09.13.2017 Sports Girls Volleyball: This ‘Flying Squirrel’ packs a punch Viki Harkin is not the same volleyball player she was last year. The difference could be described in one word: confidence. Confidence can work wonders.
09.13.2017 Sports Girls Volleyball: Osler sees big-time college in her future The girl wearing the white University of Tennessee volleyball T-shirt who was smacking the ball with thunderous authority during practice last Wednesday doesn’t play for the Volunteers. At least...
09.01.2017 Sports Girls Volleyball Preview: Tuckers loaded with experience The final, lasting — and amazing, really — images of Mattituck’s 2016 high school girls volleyball season are of the Tuckers trading blows and going toe to toe with...
10.19.2016 Sports Girls Volleyball: Mattituck’s ‘Flying Squirrel’ can fly They call her, for good reason, “The Flying Squirrel.” More than anything, it’s a reference to Viki Harkin’s athleticism. At 5-foot-5, she has a vertical leap that can catch...
09.09.2016 Sports Girls Volleyball: A whole new game for Class B Tuckers Frank Massa, the Mattituck High School girls volleyball coach, was in the school’s weight room one day this past winter when athletic director Gregg Wormuth walked in. “Frank, I...
11.23.2015 Sports Sports Desk: Tuckers bow out as winners on the state stage They say good things are worth waiting for. The Mattituck High School girls volleyball team had waited long enough for this milestone.
11.17.2015 Sports Girls Volleyball: Incredible play from Mattituck’s libero, ‘The Hulk’ While the rest of her teammates on the Mattituck High School girls volleyball team are clad in blue shirts, Meghan McKillop wears a white one as the team’s libero....
09.11.2015 Sports Girls Volleyball Preview: New-look Tuckers dream of return to Glens Falls At the start of the high school girls volleyball season, it’s the dream of every team in New York State to play their final game of the year at...
11.19.2014 Sports Sports Desk: Getting to states is one thing, winning is another The words imparted by a wise physical education teacher to some young athletes way back in the late 1970s ring as true as ever. “You will always be better...
11.13.2014 Sports Sports Desk: Reimer has been a big hit for Mattituck Emilie Reimer’s eyes lit up. The look on her face after she drives another volleyball to the floor and celebrates with her teammates is one of unrestrained joy. Reimer...