04.27.2016 Sports Baseball: Riverhead’s short on seniors, not senior leadership The Riverhead High School baseball team doesn’t have a lot of seniors, but when it comes to senior leadership, well, that’s another story.
03.25.2016 Sports Baseball Preview: SWR aiming for another deep playoff run It won’t take long for the Shoreham-Wading River Wildcats to get a sense of what this year’s team is made of.
05.08.2015 Sports Baseball: Wendt’s numbers are good, on field and in classroom The back of John Wendt III’s baseball card should read something like this: Height: 6 foot 3 inches. Bats: Right. Throws: Right. School: Riverhead High School. Favorite Math Subject:...
04.28.2015 Sports Baseball: League-leading Hills West rallies late to defeat Riverhead COLTS 8, BLUE WAVES 6 As the ball skipped over the glove of Half Hollow Hills West first baseman Jon Faraci, the Riverhead fans along the third base line...
03.31.2015 Sports Baseball Preview: SWR, Riverhead to rely on pitching depth The 2014 season at Shoreham-Wading River featured a bit of everything. A freshman throwing two no-hitters, crazy come-from-behind wins, a league title and a trip to the county finals....
03.18.2015 Sports Baseball: Riverhead’s pitching rotation looks solid Good baseball teams have an ace pitcher. The Riverhead Blue Waves don’t believe they have a No. 1 pitcher. Rather, they prefer to think that they have three: call...
03.25.2014 Sports Baseball: One bad inning proves costly for Riverhead KINGSMEN 11, BLUE WAVES 4 By the middle of the fourth inning Tuesday, the music that accompanied brief intermissions between innings and at-bats ceased. On a wintry day in...
03.19.2014 Sports Baseball Preview: Pitching the key to success For nearly a third of Riverhead’s games last season, towering lefty Matt Crohan mowed through opposing lineups with seemingly effortless ease. Crohan went on to become the first Riverhead...