06.01.2017 Sports Softball: Clippers’ best season in decades comes to a close He could have blamed defeat on a 24-day layoff between games — or even the exceptionally long bus ride to Nassau County.
05.31.2017 Sports Softball: Clippers to face East Rockaway in regional semifinal Game day is finally approaching. Following a 20-year wait, the Southold/Greenport high school softball team has returned to the playoffs. As Suffolk County’s only Class C qualifier, the Clippers...
05.16.2017 Sports Softball: Waiting game precedes playoff game Southold/Greenport has waited 20 years to return to the high school softball playoffs, and now that the Clippers are finally back in the postseason, there’s more waiting. Since Southold...
05.12.2017 Sports Playoff brackets unveiled for spring sports teams The undefeated Southold baseball team — the only unbeaten team in Suffolk County — will open the Class C county championship at home Monday against No. 2 Pierson.
05.04.2017 Sports Softball: It’s celebration time for playoff-bound Clippers It was a celebration 20 years in the making, and the Southold/Greenport high school softball team was making up for lost time. So, the Clippers celebrated and celebrated, and then...
05.02.2017 Sports Softball: Ranked Clippers one win away from playoffs One more win, and they’re in. The Southold/Greenport high school softball team could clinch a playoff berth as soon as Thursday when it plays in Port Jefferson. That’s especially significant...
04.21.2017 Sports Softball: Mercy prevails over Mattituck in slugfest A high school softball game that was basically all about offense came down to pitching and defense for the final at-bat. Bishop McGann-Mercy had seen what had been a...
04.18.2017 Sports Softball: So far, 2017 is a hit for improved Clippers The last time Southold/Greenport reached the high school softball playoffs, the current Clippers had not even been born. It was decades ago, all the way back in 1997. That...
03.21.2017 Sports Softball Preview: Loss of pitcher a blow to Tuckers Pitching, pitching, pitching. The importance of pitching in high school softball cannot be overstated. No matter how you cut it, a team’s success always comes down to pitching.
05.23.2016 Sports Softball: Call Mercy’s pitcher Izzy, and fearless Her formal first name is Isabella, although just about everyone calls her Izzy, which Izzy Sorgi prefers. The Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School softball pitcher can be called something...