commemorating night baseball legend Satchel Paige played in Riverhead

A forgotten piece of Riverhead history has been nailed down and marked. Sometimes history can be found in the darnedest places — like your own backyard. That was the...

05.07.2022 Sports

Boys Lacrosse: First-place SWR looks primed for playoffs

Something in the makeup of coaches seems to always have them striving for and desiring more, not settling. And so it is with Shoreham-Wading River boys lacrosse coach Michael...

05.03.2022 Sports

Boys Lacrosse: Sumwalt’s goal with 1.2 seconds left brings Riverhead Senior Day win

Many youngsters have played that imaginary game in their backyard. As the clock winds down, the countdown begins: “Five, four, three, two, one.” And then comes that last-second, game-winning...

05.02.2022 Sports

Men’s Lacrosse: Former SWR standout Chris Gray sets NCAA career points record

There’s no gray area here. It’s as distinctive as black and white. Chris Gray stands alone when it comes to point producers in NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse history....

04.30.2022 Sports

Celebrating 70th season, Riverhead Little League hosts annual opening day ceremony: Photos

Beginning a milestone season, the Riverhead Little League hosted its opening day ceremony Saturday at Stotzky Park. The little league celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. Players from the...

04.28.2022 Sports

Baseball: Riverhead’s playoff window is closing

So, that’s what playing baseball in a hurricane is like. Well, it wasn’t exactly a hurricane, but the wind was whipping something nasty Thursday. On a day when winds...

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