Carrera’s 6 goals lead Riverhead to win in its varsity debut
BOB LIEPA PHOTO | Carolyn Carrera won 23 of 24 draws in addition to recording six goals and two assists in Riverhead's first varsity game, a 17-8 win over Center Moriches. CENTER MORICHES — The big day...
View ArticleMercy girls prevail amid hail in opening track meet
BOB LIEPA PHOTO | Meghan Donnelly of Bishop McGann-Mercy won the triple jump with a distance of 28 feet 2 1/2 inches. The Suffolk County League VII girls track and field meet on Thursday at Bishop...
View ArticleFootball: Doroski drops debut against a friend
JOHN NEELY PHOTO | Wayne Harris of Center Moriches found the end zone on a six-yard run for the game's first score despite the efforts of Bishop McGann-Mercy's Pat Stepnoski. What happens when friends...
View ArticleBoys Soccer: Another SWR shutout brings a small schools title
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Shoreham-Wading River’s Greg Canelly, right, scored the Wildcats’ second goal against Center Moriches from a direct free kick. The way the summer has gone for the Shoreham-Wading...
View ArticleFootball: Center Moriches’ playmakers cause Monarchs trouble
GARRET MEADE PHOTO | Reggie Archer, who ran for 116 yards, scored Bishop McGann-Mercy’s first touchdown of the season. RED DEVILS 24, MONARCHS 6 Call them playmakers. That is what the Center Moriches...
View ArticleFootball: Anderson’s 401 yards, 5 TDs help SWR light up scoreboard
BILL LANDON PHOTO | Shoreham-Wading River senior Tyler Anderson scored five touchdowns in Saturday’s playoff win over Center Moriches. SUFFOLK DIVISION IV QUALIFYING ROUND | WILDCATS 56, RED DEVILS 29...
View ArticleCops: Two horses missing in Manorville area
Suffolk County police are on the lookout for two horses that somehow escaped a Wading River Road ranch in Manorville early Thursday, according to a release. One other horse from the same ranch was...
View ArticleFootball: Mercy recovers from 24-point deficit, only to lose
After doing so much for its fans to cheer about, Bishop McGann-Mercy was left with an empty feeling. The Monarchs came back from so far behind, and yet still had nothing to show for their efforts but...
View ArticleFootball: SWR caps second straight unbeaten regular season
The Shoreham-Wading River High School football team didn’t need to wear a costume for a Halloween treat on Saturday. Helmets and pads did just fine as the Wildcats romped, closing the door on their...
View ArticleGirls Basketball: Tenacious ‘D’ brings Monarchs a ‘W’
Bishop McGann-Mercy used a tenacious defense to snap a four-game losing streak on Wednesday night. The Monarchs forced Center Moriches into 34 turnovers, including 19 in the opening half, en route to...
View ArticleGirls Basketball: Center Moriches topples Mercy in semifinal
It has been said before, but that doesn’t make it any less true. What happens during the regular season can be irrelevant in the playoffs, and it’s not easy beating a team three times in as many...
View ArticleSoftball: Mercy gives Center Moriches a scare, but falls in eighth
When the curtain on the drama that unfolded on the Center Moriches High School softball field finally fell, Red Devils coach Rich Roberts heaved a sigh of relief. His counterpart, Bishop...
View ArticleSoftball: Mercy-rule loss for Mercy is no classic
The previous meeting between the Bishop McGann-Mercy and Center Moriches high school softball teams was what ESPN would have labeled an instant classic. And Thursday’s rematch? Not so much. In that...
View ArticleSoftball: Mercy pays price for errors against Center Moriches
Commit errors against the Center Moriches High School softball team at your own risk. Center Moriches is too good a team to give extra outs to. The Red Devils will punish teams that don’t play a clean...
View ArticleGirls Tennis: Mercy one win away from undefeated regular season
The Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School girls tennis team is living a charmed life. Not only do the Monarchs have six beautiful brand new courts, which were formally dedicated before their match...
View ArticleFootball: Center Moriches sinks Mercy’s playoff hopes
The playoffs began for Bishop McGann-Mercy and Center Moriches on Friday night. Well, at least the game between the two Suffolk County Division IV football teams was tantamount to a playoff. With both...
View ArticleFour 106th Rescue Wing airmen killed in Iraq officially identified
The Department of Defense released the names Saturday evening of the four New York Air National Guard members assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing in Westhampton Beach who were killed in a helicopter...
View ArticleSoftball: It’s more than a game for Mercy
It could have been called Mercy Appreciation Day. Although the activities surrounding the Bishop McGann-Mercy softball team’s home game against Center Moriches on Tuesday didn’t have an official...
View ArticleBoys Soccer: Center Moriches gets payback against SWR
They’re young and undersized, but the Shoreham-Wading River Wildcats are also soccer savvy and headed to the playoffs. For a high school boys soccer team to lose 11 players (about half of whom were...
View ArticleGirls Basketball: Tenacious ‘D’ brings Monarchs a ‘W’
Bishop McGann-Mercy used a tenacious defense to snap a four-game losing streak on Wednesday night. The Monarchs forced Center Moriches into 34 turnovers, including 19 in the opening half, en route to...
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