12.10.2025 Sports Riverhead wrestling numbers are back, results will follow What a difference a year makes—last year, Riverhead varsity wrestling coach Jake Benedetto had a total of 14 wrestlers in the program. This year, there are 34. It’s an...
12.10.2025 Sports Riverhead hires Melissa Edwards as its new athletic director When Melissa Edwards was a student at Riverhead High School, she dreamed of this exact moment. Being a standout athlete for the Blue Waves, excelling at softball and field hockey, she...
12.03.2025 Sports Blue Waves boys hoops looking to build on last year’s success Pat Fabian’s first year as head coach of the Riverhead boys hoops squad saw the team go from a 3-16 record to 12-10, earning its first playoff berth since...
12.03.2025 News Riverhead teen Eddie Bedell earns rare Eagle Scout rank Since its formation in 1911, only 4% of Boy Scouts have earned the title of Eagle Scout, the highest rank attainable within the Scouts BSA program of Scouting America. And one...
11.24.2025 Sports Basketball preview: Riverhead and SWR teams look to start season strong As the weather inches toward freezing, local sports will head indoors, abandoning the gridiron for the hardwood. In this year’s basketball preview, we’ll take a look at some potential...
11.19.2025 Columns Riverhead is a football town, and it’s time to reclaim that legacy Riverhead is a football town. Let’s not forget that. When I grew up in Riverhead, as a son of two Polish immigrants, football wasn’t something I was interested in...
11.14.2025 Sports Riverhead native KJ Duff hits paydirt at Rutgers When KJ Duff was growing up in Riverhead, he dominated every ballfield he set foot on. Whether it was smacking home runs in the Little League World Series or...
11.13.2025 Sports Riverhead football looks to rebuild through youth programs Though other sports at Riverhead are finding success at levels never seen before at the district, an athletic program is often judged by the success of the football team...