08.08.2013 Sports Boys Soccer: Mattituck’s summer ride stopped by Central Islip The Town of Brookhaven Summer League small schools champion Mattituck boys soccer team didn’t seem overly concerned about the prospect of playing the league’s large schools champion, Central Islip,...
07.15.2013 Sports Super Mario keeps goals coming for Mattituck Goal scoring in soccer is anything but easy. It’s hard work. And yet, Mario Arreola has that magnificent knack for making it look so easy. The way his goal...
12.30.2012 Sports No. 2 Sports Story of 2012: The better team loses in state semifinal It’s the truth — sometimes a painful one — that the best team doesn’t always win a soccer game. The Mattituck High School boys soccer team was reminded of...
11.16.2012 Sports Boys Soccer: Mattituck’s Urwand relishes the state stage It isn’t the run-of-the-mill soccer games or the one-sided contests that excite Stephen Urwand. No, what really gets Urwand’s competitive juices flowing are the big games. The bigger, the...
11.13.2012 Sports Boys Soccer: Burkhardt’s game for ages sends Tuckers to final four SOUTHEAST REGIONAL FINAL | TUCKERS 5, SPARTANS 4 Mattituck coach Mat Litchhult had a message for David Burkhardt prior to Tuesday’s Southeast Regional Final. “This game is made for...
09.28.2012 Sports Boys Soccer: Homecoming spotlight shines on Burkhardt TUCKERS 4, MARINERS 1 When soccer’s version of Friday night lights hit Mattituck High School, the Tuckers shined. Standing in the center of the spotlight was David Burkhardt, who...
09.11.2012 Sports Boys Soccer: Mattituck’s Ilgin scores one goal, sets up three others TUCKERS 5, PORTERS 0 In Mattituck these days, the Turkish word for “goal” is “Kaan” — as in Kaan Ilgin. Ilgin, who is from Turkey, was involved in all...
09.06.2012 Sports Boys Soccer Preview: Litchhult wants to see chances turn into goals Goal scoring is something just about every high school boys soccer coach worries about every now and then. What coach hasn’t wondered on occasion, “Where will the goals come...
09.14.2011 Sports Boys Soccer Preview: Litchhult wants another season with no regrets Reaching a regional final — the last step on the road to the state final four — and then losing has to be crushing. Falling one win shy of...
08.30.2011 Sports Boys Soccer: For Scoggin, the waiting game is finally over It has been a long wait for Austin Scoggin. Through much of his soccer career, he waited in the wings behind Cody Huntley, who is one year older. Then,...