05.29.2019 Sports Baseball: Center Moriches sweeps Tuckers in finals Gene Rochler’s marriage came to an end Wednesday. Well, one of his marriages did. Married to baseball coaching — as well as his wife, Nancy — for 40 years,...
05.15.2019 Sports Baseball: Mattituck senior fans 9 straight batters in win Bryce Grathwohl isn’t perfect, but he comes close from time to time. Early this high school baseball season, the Mattituck senior was one out away from pitching a perfect...
04.23.2019 Sports Baseball: Mattituck bats give pitchers shot in arm Mattituck’s bats make the Tuckers armed and dangerous. When a baseball team’s offense is as reliable and productive as Mattituck’s is, it makes life easier for its pitchers. That’s...
03.06.2019 Sports Baseball: Rochler takes charge of Tuckers The Mattituck High School baseball team’s new head coach is not new. Gene Rochler isn’t new to the Tuckers (he had been an assistant coach in the program for...
05.02.2018 Sports Baseball: Playing at Ducks’ home stadium, Mattituck clinches playoff spot It’s not every day that Mattituck High School drives 44 miles to play a home baseball game. Then again, it’s not every day the Tuckers get an opportunity to...
04.28.2018 Sports Baseball: Tuckers fall victim to a pitching gem Jem pitched a gem. The intense rivalry between the Mattituck and Southampton high school baseball teams has produced some memorable games over the years (including a wild 19-inning game...
06.01.2017 Sports Baseball: Kent’s second no-hitter of playoffs brings Mattituck LI title Baseball superstition demands that no player speak of a no-hitter as it’s in progress, specifically to the pitcher hurling the spotless performance.