09.14.2026 Sports ‘We play for Ms. Pickering’: Tuckers girls’ volleyball rallies for emotional win Kelly Pickering was in the Mattituck High School gymnasium on Wednesday in both mind and spirit for the girls’ volleyball team’s season-opening match. “Every opportunity we can get, we’re...
09.03.2026 Sports Tuckers fill one coaching spot, searching for a second As the fall high school season gets underway, Mattituck High School has filled one prominent varsity coaching position and is looking to fill another. Jeff Hauser has taken over...
03.04.2026 Sports Community raises $3K for Kelly Pickering’s family at Riverhead clinic When Mattituck High School volleyball coach Kelly Pickering passed away last month, Haley Luzim was unable to pay her respects. “It was devastating to hear,” she said. “I was...
02.26.2026 Columns Remembering a coach who loved her team The journey from Centereach to Mattituck probably felt longer than 38 miles and 45 minutes for Stella Tatarka on Friday, Nov. 7. The senior standout had just competed in...
11.13.2025 Sports Mattituck girls’ volleyball falls in county final You’ve got to give the Mattituck High girls’ volleyball team a lot of credit. With their season only seven points away from ending, the Tuckers did everything they could...
11.03.2025 Sports Tuckers girls volleyball moves into county finals Just after Riley Richert slammed over Stella Tatarka’s perfect set-up over the net with her left hand, she waited for the return. It never happened. “I didn’t even know...
10.14.2025 Sports Tuckers volleyball star Tatarka sets teammates up for success For years, setter Stella Tatarka has known that it’s much better to give than to receive. That is a prime reason she has become an elite player for the...
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