09.25.2021 Sports Football: Riverhead rings victory bell on homecoming day The sound is like music to a Riverhead High School football player’s ears. After every Riverhead win, the Blue Waves ring the victory bell outside Pulaski Street Elementary School...
12.02.2019 Sports Girls Basketball: More chemistry lessons for Waves Lawrence Mandresh appreciates the value of chemistry — both in the classroom and on the basketball court.
09.14.2019 Sports Football: Daniels sparks Waves’ first D-I win On an historic day for the Riverhead High School football program, Albert Daniels showed his true colors: red, white and blue. Put the emphasis on blue.
02.02.2018 Sports Boys Basketball: Waves must win last two for playoffs If the Riverhead Blues Waves fail to reach the Suffolk County Class AA boys basketball playoffs, it won’t be because of a lack of effort.
01.31.2017 Sports Boys Basketball: When it comes to height, it’s disadvantage Riverhead They don’t grow ’em big in Riverhead. That’s the joke that goes around in Riverhead High School boys basketball circles. Historically, Riverhead is not known for producing really tall...
09.28.2013 Sports Football: Riverhead’s offense erupts in blowout win BLUE WAVES 48, MUSKETEERS 8 The beauty of the Riverhead offense is its diversity. Some games, the Blue Waves may pound the ball on the ground with halfbacks Jeremiah...
06.04.2013 Police Parolee calls police for fight, gets busted for parole violation A Central Islip man called 911 to report an argument in Flanders early Friday, but ended up being arrested and held at police headquarters after responding officers found the...
05.20.2013 Police Riverhead principal cleared in civil rights case A federal jury has rejected a former Riverhead Middle School student’s claims that he was illegally searched by the school’s principal in 2007, saying the student and his mother...