Sports roundup: Tough season continues for Porters football

FOOTBALL

Oct. 23: Shoreham-Wading River 43, Greenport/Southold/Mattituck 14

Junior quarterback Brayden Kruk teamed with receivers for touchdowns of 65 and 59 yards for the Porters (1-7) in the League IV loss on the road. Javon Wright paced Shoreham-Wading River (4-3) with four TDs. He ran eight times for 80 yards and two scores. He also had a 45-yard TD punt return and returned an interception for a touchdown. The Wildcats had a 36-8 halftime lead.

CROSS COUNTRY

Oct. 27: Southold/Greenport fares well at divisional championships

The Settlers enjoyed a memorable afternoon at the Section XI Divisional championships at Sunken Meadow State Park. Senior Ryan Duffy finished eighth in the Division 4 championship race in 17 minutes and 57 seconds.

In the team qualifier race, Kai Bossen (20:10), Levi Silverman (21:19), Rory Jagel (24:32), and Chris Kaelin (26:13) recorded personal bests on the Sunken Meadow course.

“It’s a challenging course,” said Southold girls coach Denise McKeon, who directs the squad along with first-year boys coach Dan McGunnigle.

Other Southold finishers included Will Sommo (19:17), Liam O’Neil (20:01) in the boys’ race, and Emily Kaelin (22:27) in the girls’ division.

“Every runner had a better time today than we did when we ran the Jim Smith Invitational at Sunken Meadow,” McKeon said. “We are proud of each one of them. They did amazing!

“We are looking forward to next week at the state qualifier.”

That is scheduled for Sunken Meadow on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 1 p.m.

Schedule

Thursday, Nov. 5

Southold/Greenport and Mattituck cross country teams compete at the Section XI Championships and State Qualifier at Sunken Meadow State Park at 1 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 14

Southold/Greenport and Mattituck cross country teams compete at the New York State Championships at Queensbury High School, Queensbury.

Schedule information from SectionXI.org.