09.30.2021 Sports Girls Tennis: Senior Day’s a winner for Kopala & Co. Natalie Kopala had experienced Senior Days before — as a non-senior — so she had a rough idea of what to expect. Still, even a high school tennis player...
04.23.2021 Sports Girls Tennis: Momentum swings against Kopala, who reaches county quarterfinals Momentum is a fickle, mysterious, unseen force that, without warning, can steer a tennis match one way or the other. In one instance, momentum can be a player’s best...
01.20.2020 Sports Boys Winter Track: Southold’s Latham, Torrento are good motivators Southold/Greenport sprinters Kenny Latham and Jorge Torrento are like a mini-team within a team, making each other better. The two seniors employ dramatically different motivational techniques, too. To explain...
10.15.2019 Sports Girls Tennis: Father-daughter day at play-in match This was the last of these tennis-themed Carver family reunions. Tuesday marked the ninth time coach Mike Carver’s Southold/Greenport team played against the Riverhead team his daughter, Meghan, plays...
09.12.2019 Sports Girls Tennis: Kopala confines running to court Natalie Kopala is saving her running for the tennis court these days, and she may be better off for it.
09.08.2019 Sports Girls Tennis Preview: Lots of question marks for Tuckers If Cory Dolson seems a little distracted these days, there’s a good reason. The Mattituck High School girls tennis coach has a lot of thinking to do. Last year,...
06.10.2019 Sports Girls Track and Field: Russell earns third-place state medal The reaction Emily Russell had to experiencing the New York State girls track and field championships for the first time was undoubtedly similar to those of others.
06.04.2019 Sports Track and Field: Russell takes D-II pentathlon title Converting Emily Russell into a pentathlete was a no-brainer, really. Not only does she have enthusiasm for a variety of track and field events, but her coach noticed that...
05.31.2019 Sports Girls Track and Field: Vaccarella doesn’t miss her chance in 3,000 This was it, Ava Vaccarella’s final chance to qualify for this year’s New York State track and field championships in the 3,000 meters, and the Mattituck High School eighth-grader...
05.27.2019 Sports Track and Field: Southold’s Russell wins pentathlon title Southold/Greenport’s Emily Russell soared to the Division III pentathlon title in the Section XI girls track and field division championships last Wednesday.
