The Riverhead field hockey team had plenty of reasons to look forward to the 2017 season. (more…)
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The Riverhead High School field hockey team traveled in style Friday.
It wasn’t an old yellow school bus that took the Blue Waves to Eastport-South Manor High School for their Suffolk County Class A quarterfinal.
Since it was making history in one way, why not make history in another?
The Riverhead High School field hockey team turned its first ever home playoff game, according to coach Cheryl Walsh-Edwards, into its first home playoff win Tuesday. READ
It took a big goal to decide a high school field hockey game that had a big-game feel to it. Unfortunately, for Shoreham-Wading River, the scorer of that big goal wore an East Islip uniform.
A win is a win, as they say, but there is something about the thrill of a sudden-victory overtime triumph that may make it feel extra special for a high school field hockey team. Perhaps it’s the drama. The intensity could have something to do with it.
For years the Riverhead High School field hockey team was in the tricky position of having a foot in two worlds — one on grass and the other on field turf. READ
Back when she was playing field hockey for Rocky Point High School, Jenna Stevenson couldn’t have imagined that one day she would be coaching one of the Eagles’ fiercest rivals, Shoreham-Wading River. But there she was on Monday, running the Wildcats through their first preseason practices.
Just call her Miss Clutch.
If the Riverhead High School field hockey team skipped this entire regular-season business and went straight into the playoffs, that might suit Shannon Schmidt just fine. READ
