09.23.2017 Sports Football: Blue Waves go from beating victims to victors No one likes to lose or get beaten badly, but it’s not the worst thing in the world. That was the message Riverhead High School football coach Leif Shay...
09.16.2017 Sports Football: Centereach RB runs through Waves As difficult as Saturday’s high school football game was for Riverhead, it was considerably harder for Alec Kiernan. And Kiernan played for Centereach, which breezed to victory.
09.09.2017 Sports Football Preview: SWR feels pressure of four-peat bid The seed was planted early. Real early. Echoes of the postgame celebrations of Shoreham-Wading River’s third straight Long Island Class IV football championship were still ringing when coach Matt...
08.25.2017 Sports Football: QB’s return gives Riverhead shot in arm Sometimes someone has to walk away from something to fully appreciate how much he loves it. That was the case with Christian Pace when he turned his back on...
08.17.2017 Sports Football tragedy casts shadow across Suffolk County It was a tragedy. That sentiment was echoed over and over by local high school football coaches this week in reaction to the death of a Sachem High School...
08.15.2017 Sports Football: Riverhead looks set with H-backs as preseason begins Consider the modern football marvel that is the multi-talented H-back. Set back from the line of scrimmage, he must be able to serve as a fullback, receiver or tight...
10.26.2016 Sports Football: Harnig twins keep Riverhead coach guessing Adam and Kyle Harnig are fraternal twins, not identical twins, but the two brothers look an awful lot alike. So much so that it can be difficult to differentiate...
10.12.2016 Sports Football: Anderson’s timely return is a winning one Losing can be tough on anyone, but there may be no player on the Riverhead High School football team who had it rougher through the first four winless games...