02.24.2020 Sports Girls Basketball: Mac’s farewell comes with tears When it ended, Mackenzie Hoeg looked down, raised her hands to her face, wiped away some tears and waited on the handshake line. Her laudable high school basketball career...
02.03.2020 Sports Girls Basketball: Mattituck’s Woods steals the show Abby Woods just about matched her season points-per-game average of 7.8 in Mattituck’s 49-33 girls basketball win over Hampton Bays on Monday night. She scored eight points, but there...
01.24.2020 Sports Girls Basketball: Hoeg shines, Tuckers beat Porters As Mackenzie Hoeg was about to leave the Mattituck High School gymnasium on Friday night, basketball coach Steve Van Dood shouted to his star senior guard from the other...
12.12.2019 Sports Girls Basketball Notebook: Hoeg maintains high standard Change is part of the game in high school girls basketball. Players come and go. Roles are altered. Adjustments are made. And so it is for Katie Hoeg. Mattituck’s...
12.11.2019 Sports Girls Basketball: Double OT turnover fest falls Mattituck’s way One had to wonder if neither Mattituck or Babylon wanted to win Tuesday night’s Suffolk County League VII girls basketball game. After one team would turn the ball over,...
11.20.2019 Sports Girls Basketball: Last-second shot sinks Tuckers in opener It was anything but an example of offensive artistry. The shooting, for the most part, wasn’t much to look at. Points were hard to come by — really hard....
11.20.2019 Sports Girls Basketball Preview: In Hoeg they trust Trust the process. Trust Mackenzie Hoeg. That’s what Mattituck coach Steve Van Dood tells his basketball players when referring to Hoeg, the team’s All-County senior point guard.
03.06.2019 Sports Girls Basketball: Carle Place blows away Tuckers Despite not returning a single starter this season, the Mattituck High School girls basketball team didn’t hit many bumps in the road this season. But then, on Wednesday, the...
03.04.2019 Sports Girls Basketball: Janis’ time has come Playing time was sparse last season for Rachel Janis as a junior. The Mattituck High School girls basketball team was rich in experience, with six seniors, including all five...
02.20.2019 Sports Girls Basketball: Hoeg plays, but Tuckers fall The question was, was there a question? Was there a question as to whether or not Mackenzie Hoeg would play Wednesday? Actually, there was. Hoeg had rolled her left...