02.26.2020 Education After ACL surgeries derailed her basketball dreams, Gabrielle Finora focused on a new passion At the end of the first act of the musical “Into the Woods,” the central characters — Cinderella, Jack (of the beanstalk), Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood —...
02.24.2020 Sports Girls Basketball: Mac’s farewell comes with tears When it ended, Mackenzie Hoeg looked down, raised her hands to her face, wiped away some tears and waited on the handshake line. Her laudable high school basketball career...
02.21.2020 Sports Girls Basketball: Tuckers fall when their shots don’t There’s just something about Port Jefferson. Maybe it’s the Royals’ sharp shooting skill. Or their tenacious defense. Or their strength in grabbing rebounds off the boards. Then again, it...
02.18.2020 Sports Girls Basketball Notebook: Mattituck’s defense gets job done The way basketball coaches see it, there’s no defense for not playing defense. A player’s shooting touch can come and go, they reason, but defense is about effort. There...
02.14.2020 Slideshows See more photos from Mattituck’s victory over Greenport/Southold The Mattituck girls basketball team defeated Greenport/Southold, 49-36, in Thursday’s Class B semifinal at Mattituck High School. Read more coverage here.
02.14.2020 Sports Girls Basketball: Experience helps Tuckers beat Porters in playoff battle of local squads Experience counts. Especially when it comes to the playoffs. Mattituck is a perennial player in the high school girls basketball playoffs, which are a different animal than the regular...
02.05.2020 Sports Girls Basketball: Porters pray for home playoff game There’s no place like home. That’s surely the case with the Greenport/Southold girls basketball team. The Porters say they are a better team when they play in the familiar...
02.03.2020 Sports Girls Basketball: Mattituck’s Woods steals the show Abby Woods just about matched her season points-per-game average of 7.8 in Mattituck’s 49-33 girls basketball win over Hampton Bays on Monday night. She scored eight points, but there...
01.24.2020 Sports Girls Basketball: Hoeg shines, Tuckers beat Porters As Mackenzie Hoeg was about to leave the Mattituck High School gymnasium on Friday night, basketball coach Steve Van Dood shouted to his star senior guard from the other...
01.13.2020 Sports Girls Basketball Notebook: Young McFarland making a difference Brienna McFarland’s rookie varsity season with the Greenport/Southold girls basketball team hasn’t always been an easy one. Then again, being a freshman and adjusting to the speed and complexities...
