12.25.2014 Sports No. 8 Sports Story of the Year: The Christy era ends A momentous change came to the Mattituck High School girls tennis team this year when Jim Christy retired as the Tuckers’ coach after 33 years on the job.
08.14.2014 Sports Girls Tennis: A coaching icon says goodbye One doesn’t need to speak with Jim Christy for long to learn what he is all about. Just a couple of minutes into a 70-minute interview on Monday, a...
08.13.2014 Sports Tennis: A tournament’s death leaves sadness, puzzlement Like a once-bloated balloon, the Bob Wall Memorial Tennis Tournament deflated as player participation curiously dwindled and dwindled in recent years. Finally, that balloon popped. The news that, after...
08.03.2014 Sports Tennis: The titles pile up for Ujkic BOB WALL MEMORIAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT Will Clemans hit some fantastic shots. He pulled out every trick in his book and played quite well in the Bob Wall Memorial Tennis...
04.08.2014 Sports Late Mattituck coaching legend mixed discipline with fun Jack Hussnatter was living proof that discipline and a healthy sense of humor can make for a winning combination. Former players and coaching colleagues remember the late Mattituck coaching...
10.22.2013 Sports Mattituck’s season reaches an end with its first loss SUFFOLK COUNTY TEAM TOURNAMENT | REDMEN 4, TUCKERS 3 Perhaps a warning should accompany the seedings when the playoff brackets are released for the Suffolk County high school girls...
10.15.2013 Sports Before the playoffs, teams play the waiting game You can’t fight city hall. To put a twist on that old saying, the Bishop McGann-Mercy girls tennis coach, Mike Clauberg, offers this: “You can’t fight Section XI.” Clauberg,...
09.30.2013 Sports Girls Tennis: Mattituck remains unbeaten with win over Southold/Greenport TUCKERS 7, CLIPPERS 0 The harder a player hits the ball in tennis doesn’t always translate into more success. Sure, every player would love to crush the ball across...
09.03.2013 Sports With Mattituck, it all comes down to doubles PREVIEW A high school girls tennis team knows it is in a good situation when the biggest issue it faces during preseason practice is the question of who will...
07.30.2013 Sports Tennis: For Chizever, memories of a fun-loving father abound Richard Chizever’s late father, Larry, was well known in the Riverhead area for being a tennis player, a coach and a fun-loving person. But he was also a consummate...
