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06.17.2021 News

The night Satchel played in Riverhead; baseball history unearthed here

Riverhead was abuzz. Cars and throngs of people made their way toward Riverhead Stadium while police directed traffic and the overflow crowd on the evening of July 21, 1950....

06.16.2021 Sports

Baseball: SWR senior strikes out career-high 16 in playoff win over Bayport

At this point, no one should be too surprised by Jake Halloran and what he can do. After all, the Shoreham-Wading River senior pitcher has turned in some extraordinary...

06.14.2021 Sports

Riverhead Raceway: Baker snaps four-year dry spell

Four years is a long time, so John Baker decided it was about time. The Brookhaven driver garnered his first victory since September of 2017 (and third of his...

06.12.2021 Sports

Boys Lacrosse: SWR’s season comes to abrupt end with overtime loss to Bayport

Even winning has a downside. Teams can learn from a loss. A winning team, meanwhile, really has no cause to change things up, thus perhaps not much to learn....

06.11.2021 Sports

Softball: Cahill’s career-high 14 Ks, Halloran’s RBI triple lift SWR to playoff win

This battery gave Shoreham-Wading River a charge. They’re not only battery mates and teammates, they also happen to be sisters. Erin Cahill, the pitcher, and Lindsay Cahill, the catcher....

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06.09.2021 Sports

Riverhead Tomcats seek host families for upcoming summer baseball season

Both the North Fork Ospreys and Riverhead Tomcats of the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League are in need of housing for players for the upcoming season. Anyone interested in hosting...

06.07.2021 Sports

Riverhead Raceway: Two wins in three weeks for Fortin family

Two weeks after his father, John Fortin Sr., struck gold in the NASCAR Modifieds at Riverhead Raceway, second-generation racer J.B. Fortin of Holtsville made it back-to-back wins for the...

06.04.2021 Sports

Girls Lacrosse: Blue Waves exhibit Stromski’s fighting spirit

Obviously, the late Keri Lynn Stromski wasn’t present at Pulaski Sports Complex to watch Thursday afternoon’s proceedings, but her fighting spirit — a spirit exemplified by her long, courageous...

05.29.2021 Sports

Boys Lacrosse: Riverhead hopes for sunnier days

When it rains, it pours. That can be true for lacrosse as well as the weather. The Riverhead High School boys lacrosse team knows all about raining and pouring....

05.24.2021 Sports

Riverhead Raceway: Fortin wants to finish ‘on top’

At the finish, three-time NASCAR Modified champion John Fortin Sr. of Holtsville indicated that he might be finished. After going 50 laps for his 35th career victory Saturday night...

05.23.2021 Sports

SWR high jumper will land at Monmouth

When Blake Wehr made his college choice public in a ceremony Friday at the Shoreham-Wading River High School track, it couldn’t have come as too great a surprise. After...

05.22.2021 Sports

Softball: Riverhead hopes win against Bay Shore turns season

First came the game-changer. A potential season-changer followed. Just what the Riverhead High School softball team needed. Brianne McKay’s two-run double broke open a scoreless game for the Blue...

05.21.2021 Sports

Girl Scouts project brings helmet cubbies, bat racks to dugouts

Lindsay Cahill’s idea for her Girl Scouts Gold Award project served a dual purpose: It was both practical and a tribute to her late Shoreham-Wading River softball teammate and...

05.20.2021 Sports

Baseball: SWR freshman’s first start is a no-hitter

A first varsity start can test the nerves of just about any high school pitcher, but not Shoreham-Wading River’s Gordon Votruba, apparently. Asked if he was nervous going into...

05.17.2021 Sports

Baseball: Composed Caputo makes Riverhead a winner

Matt Caputo brought some obvious tools with him when he stepped onto the pitcher’s mound Monday. Among them were curveballs, fastballs and changeups. Less obvious, but perhaps most important...

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