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Outdoor track athletes competed in the Section XI NYS championship qualifiers and five qualified for the New York State meet Friday, June 7.

The Mattituck/Southold/Greenport girls Tuckers won the Suffolk County Class D championship with a 12-6 victory over the Babylon.

In new setting, performers take to stage for 2021 Riverhead Idol The backdrop changed, but the performances were just as spectacular as always. Riverhead Idol, a competition for students in the Riverhead School District, returned Saturday evening in a new format to accommodate social distancing in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Eight students performed at Iron Pier Beach in Northville and sophomore Olivia Meyer earned the first place prize after sining “Warrior” by Demi Lovato. Freshman Ava Gradsicher, who sang “Soul Kitchen” by The Doors, received the second place awa...

Nick DeNicola, middle, congratulated by teammates after scoring a goal. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) All of the Mattituck/Southold/Greenport players contributed to this win — as did the player who wasn’t there. This one was for Ryan. After an emotional tree-planting ceremony earlier in the afternoon in memory of Ryan Oliver, the Mattituck lacrosse player whose sudden death Jan. 28 shocked and shook the community, the Tuckers went out and paid tribute to him the best way they know how: by winning in impressive fashion. On paper, Elwood/John Glenn and MSG looked to be an even matc...

Ava Malanga fires a shot on goal for Riverhead. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) One of the cruelties of this COVID-19 pandemic is that what might have been the greatest Riverhead girls lacrosse team ever never had a chance to prove itself. The 2020 Blue Waves, with so much to win, saw their season lost to the coronavirus, and with that sank so many hopes and dreams. Riverhead had reached the Suffolk County Class A semifinals both in 2018 and 2019. In 2019, the Blue Waves came agonizingly close to what would have been their first county final before being edged by Middle Coun...