08.07.2022 Sports Baseball: SWR retires numbers for three ex-players, one coach prior to alumni game Numbers are big in baseball. They can be found in statistics, standings, line scores. But to hear the flesh-and-blood people behind the numbers consecrated Saturday at Shoreham-Wading River High...
07.01.2017 Sports Baseball: Hard work transforms SWR grad Tyler Osik into pro prospect The path toward professional baseball has been a winding one for Tyler Osik.
06.13.2017 Sports Baseball: Brian Morrell awarded second consecutive Yastrzemski Award Shoreham-Wading River senior Brian Morrell, who led the Wildcats to the Class A county championship in May, became only the second player to ever win the coveted Carl Yastrzemski...
03.10.2015 Sports A new era of SWR baseball begins under Willi When he was a first-year teacher in the Shoreham-Wading River School District more than a decade ago, Kevin Willi was approached by longtime baseball coach Sal Mignano. The Wildcats...
12.31.2014 Sports No. 2 Sports Story of the Year: A legend retires In 38 seasons as the head coach of the Shoreham-Wading River baseball team — and the only coach in the program’s history — Sal Mignano guided the Wildcats to...
08.08.2014 Sports ‘His love for the game has never weakened’ Buddy Gengler stood at the podium inside the dimly lit auditorium at Shoreham-Wading River High School, the rain having forced the day’s festivities indoors. As he gazed out into...
08.08.2014 Sports From the archives: Highlights of SWR baseball In 38 seasons, the Shoreham-Wading River baseball team, under the leadership of Sal Mignano, won 12 league championships, seven county championships and a state title. Mignano announced Aug. 2...
08.02.2014 Sports Baseball: After 38 seasons, Mignano set to retire After nearly 600 victories, 38 seasons and seven county championships, legendary Shoreham-Wading River baseball coach Sal Mignano has decided to hang up the cleats.