Bob Liepa

08/20/19 5:40am

Girls Basketball: A league without wins, losses

The adjective in the East End Super League may be the word that best describes how girls basketball coaches and players feel about the fledgling summer league. It’s unlike any league most people have ever seen before. READ

Adrine Demirciyan, Aiko Fujita, Diane Nicholson, girls basketball, Greenport/Southold, Jenna McFarland, Jenna Sledjeski, mattituck, Pat Fabian, premium, Riverhead, Skip Gehring, Skylar Mysliborski

08/13/19 5:59am

Basketball: Former Greenport star leads blue team at Stop the Violence Tournament

Ahkee Anderson, basketball, Darien Davis, Dwayne Eleazer, J.J. Moore, premium, Riverhead Stop the Violence Basketball Tournament, Ryan Creighton

For all the varied colored shirts worn on the Horton Avenue Park basketball court, the color that stood out in the end was green — as in cash.

Show me the money!

That could have been the mantra for the black team, which had 5,000 reasons to take the championship of the 13th annual Riverhead Stop the Violence Basketball Tournament on Sunday. READ

08/12/19 6:00am

Boys Basketball: Anderson’s leaving Greenport for senior year

Ahkee Anderson has all the right moves on a basketball court. It’s his latest move off the court, however, that some will find stunning.

Anderson, an All-State first team guard, is leaving Greenport High School. He plans to spend his senior season playing for Center Moriches High School. READ

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08/07/19 6:01am

Basketball: Former Southold standout hosts camp for youngsters

One couldn’t help but think that Phil Reed must have been beaming somewhere. The sight of his former basketball players running a hoops camp for youngsters would have almost certainly had the late Southold High School coach smiling from ear to ear. READ

Alex Poliwoda, Angelica Klavas, basketball, Liam Walker, Liam Walker Basketball Camp, premium, Shayne Johnson, Southold High School

07/23/19 6:00am

Ospreys Notebook: Hot weather’s part of game

The final game of the season had no significant consequences whatsoever for the North Fork Ospreys, and yet the heat was on.

Oh boy, was it on. READ

Angus McCloskey, Bruce Kern, Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League, Joe Tardif, Long Island Road Warriors, Miles Kelly, North Fork Ospreys, Patrick Riley, premium, Tyler Gillespy

07/21/19 9:54pm

Baseball: Ospreys get scorched in heat

While both teams tried to beat the heat, the Long Island Road Warriors beat the North Fork Ospreys, rather soundly, too.

Then again, the Road Warriors had a lot more to play for: a place in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League playoffs.

The Road Warriors turned up the heat and put an end to the Ospreys’ season as both teams labored under the baking sun on a sweltering Sunday. READ

Angus McCloskey, Bruce Kern, Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League, Joe Tardif, Long Island Road Warriors, Miles Kelly, North Fork Ospreys, Patrick Riley, premium, Tyler Gillespy

Columns

07/20/19 5:59am

Column: What’s next in space exploration?

Amazing. Absolutely amazing.

That’s the feat itself. The fact that it happened 50 years ago is remarkable in its own right. How could it be that 50 years passed by so quickly? READ

Bob Liepa Column, moon landing, Opinion, premium, staff columns

07/03/19 6:00am

Ospreys Notebook: Tardif’s not your average Joe

Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League, Joe Tardif, North Fork Ospreys, Patrick Riley

Joe Tardif’s entrance into the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League was loud and dramatic.

In his first at-bat for the North Fork Ospreys, Tardif blasted a 3-and-2 pitch for a grand slam against the Long Island Road Warriors. “That was cool,” he said. READ

06/29/19 7:35am

Baseball: Ospreys can squawk about 5-1 stretch