After the final buzzer signified the end of the Suffolk County Class B girls basketball final, Mattituck coach Steve Van Dood pumped his fist in the air triumphantly and his jubilant Tuckers embraced each other. READ
Tag: Top Sports Stories 2016
Its cool-minded approach to things, both on and off the golf course, came in handy for the Mattituck High School boys golf team in the pressure-filled Suffolk County League VII Tournament. The Tuckers not only won their third consecutive league tournament title, but did so in record fashion. READ
Competing on the grandest stage in New York State high school wrestling, Mattituck/Greenport/Southold did something it had never done before. Yet, what the Tuckers wanted most still eluded them. READ
Tears were shed when the Boulevard Boyz basketball team lost two of its first three games in the AAU Division III National Championships in Hampton, Va. By the end of the tournament, there were more tears from the Boulevard Boyz camp. This time, however, they were tears of joy. READ
It was typical springtime in the Northeast. In other words, that meant raw days of cold, rain and wind. Then, when nice weather made its belated appearance, the sun finally smiled down on the Mattituck High School girls track and field team. READ
After reaching the New York State semifinals for the first time in 2015, the Southold High School baseball team made an impressive attempt at returning to that stage in 2016. READ
Phil Reed was measured by much more than mere wins and losses. That was obvious following the shocking death of the Southold High School boys basketball coach. READ
It had been a while. Sixteen years is a long time in between championships, but that only made the Southold/Greenport boys tennis team’s achievement all the sweeter.
Southold claimed its first league title since 2000 and its third overall, including one in 1993. READ
Picture this: a victory in his first Daytona 500 as a crew chief. That image became a reality for Southold native Mike Wheeler when driver Denny Hamlin grabbed victory in a photo finish at Daytona International Speedway. Hamlin made his move on the race’s final lap and edged his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Martin Truex Jr., by a hundredth of a second. READ
Mattituck’s girls cross-country team won yet another Suffolk County Class C championship, only this time it was different. This time it was five times sweeter. READ