GIRLS LACROSSE: A new varsity team takes its first steps

Posted: 03.09.2010 BY BOB LIEPA  |  SPORTS EDITOR There's a new game in town. Well, girls lacrosse is not exactly new, but it's new at the high school varsity level to the North Fork's three high schools, which are sharing the same team. The Mattituck / Greenport / Southold team is so new that it doesn't even have a nickname yet. What it does have, though, is a...

BOYS WINTER TRACK: Smith comes up short in title defense

Posted: 03.09.2010 BY Jake Williams |  STAFF WRITER Riverhead shot putter Mike Smith was unable to defend his state indoor championship title from last season, but in his efforts to do so, he set a new school indoor record for the third time this season. Smith's throw of 56 feet 8 1/4 inches was good enough to bring the senior second place and a...

BOYS BASKETBALL: Edwards senses an overconfident opponent in Coleman

Posted: 03.09.2010 BY Jake Williams |  STAFF WRITER To Greenport Coach Al Edwards, Wednesday's Class D Southeast Region semifinal against Section IX champion John A. Coleman Catholic has all the makings of a trap game, where one team is caught looking ahead to the next game before playing the one at hand. This will be the fourth consecutive year in which the two teams...

BOYS BOWLING: State championships a learning experience for Jones

Posted: 03.09.2010 BY Jake Williams |  STAFF WRITER It was after Game 2 when Riverhead High School's Elliot Jones had the opportunity to apply the biggest lesson he said he learned last weekend at the boys individual state bowling championships in Poughkeepsie. "It was a great experience," Jones said of his first trip to state tournament. "It helped me with my bowling about keeping...

RUNNING: Training for 13.1 miles is not a piece of cake

Posted: 03.09.2010 Times/Review Newspapers sports reporter Jake Williams is training to compete in the Long Island Half Marathon. This is the first in a series of articles about his quest. BY Jake Williams |  STAFF WRITER I have seven weeks left to prepare myself. Once this article hits news stands and cyberspace, there is no turning back. I will have to run the Long Island...

BASEBALL: Riverhead appears armed in the pitching department

Posted: 03.09.2010 BY BOB LIEPA  |  SPORTS EDITOR If an army travels on its stomach, as the saying goes, then it could be said that a baseball team goes only so far as its arms take it. Should that be the case, one would think that the Riverhead Blue Waves are in good shape for this coming season. As things stand, the Blue Waves...

BASEBALL: Southold starts preseason practice amid a slew of changes

Posted: 03.08.2010 BY BOB LIEPA  |  SPORTS EDITOR A new home field, a new nickname and a new classification, not to mention new uniforms. Change could be the theme for the Southold High School baseball team this season. Say goodbye to the Southold / Greenport Clippers and say hello to the Southold First Settlers. Greenport and Southold no longer share the same baseball team for the...

SOFTBALL: For Dougherty, going lefty was the right decision

Posted: 03.08.2010 BY BOB LIEPA  |  SPORTS EDITOR Colleen Dougherty prefers not to think of what might have become of her softball career had she not taken up the suggestion of Riverhead Blue Waves Coach Bob Fox three years ago that she learn how to hit from the left side. Had Dougherty, a natural righty, not made the change, she might not ever...