05.29.2019 Sports Baseball: Center Moriches sweeps Tuckers in finals Gene Rochler’s marriage came to an end Wednesday. Well, one of his marriages did. Married to baseball coaching — as well as his wife, Nancy — for 40 years,...
05.28.2019 Sports Baseball: Center Moriches powers past Mattituck in Game 1 of county finals The road to the Suffolk County Class B title has run squarely through two schools in recent years: Mattituck and Center Moriches. Since 2014, the Tuckers have won three...
05.15.2019 Sports Baseball: Mattituck senior fans 9 straight batters in win Bryce Grathwohl isn’t perfect, but he comes close from time to time. Early this high school baseball season, the Mattituck senior was one out away from pitching a perfect...
04.23.2019 Sports Baseball: Mattituck bats give pitchers shot in arm Mattituck’s bats make the Tuckers armed and dangerous. When a baseball team’s offense is as reliable and productive as Mattituck’s is, it makes life easier for its pitchers. That’s...
03.06.2019 Sports Baseball: Rochler takes charge of Tuckers The Mattituck High School baseball team’s new head coach is not new. Gene Rochler isn’t new to the Tuckers (he had been an assistant coach in the program for...
10.24.2018 Sports Boys Soccer: Tuckers can’t cry about their effort The pain of defeat was just too much for at least one inconsolable young person on the Mattituck side of the soccer field. Tuckers coach Will Hayes tried his...
10.09.2018 Sports Boys Soccer: Goalie goes down, but not Tuckers Midway through the opening half, Mattituck High School boys soccer coach Will Hayes looked down at the grass on the field. “Gee, a penny,” he said, pocketing it. Up...
09.17.2018 Sports Boys Soccer: In a pinch, Oz is goalkeeping wizard Playing at soccer at Center Moriches is tough enough. Playing the defending state champions without your top goalkeeper who has three-plus years of varsity experience is a recipe for...
05.02.2018 Sports Baseball: Playing at Ducks’ home stadium, Mattituck clinches playoff spot It’s not every day that Mattituck High School drives 44 miles to play a home baseball game. Then again, it’s not every day the Tuckers get an opportunity to...
05.12.2017 Sports Baseball: After 19-inning marathon, Tuckers are co-champs It meant extending their regular season by two days and surviving an epic 19-inning game that took two days to complete, but the Mattituck Tuckers found the extra effort...