08.08.2011 Sports Greatest Athlete #10: Speed brought Wegert to the NFL In Riverhead back in the mid-1950s, it was easy to know when Ted Wegert was in town. All one had to do was look for his flashy car, either...
08.08.2011 Sports Flashback: Riverhead Rips LaSalle In 42-6 Gridiron Rout This story was originally published in the County Review on Nov. 10, 1949 days after Ted Wegert led the Waves with five touchdowns in a game: A favored LaSalle...
08.08.2011 Sports Best of the Rest: Mattituck tennis coach was a Georgetown hoops legend The basketball courts at Forest Park in Queens were not much different than many other basketball courts in New York City. They had four baskets (with no nets), a...
08.08.2011 Sports Top 5 Mattituck High School athletes Jim Christy, a former Georgetown University basketball player and Mattituck High School basketball, baseball, tennis and track and field coach, selected Mattituck’s top five athletes since 1969, when he...
08.07.2011 Sports Greatest Athlete #11: Sacks’ love of cars was born in Mattituck Greg Sacks was around 11 years old when his life changed. A self-described “competitive kid” who’d always enjoyed racing bicycles in the woods near his parents’ home on New...
08.07.2011 Sports Best of the Rest: Chargin’ Charlie was always out in front The YouTube video starts with 14 chilling words: “Chargin’ Charlie Jarzombek Dies in Spring Modified Race at Martinsville Virginia March 22, 1987.” The next six-plus minutes of video shows...
08.06.2011 Sports Greatest Athlete #12: In soccer and lacrosse, the Reh brothers formed an unstoppable duo Growing up in the Reh household in the mid 1970s required a certain competitive fire. Any task, no matter how mundane, transformed into competition. Time to get the newspaper...
08.06.2011 Sports Best of the Rest: No shortage of local lacrosse stars When Peter Vlahakis looks back on his lacrosse career, which still continues today in Major League Lacrosse, he estimates he must have taken 4,000+ face-offs since high school. It’s...
08.05.2011 Sports Greatest Athlete #13: A two-time NCAA champion, Amy Linnen always seeks adventure The street signs scream danger. “RIP CURRENTS. You could be swept out and drown,” warns one sign. Directly below it, another sign depicts a wave about to crash over...
08.05.2011 Sports Flashback: Linnen begins final journey This excerpt of an article was originally published in the May 23, 2008 issue of the North Shore Sun as Amy Linnen prepared for one last shot at the...