04.20.2017 Sports Boys Lacrosse: Kruszeski, Hoeg lead Tuckers over Bellport Say this about the Bellport and Mattituck/Greenport/Southold high school boys lacrosse teams: They make a good match for each other. When the two Suffolk County Division II teams with...
04.07.2017 Sports Boys Lacrosse: Westhampton shows Tuckers no mercy As the pregame warmups of the Mattituck/Greenport/Southold high school boys lacrosse team were coming to a close Friday, a Westhampton Beach player shouted, “No mercy.” It took awhile for...
04.04.2017 Sports Boys Lacrosse Notebook: Goalie has no fear, lots of talent, says coach Rob Kruszeski is fearless when he steps onto the field to protect the goal. So says Mattituck/Greenport/Southold boys lacrosse coach John Amato, whose admiration for Kruszeski’s courage under fire...
03.29.2017 Sports Boys Lacrosse: Schmidt’s 5 goals power Tuckers Beginnings can be misleading. That surely was the case with Wednesday’s high school boys lacrosse game at Mattituck High School. Center Moriches scored on its first two shots and...
03.20.2017 Sports Boys Lacrosse Preview: Class got a lot tougher for Tuckers Uh-oh. That may have summed up John Amato’s initial reaction when he heard that New York State’s high school boys lacrosse system was to be divided this year into...
06.05.2016 Sports Boys Lacrosse: For Tuckers, there’s always next year Reaching the Suffolk County Class C final for the first time last year was an exciting thing for the Mattituck/Greenport/Southold boys lacrosse team. However, the Tuckers were looking for...
06.01.2016 Sports Boys Lacrosse: Tuckers fall in county finals for 2nd straight year In Suffolk County boys lacrosse, the road to a Class C championship runs squarely through Babylon. With previous champions like Shoreham-Wading River, Mount Sinai and John Glenn bumped up...
05.31.2016 Sports Boys Lacrosse: Tuckers seek first county title on big stage Now that the Mattituck/Greenport/Southold high school boys lacrosse team is back on the big stage, coach John Amato doesn’t want the Tuckers to get stage fright.
05.24.2016 News Boys Lacrosse: Tuckers survive, will return to county final The question of which was more annoying, the Mattituck/Greenport/Southold boys lacrosse uniforms with the digital camo numbers that were difficult to read from a distance or the tiny insects...
05.10.2016 Sports Boys Lacrosse: A season for the Tuckers to shout about For a high school boys lacrosse team that is noticeably quieter than last year, Mattituck/Greenport/Southold sure has been making a lot of noise. When Tim Schmidt was asked what...