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...
08.20.2025 Sports Gridiron report, fall season schedules for local teams With summer coming to an end, here’s a look at what’s to come for the high school football season across all local teams. Riverhead (1-7 Division I) Coming off...
04.03.2025 Sports Riverhead welcomes new head football coach When Riverhead’s athletic director Brian Sacks posted an opening for a new head varsity football coach, Donald Nelson knew he had to apply. In his mind, it was his time. Nelson was born in...
09.16.2024 Sports Blue Waves open football season with come-from-behind win After an offseason where everything seemed to go wrong, Riverhead righted the football ship Friday night with a come-from-behind 19-14 road win over Central Islip. This year’s coaching staff had already...
09.10.2022 Sports Football: It’s a Funn day, with career-high 5 TDs Opening day was Funn day. The last name says it all. It’s hard to imagine Amari Funn having more fun than he did Saturday. The Riverhead senior ran for...
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