05.19.2025 Sports Blue Waves clinch baseball playoffs with a must-win shutout in season finale After losing the first two games in the season’s final series against Walt Whitman — the last of which ended on a walkoff hit in the bottom of the...
04.16.2025 Sports Young Blue Waves boys lax team flashes some grit in comeback win The Riverhead boys lacrosse team has been contending with a lack of experience this season. When things go south, it’s hard for a team to dig themselves out if...
04.10.2025 Featured Story Community helps send two local students to Duke med school summer program After successfully reaching a fundraising goal, The Butterfly Effect Project will be sending two young women to Duke University this summer to take part in a pre-college program geared...
04.03.2025 Sports Riverhead welcomes new head football coach When Riverhead’s athletic director Brian Sacks posted an opening for a new head varsity football coach, Donald Nelson knew he had to apply. In his mind, it was his time. Nelson was born in...
03.31.2025 Sports Blue Waves boys tennis program gaining steam The Riverhead boys tennis team couldn’t field a junior varsity squad until last year. A lot has changed since. When coach Michael Laffey took over the program three years ago, he...
03.25.2025 Sports Blue Waves have high hopes this softball season There’s a different feel on the softball diamond this year at Riverhead High School. There’s a simple, subtle confidence about the group. They know they have what it takes....
03.17.2025 Sports Blue Waves ace Marelli back from injury following historic softball season In last year’s Suffolk County semifinals, on the heels of an undefeated regular season — a first in school history — Mya Marelli walked out to the pitching circle...
02.17.2025 Sports Blue Waves boys squad advances to next round of basketball playoffs Without their leading scorer and playing in their first playoff game since 2019, the Riverhead Blue Waves boys basketball team simply found a way to win. In a gritty...
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