09.29.2026 Sports Overtime goal gives Riverhead soccer first league win in three years With the rain falling down, soccer jersey soaked and dripping, Riverhead junior midfielder Rony Yanes repositioned the ball on a free kick 30 yards out Monday night at Longwood...
09.23.2026 Sports Riverhead football growing but still learning after tough loss Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn. The Riverhead Blue Waves varsity football team has been learning of late, as second-year head coach Don Nelson continues to pick up...
08.26.2026 Sports Riverhead football eager for a turnaround season With summer coming to an end and school bells set to ring, Riverhead’s varsity football team has been hard at work — eager to turn over a new leaf...
04.08.2026 Sports Zambriski’s pitches nail Riverhead’s first win of the season Every time junior pitcher Matt Zambriski toes the rubber, Riverhead has a chance. The ace was thrust into a role of season-saver after the Blue Waves started the season...
10.22.2025 Sports Riverhead field hockey barely misses playoffs in coach’s final season Before the Riverhead field hockey season started, head coach Cheryl Walsh-Edwards felt that if they won the games they should and won some they shouldn’t, a playoff berth was...
10.01.2025 Sports Blue Waves girls soccer finds success in developmental league When Section XI opened up a developmental league in 2024, Riverhead varsity girls soccer coach Kasey Mandery scoffed at the idea. But after going 0-15 last season, it’s something...
09.22.2025 Sports Blue Waves football falls short despite Hobbs’ monster night When Don Nelson took over the football program at Riverhead High School this year, he vowed that his team would play a full 48 minutes on the football field...
09.03.2025 Sports Blue Waves boys soccer substitutes ‘me’ for ‘we’ There’s a certain pressure on a team that knows it has the ability to win but just can’t find a way to do it. Every year, it’s the same...
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